رُدُّوا بَني قَيْنُقاعَ الأمرَ إذ نزلا
هيهاتَ هيهاتَ أمسى خَطبُكم جَللا
Return O Bani Qainuqa the matter when it descended
Alas, alas, your affairs have become serious
نقضتُمُ العهدَ معقوداً على دَخَلٍ
لعاقدٍ ما نَوى غشاً ولا دخلا
You broke the covenant made on decayed ropes
By a covenantor who intended no deceit or decay
مازال شيطانُكم بالغيظِ يَقدحه
بين الجوانِح حتّى شبَّ واشتعلا
Your devil kept striking sparks of anger
Among your innermost being until it was kindled and ignited
هاجت وقائعُ بدرٍ من حَفيظتِكم
ونَبّهتْ منكمُ الداءَ الذي غفلا
The events of Badr were provoked by your rage
And your dormant affliction was awakened by you
أتنكرون على الإسلامِ بهجتَهُ
والله أطلعه من نوره مثلا
Do you deny Islam its joy?
While God manifested it with an example of His light
دِينُ الهدى يا بني التوراةِ يَشرعُه
للناسِ مَن شرَع الأديانَ والمِلَلا
The religion of guidance, O Children of the Torah, legislates it
For people, by the One who legislated religions and faiths
لا تدّعوا أنكم منها بِمُعتصَمٍ
واقٍ ولا تطمعوا أن تُتركوا هَمَلا
Do not claim you are protected by being in alliance
Or hope you will be left neglected
جاء النبيّين بالفرقانِ وراثُهم
سُبحان من نقل الميراثَ فانتقلا
The Prophet came with the Criterion, heir of the prophets
Glory to Him who transmitted the inheritance and it was transmitted
رأى النفوسَ بلا هادٍ فأرسله
يَهدِي الشعوبَ ويشفي مِنهمُ العِلَلا
He saw the souls without a guide, so He sent him
To guide the nations and cure their ailments
هلا سألتم أخاكم حين يَبعثُها
هوجاءَ يعصفُ فيها الشرُّ ما فعلا
Why did you not ask your brother when He sends souls
Did he come sweeping evil away, what did he do?
إنّ التي رامها في عزّها سَفهاً
لَتُؤثِرُ الموتَ ممّا سامها بدلا
She who insolently sought to violate her honor
Would prefer death over the alternative she was offered
لا يَبلغُ العِرضَ منها حين تمنعُه
من خيفةِ العارِ حتى تبلغَ الأجلا
No one can take her honor when she refuses
Out of fear of disgrace, even if she meets her death
وقد يكونُ لها من ربّها رَصَدٌ
إذا رماهُ بِعَيْنَيْ غَاضبٍ جَفلا
And her Lord may have destined for her
To strike him with wrathful eyes so he recoils
ما زال بالدّمِ حتّى ظلّ سافحهُ
يجري على دمه مُسترسِلاً عَجِلا
He did not stop shedding blood until its spiller
Kept flowing with it hastily and impatiently
ما غرّكم بقضاءِ اللهِ يُرسله
على يَدَيْ بطلٍ أعظم به بطلا
What deceived you about God’s decree sending him
At the hands of a hero, thereby making heroes?
لقد دعاكم إلى الحسنى فمال بكم
من طائفِ الجهلِ داعٍ يُورثُ الخَبَلا
He called you to goodness but you leaned
Toward the company of ignorance, with an advocate bequeathing confusion
قلتم رُويداً فإنّا لا يُصابُ لنا
كُفؤٌ إذا ما التقى الجمعانِ فاقتتلا
You said, wait, we will not be matched
If the two groups meet and fight each other
لسنا كقومك إذ يلقون مَهلكَهم
على يديك وإذ يُعطونكَ النَّفلا
We are not like your folk when they meet their death
At your hands and when they give you an optional gift
يا ويلكم حين ترتجّ الحصونُ بكم
ترجو الأمانَ وتُبدي الخوفَ والوَجلا
Woe to you when the fortresses tremble around you
You seek safety and express fear and dread
كم موئلٍ شامخِ العرنين يُعجبكم
يَودُّ يومئذٍ لو أنّه وَأَلا
How many lofty towering fortresses astonish you
On that day, wishing they had crumbled
أمسى عُبادةُ منكم نافضاً يدَهُ
فانبتَّ من عهدِهِ ما كان مُتّصلا
The worship of some of you discarded his alliance
So his covenant peeled off from what had adhered
نِعمَ الحليفُ غدرتم فانطوى حَنقاً
يرجو الإله ويأبَى الزيغَ والزللا
What a fine ally you betrayed, so he recoiled angrily
Seeking God while refusing deviation and lapses
ما كان كابن أُبيٍّ في جَهالته
إذ راح شيطانُهُ يُرخِي له الطولا
He was not like the son of Ubayy in his ignorance
When his devil let down his rein of freedom
مَضَى على الحلف يرعَى معشراً غُدُراً
أهوِنْ بكم معشراً لو أنّه عقلا
He broke his oath, pasturing a treacherous horde
Deeming them more contemptible had they had intellect
لا تذكروا الدمَ إنّ السيفَ مُنصلِتٌ
في كفِّ أبيضَ يُدمِي البِيضَ والأسلا
Do not mention blood, for the sword decides
In the grip of a white hand that bloodies the white and brown
وجانِبوا الحربَ إن الله خاذلُكم
ولن تروا ناصراً يُرجَى لمن خَذلا
And avoid war! God has forsaken you
And you will not see a supporter to be hoped for when forsaken
مشى الرسولُ وجندُ اللهِ يتبعُه
من كلّ مِقدامةٍ يغشى الوغَى جَذِلا
The Messenger walked and God's troops followed him
From every steadfast one, overwhelming the tumult, fearless
يهفو إلى الموتِ مُشتاقاً ويطلبُه
بين الخميسَيْنِ لا نِكْساً ولا وَكَلا
Yearning for death and seeking it
Between the two Campaigns, neither falling short nor flagging
لو غَيّبتْهُ المواضِي في سرائرِها
ألقى بمهجته يرتادُ مُدَّخلا
If the meadows concealed him in their bosoms
He would search them out, entering through an entrance
يُخال في غَمراتِ الرَوْعِ من مَرَحٍ
لولا الرحيقُ المصفَّى شارباً ثَمِلا
He imagines himself in the thick of fright from joy
Had he not been a drinker made heavy by refined wine
أهاب حمزةُ بالأبطالِ فانطلقوا
وانسابَ مُنطلقاً يَهديهمُ السُّبلا
Hamza inspired the heroes, so they rushed forth
And he flowed forth, guiding them on the paths
عَجِبتُ للقومِ طاروا عن مواقعهم
ما ذاقَ هاربهُم سيفاً ولا رَجُلا
I wonder at the folk, they fled their positions
Their fleers did not taste a sword or a leg
مَضَوْا سِراعاً إلى الآطامِ واجفةً
يُخالُ أمنعُها من ضعفِه طَللا
They went quickly to the sand dunes terrified
Thinking their most inaccessible would protect them from their weakness
طال الحصارُ وظلّ الحتفُ يرقبُهُم
حَرّانَ يشجيه ألا ينقعَ الغُللا
The siege was prolonged and death kept watching them
Scorching hot, if only the locks had caught fire!
أفنوْا من الزادِ والماعونِ ما ادّخروا
واحتال أشياخُهم فاستنفدوا الحيلا
They used up the provisions and supplies they had stored
And their elders devised stratagems and exhausted their tricks
مِن كل ذي سَغَبٍ لو قال واجدُه
كُلْنِي ليعلمَ ما في نفسهِ أُكلا
If everyone in need had said, "Relieve me!"
To know what was inside him, he would have been relieved
لا يملكون لأهليهم وأنفسهم
إلا العذاب وإلا الظنَّ والأملا
They cannot provide for their families and themselves
Except with torment, doubt, and hope
ظلّت وساوسُهم حيرى تجولُ بهم
في مجهلٍ يتردَّى فيه من جَهِلا
Their confusing thoughts bewildered them
Roaming in ignorance into which the ignorant fall
حتّى إذا بلغ المكروهُ غايتَه
وهال كلَّ غويِّ الرأي ما حملا
Until when the abhorred reached its extent
And every misguided opinion carrier was horrified by what it bore
تضرّعوا يسألون العفوَ مُقتدرِاً
يجودُ بالعفو إن ذو قُدرةٍ بخلا
They supplicated, asking the Forgiver for pardon
He freely pardons, for the Omnipotent does not withhold
أعطى النفوسَ حياةً من سماحته
فكان أكرم من أعطى ومن بذلا
He gave life to souls with His generosity
So He was more generous than one who gave and spent
لو شاء طاح بهم قتلاً فما ملكوا
من بعد مَهلكهم قولاً ولا عملا
If He willed, He could have made them all perish
Then after their demise, they would have had no say or action
ما الظنُّ بابن أُبيٍّ حين يسأله
من الأناةِ وفضلِ الحِلمِ ما سألا
What would the son of Ubayy think if he asked him
Forbearance and the excellence of restraint he asked?
أما رأوه جريحاً لو يُصادِفُه
حِمامُه لم يجد من دونه حِوَلا
Did they not see him wounded? If his pigeon
Were to meet him, it would not find other than him to return to
زالوا عن الدورِ والأموالِ وانكشفوا
عن السلاح وراحوا خُضّعاً ذُلُلا
They left their homes and wealth and were exposed
Abandoning arms and going humbly, submissive
هو الجلاءُ لقومٍ لا حُلومَ لهم
ساؤوا مُقاماً وساؤوا بعدُ مُرتَحلا
It is exile for a people without courage
They fared badly settling, and fared badly after moving
ساروا إلى أذرعاتٍ ينزلون بها
نُكْداً مشائيمَ لا طابت لهم نُزُلا
They went to the arms of Ezra, where they stayed
Miserably, scorned people whose lodging did not please them
بادوا بها وتساقَوْا في مصارعِهم
سُوءَ العذابِ ومكروهَ الأذى نَهَلا
They perished there and were scattered in their death sites
Suffering the evil of torment and hated affliction
يَلومُ بعضٌ على ما كان من سَفَهٍ
بعضاً فمن يَقترِبْ يسمعْ لهم جَدلا
Some blamed others for the ignorance that existed
So whoever draws near can hear them arguing
أهلُ المعاقلِ هدّتهم مُدمّرةٌ
تَمضِي فلا معقلاً تُبقي ولا جبلا
The destroyer leveled the citadels’ inhabitants
Proceeding so neither citadel nor mountain remains
رمى بها من رسولِ الله مُتّئِدٌ
لا يأخذُ الناسَ حتى ينبذوا الرسلا
Launched by the Messenger of God who destroys them
Not leaving people until they discard the apostates
هل دولةُ الحقّ إلا قُوةٌ غَلبْت
فافتحْ بها الأرضَ أو فامسَحْ بها الدُّولا
Is not the truth’s state power that conquered?
So conquer the land with it or erase states with it
