كانوا عَلى الشِركِ يولونَ الجِزيلَ وَيَح

مونَ النَزيلَ وَيَرعَونَ المَواثيقا

Though polytheists, they bestowed generous gifts and pro—

—tected the guest and honored their covenants.

حَتّى إِذا ما نَفى التَوحيدُ شِركَهُمُ

بِأَحمَدٍ وَاِستَبانوا الحَقَّ تَحقيقا

Until monotheism, through Ahmad, banished their polytheism,

And they discerned the truth with certainty.

وَلّوا غَداةَ تُوَلّوا عَن مَكارِمِهِم

وَمَزَّقوا عَدلَهُ بِالجَورِ تَمزيقا

They turned away the very day they turned from their noble ways,

And tore his justice apart with tyranny—utterly.