ما كُنتُ أَحسَبُ أَنَّ الأَمرَ مُنصَرِفٌ

ما كُنتُ أَحسَبُ أَنَّ الأَمرَ مُنصَرِفٌ

عَن هاشِمٍ ثُمَّ مِنها عَن أَبي حَسَنِ

عَن هاشِمٍ ثُمَّ مِنها عَن أَبي حَسَنِ

I never thought that authority would pass

I did not think the matter would turn away

from Hashim, and then, among them, from Abu Hasan.

From Hashim, then from Abu Hassan.

أَلَيسَ أَوَّلَ مَن صَلّى لِقِبلَتِكُم

أَلَيسَ أَوَّلَ مَن صَلّى لِقِبلَتِكُم

وَأَعلَمَ الناسِ بِالقُرآنِ وَالسَنَنِ

وَأَعلَمَ الناسِ بِالقُرآنِ وَالسَنَنِ

Is he not the first who prayed toward your qibla,

Is he not the first one who prayed towards your direction

and the most learned of people in the Qur’an and the traditions,

And the most knowledgeable of people in the Quran and the Sunnah?

وَأَقرَبَ الناسِ عَهداً بِالنَبِيِّ وَمَن

وَأَقرَبَ الناسِ عَهداً بِالنَبِيِّ وَمَن

جِبريلُ عَونٌ لَهُ في الغُسلِ وَالكَفَنِ

جِبريلُ عَونٌ لَهُ في الغُسلِ وَالكَفَنِ

and the one most recently in the Prophet’s company, and the one

The closest of people in lineage to the Prophet, and the one

whom Gabriel aided in the washing and shrouding?

Whom Jibril helped in washing and shrouding.

ما فيهِ ما فيهِم لا يَمتَرونَ بِهِ

ما فيهِ ما فيهِم لا يَمتَرونَ بِهِ

وَلَيسَ في القَومِ ما فيهِ الحَسَنِ

وَلَيسَ في القَومِ ما فيهِ الحَسَنِ

He has what they have—they do not doubt it;

None among them possesses what he possesses.

and none among the people has his excellence.

And there is none among the people who has Al-Hasan’s virtues.

ماذا الَّذي رَدَّهُم عَنهُ فَتَعلَمُهُ

ماذا الَّذي رَدَّهُم عَنهُ فَتَعلَمُهُ

ها إِنَّ ذا غَبَناً مِن أَعظَمِ الغَبَنِ

ها إِنَّ ذا غَبَناً مِن أَعظَمِ الغَبَنِ

What was it that turned them away from him, so you might know it?

What is it that has turned them away from him? Know it.

Behold, this is indeed an injustice among the greatest injustices.

Indeed, this is a tremendous loss.