ما الخَيرُ صَومٌ يَذوبُ الصائِمونَ لَهُ

وَلا صَلاةٌ وَلا صوفٌ عَلى الجَسَدِ

What good is fasting when people waste away?

What good is prayer or clothes on a body?

إِنّما هُوَ تَركُ الشَرِّ مُطَّرِحاً

وَنفضُكَ الصَدرَ مِن غِلٍّ وَمِن حَسَدِ

True piety is leaving evil, casting aside

Malice and envy, hatred from your heart.

ما دامَتِ الوَحشُ وَالإِنعامُ خائِفَةً

فَرَساً فَما صَحَّ أَمرُ النُسكِ لِلأَسَدِ

Until the prey and cattle live without fear,

None is pious, not even lions that fast.