وَلَعَمْري لَولا بِقِيَّة عبد ال

وَلَعَمْري لَولا بِقِيَّة عبد ال

واحد الحَنبلِيِّ أُعْضِلُ داؤُه

واحد الحَنبلِيِّ أُعْضِلُ داؤُه

And by my life, were it not for the remnant of ʿAbd al-

By my life, were it not for the remnant of Abd al-Wahid al-Hanbali

Wāḥid al-Ḥanbalī, its malady would have defied cure.

His malady would have overwhelmed me

هُم أَعادوا المَعروفَ غَضّاً وَقَد صو

هُم أَعادوا المَعروفَ غَضّاً وَقَد صو

وَح مُخْضَرَّه وغاضَ بهاؤُه

وَح مُخْضَرَّه وغاضَ بهاؤُه

They restored beneficence to freshness, though already

They brought back kindness withered, its blossom faded and its radiance dimmed

its verdure had withered and its splendor had ebbed.

A people nurtured on nobility, pure is the water of their manliness

مَعْشَرٌ أُرْضِعُوا النَّباهةَ من عو

مَعْشَرٌ أُرْضِعُوا النَّباهةَ من عو

دٍ نُضَارُ ماءِ المروءةِ ماؤُه

دٍ نُضَارُ ماءِ المروءةِ ماؤُه

A people suckled on distinction from a stock

Each kindness they do is in return for kindness done them

whose sap is the purest water of noble character.

And in dislike they are partners

كُلُّ مَعروفِهم لِمَعروفهم طَلْق

كُلُّ مَعروفِهم لِمَعروفهم طَلْق

وَهُم في مَكروهِهِ شُرَكاؤُه

وَهُم في مَكروهِهِ شُرَكاؤُه

All their kindness is freely available to anyone they know,

Tongues that adorned the pulpits, from them

and they are his partners in adversity.

Every wrath perished, erased by destiny

أَلْسُنٌ تَوَّجَ المنابرَ منها

أَلْسُنٌ تَوَّجَ المنابرَ منها

كلُّ عضْبٍ فلَّ القضاءَ مَضَاؤُه

كلُّ عضْبٍ فلَّ القضاءَ مَضَاؤُه

Tongues, from whose number the pulpits were crowned

The Glorious Book bears witness that an attribute

by every keen blade whose sharpness blunted fate.

Whose reciters he has preserved

فالكتابُ العزيزُ يَشْهَدُ أنْ قد

فالكتابُ العزيزُ يَشْهَدُ أنْ قد

سلمت خصلة لهُ قرّاؤُه

سلمت خصلة لهُ قرّاؤُه

So the mighty Book bears witness that

You are its people, and whoever does not say my words

its reciters have conceded it a distinction:

Has blinded his organs universally

أَهله أَنتُم وَمَن لَم يَقُل قَو

أَهله أَنتُم وَمَن لَم يَقُل قَو

لي عَمّمت عينهُ أَعضاؤُه

لي عَمّمت عينهُ أَعضاؤُه

You are its people; and whoever does not say what I

Jurisprudents of Islam, if the perplexity of its priests has worn you down

say—may his limbs wrap his eye in a turban!

Then don their mantles, you pulpit orators!

فُقهاء الإِسلامِ إِنْ عَنَّ

فُقهاء الإِسلامِ إِنْ عَنَّ

لبس أحباره خُطَبَاؤُه

لبس أحباره خُطَبَاؤُه

The jurists of Islam, if there arises

any ambiguity; its learned men, its preachers.