The scribe, the servant Hasan ibn Mahmud, has composed verses intended to affirm what the aforementioned Vizier [Ibn 'Abbad] wrote, out of a longing and desire for what he said regarding our Master, the Prince of Bees, Ali ibn Abi Talib—may His power be exalted. This is the poetry:

'A willful pretender said to me one day,

In his ignorance: "Tell me, whom is it that you worship?"

I replied: "He who was a firm and holding star [Muhammad],

Supported by his [Ali's] upper arm and his hand.

And [He] who placed his feet between the Prophet’s shoulders,

Reaching a place that He [Ali] had exalted and built.

He smashed the idols and cast down their [the pagans'] Hubal,

Then vanished the House [the Kaaba] from them and leveled it.

Then He stepped away from it, having restored it

To its original state—O person of understanding, Him we worship!

Truly, and I worship none besides Him; indeed, I am

Free from a sleeping people who deny Him.

In the excellence of my firm devotion to Him, He shall protect me

From the heat of a vaulted and kindled Fire.