لا دار لِلمَرءِ بَعدَ المَوت يَسكُنُها

لا دار لِلمَرءِ بَعدَ المَوت يَسكُنُها

إِلّا الَّتي كانَ قَبل المَوتِ يَبنيها

إِلّا الَّتي كانَ قَبل المَوتِ يَبنيها

A person has no house to inhabit after death

No home shelters man after death

Except the one he was building before death.

Except what he built before dying.

فَإِن بَناها بِخَير فازَ ساكِنُها

فَإِن بَناها بِخَير فازَ ساكِنُها

وَإِن بَناها بشرّ خاب بانيها

وَإِن بَناها بشرّ خاب بانيها

So if he built it with goodness, its inhabitant succeeds;

If he built it with goodness he succeeds,

And if he built it with evil, its builder fails.

If with evil he fails, the builder.