أكرمْ بمن يسألُ سُؤَّالَهُ

أكرمْ بمن يسألُ سُؤَّالَهُ

أن يَسأَلوه قبل أن يُسْأَلُوا

أن يَسأَلوه قبل أن يُسْأَلُوا

How generous is he who asks his petitioners

Honor the one who asks with his question

to ask him before they are asked!

Ask him before you yourselves are asked

وذلكم مِن فَرْطِ إكرامه

وذلكم مِن فَرْطِ إكرامه

يرَى به التساءلَ لا يجملُ

يرَى به التساءلَ لا يجملُ

And that is due to his immense generosity:

And that is from his excessive honor

he deems being petitioned unseemly for him.

He sees questioning as unbecoming

إنَّ ابن سلطان سِوى مُلكِه

إنَّ ابن سلطان سِوى مُلكِه

لو يُسْألُ الدنيا فلا يَبْخَلُ

لو يُسْألُ الدنيا فلا يَبْخَلُ

Indeed, Ibn Sultan, save for his kingdom,

Indeed the son of the sultan except his kingdom

would not withhold the world if asked for it.

If he were asked for the world he would not be stingy

لو رُوحه تسألُ أعطَاكَهَا

لو رُوحه تسألُ أعطَاكَهَا

فليتق الرحمنَ مَنْ يَسْألُ

فليتق الرحمنَ مَنْ يَسْألُ

If you asked for his soul, he would give it to you.

If his soul were asked for he would give it

So let whoever asks fear the All-Merciful.

So let the Merciful beware of the one who asks

لا خَابَ في الحسنى له سائِلٌ

لا خَابَ في الحسنى له سائِلٌ

لكن يخيبُ العَذْلُ والعُذَّلُ

لكن يخيبُ العَذْلُ والعُذَّلُ

No one seeking kindness from him has been disappointed,

No seeker of good from him is disappointed

but reproach and the reproachers come to nothing.

But injustice and hostility cause disappointment

لو كان في عليائهِ آخراً

لو كان في عليائهِ آخراً

فإنه للأكرمِ الأولُ

فإنه للأكرمِ الأولُ

Even if he were last in his lofty station,

If there were another after his supremacy

he is surely the most generous, the foremost.

He is still the most honorable first

فلا تضاهِيه بمن دُونه

فلا تضاهِيه بمن دُونه

هل يستوى الأعلى أو الأسفلُ

هل يستوى الأعلى أو الأسفلُ

So do not compare him with anyone beneath him.

So do not compare him to those below him

Are the highest and the lowest equal?

Can the highest and lowest be equal?

لهُ عَلَى الأملاكِ فضلٌ كما

لهُ عَلَى الأملاكِ فضلٌ كما

فُضِّلَ في العالم المُرْسَلُ

فُضِّلَ في العالم المُرْسَلُ

He has preeminence over the kings, just as

He has merit over the angels as

the Messenger was given preeminence in the world.

The Messenger was preferred in the world

هو المصطفى المختارُ مِن هاشم

هو المصطفى المختارُ مِن هاشم

خير الورَى نبيَّنَا الأفْضَلُ

خير الورَى نبيَّنَا الأفْضَلُ

He is the Chosen One, the elect of Hashim,

He is Al-Mustafa the Chosen from Hashim

the best of creation, our Prophet, the most excellent.

The best of creation, our superior Prophet