إذا كنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أنَّ الأُمور
بِحُكْمِ الإلهِ كَما قَدْ قَضى
If you know that all affairs
are governed by God’s decree, just as they have been ordained,
فَفِيمَ التفكُّرُ والحُكْمُ ماضٍ
ولا رَدَّ لِلْحُكْمِ مَهْما مَضى
why, then, brood, when the decree runs its course
and cannot be turned back once it has gone forth?
فَخَلِّ الوُجودَ كَما شاءَه
مُدَبِّرهُ وابْغِ منْهُ الرِّضى
So leave existence as its Governor has willed it,
and seek contentment from Him.
Sol 5.6