الحمد لله الذي

أذهب عنا الحزنا

Praise be to Allah, who

Has taken away our sorrow,

ولم نزل نعبده

لما عبدنا الوثنا

And we continue to worship Him

Since we worshipped the idol.

فامتنَّ إحساناً ومن

نفوسِنا مكننا

He bestowed kindness upon us and instilled

In our souls faith,

وكثر الخير لدي

نا جوده والممنا

And much good has come to

Us from His generosity and favor,

لما أتانا منكرٌ

وكان عبداً لنا

When there came to us a denier

Who was a slave to us,

ولم يكن بي راحماً

ولم يكن بي محسِنا

And he was not merciful to me

Nor good to me.

قلت لعقلي واعتبر

حتى ترى من أحسنا

So I said to my reason to reflect

Until you see who did good.

ما لمّ غلا الله بال

برهان صحابينا

What if God had not guided

Our righteous companions?

فقهقر المعلون يع

دو معلماً بي معلنا

Then the misguided one would still be

Misleading, teaching us.

وهذا عُبيد جئتُه

بفتنة ما افتتنا

And here is Obaid, whom I came to

With a test, but was not tested.

وجدته ذا حذر

فما التوى ولا نى

I found him prudent,

So he did not incline or bend.

قلبته لعلني

أضله فقل أنا

I tried to mislead him,

So he could say "I".

فقال لي اكسر ولا

تقل أنا بل قل أنا

But he said to me, break but do not

Say "I", rather say "We".

لكلِّ خيرٍ قابل

وحامل فاعلنا

Accept and bear

Every good deed.

فلم أجد فيه مسا

غاً للذي قامَ بنا

So I did not find in him

Any defiance of the One who raised us.

من سلبه عن دينه

فعاد رشداً غيُّنا

Whoever deprived him of his faith,

Returns to guidance, we guide him.

قلتُ بماذا قد عُصم

تَ يا فتى من شرِّنا

I said, "With what were you protected,

O youth, from our evil?"

فقال لي عاصمه

به المهيمنُ اعتنى

He said to me, "The Protector

Protected me. He cared for me."

لما اصطفاه سيِّداً

ذا حجة مبرهِنا

Since He chose him as a master

With clear proof.

دلَّى إليه رفرفاً

من درَّة لما دنا

He sent down to him a cloak

Of pearls when he drew near.

وقال لي اخسأ يا لعْي

نُ إنه عبدٌ لنا

And He said to me, "Be silent, O cursed one,

He is a slave to Us."

جاءت إليه رحمة

علومنا من عندنا

Mercy came to him

From Our knowledge from Us.