إلى اللَّهِ فارْغَبْ يا عَديَّ بن حاتمِ

وَدَعْ دِينَ مَن يبغِي العَمى غيرَ نَادِمِ

Turn to Allah, O Adi ibn Hatim,

And abandon the religion of the blind who will regret.

إلى اللهِ فارغب وَاتَّبِعْ دِينَهُ الذي

يدينُ به المبعوثُ من آلِ هاشِمِ

Turn to Allah and follow His religion,

With which the Prophet from Hashim's family preaches.

خرجتَ حَذَارَ القتلِ من آل طيّئٍ

وما أنتَ من بَلوى القَتيلِ بسالمِ

You went out to avoid being killed by Tayy's family,

Yet you cannot avoid the afflictions of the slain safely.

كفَى النَّفسَ قَتلاً أن تَضِلَّ حَياتُها

وتذهبُ حَيْرَى في مَدَبِّ الأراقِم

It is enough killing for the soul that its life goes astray,

Wandering confusedly in the wilderness of schemes.

أما ضِقْتَ ذَرعاً إذ علمتَ من العمى

مكانَك أم أنت امرؤٌ غيرُ عالم

Are you not weary when you know the blindness of your place,

Or are you a man unaware?

عَدِيُّ اسْتَمِعْ أنباءَ أُختِكَ واسْتَعِنْ

برأيٍ يُجَلِّي ظُلمَةَ الشَّكِّ حَازِمِ

O Adi, listen to your sister's news,

And take advice that dispels the darkness of doubt with wisdom.

صَغَا قلبُه فاختارها خُطّةً هُدىً

تُجنِّبُ مَن يَختارُها كُلَّ لائِمِ

His heart listened and chose it as a wise course,

That spares those who choose it any blame.

وسارت مَطاياهُ تَؤُمُّ مُحمّداً

وِضَاءَ الحوايا والخُطَى والمناسِمِ

And his mounts walked lighting the way for Muhammad,

The radiance of tracks, paths and milestones.

فَأنزلَهُ في دارِهِ وأحلَّهُ

مَحلاً تَمنَّى مِثلَهُ كلُّ قادمِ

So he lodged him in his house and gave him,

A place every newcomer wishes for.

وقال له إنّي لأعلمُ بالذي

تَدِينُ بهِ فَاشْهَدْ تَكُنْ غيرَ آثِمِ

And he said: I know what you believe,

So bear witness and be no sinner.

ألم تأخذ المرباعَ وَهْوَ مُحرَّمٌ

كدأبِ الأُلى سَنُّوه من كلِّ ظالم

Did you not take interest though it was forbidden,

Like the ways of the misguided, they made it lawful?

فقال بَلَى إنّي إلى اللَّهِ تائبٌ

وإنّي رأيتُ الحقَّ ضربةَ لازِم

He replied: Yes, I turn to Allah repenting,

And I saw the truth as a binding blow.

لأنتَ رسولُ اللَّهِ ما فيك مِرْيةٌ

لِمن يَمترِي والحقُّ بادِي المعالِمِ

You are Allah's Messenger, there is no doubt in you,

For those who doubt, and the truth is clear.

تداركتُ بالإسلامِ نَفْسِي فأصبحَتْ

بعافيةٍ من دَائِها المُتفاقِمِ

I saved myself by Islam, so my soul became,

In good health from its growing illness.

هُو العِصمةُ الكبرى إذا لم تَفُزْ بها

نُفوسُ البرايا خَانَها كلُّ عاصِمِ

It is the great protection, if souls do not win it,

They are failed by every protector.

تأمَّلْ عَديٌّ ما يَقولُ محمدٌ

وَنَبِّهْ مِنَ القومِ العِدَى كلَّ نائمِ

Consider, O Adi, what Muhammad says,

And alert the hostile tribe, every sleeper.

سَيبسطُ دِينُ اللهِ في الأرضِ ظِلَّهُ

ويحكمُ من ساداتِها كُلَّ حاكم

Allah's religion will spread its shade on earth,

And govern its nobles, every ruler.

وسوف يَفيضُ المالُ في كلِّ موطنٍ

وأرضٍ فما من آخذٍ أو مُزاحمِ

And wealth will abound in every abode,

With no taker or coveter.

وتخرجُ ذاتُ الخِدْرِ ما إن تَروعُها

إساءةُ جانٍ أو مَضرّةُ جَارِمِ

The pregnant camels will come out, unafraid

Of any demon's or sinner's harm.

فتُقبِلُ من بَصرى إلى البيتِ مالها

على الضَّعفِ والٍ من حُماةِ المَحارِمِ

Bearing their wealth from Basra to the Sacred House,

Under the protection of the defenders of sanctities.

هو اللَّهُ فاعْرِفْ يا عديُّ سَبيلَهُ

وَدَعْ خطراتِ الوهمِ من كلِّ واهمِ

He is Allah! So recognize, O Adi, His path,

And leave the delusions of every deluded imaginer.