If you accept my advice,
Then how deserving you are of goodness and respect,
And if you turn away as you turned away from the command of the Almighty God,
Then woe to you for all eternity;
For God says, and He is the most truthful of speakers,
And more merciful than those who command, more knowledgeable than those who have revealed, and more generous than those who guide,
And He is more compassionate toward us than we are to ourselves,
And We have certainly instructed those who were given the Scripture before you and yourselves to fear God;
Tell me, can a seeker among the servants of the Sunnah be negligent in prayers,
Or engage in those abominations?
No, by God,
And neither is he among those who fear God, and worse than all of that,
A narrator lies in his narration and fabricates falsehoods,
For if his vile ambition reaches lying in transmission and falsifying documents, then he has found ease,
And the students erased his name and form, both in image and meaning.
And if he engages in stealing parts or scraping endowments, then he is a thief in the guise of a narrator,
And if he makes seeking knowledge his means of livelihood and business, then actions are judged by intentions,
And there is no power except with God, so read your book; sufficient are you as a reckoner against yourself,
And I seek refuge in God from having wasted time in praising a useless student,
May God test them with defeat; so open your eyes, bring your mind, and lend me your ear,
For if you benefit and make a covenant with God, then I have perceived goodness in you,
And if you stray and embrace neglect and laziness like me, then alas for both you and me,
Then there remains a path I do not hide from you, which is abundant supplication,
And seeking help from the Almighty God during the night and the day,
And persistent supplication to your Lord with every remembered or unremembered prayer,
And after the five prayers, to guide and aid you, and always adhere to Ayat al-Kursi at the end of the obligatory prayers,
And increase in seeking forgiveness and in making remembrance,
And adhere strictly to excessive honesty in everything,
And do not be arrogant, and do not be among those who are arrogant about what they know,
For surely you are ignorant and foolish, so persist in excessive humility with God,
And humility towards Muslims, except for the transgressors among them,
And love for the sake of God, and hate for the sake of God,
And trust in God, and rely on God,
And place your needs with God, and do not seek independence except through God,
And frequently say 'There is no power nor strength except by God,'
And from the prayer upon the Messenger of God, peace abundant perpetual forever,
The counsel is concluded and accepted.
