This Time

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib (k.w.) said: 

This is a time, when brothers,

O Man, are not brothers.

When brothers all are unjust -

They have two tongues and two faces.

He meets you with a smiling face, but in his heart,

There is a disease which he secretly hides,

Until you are out if his sight –

Then he throws after you falsehood and lies.

Such are the people of this time -

There are not two are true in love.

O Man, live then your life alone.

Do not seek the company of other men.

Live side by side with people, but keep

Yourself safe within house and walls.