إِنَّما الذَنبُ عَلى مَن جَناهُ

إِنَّما الذَنبُ عَلى مَن جَناهُ

لَم يَضُر قَبلُ جَهولاً سِواهُ

لَم يَضُر قَبلُ جَهولاً سِواهُ

The sin rests only upon whoever committed it.

The sin is only upon he who commits it

Never before has it harmed a fool other than him.

It harmed no ignoramus before him

فَسَدَ الناسُ جَميعاً فَأَمسى

فَسَدَ الناسُ جَميعاً فَأَمسى

خَيرُهُم مَن كَفَّ عَنّا أَذاهُ

خَيرُهُم مَن كَفَّ عَنّا أَذاهُ

All people have grown corrupt, and now

So people were corrupted entirely, and by evening

The best of them is whoever spares us his harm.

The best of them restrained their harm to us