قسم الغنيمة عن موسى سليل علي

إِلى المهنا أَتَت نسقاً على الجُمَلِ

The division of the spoils, from Musa, scion of Ali,

came to al-Muhanna in orderly sequence, in summary.

ستون سهماً يجزيها ويقسمها

على ذويها بحكم اللَه كل ولي

Sixty shares are apportioned and distributed

among their rightful recipients, according to God's decree, by every ruler.

فأَربعون وتقفوها ثمانية

سهام من شيّد الاسلام بالأَسل

So forty, with eight following them,

are the shares of those who built up Islam with spears.

للراجل السهم والسهمان عندهمُ

بعد التحري نصيب الفارس البطل

For the foot soldier, one share; the two shares, in their view,

after careful inquiry, are the valiant horseman's portion.

ولليتامى على تقدير قسمهم

ثلاثة مثلها يعطى بنو السبل

And for the orphans, according to the reckoning of their allotment,

three shares; the wayfarers are given as many.

وللمساكين كالأَيتام حظهم

فهذه تسعة جاءت على الكمل

And the needy have their portion, like the orphans;

these, then, make nine in full.

وقد بقين من الستين عندهم

ثلاثة فتفحص قسمها وسل

And of the sixty there remain, in their reckoning,

three; examine their division and ask.

للّه سهم وقربى المصطفى لهم

سهم وسهم حواه سيد الرسل

For God, a share; and the Chosen One's kin have

a share; and a share was held by the master of the messengers.

يشري الامام بسهم اللَه أَسلحة

وسهم أَحمد والقربى على المثل

The imam buys weapons with God's share,

and likewise with Ahmad's share and the kin's.

وما بقي فلكل سهمه ولقد

أَصحابنا اختلفوا والحكم للأزل

And of what remains, each has his share; and indeed

our companions have disagreed, and judgment belongs to eternity.