فَوَاللَهِ ما اِختارَ الإِلَهُ مُحَمَّداً

فَوَاللَهِ ما اِختارَ الإِلَهُ مُحَمَّداً

حَبيباً وَبَينَ العالَمينَ لَهُ مِثلُ

حَبيباً وَبَينَ العالَمينَ لَهُ مِثلُ

So, by God, God would not have chosen Muhammad

By Allah, God did not choose Muhammad

as His beloved had he an equal among all the worlds.

As the beloved, and between the two worlds there is none like him

كَذَلِكَ ما اِختارَ النَبِيُّ لِنَفسِهِ

كَذَلِكَ ما اِختارَ النَبِيُّ لِنَفسِهِ

عَلِيّاً وَصِيّاً وَهوَ لِاِبنَتِهِ بَعلُ

عَلِيّاً وَصِيّاً وَهوَ لِاِبنَتِهِ بَعلُ

Likewise, the Prophet would not have chosen for himself

Likewise, the Prophet did not choose for himself

Ali as his successor—and he is his daughter's husband—

Ali as successor, though he was his son-in-law

وَصَيَّرَهُ دونَ الأَنامِ أَخاً لَهُ

وَصَيَّرَهُ دونَ الأَنامِ أَخاً لَهُ

وَصِنواً وَفيهِم مَن لَهُ دونَهُ الفَضلُ

وَصِنواً وَفيهِم مَن لَهُ دونَهُ الفَضلُ

nor made him, to the exclusion of all others, his brother

And made him, beyond all people, his brother

and counterpart, had anyone among them been superior to him.

As helper, though among them were those superior to him

وَشاهِدُ عَقلِ المَرءِ حُسنُ اِختِيارِهِ

وَشاهِدُ عَقلِ المَرءِ حُسنُ اِختِيارِهِ

فَما حالُ مَن يَختارُهُ اللَهُ وَالرُسلُ

فَما حالُ مَن يَختارُهُ اللَهُ وَالرُسلُ

And the proof of a person's intellect is the soundness of his choice;

And the witness to a person's sound intellect is the excellence of his choice

then what of one whom God and the messengers choose?

So what is the state of one chosen by God and the Prophets