لتندمنَّyou will surely regret علىover ماwhatever كانwas منof عملٍa deed
لتندمنَّ على ما كان من عملٍ
تبغيyou seek بهthrough it عوضاًrecompense منfrom عندwith مخلوقِa created being
تبغي به عوضاً من عند مخلوقِ
You will surely regret any deed you have done,
seeking through it recompense from a created being,
وتسخطand you anger اللهGod فيهin it وهوwhile He is رازقكمyour provider
وتسخط الله فيه وهو رازقكم
وماand not لكمfor you عوضٌa substitute عنهin place of Him بتحقيقin truth
وما لكم عوضٌ عنه بتحقيق
and angering God thereby, though He is your provider.
And in truth you have no substitute for Him.
إنindeed الذيthe one who يعبدworships الرحمنthe All-Merciful تبصرهyou see him
إن الذي يعبد الرحمن تبصره
كمصحفٍlike a Qur'an copy ضائعٍneglected فيin بيتِthe house of زِنديقa heretic
كمصحفٍ ضائعٍ في بيتِ زِنديق
Indeed, you see the one who worships the All-Merciful
like a neglected copy of the Qur'an in a heretic's house.
إنَّindeed الفتىthe noble youth مَنone who رأىsaw الأفراسthe steeds توصلهbring him
إنَّ الفتى مَن رأى الأفراس توصله
بهto Him فيمسحso he strokes بالأعناقِover the necks والسوقand the shanks
به فيمسح بالأعناقِ والسوق
Indeed, the noble youth is he who sees the steeds bring him
to Him, and so strokes their necks and shanks,
حبالهاout of love for them عندماwhen كانتthey were أدلتهhis proofs
حبالها عندما كانت أدلته
عليهof Him لمdid not يرهاsee them جاءتthey came لتشقيقfor cutting apart
عليه لم يرها جاءت لتشقيق
out of love for them, as they were his proofs
of Him; he did not think they had come to be cut apart.
وكيفand how جاءتْthey came لتشقيقٍfor cutting apart وإنَّwhen indeed لهاthey have
وكيف جاءتْ لتشقيقٍ وإنَّ لها
تسبيحَglorification of خالِقهاtheir Creator حقَّاًtruly بتصديقِwith belief
تسبيحَ خالِقها حقَّاً بتصديقِ
And how could they have come to be cut apart, when theirs is
true glorification of their Creator, offered in faith?
اللهGod كرمهاhonored them جوداًgenerously وأهلهاand readied them
الله كرمها جوداً وأهلها
لكلِّfor every صالحةٍgood deed تأهيلُthe preparation of معشوقa beloved
لكلِّ صالحةٍ تأهيلُ معشوق
God has generously honored them and readied them
for every good deed, as a beloved is readied.
للهto God belongs نفسٌa soul براهاfashioned it اللهGod منfrom عرقِthe sweat of
لله نفسٌ براها الله من عرقِ
الأفراسthe steeds فيin حلبةِthe racecourse of الأفراسِthe steeds والنوقand the she-camels
الأفراس في حلبةِ الأفراسِ والنوق
To God belongs a soul that God fashioned from the sweat of
steeds, on the racecourse of steeds and she-camels.
Sol 6.1