لا تَحْسَبِ النَّاسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَلَى ثِقَةٍ

لا تَحْسَبِ النَّاسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَلَى ثِقَةٍ

مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ بَلْ عَلَى ظَنٍّ وَتَخْيِيلِ

مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ بَلْ عَلَى ظَنٍّ وَتَخْيِيلِ

Do not think people in this world are certain

Do not assume people in this world are reliable

of their affairs; rather, they rely on conjecture and illusion.

In their affairs, but rather they are based on guesses and imagination.

حُبُّ الْحَيَاةِ وَبُغْضُ الْمَوْتِ أَوْرَثَهُمْ

حُبُّ الْحَيَاةِ وَبُغْضُ الْمَوْتِ أَوْرَثَهُمْ

جُبْنَ الطِّبَاعِ وَتَصْدِيقَ الأَبَاطِيلِ

جُبْنَ الطِّبَاعِ وَتَصْدِيقَ الأَبَاطِيلِ

Love of life and hatred of death have bequeathed to them

Love of life and hatred of death has caused them

cowardice of character and belief in falsehoods.

Cowardice of character and belief in nonsense.