1. I see you as a man struggling against the injustice of your people,
Yet you have no integrity against the tyranny of the clan.

2. If you do not willingly abandon the injustice of the clan,
You will meet a resentful man from your people.

3. Either a foot soldier or a horseman,
On a reddish brown horse, the best of horses.

4. A steed sharp as a sword blade, wherever you meet him,
He will strike or stab you deliberately.

5. Have you not seen how Aad, despite their multitude,
Were scattered by a tribe who deviated from the right path?

6. The people of Aad said "We are destroyed!" so they prepared
Their best people, men of glory and dignity.

7. Yet Abu Saad and Qail were punished
With Luqman when he returned the beloved to the curly-haired one.

8. When they came to the meadows of locusts they stayed
Thirty days, then swarmed in ecstasy.

9. They were told "You have been given a choice, so choose"
Your fate, but there is no path to immortality.

10. "Strike off my head," he said "and do not hesitate,
With clubs of rigid ebony wood."

11. So the thunderbolts struck him down like one
Who foolishly sought folly, and folly leads to ruin.

12. While Luqman was granted life, so he rejected it,
Returning it to one free and steadfast as a pillar.

13. He loved immortality, if only he could obtain
The gems that fell as rain the night of thunder and lightning.

14. Abu Saad said "My God, please grant me
Death for what has passed, the most precious thing."

15. So God granted him righteousness and piety, both
Never lacking in generosity and loyalty.