مَن سالَمَ الناسَ سَلِم

مَن شاتَمَ الناسَ شُتِم

Whoever greets people stays safe

Whoever insults people gets insulted

مَن ظَلَمَ الناسَ أَسا

مَن رَحِمَ الناسَ رُحِم

Whoever wrongs people will be wronged

Whoever has mercy on people receives mercy

مَن طَلَبَ الفَضلَ إِلى

غَيرِ ذَوي الفَضلِ حُرِم

Whoever seeks virtue from

other than the virtuous is deprived

مَن حَفِظَ العَهدَ وَفى

مَن أَحسَنَ السَمعَ فَهِم

Whoever keeps their word and fulfills promises

Whoever listens well, understands

مَن صَدَقَ اللَهَ عَلا

مَن طَلَبَ العِلمَ عَلِم

Whoever believes God is exalted

Whoever seeks knowledge, knows

مَن خالَفَ الرُشدَ غَوى

مَن تَبِعَ الغَيَّ نَدِم

Whoever opposes righteousness, strays

Whoever follows falsehood will regret

مَن لَزِمَ الصَمتَ نَجا

مَن قالَ بِالخَيرِ غَنِم

Whoever keeps silent, succeeds

Whoever speaks good, profits

مَن عَفَّ وَاِكتَفَّ زَكا

مَن جَحَدَ الحَقَّ أَثِم

Whoever pardons and restrains, grows purer

Whoever denies the truth, sins

مَن مَسَّهُ الضُرُّ شَكا

مَن عَضَّهُ الدَهرُ أَلِم

Whoever is struck by harm, complains

Whoever is bitten by fate, hurts

لَم يَعدُ حَيٍّ رِزقُهُ

رِزقُ اِمرِئً حَيثُ قُسِم

No longer alive, his sustenance

A man’s sustenance is where it’s ordained