تَعَلَّم رَسولَ اللَهِ أَنّا كَأَنَّنا

تَعَلَّم رَسولَ اللَهِ أَنّا كَأَنَّنا

أَفَأنا بِأَنمارٍ ثَعالِبَ ذي غِسلِ

أَفَأنا بِأَنمارٍ ثَعالِبَ ذي غِسلِ

Know, Messenger of God, that we seem

The Prophet learned that we are like

To have taken, in Anmar, the foxes of Dhu Ghisl as spoils.

Hyenas with long legs, freshly washed

تَعَلَّم رَسولَ اللَهِ لَم نَرَ مِثلَهُم

تَعَلَّم رَسولَ اللَهِ لَم نَرَ مِثلَهُم

أَجَرَّ عَلى الأَدنى وَأَحرَمَ لِلفَضلِ

أَجَرَّ عَلى الأَدنى وَأَحرَمَ لِلفَضلِ

Know, Messenger of God, we have never seen their like:

The Prophet learned we never saw the like of them

More harmful to those nearest, and more bereft of virtue.

He ran to the least of them and held back from superiority