1. مَن سَبَقَ السَلوَةَ بِالصَبرِ

    فازَ بَفَضلِ الحَمدِ وَالأَجرِ

    Whoever shows patience before solace comes

    wins the blessing of praise and reward.

  2. يا عَجَباً مِن هَلِعٍ جازِعٍ

    يُصبِحُ بَينَ الذَمِّ وَالوِزرِ

    Oh, how strange is a panicked, despairing man

    who finds himself between blame and sin!

  3. مُصيبَةُ الإِنسانِ في دينِهِ

    أَعظَمُ مِن جائِحَةِ الدَهرِ

    An affliction in a person's faith

    is graver than a calamity wrought by time.