إِن أَشِرَ الخَطبُ فَلا رَوعَةٌ

إِن أَشِرَ الخَطبُ فَلا رَوعَةٌ

أَو عَظُمَ الأَمرُ فَصَبرٌ جَميل

أَو عَظُمَ الأَمرُ فَصَبرٌ جَميل

If calamity grows insolent, have no fear.

If the worst of calamities befall, no panic,

Or if the matter grows grave, let there be beautiful patience.

Or the matter grows grave, patience is good.

لِيُهوِنِ المَرءُ بِأَيّامِهِ

لِيُهوِنِ المَرءُ بِأَيّامِهِ

إِنَّ مُقامَ المَرءِ فيها قَليل

إِنَّ مُقامَ المَرءِ فيها قَليل

Let a man make light of his days;

So one may make light of his days,

Indeed, a man's stay in them is brief.

Since one's stay therein is but brief.

هَل نافِعٌ نَفسَكَ أَذلَلتَها

هَل نافِعٌ نَفسَكَ أَذلَلتَها

كَرامَةُ البَيتِ وَعِزُّ القَبيل

كَرامَةُ البَيتِ وَعِزُّ القَبيل

Can your soul, which you have abased, benefit from

Does it profit you to humiliate yourself

The honor of the house and the might of the tribe?

When dignity is your house and the tribe's glory?

إِنّا إِلى اللَهِ وَإِنّا لَهُ

إِنّا إِلى اللَهِ وَإِنّا لَهُ

وَحَسبُنا اللَهُ وَنِعمَ الوَكيل

وَحَسبُنا اللَهُ وَنِعمَ الوَكيل

Indeed, to God we go, and indeed, to Him we belong.

To God we belong and to Him we return.

And God suffices us, and what an excellent Guardian He is!

God suffices us, an excellent Guardian.