Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 666
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ، قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: إِنَّهُ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعَ اللَّهُ، وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْهُ الْجَدُّ. وَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ، سَمِعْتُ هَؤُلاَءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى هَذِهِ الأعْوَادِ.
Isma‘il related to us: Malik related to me, from Yazid ibn Ziyad, from Muhammad ibn Ka‘b al-Qurazi, who said: Mu‘awiya ibn Abi Sufyan said from the pulpit: “No one can withhold what You have given, nor give what Allah has withheld; a person’s good fortune cannot avail him against Him. Whoever Allah wills good for, He grants understanding of the religion. I heard these words from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on these steps.”
Translation notes
وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْهُ الْجَدُّ
Here الجد is more naturally read as fortune, status, or wealth; the witness renders it as a person’s effort, changing the sense of the saying.
Should الجد here be translated as fortune or wealth rather than effort?