لِأَبي عَلِيٍّ في حَداثَتِهِ

لِأَبي عَلِيٍّ في حَداثَتِهِ

فَضلٌ سَيُذكَرُ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

فَضلٌ سَيُذكَرُ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

Abu Ali, in his youth, has

To Abu Ali in his youth

A distinction that will be remembered to the end of time.

There is merit that will be remembered until the end of time

حَفِظَ القَديمَ فَلَيسَ يَسبِقُهُ

حَفِظَ القَديمَ فَلَيسَ يَسبِقُهُ

أَحَدٌ إِلى التَعظيمِ لِلأَحَدِ

أَحَدٌ إِلى التَعظيمِ لِلأَحَدِ

He has honored the Ancient One; he is not surpassed

He preserved the old so none will precede him

By anyone in reverence for the One.

In venerating the One

لَزِمَ المَشايِخَ مِلَّةً قَدُمَت

لَزِمَ المَشايِخَ مِلَّةً قَدُمَت

بانَت فَضيلَتُها عَلى الوَلَدِ

بانَت فَضيلَتُها عَلى الوَلَدِ

He clung to the elders as to an ancient creed,

He clung to the elders, following a path

Whose superiority over children was plain.

Whose virtue was evident over lineage

فَإِذا عَزَمتَ عَلى مَساءَتِهِم

فَإِذا عَزَمتَ عَلى مَساءَتِهِم

فَاِجهَر بِلَم يولَد وَلَم يَلِدِ

فَاِجهَر بِلَم يولَد وَلَم يَلِدِ

So if you resolve to offend them,

So if you intend to blame them

Then proclaim aloud: “He was not begotten, and did not beget.”

Proclaim that He did not beget nor was He begotten