1. أَمثالُنا كانَ جُملٌ قَبلَنا فَمَضوا

    وَمِثلُ رُزءٍ وَجَدنا حِسَّهُ وَجَدوا

    Multitudes like us lived before us, then passed away.

    And they knew affliction like that whose pain we have felt.

  2. وَالمَجدُ لِلَّهِ لا خَلقٌ يُشارِكُهُ

    وَآلُ حَوّاءَ ما طابوا وَلا مَجَدوا

    And glory belongs to God; no creature shares it with Him.

    And Eve's descendants were neither virtuous nor noble.

  3. أَمّا إِلى كُلِّ شَرٍّ عَنَّ فَاِنتَبَهوا

    بَل لَم يَناموا وَلَكِن عَن تُقاً هَجَدوا

    As for every evil that arose, they awoke to it;

    Rather, they never slept—yet they slumbered, heedless of piety.

  4. وَالناسُ يَطغَونَ في دُنياهُمُ أَشَراً

    لَولا المَخافَةُ ما زَكّوا وَلا سَجِدوا

    And people transgress in their worldly life, in wanton pride;

    Were it not for fear, they would neither give alms nor prostrate themselves.

  5. في كُلِّ أَمرِكَ تَقليدٌ رَضيتَ بِهِ

    حَتّى مَقالُكَ رَبِّيَ واحِدٌ أَحَدُ

    In all your affairs there is imitation you have accepted,

    Even your declaration, 'My Lord is one, unique.'