1. Far be it from you to sever the ties of kinship
Or deny the knowledge of Ahmad
١. حاشاكم أن تقطعوا صلة الندى
أو تصرفوا علم المعارف أحمدا
2. He began with the unlettered among his people
And God refuses all but to exalt the unlettered one
٢. هو مبتدا بخباء ابنا جنسه
والله يأبى غير رفع المبتدا
3. You provoked the hostile times with his name
And omitted it as if it were a mere letter
٣. اغريتم الزمن المعاند باسمه
وحذفتموه كأنه حرف الندا