أَخِلتَ عَمودَ الدينِ في الأَرضِ ثابِتاً

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ يَضمَحِلُّ عَلى مَهَلِ

You have established the pillar of religion firmly in the earth

And yet it diminishes slowly day after day

سُهَيلٌ وَإِن كانَ اليَمانِيَّ مُنكِرٌ

لِأَمرٍ بِضِبنِ الشامِ ما هُوَ بِالسَهلِ

Suhayl, though the Yemeni denies it

It is not easy to command in the Levant

بَرِئتُ إِلى الخَلّاقِ مِن أَهلِ مَذهَبٍ

يرَونَ مِنَ الحَقِّ الإِباحَةَ لِلأَهلِ

I disavow those of the sect

Who see permissibility of the unlawful for their own

فَهَلّا خَشيبٌ كَي يُقَنَّأ تَحتَهُ

مَشيبٌ مِنَ الشَيخِ المُسِنِّ أَوِ الكَهلِ

So where is the brave warrior to be speared beneath it?

An elder or aged man with grey hair

وَأَينَ حُسامُ الهِندِ عَنكَ وَجَهلُهُ

جِهادُكَ أَولى مِن جِهادِ أَبي جَهلِ

And where is the sword of India against you and its ignorance?

Your jihad is better than the jihad of Abu Jahl