العِلمُ أنفَسُ عِلْقس أنتَ داخِرُهُ

العِلمُ أنفَسُ عِلْقس أنتَ داخِرُهُ

مَنْ يدرُسِ العِلمَ لم تَدْرُسْ مفاخِرُهُ

مَنْ يدرُسِ العِلمَ لم تَدْرُسْ مفاخِرُهُ

Knowledge is the most precious [treasure] you store away.

Knowledge is the noblest pursuit, you who seek knowledge

Whoever studies knowledge, his honors do not fade.

He who studies knows not the value of his quest

فاجهَدْ لِتَعلَمَ ما أصبحْتَ تجهَلُهُ

فاجهَدْ لِتَعلَمَ ما أصبحْتَ تجهَلُهُ

فأوُّلُ العِلمِ إقبالٌ وآخِرُهُ

فأوُّلُ العِلمِ إقبالٌ وآخِرُهُ

So strive to learn what you now do not know.

So strive to learn what you do not yet know

For knowledge begins—and ends—with eager pursuit.

For the beginning of knowledge is enthusiasm, and its end is awe