فَلا تَحسَبِ الغُنمَ جَمعَ التِلا

فَلا تَحسَبِ الغُنمَ جَمعَ التِلا

دِ فَإِنَّ النَجاةَ هِيَ المَغنَمُ

دِ فَإِنَّ النَجاةَ هِيَ المَغنَمُ

So do not think gain is the amassing of inherited wealth;

So count not wealth as endless gain,

For deliverance itself is the gain.

Salvation is the real bargain.

وَلَيتَ النَجاءَةَ لِلمُنصِفي

وَلَيتَ النَجاءَةَ لِلمُنصِفي

نَ تُرَجّى فَكَيفَ لِمَن يَظلِمُ

نَ تُرَجّى فَكَيفَ لِمَن يَظلِمُ

And would that deliverance for the just

If but the just could win salvation -

Could be hoped for—how, then, for one who does wrong?

How then for those of oppression?

حِيالَكَ دارانِ مَهدومَةٌ

حِيالَكَ دارانِ مَهدومَةٌ

وَمَنقوضَةٌ خَلفَها تُهدَمُ

وَمَنقوضَةٌ خَلفَها تُهدَمُ

Before you are two houses: one demolished,

Behind you here two dwellings lie,

And one behind it, being dismantled and torn down.

Both wrecked, and more shall yet comply.

وَفي ذاكَ مُعتَبَرٌ لِلَّبي

وَفي ذاكَ مُعتَبَرٌ لِلَّبي

بِ وَمُتَّعِظٌ لَكَ لَو تَعلَمُ

بِ وَمُتَّعِظٌ لَكَ لَو تَعلَمُ

And in that is a lesson for the wise,

Instruction here for those who learn,

And an admonition for you, if you but knew.

And warning, did you but discern.

إِذا جازَ حُكمُ اِمرِىءٍ مُلحِدٍ

إِذا جازَ حُكمُ اِمرِىءٍ مُلحِدٍ

عَلى مُسلِمٍ هَلَكَ المُسلِمُ

عَلى مُسلِمٍ هَلَكَ المُسلِمُ

If the judgment of a heretical man takes effect

If governance an infidel holds,

Against a Muslim, that Muslim perishes.

O'er Muslims, perished are the folds.