الحمد لله الذي

الحمد لله الذي

أذهب عنا الحزنا

أذهب عنا الحزنا

Praise be to God, who

Praise be to Allah, who

has taken sorrow away from us.

Has taken away our sorrow,

ولم نزل نعبده

ولم نزل نعبده

لما عبدنا الوثنا

لما عبدنا الوثنا

We never ceased to worship Him,

And we continue to worship Him

when we worshipped the idol.

Since we worshipped the idol.

فامتنَّ إحساناً ومن

فامتنَّ إحساناً ومن

نفوسِنا مكننا

نفوسِنا مكننا

He bestowed His favor in kindness, and over

He bestowed kindness upon us and instilled

our souls He gave us mastery.

In our souls faith,

وكثر الخير لدي

وكثر الخير لدي

نا جوده والممنا

نا جوده والممنا

And the good was multiplied among

And much good has come to

us by His generosity, and we drew near.

Us from His generosity and favor,

لما أتانا منكرٌ

لما أتانا منكرٌ

وكان عبداً لنا

وكان عبداً لنا

When a denier came to us,

When there came to us a denier

and he was a servant of ours,

Who was a slave to us,

ولم يكن بي راحماً

ولم يكن بي راحماً

ولم يكن بي محسِنا

ولم يكن بي محسِنا

he was not merciful to me,

And he was not merciful to me

nor was he kind to me.

Nor good to me.

قلت لعقلي واعتبر

قلت لعقلي واعتبر

حتى ترى من أحسنا

حتى ترى من أحسنا

I said to my reason, 'Take heed,

So I said to my reason to reflect

until you see who has shown kindness.'

Until you see who did good.

ما لمّ غلا الله بال

ما لمّ غلا الله بال

برهان صحابينا

برهان صحابينا

[Wording unclear] God, by the

What if God had not guided

proof—perhaps 'our companions' [uncertain reading].

Our righteous companions?

فقهقر المعلون يع

فقهقر المعلون يع

دو معلماً بي معلنا

دو معلماً بي معلنا

Then the accursed one recoiled,

Then the misguided one would still be

running and openly speaking about me:

Misleading, teaching us.

وهذا عُبيد جئتُه

وهذا عُبيد جئتُه

بفتنة ما افتتنا

بفتنة ما افتتنا

And this little servant—I came to him

And here is Obaid, whom I came to

with a temptation, but he was not tempted.

With a test, but was not tested.

وجدته ذا حذر

وجدته ذا حذر

فما التوى ولا نى

فما التوى ولا نى

I found him possessed of caution;

I found him prudent,

he neither swerved nor faltered.

So he did not incline or bend.

قلبته لعلني

قلبته لعلني

أضله فقل أنا

أضله فقل أنا

I turned him about, hoping

I tried to mislead him,

to mislead him: 'So say “I.”'

So he could say "I".

فقال لي اكسر ولا

فقال لي اكسر ولا

تقل أنا بل قل أنا

تقل أنا بل قل أنا

He said to me, 'Use an i-vowel, and do not

But he said to me, break but do not

say “I,” but say “a vessel,”

Say "I", rather say "We".

لكلِّ خيرٍ قابل

لكلِّ خيرٍ قابل

وحامل فاعلنا

وحامل فاعلنا

receptive to every good,

Accept and bear

and bearing our Agent.'

Every good deed.

فلم أجد فيه مسا

فلم أجد فيه مسا

غاً للذي قامَ بنا

غاً للذي قامَ بنا

I found in him no opening

So I did not find in him

for what had stirred within us:

Any defiance of the One who raised us.

من سلبه عن دينه

من سلبه عن دينه

فعاد رشداً غيُّنا

فعاد رشداً غيُّنا

to strip him of his faith.

Whoever deprived him of his faith,

Thus our error became right guidance.

Returns to guidance, we guide him.

قلتُ بماذا قد عُصم

قلتُ بماذا قد عُصم

تَ يا فتى من شرِّنا

تَ يا فتى من شرِّنا

I said, 'By what have you been protected,

I said, "With what were you protected,

young man, from our evil?'

O youth, from our evil?"

فقال لي عاصمه

فقال لي عاصمه

به المهيمنُ اعتنى

به المهيمنُ اعتنى

Then his protector said to me:

He said to me, "The Protector

The All-Guardian had cared for him.

Protected me. He cared for me."

لما اصطفاه سيِّداً

لما اصطفاه سيِّداً

ذا حجة مبرهِنا

ذا حجة مبرهِنا

When He chose him as a master,

Since He chose him as a master

possessed of an argument and providing proof,

With clear proof.

دلَّى إليه رفرفاً

دلَّى إليه رفرفاً

من درَّة لما دنا

من درَّة لما دنا

He lowered to him a canopy

He sent down to him a cloak

of a pearl, when he drew near.

Of pearls when he drew near.

وقال لي اخسأ يا لعْي

وقال لي اخسأ يا لعْي

نُ إنه عبدٌ لنا

نُ إنه عبدٌ لنا

And He said to me, 'Begone, accursed

And He said to me, "Be silent, O cursed one,

one! He is a servant of Ours.'

He is a slave to Us."

جاءت إليه رحمة

جاءت إليه رحمة

علومنا من عندنا

علومنا من عندنا

There came to him the mercy

Mercy came to him

of Our knowledge, from Us.

From Our knowledge from Us.