مَهْمَا تَقِلَّ ثُمَالَةُ المَوْجُودِ

لاَ تَحْرِمِ المِسْكيِنَ قَطْرَةَ جُودِ

However little your means may be

Never deprive the destitute of your generosity

فَإِذَا حَبَاكَ اللهُ فَضْلاً وَاسِعاً

فَالْبُخْلُ خُسْرَانٌ وَشِبْهُ جُحُودِ

For when Allah grants you ample bounty

Stinginess is loss, and akin to blasphemy

بِيضُ الأَيَادِي خَيْرُ مَا أَسْلَفْتَهُ

دَفْعاً لاِفَاتِ اللَّيَالِي السُّودِ

The whitest hands are those you have forwarded

To ward off the blows of dark nights

وَالمَالُ أَعوَدُهُ وَأَجزَلُهُ رِباً

مَا كانَ فَرضَ العَبدِ لِلمَعبُودِ

And wealth - the most fecund and abundant -

Is what the servant allocates for the worshipped

يَا مُحْسِنونَ جَزَاكُمُ المَوْلى بَمَا

يَرْبُو عَلى مَسْعَاكُمُ المَحْمُودِ

O you beneficent! May your Master reward you

With overflowing blessings and glorious grace!

كمْ رَدَّ فضْلُكُمُ الْحَيَاةَ لِمَائِتٍ

جُوعاً وَكَمْ أَبْقى عَلَى مَوْلودِ

How often has your bounty given life to the dying

Of hunger, and sustained the newborn babe!

كَمْ يَسَّرَ النوْمَ الْهَنِيءَ لِسَاهِدٍ

شَاكٍ وَلَطَّف مِنْ أَسَى مَكْمُوُدِ

How often has it brought sweet sleep to the vigilant

The suffering, and comforted the depressed!

كَمْ صَانَ عِرْضاً طَاهِراً مِنْ رِيبَةٍ

وَنَفَى أَذى عَنْ عَاثِرٍ مَنكودِ

How often has it protected a pure honor from suspicion

And spared a stumbling man further disgrace!

دَامَتْ لَكُمْ نَعْمَاؤُكُمْ مَحْفُوظَةً

مِنْ كَيدِ ذِي حِقْدٍ وَعَيْنِ حَسُودِ

May your blessings remain guarded

From the guile of grudging souls and envious eyes

وَتحَقَّقتْ عِنْدَ المُثِيبِ المرْتجَى

آمَالكُمْ بِثَوَابِهِ المَوْعُودِ

And may your hopes be fulfilled

With His promised and longed-for reward!