1. No human is safe from the blows of fate,
Nor its adversities, for time is treacherous.

2. How many kings of the past with might
And authority, honor and sovereignty, did it destroy?

3. Where are the kings whose glory humbled
All necks, who were obeyed out of fear?

4. Where are the tyrants, the oppressors? Where are those
With fiery pits? Where is Chosroes, where is Sasan?

5. They answered the call and became lessons.
Their homes and lands were abandoned.

6. Their dwellings cannot be seen,
So let those who submit to truth take heed,

7. For the blows of fate cannot be avoided,
To us it brings harm and good.

8. Blessed is God, adversity does not last,
And all that has passed is replaced by what is to come.

9. All calamities, their pains are relieved,
Except those which time does not console,

10. The tragedy of the Prophet's family, for
Its stories circulated among all people.

11. The family of God's Messenger, the worst violation
Of sanctity, the young and the youths.

12. They sought refuge in some of God's houses
From those who divided and the enemy's oppression.

13. But a group of villains came with intent
Of evil, tyranny and transgression.

14. When they surrounded them and they appealed
For safety, they promised but their oaths they betrayed.

15. They made pacts to spare their souls
But they had no covenant or faith.

16. They let loose on them the swords of injustice, and stormed
Like a tyrant or satan.

17. And they began killing them however they wished,
Some butchered, some stabbed.

18. Some disemboweled, some dismembered,
Others striking with swords, murdering and slaughtering.

19. Some pursuing the fleeing to kill,
Their hearts thirsty for the blood of nobles.

20. Some breaking the bones of the slain,
As idols and statues are destroyed.

21. Some plunging into the bloodbath gloating
In murder, reveling in violation and humiliation.

22. Through all this the Prophet's family did not
Raise a hand against them, for God is the Judge.

23. If they sought the Messenger's intercession they were abused,
Or the companions they were vilified, if only that had not occurred.

24. Or if they cried for help from their bloodshed
Or for respite from the calamity, but hearts had hardened.

25. If you had heard the screams of the people after
Their pleas went unanswered, your pillars would have shaken.

26. O Lord, one seeking aid but has none,
Lying slain, a helpless soul.

27. O Lord, a widow torn from her husband,
With orphans and children around her.

28. Is there no helper, no honorable man,
No zealous defender and supporter of truth?

29. Is there no band of brothers in faith,
Worthy and equal in aiding religion?

30. Is there no glorious one to protect their Prophet?
No guardian of the Messenger's honor?

31. This is the reward of God's Messenger from a band
Whose hearts are filled with sin and fires.

32. They harmed his family and shed their blood,
Other than this they had no quarrel.

33. Is it bearable to insult the Prophet openly?
Can ears bear to hear the abuse?

34. There is no good in life if the Prophet is targeted
By arrows of tyranny. Such is utter loss.

35. If you do not rise to stop insults against him, who then
Will do so? His glory is your glory.

36. You leaders of people, between you
Are narrations, verses and the Qur'an.

37. Rise to defend God's religion and stand united
Against those who have abandoned truth.

38. If you support God, He will support you and guide you,
And the proofs of religion will become clear.

39. I continue to recite a poem crafted
With pearls and coral in arrangement.

40. What is this discord in Islam between you,
When you, servants of God, are brothers?