1. إلزم باب ربك واترك كل دون

    واسأله السلامة من دار الفتون

    Stay at your Lord’s door and leave all else.

    And ask Him for safety from the abode of trials.

  2. لا يضيق صدرك فالحادث يهون

    اللَه المقدر والعالم شؤون

    Let not your breast grow tight, for what befalls will grow easier.

    God is the Ordainer and the Knower of affairs.

  3. لا تكثر لهمك ما قدر يكون

    فكرك واختيارك دعهما وراك

    Do not dwell on your worry; what is decreed will come to pass.

    Leave your thinking and your choosing behind you.

  4. والتدبير أيضاً واشهد من رآك

    مولاك المهين إنه يراك

    And planning too; behold the One who has seen you.

    Your Master, who humbles—He surely sees you.

  5. فوض له أمورك وأحسن الظنون

    لا تكثر لهمك ما قدر يكون

    Entrust your affairs to Him, and think well of Him.

    Do not dwell on your worry; what is decreed will come to pass.

  6. لو ولم ويكيف قول ذي الحمق

    يعترض على اللَه الذي خلق

    'If,' 'why,' and 'how' are the speech of a fool,

    who objects to God, who created,

  7. وقضى وقدر كل شيء بحق

    يا قلبي تنبه واترك المجون

    and decreed and ordained everything justly.

    O my heart, awaken and abandon wantonness.

  8. لا تكثر همك ما قد يكون

    أنت والخلائق كله عبيد

    Do not increase your worry over what may come to pass.

    You and all creation are servants.

  9. والإله فينا يفعل ما يريد

    همك واغتمامك ويحك ما يفيد

    And God does with us whatever He wills.

    Your worry and distress—alas for you—do no good.

  10. فالقضا تقدم فاغنم السكون

    لا تكثر همك ما قد يكون

    For the decree is already set; so embrace tranquility.

    Do not increase your worry over what may come to pass.

  11. قد ضمن تعالي بالرزق القوام

    في الكتاب المنزل نوراً للأنام

    The Sustainer, exalted is He, has guaranteed provision,

    in the Book sent down as a light for creation.

  12. فالرضا فريضة والسخط حرام

    والقنع راح والطمع جنون

    So acceptance is a duty, and resentment is forbidden.

    And contentment is rest, and greed is madness.

  13. لا تكثر همك ما قد يكون

    الذي لغيرك لا يصل إليك

    Do not increase your worry over what may come to pass.

    What is for another will not reach you.

  14. والذي قسم لك حاصل لديك

    فاشتغل بربك والذي عليك

    And what has been allotted to you will be in your possession.

    So devote yourself to your Lord and to what is incumbent upon you,

  15. في فرض الحقيقة والشرع المصون

    لا تكثر همك ما قد يكون

    in the obligations of spiritual truth and the safeguarded sacred law.

    Do not increase your worry over what may come to pass.

  16. شرع المصطفى الهادي البشير

    ختم الأنبياء البدر المنير

    The law of the Chosen One, the guide, the bearer of glad tidings,

    the Seal of the Prophets, the radiant full moon.

  17. صلى اللَه عليه الرب القدير

    ما ريح الصبا مالت بالغصون

    May God, the all-powerful Lord, send blessings upon him,

    as long as the east wind sways the boughs.

  18. لا تكثر همك ما قد يكون

    Do not increase your worry over what may come to pass.