1. ترفَّعْ عن محاوَرَةِ الأَعادي

    ودَعْهم باضْطِرابٍ واتِّقادِ

    Rise above debating enemies,

    and leave them in agitation and burning fury.

  2. ورُحْ للحقِّ مستنِداً أَميناً

    فأَمرُ اللهِ جارٍ في العِبادِ

    And go, relying on the Truth, secure,

    for God's decree runs its course among His servants.

  3. ودعْ نُصْحَ الحَسودِ وزِدْهُ طَرْحاً

    متى انحَطَّ الحَسودُ عن العِنادِ

    Give up counseling the envious man, and cast him farther away—

    when has the envious man ever stepped back from obstinacy?

  4. وخذ لك في ظَلامِ اللَّيْلِ باباً

    إلى الرَّحمنِ عن حسنِ اعْتِمادِ

    And take for yourself, in the darkness of night, a doorway

    to the All-Merciful, with sound reliance.

  5. وقلْ يا فاطِرَ الأَشياءِ إِنِّي

    دعوتُكَ بانْكِسارٍ واعْتِقادِ

    And say: O Originator of all things, I

    have called upon You in brokenness and conviction.

  6. ولازِمْ حضرَةَ المُخْتارِ قلباً

    وكنْ في بابِهِ مُلْقى القِيادِ

    And cleave in heart to the Chosen One's presence,

    and be at his door with your reins surrendered.

  7. فللمولَى تَعالى اللهُ سِرٌّ

    سريعٌ فيه جبرٌ للمُنادِي

    For the Lord—exalted is God—has a secret,

    swift-working, with restoration for the one who calls.

  8. وللمُخْتارِ أَحمدَ خارِقاتٌ

    على مرِّ الدُّهورِ بكلِّ نادِ

    And the Chosen One, Ahmad, has miracles,

    through the passing ages, in every assembly.

  9. وكم من هِمَّةٍ منه تبدَّتْ

    أَلانَ جَلالُها عزمَ الصِّلادِ

    And how often a resolve appeared from him,

    whose majesty softened the resolve of solid rocks.

  10. ومن عَجَبٍ يُحيطُ الكربَ نقصٌ

    وموجُ اللُّطْفِ دوماً بازْدِيادِ

    And wondrously, distress is hemmed in by decline,

    while the wave of kindness is ever swelling.

  11. فكم هجمَ العِدى طَيْشاً وجهلاً

    وراموا بالهَوانِ أَجَلَّ هادِ

    For how often the foes attacked, reckless and ignorant,

    and sought to humble the noblest guide.

  12. فصابَرَهُمْ بحكمَتِهِ قَليلاً

    فبادُوا وهو في الأَكْوانِ بادِ

    So he patiently endured them in his wisdom a little while;

    then they perished, while he is manifest throughout creation.

  13. وتمَّ له العُلى دُنيا وأُخْرى

    وهم بالخِزْيِ في سوءِ المَعادِ

    And exalted rank was perfected for him, in this world and the next,

    while theirs is disgrace in a woeful final return.

  14. طغَوْا بعِنادِهِمْ بغياً عليه

    وغمَّرَهُمْ حَناناً بالأَيادِي

    They transgressed in their obstinacy, wronging him,

    and he tenderly overwhelmed them with favors.

  15. وسُقْماً عامَلوهُ بكلِّ قطعٍ

    وعامَلَهُمْ بأَنْواعِ الوِدادِ

    And they dealt him affliction, severing every bond,

    while he treated them with every kind of affection.

  16. أرادَ لهُمْ هُدًى وشَريفَ حالٍ

    وردُّوا بالغَوايَةِ للمِهادِ

    He wished them guidance and a noble state,

    but through error they were returned to their resting place.

  17. وأَسبَلَ فوقَهُمْ أَذيالَ عفوٍ

    وقد فَجَروا بزُورٍ وانْتِقادِ

    And he let fall over them the hems of pardon,

    though they had transgressed with lies and faultfinding.

  18. ترُدُّ بأَلسُنِ منهُمْ تَمادَتْ

    عليه بنهجِ جُرْأَتِها حِدادِ

    Retorting with tongues of theirs that went too far

    against him, sharp-edged in their brazen course.

  19. كأنَّ الحقَّ لم يظهرْ لديهم

    ولم يفزَعْ لنُوقِ الدِّينِ حَادِ

    As though the truth had not appeared before them,

    and no camel-driver had hastened to religion's she-camels.

  20. وقامَ بأَمرِ بارِئِهِ وَحيداً

    وأَحْزابُ الضَّلالَةِ كالجَرادِ

    And he arose alone at his Creator's command,

    while the factions of error were like locusts.

  21. رَأَوْهُ بالنَّقائِضِ وهو زاكٍ

    نزيهٌ ناهِجٌ نهجَ السَّدَادِ

    They viewed him in contradictory terms, though he was pure,

    untainted, walking the path of uprightness.

  22. وراحَ لربِّهِ يدعو بعزمٍ

    شديدٍ مثلما السَّبعِ الشِّدَادِ

    And he went forth calling to his Lord with resolve,

    firm as the seven mighty heavens.

  23. فبلَّدَهُمْ وصيَّرَهُمْ حَيارى

    وتاهُوا في المَهامِهِ والبِلادِ

    So he confounded them and left them bewildered,

    and they wandered through trackless wastes and lands.

  24. وطهَّرَ أَنفُساً فزكَتْ بنورٍ

    إِلهِيٍّ وزادٍ خيرِ زَادِ

    And he purified souls, which grew pure through a light

    divine, and with provision—the best of provision.

  25. وجرَّدَهُمْ على الأَعداءِ جُنْداً

    رأَوْا أَعيادَهُمْ زَمَنَ الجِهادِ

    And he dispatched them as troops against the enemies;

    they saw their feast-days in the time of battle.

  26. تنظَّمَ جيشُهُمْ من كلِّ قرْمٍ

    عَظيمِ الجَاشِ ذي شمَمٍ جَوادِ

    Their army was formed from every champion,

    mighty in courage, proud-spirited and generous,

  27. مَتينِ شَهامَةٍ وكبيرِ قلبٍ

    وقد منعَ العُيونَ عن الرُّقادِ

    firm in gallantry and great of heart,

    who had kept his eyes from slumber.

  28. يصولُ بسطْوَةِ الهادي هِزَبْراً

    يَهابُ هُجومَهُ قلبُ الجَمادِ

    He charges with the Guide's might, a lion;

    the heart of lifeless matter fears his assault.

  29. جليل الطَّوْرِ ذي خطرٍ عظيمٍ

    بعيدِ المنتهَى عالي النِّجادِ

    Majestic in bearing, of great eminence,

    far-reaching in attainment, lofty of sword-belt.

  30. إِذا انْعَقَدَ العَجاجُ سَطا بعزمٍ

    يُثيرُ الموتَ في نَهْزِ الطِّرادِ

    When battle-dust gathers, he strikes with resolve,

    rousing death in the rush of the charge.

  31. تولَّهَ بالرَّسولِ الطُّهرِ قلباً

    ولم يحفَاْ بزَيْنَبَ أَو سُعادِ

    His heart was enthralled by the pure Messenger,

    and he paid no heed to Zaynab or Su‘ad.

  32. تقلَّدَ في المَعارِكِ أَيَّ عَضْبٍ

    وطارَ على ابنَةِ الضُّمْرِ الجِيادِ

    In battles he girded on a keen blade indeed,

    and flew upon a daughter of lean, noble steeds.

  33. وأَرجَعَ بيضَهُ للغِمْدِ حُمراً

    وقد مزَجَ البياضَ مع السَّوَادِ

    And he returned his white blades to the sheath, red,

    having mingled white with black.

  34. وردَّدَ رمْحَهُ قَلَماً تولَّى

    دِماءَ الخصمِ نَقْعاً كالمِدادِ

    And he wielded his spear back and forth, a pen that took up

    the enemy's blood, pooled like ink.

  35. لقد هجَرَ المَضاجِعِ حزبُ طَهَ

    فلم يعبأْ بواعِثَةِ السُّهادِ

    Indeed, Taha's company forsook their beds,

    and cared nothing for what caused their sleeplessness,

  36. لدينِ اللهِ لا لنَوال دُنيا

    فصارَ الدِّينُ مرفوعَ العِمادِ

    for God's religion, not for worldly gain,

    so the faith's pillar was raised high.

  37. فعزْمُ محمَّدٍ أَعلاهُ دهراً

    بحِصْنٍ قامَ بالرُّكْنِ المُشادِ

    For Muhammad's resolve raised it for all time,

    within a fortress standing on a firmly built support.

  38. فلا تُهْضَمْ بزَفْرَةِ ذي ضَلالٍ

    كَذوبٍ بالخَيالِ البحتِ عَادِ

    So do not be crushed by a misguided man's sigh—

    a liar, assailing with sheer fantasy.

  39. وخذْ ذَيْلَ الرَّسولِ مدًى عِصاماً

    وطبْ قلباً ولو عَدَتِ العَوادِي

    And take the Messenger's hem as your enduring lifeline,

    and be glad at heart, though assailants charge.

  40. فإنَّ النَّارَ تزفُرُ رأْسَ ليلٍ

    وذيلَ اللَّيْلِ تُحْسَبُ في الرَّمادِ

    For fire breathes fiercely at night's beginning,

    and by night's end it is counted among the ashes.

  41. وقد تَعلو السَّنابِلُ بعضَ يومٍ

    وتقطَعُها السَّنابِكُ بالحَصادِ

    And the ears of grain may rise high for part of a day,

    but hooves cut them down at harvest.

  42. فرَبُّ القلبِ محفوظُ المَزايا

    ورَبُّ النَّفسِ موجوعُ الفُؤادِ

    For the man of the heart has his virtues safeguarded,

    while the man of the lower self is wounded at heart.

  43. وإِنَّكَ بعدَ هذا في ضَماني

    ولوْ هامَ العدوُّ بكلِّ وَادِ

    And after this, you are under my guarantee,

    even if the enemy roams through every valley.

  44. وَثيقَةُ ما أَقولُ لها اتِّصالٌ

    بِهادٍ عن عَظيمِ الأَمرِ هَادِ

    The warrant for what I say is linked

    to a guide, from a Guide mighty in command,

  45. تعالى عن مُماثَلَةِ البَرايا

    له كلُّ التَّصرُّفِ في العِبادِ

    exalted above all likeness to created beings;

    His is all governance over His servants.