وما اسمٌ رباعي الحروف وإنما

تركب من حرفين من رامها هدى

A four-letter name, though comprised

Of only two letters - whoever seeks guidance through it

رسولٌ إلى قومٍ كريمٍ كتابه

به خاطب القرآنُ كل موحدِ

A messenger to a generous people, his book

Addressed by the Quran to every monotheist

ويقبل عند الشافعي ومالكٍ

وعند الفتى النعمان والحبر أحمدِ

Accepted by Al-Shafi'i and Malik

And by Al-Numan the youth and the scholar Ahmad

له في أعالي كل غصنٍ تلاوةٌ

بلحنٍ كأن الدوح معبد معبد

Its recitation echoes from the top of every branch

In a melody as if the sand dunes were shrine upon shrine