مِن شَرَفِ الفَقرِ وَمِن فَضلِهِ

مِن شَرَفِ الفَقرِ وَمِن فَضلِهِ

عَلى الغِنى لَو صَحَّ مِنكَ النَظَر

عَلى الغِنى لَو صَحَّ مِنكَ النَظَر

Part of poverty’s nobility and its superiority

It is to poverty's honor and part of its superiority

over wealth—if your discernment is sound—

over wealth—if your judgment were sound—

أَنَّكَ تَعصي اللَهَ تَبغي الغِنى

أَنَّكَ تَعصي اللَهَ تَبغي الغِنى

وَلَستَ تَعصي اللَهَ كَي تَفتَقِر

وَلَستَ تَعصي اللَهَ كَي تَفتَقِر

is this: you disobey God in pursuit of wealth,

that you disobey God seeking wealth,

yet you do not disobey God in order to become poor.

yet you do not disobey God to become poor.