سَبَقَpreceded القَضَاءُthe divine decree بِكُلِّconcerning all ماthat which هوit كائِنُcoming into being
سَبَقَ القَضَاءُ بِكُلِّ ما هو كائِنُ
واللَّهُand God ياO هذاyou there لِرِزقِكَfor your sustenance ضامنُa guarantor
واللَّهُ يا هذا لِرِزقِكَ ضامنُ
All that will come to be has been decreed beforehand;
Fate has decreed all that will come to pass
And God, O you, guarantees your sustenance.
And Allah, O soul, guarantees your provision
تُعنىyou concern yourself بماwith what تُكفىyou are spared concern over وتتركُand you neglect ماthat which بهwith it
تُعنى بما تُكفى وتتركُ ما به
تُعنَىyou concern yourself كأنّكas though you للحوادِثagainst calamities آمنُsafe
تُعنَى كأنّك للحوادِث آمنُ
You worry about what is taken care of for you, and neglect that which
Be content with what suffices you and leave what
should concern you, as though you were safe from calamities.
You are occupied with as if calamities cannot reach you
أوَand do...? ماnot تَرَىyou see الدُّنياthe world ومَصرَعَand the death أهلِهاof its people
أوَ ما تَرَى الدُّنيا ومَصرَعَ أهلِها
فاعمَلso work ليومfor the day فراقِهاof parting from it ياO حائنُone doomed to die
فاعمَل ليوم فراقِها يا حائنُ
And do you not see the world and the death of its people?
Do you not see the fate of the world and its people?
So work for the day of parting from it, O doomed one.
So work for the day you bid it farewell
واعلمand know بأنَّكَthat you لاno (in an emphatic idiom) أبَاfather لكfor you فيconcerning الذيthat which
واعلم بأنَّكَ لا أبَا لك في الذي
أصبحتَyou have come to تَجمَعُهyou amass it لِغَيرِكfor someone other than you خازنُa keeper
أصبحتَ تَجمَعُه لِغَيرِك خازنُ
And know—heed this!—that, concerning what
And know that what you gather is not yours
you have come to amass, you are a keeper for others.
You are but a treasurer for others, O deluded one
ياO عامِرَbuilder of الدُّنياthe world أتعمُرُdo you build? مَنزِلاa dwelling
يا عامِرَ الدُّنيا أتعمُرُ مَنزِلا
لمdid not يَبقَremain فيهin it معin the presence of المَنِيَّةِdeath ساكِنُan inhabitant
لم يَبقَ فيه مع المَنِيَّةِ ساكِنُ
O builder of the world, do you build a dwelling
O you who build in this world! Do you build an abode
where no inhabitant has remained in death's presence?
Where no one will live after death comes?
المَوتُdeath شيءٌsomething أنتyou تَعلَمُyou know أنَّهthat it
المَوتُ شيءٌ أنت تَعلَمُ أنَّه
حقٌّcertain وأنتَyet you بِذِكرِهabout remembering it مُتَهَاوِنُcareless
حقٌّ وأنتَ بِذِكرِه مُتَهَاوِنُ
Death is something you know to be
Death is something you know to be true
certain, yet you are careless about remembering it.
Yet you are heedless when it is mentioned
إنindeed المَنيَّةَdeath لاdoes not تُؤَامِرُconsult منthe one whom أتتit came to
إن المَنيَّةَ لا تُؤَامِرُ من أتت
فيabout نفسِهhis own life يوماat any time ولاnor تَستَأذِنُit asks permission
في نفسِه يوما ولا تَستَأذِنُ
Indeed, death does not consult the one it visits
Death does not plot against those it comes to
about his life at any time, nor does it ask permission.
It neither consults the self nor asks permission
Sol 6.1