طعن الحسود بنا لخفة عقله

طعن الحسود بنا لخفة عقله

وعدا علينا في عساكر جهله

وعدا علينا في عساكر جهله

The envious man slandered us through the shallowness of his mind,

The envious stabbed us because of his feeble mind

and attacked us amid the armies of his ignorance.

And attacked us with the armies of his ignorance

وأراد يطفي نورنا من حمقه

وأراد يطفي نورنا من حمقه

بمذمة هي عين منهج فعله

بمذمة هي عين منهج فعله

In his folly, he sought to extinguish our light

He wanted to extinguish our light out of his stupidity

with disparagement that mirrors the very course of his own conduct.

With slander that is the essence of his own deeds

سترد تلك النبل في أحشائه

سترد تلك النبل في أحشائه

وتكون أسبابً لقطعة حبله

وتكون أسبابً لقطعة حبله

Those arrows will rebound into his entrails,

That nobility will bounce back into his guts

and become the means of severing his rope.

And become the reason to cut off his rope

نقل الكرامة إن بدا منا فلا

نقل الكرامة إن بدا منا فلا

عيب لأن الشيء جاء من أهله

عيب لأن الشيء جاء من أهله

If a saintly marvel is recounted by us, there is no

Transferring generosity, if it appears from us, is no defect

fault, for it has come from those worthy of it.

Because a thing came from its rightful people

والفرع مهما قصرته حظوظه

والفرع مهما قصرته حظوظه

عن قدره الأصلي يرد لأصله

عن قدره الأصلي يرد لأصله

And the branch, however much its fortunes diminish it

And the branch, no matter how little its luck

below its original stature, is returned to its root.

Returns to its origin, to its root

والسبع إن قطعته نكتة حكمة

والسبع إن قطعته نكتة حكمة

عن غاية فخصاله في شبله

عن غاية فخصاله في شبله

And the lion, if a subtle point of wisdom cuts it off

And the lion, if a wise joke cuts it

from a goal—its qualities remain in its cub.

From its ultimate goal, so its traits are in its cub

والسيف إن غمدته راحة كاذب

والسيف إن غمدته راحة كاذب

في غمده فالسر داخل نصله

في غمده فالسر داخل نصله

And the sword, if a liar's palm sheathes it

And the sword, if rest deceives it in its sheath

in its scabbard—the secret lies within its blade.

Then the secret is inside its blade

فلكم أبو جهل أشاع تعانداً

فلكم أبو جهل أشاع تعانداً

عن خير هادٍ ما أشاع بقوله

عن خير هادٍ ما أشاع بقوله

How often Abu Jahl spread, in stubborn defiance,

So how many times did Abu Jahl spread obstinately

what he spread in speech about the best of guides!

Against the good guide - what he spread with his saying

وأراد هدم مناره العالي وقد

وأراد هدم مناره العالي وقد

رفع المهيمن ركن شامخ فضله

رفع المهيمن ركن شامخ فضله

And he sought to demolish his lofty beacon, though

He wanted to destroy his high minaret, even though

the Guardian had raised the pillar of his towering excellence.

The All-Mighty established a lofty pillar of his superiority

والأنبياء أولو المعالي كلهم

والأنبياء أولو المعالي كلهم

أخواته حسدوا كذا من قبله

أخواته حسدوا كذا من قبله

And the prophets, all endowed with lofty virtues—

And the supreme prophets, all of them

his kindred—were likewise envied before him.

His brothers envied him just like before him

والسادة الأصحاب والأتباع مذ

والسادة الأصحاب والأتباع مذ

عرفوه نالوا أسوةً من طوله

عرفوه نالوا أسوةً من طوله

And the noble Companions and followers, since

And the masters, the companions and followers, when

they knew him, shared his lot through his bounty.

They knew him, took example from his length

لا بأس إن قال الكذوب أو افترى

لا بأس إن قال الكذوب أو افترى

في شأننا فاللَه خاذل مثله

في شأننا فاللَه خاذل مثله

No harm if the habitual liar speaks or fabricates lies

No problem if the liar said or slandered

about us, for God forsakes his like.

About us, for God is the defeater of the likes of him

واللَه خير الناصرين لمثلنا

واللَه خير الناصرين لمثلنا

وكفى بقوة ربنا وبحوله

وكفى بقوة ربنا وبحوله

And God is the best of helpers for those like us,

And God is best of the supporters for the likes of us

and our Lord's strength and might suffice.

And the power of our Lord and His capability are enough

قام العدو بفرقةٍ وبعزوة

قام العدو بفرقةٍ وبعزوة

وكذاك قمنا بالنبي وأهله

وكذاك قمنا بالنبي وأهله

The foe rose up with a faction and clan support,

The enemy stood with division and hostility

and likewise we rose with the Prophet and his family.

And so did we with the Prophet and his family

وسعى على تشتيت عصبة شملنا

وسعى على تشتيت عصبة شملنا

وقضى الإله بفصل جمعة شمله

وقضى الإله بفصل جمعة شمله

And he strove to scatter our united band,

And he strove to disperse the unity of our group

and God decreed the sundering of his gathered company.

While God decreed the reunion of its unity

ما ذاك عند الغافلين ذوي النهى

ما ذاك عند الغافلين ذوي النهى

رجل ولا حكم لغارة خيله

رجل ولا حكم لغارة خيله

In the eyes of the heedless endowed with reason, he is no

That is not, to the heedless prohibitors

man, nor does his cavalry's raid hold sway.

A man, nor judgment for the raid of his horses

هو قائم بالزور في طلب العلا

هو قائم بالزور في طلب العلا

والزور مرصاد عليه لخذله

والزور مرصاد عليه لخذله

He stands upon falsehood in pursuit of eminence,

He stands with falsehood seeking heights

and falsehood lies in wait against him, to bring him down.

While falsehood lies in ambush for his defeat

والغدر مفتاح لنكبة جاهه

والغدر مفتاح لنكبة جاهه

والمكر مقراض لقدة وصله

والمكر مقراض لقدة وصله

And treachery is the key to the downfall of his standing,

And betrayal is the key to the downfall of his glory

and guile is the shears that cut his ties.

And scheming is the cutter of his connection

فالناس تأخذه بسيء حاله

فالناس تأخذه بسيء حاله

واللَه يقصمه بصارم عدله

واللَه يقصمه بصارم عدله

So people take him to task for his evil conduct,

So the people will take him for his bad state

and God shatters him with the keen sword of His justice.

And God will break him with the blade of His justice

قل للجهول مكرت بالأشراف عن

قل للجهول مكرت بالأشراف عن

كبر وقعت بحفرةٍ من غوله

كبر وقعت بحفرةٍ من غوله

Say to the ignorant fool: “You schemed against the noble-born out of

Say to the ignorant who schemed against the noble

arrogance; you fell into a pit of its deadly guile.

Out of arrogance, you have fallen into a pit of your folly

ونسيت ظلماً باس ضربة جدهم

ونسيت ظلماً باس ضربة جدهم

طه الذي داس البساط بنعله

طه الذي داس البساط بنعله

And, unjustly, you forgot the force of their forefather's blow—

And in injustice you forgot the slap of their grandfather

Taha, who trod the carpet with his sandal.”

Taha who trampled the carpet with his slipper

صلى عليه اللَه والأصحاب ما

صلى عليه اللَه والأصحاب ما

رد العدا بجلاله عن أهله

رد العدا بجلاله عن أهله

May God and the Companions send blessings upon him, so long as

May God bless him and the Companions whenever

he repels foes from his family through his majesty.

He repelled the enemies from his family