لَئِن كانَتِ الدُنيا تُعَدُّ نَفيسَةً

لَئِن كانَتِ الدُنيا تُعَدُّ نَفيسَةً

فَدارُ ثَوابِ اللَهِ أَعلى وَأَنبَلُ

فَدارُ ثَوابِ اللَهِ أَعلى وَأَنبَلُ

If indeed this world is deemed precious,

If this world is considered precious,

then the abode of God's reward is loftier and nobler.

The home of God's reward is higher and nobler.

وَإِن كانَتِ الأَبدانُ لِلمَوتِ أُنشِئَت

وَإِن كانَتِ الأَبدانُ لِلمَوتِ أُنشِئَت

فَقَتلُ اِمرِئٍ بِالسَيفِ في اللَهِ أَفضَلُ

فَقَتلُ اِمرِئٍ بِالسَيفِ في اللَهِ أَفضَلُ

And if bodies were created for death,

If bodies were created for death,

then a man's death by the sword in God's cause is better.

Then being killed in God's way with a sword is better.

وَإِن كانَتِ الأَرزاقُ شَيئاً مُقَدَّراً

وَإِن كانَتِ الأَرزاقُ شَيئاً مُقَدَّراً

فَقِلَّةُ سَعي المَرءِ في الرِزقِ أَجمَلُ

فَقِلَّةُ سَعي المَرءِ في الرِزقِ أَجمَلُ

And if sustenance is something decreed,

If sustenances are predestined,

then less striving for one's sustenance is more fitting.

Then striving little for sustenance is more beautiful.

وَإِن كانَتِ الأَموالُ لِلتَركِ جَمعُها

وَإِن كانَتِ الأَموالُ لِلتَركِ جَمعُها

فَما بالُ مَتروكٍ بِهِ المَرءُ يَبخَلُ

فَما بالُ مَتروكٍ بِهِ المَرءُ يَبخَلُ

And if wealth is gathered to be left behind,

If wealth is to be left behind when one dies,

then why is a man miserly with what is to be left behind?

Why then would one be stingy with what he leaves behind?