الخَيرُ وَالشَرُّ مُزدادٌ وَمُنتَقَصٌ

الخَيرُ وَالشَرُّ مُزدادٌ وَمُنتَقَصٌ

فَالخَيرُ مُنتَقَصٌ وَالشَرُّ مُزدادُ

فَالخَيرُ مُنتَقَصٌ وَالشَرُّ مُزدادُ

Good and evil: one grows, the other dwindles.

Good and evil increase and decrease

For good dwindles, and evil grows.

Good decreases and evil increases

فَما أُسائِلُ عَن قَومٍ صَحِبتُهُمُ

فَما أُسائِلُ عَن قَومٍ صَحِبتُهُمُ

ذَوي مَحاسِنَ إِلّا قيلَ قَد بادوا

ذَوي مَحاسِنَ إِلّا قيلَ قَد بادوا

For I never ask about people whose company I kept,

So I do not ask about people I knew

Possessed of virtues, without being told, 'They have perished.'

With good traits except it's said they perished

وَلا أُسائِلُ عَن قَومٍ عَرَفتُهُمُ

وَلا أُسائِلُ عَن قَومٍ عَرَفتُهُمُ

ذَوي مَساوِئَ إِلّا قيلَ قَد زادوا

ذَوي مَساوِئَ إِلّا قيلَ قَد زادوا

Nor do I ask about people I knew,

Nor do I ask about people I knew

Possessed of vices, without being told, 'They have multiplied.'

With bad traits except it's said they multiplied

فَالخَيرُ لَيسَ بِمَولودٍ لَهُ وَلَدٌ

فَالخَيرُ لَيسَ بِمَولودٍ لَهُ وَلَدٌ

لَكِن لَهُ مِن بَناتِ الشَرِّ أَولادُ

لَكِن لَهُ مِن بَناتِ الشَرِّ أَولادُ

So no child is born to good,

For good is not something born with offspring

Yet it has children by the daughters of evil.

Rather the daughters of evil are its children