عَلَيكُم بِإِحسانِكُم إِنَّكُم

عَلَيكُم بِإِحسانِكُم إِنَّكُم

مَتى تَكتِبوا غَيرَكُم تُكبَتوا

مَتى تَكتِبوا غَيرَكُم تُكبَتوا

Hold fast to your good deeds, for you

With your benevolence, for when you write ill of others, you shall be trampled down.

will be brought low whenever you write of others.

People raise their children, and mankind suffers for how they were raised.

يُرَبّي المَعاشِرُ أَبناءَهُم

يُرَبّي المَعاشِرُ أَبناءَهُم

وَيَشقى الأَنامُ بِما رَبَّتوا

وَيَشقى الأَنامُ بِما رَبَّتوا

Communities bring up their children,

For people are but plants of the times, so let each people reap what they have sown.

and humankind suffers from what they have reared.

Woe to the Christians when they are miserly, and woe to the Jews when they slander.

وَما الناسُ إِلّا نَباتُ الزَما

وَما الناسُ إِلّا نَباتُ الزَما

نِ فَليَحصِدِ القَومُ ما نَبَّتوا

نِ فَليَحصِدِ القَومُ ما نَبَّتوا

And people are nothing but the plants of time;

When asked about their rites of worship, they cannot establish or confirm them.

so let the people reap what they have grown.

The best deed that doers can do, is to act with piety and be silent.

فَيا لِلنَصارى إِذا أَمسَكوا

فَيا لِلنَصارى إِذا أَمسَكوا

وَيا لِليَهودِ إِذا أَسبَتوا

وَيا لِليَهودِ إِذا أَسبَتوا

So, oh, the Christians when they fast!

And oh, the Jews when they keep the Sabbath!

وَقَد سُئِلوا عَن عِباداتِهِم فَما

وَقَد سُئِلوا عَن عِباداتِهِم فَما

أَيَّدوها وَلا ثَبَّتوا

أَيَّدوها وَلا ثَبَّتوا

And they have been asked about their acts of worship, but have not

supported them or substantiated them.

وَمِن خَيرِ مافَعَلَ الفاعِلونَ

وَمِن خَيرِ مافَعَلَ الفاعِلونَ

أَنَّهُمُ بِتُقىً أَخبَتوا

أَنَّهُمُ بِتُقىً أَخبَتوا

And among the best things those who act have done

is that they have humbled themselves in piety.