تَوَكَّل إذا نابتك يوماً ملمةٌ
على من له في خَلقِهِ الخلقُ الحكمُ
Put your trust, if one day a calamity befalls you,
In Him to whom belong creation and judgment over His creatures.
وسلّم له تقديره وقضاؤه
فبينهما يجري لك الحرب والسلم
And submit to Him, to His ordainment and His decree;
For between the two, war and peace unfold for you.
ولا ترجُ كشفَ الكربِ من عند غيره
فترجع عنه خائباً ولك الرُّغم
And seek no relief from anguish from anyone but Him,
Lest you return from him disappointed, with humiliation your lot.
ضعيفاً يُرجِّي من ضعيف إغاثةً
لقد غلط الإدراكُ وانعكس الفهم
Weak, hoping for rescue from another weak one—
Surely perception has erred, and understanding is reversed.
فيا نائم الجفنين في حال يقظةٍ
وكم نائم معنى ولم يغشَهُ نومُ
O you whose eyelids sleep while you are awake,
And how many sleep in spirit though no sleep has overtaken them!
وما الحكم إلاَّ حكمُ ربِّكَ وحده
فاذعن له فالياس من غيره حتم
Judgment is nothing but your Lord's judgment alone.
So submit to Him; you must place no hope in anyone else.
وكم واهم في قصد عمرو وخالد
فإيَّاك لا يذهب بخاطرك الوهم
And how many are deluded in seeking Amr and Khalid!
So beware: let no delusion carry your thoughts away.
فمن ذا الذي أنشَاكَ إذ كنت نطفةً
ضعيفاً ولا لحمٌ عليك ولا عظمُ
Who, then, brought you into being when you were a drop of seed,
Weak, with neither flesh upon you nor bone?
ومن ذا الذي غذَّاك تسعة أشهرٍ
وأمُّك لا حس لديها ولا علم
And who nourished you for nine months,
While your mother had neither awareness nor knowledge?
ومن ذا الذي ربَّاك حولين راضعاً
ولا مشربٌ إلاَّ لبان ولا طعم
And who reared you for two years as you suckled,
With no drink but breast milk, and no food?
ومن ذا الذي نَجَّاك من شرّة الصبا
وهرك رام ما يصيب له سهم
And who saved you from youth's recklessness,
While your [cat?] is an archer whose arrows do not strike?
ومن ذا الذي ألقى عليك محبةً
تعاورها في حقك لاأب والأم
And who cast love upon you,
Which father and mother bestowed on you in turn?
ومن ذا الذي أعطاك عقلاً وفطنةً
فشاع لك الوصف المشهر والاسم
And who gave you reason and discernment,
So your well-known description and name spread abroad?
ومن ذا الذي لقَّاك رشدَكَ يافعاً
فأقررت بالتوحيد إذ جحد الخصم
And who granted you guidance as you came of age,
So you affirmed God's oneness while the adversary denied it?
هو الله جلَّ اللهُ فاعكف ببابِهِ
له البدءُ في مخلوقه وله الختم
It is God—exalted is God!—so abide at His door.
His is the beginning of His creation, and His is the end.
فكم أمسك الأرماق والروحُ زاهق
وكم جلب الأرواح والقلب مغتم
How often He preserved life's last traces when the soul was departing,
And how often He brought breezes when the heart was sorrowful!
وكم دعوة مضطرة قد أجابها
فنلت المنى منها ومن دونها النجم
And how many a desperate supplication He has answered,
So through it you attained wishes beneath which lie the stars!
وكم زلَّة جددتها إثر زلَّة
تداركك الإمهال فيهن والحلم
And how many a lapse you repeated after another,
Reprieve and forbearance came to your rescue amid them!
أتعلم هذا ثم تعمل ضدَّهُ
لقد ضاع فيك الرأي واطَّرح الحزم
Do you know this, then act against it?
Your judgment has surely been lost, and prudence cast aside.
فمالك في التحقيق حبٌّ ولا هوى
ولا من سداد الفكر حظّ ولا قسم
So in truth you have neither love nor longing,
Nor any share or portion of sound thought.
تخلَّ على المخلوق إنَّك مثله
وأمّ الذي يهدي إلى قصده الأمّ
Give up reliance on the creature; you are like him,
And seek Him whom intent guides you to seek.
ولا ترجُ إلاّ الله في كلِّ حالة
فوضع الرجا في غير موضعه ظلم
And hope in none but God, in every circumstance,
For placing hope where it does not belong is wrongdoing.
وفي يوسف الصديق أعظمُ حجة
بأن ليس للمخلوق في مثله حكم
And in Joseph the Truthful lies the greatest proof,
That no creature has control in a case like his.
وفي قوله اذكرني لساقي مليكه
دليلٌ لمن في الصالحات له عزم
And in his saying 'Mention me' to his king's cupbearer,
Is evidence for anyone resolved upon righteous deeds.
فاصلح فساد الفعل منك بتوبة
فمن خان مال الغير ظهَّره العزم
So mend the corruption of your deeds through repentance,
For whoever betrayed another's wealth is strengthened by resolve.
Sol 6.1