دَعَوتَ لَهُم أَن يَجعَلَ اللَهُ خَيرَهُم

وَأَنتَ بِدَعوى بِالصَوابِ جَديرُها

You prayed that Allah make the best of them,

And you are worthy of this prayer and its righteousness.

أَرادَ بِهِ الباغونَ كَيداً فَكادَهُم

بِهِ رَبُّ بَرّاتِ النُفوسِ خَبيرُها

The aggressors intended evil with it, but it destroyed them,

The Lord of the pure souls is well aware of it.

وَلَو كايَدَ العَهدَ الَّذي في رِقابِهِم

لَهُ أَخشَبا جَنبَي مِنىً وَثَبيرُها

Had they betrayed the covenant around their necks,

It would have kindling and embers from Mina.

لِيَنقُضنَ تَوكيدَ العُهودِ الَّتي لَهُ

لَأَمسَت ذُراها وَهيَ دُكٌّ وُعورُها

So they would break the confirmation of covenants with Him,

Its houses would be rubble while they stand roofless.

وَقَومٍ أَحاطَت لَو تُريدُ دِماءَهُم

بِأَعناقِهِم أَعمالَهُم لَو تُثيرُها

And a people whose blood, if you wanted to shed it,

Their deeds would arouse it if you stirred them.

عَلَيهِم رَأَوا ما يَتَّقونَ مِنَ الَّذي

غَلَت قِدرُهُم إِذ غابَ عَنها صُيورُها

They saw what they fear from the One whose might

Was absent from them when their value was lost.

تَجاوَزتَ عَنهُم فَضلَ حِلمٍ كَما عَفا

بِمَسكِنَ وَالهِندِيَّ تَعلو ذُكورُها

You pardoned them with abundant clemency, like musk

In its pod is atop the aromas of Hindi oils.

أَبوكَ جُنوداً بَعدَما مَرَّ مُصعَبٌ

تَفَلَّذَ عَنهُ وَهوَ يَدعو كَثيرُها

After Mus'ab passed away, your father left troops.

He slipped away from them while earnestly calling many of them.

فَأَنتَ أَحَقُّ الناسِ بِالعَدلِ وَالتُقى

وَأَنتَ ثَرى الأَرضِ الحَيا وَطَهورُها

You are the most deserving of people of justice and piety,

And you are the fertile land of the living and its purity.

فَأَصبَحتُما فينا كَداوُدَ وَاِبنِهِ

عَلى سُنَّةٍ يُهدى بِها مَن يَسيرُها

Thus you two became among us like David and his son,

On a path by which one guided is led aright.