1. أَلا باعَدَ اللَهُ أَهلَ النِفاقِ

    وَأَهلَ الأَراجيفِ وَالباطِلِ

    Lo, may God drive the people of hypocrisy far away,

    and the people of false rumors and falsehood.

  2. يَقولونَ لي قَد قَلاكَ الرَسولُ

    فَخلّاكَ في الحالِفِ الخاذِلِ

    They tell me, “The Messenger has indeed come to hate you,

    so he left you among oath-swearing deserters.

  3. وَما ذاكَ إِلّا لِأَنَّ النَبيَّ

    جَفاكَ وَما كانَ بِالفاعِلِ

    And that is only because the Prophet

    has shunned you”—though he would not do that.

  4. فَسِرتُ وَسَيفي عَلى عاتِقي

    إِلى الراحِمِ الحاكِمِ الفاصِلِ

    So I set out, my sword upon my shoulder,

    to the merciful judge, the decisive arbiter.

  5. فَلَما رَآني هَفا قَلبُهُ

    وَقالَ مَقالَ الأَخِ السائِلِ

    Then, when he saw me, his heart fluttered,

    and he spoke as an inquiring brother:

  6. أَممن أَبِن لِيَ فَأَنبأتُهُ

    بارجافِ ذي الحَسَدِ الداغِلِ

    “From whom? Explain to me.” So I told him

    of the rumor-mongering of one harboring malicious envy.

  7. فَقالَ أَخي أَنتَ مِن دونِهِم

    كَهَرونَ موسى وَلَم يَأتَلِ

    Then he said, “My brother, you, apart from them,

    are as Aaron was to Moses”—and he did not hold back.