كم نَشَرْنا من طامِسٍ وطَوَيْنَا
وأَقَمْنا من بارِزٍ ولَوَيْنَا
How many a weakened one we have revived
And how many a prominent one we have bent
ورَفَعْنا من خامِلٍ ووَضعْنا
واجْتَذَبْنا من ناكِثٍ وزَوَيْنَا
How many a slothful one we have raised
And how many an oath-breaker we have coaxed
وأَفَضْنا من آيَةٍ ونَسَخْنا
ونَقَلْنا من مُسْنَدٍ وَرَوَيْنَا
How many a sign we have elaborated
And how many a tradition we have transmitted
وأَدَرْنا من خَمْرَةٍ ومَنَعْنا
وشَرِبْنا من مُتْرَعٍ وسَقَيْنَا
How many a wine we have banned
And how many a meadow we have irrigated
ووَهَبْنا برَبِّنا وسَلَبْنا
وحَكَمْنا بأَمرِهِ وقَضَيْنَا
How we have granted through our Lord and deprived
And how we have judged by His command and decreed
كم بِنا نوَّرَ المُهَيْمِنُ قلباً
ولنا قدْ أقَرَّ بالمَنْحِ عَيْنَا
How the All-Powerful has illuminated hearts through us
And how He has approved the bestowal of grace upon us
سارَ أَهلُ الوَحا بجِدٍّ وجُهْدٍ
وسَبَقْناهُمُو بسَيْرِ الهُوَيْنَا
The people of revelation have strived with effort
Yet we have surpassed them in free will
نحنُ آلُ النَّبِيِّ فالسِّرُّ منهُ
بتَدَلِّي الغُيوبِ سارَ إلَيْنَا
We are the family of the Prophet, and the unseen
Through the alternation of mysteries has come to us
ما بَدَتْ للرِّجالِ رُتْبَةُ قُرْبٍ
ودُنُوِّ إِلاَّ وعنْها ارْتَقَيْنَا
No station of nearness and intimacy has appeared
To people except that we have climbed it
إنْ دَهاكَ الزَّمانُ يوماً بخَطْبٍ
مِلْ إلَيْنَا والْقِ الحُمولَ عَلَيْنَا
If time afflicts you one day with adversity
Incline toward us and place the burdens upon us
من وَضَعْناهُ ماتَ وهو وَضيعٌ
وأَبى اللهُ نَشْرَ ما قدَ طَوَيْنَا
Whoever we have cast down has died disgraced
And God has refused to spread what we have folded
والَّذي نالَ نَظْرَةَ العَوْنِ مِنَّا
صارَ بعدَ الخُمولِ بالعِزِّ عَيْنَا
And whoever has gained a glance of support from us
Has become, after humiliation, a source of honor
قدْ جَلَتْنا يدُ العِنايَةِ عَيْناً
كَشَفَتْ عن بَصائِرِ القومِ غَيْنَا
The hand of Divine Care has made us an eye
That has uncovered for the people their blindness
