من فضله أنّه قد كان أوّلَ مَن

صلّى وآمنَ بالرحمن إذ كفروا

For his virtue, he was the first one who

Prayed and believed in the Merciful when they disbelieved

سنينَ سبعاً وأيّاماً محرَّمةً

مع النبيِّ على خوفٍ وما شَعروا

For seven years and sacred days

With the Prophet, in fear, though they were unaware

ويوم قال له جبريلُ قد علموا

أنذر عشيرَتَكَ الأدْنَين إن بَصْروا

And the day Gabriel told him, they now knew

Warn your closest tribe, if they see

فقام يدعوهُم من دونِ أمّتهِ

فما تخلّف عنهُ منهمُ بَشَرُ

So he called them, apart from his nation

None of them failed to respond

فمنهم آكلٌ في مجلسٍ جَذَعاً

وشاربٌ مثل عَسٍّ وهو مُحْتَضَرُ

Among them, a glutton in a sitting ate greedily

And a drinker drank like a camel, on his deathbed

فصدّهم عن نواحي قَصعةٍ شبعاً

فيها من الحَبِّ صاعٌ فوقه الوَذرُ

He distracted them from the sides of a satiated bowl

In which was a sa` of seeds atop the chaff

فقال يا قوم إنّ اللهَ أرسلني

إليكمُ فأجيبوا اللهَ وادّرِكوا

So he said, "O people, God has sent me

To you, so respond to God, and realize

فأيّكم يَجتبي قولي ويؤمنُ بي

أنّي نبيٌّ رسولٌ فانبرى غَدِرُ

Which of you will choose my words and believe in me

That I am a prophet and messenger?" and treacherous Ghadir arose

فقال تَبّاً أتدعونا لِتلفِتَنا

عن ديِننا ثم قام القومُ فاشتَمروا

Saying, "Away! Do you call us to distract us

From our religion?" Then the people stood up and put on their robes

مَن الذي قال منهم وهو أحدثهم

سنّاً وخيرُهم في الذكر إذ سَطَروا

Who was it that said among them, though he was the youngest of them

In years and the best of them in memory when they wrote

آمنتُ باللهِ قد أُعطيتُ نافِلةً

لم يُعْطَها أحد جنٌّ ولا بَشَرُ

"I believe in God, I have been given supererogation

That has not been given to any jinn or human

وأن ما قلتَه حقٌّ وأنّهم

إن لم يُجيبوا فقد خانوا وقد خَسِروا

And that what you have said is truth, and they

If they do not respond, have betrayed and lost"

ففازَ قِدماً بها واللهُ أكرَمُهُ

وكان سبّاقَ غاياتٍ إذا ابتَدَروا

So he succeeded in attaining it, and God honored him

For he was the fore runner of goals when they competed