الْحَمْدُ للهِ مَوْصُولاً كَمَا وَجَبَا

فَهْوَ الَّذِي بِرِدَاءِ الْعِزَّةِ احْتَجَبَا

Endless praise to Allah as is deserved

For He is the One veiled in the garb of honor

الْبَاطِنُ الظَّاهِرُ الْحَقُّ الَّذِي عَجَزَتْ

عَنْهُ الْمَدَارِكُ لَمَّا أَمْعَنَتْ طَلَبَا

The Hidden, the Manifest, the True One that confounded

The perceptions when they intensely sought

عَلاَ عَنِ الْوَصْفِ مَنْ لاَ شَيءَ يُدْرِكُهُ

وَجَلَّ عَنْ سَبَبٍ مَنْ أَوْجَدَ السَّبَبَا

Exalted above description is He whom nothing can perceive

And Sublime beyond cause is He who originated the cause

والشُّكْرُ للهِ فِي بَدْءٍ وَمُخْتَتَمٍ

وَاللهُ أَكْرَمُ مَنْ أَعْطَى وَمَنْ وَهَبَا

And gratitude to Allah in the beginning and end

For Allah is the Most Generous in giving and granting

ثُمَّ الصَّلاَةُ عَلَى النُّورِ الْمُبينِ وَمَنْ

آيَاتُهُ لَمْ تَدَعْ إِفْكاً وَلاَ كَذِبَا

Then peace upon the evident Light and the one

Whose signs left no room for lies or falsehood

مُحَمَّدٌ خَيْرُ مَنْ تُرْجَى شَفَاعَتُهُ

غَداً وَكُلُّ امْرِيءٍ يُجْزَى بِمَا كَسَبَا

Muhammad is the best whose intercession

Is hoped for tomorrow and each is recompensed for what they earned

ذُو الْمُعْجِزَاتِ التِي لاَحَتْ شَوَاهِدُهَا

فَشَاهَدَ الْقَوْمُ مِنْ آيَاتِهِ عَجَبَا

Possessor of miracles whose proofs shone

So people witnessed wonders in His signs

وَلاَ كَمِثْلِ كِتَابِ اللهِ مُعْجِزَةً

تَبْقَى عَلَى الدَّهْرِ إِنْ وَلَّى وَإنْ ذَهَبَا

And no miracle compares to Allah's Book

Remaining through the ages be they long or short

صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ الَّذي أَهْدَاهُ نُورَ هُدَىً

مَا هَبَّتِ الِّريحُ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْجَنُوبِ صَباً

Blessings upon him whom He guided with the light of guidance

As long as the wind blows gentle breezes after the south wind

ثُمَّ الِّرضَى عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعَنْ عُمَرٍ

بَدْرَانِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ لِلْمِلَّةِ انْتُخِبَا

Then pleasure with Abu Bakr and Umar

Two moons after him chosen for the faith

وَبَعْدُ عُثْمَانُ ذُو النُّورَيْنِ ثَالِثُهُمْ

مَنْ أَحْرَزَ الْمَجْدَ مَوْرُوثاً وَمُكْتَسَبَا

And after, Uthman of the two lights third of them

Who attained inherited and earned glory

وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَبِي السِّبْطَيْنِ رَابِعِهمْ

سَيْفِ النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي مَا هَزَّهُ فَنَبَا

And Ali father of the two grandsons fourth of them

Sword of the Prophet that did not waver or bend

وَسَائِرِ الأَهْلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الْكرَام فَهُمْ

قَدْ أَشْبَهُوا فِي سَمَاءِ الْمِلَّةِ الشُّهُبَا

And the rest of the Family and noble Companions for they

Resembled stars in the sky of faith

وَبَعْدُ أَنْصَارُهُ الأَرْضَوْنَ إِنَّ لَهْمْ

فَضَائِلاً أَعْجَزَتْ مَنْ عَدَّ أَوْ حَسَبَا

And after, His Helpers ever loyal for they have

Virtues that overwhelm those who count or reckon

آوَوْهُ فِي الَّروْعِ لَمَّا حَلَّ دَارَهُمُ

وَجَالَدُوا مَنْ عَتَا فِي دِيِنِهِ وَأَبَى

They sheltered Him when terror befell His home

And fought those disobedient in His religion and refused

وَأَوْرَثُوا مِنْ بَنِي نَصْرٍ لِنُصْرَتِهِ

خَلاَئِفاً وَصَلُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ السَّبَبَا

And they inherited from Bani Nadir's victory

Successors and connected after Him the lineage

وَلاَ كَيْوسُفَ مَوْلاَنَا الَّذِي كَرُمَتْ

آثَارُهُ وَبَنِيهِ السَّادَةِ النُّجَبَا

And not forgetting our Master Yusuf whom nobility

Graced his traces and the eminent chiefs

وَبَعْد هَذَا الَّذِي قَدَّمْتُ مِنْ كَلَمٍ

صِدْقٍ يُقَدِّمُهُ مَنْ خَطَّ أَوْ خَطَبَا

And after this speech of truth I have presented

That is presented by one who writes or orates

فَإِنَّنِي جُزْتُ مِنْ سَامِي الْخِلاَلِ مَدىً

أَجَلْتُ فِيهِ جِيَادَ الْفِكْرِ مُنْتَسِبَا

I have attained from the loftiest traits a period

Where I unleashed the steeds of thought affiliated

إِمَارَةٌ قَدْ غَدَا نَصْرٌ بِقُبَّتِهَا

عِمَادَ عِزٍّ وَكُنَّا حَوْلَهُ طُنُبَا

An emirate which victory by its dome

Became a pillar of glory and we were logs around it

سَلَكْتُ فِيهَا عَلَى نَهْجِ الإِمَامِ أَبِي

وَطَالَمَا أَشْبَهَ النَّجْلُ الْكَرِيِمُ أَبَا

I walked in it upon the approach of the Imam my father

And often the noble son resembles the father

فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا قَدَّمْتُ فِي صِغَرِي

مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا قَدْ جَمَعْتُ الْفَضْلَ وَالأَدَبَا

So the first thing I presented in my youth

After collecting virtue and manners

أَنِّي جَعَلْتُ كِتَابَ اللهِ معتمداً

لا تعرف النفس في تحصيله تعبا

Is that I made Allah's Book my foundation

The soul unaware in studying it of any fatigue

كأنَّني كُلَّما رَدَّدتُه بِفَمِي

أَسْتَنْشِقُ الْمِسْكَ أَو اسْتَطْعِمُ الضَّرَبَا

As if whenever I recited it with my mouth

I inhaled musk or tasted syrup

حَتَّى ظَفِرْتُ بِحَظٍّ مِنْهُ أَحْكِمُهُ

حِفظاً فَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ اللهُ لِي أَرَبَا

Until I attained a share of it to preserve

So Allah made parts of it easy for me to learn

وَعَنْ قَرِيبٍ بِحَوْلِ اللهِ أَخْتِمُهُ

فَرُبَّمَا أَدْرَكَ الْغَايَاتِ مَنْ طَلَبَا

And soon with Allah's help I will complete it

For one who seeks may attain the goals

فَاللهُ يَجْزِي أَمَيِرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أبِي

خَيْرَ الْجَزَاءِ فَكَمْ حَقٍّ لَهُ وَجَبَا

So may Allah reward the Leader of Muslims, my father

The best reward for the rights he deserves are many

وَأَنْعُمٍ غَمَرِتْنِي مِنْهُ وَاكِفَةٍ

وَأَنْشَأَتْ فِي سَمَاءِ اللُّطْفِ لِي سُحُبَا

And blessings that showered me from him abundant

And established clouds of kindness for me in the sky

قَيْساً دَعَانِي وَسَمَّانِي عَلَى اسْمِ أَبِي

قَيْس بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَلا فَاعْظِمْ بِهِ نَسَبَا

Qais he named me and titled me with my father's name

Qais bin Sa`d - so magnify through it lineage

بِأَيِّ شُكْرٍ نُوَفِّي كُنْهَ نِعْمَتِهِ

لَوْ أَنَّ سحبانَ أَوْ قُسّاً لَهَا انْتُدِبَا

With what thanks can we fulfill the essence of his bounty

If the clouds orelm trees were commissioned for it

وَكَافَأَ اللهُ أَشْيَاخِي بِرَحْمَتِهِ

وَمَنْ أَعَانَ وَمَنْ أَمْلَى وَمَنْ كَتَبَا

And may Allah reward my elders with His mercy

And those who helped, dictated and wrote

وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ خَتْماً بَعْدَ مُفْتَتَحِ

مَا الْبَارِقُ الْتَاحَ أَوْ مَا الْعَارِضُ انْسَكَبَا

And praise to Allah in conclusion after beginning

However long the lightning flashes or clouds pour