1. Mercy, O Abu Basir, and bounty,
God has permitted you to be set free and protected.

2. Help has come to you, so you hastened,
Go freely, your imprisonment and worry are over.

3. You have escaped from the snares of people
Who have harmed you greatly and been unjust.

4. They made truth their adversary out of ignorance,
And ignorant is he who makes truth his adversary.

5. You have come to the house of the Prophet, so enter and greet,
And observe the rights of the place with soul and body.

6. How you wished for a fortress for yourself,
So look to the fortresses of your Lord collectively.

7. And accept the judgement of the Messenger, you are held back,
And one like him judges fairly and wisely.

8. This is Khuways and the document of Ibn ‘Awf,
So adhere to patience, the matter is settled.

9. They asked him for protection in the presence of the most generous protector,
So he gave them safety and forbearance.

10. Turn back, O Abu Basir, the religion is not
The religion of deceivers, treachery and sin.

11. God is enough for you, He is helper for you
And will suffice you against every painful matter.

12. He is the Protector of the oppressed, delivering them
When tribulation becomes severe and overwhelming.

13. Returning to his two companions, he recited to them from the Qur’an
What fills souls with purity and elevation.

14. And he revived them with the owner of the chain-mail armour when their souls
Were close to passing away in anxiety and sorrow.

15. He saw the sword in the hands of one of the adversaries
Revealing death and poison from it.

16. As he brandished it arrogantly and made
The souls of the unjust drink conjecture and supposition.

17. He said, “Rather, give it to me to look at it, for
I have more knowledge about the qualities of swords.”

18. Then he struck him a blow that taught him
How one who is brave fears the sword if he is bold.

19. He came to catch him unawares, but he repelled him
And proceeded to avoid his fate in case it became heated.

20. The bird flew swiftly like an arrow, traveling far,
As he distanced himself greatly from shooting range.

21. The sword itself sought him as he was heedless,
If it would taste rejection, its flavour would not have passed.

22. The delusion lied, life is nothing but safety
And the worst of matters is that which is fanciful.

23. The fleeing bird landed on the eagle
That fills the heavens with determination and resolve.

24. The Messenger to whom the earth and its inhabitants submit,
Whether in war or peace.

25. He said, “I am doomed, so grant me protection,
Do not leave me as prey for some of your companions.”

26. “Keep Abu Basir away from me, suffice me
What he has committed against me of injury and wounding.”

27. He drank destruction, killed my two companions, and set out
To seek my murder, so that crime may follow crime.

28. He came running, bearing the sword,
So for me, shed his blood, yours is abundant thanks.

29. He forgave him and said, “There is nothing here,
O Prophet of guidance, I see the matter has been completed.”

30. The covenant was fulfilled and nullified, so look
At what you see and judge it justly and wisely.”

31. He said, “Then go, for you are absolved and it is wrong
To blame the innocent or insult him.”

32. “You may take from the land whatever you wish
Except the land of Yathrib, whether you reside or visit.”

33. So he turned away to a place where disbelief grows
And covers the disbelievers in sinking and choking.

34. Every caravan of Quraysh passes by him
Openly, it cannot be concealed.

35. It is Al-Arqam the deaf, the deaf gathered around him
And rallied around him deafly.

36. A believer who settled in the open spaces,
Gathering the believers around him and embracing them.

37. They came slipping away from every crevice
Seeking sustenance morsel by morsel.

38. The Possessor of the Throne brought them together after their fracture,
And it is fitting for Him to unite them and bring them together.

39. O Abu Jandal, upon you is peace,
You came with the horses, stirring up the earth with galloping.

40. Forgive what your father Suhayl did to you
The day he transgressed against you with beating and striking.

41. But the patient will have the fullest share,
O Abu Jandal, and the most bountiful portion.

42. They carried out killing and looting and restored
Every gain the people seized unjustly.

43. Raid after raid consuming wealth
And folding men in ruin and devastation.

44. They were shaken by Abu Basir with calamities—
His fracture could not be mended.

45. Mikhdham, a fierce cutter, and Mis‘ar, skilled in war—
The cutting blades tested them in battle.

46. The routes narrowed and the open spaces confined them
And the atmosphere became obstructed and blocked.

47. He returned joined together as if he were a barrier
And Gog and Magog whom you do not see a gap in.

48. They cried out complaining and recalled the wombs that bore them,
Appealing out of cowardice and baseness.

49. And they sought affection from the most affectionate of people,
The most affectionate, and the closest of messengers in mercy.

50. Their leader said, “Help us and do not deprive us,
For hearts are surely blind.”

51. “The covenant has ruined our affairs, so we recognize it,
And what do we have if the matter becomes clouded?”

52. “We have left the men for you, so restrain
Whoever you wish of them that you condemn.”

53. “It suffices us to have peace, O Muhammad, if you
Extend its shadows over us, it would be excellent.”

54. He dispelled harm and pain with a document
That structured righteousness and nobility.

55. Abu Basir did not leave them, the archer of death
Does not cease unleashing arrows at them, arrow after arrow.

56. He sacrificed himself while it was in his hand, interrupting it—
How great is this stand and sublime!

57. The last provision, if we want to name it,
And I see it as too majestic to be named.

58. He said, “Come and disperse the people, and let them
Make peace, for suppressing the tyrants is enough.”

59. The people returned guided, and who is more guided
Than one who has repelled misguidance and become unhearing to it?

60. And Abu Jandal leading the Messenger of God
In a group growing closer to God.

61. The star of truth and guidance receiving
From its guiding companions star after star.

62. They arose while the times were dark gloom
So they brought out of its darkness what was pitch-black.

63. And they threw with rays the death of a religion—
Its face had turned ashen from oppression.

64. Know the truth and do not let claims alarm you
For nobility and virtues are there.

65. What glory on earth or merit
Did not have them as foundation and root?

66. In the wisdom of the Messenger there is a reminder
For the intelligent one who has reason and understanding.

67. God destroyed what the covenant had built of the hopes
Of people who wish destruction upon the religion.

68. How many scenes of illusion they saw in it—
A scene with awe-inspiring delusions and grandeur!

69. Let not a brief rain deceive them while palms
cupped,

70. It is the flood about to cover everything.
A determination from the guidance of the Messenger and affection

71. That inherits polytheism and misguidance barrenness.
It did not cease striking the tyrants until

72. It made them taste disgrace and orphanhood.
There is indeed for the truth, after softness and weakness,

73. Strength that definitively ends falsehood.
An endeavor from the guidance of the Messenger and amity