بَكى شَجوَهُ الإِسلامُ مِن عُلَمائِهِ

بَكى شَجوَهُ الإِسلامُ مِن عُلَمائِهِ

فَما اكتَرَثوا لِما رَأَوا مِن بُكائِهِ

فَما اكتَرَثوا لِما رَأَوا مِن بُكائِهِ

Islam wept in grief because of its scholars,

Islam wept from its scholars

yet they paid no heed to what they saw of its weeping.

Yet they did not care for what they saw of its weeping

فَأَكثَرُهُم مُستَقبِحٌ لِصَوابِ مَن

فَأَكثَرُهُم مُستَقبِحٌ لِصَوابِ مَن

يُخالِفُهُ مُستَحسِنٌ لِخَطائِهِ

يُخالِفُهُ مُستَحسِنٌ لِخَطائِهِ

For most of them scorn the sound judgment of anyone

For most of them consider what's right as wrong

who disagrees with them, yet approve their own errors.

If it opposes them, approving their mistakes

فَأَيُّهُمُ المَرجُوُّ فينا لِدينِهِ

فَأَيُّهُمُ المَرجُوُّ فينا لِدينِهِ

وَأَيُّهُمُ المَوثوقُ فينا بِرائِهِ

وَأَيُّهُمُ المَوثوقُ فينا بِرائِهِ

So which of them among us may be relied on for his piety,

So which of them can we hope for his religion?

and which of them among us may be trusted for his judgment?

And which of them can we trust his innocence?