1. Come O Rifa'ah, neither hesitating nor distressed,
Seeking what you desire without being blamed.

2. You came to the chosen Messenger from his Lord,
And you followed him - what an excellent one who comes early!

3. You have honored yourself, so set forth desiring him
As a religion - it is the greatest, most venerable honor.

4. It builds life on a firm foundation
Of God's power which cannot be destroyed.

5. If you want to ascend with yourself higher and higher
Then you must have faith, for it is the ladder.

6. It is the wing - if you gain it, fly
And traverse the atmosphere, for you are the swift falcon.

7. Great ambitions are not stirred without it
As a cause, nor do downtrodden souls rise high.

8. The boy was fortunate, as you were fortunate, and perhaps
The fortunate one served, becoming one who is served.

9. Through its master the worlds gained might - its land
And its sky - and He is the Most Mighty, the Most Generous.

10. He has entrusted you with the affair of your people - take it on
And be determined, O Rifa'ah, for the likes of you are determined.

11. And take the blessed Book - nothing like it
Has been written by a hand in what is transcribed and numbered.

12. Read it to them as one who spreads out a banquet, and invite them
To follow you to that which is most upright.

13. And for those who disobey you for a time - if they exceed the time
Then God will judge what He wills and rule.

14. Or has one month dragging another after it not sufficed
For those who seek pretexts from amongst them?

15. Your people belong to God, O son of Zayd - they
Have heard the Book and so they followed you and submitted.

16. Light upon light, and insight which He added to it
From His abundant grace - the Most Faithful, the Most Generous!

17. Khuza'ah knew after ignorance, so it was guided,
And he who knows is guided to the truths.

18. If they mention the excellence of men - which of them
Progressed and preceded - you are the foremost and the preceding!