لا يَكُن ظَنُّكَ إِلّا سَيِّئاً

لا يَكُن ظَنُّكَ إِلّا سَيِّئاً

إِنَّ سوءَ الظَنِّ مِن أَقوى الفِطَن

إِنَّ سوءَ الظَنِّ مِن أَقوى الفِطَن

Let your opinion be nothing but ill.

Think not of others, but with kindness still;

Indeed, mistrust is among the keenest forms of discernment.

Evil surmise is mark of ev'ry ill.

ما رَمى الإِنسانَ في مَخمَصَةٍ

ما رَمى الإِنسانَ في مَخمَصَةٍ

غَيرُ حُسنِ الظَنِّ وَالقَولِ الحَسَن

غَيرُ حُسنِ الظَنِّ وَالقَولِ الحَسَن

Nothing has cast a person into severe hunger

Naught ever cast a man in sore distress

except thinking well of others and kindly speech.

Like good opinion and kind openness.