وَما حُمِّلَ الإِنسانُ مِثلَ أَمانَةٍ

وَما حُمِّلَ الإِنسانُ مِثلَ أَمانَةٍ

أَشَقَّ عَلَهيِ حينَ يَحمِلُها حِملا

أَشَقَّ عَلَهيِ حينَ يَحمِلُها حِملا

No person has been made to bear anything like a trust—

No burden was placed on man like faithfulness,

a burden more arduous for him when he carries it.

Which has weighed on him heavily since he bore it.

فَإِن أَنتَ حُمِّلتَ الأَمانَةَ فَاصطَبر

فَإِن أَنتَ حُمِّلتَ الأَمانَةَ فَاصطَبر

عَلَيها فَقَد حُمِّلتَ مِن أَمرِها ثِقلا

عَلَيها فَقَد حُمِّلتَ مِن أَمرِها ثِقلا

So if you are charged with a trust, be steadfast

If you were burdened with faithfulness, endure it,

in bearing it, for you have been made to bear its heavy burden.

For you were charged with a weighty matter.

وَلا تَقبَلَن فِيمَن رَضِيتَ نَمِيمَةً

وَلا تَقبَلَن فِيمَن رَضِيتَ نَمِيمَةً

وَقُل لِلَّذي يَأتيكَ يَحمِلُها مَهلا

وَقُل لِلَّذي يَأتيكَ يَحمِلُها مَهلا

And never accept malicious gossip about someone you approve of,

And do not accept from those you approve backbiting,

and tell whoever comes to you bearing it, ‘Not so fast!’

And say to those who carry tales to you: wait a moment!