1. إِن شِئتَ تُرزَقَ الدُنيا وَنِعمَتَها

    فَخَلِّ دُنياكَ تَظفَر بِالَّذي شيتا

    If you wish to be granted this world and its bounty,

    then forsake your world; you will attain what you wished.

  2. أَنشَأتَ تَطلُبُ مِنها غَيرَ مُسعِفَةٍ

    وَما لَها أَيُّها الإِنسانُ أُنشيتا

    You began asking of it, though it offers no aid,

    yet not for its sake, O human, were you created.

  3. فَاِخشَ المَليكَ وَلا توجَد عَلى رَهَبٍ

    إِن أَنتَ بِالجِنِّ في الظَلماءِ خُشيّتا

    So fear the Sovereign, and do not be found in dread,

    if you are frightened by jinn in the darkness.

  4. فَإِنَّما تِلكَ أَخبارٌ مُلَفَّقَةٌ

    لِخُدعَةِ الغافِلِ الحَشويِّ حوشيتا

    For those are merely fabricated tales,

    to dupe the heedless literalist—far be that from you!