دراهم يصنعها ربها

دراهم يصنعها ربها

لينفق ما شاء لا ما تشاء

لينفق ما شاء لا ما تشاء

Dirhams that their lord makes,

Coins made by their Lord

To spend as he wills, not as they will.

To spend as He wills, not as you will

ولو أنها خيّرت ما هوَت

ولو أنها خيّرت ما هوَت

ولا انتثرت في محيط الفضاء

ولا انتثرت في محيط الفضاء

And had they been given a choice, they would not have fallen,

Had they been given a choice, they would not have tumbled

Nor scattered in the ocean of space;

Nor scattered across the expanse of space

ولا صدى الحر في كفّه

ولا صدى الحر في كفّه

وذاق الدخيل نعيم الصفاء

وذاق الدخيل نعيم الصفاء

Nor would the free man have thirsted in his palm,

Nor would the touch of the free man echo in his palm

While the interloper tasted the bliss of serenity.

And the stranger taste the bliss of tranquility

ولا كان فيهاه المضيع المسيح

ولا كان فيهاه المضيع المسيح

وفي جنبه الباهري الضياء

وفي جنبه الباهري الضياء

Nor would the forsaken Christ have been among them [wording uncertain],

Nor would the Messiah have been lost among them

And beside him, dazzling radiance [wording uncertain].

And next to Him, glory shines bright

ولكن منجمه خالد

ولكن منجمه خالد

وراحته لا تحسّ الفناء

وراحته لا تحسّ الفناء

But his mine is everlasting,

But his star is eternal

And his palm feels no death.

And his comfort feels no decay

وحانوته الزمن السرمدي

وحانوته الزمن السرمدي

وسلعته مهلكات القضاء

وسلعته مهلكات القضاء

And his shop is eternal time,

His shop is the eternal time

And his wares are the deadly calamities of fate.

Its wares, harbingers of fate

ولا من يجاهده قادراً

ولا من يجاهده قادراً

وإن أجهدته صروف البلاء

وإن أجهدته صروف البلاء

Nor can anyone who struggles against him prevail,

None who struggle against Him prevail

Even if the vicissitudes of affliction exhaust him.

Though ordeals of affliction exhaust them

هو البائع المشتري والمبيع

هو البائع المشتري والمبيع

والمشتري صنعه لا مراء

والمشتري صنعه لا مراء

He is the seller, the buyer, and the thing sold,

He is the seller, the buyer, the bought

And the buyer is his handiwork, beyond dispute.

The buyer - His making, no doubt