ما الذَّنْبُ إلاَّ لجَدِّيْ حينَ وَرَّثَني

ما الذَّنْبُ إلاَّ لجَدِّيْ حينَ وَرَّثَني

عِلْماً وَوَرَّثَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ ذاكَ أَبي

عِلْماً وَوَرَّثَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ ذاكَ أَبي

The fault lies only with my grandfather, when he bequeathed to me

What fault is mine if knowledge is my share,

knowledge—and before that had bequeathed it to my father.

A legacy from father and grandsire.

فالحمدُ للّهِ حَمْداً لا نَفَادَ لَهُ

فالحمدُ للّهِ حَمْداً لا نَفَادَ لَهُ

ما المَرْءُ إلاَّ بِمَا يَحْويْ مِنَ النّسَبِ

ما المَرْءُ إلاَّ بِمَا يَحْويْ مِنَ النّسَبِ

So praise be to God, praise without end.

Thanks be to God whose praises know no end

A man is defined only by the lineage he possesses.

For gifts determined by ancestry and race.