Sol 6.1

  1. رَحمةٌ يا أبا بصيرَ وَنُعمَى

    أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أن تُحَلَّ وتُحْمَى

    Mercy, O Abu Basir, and bliss!

    God has permitted you to be freed and protected.

  2. جاءك الغوثُ فانطلقتَ حثيثاً

    سِرْ طليقاً كفاكَ حَبْساً وَهَمّا

    Help came to you, and you set out in haste.

    Go free: you have had enough imprisonment and worry.

  3. أنت أفلتَّ من حَبائِلِ قومٍ

    ذُقْتَ منهم أذىً كثيراً وَظُلما

    You escaped the snares of a people

    from whom you tasted much harm and injustice.

  4. جَعَلُوا الحقَّ خَصمَهُم مِن غَبَاءٍ

    وغَبِيٌّ من يجعل الحقَّ خَصما

    Out of folly, they made truth their enemy;

    and foolish is whoever makes truth an enemy.

  5. جِئتَ دَارَ النبيِّ فادخُلْ وَسَلِّمْ

    وَارْعَ حقَّ المقامِ رُوحاً وجسْما

    You have come to the Prophet's house: enter and offer greetings.

    Give the place its due, in spirit and body.

  6. كَم تَمنّيتَ أن ترى لك حصناً

    فَتَأمَّلْ حُصونَ ربِّكَ شُمَّا

    How often you wished to find yourself a stronghold!

    Behold your Lord's lofty fortresses.

  7. وَارْضَ حُكمَ الرسولِ إنّكَ مَرْدُو

    دٌ ومَنْ مِثْلُهُ قضاءً وحُكما

    Accept the Messenger's judgment: you must be sent

    back—and who equals him in judgment and rule?

  8. ذَا خُنَيْسٌ وذا كتابُ ابنِ عَوْفٍ

    فَالْزَمِ الصَّبْرَ أصبحَ الأمرُ حَتما

    This is Khunays, and this the letter of Ibn Awf;

    hold fast to patience: the matter has become inevitable.

  9. سألا العهدَ عِندَ أكرمِ مَسْؤُو

    لٍ فأعطاهما وَفَاءً وَحِلما

    The two sought the covenant from the noblest one ever

    petitioned; he granted it to both with fidelity and forbearance.

  10. انقلبْ يا أبا بَصيرَ فليسَ ال

    دينُ دينُ الهُدَاةِ غَدْراً وإثما

    Return, O Abu Basir, for the

    faith of the guides is not treachery and sin.

  11. حَسْبُكَ اللَّهُ إنّهُ لَكَ عَوْنٌ

    وسيكفيكَ كلَّ خطبٍ ألمَّا

    God suffices you; He is your helper,

    and will spare you every calamity that befalls.

  12. هو مولى المستضعفينَ ينجّي

    همْ إذا ما طَغَى البَلاءُ وطَمَّا

    He is the protector of the oppressed, saving

    them when affliction oversteps its bounds and overwhelms.

  13. عاد يُخفي لصاحِبَيْهِ مِنَ الشن

    آنِ ما يَملأُ الجوانِحَ سُمَّا

    He went back, hiding from his two companions the

    hatred that filled his breast with poison.

  14. وشَفَاهَا بذِي الحُلَيْفَةِ نَفْساً

    أوشكَتْ أن تزولَ هَمّاً وغَمّا

    At Dhu al-Hulayfah he healed his soul,

    which had nearly perished from worry and grief.

  15. نظر السيفَ في يَدَيْ أحدِ الخَصْ

    مَيْنِ يُبدي من المنيّةِ وَسْما

    He looked at the sword in the hands of one of his two

    foes, displaying a mark of death.

  16. وَهْوَ يُطْرِيهِ في غُرورٍ وَيَسْقِي

    هِ نُفُوسَ الكُماةِ ظَنّاً وَزَعْما

    As he vaunted it in conceit and gave

    it the souls of warriors to drink, in fancy and boast.

  17. قال بل أعطنيهِ أَنْظُرْهُ إنّي

    بسجايا السُّيوفِ أكثرُ علما

    He said, 'Rather, give it to me to examine; I

    know more about the nature of swords.'

  18. ثم غشَّاهُ ضربةً عَلَّمَتْهُ

    كيف يخشى الهِزبرَ مَن كان شهما

    Then he dealt him a blow that taught him

    how even a brave man must fear the lion.

  19. جاء يصطاده غُرواً فأردا

    هُ وكان الغُرورُ شرّاً وَشُؤما

    He came to hunt him in folly, but was struck

    down by him; delusion brought evil and ill fortune.

  20. صدَّ عنه رَفيقُهُ وتولَّى

    يتوقَّى قَضاءَهُ أن يَحُمّا

    His companion turned away from him and fled,

    guarding against his own doom becoming imminent.

  21. طار يهفو كالسّهمِ يَمضِي بعيداً

    وهو أنأَى مَدَىً وأبعد مَرْمَى

    He flew, darting like an arrow, speeding far away,

    outstripping it in distance and range.

  22. طَلَبَ السّيف نفسَهُ وَهْيَ وَلْهَى

    لو تذوقُ الردَى لما مَرَّ طَعْما

    The sword pursued his soul, distraught;

    had it tasted death, the taste would not have been bitter.

  23. كذب الوهمُ ما الحياةُ سِوَى الأم

    نِ وشرُّ الأمورِ ما كان وَهْما

    Delusion lied: life is nothing but

    safety, and the worst of things is delusion.

  24. وَقَعَ الطّائِرُ المُسِفُّ على النَّس

    رِ الذي يملأُ السماواتِ عَزْما

    The low-flying bird alighted upon the

    eagle that fills the heavens with resolve:

  25. الرسول الذي تَدينُ له الأر

    ضُ وتهفو إليه حَرْباً وسِلما

    the Messenger, whom the earth obeys

    and hastens toward in war and peace.

  26. قال إنّي لهالِكٌ فأَجِرْنِي

    لا تَدَعْنِي لبعضِ صحبِكَ غُنْما

    He said, 'I am surely doomed; grant me protection;

    do not leave me as booty for some of your companions.

  27. رُدَّ عنّي أبا بصيرٍ فحسبي

    ما جناهُ عليَّ صَدْعاً وكَلْما

    Keep Abu Basir away from me; enough for me

    is the rending and wounding he has inflicted on me.

  28. جَرَّعَ الحتفَ صاحبي وانبرى يط

    لبُ قَتلِي لِيُتْبِعَ الجُرمَ جُرما

    He made my companion drink death, then began

    to seek my death, adding crime to crime.

  29. إنّه جاءَ راكضاً يحملُ السَّي

    فَ فهب لي دَمِي لَكَ الشّكرُ جَمَّا

    He came running, carrying the

    sword; spare my blood, and abundant thanks be yours.'

  30. عَفَّ عنه وقال ما ثَمَّ شَيءٌ

    يا نَبِيَّ الهُدَى أرى الأمرَ تَمّا

    He spared him and said, 'Nothing remains,

    O Prophet of guidance; I see the matter is finished.

  31. صَدَقَ العَهدُ وانقَضَى الردُّ فانظرْ

    ما تَرَى فاقضِهِ سَداداً وَحَزْما

    The covenant has been honored, and the return completed; consider

    what you think fit, and decree it rightly and firmly.'

  32. قال فاذْهبْ فقد بَرِئْتَ وظُلمٌ

    أن يُلامَ البريءُ أو أن يُذَمّا

    He said, 'Go, then: you are cleared, and it is unjust

    to blame the innocent or reproach him.

  33. لك ما شِئْتَ أن تَحُلَّ من الأر

    ضِ سِوَى أرضِ يثربٍ أو تَؤُمّا

    You may settle wherever you wish upon the

    earth, or journey there, except the land of Yathrib.'

  34. فتولَّى إلى مكانِ يَزيدُ ال

    كفرَ والكافِرينَ خَسْفاً وَرَغْما

    So he went to a place that increased

    the abasement and humiliation of disbelief and the disbelievers.

  35. كلُّ مالٍ تُقِلُّ عِيرُ قُريشٍ

    بين عينيهِ ظاهرٌ ليس يُكْمَى

    All the wealth borne by Quraysh's caravan

    lies plain before his eyes, unconcealed.

  36. إنّه الأرقمُ الأصَمُّ تَداعَتْ

    فارتمتْ حوله الأراقمُ صُمّا

    He was the deaf, speckled serpent; the others rallied

    and gathered around him, deaf, speckled serpents.

  37. مُؤمِنٌ حلَّ في العراءِ مَحَلّاً

    جَمَعَ المؤمنينَ فيهِ وَضَمَّا

    A believer took up a dwelling in the open wilderness,

    where he gathered the believers and brought them together.

  38. أقبلوا يَنسلون مِن كلِّ أَوبٍ

    يَطلبونَ المَصَالَ قَرْمَا فقرما

    They came hastening from every quarter,

    seeking battle, one champion after another.

  39. لمَّ ذو العرشِ شَملهم بعد صَدْعٍ

    وَخَلِيْقٌ بشَملِهِم أن يُلَمَّا

    The Lord of the Throne reunited them after division,

    and fitting it is that their company be reunited.

  40. يا أبا جندلٍ عليك سلامٌ

    جِئتَ بالخيلِ تَرجُمُ الأرضَ رَجْما

    O Abu Jandal, peace be upon you!

    You came with horses hammering the earth hard.

  41. اغتَفِرْ ما جَنَى أبوك سُهَيْلٌ

    يومَ يطغَى عليك ضَرباً ولَطْما

    Forgive what your father Suhayl did,

    the day he tyrannized over you with blows and slaps.

  42. إنّما الصابِرونَ أوفى نَصيباً

    يا أبا جَندلٍ وأَوفرُ قِسْما

    It is the patient who have the fullest share,

    O Abu Jandal, and the most abundant portion.

  43. أعملوا القتلَ والنِّهابَ وَرَدُّوا

    كلَّ غُنمٍ أصابه القومُ غُرْما

    They wrought slaughter and plunder, and turned

    every gain the people had won into loss.

  44. غارةٌ بعد غارةٍ تأكلُ الما

    لَ وتَطوي الرجالَ خَضْماً وَقَضْما

    Raid after raid devoured the

    wealth and consumed the men, gulping and gnawing.

  45. زُلزِلُوا من أبي بَصيرٍ بخطبٍ

    بالغٍ صَدْعُهُ أبَى أن يُرَمّا

    Abu Basir shook them with a calamity

    whose far-reaching breach refused all repair.

  46. مِخذَمٌ قاطعٌ ومِسْعَرُ حربٍ

    جَرَّبتْهُ البِيضُ القواطِعُ قِدْما

    A sharp, cleaving blade and a kindler of war,

    whom gleaming, cutting swords had tested long ago.

  47. ضاقتِ السُّبْلُ والفجاجُ عليهم

    واستحالَ الفضاءُ سَدّاً ورَدْما

    The roads and mountain passes closed in on them,

    and open space became a barrier and an embankment.

  48. عادَ رَتْقَاً كأنّه سدُّ يأجو

    جَ ومأجوجَ ما ترى فيه ثَلْما

    It became sealed, like the wall of Gog

    and Magog, with no breach to be seen.

  49. جأروا يشتكون وادَّكروا الأر

    حامَ يستشفعون جُبْناً ولُؤْمَا

    They cried out in complaint and recalled their bonds

    of kinship, seeking intercession in cowardice and baseness.

  50. واستمدّوا الحنانَ من أعظمِ النّا

    سِ حَناناً وأقربِ الرُّسْلِ رُحْما

    They sought tenderness from the greatest of

    people in tenderness, the most compassionate of messengers.

  51. قال ذُو أمرِهِم أَغِثْنا ولا تَعْ

    نَفْ علينا إنّ القلوبَ لَتَعْمَى

    Their leader said, 'Help us, and do not be

    harsh with us; indeed, hearts grow blind.

  52. أفْسَدَ العهدُ أمرَنَا فَعَرفْنا

    هُ وماذا لنا إذا الأمرُ غُمّا

    The covenant ruined our affairs; we have recognized

    it—and what could we do when the matter was obscure?

  53. قد تركنا لك الرجالَ فأمسِكْ

    كلَّ من شِئتَ مِنهُمُ أن تُذِمّا

    We have left the men to you; keep

    whomever of them you wish to take under your protection.

  54. حَسْبُنا السّلْمُ يا مُحمدُ إن تَبْ

    سُطْ علينا ظلاله فَنِعِمّا

    Peace is enough for us, O Muhammad; if you spread

    its shade over us, how excellent that will be!'

  55. بدَّدَ الضُرَّ والأذى بكتابٍ

    نَظَمَ البِرَّ والمُروءةَ نظما

    He dispelled hardship and harm with a letter

    that wove goodness and noble conduct together.

  56. لم يَدَعْهُ أبو بَصيرٍ وَرَامِي ال

    موتِ يُلقي عليهِ سَهْماً فسهما

    Abu Basir did not put it down, while the archer of

    death loosed arrow after arrow upon him.

  57. جادَ بالنّفسِ وهو في يدِهِ يَت

    لُوهُ ما أعظَمَ المقامَ وأسمى

    He yielded his soul with it in his hand, still

    reading it—how great and lofty that station!

  58. آخرُ الزادِ إن أردنا له اسماً

    وأراهُ أجلُّ من أنْ يُسَمَّى

    The last provision, if we wished to give it a name;

    yet I deem it too august to be named.

  59. قال أَقْبِلْ وَفَرِّقِ النّاسَ وليع

    فوا فحسبُ الطُّغَاةِ قَمْعاً وَوَقْما

    He said, 'Come, disperse the people, and let them

    forgive: the tyrants have been subdued and crushed enough.'

  60. رَجَعَ القومُ راشدينَ ومن أر

    شَدُ مِمَّنْ رَمَى الضلالَ فَأَصْمَى

    The people returned rightly guided—and who is better

    guided than one who shot at error and struck it dead?

  61. وأبو جندلٍ يؤمُّ رسولَ الل

    هِ في رُفْقَةٍ إلى اللهِ تُنْمَى

    And Abu Jandal made for the Messenger of

    God, in a company belonging to God.

  62. كوكبُ الحقِّ والهدى يَتَلَقَّى

    من ذويهِ الهُداةِ نَجماً فنجما

    The star of truth and guidance received

    from his people of guidance, star after star.

  63. طَلَعُوا والزمانُ أسوَدُ داجٍ

    فجلوا من ظلامِهِ مَا ادْلَهَمَّا

    They rose when the age was black and dark,

    and dispelled the thickest of its darkness.

  64. وَرَمَوْا بالشُّعاعِ مقتلَ دِينٍ

    ردَّ وجهَ الحياةِ أغْبَرَ جَهْما

    With their rays they struck the vital spot of a creed

    that had made the face of life dusty and grim.

  65. اعْرِفِ الحقَّ لا تَرُعْكَ الدَّعاوى

    فالمروآتُ والمناقبُ ثَمَّا

    Know the truth; let not claims alarm you:

    for noble deeds and virtues lie there.

  66. أيُّ مجدٍ في الأرضِ أو أيُّ فضلٍ

    لم يكونوا له أساساً وَجِذْما

    What glory on earth, or what excellence,

    did not have them as its foundation and root?

  67. إن في حِكمَةِ الرسولِ لَذِكْرَى

    للبيبٍ أصابَ عَقْلاً وفهما

    In the Messenger's wisdom there is indeed a lesson

    for a discerning person endowed with reason and understanding.

  68. هَدمَ الله ما بنى العهدُ من آ

    مالِ قومٍ يبغونَ للدينِ هَدْما

    God tore down what the covenant had built of

    hopes for a people seeking to tear down the faith.

  69. كم رأوا من مَشَاهِدِ الوهمِ فيه

    مَشهداً رائعَ التهاويلِ فخما

    How many a vision of delusion they saw in it—

    a grand spectacle of awe-inspiring wonders!

  70. لاَ يَغُرَّنَّهم من الغيثِ وَكفٌ

    إنّه السيلُ مُوشِكٌ أن يَعُمَّا

    Let not a trickle of rain deceive them:

    it is a flood about to sweep over all.

  71. هِمَّةٌ من هُدَى الرسولِ وَلُودٌ

    تُورِثُ الشِّرْكَ والضَلالَةَ عُقْما

    A fruitful resolve from the Messenger's guidance

    leaves idolatry and error barren.

  72. لم تزل تَضرِبُ الطواغيتَ حَتَّى

    جَرَّعَتْها الرُزأَيْنِ ثُكْلاً وَيُتْما

    It kept striking the tyrants until

    it made them drink two griefs: loss of children and orphanhood.

  73. إنّ للحقِّ بعدَ لينٍ وضعفٍ

    قُوَّةً تَحسمُ الأباطيلَ حَسْما

    After gentleness and weakness, truth indeed has

    a strength that cuts falsehoods down decisively.