1. Is fate really against us as its cycles turn?
Or is it that all meet their destiny in the end?

2. On this day doubt assailed Islam
With dire tidings, though once deemed trifles.

3. Yet it is fate whose name we proclaim
That no man lives who shall not taste decay.

4. Stripped now of all cover, its links
Are naught but harbinger of catastrophe.

5. Each day in the wilds it lies in wait
To cry 'No escape from what you fear!'

6. How many a massive angel has it snatched
Bracelets and wristlets stripped from his side?

7. It broke Kisra, destroying his might,
And Caesar it felled, his guards of no avail.

8. Still it destroys all prideful glory,
Every age's ornament brought to nothing.

9. It is death, none can bar its decree
When the One Omnipotent issues His command.

10. So glory to Him alone all faces bow
None lives but by His will He lays them low.

11. Today it called Muhiddin to its side
Drawing him near, to be His neighbor.

12. Though his passing fills every quarter with grief
In the Gardens his state is blissful and fair.

13. Affairs of religion proceed on their course
Despite his loss, jurisprudence tears her dress.

14. All mourn him with tears of blood
Though their laments are but excuse for their distress.

15. By his loss, the radiant East is made dark
Its horizons dimmed, its views obscured.

16. Still the faith has burning coals remaining
And the law a thread still clings though it fray.

17. An affliction has struck Islam's sons
On this day - her pulpits weep inconsolably.

18. His mention has spread to all corners
Known to past and present, desert-dweller and city.

19. A sea whose treasures crowd every throat
An imam whose knowledge fills every mouth.

20. Blessed being of excellent repute, worshipper
Gentle natured, bright-faced, his probity plain.

21. Remnant of past righteous ancestors
The like of whom made saints' wares abound.

22. His secrets rose and his soul purified
He had a sublime journey, though veiled to hearts.

23. In his time the guiding knowledge
Spread its gleam, its lanterns shone everywhere.

24. The day his knowledge ended with his passing
Pillar of knowledge collapsed, its edifice fell.

25. Jurisprudence tore its face in lament
As the intricacies he clarified faded away.

26. I did not know resilience's armor could fail
When fate's decree comes, patience takes flight.

27. I am done shedding the tears of every weeping eye
As all who grieve are exhausted of plaintive cries

28. He left the abode of evanescence for one
Where his life in eternity flows on forever.

29. The lofty mountain of splendid glory is humbled
The burgeoning sea of abundant grace retired.

30. The trenchant sword of steely resolve is sheathed
The piercing moon of brilliant light obscured.

31. Greetings to a grave whose soil contains
Our eminent, fragrant, resplendent friend.

32. His dust was watered by the rain clouds
While the living ceaselessly turn to him.

33. Death is but the path our uncle tread
The bridge all must cross, none shall evade.

34. Man is only mortal, son of the mortal,
Whom birth ushered in and death shall finish.