1. The house of prophethood, messengership, and faith
Whom we take as intercessors for our sins

2. The pure, the truthful, the learned
The masters, the nobles

3. I have held onto loving them, clinging
Hoping to thereby gain God's pleasure

4. I want no other exemplars for myself
No, by Him who created the heavens, the heavens!

5. Who was it who first drew his sword
Against the pagans of Badr and shed their blood

6. Who was it Gabriel extolled by name
On the day of Badr as they heard the call

7. None wields the sword but Dhu al-Fiqar, none is the youth
Except Ali, lofty and sublime

8. Did not the Merciful send them down when
They were challenged with vows and troths

9. Of the five, Gabriel the sixth, as
The Prophet wrapped them all in his cloak

10. Who was it donated his ring while bowing
And the Lord of the Throne rewarded him loyalty

11. O banner, Gabriel marched ahead of it
On foot, and the Prophet followed with prayer

12. God favored him through it, and His Messenger
And God made clear to him grace upon grace

13. Who was it was occupied with the Prophet's funeral
And saw in that comfort from the world

14. Who was the most learned and judicious of them
Who made the flock and the shepherds equal

15. Who was the gateway to the city of knowledge
He who related the revelation and explicated the news

16. Who was the most eloquent and articulate speaker
Whose words cured even the vitiligo

17. Who was the staunchest opponent of idolatry
In whose belly knowledge was a wrap

18. Whom were they commanded, if they differed,
To acquiesce to his judgment as binding

19. Whom did the Prophet send with a surah during Hajj
That would be decisive and binding

20. To whom did Muhammad entrust
The execution of his will and last testament

21. Whom did the Prophet carry in kindness
His two sons till the valley's end

22. Who said "What excellent riders are they!"
When that was not what had been concealed in him

23. Who walked in a flash of lightning
When he left the Prophet at night