1. Do not be overwhelmed by a calamity that befalls you.

    A calamity may come to you and pass away.

  2. In Yusuf you have the finest example.

    If you follow it, you will attain contentment.

  3. Yusuf was gone from him, after having

    left his heart upon the embers of ghada wood.

  4. So he folded his flank over his afflictions,

    neither given to complaint nor protesting.

  5. Then he welcomed Yusuf, after he had

    wasted away from prolonged yearning.

  6. And grief ended, with solace in its wake:

    one passing state departed and left another.

  7. He entrusted the matter to an all-subduing Lord.

    So He showed him his heart's desire as recompense from Him.

  8. The wise man grieves, but his conviction is

    that the decree must run its course.

Sol 6.1