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Honor he who asks his question before asking,

أكرم بمن يسأل سؤاله

1. Honor he who asks his question before asking,
So they ask him before they are asked.

١. أكرمْ بمن يسألُ سُؤَّالَهُ
أن يَسأَلوه قبل أن يُسْأَلُوا

2. This is from his excessive honor,
He sees interrogation unbecoming.

٢. وذلكم مِن فَرْطِ إكرامه
يرَى به التساءلَ لا يجملُ

3. The son of the sultan, apart from his kingdom,
If asked for the world, would not be miserly.

٣. إنَّ ابن سلطان سِوى مُلكِه
لو يُسْألُ الدنيا فلا يَبْخَلُ

4. If his soul were asked for, he would give it.
So let he who asks fear the Merciful.

٤. لو رُوحه تسألُ أعطَاكَهَا
فليتق الرحمنَ مَنْ يَسْألُ

5. No asker of good from him is disappointed,
Only the unjust and wrongful are disappointed.

٥. لا خَابَ في الحسنى له سائِلٌ
لكن يخيبُ العَذْلُ والعُذَّلُ

6. If there were another after his loftiness,
He would still be the most generous first.

٦. لو كان في عليائهِ آخراً
فإنه للأكرمِ الأولُ

7. Do not compare him to those below him,
Can the highest equal the lowest?

٧. فلا تضاهِيه بمن دُونه
هل يستوى الأعلى أو الأسفلُ

8. He has preference over angels, as
The Messenger was preferred over the world.

٨. لهُ عَلَى الأملاكِ فضلٌ كما
فُضِّلَ في العالم المُرْسَلُ

9. He is the Chosen One from Hashim,
The best of creation, our superior Prophet.

٩. هو المصطفى المختارُ مِن هاشم
خير الورَى نبيَّنَا الأفْضَلُ