[Thaʿlab:] Nilitaka kumwona Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, kwa hiyo nilimtafuta. Nilipompata aliniuliza fani yangu ni ipi. "Nahau na Kiarabu," nilimjibu. Kisha akasoma: 33.1

[Thaʿlab:] I wanted to meet Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, so I went looking for him. When I found him he asked me what my field was. “Grammar and Arabic,” I told him. He then recited: 33.1

Unaweza kufikiria kuwa hakuna anayekuona.

You may think yourself unnoticed.

Lakini Yule aliye juu anakutazama.

But One on high is watching you.

Haulali kusinzia wala kusahau.

Never sleeping or forgetting.

Kila tendo linalofanywa hapa duniani.

Every deed done here below.

Tunapita siku bila kujali.

Heedless do we let the days pass.