O Monastery of Hanzalah, the ransomed one,

You have bequeathed me fatigue and toil.

I drag a skin from the Euphrates to you,

And I carry upon it fragrance and dew.

And it was said: Hanzalah is a ransomed one [redeemed] by a ransomed one.

And our Master al-Sadiq (Mighty is His Glory) said regarding Hanzalah: "A ransomed one (Mufadda), like his name; because he ransomed his Master al-Husayn (Mighty is His Glory) with himself, so his Master ransomed him with the Adversary (al-Dadd)."

And the killing and the dispraise fell upon the Adversary—may Allah curse him—while doubt and error are upon the deniers who say that the killing befell our Master al-Husayn (Mighty is His Glory).

And our Master al-Khasibi (may Allah sanctify his person) has informed in the understanding of his treatise regarding the story of Abraham the Friend (al-Khalil) (Mighty is His Glory), saying: