ألا خير ما تسعى لتحصيله الورى

كتابٌ منَ الرَّحمن بالنّور سطِّرا

Lo, the best thing humankind strives to obtain

Is a book from the All-Merciful, inscribed with light.

كتابٌ كريمٌ شافي الخطِّ كافيا

يجلُّ ويغلو أَنْ يباعَ وَيُشترى

A noble book, clear in script and sufficient,

Too exalted and precious to be sold and bought.

ولقَيته الحصنَ الحصينَ وإنّه

لَحُصْنٌ بآيِ اللهِ باتَ منّوراً

And I found it an impregnable fortress; indeed, it

Is surely a fortress, lit through the night by God's verses.

غدا ليلةً فيهِ التمائمُ جُنّةٌ

لِمَنْ كانَ منصورَ اللّواءِ مُظفرا

One night, the amulets within it became a shield

For one whose banner was victorious, himself triumphant.

وَمن فَضلهِ أَنَّ العَدوَّ إذا رأى

لحامله أَمسى بهِ متأخرا

And one of its virtues is that, when the enemy sees

It with its bearer, he retreats because of it.

يلوحُ عظيماً في النفوس مبجلا

عزيزاً مهيباً في العيونِ موقرا

Its bearer appears great in people's minds, revered,

Mighty and awe-inspiring in their eyes, honored.

وكم حاملِ لمَّا رأتهُ تَخلَصَتْ

وأَحضرها الطّلقُ الذي قد تعسرا

And many a pregnant woman, upon seeing it, was delivered,

And the labor that had proved difficult hastened her delivery.

وكم أرمدِ بالسحر قد كانَ أَكمها

فَلما أى ما فيه في الحال أبصرا

And many a sore-eyed man had been blinded by sorcery;

Then, when he saw what it contained, he gained sight at once.

وذات نزيفِ بالدِّماءِ رات به

عَياناً وَقَد قامت من الدَّمِ أَبحرا

And a woman hemorrhaging blood saw, through it,

With her own eyes, while seas of blood had welled up.

وأَرملةٌ عطلٌ منَ الزَّوج قد غدا

به أَمرُها بالخاطبينَ مُيَسّرا

And a widow, bereft of a husband, found

Her affairs with suitors made easy through it.

فيا لكَ حرزاً أَحرزَ النّقعَ كُلَهُ

وأَربى على من حازَهُ ملكُ قيصرا

So what a talisman you are, securing all the dust,

And surpassing Caesar's dominion for whoever obtained it.