عَصَى أَبُو العالَمِ وَهْو الَّذي

عَصَى أَبُو العالَمِ وَهْو الَّذي

من طِينَةٍ صَوَّرَهُ اللهُ

من طِينَةٍ صَوَّرَهُ اللهُ

The father of humankind disobeyed—he who

The father of mankind disobeyed, though he was the one

was fashioned by God from clay,

whom God fashioned from a lump of clay,

وأَسْجَدَ الأَمْلاكَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ

وأَسْجَدَ الأَمْلاكَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ

وكانَ في الجَنَّةِ مَأْواهُ

وكانَ في الجَنَّةِ مَأْواهُ

for whose sake He made the angels bow down,

and for whose sake He made the angels prostrate,

and whose abode was in Paradise.

and whose abode was in Paradise.

أَغْواهُ إبْليسٌ فَمَنْ ذا أَنَا ال

أَغْواهُ إبْليسٌ فَمَنْ ذا أَنَا ال

مِسْكينُ إنْ إِبْليسُ أَغْواهُ

مِسْكينُ إنْ إِبْليسُ أَغْواهُ

Iblis led him astray—then who am I, the

Iblis led him astray—so who am I, the

poor wretch, if Iblis led him astray?

poor wretch, if Iblis led him astray?