ألْحَمْدُ للهِ غَيْرَ مَقْنُوط مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ،
Praise is due to Allah from Whose mercy no one loses hope,
وَلاَ مَخْلُوٍّ مِنْ نِعْمَتِهِ،
from Whose bounty no one is deprived,
وَلاَ مَأْيُوس مِنْ مَغْفِرَتِهِ،
from Whose forgiveness no one is disappointed
وَلاَ مُسْتَنْكَف عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ،
and for Whose worship no one is too high.
الَّذِي لاَ تَبْرَحُ مِنْهُ رَحْمَةٌ،
His mercy never ceases
وَلاَ تُفْقَدُ لَهُ نِعْمَةٌ.
and His bounty is never missed.
وَالدُّنْيَا دَارٌ مُنِيَ لَهَا الْفَنَاءُ،
This world is a place for which destruction is ordained
وَلاِهْلِهَا مِنْهَا الْجَلاَءُ،
and for its inhabitants departure from here is destined.
وَهِيَ حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ،
It is sweet and green.
قَدْ عُجِّلَتْ لِلطَّالِبِ،
It hastens towards its seeker
وَالْتَبَسَتْ بِقَلْبِ النَّاظِرِ;
and attaches to the heart of the viewer.
فَارْتَحِلُوا مِنْهَا بِأَحْسَنِ مَا بِحَضْرَتِكُمْ مِنَ الزَّادِ،
So depart from here with the best of provision available with you
وَلاَ تَسْأَلُوا فِيها فَوْقَ الْكَفَافِ،
and do not ask herein more than what is enough
وَلاَ تَطْلُبُوا مِنْهَا أكْثَرَ مِنَ الْبَلاَغِ.
and do not demand from it more than subsistence.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 45: Al-Saduq, Man la yahduruh, I, 327; al-Tusi, Misbah, 458; parts of it recorded by al-Mufid, al-'Irshad; al-Jahiz, al-Bayan, I, 171; Ibn Qutaybah, ‘Uyun, II, 235; al-Harrani, Tuhaf; al-Baqillani, I’jaz, 222.
