إنّ اللّقا أَفْضَلُ إنْ كانَ في

تَعْلِمِ عِلْمٍ لامْرِىءٍ مُسْلِمِ

Meeting is best when it's for learning

Knowledge for a Muslim man,

أَوْ أَمْرِ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ النَّهْيِ عَنْ

مُنْكَرِ شَرْعٍ واضحٍ فاعْلَمِ

Or doing good, forbidding wrong

As clear law has ordained.

أَوْ قُرْبَةٍ في الدّينِ أو مَقْصدٍ

يَأْتيكَ بَعْد الموت بالمغْنَمِ

Or kinship in religion, or a goal

That will profit you after death.

وإنْ تَلاقَى النّاسُ في غَيرِ ذا

فاهْرُبْ إلى فُرْقَتِهِمْ تَسْلَمِ

But if people meet for other than this

Flee their partition, stay safe.

واعْلَمْ بأنَّ النِّيَّةَ الأَصْلُ في

خَيْرٍ وشَرٍّ دُمْتَ في الأنْعُمِ

Know that intention is the root

Of good and evil, as long as you live.