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 purpose you desire,

If you are intent on a matter you desire,

nothing can equal resolve and trust in God.

Then resolve and trust in God 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

Put your trust in Him, and entrust your affair to God; for what

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

is destined will come to you, though you leave it be.

Is willed for it will reach you, while you make way for it.

فَلا تَحسَبنَّ السَيرَ أَقرَبَ لِلرَدى

فَلا تَحسَبنَّ السَيرَ أَقرَبَ لِلرَدى

مِنَ الخَفضِ في دارِ المُقامَةِ والثَملِ

مِنَ الخَفضِ في دارِ المُقامَةِ والثَملِ

Do not suppose that journeying brings one nearer to death

So never suppose travel brings you nearer to death

than ease in a settled home amid indulgence.

Than ease in a home of repose and shelter.

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 keep me from a path I desire

because of your conjecture; conjecture deceives the rational mind.

Because of your conjecture; conjecture deceives the discerning.

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 whatever God has decreed that I

For I shall meet whatever God has decreed that I

shall meet—so do not treat knowledge as ignorance.

Shall meet; so do not treat your knowledge as 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, however fearful you may be

For you do not know, though you are anxious

for me, whether what you fear lies after me or before me.

For me, whether what you dread comes after me or before me.

وَكائِن تَرى مِن حاذِرٍ مُتَحَفِّظٍ

وَكائِن تَرى مِن حاذِرٍ مُتَحَفِّظٍ

أُصيبَ وَأَلفَتهُ المَنيَّةُ في الأَهلِ

أُصيبَ وَأَلفَتهُ المَنيَّةُ في الأَهلِ

How many a wary, vigilant man have you seen

And how many a wary, watchful person you see

struck down, when death found him among his family.

Who was struck down, and whom death found among his family.