1. The opposites were combined in your virtues,
So peers were too proud to be your match.

2. An ascetic ruler, forbearing and brave,
Devout, conqueror, poor yet generous.

3. Qualities never combined in any mortal,
Nor did any man attain the like.

4. A nature putting the breeze to shame with perfume,
And valor melting iron to liquid.

5. So minds were immersed in you profoundly,
And with their words they knelt and surrendered.

6. And were lost in the virtues of your superiority, O holder
Of the letter Noon and Sad and Sad again.

7. Wonders appeared through you to all people,
So even the envious admitted your merit.

8. If your enemies deny them, they have already lied,
Like the people of Lot and 'Aad lied before.

9. You are the Prophet's secret, and his supporter, his cousin
And his son-in-law, the brother he consulted.

10. If he saw anyone but you, he would have adopted him.
Otherwise, his choice would have been mistaken.

11. The Prophet was content with only you,
And added no fifth companion to you.

12. You were his soul, his family and his sons to him -
To him, you were the women and children.

13. It is beyond poetry to encompass your significance,
Or for critics to enumerate your virtues.

14. God only removed impurity from you,
So jealous rage retreated in fury.

15. That is God praising you - and if I venture
To praise, that is repeating what is already said.