أِنَّا إِلَى اللهِ وَإِنَّا لَهُ

أِنَّا إِلَى اللهِ وَإِنَّا لَهُ

مَا أَشْغَلَ الإِنْسَانَ عَنْ شَانِهِ

مَا أَشْغَلَ الإِنْسَانَ عَنْ شَانِهِ

Indeed we are bound for God, and indeed we are His.

Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return

How distracted man is from his own affairs!

How preoccupied man becomes from his own status

يَرْتَاحُ لِلأَثْوَابِ يُزْهَى بِهَا

يَرْتَاحُ لِلأَثْوَابِ يُزْهَى بِهَا

وَالْخَيْطُ مَعْزُولٌ لأَكْفَانِهِ

وَالْخَيْطُ مَعْزُولٌ لأَكْفَانِهِ

He delights in garments, taking pride in them,

He finds comfort in clothes with which he is adorned

While the thread is set aside for his shrouds.

Yet the shroud's thread remains separated for his burial

وَيَخْزُنُ الفَلْسَ لِوَارِثِهِ

وَيَخْزُنُ الفَلْسَ لِوَارِثِهِ

مُسْتَنْفِداً مَبْلَغَ أَكْوَانِهِ

مُسْتَنْفِداً مَبْلَغَ أَكْوَانِهِ

And he hoards the coin for his heir,

He hoards money for his inheritor

Exhausting the full measure of his existence.

Exhausting the extent of his goblets

قَوَّضْ عَنِ الْفَانِي رِحَالَ امْرِىءٍ

قَوَّضْ عَنِ الْفَانِي رِحَالَ امْرِىءٍ

مَدَّ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَ عِرْفَانِهِ

مَدَّ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَ عِرْفَانِهِ

Strike and remove a man's camp from the fleeting world—

He neglected the transient life of a man

One who has turned toward it the eye of his understanding.

And turned to Him his eye of knowledge

مَا ثَمَّ إِلاَّ مَوْقِفٌ رَاهِنٌ

مَا ثَمَّ إِلاَّ مَوْقِفٌ رَاهِنٌ

قَدْ وُكِلِ العَدْلُ بِمِيرَانِهِ

قَدْ وُكِلِ العَدْلُ بِمِيرَانِهِ

There is nothing there but an abiding place of judgment,

There remains nothing but the present stance

Where justice has indeed been entrusted to its scales:

Justice has been entrusted with its measuring

مُفَرِّطٌ يَشقَى بِتَفْرِيطِهِ

مُفَرِّطٌ يَشقَى بِتَفْرِيطِهِ

وَمُحْسِنٌ يُجْزَى بِإِحْسَانِهِ

وَمُحْسِنٌ يُجْزَى بِإِحْسَانِهِ

A negligent man suffers for his negligence,

A neglectful one suffers for his neglect

And one who does good is rewarded for his good deeds.

While a good-doer is rewarded for his goodness