مَهْمَا تَقِلَّ ثُمَالَةُ المَوْجُودِ

مَهْمَا تَقِلَّ ثُمَالَةُ المَوْجُودِ

لاَ تَحْرِمِ المِسْكيِنَ قَطْرَةَ جُودِ

لاَ تَحْرِمِ المِسْكيِنَ قَطْرَةَ جُودِ

However scant the dregs of what you possess,

However little your means may be

Do not deny the needy a drop of generosity.

Never deprive the destitute of your generosity

فَإِذَا حَبَاكَ اللهُ فَضْلاً وَاسِعاً

فَإِذَا حَبَاكَ اللهُ فَضْلاً وَاسِعاً

فَالْبُخْلُ خُسْرَانٌ وَشِبْهُ جُحُودِ

فَالْبُخْلُ خُسْرَانٌ وَشِبْهُ جُحُودِ

For if God has granted you abundant bounty,

For when Allah grants you ample bounty

Then miserliness is loss and akin to ingratitude.

Stinginess is loss, and akin to blasphemy

بِيضُ الأَيَادِي خَيْرُ مَا أَسْلَفْتَهُ

بِيضُ الأَيَادِي خَيْرُ مَا أَسْلَفْتَهُ

دَفْعاً لاِفَاتِ اللَّيَالِي السُّودِ

دَفْعاً لاِفَاتِ اللَّيَالِي السُّودِ

White hands of kindness are the best you have sent ahead,

The whitest hands are those you have forwarded

To ward off the afflictions of black nights.

To ward off the blows of dark nights

وَالمَالُ أَعوَدُهُ وَأَجزَلُهُ رِباً

وَالمَالُ أَعوَدُهُ وَأَجزَلُهُ رِباً

مَا كانَ فَرضَ العَبدِ لِلمَعبُودِ

مَا كانَ فَرضَ العَبدِ لِلمَعبُودِ

And the wealth most fruitful and richest in returns

And wealth - the most fecund and abundant -

Is the servant's obligatory due to the Worshipped One.

Is what the servant allocates for the worshipped

يَا مُحْسِنونَ جَزَاكُمُ المَوْلى بَمَا

يَا مُحْسِنونَ جَزَاكُمُ المَوْلى بَمَا

يَرْبُو عَلى مَسْعَاكُمُ المَحْمُودِ

يَرْبُو عَلى مَسْعَاكُمُ المَحْمُودِ

O benefactors, may the Lord reward you with what

O you beneficent! May your Master reward you

Surpasses your praiseworthy striving.

With overflowing blessings and glorious grace!

كمْ رَدَّ فضْلُكُمُ الْحَيَاةَ لِمَائِتٍ

كمْ رَدَّ فضْلُكُمُ الْحَيَاةَ لِمَائِتٍ

جُوعاً وَكَمْ أَبْقى عَلَى مَوْلودِ

جُوعاً وَكَمْ أَبْقى عَلَى مَوْلودِ

How often your generosity has restored life to one dying

How often has your bounty given life to the dying

Of hunger, and how often kept a newborn alive.

Of hunger, and sustained the newborn babe!

كَمْ يَسَّرَ النوْمَ الْهَنِيءَ لِسَاهِدٍ

كَمْ يَسَّرَ النوْمَ الْهَنِيءَ لِسَاهِدٍ

شَاكٍ وَلَطَّف مِنْ أَسَى مَكْمُوُدِ

شَاكٍ وَلَطَّف مِنْ أَسَى مَكْمُوُدِ

How often it has brought peaceful sleep to one kept awake,

How often has it brought sweet sleep to the vigilant

Suffering, and eased a grief-stricken person's sorrow.

The suffering, and comforted the depressed!

كَمْ صَانَ عِرْضاً طَاهِراً مِنْ رِيبَةٍ

كَمْ صَانَ عِرْضاً طَاهِراً مِنْ رِيبَةٍ

وَنَفَى أَذى عَنْ عَاثِرٍ مَنكودِ

وَنَفَى أَذى عَنْ عَاثِرٍ مَنكودِ

How often it has guarded unsullied honor from suspicion,

How often has it protected a pure honor from suspicion

And driven harm away from a stumbling, ill-fated person.

And spared a stumbling man further disgrace!

دَامَتْ لَكُمْ نَعْمَاؤُكُمْ مَحْفُوظَةً

دَامَتْ لَكُمْ نَعْمَاؤُكُمْ مَحْفُوظَةً

مِنْ كَيدِ ذِي حِقْدٍ وَعَيْنِ حَسُودِ

مِنْ كَيدِ ذِي حِقْدٍ وَعَيْنِ حَسُودِ

May your blessings endure for you, safeguarded

May your blessings remain guarded

From a spiteful person's plots and an envious eye.

From the guile of grudging souls and envious eyes

وَتحَقَّقتْ عِنْدَ المُثِيبِ المرْتجَى

وَتحَقَّقتْ عِنْدَ المُثِيبِ المرْتجَى

آمَالكُمْ بِثَوَابِهِ المَوْعُودِ

آمَالكُمْ بِثَوَابِهِ المَوْعُودِ

And may there be fulfilled, before the Rewarder in whom hope rests,

And may your hopes be fulfilled

Your hopes, through His promised reward.

With His promised and longed-for reward!