أَلَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلَا اللهَ بَاطِلُ
وَكُلُّ نَعِيمٍ لَا مَحَالَةَ زَائِلُ
Indeed, everything except God is vanity
And every blessing will inevitably perish
المصدر · Source: A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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