لقَد خَسِرَ السَّاعي إلى غير ربِّهِ

لقَد خَسِرَ السَّاعي إلى غير ربِّهِ

نِفاقاً وَهَل بَعدَ الرِّياءِ نِفاقُ

نِفاقاً وَهَل بَعدَ الرِّياءِ نِفاقُ

Indeed, he has suffered loss who strives toward any but his Lord,

The one striving towards other than his Lord

out of hypocrisy—and is there hypocrisy beyond ostentation?

Has certainly lost out in hypocrisy—and what hypocrisy after ostentation!

سَتَلقى الذي قدَّمتَهُ وذَخَرتَهُ

سَتَلقى الذي قدَّمتَهُ وذَخَرتَهُ

وِفاقاً أَلا إِنَّ الجَزاءَ وِفاقُ

وِفاقاً أَلا إِنَّ الجَزاءَ وِفاقُ

You will meet what you sent ahead and stored up,

You will encounter that which you have forwarded and stored,

in due measure—behold, recompense is fitting.

So do accord—truly, there is accord in recompense.

مَهلاً فلو أَحسست لم تستطع

مَهلاً فلو أَحسست لم تستطع

فليسَ لغيرِ الطَّيِّباتِ نَفَاقُ

فليسَ لغيرِ الطَّيِّباتِ نَفَاقُ

Hold back—for if you were aware, you would be unable;

Wait! If you were to feel [remorse], you would not have the capacity.

for nothing but good things has currency.

For the insincere there is no accord.

بأَيِّ وجوهٍ ترتجي فَضلَ ربِّنا

بأَيِّ وجوهٍ ترتجي فَضلَ ربِّنا

وَلكِن وجوهُ المذنبينَ صِفاقُ

وَلكِن وجوهُ المذنبينَ صِفاقُ

With what faces do you hope for our Lord's bounty?

With what faces might you hope for the grace of our Lord

Yet the faces of sinners are brazen.

When the faces of the sinners are blackened?