ما وُفِّقوا حَسِبوني مِن خِيارِهُمُ

ما وُفِّقوا حَسِبوني مِن خِيارِهُمُ

فَخَلِّهِم لا يُرَجّى مِنهُمُ الرَشَدُ

فَخَلِّهِم لا يُرَجّى مِنهُمُ الرَشَدُ

They were not rightly guided: they counted me among their best.

They think I'm not one of their best

So leave them; no sound judgment can be hoped for from them.

So leave them be, for they'll never see reason

أَمّا إِذا ما دَعا الداعي لِمَكرُمَةٍ

أَمّا إِذا ما دَعا الداعي لِمَكرُمَةٍ

فَهُم قَليلٌ وَلَكِن في الأَذى حُشُدُ

فَهُم قَليلٌ وَلَكِن في الأَذى حُشُدُ

But when the caller calls for a noble deed,

But when the caller calls for generosity

then they are few, and yet in doing harm they are throngs.

Few they are, though plentiful in causing harm

كَم يَنشُدونَ صَفاءً مِن دِيانَتِهِم

كَم يَنشُدونَ صَفاءً مِن دِيانَتِهِم

وَلَيسَ يوجَدُ حَتّى المَوتِ ما نَشَدوا

وَلَيسَ يوجَدُ حَتّى المَوتِ ما نَشَدوا

How often they seek purity from their religion!

How often they claim purity in their faith

And what they sought remains unfound right up to death.

Yet until death, they'll never find what they seek