لا تَطْلُبنَّ القُوتَ مِنْ مَعْشَرٍ

مَا عِنْدَهُمْ لُطْفٌ ولا رَحْمَهْ

Do not seek sustenance from a people

Who have no kindness or mercy.

مَنْ لَيْسَ في لُحْمهُمُ فَضْلةً

فَلَيْسَ فِي فَضْلِهِمُ لَحْمَه

Those who have no surplus in their flesh

Have no flesh in their surplus.