أِنَّا إِلَى اللهِ وَإِنَّا لَهُ

مَا أَشْغَلَ الإِنْسَانَ عَنْ شَانِهِ

Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return

How preoccupied man becomes from his own status

يَرْتَاحُ لِلأَثْوَابِ يُزْهَى بِهَا

وَالْخَيْطُ مَعْزُولٌ لأَكْفَانِهِ

He finds comfort in clothes with which he is adorned

Yet the shroud's thread remains separated for his burial

وَيَخْزُنُ الفَلْسَ لِوَارِثِهِ

مُسْتَنْفِداً مَبْلَغَ أَكْوَانِهِ

He hoards money for his inheritor

Exhausting the extent of his goblets

قَوَّضْ عَنِ الْفَانِي رِحَالَ امْرِىءٍ

مَدَّ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَ عِرْفَانِهِ

He neglected the transient life of a man

And turned to Him his eye of knowledge

مَا ثَمَّ إِلاَّ مَوْقِفٌ رَاهِنٌ

قَدْ وُكِلِ العَدْلُ بِمِيرَانِهِ

There remains nothing but the present stance

Justice has been entrusted with its measuring

مُفَرِّطٌ يَشقَى بِتَفْرِيطِهِ

وَمُحْسِنٌ يُجْزَى بِإِحْسَانِهِ

A neglectful one suffers for his neglect

While a good-doer is rewarded for his goodness