ما الخَيرُ صَومٌ يَذوبُ الصائِمونَ لَهُ

ما الخَيرُ صَومٌ يَذوبُ الصائِمونَ لَهُ

وَلا صَلاةٌ وَلا صوفٌ عَلى الجَسَدِ

وَلا صَلاةٌ وَلا صوفٌ عَلى الجَسَدِ

Goodness is not fasting for which those who fast waste away,

What good is fasting when people waste away?

nor prayer, nor wool upon the body.

What good is prayer or clothes on a body?

إِنّما هُوَ تَركُ الشَرِّ مُطَّرِحاً

إِنّما هُوَ تَركُ الشَرِّ مُطَّرِحاً

وَنفضُكَ الصَدرَ مِن غِلٍّ وَمِن حَسَدِ

وَنفضُكَ الصَدرَ مِن غِلٍّ وَمِن حَسَدِ

It is only abandoning evil, casting it aside,

True piety is leaving evil, casting aside

and your clearing the breast of rancor and envy.

Malice and envy, hatred from your heart.

ما دامَتِ الوَحشُ وَالإِنعامُ خائِفَةً

ما دامَتِ الوَحشُ وَالإِنعامُ خائِفَةً

فَرَساً فَما صَحَّ أَمرُ النُسكِ لِلأَسَدِ

فَرَساً فَما صَحَّ أَمرُ النُسكِ لِلأَسَدِ

So long as wild beasts and livestock remain afraid

Until the prey and cattle live without fear,

of being preyed upon, the lion's piety cannot be genuine.

None is pious, not even lions that fast.