أَحْمَدُكَ اللَّهُمَّ ذَا الإفْضَالِ

حَمْداً عَلَى التَّكْرارِ والتَّوالِي

I praise you, O Allah, Most Gracious

With endless praise and gratitude

ثُمّ الصَّلاَةُ والسَّلامُ أَبَداَ

عَلَى النَّبِيِّ الهاشِمِي مُحَمّدا

And invoke blessings and peace forever

Upon the Hashimite Prophet Muhammad

وَآلِهِ أَئِمّةِ العِبادِ

وَصَحْبِه الأَفاضِل الأمْجادِ

And his household, the Imams of mankind

And his excellent and glorious companions

وبَعْدَهُ فالبَحْثُ في القِيامِ

في غَايَةِ الإشْكالِ والإِيْهامِ

Thereafter, contemplating the issue of Fate

Proved extremely perplexing and confusing

خُضْنَا بِهِ حَتّى تَخَوَّفْنا الغَرَقْ

ثُمَّ وقَفْنا بَعْد ذَا مِنَ الفَرْقْ

We delved into it until we almost drowned

Then we stopped, divided into sects

ثُمّ رَجَوْنا كَشْفَ هَذِي الْمُعْضِلَهْ

وحَلَّ هَذِي الخُطَّةِ المسْتَشْكِلهْ

We hoped this knotty problem would be solved

And this complex riddle would be unraveled

عِنْدَ إمامِ الأُمَّةِ البَحْرِ الخِضَمّ

مُجْتَهِدِ العَصْرِ بإجْماعِ الأُمَمْ

By the Imam of the nation, the vast ocean

The Mujtahid of the age, by consensus of nations

خِيرَة رَبِّ العَرْشِ للْعِبادِ

يَهْدِيُهم أَكْرِمْ بِهِ مِنْ هَادِي

The chosen one of the Lord of the Throne

To rightly guide people, the most generous guide

إنّ بِهِ دِينَ الإلَهِ نَهْجا

وَكانَ حَقّاً فَرَحاً ثُمَّ رَجا

Through him the religion of God became manifest

Bringing true joy and hope to people

تَكْسِيرُ أَعْلامِ ابْتِداعٍ قَدْ ظَهَرْ

وظَهّرَ الدّينَ القَويمَ فَاظّهَرْ

Breaking the banners of heretical innovations

Making the true religion prevail and dominate

يَتْبَعُ ما صَحّ ولا يَعْبَا بِما

دَانَ بِه الآباءُ أَنْجُمُ السَّما

Following authentic traditions, paying no heed

To what the ancestors espoused, the stars of heaven

فدِينُهُ السُّنَّةُ والكِتَابُ

لا ما عَلَيْهِ الأَهْلُ الأصْحابُ

His religion is the Sunnah and the Book

Not what the contemporaries and partisans uphold

يَمْشي عَلَى الهَدْي الذِي عَلَيْهِ

مَشَى الأُوَلْ ويَنْتَمِي إلَيْه

He follows the guidance that the early Muslims followed

And identifies himself with them

لا يَرْتَضِي وَسْمَ اعْتِزالٍ لاَ وَلاَ

وَسْمَ الذي قابَلَهُ عَبْدُ الملا

He accepts neither the label of withdrawalists

Nor the label of those who opposed Abd al-Malik

يَجْزِمُ إنْ صَحَّتْ بهِ الدِّلاَلَهْ

He is certain if the evidence is sound

And it leads conclusively to what he indicated

فجاءَنَا مِنْهُ الّذي أَفَادَا

وَبَدَّدَ الإشْكالَ بَلْ أَبادا

He brought us what we aspired to

Dispelling doubts and even eliminating them

جَاءَ بما تَقْصُرُ عَنْهُ الْمَهَرَهْ

في ضِمْنِ ما أَبْرَزَهُ وأَظْهَرَهْ

With knowledge beyond the experts' competence

Among what he presented and made clear

جَاءَ بِأَضْعَافِ الّذي رَجَوْنا

ونَقَّحَ الْمَغْزَى الّذي غَزَوْنا

He gave us many times what we hoped for

And refined the essence we sought

ثُمَّ حَمِدْنا عِنْدَ ذَا ذَاكَ السُّرَى

لَمّا رَأَيْنا وِرْدَنا ما أَصْدَرا

We praised, at that point, our secret joy

When we received all we had sought

لّما حَمَلْنا القَوْسَ نَحْوَ البارِي

يَوْماً ظَفِرْنا مِنْهُ بالأَوْطارِ

When we set out towards the Creator

One day we obtained the prize through Him