مَا شِئْتَ كَانَ، وإنْ لم أشَأْ

وَمَا شِئْتُ إن لَمْ تَشأْ لَمْ يكنْ

Whatever you willed was, even if I did not will it

And whatever I willed, if you did not will it, did not happen

خَلقْتَ العِبَادَ لِمَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ

فَفِي العِلْمِ يَجري الفَتَى وَالْمُسِنْ

You created mankind for what you already knew

So predestination flows for the youth and the aged

فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِيٌّ، وَمِنْهُمْ سَعِيد

وَمِنْهُمْ قَبِيحٌ، وَمِنْهُمْ حَسَنْ

Among them is wretched and among them fortunate

Among them ugly and among them beautiful

عَلَى ذَا مَنَنْتَ، وَهَذا خَذلْتَ،

وذاكَ أعنتَ، وذا لم تُعِنْ

Upon this one you conferred blessings, and that one you forsook

And you helped that one, and you did not help this one