1. سبحان الباريء للنّسمِ

    وتبارك ربك ذو الكَرمِ

    Glory to the Creator of souls.

    And blessed is your Lord, possessor of bounty.

  2. وتعالى اللهُ عزّ وجلّ

    وليُّ النعمة والنِّعم

    And exalted is Allah, mighty and majestic,

    Bestower of favor and blessings.

  3. وهو الحيّ القيوم بِلاَ

    سنة أَخذته ولم يَنَمِ

    And He is the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, without

    Slumber overtaking Him; nor has He slept.

  4. والآخِرُ بعدُ بلا أَمَدٍ

    والأوّلُ قبلُ على القدمِ

    And the Last after all, without an end,

    And the First before all, eternally pre-existent.

  5. منشى الأحياء من المَوتى

    مُبْدي الأنوار من الظُلم

    Originator of the living from the dead,

    Bringer of lights out of darkness.

  6. ويميتُ العالَم ثمّ هوَ ال

    مُحيي لهمُ بعد الرّمَمِ

    And He brings the world to death; then He is the

    Giver of life to them after their bones have decayed.

  7. ملكٌ أَحدٌ فردٌ صَمدٌ

    مُحصِ للخلق بلا سأمِ

    King, One, Unique, the Self-Sufficient,

    Reckoner of creation, without weariness.

  8. هو أَبداه ويعيد كما

    هو أَوجده بعد العدمِ

    He brought it forth and brings it back, just as

    He brought it into being after nonexistence.

  9. وكذلك الطفل بَراهُ وأَنْ

    شأَهُ حَمْلا بعد الوَحَمِ

    Likewise He fashioned the child and brought

    him into being as a fetus after pregnancy's cravings.

  10. وقضى بيسير ولادته

    إذ صار جنيناً في الرّحمِ

    And decreed ease for his birth

    When he became a fetus in the womb.

  11. وسَقاهُ الّرة مرتَفعاً

    وغذاه بمأكل منفطمِ

    And gave him milk to drink as he grew,

    And nourished him with a weaned child's food.

  12. والريحُ لواقحَ أَرسَلها

    فتثيرُ سحائب بالرَّهمِ

    And He sent the wind as a bearer of fertility,

    So it stirs up clouds laden with gentle rain.

  13. فتصيب الأرض فتنبتها

    خضْراً في القاع وفي الأكمِ

    They then reach the earth and make it sprout

    Green growth on the plain and on the hillocks:

  14. مَرعى وفواكهَ قدرها

    رزقاً لعبادٍ والنَّعم

    Pasture and fruits, which He apportioned

    As provision for servants and livestock.

  15. فتظل تدرْ لنا لبناً

    يتميّز من فَرثٍ وَدَمِ

    So they go on yielding milk for us,

    Distinct from dung and blood.

  16. والمرءُ يقول ويفعل مَا

    قد حُطّ وقُدّر بالقَلمِ

    And a person says and does what

    Has already been set down and decreed by the pen.

  17. منْ أَخطأ ليمَ ومن رُزِقَ

    التّوفيق أَصابَ ولم يُلمِ

    Whoever errs is blamed, and whoever is granted

    Success hits the mark and is not blamed.

  18. والرزق تجاهد مطلبه

    وينال على قدر القسمِ

    And sustenance—you strive in pursuit of it,

    And it is obtained in proportion to the allotted share.

  19. عجباً للمرء وكيفَ يُسَرُّ

    وكيف يلَذُّ بمنصَرمِ

    How strange is man—and how can he rejoice,

    And how can he delight in what passes away?

  20. ويصير الحسنُ إلى سَمجٍ

    والّلذة تُعقب بالألمِ

    And beauty turns to ugliness,

    And pleasure is followed by pain.

  21. كم من ملكٍ أوفى عدداً

    فبنى ليقيم ولم يُقِمِ

    How many a king had numbers in abundance,

    So he built to dwell, yet did not dwell.

  22. أَولمير كيف أصاب وكمْ

    أفنى الحدثانُ من الأممِ

    And has he not seen how it struck, and how many

    Nations the vicissitudes of time annihilated?

  23. قَسَرَ الأملاكَ طغوا وبغوا

    وعتوا بالمال وبالخَيمِ

    It subdued kings who tyrannized and transgressed,

    And grew insolent with wealth and tents.

  24. فبنوا شمّاءَ مشيّدةً

    ومصانعَ مشرفة الأُطُمِ

    So they built lofty, firmly raised structures,

    And palaces with soaring fortified towers,

  25. حتَّى بلغوا أمداً وسطت

    بهم شنعاء من الرَّقمِ

    Until they reached their term, and there pounced

    Upon them a hideous calamity among disasters.

  26. والحيّ بمأرب من سَبأٍ

    أودى بهم سيلُ العَرِمِ

    And the people of Saba' at Ma'rib—

    The flood of al-'Arim brought them to ruin.