1. هو مولاك فاستطارَ ونادى

    ربَّه باستكانةٍ وانتصابِ

    “He is your master.” Then he grew frantic and called

    upon his Lord, humbly and standing upright:

  2. ربِّ إن كان ذا هو الحقَّ من

    عِندكَ تَجزِي به عظيمَ الثوابِ

    “My Lord, if this is indeed the truth from

    You, for which You grant a great reward,

  3. ربِّ أمطر من السماء بأحجا

    رٍ علينا أو آتِنا بعذابِ

    my Lord, rain down stones from the sky

    upon us, or bring us torment.”

  4. ثم ولّى وقال دوَنكُموهُ

    إنّ ربّي مُصيبُهُ بشَهابِ

    Then he turned away and said, “Take him!

    My Lord will surely strike him with a meteor.

  5. فاطلبوه إذا تغّيب عنكم

    فسعوا يَطلبونهُ في الشِّعابِ

    So seek him when he vanishes from your sight.”

    So they hurried, seeking him in the ravines,

  6. فإذا شِلوه طريحٌ عليه

    لعنةُ اللهِ بين تلكَ الروابي

    and behold, his corpse lay fallen; upon it was

    God’s curse, among those hills.