إِذا شَيَّدَ الإِنسانُ أَبنِيَةَ التُقى

إِذا شَيَّدَ الإِنسانُ أَبنِيَةَ التُقى

وَغادَرَها بِالحِرصِ وَهيَ شَوامِخُ

وَغادَرَها بِالحِرصِ وَهيَ شَوامِخُ

If a person erects the edifices of piety,

When a man builds fortresses of piety,

and through diligence leaves them towering,

Yet abandons them through avarice while their minarets soar,

فَذاكَ الَّذي يَأوي إِلى حِسَناتِهِ

فَذاكَ الَّذي يَأوي إِلى حِسَناتِهِ

فَتَعصِمُهُ مِنها جِبالٌ رَواسِخُ

فَتَعصِمُهُ مِنها جِبالٌ رَواسِخُ

then he is the one who takes refuge in his good deeds,

He who finds refuge in his virtues,

and firmly rooted mountains of them shield him.

Impregnable mountains will guard him.

وَمِن صَحِبَ التَقوى فَلَيسَ بِنادِمٍ

وَمِن صَحِبَ التَقوى فَلَيسَ بِنادِمٍ

إِذا صَرَخَت يَوماً عَلَيهِ الصَوارِخُ

إِذا صَرَخَت يَوماً عَلَيهِ الصَوارِخُ

And whoever keeps company with piety will not regret it

He who befriends piety will never regret it,

when one day the shriekers cry out against him.

When clarions call out to him one day.