1. Arise, O Muhammad, seal of the prophets,
And look with your eyes at the state of the believers.

2. You will find matters have changed from their state,
And religion in the age of politics has been disgraced.

3. The unlawful has become permitted without textual proofs,
And the disobedient mock the state of the pious.

4. Ignorance has spread and tribulation has intensified,
While the scholars are belittled, party of the Trustworthy.

5. Wine is thriving in the market of trade,
While singing girls have become the motif of all people.

6. Shame on the man who says prayer is obligatory,
Yet fasting is lost and the precious Hajj is forbidden.

7. This adultery - its doors are open,
While usury is the trade of the prosperous.

8. Alas! With your noble birth, the ways of disobedience
Have varied in the lands of the Muslims.

9. Neither prohibition nor even command, nor limit -
The proof has been confused and the resolve of the guides obscured.

10. After this, who remains for your religion, O Muhammad?
And Allah has fully rewarded the virtuous.

11. None but the Caliph in the world is our sultan,
From the family of Osman, Leader of the Faithful.

12. So let him make supreme effort, fulfilling
The right, to champion the defense of the sinners.