1. O Bani Amir, refrain from evil, fully refrain
The transgressor will find no helper against transgression

2. He who desires ruin for himself has fallen in love
With that which exhausts the gambler in his undertaking

3. He came with a plan that was inevitably doomed
And the evil-doers were disappointed, however much they schemed

4. I ask you, was the leader of the delegation really one of them
Bani Amir, other than a sinner and a reprobate?

5. They intended to catch the lion unawares
In foolishness, while ignorance blinds the sights

6. The stupid fool drew near him, and this
Is the hand of evil extending towards him a blunt sword

7. Ibn Al-Tufayl gestures to him: Go ahead and attack!
What can a sword do if it had the power?

8. God refused except to honor His Messenger
And render him who wishes him evil humiliated

9. He obeyed his passions ignorantly, and so he remained
Deceiving him so that he might see blood spilled

10. Do you ask him, O Ibn Al-Tufayl, for the caliphate
And hope to be called an equal partner?

11. Woe to you! What is this you are saying?
Were you a man whose soul had found peace?

12. Tyrant, be upright, and testify that your Lord is One
And take your full share of good with gratitude

13. And give glad tidings to your comrades that they
Have been granted abundant guidance and bounty from God

14. And leave Amir to be struck down by disease miserable
And Arbad to meet his death disgraced and failed

15. He who casts down the mighty cast him down
So his strength was reduced, for he was an unbeliever

16. With a thunderbolt, from what God has hurled
When He hurled at Thamud, and Aad, and ages past

17. He hurled it at him, fiery, such that if unleashed
Upon a mountain it would be swallowed into the earth

18. Amir refused, out of Jahili arrogance
To meet his doom from she who came visiting

19. He says, "They have obeyed me," and "Death in my dwelling
Is too narrow for the likes of me. Then I am no Amir"

20. My steed, my steed! I have none but its back
On which to meet my obstinate death

21. And they brought him, dragged by Azrael, and he mounted
His saddle and charged off fiery and defiant

22. He parades around, bearing his lance, seeing
Naught but his destined fate, a looming disaster

23. And no sooner did he plunge down, never to rise
Except to disgrace, for one who would be remembered

24. The matter is over – Ukaz did not hear his cry
And the tribes did not witness those vainglorious boasts

25. When a man does not believe in and fear his Lord
He will see nothing in this life as harmful

26. An inescapable curse from Muhammad befell him
Striking him with an illness that leaves medicine lost

27. The Messenger of guidance and good - he who respects his rights
Will see nothing in this life as harmful

28. Indeed, in what Arbad said there was one who warned
Against evil, if the evil-doer had heeded the warner

29. He saw a sign that killed his soul's resolve
And confused his mind, had he been a seeker

30. The powerlessness of a Lord whose every prey is conquered
Who prevails and endures, compelling and supreme