1. ما يَحفَظِ اللَهُ يَصُن

    ما يَصنَعِ اللَهُ يَهُن

    Whatever God guards, He safeguards.

    Whatever God does becomes easy.

  2. مَن يُسعِدِ اللَهُ يَلِن

    لَهُ الزَمانُ إِن خَشُن

    Whomever God favors, time grows gentle

    for him, even if it is harsh.

  3. أَخي اِعتَبِر لا تَغتَرِر

    كَيفَ تَرى صَرفَ الزَمَن

    My brother, take heed; do not be deceived.

    How do you view the turns of time?

  4. يُجزى بِما أوتي مَن

    فعل قَبيحٍ أَو حَسَن

    Recompensed with what he is given is whoever

    has done evil or good.

  5. أَفلَحَ عَبدٌ كُشِفَ ال

    غِطاءُ عَنهُ فَفَطن

    A servant prospers when the

    veil is lifted from him and he becomes aware.

  6. وَقَرَّ عَيناً مَن رَأى

    أَنَّ البَلاءَ في اللَسن

    And glad of eye is the one who sees

    that affliction lies in speech.

  7. فَمازَ مِن أَلفاظِهِ

    في كُلِّ وَقتٍ وَوَزن

    So he sifts through his words

    at every moment, and weighs them.

  8. وَخافَ مِن لِسانِهِ

    عَزباً حَديداً فَحَزن

    And he fears his tongue,

    wayward and sharp, and so he grieves.

  9. وَمَن يَكُ مُعتَصِماً

    بِاللَهِ ذي العَرشِ فَلَن

    And whoever seeks protection

    in God, Lord of the Throne, shall not

  10. يَضُرُّهُ شَيءٌ وَمن

    يَعدي عَلى اللَهِ وَمَن

    be harmed by anything. And who

    can assail God—and who?

  11. مَن يَأمَنِ اللَه يَخَف

    وَخائِفُ اللَهِ أَمن

    Whoever feels safe from God shall fear,

    while one who fears God is safe.

  12. وَما لِما يُثمِرُهُ ال

    خَوفُ مِنَ اللَهِ ثَمَن

    And what is brought forth by

    the fear of God is beyond price.

  13. يا عالِمَ السِرِّ كَما

    يَعلَمُ حَقّاً ما عَلَن

    O Knower of what is secret, just as

    You truly know what is manifest,

  14. صَلِّ عَلى جَدّي أَبي ال

    قاسِمِ ذي النورِ المُبَن

    send blessings upon my grandfather, Abu al-

    Qasim, bearer of the manifest light,

  15. أَكرَمُ مِن حَيٍّ وَمِن

    لُفِّفَ مَيتاً في الكَفَن

    nobler than anyone living, and than anyone

    wrapped, dead, in the shroud.

  16. وَاِمنُن عَلَينا بِالرِضا

    فَأَنتَ أَهلٌ لِلمِنَن

    And favor us with Your approval,

    for granting favors befits You.

  17. وَاِعفِنا في دينِنا

    مِن كُلِّ حُسرٍ وَغُبُن

    And spare us, in our faith,

    from all weariness and unfair loss.

  18. ما خابَ مَن خابَ كَمَن

    يَوماً إِلى الدُنيا رَكَن

    None who has failed has failed like one

    who once leaned upon this world.

  19. طوبى لِعَبدٍ كُشِفَت

    عَنهُ غِياباتِ الوَسَن

    Blessed is a servant freed

    from the dark depths of drowsiness.

  20. وَالمَوعِدُ اللَه وَما

    يَقضي بِهِ اللَهُ مَكَن

    And the appointed meeting is with God, and whatever

    God decrees stands firm.