ما تَمَّ أَمرٌ بِلا سَبقٍ إِلى قَدرِ

ما تَمَّ أَمرٌ بِلا سَبقٍ إِلى قَدرِ

فَلَيسَ إِلّا الرِضا في الصَفوِ وَالكَدَرِ

فَلَيسَ إِلّا الرِضا في الصَفوِ وَالكَدَرِ

No affair comes to pass without a prior decree of fate.

No affair is ordained without predestination

So there is only contentment, in serenity and distress.

So contentment lies in ease and in tribulation

وَما اِستَحالَت شُؤونٌ مِن هُنا وَعَنا

وَما اِستَحالَت شُؤونٌ مِن هُنا وَعَنا

إِلّا بِحِكمَةِ فِعالٍ وَمُقتَدِرِ

إِلّا بِحِكمَةِ فِعالٍ وَمُقتَدِرِ

And no affairs, whether of ease or hardship, change

And no conditions ever changed from this to that

Except through the wisdom of the ever-acting, all-powerful One.

Except by wisdom of the Doer, the All-Determiner

لا يَكرَهُ المَرءُ شَيئاً ساءَهُ فَعَسى

لا يَكرَهُ المَرءُ شَيئاً ساءَهُ فَعَسى

يَكونُ خَياراً لَهُ في زِيِّ ذي ضَرَرِ

يَكونُ خَياراً لَهُ في زِيِّ ذي ضَرَرِ

Let no one hate a thing that has hurt him, for it may

Man dislikes not a thing, however it appalls

Be good for him, in the guise of something harmful.

For it may be goodness for him in guise that harms

وَإِن يَقُع صاحِبُ المَعروفِ كانَ لَهُ

وَإِن يَقُع صاحِبُ المَعروفِ كانَ لَهُ

مِن صُنعِهِ مُتكافي الغَيبِ مُستَتَرِ

مِن صُنعِهِ مُتكافي الغَيبِ مُستَتَرِ

And if a doer of kindness should fall, he shall have

And if the doer of good meets harm, for him

A matching return for his deed, concealed in the unseen.

Will be recompense concealed, from Giver of Boons

وَمَن لَهُ قِسمَةٌ في الغَيبِ حَصَلَها

وَمَن لَهُ قِسمَةٌ في الغَيبِ حَصَلَها

وَلَم يَمُت قَبلَها مِن غَيرِ ما ظَفَرِ

وَلَم يَمُت قَبلَها مِن غَيرِ ما ظَفَرِ

And whoever has a share in the unseen will obtain it,

Whoso has portion in the unseen will obtain it

And will not die before he has attained it.

And will not die before it, without gaining prize

وَيا لِجَميلِ إِلَهِ الفَضلِِ عَودَكُم

وَيا لِجَميلِ إِلَهِ الفَضلِِ عَودَكُم

فَقِس عَلى ما مَضى وَاِرقُب لِمُنتَظِرِ

فَقِس عَلى ما مَضى وَاِرقُب لِمُنتَظِرِ

And oh, the kindness the God of bounty has accustomed you to!

O beautiful is bounty of the Lord of Grace

So judge by what has passed, and watch for what is awaited.

So conform to what is past and hope for what comes

وَدَع أُمورُكَ تَجري في أَعِنَّتَها

وَدَع أُمورُكَ تَجري في أَعِنَّتَها

وَظَنَّ خَيراً وَلا تَسأَل عَنِ الخَبَرِ

وَظَنَّ خَيراً وَلا تَسأَل عَنِ الخَبَرِ

And let your affairs run as their reins lead them;

Leave your affairs to run their course, rest assured

And expect good, and do not ask about the news.

Think good and ask not for news of weal and woe

ما بَينَ غَمضَةِ عَينٍ وَاِنتِباهَتَها

ما بَينَ غَمضَةِ عَينٍ وَاِنتِباهَتَها

يَغيرُ اللَهُ مِن عُسرٍ إِلى يُسرِ

يَغيرُ اللَهُ مِن عُسرٍ إِلى يُسرِ

In the span between an eye's closing and its awakening,

Between a blink of eyes and their awakening

God turns hardship into ease.

God changes a hardship into ease and cheer

هَذي سَحابَةُ صَيفٍ عَنكَ يَقشَعُها

هَذي سَحابَةُ صَيفٍ عَنكَ يَقشَعُها

نورُ الشَمائِلِ وَالأَخلاقِ وَالفِطرِ

نورُ الشَمائِلِ وَالأَخلاقِ وَالفِطرِ

This is a summer cloud, dispelled from you by

This is a summer cloud that soon for you

The light of character, morals, and innate dispositions.

Sun of virtuous traits and nature will clear