وَما فَضَلوكُم غَيرَ أَنَّ أَباكُمُ

أَطالَ فَأَكدى ثُمَّ قالَ فَأَنكَدا

They have no merit over you but that their father

Prolonged then intenified, then said and confirmed

وَفاحَشَ أَهلَ الشَرَّ حَتّى بَذاهُمُ

وَإِنَّ أَباهُم قَلَ خَيراً وَأَحمَدا

And he indulged the people of evil until he made them accustomed

While their father seldom said good and praised

فَجاؤوا عَلى ما عُوِّدوا وَأَتَيتُمُ

عَلى عادَةٍ وَالمَرءُ مِمّا تَعَوَّدا

So they came in their accustomed ways and you came

In a habit, and a man becomes accustomed to what he is used to

وَما الفُحشُ إِلّا مَن أَتى الفُحشَ سادِراً

وَما المَجدُ إِلّا مَن عَلا وَتَمَجَّدا

Evil is not but from one who comes to evil freely

And glory is not but from one who rises and is glorified