قل للذين بجهلهم

قل للذين بجهلهم

أضحوا يعيبون المحابر

أضحوا يعيبون المحابر

Tell those who, in their ignorance,

Say to those who, in their ignorance,

have taken to maligning inkwells,

have come to disparage inkwells

والحاملين لها من الأ

والحاملين لها من الأ

يدي بمجتمع الأساور

يدي بمجتمع الأساور

and those who carry them in their

and those who carry them on their hands,

hands, where bracelets cluster:

where the bracelets meet:

لولا المحابر والمقا

لولا المحابر والمقا

لم والصحائف والدفاتر

لم والصحائف والدفاتر

Were it not for inkwells and pen-

Were it not for inkwells and pen cases,

cases, pages, and notebooks,

and sheets and notebooks,

والحافظون شريعة ال

والحافظون شريعة ال

بعوث من خير العشائر

بعوث من خير العشائر

and those who preserve the sacred law of the

and those who preserve the law of the one

Envoy, sprung from the noblest clan,

sent from the noblest clans,

والناقلون حديثه

والناقلون حديثه

عن كابرٍ ثبت فكابر

عن كابرٍ ثبت فكابر

and those who transmit his Hadith

and those who transmit his sayings

from one trustworthy master to the next,

from one trustworthy elder after another,

لرأيت من شيع الضلا

لرأيت من شيع الضلا

ل عساكراً تتلو عساكر

ل عساكراً تتلو عساكر

you would see among the factions of

you would see among the factions of error

error army following army.

armies following armies.

كل يقول بجهله

كل يقول بجهله

والله للمظلوم ناصر

والله للمظلوم ناصر

Each speaks out of ignorance,

Each speaks in his ignorance,

but God is the champion of the wronged.

and God is the defender of the wronged.

سميتهم أهل الحد

سميتهم أهل الحد

يث أولى النهى وأولي البصائر

يث أولى النهى وأولي البصائر

You have called them—the people of

You called them—the people of Hadith,

Hadith, men of reason and insight—

possessors of reason and insight—

حشوية فعليكم

حشوية فعليكم

لعن يزيركم المقابر

لعن يزيركم المقابر

“Hashwiyya”; then upon you be

'Hashwiyya'; so upon you

a curse consigning you to the graveyards.

be a curse that sends you to the graves.

هم حشو جنات النعي

هم حشو جنات النعي

م على الأسرة والمنابر

م على الأسرة والمنابر

They are the throng that fills the Gardens of

They fill the gardens of bliss,

Bliss, upon couches and pulpits—

upon couches and pulpits,

رفقاء أحمد كلهم

رفقاء أحمد كلهم

عن حوضه ريان صادر

عن حوضه ريان صادر

companions of Ahmad, every one,

all of them companions of Ahmad,

each leaving his Pool with thirst quenched.

each leaving his basin with thirst quenched.