هُوَ طودُ عِلمٍ لا يُبارى رفعَةً

هُوَ طودُ عِلمٍ لا يُبارى رفعَةً

وَمحيطُ فَضلٍ لا يَزال مَديدا

وَمحيطُ فَضلٍ لا يَزال مَديدا

He is a mountain of knowledge, unrivaled in loftiness,

He is a mountain of knowledge that cannot be challenged in loftiness

And an ocean of excellence, ever vast.

And an ocean of virtue that does not cease to flow

عَلمٌ إِذا جارَت صوائبُ غيره

عَلمٌ إِذا جارَت صوائبُ غيره

أَبدى لنا رأياً لَديه سَديدا

أَبدى لنا رأياً لَديه سَديدا

A beacon who, when others' sound judgments go astray,

A scholar, when others err, who shows us

Offers us a sound opinion of his own.

A sound opinion that he has

أَحيا رِباع المكرُمات بفَضله

أَحيا رِباع المكرُمات بفَضله

مِن بعد أَن كانَت مَهامِهَ بيدا

مِن بعد أَن كانَت مَهامِهَ بيدا

He revived the abodes of noble deeds through his excellence,

He revived the quarters of noble traits with his merit

After they had been wildernesses, barren wastes.

After they had been idle

وإليهِ أَلقى الفَضلُ صعبَ زِمامِه

وإليهِ أَلقى الفَضلُ صعبَ زِمامِه

وَدَنا له طوعاً وكانَ بَعيدا

وَدَنا له طوعاً وكانَ بَعيدا

And excellence cast its unruly rein to him,

And to him merit freely handed over its difficult reins

And willingly drew near to him, though it had been far away.

And drew near to him voluntarily though it had been distant

كَم حجَّةٍ في الخَلق شادَ عِمادَها

كَم حجَّةٍ في الخَلق شادَ عِمادَها

كَرهاً وأَرضى العدلَ والتَوحيدا

كَرهاً وأَرضى العدلَ والتَوحيدا

He raised the pillar of many a proof among humankind,

How many arguments among people did he erect the pillars of

By force, and satisfied justice and divine unity.

Against their wishes, pleasing justice and unity