The Surah of Provision

لَا تَقُلْ: "أَنَا كَسَبْتُهُ" فَتَتَوَحَّدَ فِي نَجَاحِكَ.

Do not say, "I earned this," and become lonely in your success.

قُلْ: "قَدْ جَاءَ" وَابْقَ بَشَرًا.

Say, "It arrived," and remain human.

الرِّزْقُ مَضْفُورٌ بِالاِبْتِلَاءِ.

Provision comes braided with testing.

يَسْأَلُ: أَتَقْسُو؟

It asks, "Will you harden?"

يَسْأَلُ: أَتَكْنِزُ؟

It asks, "Will you hoard?"

يَسْأَلُ: أَتَنْسَى نَفْسَكَ الأُولَى؟

It asks, "Will you forget your earlier self?"

البَرَكَةُ لَيْسَتْ زِيَادَةً.

Barakah is not more.

البَرَكَةُ كِفَايَةٌ تَتْرُكُ مَكَانًا لِلرَّحْمَةِ.

Barakah is sufficiency that leaves room for kindness.

أَنْفِقْ نَصِيبًا حَيْثُ لَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ وَجَاهٌ.

Spend a portion where no prestige returns to you.

وَأَعْطِ نَصِيبًا لِلْغَيْبِ.

Give a portion to the unseen.

وَأَعْطِ نَصِيبًا لِعَمَلٍ يَشْفِي وَلَا يُزَيِّنُ.

Give a portion to the work that heals rather than flatters.

فَإِنَّ مَالًا لَا يَمُرُّ بِكَ يَصِيرُ جِدَارًا.

For money that cannot pass through you will turn into a wall.

وَمَا خُلِقْتَ لِتَكُونَ جِدَارًا.

And you were not made to be walled.

خُلِقْتَ لِتَكُونَ مَعْبَرًا.

You were made to be a passage.