1. أرَى الدنيا وزخرفَها غروراً

    وكم أرَى للورى فيها سرورا

    I see the world and its finery as delusion.

    And how much joy for humankind I see within it!

  2. وأيُّ فتىً يدومُ له سرورٌ

    إذا كان البقاءُ بها قصيرَا

    And what young man has joy that endures,

    When his stay within it is so brief?

  3. فأيْنَ الأولونَ مِن البرايَا

    ومَنْ ملك الخَورْنَق والسديرَا

    So where are the earliest generations of humankind,

    And he who possessed al-Khawarnaq and al-Sadir,

  4. وشدَّادُ بن عادٍ والجلَنْدَى

    وفرعونُ الذى يدعُو ثُبورَا

    And Shaddad son of 'Ad, and al-Julanda,

    And Pharaoh, who cries out for destruction,

  5. وعمرٌو وامرؤ القيسِ بن حجرٍ

    وداودُ الذى حازَ الزَّبُورَا

    And 'Amr, and Imru' al-Qays son of Hujr,

    And Dawud, who received the Psalms?

  6. ومَنْ أعلاهُمُ مجداً وعيصاً

    وأفخرُهمْ وأكثرهم نفيرَا

    And those highest among them in glory and lineage,

    And their most illustrious, with the greatest host,

  7. وأنداهُم يداً وأشدُّ بطشاً

    مَضَوا لم يلبثُوا إلا يسيرَا

    And the most open-handed, the fiercest in might—

    They passed away, lingering only a little while.

  8. ولو ملك الفَتى مالا عظيما

    وشيَّدَ في ذُرى الدنيا قُصورَا

    Even if a young man possessed immense wealth,

    And built palaces upon the world's heights,

  9. فما يغِنيه عن شيء عظيمٍ

    من الدنيا إذا سكَن القُبورَا

    Yet it would not shield him from a great ordeal

    Of this world, once he dwells within the graves.

  10. فيما وَيلَ العصاةِ مِن المعاصي

    غدا يصْليهمُ ربِّي سعيرَا

    Woe to the disobedient for their sins!

    Tomorrow my Lord will make them burn in a blaze.

  11. لهم فيها شرابٌ من حَميمٍ

    وصيَّر يومهم يوماً عسيرَا

    For them therein is a drink of scalding water,

    And He has made their day a day of hardship.

  12. لهم فيها شهيقٌ واضطرابٌ

    وتسمعُ في البُكا لهمُ زفيرَا

    There they gasp and writhe,

    And amid their weeping you hear their groaning.

  13. أينفعُهم خليلٌ ذاتَ يوم

    يكون الشرُّ فيه مستطيرَا

    Will a close friend avail them on a day

    When evil spreads everywhere?

  14. ويغشَاهم عذابٌ من حميم

    يُصَبُّ عليهمُ صبّاً كبيرَا

    And torment of scalding water engulfs them,

    Poured upon them in great torrents.

  15. إذا فيها استغاثُوا لم يغاثوا

    ولم يجدُوا هناكَ لهم مجيرَا

    If they cry for help therein, no help is given them,

    And there they find no protector for themselves.

  16. لهم فيها صريخٌ لم يغاثُوا

    وهم قد خلِّدوا فيها دُهُورَا

    There they cry aloud, yet no help is given them,

    And there they are made to abide eternally, age upon age.

  17. أعدَّ اللهُ للعاصى جَحيما

    له صارتْ أماكنُها مصيرَا

    God has prepared a blazing Hell for the disobedient;

    Its precincts have become his destination.

  18. فحيث أتَى بقول غير صدقٍ

    وجاءَ يقوله ظلماً وزورَا

    For he brought forth words devoid of truth,

    And spoke them wrongfully and falsely.

  19. ألم يتلُ النبيُّ عليك قولا

    من القرآن ذكراً يا كَفُورَا

    Did the Prophet not recite to you words

    From the Qur'an as a reminder, O ungrateful one?

  20. غفلتَ وما غفلتَ عن المعاصى

    لك النيران قد جُعلتْ حصيرَا

    You were heedless, yet not heedless of sins.

    The fires have been made your prison.

  21. وما مِن غافلٍ في الأرض إلا

    وربُّ العرش كان به بصيرَا

    There is no heedless soul on earth

    But the Lord of the Throne has full sight of him.

  22. ألا لا تَغْفَلَنَّ عن المنايَا

    وأَحْسِن واعبدِ الربَّ القديرَا

    Take heed: never be heedless of death,

    And do good, and worship the all-powerful Lord.

  23. وكنْ في اللهِ مجتهداً مطيعَا

    له فيما يشاءُ ومُستجيرَا

    And be diligent in God's service, obedient

    To Him in whatever He wills, seeking His protection.

  24. فمن يطع الإله تقىً وعلماً

    يُجرْهُ وليس يحشرُه حقيرَا

    For whoever obeys God with piety and knowledge,

    He will shelter him and not summon him in disgrace.

  25. ويدخْله الجنان بلا ارتدادٍ

    ويلبسُ وجهه ضوءاً ونورَا

    And He will admit him to the Gardens, with no turning back,

    And clothe his face in radiance and light.

  26. فإنّ المؤمنينَ لهم نعيمٌ

    سقاهُمْ ربهم ماءً طَهورَا

    For the believers shall have bliss;

    Their Lord has given them pure water to drink.

  27. أعدّ اللهُ للرهبانِ خيراً

    وولداناً وجناتٍ وحُورَا

    God has prepared good things for the ascetics,

    And youths, gardens, and fair-eyed maidens.

  28. وربّ عَقيلة فيهنَّ بكرٌ

    فَمَا تْلقَى لها أبداً نظيرَا

    And many a noble woman among them is a virgin,

    Whose equal you will never find.

  29. إذا سفَرْتَ وبدرُ الليل سارِ

    لأَطْفأَ ضوؤها القمرَ المنيرَا

    If she unveiled while the full moon coursed through the night,

    Her light would extinguish the shining moon.

  30. وإنْ سَدَلتْ ذَوائبَها نهارَا

    لخِلناه ظلاماً لنْ يُنيرَا

    And if she let her tresses fall by day,

    We would think it darkness, never to grow light.

  31. وَيُزْرِى بالشمُوسٍ إذا تبدَّتْ

    وبالأقمارِ إن كَشفتْ سُتورَا

    And her radiance shames the suns when she appears,

    And the moons, if she draws aside her veils.

  32. فيَا طُوبى لهم فازُوا بخيرٍ

    وقد صارَ الرحيق لهم نميرَا

    So blessed are they: they have attained goodness!

    And pure wine has become their sweet, wholesome drink.

  33. وهُم يتلذّذون بكلّ طيبٍ

    وأبدانٍ لهم كُسيَتْ حَريرَا

    And they delight in every pleasant thing,

    And their bodies have been clothed in silk.

  34. فلا يلقَوْنَ في الجنّاتِ شمساً

    ولا يَلْقَوْنَ فيها زَمْهريرَا

    They encounter no sun in the Gardens,

    Nor do they encounter bitter cold therein.

  35. لقدْ قالَ المهيمنُ إنّ هذا

    لمن قد كان في الدنيا شَكُورَا

    The All-Watchful has indeed said that this

    Is for whoever was deeply grateful in this world:

  36. طَهوراً عابداً ثقةً كريمَا

    سليمَ القلب مُتَّقِياً صَبُورَا

    Pure, devout, trustworthy, and generous,

    Sound of heart, God-fearing, and patient,

  37. تقيّاً مُسلماً سَلْماً سَليما

    رضيّاً عالماً عَلمَا خَبيرَا

    Pious, Muslim, peaceable, and unblemished,

    Well-pleasing, learned, a beacon, and discerning.