لا تَخضَعَنَّ لِمَخلوقٍ عَلى طَمَعٍ

لا تَخضَعَنَّ لِمَخلوقٍ عَلى طَمَعٍ

فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ وَهنٌ مِنكَ في الدينِ

فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ وَهنٌ مِنكَ في الدينِ

Never submit to a created being in hope of gain.

Do not submit to any creature out of greed

Do not humble yourself before a creature out of greed,

For that is weakness in your faith.

For that is a weakness in religion from you

For that is surely a weakness in your faith.

وَاَستَرزِقِ اللَهَ مِمّا في خَزائِنِهِ

وَاَستَرزِقِ اللَهَ مِمّا في خَزائِنِهِ

فَإِنَّما الأَمرُ بَينَ الكافِ وَالنونِ

فَإِنَّما الأَمرُ بَينَ الكافِ وَالنونِ

And ask God for sustenance from what is in His treasuries.

And seek provision from Allah of what is in His treasuries

And seek your sustenance from God, from what lies in His treasuries,

For the command lies only between the letters kāf and nūn.

For the matter is only between the "K" and the "N"

For the command stands solely between the Kaf and the Nun.

إِنَّ الَّذي أَنتَ تَرجوهُ وَتَأمَلُهُ

إِنَّ الَّذي أَنتَ تَرجوهُ وَتَأمَلُهُ

مِنَ البَرِيَّةِ مِسكينُ اِبنُ مِسكينِ

مِنَ البَرِيَّةِ مِسكينُ اِبنُ مِسكينِ

Indeed, the one you look to and place your hopes in

Indeed, that which you hope for and anticipate

Indeed, the one upon whom you place your hope and expectation,

Among created beings is a needy man, son of a needy man.

From people is a poor son of a poor person

Is, among mortals, but a pauper, the son of a pauper.

ما أَحسَنَ الجود في الدُنيا وَفي الدينِ

ما أَحسَنَ الجود في الدُنيا وَفي الدينِ

وَأَقبَح البُخل فيمَن صِيغَ مِن طينِ

وَأَقبَح البُخل فيمَن صِيغَ مِن طينِ

How beautiful is generosity in worldly life and in faith!

How good is generosity in worldly life and in religion

How beautiful is generosity in worldly life and in religion,

And how ugly is miserliness in one fashioned from clay!

And how ugly is stinginess in one formed from clay

And how ugly is miserliness in one molded from clay.

ما أَحسَنَ الدين وَالدُنيا إِذا اِجتَمَعا

ما أَحسَنَ الدين وَالدُنيا إِذا اِجتَمَعا

لا باركَ اللَهُ في دُنيا بِلا دينِ

لا باركَ اللَهُ في دُنيا بِلا دينِ

How beautiful are faith and worldly life when they come together!

How good are religion and worldly life when they come together

How excellent are faith and worldly fortune when they unite,

May God grant no blessing to worldly life without faith!

May Allah not bless a worldly life without religion

May God grant no blessing to a world devoid of faith.

لَو كانَ بِاللُّبِ يَزدادُ اللَبيبُ غِنىً

لَو كانَ بِاللُّبِ يَزدادُ اللَبيبُ غِنىً

لَكانَ كُلُّ لَبيبٍ مِثل قارونِ

لَكانَ كُلُّ لَبيبٍ مِثل قارونِ

If the wise man grew richer through intellect,

If intelligence increased wealth

If the intelligent man grew rich by virtue of his wits,

Then every wise man would be like Qarun.

Every intelligent person would be like Qarun

Then every man of sense would be like Qarun.

لَكِنَّما الرِزقُ بِالميزانِ مِن حَكَمٍ

لَكِنَّما الرِزقُ بِالميزانِ مِن حَكَمٍ

يُعطي اللَبيبَ وَيُعطي كُلَّ مَأفونِ

يُعطي اللَبيبَ وَيُعطي كُلَّ مَأفونِ

But sustenance is weighed out by a Judge,

But provision is by a scale of wisdom

But provision is dispensed by the scales of a Sovereign Judge,

Who gives to the wise man and gives to every fool.

He gives to the intelligent and gives to every worthless person

Who gives to the wise man and gives to every fool.