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  • Abraha came with the elephant to dishonour the House (of Allah), that he might throw down the living (and leave them lying) as though dead, 4375
  • ابرهه با پیل بهر ذل بیت  ** آمده تا افکند حی را چو میت 
  • And destroy the holy Ka‘ba and cause all (the inhabitants) to wander forth from that place,
  • تا حریم کعبه را ویران کند  ** جمله را زان جای سرگردان کند 
  • In order that all the pilgrims might gather round him and might all turn in worship to his Ka‘ba,
  • تا همه زوار گرد او تنند  ** کعبه‌ی او را همه قبله کنند 
  • And that he might take vengeance on the Arabs for the injury (inflicted by them), for “why,” said he, “should they set my Ka‘ba on fire?”
  • وز عرب کینه کشد اندر گزند  ** که چرا در کعبه‌ام آتش زنند 
  • His efforts only turned to glory for the Ka‘ba: they caused the (holy) House to be glorified.
  • عین سعیش عزت کعبه شده  ** موجب اعزاز آن بیت آمده 
  • (Formerly) the glory of the Meccans had been one: (now) it became a hundred: their glory was now extending to the Resurrection. 4380
  • مکیان را عز یکی بد صد شده  ** تا قیامت عزشان ممتد شده 
  • He (Abraha) and his Ka‘ba were eclipsed more (and more). Whence is this? From the favours of the (Divine) Decree.
  • او و کعبه‌ی او شده مخسوف‌تر  ** از چیست این از عنایات قدر 
  • Those poor Arabs were enriched by the equipment and baggage of (the host of) Abraha, (who was) like a wild beast.
  • از جهاز ابرهه هم‌چون دده  ** آن فقیران عرب توانگر شده 
  • He thought that he was bringing an army (against the Ka‘ba): (in fact) he was bringing gold for the defenders of the House.
  • او گمان برده که لشکر می‌کشید  ** بهر اهل بیت او زر می‌کشید 
  • He (the treasure-seeker) was (occupied), every step of the way, in contemplating this (wondrous) annulment of fixed purposes and ambitions.
  • اندرین فسخ عزایم وین همم  ** در تماشا بود در ره هر قدم