أنْعِمْ عَلى مَنْ تَشاءُ

أنْعِمْ عَلى مَنْ تَشاءُ

فأنْتَ حَتْماً أمِيرُهْ

فأنْتَ حَتْماً أمِيرُهْ

Bestow favor on whomever you wish;

Bestow favor upon whom you please

for you are certainly his ruler.

You are surely their commander

واحْتَجْ لِمَنْ شِئْتَ يَوماً

واحْتَجْ لِمَنْ شِئْتَ يَوماً

فما سِواكَ أسيرُهْ

فما سِواكَ أسيرُهْ

And be in need of whomever you wish one day;

And defend whom you wish one day

for none other than you is his captive.

For none but you are their conqueror

واسْتَغْنِ باللهِ عَمَّنْ

واسْتَغْنِ باللهِ عَمَّنْ

تَشاءُ أنتَ نَظِيرُهْ

تَشاءُ أنتَ نَظِيرُهْ

And, with God's help, have no need of whomever

And be self-sufficient with God without

you wish—you are his equal.

Whom you wish, you are their peer

فالمرءُ عَبْدُ هَواهُ

فالمرءُ عَبْدُ هَواهُ

يَضيرُهُ أو يُجيرُهْ

يَضيرُهُ أو يُجيرُهْ

For a person is the slave of his desire:

Man is slave to his passion

it harms him or grants him refuge.

That harms him or grants him refuge