لاdo not تَرفَعَنraise (emphatic) صَوتَكَyour voice ياO عبدَAbd (servant of) الصَّمَدal-Samad (the Eternal Refuge)
لا تَرفَعَن صَوتَكَ يا عبدَ الصَّمَد
إنَّindeed الصَّوابَrightness فيin الأَسَدِّthe sounder لاnot الأشَدّthe stronger
إنَّ الصَّوابَ في الأَسَدِّ لا الأشَدّ
Do not raise your voice, O Abd al-Samad.
Do not raise your voice, O servant of the Eternal
Indeed, rightness lies in what is sounder, not what is stronger.
For what is right is in the lion, not the loudest