Poems by Imam ash-Shaf'i

Poem #2

Part from the days where you used to do as you wish

And restrain your soul when the decree of Allāh is ordained

And don’t despair over the events of the past

Fore none of the events of the dunya were ever meant to remain

And be a man who is firm upon his affairs

And whose character is that of pardoning and nobility

And there is sadness or happiness that is continuous

Just as there is there is no comfort or pain

If you are a person who is satisfied with what he has

Then you and the owner of all possessions are equal

And upon he who’s open valley death descends upon

Then there is no earth or sky to protect you from it

And the earth of Allāh is vast but

When the ordainment of Allāh descends even the open valley congests.