مَعَرَّة الظلْمِ عَلَى مَنْ ظلِمْ

وَحُكْمُ مَنْ جَارَ عَلَى مَنْ حَكَمْ

The recognition of oppression upon the oppressed,

And the judgment of one who tyrannizes upon one who judges,

وَإِنَّ مَا أُوخِذْتَ زُوراً بِهِ

بَرَاءةُ الصِّدْقِ وَغُرُّ الشِّيَمْ

And indeed whatever you were wrongfully accused of

Is the innocence of truthfulness and the shame of morals.

وَمَا عَلَى النورِ إِذَا سَطَّرُو

عَلَيْهِ عَيّباً بِمِدَادِ الظُّلَمْ

And there is no blemish upon the light when they

Write upon it faults with the ink of darkness.

وَفِتْيَةٍ إِنْ تَتَنَوَّرْ تَجِدْ

وِي قُضَاةٍ خَدَمْ

And noble youths, if they shine, will find

The humility of honorable judges.

هَمُّوا بِأَنْ يَنتَقِصُوا فِي الوَرَى

خُلُقاً عَظِيماً فَسَمَا وَاسْتَتمّْ

They intended to detract in the land

A great character, but it rose high and prospered.

وَحَاوَلُوا أَنْ يَصِمُوا فَاضِلاً

بِمَا أَبَى الله لَهُ وَالكَرَمْ

And they tried to defame a virtuous one

With what God refused for him and generosity.

فَسَوَّدُوا أَوْجُهَ أَحْكَامِهِمْ

وَابْيَضَّ وَجْهُ الفَاضِلِ المُتهَمْ

So they blackened the faces of their rulings,

While the face of the virtuous accused one whitened.