خُذْ مَا صَفَا وَدَعِ الكَدَرْ

خُذْ مَا صَفَا وَدَعِ الكَدَرْوَكِلِ الأُمُورَ إِلَى القَدَرْ

Khudh mā ṣafā wadaʿi al-kadar, Wakili al-ʾumūra ilā al-qadar

Take what is pure and leave what is turbid, and entrust all matters to destiny,

مَهْمَا غُلِبْتَ كَمَا أَمَرْهَادِي الوَرَى خَيْرُ البَشَرْ

Mahmā ghulibta kamā amar, Hādī al-warā khayru al-bashar

Whenever you are overcome, as commanded by the guide of mankind, the best of humanity.

إِنَّ الأُمُورَ جَرَى بِهَاقَلَمٌ عَلَى اللَّوْحِ الأَغَرّ

Inna al-ʾumūra jarā bihā, Qalamun ʿalā al-lawḥi al-ʾagharr

All matters have been written by a Pen upon the radiant Tablet,

فِي سَابِقِ العِلْمِ القَدِيمْمِنْ قَبْلِ إِيجَادِ الصُّوَرْ

Fī sābiqi al-ʿilmi al-qadīm, Min qabli ījādi aṣ-ṣuwar

In the eternal foreknowledge, before forms were brought into being.

وَدَعِ الهُمُومَ فَإِنَّهَايَا صَاحِبِي مَحْضُ الضَّرَرْ

Wadaʿi al-humūma faʾinnahā, Yā ṣāḥibī maḥḍu aḍ-ḍarar

Leave worries, for they are, my friend, sheer harm.

وَاغْنَمْ زَمَانَكَ وَاسْتَرِحْمِنْ لَوْ وَلِمْ تَلْقَ الظَّفَرْ

Waghnam zamānaka wastariḥ, Min law walim talqa aẓ-ẓafar

Make the most of your time and rest from "if only" and "why", and you will find success.

وَارْجِعْ إِلَى اللهِ إِذَامَا لَجَّ خَطْبٌ أَوْ عَسَرْ

Warjiʿ ilā Allāhi idhā, Mā lajja khaṭbun aw ʿasar

Return to Allah whenever a calamity persists or hardship comes.

وَإِذَا بُلِيتَ بِمِحْنَةٍفَاصْبِرْ لَهَا فِيمَنْ صَبَرْ

Waʾidhā bulīta bimiḥnatin, Faṣbir lahā fīman ṣabar

If you are tried with an affliction, be patient in it among those who are patient,

مِنْ كُلِّ بَرٍّ مُوقِنٍمُتَوَقِّرٍ عِنْدَ الغِيَرْ

Min kulli barrin mūqinin, Mutawaqqirin ʿinda al-ghiyar

Every righteous soul who has certainty, dignified in the face of change.

وَإِذَا خُصِصْتَ بِنِعْمَةٍفَاشْكُرْ مَعَ مَنْ قَدْ شَكَرْ

Waʾidhā khuṣiṣta biniʿmatin, Fashkur maʿa man qad shakar

And if you are singled out for a blessing, give thanks along with those who give thanks

لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينْتُعْطَ المَزِيدَ كَمَا ذَكَرْ

Lillāhi rabbi al-ʿālamīn, Tuʿṭa al-mazīda kamā dhakar

To Allah, Lord of the worlds, and you will be given more, as He has said.

وَاعْمَلْ لِنَفْسِكَ صَالِحاًتَنْجُو بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَرّ

Waʿmal linafsika ṣāliḥan, Tanjū bihi min kulli sharr

Do righteous deeds for yourself by which you will be saved from every evil,

وَتَفُوزُ بِالحُسْنَى وَبِالْجَنَّاتِ دَارِ المُسْتَقَرّ

Watafūzu bi-al-ḥusnā wabi-al-, Jannāti dāri al-mustaqarr

And win the best reward and the Gardens of the lasting abode,

دَارِ البَقَا دَارِ النَّعِيمْدَارِ الكَرَامَةِ وَالنَّظَرْ

Dāri al-baqā dāri an-naʿīm, Dāri al-karāmati wa-an-naẓar

The abode of permanence, the abode of bliss, the abode of honour and of beholding.

وَأَعِدَّ زَادَكَ لِلْمَعَادْمِنْ قَبْلِ يَفْجَاكَ الحَذَرْ

Waʾaʿidda zādaka lilmaʿād, Min qabli yafjāka al-ḥadhar

Prepare your provision for the Return before what you fear takes you by surprise.

فَالمَوْتُ آتٍ عَنْ قَرِيبْوَلَعَلَّ يَوْمَكَ قَدْ حَضَرْ

Fa-al-mawtu ʾātin ʿan qarīb, Walaʿalla yawmaka qad ḥaḍar

For death is coming soon, and perhaps your day has already come.

يَا رَبِّ أَنْتَ المُبْتَغَىوَالمُرْتَجَى وَالمُدَّخَرْ

Yā rabbi anta al-mubtaghā, Wa-al-murtajā wa-al-muddakhar

O Lord, You are the One sought, the One hoped for and the treasure laid up.

يَا رَبَّنَا فَاسْتُرْ وَسَامِحْ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمُ مَنْ سَتَرْ

Yā rabbanā fastur wasā, Miḥ anta akramu man satar

Our Lord, cover and forgive; You are the most generous of those who cover.

يَا رَبَّنَا وَانْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا أَنْتَ أَحْسَنُ مَنْ نَظَرْ

Yā rabbanā wanẓur ilay, Nā anta aḥsanu man naẓar

Our Lord, look upon us, for You are the best of those who look.

يَا رَبَّنَا وَاخْتِمْ لَنَابِالخَيْرِ إِنْ حَانَ السَّفَرْ

Yā rabbanā wakhtim lanā, Bi-al-khayri in ḥāna as-safar

Our Lord, seal our lives with good when the time of the journey comes.

ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى الرَّسُولْخَيْرِ البَرِيَّةِ مِنْ مُضَرْ

Thumma aṣ-ṣalātu ʿalā ar-rasūl, Khayri al-bariyyati min muḍar

Then blessings be upon the Messenger, the best of creation, of Mudar,

خَتْمِ النَّبِيِّينَ الكِرَامْنِعْمَ المَصَابِيحُ الغُرَرْ

Khatmi an-nabiyyīna al-kirām, Niʿma al-maṣābīḥu al-ghurar

Seal of the noble prophets, what excellent radiant lamps!

وَآلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِوَالتَّابِعِينَ عَلَى الأَثَرْ

Waʾālihi waʾaṣḥābihi, Wa-at-tābiʿīna ʿalā al-ʾathar

And upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow in their footsteps,

مَا هَبَّتِ النَّسَمَاتُ بِالْعَرْفِ المُعَنْبَرِ فِي السَّحَرْ

Mā habbati an-nasamātu bi-al-, ʿarfi al-muʿanbari fī as-saḥar

As long as the breezes blow with ambergris-scented fragrance before dawn,

أَوْ غَرَّدَتْ وُرْقُ الحِمَىفَوْقَ الغُصُونِ مِنَ الشَّجَرْ

Aw gharradat wurqu al-ḥimā, Fawqa al-ghuṣūni mina ash-shajar

Or the grey doves of the sanctuary sing upon the branches of the trees.