1. إن الكبائر للطاعات مفسدةٌ

    وإن أفسَدَهَا للطاعةِ الحسدُ

    Indeed, major sins corrupt acts of obedience,

    and envy is the most damaging of them to obedience.

  2. لا تضمرنَّ على ذي نعمة حسداً

    إنَّ الحسود من الرحمن مبتعد

    Never harbor envy toward one who possesses a blessing.

    Indeed, the envious person is far from the Most Merciful.

  3. واقنع برزقك فالأرزاق قد قُسِمَت

    سيَّان في الرزق بطَّالٌ ومقتصد

    And be content with your provision, for provisions have already been apportioned.

    The idler and the man of moderation are alike in provision.

  4. فإن حسدت امرأً فيما يخصُّ له

    فاذهب فمالك إلاَّ الإِثمُ والكمد

    So if you envy someone for what is reserved for him,

    then go—for you have nothing but sin and anguish.

  5. خُلق ذميمٌ وأغراضٌ مذممةٌ

    ومقصدٌ بلسان الشرع منتقد

    A vile disposition and blameworthy aims,

    and a purpose censured by the voice of sacred law.

  6. كَرِهتَ حالاً أراد الله ثروتها

    فاقنع بما قد قضاه الواحد الأحد

    You resented a state of prosperity that God had willed;

    so be content with what the One, the Unique, has decreed.