1. إِنّ الإِمامَ الرافعيَّ لَجهبَذٌ

    ذو هِمّةٍ مثل الحُسامِ القاطعِ

    Indeed, Imam al-Rafi‘i is a true master scholar,

    possessed of resolve like a keen, cleaving sword.

  2. قُطبُ العُلومِ أَخو المَعارِفِ وَالحِجى

    ذو فِطنَةٍ كَالبارِقِ المتلامِعِ

    The axis of the sciences, a man of learning and reason,

    possessed of insight like flashing lightning.

  3. ما إِن لَهُ مَثَلٌ عَلَيهِ تَقيسُهُ

    إِلّا قِياساً خالِياً عَن جامِعِ

    He has no peer against whom you might measure him,

    save through an analogy devoid of any common basis.

  4. رَفع المَعالي إِذ بَناها مَنزِلاً

    بِالمَجدِ في الشَّرَفِ السَّعيدِ الطالعِ

    He raised the heights of honor when he built them as a dwelling,

    with glory, in nobility whose ascendant is auspicious.

  5. إِنّ المَعالِيَ كَالفَضائلِ رُتبَةً

    ما نالَها في النّاسِ غَيرُ الرّافعي

    Indeed, lofty honors are like virtues in rank;

    none among mankind but al-Rafi‘i has attained them.