إِذا كُنتَ مَعنيّاً بِأَمرٍ تُريدُهُ

إِذا كُنتَ مَعنيّاً بِأَمرٍ تُريدُهُ

فَما لِلمَضاءِ وَالتَوكُّل مِن مِثلِ

فَما لِلمَضاءِ وَالتَوكُّل مِن مِثلِ

If you are intent upon a matter you desire,

If you desire a matter, rely upon it

Then nothing equals resolve and trust in God.

For reliance and surrender have no equal

تَوكَّل وَحَمِّل أَمرَكَ اللَهَ إِنَّ ما

تَوكَّل وَحَمِّل أَمرَكَ اللَهَ إِنَّ ما

يُرادُ لَهُ آتيكَ أَنتَ لَهُ مُخلِ

يُرادُ لَهُ آتيكَ أَنتَ لَهُ مُخلِ

Trust, and entrust your affair to God; indeed, what

Surrender, and entrust your matter to God, for

Is destined for it will come to you, while you leave the way clear for it.

What is intended for you will come to you whether you wish it or not

فَلا تَحسَبنَّ السَيرَ أَقرَبَ لِلرَدى

فَلا تَحسَبنَّ السَيرَ أَقرَبَ لِلرَدى

مِنَ الخَفضِ في دارِ المُقامَةِ والثَملِ

مِنَ الخَفضِ في دارِ المُقامَةِ والثَملِ

So never think that traveling is nearer to death

So do not assume traveling long distances

Than ease and drunkenness in a settled home.

Is more conducive to ruin than staying put and enduring

وَلا تَحبِسَنّي عَن طَريقٍ أُريدُهُ

وَلا تَحبِسَنّي عَن طَريقٍ أُريدُهُ

بِظَنِّكَ إِنَّ الظَنَّ يَكذِبُ ذا العَقلِ

بِظَنِّكَ إِنَّ الظَنَّ يَكذِبُ ذا العَقلِ

And do not hold me back from a road I wish to take

And do not prevent me from the path I desire

Because of your conjecture: conjecture deceives a man of reason.

Based on your assumption, for assumption deceives the reasonable

فَإِنّي مُلاقٍ ما قَضى اللَهُ أَنَّني

فَإِنّي مُلاقٍ ما قَضى اللَهُ أَنَّني

مُلاقٍ فَلا تَجعَل لَكَ العِلمَ كَالجَهلِ

مُلاقٍ فَلا تَجعَل لَكَ العِلمَ كَالجَهلِ

For I shall meet what God has decreed that I

For I will encounter what God has decreed I encounter

Shall meet; so do not treat your knowledge as ignorance.

So do not presume to have knowledge like ignorance

فَإِنَّكَ لا تَدري وَإِن كُنتَ مُشفِقاً

فَإِنَّكَ لا تَدري وَإِن كُنتَ مُشفِقاً

عَليَّ أَبَعدي ما تُحاذِرُ أَم قَبلي

عَليَّ أَبَعدي ما تُحاذِرُ أَم قَبلي

For you do not know, though you are anxious

For you know not, even if you are apprehensive for me

For me, whether what you dread will come after me or before me.

Whether what you fear is further from me or closer

وَكائِن تَرى مِن حاذِرٍ مُتَحَفِّظٍ

وَكائِن تَرى مِن حاذِرٍ مُتَحَفِّظٍ

أُصيبَ وَأَلفَتهُ المَنيَّةُ في الأَهلِ

أُصيبَ وَأَلفَتهُ المَنيَّةُ في الأَهلِ

And how many a wary, vigilant man you see

And you will see many a cautious protector

Struck down—and death found him among his family.

Struck down by death amongst his own family