أَبَوْا أن يقعدوا والجيشُ يُزجَى

فَيُوشِكُ أن يكونَ له انْطِلاقُ

They refused to sit while the army was being sacrificed,

So its launch was nearing,

وليس لهم سِوَى القُرآنِ يُتلَى

فلا خَيْلٌ ولا إبلٌ تُساقُ

And they had nothing but the Quran being recited.

No horses or camels were being led.

فَلاذوا بالنبيِّ وناشدُوه

لِيَحْمِلَهُمْ فَضاقَ بهم وضاقوا

So they sought refuge in the Prophet and implored him

To carry them, but he was too troubled and they were restricted.

تَوَلَّوْا تَسْتَهِلُّ على لِحاهُمْ

دُموعٌ مِلءَ أعينهِم تُراقُ

They turned away with tears flowing down their cheeks,

Tears filling their eyes and dripping down.

أتُعْوِزُهُمْ لَدَى الزَّحفِ المطايا

ويَسْبِقُهم إلى اللهِ الرِّفاقُ

Do they lack the horses during the march

While the caravan precedes them to God?

فَرَقَّ لهم من الغازِينَ قَومٌ

رُمُوا مِنهم بخطبٍ لا يُطاقُ

So a group of fighters cast them off,

Shooting them with incessant arrows.

وَجَاءَوا بالرَّواحِلِ فاستراحوا

مِنَ الهمِّ المُبرِّحِ واسْتفاقوا

And they brought the she-camels, so they got rest

From the depressing worries and regained consciousness.

أمَنْ يَهديهِ إيمانُ وَتَقْوىً

كمن يُردِيه غِشٌّ أو نِفاقُ

Can one guided by faith and piety

Be like one misled by deceit or hypocrisy?