شَمس حَق تَلألأت فَوقَ عَرش

فَأَزالَت بِنورها كُل غش

The sun of truth shone above the throne

Dispelling with its light all deceit

شَهدتها بَصائر الكَون لكن

يظهر الفَرق بَينَ إِنس وَوَحش

The eyes of the universe witnessed it, but

The difference between man and beast was clear

شَيمة القَوم أَنَّهُم حينَ لاحَت

فهموا مِن سطورها كُل نَقش

The mark of the people when it appeared

Was that they understood its every verse

شاعَ في الناس طيبها فَتَراهم

بَينَ نضح عَلى القُلوب ورش

Its goodness spread among the people, you see them

Sprinkled upon hearts and watered

شَرف يخرق السَماء مَداه

لِنَبي ما فاه يَوماً بِفحش

Its nobility pierced the heavens in reach

For a prophet whose mouth never uttered lewdness

شَرعه ناسخ لشرع سواه

ثابت لَم يسم بهز وَرَعش

Its law superseded all other laws

Firm, unshaken by caprice or tremors

شادهُ المُصطَفى بِذكر قَديم

مِن حَكيم لا مِن فَصيح وَمنشي

The Chosen One revered it through ancient mention

Not from an eloquent speaker or able author

شَرحته عِصابة وَتَلَتهُم

فتية بَينَ ناسخ وَمَحشي

A group upheld it and recited it

Youth amidst transmitter and exegete

شَهروه تَواتراً إِذا رووه

مِن طَريق يُعزى لحفص وَورش

They transmitted it successively when they related it

Through a chain attributed to Hafs and Warsh

شَنف السَمع مِنهُ في جنح لَيل

وَعَلى نَهجه المقوم فامش

Ears recoiled from it in the wings of night

And upon its balanced path they walked