فينا مَعاشِرُ لَم يَبنوا لِقِومِهِمُ
وَإِنَّ بَني قَومِهِم ما أَفسَدوا عادوا
Among us are those who built not for their people
Though the people's children did no harm, they opposed
لا يَرشُدون وَلَن يَرعوا لِمُرشِدِهم
فَالغَيُّ مِنهُم مَعاً وَالجَهلُ ميعادُ
They offer no guidance, nor heed their guide
So ignorance and misguidance is their fate
كَانوا كَمِثلِ لُقَيمٍ في عَشيرَتِهِ
إذ أُهلِكَت بِالَّذي قَد قَدَّمَت عادُ
They were like Luqaym among his clan
When 'Aad were destroyed for what they began
أَو بَعدَه كِقُدارٍ حينَ تابَعَهُ
عَلى الغِوايَةِ أَقوامٌ فَقَد بادوا
Or like Qudar who followed and then
Led people astray till destruction came
وَالبَيتُ لا يُبتَنى إِلّا لَهُ عَمَدٌ
وَلا عِمادَ إِذا لَم تُرسَ أَوتادُ
A house is built on pillars set deep
With no pillars standing the roof cannot keep
فَإِن تَجَمَّعَ أَوتادٌ وَأَعمِدَةٌ
وَساكِنٌ بَلَغوا الأَمرَ الَّذي كادوا
When pillars and beams come together as one
They accomplish what they together had done
وَإِن تَجَمَّعَ أَقوامٌ ذَوو حَسَبٍ
اِصطادَ أَمرَهُمُ بِالرُشدِ مُصطادُ
When men of merit and lineage convene
Their affairs succeed guided rightly I ween
لا يَصلُحُ الناسُ فَوضى لا سَراةَ لَهُم
وَلا سَراةَ إِذا جُهّالُهُم سادوا
Mankind cannot prosper lacking leadership
Nor succeed when ignorance takes precedence
تُلفى الأُمورُ بِأَهلِ الرُشدِ ما صَلَحَت
فَإِن تَوَلَّوا فَبِالأَشرارِ تَنقادُ
With the rightly-guided affairs come to rights
Else with evil men all things lead to blights
إِذا تَوَلّى سَراةُ القَومِ أَمرَهُمُ
نَما عَلى ذاك أَمرُ القَومِ فَاِزدادوا
When the leadership of a people goes astray
Their affairs decline and worsen each day
أَمارَةُ الغَيِّ أَن تَلقى الجَميعَ لَدى ال
إِبرامِ لِلأَمرِ وَالأَذنابُ أَكتادُ
The mark of misguidance is that the mass assents
When resolving affairs though fools represent
كَيفَ الرَشادُ إِذا ما كُنتَ في نَفَرٍ
لَهُم عَنِ الرُشدِ أَغلالٌ وَأَقيادُ
What guidance when you're among a band
For whom guidance is shackled, banned?
أَعطَوا غُواتَهَمُ جَهلاً مَقادَتَهُم
فَكُلُّهُم في حِبالِ الغَيِّ مُنقادُ
They gave their reins to ignorance leading their way
So all were by misguidance led astray
حانَ الرَحيلُ إِلى قَومٍ وَإِن بَعُدوا
فيهِم صَلاحٌ لِمُرتادٍ وَإِرشادُ
Time to move where goodness can be found
Though kin be near and homeland abound
فَسَوفَ أَجعَلُ بُعدَ الأَرضِ دونَكُمُ
وَإِن دَنَت رَحِمٌ مِنكُم وَميلادُ
Salvation, if you've vision, is to flee
The harm of misguidance - leave, break free
إِنَّ النَجاةَ إِذا ما كُنتَ ذا بَصَرٍ
مِن أَجَّةِ الغَيِّ إِبعادٌ فَإِبعادُ
The good grows the more you meet with it
While evil diminishes if you limit it
وَالخَيرُ تَزدادُ مِنهُ ما لَقيتَ بِهِ
وَالشَرُّ يَكفيكَ مِنهُ قَلَّ ما زادُ
