1. مَنْ ترَى غيرَ عليٍّ

    كانَ صِنواً لِلنَّبيِّ

    Who, do you think, other than ʿAlī,

    was a peer of the Prophet?

  2. مَن ترى من بعد خير

    الأنبيا خيرَ وصِيِّ

    Whom do you deem, after the best

    of the prophets, the best successor?

  3. مَنْ تُرى ولاّه خير

    الرُّسْلِ عنْ أمرِ العليِّ

    Who, one wonders, was appointed by the best

    of messengers, at the Most High’s command?

  4. مَنْ ترى السَّابق في دين

    القَديمِ الأزليِّ

    Who do you deem foremost in the faith

    of the Ancient, Eternal One?

  5. مَنْ ترى قاتِلَ عَمْروٍ

    ذي الثبات العامِريِّ

    Who do you think slew ʿAmr,

    the steadfast ʿĀmirī?

  6. مَنْ ترى آسر عمرو

    عِندَ إحجامِ الكميّ

    Who do you think took ʿAmr captive

    when the armored warrior held back?

  7. مَنْ ترى رُدَّت لَه الشَّمْسُ

    فتىً غير عَليّ

    For whom, do you think, was the sun brought back—

    what youth other than ʿAlī?

  8. مَنْ تراهُ حاط دينَ

    المصْطفى بالمشرفيِّ

    Who do you think safeguarded the faith

    of the Chosen One with the Mashrafī sword?

  9. أَبهِ الملّة حيطَتْ

    أم بتَيْمٍ وعديِّ

    Was the faith safeguarded by him,

    or by Taym and ʿAdī?

  10. قُلْ لَنا فالأمْرُ إنْ

    أَنْصفتَنَا غيرُ خَفيِّ

    Tell us, for the matter—if

    you are fair to us—is not obscure.