يقولون لم تصحب فلانا وانه

يقولون لم تصحب فلانا وانه

ثقيل تراه الأرض ضعف الأمانة

ثقيل تراه الأرض ضعف الأمانة

They say, “Why keep So-and-so company, for indeed he

They say, “Why do you keep company with so-and-so, when he is

is so heavy that the earth deems him twice the weight of the Trust?”

So burdensome that the earth deems him twice the weight of the Trust?”

فقلت لهذا قد اردت اصطحابه

فقلت لهذا قد اردت اصطحابه

لينفع في الميزان يوم القيامة

لينفع في الميزان يوم القيامة

I said, “That is precisely why I wished to accompany him:

I said, “For this very reason I wished to take him along,

so he may help at the Scales on Resurrection Day.”

So he might be useful on the scales on the Day of Resurrection.”