1. الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ ما في الأَرضِ وادِعَةٌ

    كُلُّ البَرِيَّةِ في هَمٍّ وَتَعذيبِ

    Praise be to God: no creature on earth is at ease.

    All creation is in distress and torment.

  2. جاءَ النَبِيُّ بِحَقٍّ كَي يُهَذِّبَكُم

    فَهَل أَحَسَّ لَكُم طَبعٌ بِتَهذيبِ

    The Prophet came with truth to refine you.

    So has your nature felt any refinement?

  3. عَودٌ يُصَدِّقُ أَو غِرٌّ يُكَذِّبُ أَو

    مُرَدَّدٌ بَينَ تَصديقٍ وَتَكذيبِ

    An experienced man believes, or a naïve one disbelieves, or

    one wavers between belief and disbelief.

  4. وَلَو عَلِمتُم بِداءِ الذِئبِ مِن سَغَبٍ

    إِذاً لَسامَحتُمُ بِالشَاةِ لِلذيبِ

    And had you known how hunger afflicts the wolf,

    then you would have freely given the sheep to the wolf.