أَشَدُّ الجِهادِ جِهادُ الهَوى
وَما كَرَّمَ المَرءَ إِلّا التُقى
The hardest jihad is the jihad against passion.
Nothing ennobles a person but piety.
وَأَخلاقُ ذي الفَضلِ مَعروفَةٌ
بِبَذلِ الجَميلِ وَكَفِّ الأَذى
The virtues of a person of excellence are well known:
bestowing kindness and withholding harm.
وَكُلُّ الفُكاهاتِ مَملولَةٌ
وَطولُ التَعاشُرِ فيهِ القِلى
All pleasantries become tiresome,
and long familiarity breeds estrangement.
وَكُلُّ طَريفٍ لَهُ لَذَّةٌ
وَكُلُّ تَليدٍ سَريعُ البِلى
Every novelty holds a delight,
and every heirloom is swift to decay.
وَلا شَيءَ إِلّا لَهُ آفَةٌ
وَلا شَيءَ إِلّا لَهُ مُنتَهى
Nothing exists but has its bane,
and nothing exists but has its end.
وَلَيسَ الغِنى نَشَبٌ في يَدٍ
وَلَكِن غِنى النَفسِ كُلُّ الغِنى
Wealth is not possessions held in the hand;
rather, richness of spirit is all true wealth.
وَإِنّا لَفي صُنُعٍ ظاهِرٍ
يَدُلُّ عَلى صانِعٍ لا يُرى
Indeed, we dwell amid evident works
that point to a Maker who is unseen.
Sol 5.6