فدَعِ الاْسْرَافَ مُقْتَصِداً،
Give up lavishness and be moderate.
وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْيَوْمِ غَداً،
Every day remember the coming day.
وَأَمْسِكْ مِنَ الْمَالِ بِقَدْرِ ضَرُورَتِكَ،
Hold back from the funds what you need
وَقَدِّمِ الْفَضْلَ لِيَوْمِ حَاجَتِكَ.
and send forward the balance for the day of your need.
أَتَرْجُوا أَنْ يُعْطِيَكَ اللهُ أَجْرَ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ
Do you expect that Allah may give you the reward of the humble
وَأَنْتَ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ!
while you yourself remain vain in His view?
وَتَطْمَعُ ـ وَأَنْتَ مُتَمَرِّغٌ فِي النَّعِيمِ، تَمْنَعُهُ الضَّعِيفَ والاْرْمَلَةَ ـ أَنْ يُوجِبَ لَكَ ثَوَابَ الْمتَصَدِّقِينَ؟
And do you covet that He may give you the reward of those practising charity while you enjoy comforts and deny them to the weak and the widows?
وَإِنَّمَا الْمَرْءُ مَجْزِيٌ بَمَا [أ] سلَفَ،
Certainly, a man is awarded according as he acts
وَقَادِمٌ عَلَى مَا قَدَّمَ،
and meets what he has sent forward;
وَالسَّلاَمُ.
and that is an end to the matter.
