1. الحمد اللَه على كل ما

    أولى من الخيرات والنعم

    Praise be to God for all that

    He has bestowed of goodness and blessings.

  2. سبحانه أمطار رحمته

    يقدمها نشر من الكرم

    Glory be to Him! The showers of His mercy

    are heralded by a fragrance of generosity.

  3. يشمه المغموم في غمه

    فيجد الروح من الغمم

    The grief-stricken one inhales it in his sorrow,

    and finds relief from sorrows.

  4. ويبصر المحبوب من نورها

    شيئاً فيخرجه من الظلم

    And the beloved perceives, of its light,

    something that brings him out of darkness.

  5. إن أصاب البل من مائها

    قلباً صدى يختص بالحكم

    If moisture from its water touches

    a thirsty heart, it is favored with wisdom.

  6. مرضوا في كل وقت لها

    ورابطوا واسمعوا مع الهمم

    [Perhaps: Be receptive] to it at every moment,

    and keep vigil and listen with high resolve.

  7. واسعوا إلى اللَه ولا تكسوا

    بالقلب والعينين والقدم

    Strive toward God, and do not [perhaps: grow idle],

    with the heart, both eyes, and the foot.

  8. من عرف اللَه صفا قلبه

    وعاش محفوظاً من التهم

    Whoever knows God has a heart made pure,

    and lives protected from accusations,

  9. مروحاً من هم تدبيره

    مستمسكاً باللَهِ معتصم

    relieved of anxiety over his own planning,

    holding fast to God, taking refuge.

  10. الصدر مشروح وفي سره

    أنس فلا يوحش ولا يضم

    His breast is opened, and in his innermost self

    is intimacy: he is neither lonely nor wronged.

  11. تبارك الرحمن في مجده

    قد عم بالأرزاق والنعم

    Blessed is the All-Merciful in His glory;

    He has embraced all with sustenance and blessings.

  12. يدبر الأشياء بلا فكرة

    لو لم يقمها لم تكن تقم

    He governs things without deliberation;

    were He not to uphold them, they could not stand.

  13. وهو الذي قد كان أوجدها

    جميعاً طرا من العدم

    And He is the One who brought them into being,

    all of them, without exception, from nothingness.

  14. أشهد أن اللَه حي قدير

    له البقاء الحق كالقدم

    I bear witness that God is living, all-powerful;

    He truly endures forever, just as He has no beginning.