نَسأَلُ اللَهَ بِما يَقضي الرِضى

نَسأَلُ اللَهَ بِما يَقضي الرِضى

حَسبِيَ اللَهُ فَما شاءَ قَضى

حَسبِيَ اللَهُ فَما شاءَ قَضى

We ask God for contentment with what He decrees.

We ask Allah for what brings satisfaction

God is enough for me; whatever He wills, He decrees.

Allah is enough for me, whatever He decrees

قَد أَرَدنا فَأبى اللَهُ لَنا

قَد أَرَدنا فَأبى اللَهُ لَنا

وَأَرادَ اللَهُ شَيئاً فَمَضى

وَأَرادَ اللَهُ شَيئاً فَمَضى

We wished, but God denied us our wish;

We intended, but Allah refused for us

And God willed something, and it came to pass.

And Allah willed something, so it was done

رُبَّ أَمرٍ بِتُّ قَد أَبرَمتُهُ

رُبَّ أَمرٍ بِتُّ قَد أَبرَمتُهُ

ثُمَّ ما أَسبَحتُ حَتّى انتَقَضا

ثُمَّ ما أَسبَحتُ حَتّى انتَقَضا

Many a matter I went to bed having firmly settled,

How often I tied a firm knot

Then, before I reached morning, it had come undone.

Then did not wake until it came undone

كَم وَكَم مِن هَنَةٍ مَحقورَةٍ

كَم وَكَم مِن هَنَةٍ مَحقورَةٍ

تَرَكَت قَوماً كَثيراً حَرَضا

تَرَكَت قَوماً كَثيراً حَرَضا

How many, how many a despised trifle

So many resolved matters

Has left many people wasting away.

Left many people stirred up

رُبَّ عَيشٍ لِأُناسٍ سَلَفوا

رُبَّ عَيشٍ لِأُناسٍ سَلَفوا

كانَ ثُمَّ انقَرَضوا وَانقَرَضا

كانَ ثُمَّ انقَرَضوا وَانقَرَضا

Many a life of people gone before

Lives of past peoples

Once was; then they passed away, and it too ended.

Existed, then vanished and were gone

عَجَباً لِلمَوتِ ما أَفظَعَهُ

عَجَباً لِلمَوتِ ما أَفظَعَهُ

مَن رَأَينا ماتَ إِلّا رُفِضا

مَن رَأَينا ماتَ إِلّا رُفِضا

I marvel at death—how dreadful it is!

How terrible death is

Whom have we seen die without being cast aside?

Whoever we saw died, dispatched away

رُفِضَ المَيِّتُ مِن ساعَتِهِ

رُفِضَ المَيِّتُ مِن ساعَتِهِ

وَجَفاهُ أَهلُهُ حينَ قَضى

وَجَفاهُ أَهلُهُ حينَ قَضى

The dead man is cast aside at once,

The dead is cast off in his hour

And his family forsakes him when he dies.

His family abandons him when he's gone

شَرُّ أَيّامي هُوَ اليَومُ الَّذي

شَرُّ أَيّامي هُوَ اليَومُ الَّذي

أَقبَلُ الدُنيا بِديني عِوَضا

أَقبَلُ الدُنيا بِديني عِوَضا

The worst of my days is the day when

The worst of my days is when

I accept this world in exchange for my faith.

I face the world as recompense for my debt