1. يَقولُ دُعاةُ الشرِّ ليتَ محمداً

    إذا نَحنْ عُدْنا يسلكُ الجانبَ الوَعْرا

    The advocates of evil say, “Would that Muhammad,

    when we return, would take the rugged side!

  2. إذن لدفعناهُ إلى الجانبِ الذي

    تَنَكَّبَ نُؤذيه ونُرهقُه عُسْرا

    Then we would push him toward the side that

    he avoided, harming him and burdening him with hardship.”

  3. ونبَّأهُ مَولاهُ فازدادَ قُوّةً

    على قُوّةٍ واختارَ ما يَقمعُ الشَّرّا

    And his Lord informed him, so he gained strength

    upon strength, and chose what would quell evil.

  4. فلما دَنا من يَثربٍ قال قائلٌ

    أطيعُوا رسولَ اللهِ وامْتثِلُوا الأمْرَا

    Then, when he drew near to Yathrib, someone said:

    “Obey God's Messenger and comply with the command.

  5. على السَّهْلِ فامْضُوا واتركوا الحَزْنَ إنّه

    سَيَسْلُكُه فَرداً يريدُ بكم يُسْرا

    So proceed over the level ground and leave the rugged ground; for he

    will travel it alone, desiring ease for you.”

  6. وقال تقدَّمْ ناقتي يا ابْنَ ياسرٍ

    وسِرْ خَلفَها يا ابنْ اليمانِ فما أحْرَى

    And he said, “Go ahead of my she-camel, O son of Yasir,

    and walk behind her, O son of al-Yaman—how fitting!”

  7. وسَارَ فجاء القوم يعدون خلفه

    وقد نشر الإظلام من حولهم سترا

    And he went on; then the men came running behind him,

    while darkness had spread a veil around them.

  8. ونكَّر كلٌّ وَجْهَهُ بِلثَامِهِ

    وما نَكَّروا إلا الخيانةَ والغَدْرا

    And each disguised his face with his face-veil,

    yet they disguised nothing but treachery and betrayal.

  9. رَمَوْا ناقة الهادِي بأشخاصِ جِنَّةٍ

    تَخوضُ إليها اللّيلَ فانتفَضْت ذُعرا

    They assailed the Guide's she-camel with figures of jinn,

    wading through the night toward her; so she shuddered in terror.

  10. وأمسى رَسولُ اللهِ يَهوِي مَتاعُه

    على الأرضِ إلا ما تماسكَ فَاسْتَذْرَى

    And God's Messenger's baggage was now tumbling

    onto the ground, except what held fast and found shelter.

  11. وقال انْطلِقْ يا ابنَ اليَمانِ فَرُدَّهُمْ

    ويا صاحبي لا تبتئِسْ وَالْزَمِ الصَّبْرا

    And he said, “Go, O son of al-Yaman, and drive them back;

    and, my companion, do not be distressed; hold fast to patience.”

  12. فَكَرَّ عليهم كَرَّةَ اللّيثِ ضَارباً

    وُجوهَ مَطاياهُم ولمَ يألُهمْ زَأْرا

    So he charged at them with a lion's charge, striking

    the faces of their mounts, and sparing them no roar:

  13. إليكم إليكم شِيعةَ الكُفرِ إنّكم

    لأعداءُ ربِّ النّاسِ أعظِمْ بهِ كُفْرا

    “Away with you! Away with you, partisans of unbelief! You

    are surely enemies of the Lord of humankind—what monstrous unbelief!”

  14. تولَّوْا سِراعاً لم يُصِيبُوا شِفاءهُمْ

    ولم يُطفِئُوا مِن حِقدهِم ذَلِكَ الجَمْرا

    They turned away in haste, without finding their cure,

    nor did they quench those embers of their rancor.