فَالأَولياءُ رَحمَةٌ لِلخَلقِ
يَلقونَ مِن يَدعو بِوَجهِ طَلقِ
The saints are a mercy for all creation
They answer those who call with pure intention
فَيُنزِل اللَهُ بِهِم رُحماهُ
وَيُدخِل الخائِفَ في حِماهُ
So Allah sends down His mercy through them
And admits the fearful one into His protection
وَتُكشَف الغَمّاءُ وَالضَرّاءُ
وَتَسبَلُ النَعماء وَالسَرّاءُ
The gloom and adversity are unveiled
Ease and prosperity flow forth
لَنا عَلَيهِ بِهِم إِقسام
وَإِنَّما هُم سِتَّة أَقسام
We swear by them this oath
That they are of six types in truth
قطبٌ وَأَوتادٌ وَأَخيارٌ رَبا
وَبُدَلا وَنُجَبا وَنُقَبا
A pole, pillars, and good people so fine
Substitutes, elect ones, and minions benign
وَالقُطبُ وَهوَ الغَوثُ في البَيتِ حُبِس
وَالكُلُّ مِنهُ وَهوَ فَردٌ يَقتَبِس
The pole is help midst home imprisoned
All drink from him, a singular well provisioned
وَالأَرضُ بِالأَوتادِ وَهيَ أَربَعَه
لَم تَخشَ مَيداً بِالذُنوبِ المُتبَعَه
The pillars four on whom the earth relies
Feared no sins however multiplied in size
وَالسَبعَةُ الأَخيارُ فيها سائِحون
غادونَ في نَفعِ الوَرى وَرائِحون
Seven are the chosen ones wandering about
Benefiting mankind as they roam throughout
وَالبُدلاءُ الأَربَعونَ سَكَنوا
في الشامِ وَالشامُ المَكينُ الأَمكَنُ
The forty substitutes settled in Syria’s abode
A most protected and protected abode
وَالنُجباءَ عِدَّة سَبعونا
في مِصرَ لِلأَنامِ هُم يَدعونا
The seventy elect ones, their number told
In Egypt, for people blessings they unfold
وَالنُقَباءُ ذو العُيونَ المومِئَه
لِلَّهِ في الغَربِ وَهُم خَمسُمائَه
Five hundred are the minions with watchful eyes
For God in the West, timely to arise
وَالقُطبُ بِالوتدِ مَخلوفٌ كَما
حَلَّ مَكانَ الوَتَد خَيرٌ فَاِعلَما
The pole succeeds pillars, this is understood
As pillars succeeded well those who were good
وَيَخلُفُ الخَيرُ بَديلٌ وَنَجيب
عَنهُ وَعَن هَذا النَقيبُ المُستَجيب
Substitutes and elect ones and minions so able
Succeed them, responding to each summon and call
