مَن يَبسُطِ اللَهُ عَلَيهِ إِصبَعا

بِالخَيرِ وَالشَرِّ بِأَيٍّ أولِعا

He whose finger God extends

With good or evil, with which besotted

يَملَأ لَهُ مِنهُ ذَنوباً مُترَعا

وَقَد أَبادَ إِرَماً وَتُبَّعا

Fills for him sins overflowing

And He destroyed Iram and Tubba

وَقَومَ لُقمانَ بنِ عادٍ أَخشَعا

إِذ صارَعوهُ فَأَبى أَن يُصرَعا

And the people of Luqman ibn Ad, humbled

When they battled him, but he refused to be vanquished

وَالفيلَ يَومَ عُرَناتٍ كَعكَعا

إِذ أَزمَعَ العُجمُ بِهِ ما أَزمَعا

And the elephant the day of companions confounded

When the non-Arabs against it conspired

نادى مُنادٍ رَبَّهُ فَأَسمَعا

فَذَبَّ عَن بِلادِهِ وَوَرَّعا

A caller called his Lord, who heard

So it avoided its lands cautious

وَحابَسَ الحاسِرَ وَالمُقَنَّعا

وَأَفلَتَ الجَيشُ بِخِزيٍ موجَعا

And the guardsman and the masked confounded

And the army escaped in grievous defeat

تَمُجُّ أُخراهُم دِماءً دُفَعا

أَنتَ جَعَلتَ الباهِلِيَّ مِفنَعا

Their latter ones blood spurting

You made the ignorant victorious

فينا فَأَمسى ماجِداً مُمَنَّعا

وَحَقُّ مَن رَفَعتَهُ أَن يُرفَعا

Among us so he became glorified, fortified

And the right of whom you raise is to be raised

وَكانَ شَيخاً باهِلِيّاً أَضلَعا

لا يُحسِنُ النَعلَ إِذا تَشَسَّعا

He was an ignorant old man, seasoned

Who knew not shoes when walked barefoot

فَاليَومَ قَد نالَ خِلالاً أَربَعا

عِزّاً وَمَجداً وَغِنىً وَمَفزَعا

Yet today he attained four prizes

Glory, honor, wealth, and refuge

فَما يَنَل فَما نَراهُ ضَيَّعا

So what you grant is not lost