يا أَيُّها المُغتَرُّ بِاللَهِ
فِرَّ مِنَ اللَهِ إِلى اللَهِ
O You Deceived by God
Flee from God to God
وَلُذ بِهِ وَاسأَلهُ مِن فَضلِهِ
فَقَد نَجا مَن لاذَ بِاللَهِ
And take refuge in Him and ask of His bounty
Indeed, one who takes refuge in God is delivered
وَقُم لَهُ وَاللَيلُ في جِنحِهِ
فَحَبَّذا مَن قامَ لِلَّهِ
And stand before Him while night spreads its wings
Blessed is one who stands for God
وَاِتلُ مِنَ الوَحيِ وَلَو آيَةً
تُكسى بِها نوراً مِنَ اللَهِ
Recite from revelation even if a verse
With which you are clothed with light from God
وَعَفِّرِ الوَجهَ لَهُ ساجِداً
فَعَزَّ وَجهٌ ذَلَّ لِلَّهِ
Rub your face to the ground bowing before Him
Noble is the face that humbles itself before God
فَما نَعيمٌ كَمُناجاتِهِ
لِقانِتٍ يُخلِصُ لِلَّهِ
No bliss compares to conversing with Him
For one devoutly sincere to God
وَاِبعُد عَنِ الذَنبِ وَلا تاتِهِ
فَبُعدُهُ قُربٌ مِنَ اللَهِ
Keep away from sin, go not near it
For staying away is being near God
يا طالِباً جاهاً بِغَيرِ التُقى
جَهِلتَ ما يُدني مِنَ اللَهِ
O You Seeking status without piety
You know not what draws you near God
لا جاهَ إِلّا جاهُ يَومِ القَضا
إِذ لَيسَ حُكمٌ لِسِوى اللَهِ
No status save the status on Judgment Day
When none judge but God
وَصارَ مَن يُسعَدُ في جَنَّةٍ
عالِيَةٍ في رَحمَةِ اللَهِ
One made happy in a lofty Garden
In God's mercy
يَسكُنُ في الفِردَوسِ في قُبَّةٍ
مِن لُؤلُؤٍ في جيرَةِ اللَهِ
Residing in Firdaws under a dome
Of pearls in God's neighborhood
وَمَن يَكُن يُقضى عَلَيهِ الشَقا
في جاحِمٍ في سَخَطِ اللَهِ
While one decreed misery in scorching Hell
In God's wrath
يُسحَبُ في النارِ عَلى وَجهِهِ
بِسابِقِ الحُكمِ مِنَ اللَهِ
Is dragged on his face into the Fire
By God's precedent decree
يا عَجَباً مِن موقِنٍ بِالجَزا
وَهوَ قَليلُ الخَوفِ لِلَّهِ
Wondrous is one certain of recompense
Yet scarce in fear of God
كَأَنَّهُ قَد جاءَهُ مُخبِرٌ
بِأَمنِهِ مِن قِبَلِ اللَهِ
As if informed of his safety
From God
يا رُبَّ جَبّارٍ شَديدِ القُوى
أَصابَهُ سَهمٌ مِنَ اللَهِ
O Lord of an arrogant tyrant
Struck by an arrow from God
فَأَنفَذَ المَقتَلَ مِنهُ وَكَم
أَصمَت وَتُصمي أَسهُمُ اللَهِ
Which unleashed death within him though many
Are silenced by God's arrows
وَغالَهُ الدَهرُ وَلَم تُغنِهِ
أَنصارُهُ شَيئاً مِنَ اللَهِ
Time betrayed him and his partisans
Availed him nothing against God
وَاِستَلَّ قَسراً مِن قُصورٍ إِلى ال
أَجداثِ وَاِستَسلَمَ لِلَّهِ
He was forcibly extracted from palaces to the graves
Surrendered to God
مُرتَهَناً فيها بِما قَد جَنى
يُخشى عَلَيهِ غَضَبُ اللَهِ
Held hostage therein for what he had reaped
Fearing God's wrath
لَيسَ لَهُ حَولٌ وَلا قُوَّةٌ
الحَولُ وَالقُوَّةُ لِلَّهِ
He has no might nor power
Might and power belong to God
يا صاحِ سِر في الأَرضِ كَيما تَرى
ما فَوقَها مِن عِبَرِ اللَهِ
O companion journeying the land to see
God's signs above it
وَكَم لَنا مِن عِبرَةٍ تَحتَها
في أُمَمٍ صارَت إِلى اللَهِ
How many lessons beneath it
In nations gone to God
مِن مَلِكٍ مِنهُم وَمِن سوقَةٍ
حَشرُهُمُ هَينٌ عَلى اللَهِ
Of kings among them and commanders
Their mustering is slight to God
وَاِلحَظ بِعَينَيكَ أَديمَ السَما
وَما بِها مِن حِكمَةِ اللَهِ
Observe with your eyes the expanse of the sky
And the wisdom of God within it
تَرى بِها الأَفلاكَ دَوّارَةً
شاهِدَةً بِالمُلكِ لِلَّهِ
You see the orbits revolving
Witnessing God's sovereignty
ما وَقَفَت مُذ أُجرِيَت لَمحَةً
أَو دونَها خَوفاً مِنَ اللَهِ
Unceasing since set in motion
In awe of God
وَما عَلَيها مِن حِسابٍ وَلا
تَخشى الَّذي يُخشى مِنَ اللَهِ
Without account being taken of them
Or fear of that feared from God
وَهيَ وَما غابَ وَما قَد بَدا
مِن آيَةٍ في قَبضَةِ اللَهِ
It and what is unseen and what has appeared
Are signs in God's grasp
تُوَحِّدُ اللَهَ عَلى عَرشِهِ
في غَيبِهِ فَالأَمرُ لِلَّهِ
They declare God's oneness upon His Throne
In His unseen, command belonging to God
وَما تَسَمّى أَحَدٌ في السَما
وَالأَرضِ غَيرُ اللَهِ بِاللَهِ
None in the heavens and earth
Is named but God by God
إِنَّ حِمى اللَهِ مَنيعٌ فَما
يَقرُبُ شَيءٌ مِن حِمى اللَهِ
God's sanctuary is impenetrable
Nothing comes near God's sanctuary
لا شَيءَ في الأَفواهِ أَحلى مِنَ التَ
تَوحيدِ وَالتَمجيدِ لِلَّهِ
Nothing is sweeter to mouths
Than declaring unity and praising God
وَلا اِطمَأَنَّ القَلبُ إِلّا لِمَن
يَعمُرُهُ بِالذِكرِ لِلَّهِ
No heart is reassured
Except by one who fills it with remembrance of God
وَإِن رَأى في دينِهِ شُبهَةً
أَمسَكَ عَنها خَشيَةَ اللَهِ
If he sees ambiguity in his faith
He withholds out of fear of God
أَو عَرَضَتهُ فاقَةٌ أَو غِنىً
لاقاهُما بِالشُكرِ لِلَّهِ
Or if want or wealth befall him
He meets both with gratitude to God
وَمَن يَكُن في هَديِهِ هَكَذا
كانَ خَليقاً بِرِضى اللَهِ
Whoever's guidance be such
Is deserving of God's approval
وَكانَ في الدُنيا وَفي قَبرِهِ
وَبَعدَهُ في ذِمَّةِ اللَهِ
He is under God's protection in life
And in his grave and beyond
وَفي غَدٍ تُبصِرُهُ آمِناً
لِخَوفِهِ اليَومَ مِنَ اللَهِ
Tomorrow you see him secure
For fearing God today
ما أَقبَحَ الشَيخَ إِذا ما صَبا
وَعاقَهُ الجَهلُ عَنِ اللَهِ
How ugly is an old man
When foolish in ignorance of God
وَهوَ مِنَ العُمرِ عَلى بازِلٍ
يَحمِلُهُ حَثّاً إِلى اللَه
While well-stricken in years
His white hair ushering him insistently to God
هَلّا إِذا أَشفى رَأى شَيبَهُ
يَنعاهُ فَاستَحيى مِنَ اللَهِ
Why, when he recovers, does he not see
His white hair prohibiting him from God
كَأَنَّما رينَ عَلى قَلبِهِ
فَصارَ مَحجوباً عَنِ اللَهِ
As if cataracts clouded his heart
And he became veiled from God
ما يُعذَرُ الجاهِلُ في جَهلِهِ
فَضلاً عَنِ العالِمِ بِاللَهِ
No excuse for an ignorant in ignorance
Let alone a knower of God
دارانِ لا بُدَّ لَنا مِنهُما
بِالفَضلِ وَالعَدلِ مِنَ اللَهِ
Two abodes inevitable for us
By God's grace and justice
وَلَستُ أَدري مَنزِلي مِنهُما
لَكِن تَوَكَّلتُ عَلى اللَهِ
I know not my place in them
Except I trust in God
فَاِعجَب لِعَبدٍ هَذِهِ حالُهُ
كَيفَ نَبا عَن طاعَةِ اللَهِ
Wondrous is a servant such is his state
Turning from obedience to God
واسَوأَتا إِن خابَ ظَنّي غَداً
وَلَم تَسَعني رَحمَةُ اللَهِ
Oh my misery if my assumption proves wrong tomorrow
And I am not encompassed in God's mercy
وَكُنتُ في النارِ أَخا شِقوَةٍ
نَعوذُ مِن ذَلِكَ بِاللَهِ
Finding myself in the Fire a wretched brother
We seek refuge from that in God
كَم سَوأَةٍ مَستورَةٍ عِندَنا
يَكشِفُها العَرضُ عَلى اللَه
How many disgraces lie hidden in us
Exposed in presentation to God
في مَشهَدٍ فيهِ جَميعُ الوَرى
قَد نَكَّسوا الأَذقانَ لِلَّهِ
In a space wherein all humanity
Bow heads to God
وَكَم تَرى مِن فائِزٍ فيهِمُ
جَلَّلَهُ سِترٌ مِنَ اللَهِ
You see among them many a winner
Robed by a veil from God
فَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ عَلى نِعمَةِ ال
إِسلامِ ثُمَّ الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ
So praise be to God for the blessing of Islam
Then praise be to God
