1. Take me, my Lord, to those whom You have chosen,
And You told us they are the best of all I have created.

2. If I have fallen short in striving for piety,
With them, if You will, I will catch up before You.

3. They saved me when terrors drove me to them,
And misfortunes were charging at me like predators.

4. They pulled me by the hand from harm,
And calamities were knocking at my door insistently.

5. Without them I’d have gained no fortune in religion,
Nor would straits have expanded for me therein.

6. Nor would my merits have journeyed westwards through them,
Nor soared among them the east winds.

7. Nor would my heart have made of all mankind
A homeland, where truths might find refuge.