ما يَحفَظِ اللَهُ يَصُن
ما يَصنَعِ اللَهُ يَهُن
What Allah preserves is protected
What Allah makes is weakened
مَن يُسعِدِ اللَهُ يَلِن
لَهُ الزَمانُ إِن خَشُن
Who Allah makes happy is softened
Time is for him even if harsh
أَخي اِعتَبِر لا تَغتَرِر
كَيفَ تَرى صَرفَ الزَمَن
My brother, take heed, do not be fooled
See how time turns
يُجزى بِما أوتي مَن
فعل قَبيحٍ أَو حَسَن
One is rewarded for what he was given
Be it an ugly deed or good
أَفلَحَ عَبدٌ كُشِفَ ال
غِطاءُ عَنهُ فَفَطن
Successful is a servant whose
Covering was removed and he understood
وَقَرَّ عَيناً مَن رَأى
أَنَّ البَلاءَ في اللَسن
And it pleased one who saw
That trials are on tongues
فَمازَ مِن أَلفاظِهِ
في كُلِّ وَقتٍ وَوَزن
So he refrained from its words
At every time and rhythm
وَخافَ مِن لِسانِهِ
عَزباً حَديداً فَحَزن
And feared from his tongue
Loose iron chains so he grieved
وَمَن يَكُ مُعتَصِماً
بِاللَهِ ذي العَرشِ فَلَن
And whoever holds firm
To Allah, Lord of the Throne, so he will never
يَضُرُّهُ شَيءٌ وَمن
يَعدي عَلى اللَهِ وَمَن
Be harmed by anything and who
Transgresses upon Allah and who
مَن يَأمَنِ اللَه يَخَف
وَخائِفُ اللَهِ أَمن
Who fears Allah is wary
And Allah's fearful one is secured
وَما لِما يُثمِرُهُ ال
خَوفُ مِنَ اللَهِ ثَمَن
And the fear of Allah has no
Price for what it yields
يا عالِمَ السِرِّ كَما
يَعلَمُ حَقّاً ما عَلَن
O Knower of secrets as
You truly know what is private and public
صَلِّ عَلى جَدّي أَبي ال
قاسِمِ ذي النورِ المُبَن
Bless my grandfather, my father Al
Qasim, the evident light
أَكرَمُ مِن حَيٍّ وَمِن
لُفِّفَ مَيتاً في الكَفَن
More generous than a living one and than
One shrouded in a burial shroud
وَاِمنُن عَلَينا بِالرِضا
فَأَنتَ أَهلٌ لِلمِنَن
And favor us with acceptance
For You are worthy of favors
وَاِعفِنا في دينِنا
مِن كُلِّ حُسرٍ وَغُبُن
And pardon us in our religion
From every disappointment and failing
ما خابَ مَن خابَ كَمَن
يَوماً إِلى الدُنيا رَكَن
Not disappointed is he who disappointed
A day towards worldly life leaned
طوبى لِعَبدٍ كُشِفَت
عَنهُ غِياباتِ الوَسَن
Good tidings to a servant whose
Seclusions were uncovered
وَالمَوعِدُ اللَه وَما
يَقضي بِهِ اللَهُ مَكَن
And the promise is Allah's and what
Allah decrees is established