فَوِّضentrust الأمرَthe matter راضِياcontentedly
فَوِّض الأمرَ راضِيا
جَفَّhas dried بالكائِنِupon what shall be القَلَمْthe pen
جَفَّ بالكائِنِ القَلَمْ
Entrust the matter, content.
Entrust the matter satisfied
The pen has dried upon what shall be.
The pen has dried with what has been
لَيسthere is no فيin الرِّزقِsustenance حيلةٌstratagem
لَيس في الرِّزقِ حيلةٌ
إنّماonly الرِّزقُsustenance بالقِسَمْby allotted shares
إنّما الرِّزقُ بالقِسَمْ
No stratagem can secure sustenance;
There is no trick in livelihood
sustenance comes only by allotted shares.
Indeed, sustenance is only by division
دلَّhas shown رزقُsustenance الضعيفِthe weak man وهْwhile he (continued)
دلَّ رزقُ الضعيفِ وهْ
وَhe (completion) كَلَحمٍlike meat علىupon وضَمْa board for meat
وَ كَلَحمٍ على وضَمْ
The weak man's sustenance bears witness—though he
The sustenance of the weak has leaned
is like meat upon a board—
And like meat on the bone
وافتقارُand the poverty القويِّthe strong man ترْfear (continued)
وافتقارُ القويِّ ترْ
هَبُهُfear him (completion) الأُسْدُthe lions فيin الأجَمْthe thickets
هَبُهُ الأُسْدُ في الأجَمْ
as does the poverty of the strong man, whom
And the need of the strong is pride
lions in the thickets fear,
The lion granted it in the thickets
أنَّthat للخلقِcreation has خالِقاًa Creator
أنَّ للخلقِ خالِقاً
لاno مَردَّreversal لِماof what حَكَمْHe has decreed
لا مَردَّ لِما حَكَمْ
that creation has a Creator,
That for the creation there is a Creator
whose decree cannot be reversed.
No rejection of what He has decreed
أوبَقْتَyou have ruined نفسُكَyourself ياO ظلوoppressor (continued)
أوبَقْتَ نفسُكَ يا ظلو
مُoppressor (completion) بِماthrough what احْتَقَبْتَyou have amassed منof المَظالِمْthe wrongs
مُ بِما احْتَقَبْتَ من المَظالِمْ
You have ruined yourself, O oppressor,
You have corrupted yourself, O shaded one
through the wrongs you have amassed.
With what injustices you have gathered
أظَننتَdid you suppose? أنَّthat المالَwealth لاnot
أظَننتَ أنَّ المالَ لا
يَفنىperishes وأنَّand that المُلكَdominion دائِمْeverlasting
يَفنى وأنَّ المُلكَ دائِمْ
Did you suppose that wealth would not
You thought that money does not
perish, and that dominion would last forever?
Perish and that the kingdom is eternal
هيهاتَfar from it! أنتَyou وماand what جَمَعْamassed (continued)
هيهاتَ أنتَ وما جَمَعْ
تَyou (verb ending) كَلاكُماboth of you أحلامُdreams نائمْa sleeper
تَ كَلاكُما أحلامُ نائمْ
Far from it! You and what you have amassed—
Alas! You and what
both of you are a sleeper's dreams.
You have collected are both dreams of a sleeper
تَفنىyou perish ويَفنىand it perishes والَّذِيand what
تَفنى ويَفنى والَّذِي
يَبقىremains الخَطاياsins والمآثمْand transgressions
يَبقى الخَطايا والمآثمْ
You perish, and it perishes; what
It perishes and he perishes, and He who
remains are sins and transgressions.
Remains are the sins and crimes
وغداًand tomorrow يُناقِشُكَHe questions you closely الحِساthe reckoning (continued)
وغداً يُناقِشُكَ الحِسا
بَreckoning (completion) عَلىfor الحَقيرِthe slightest مِنof الجَرائِمْcrimes
بَ عَلى الحَقيرِ مِن الجَرائِمْ
And tomorrow you will be called to strict account
And tomorrow the account
for even the slightest of crimes
Will discuss you about the lowliest of crimes
ملكٌa King تُناجيهِwhisper to Him القُلوthe hearts (continued)
ملكٌ تُناجيهِ القُلو
بُhearts (completion) مِنَof الذُّنوبِsins بماwith what تُكاتِمْthey keep concealed
بُ مِنَ الذُّنوبِ بما تُكاتِمْ
by a King to whom hearts whisper
A King whom the hearts
of the sins they keep concealed,
Confide to Him of sins with what they conceal
عدلُjust القضاءِjudgment بكلِّof all مَاthat
عدلُ القضاءِ بكلِّ مَا
تُخفيconceal صُدورُthe breasts الخلقِof creation عالِمْaware
تُخفي صُدورُ الخلقِ عالِمْ
just in judgment; of all that
The justice of judgment with everything
creation's breasts conceal, He is aware.
The chests of creation conceal, He knows
Sol 6.1