Verse 1
عدوه ذليل في الدنيا والآخرة حسابهم طويل ومصابهم شديدة
Translation:
Their enemy is humiliated in this world and the next.
Their reckoning will be long, and their punishment severe.
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Verse 2
ذرة علمهم باطل وفساد قبة عظيمة على الدعوة الهادية
Literally:
Even an atom of their knowledge is falsehood and corruption.
It is a great calamity upon the rightly guided Da’wah.
The author says that the opponents’ teachings—even a tiny amount—are false.
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Verse 3
أقوالهم نفاق وأعمالهم ضر عذابهم شديد وأيديهم شهداء
Translation:
Their speech is hypocrisy.
Their actions cause harm.
Their punishment is severe.
Their own hands will bear witness against them.
The last line echoes Qur’an 24:24, where people’s limbs testify about their deeds.
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Verse 4
بسبب أعلمهم عقيدة كريهة لأهل الولاء أهدافهم زوال بناء الوزارة السيفية
Translation:
Because of their scholars, hateful beliefs have spread among the people of loyalty.
Their objective is the destruction of the Saifi institution (vizierate/leadership).
Here “الوزارة السيفية” refers to the Bohra Da’wat leadership under the Saifuddin line.
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Verse 5
لا حصول ولا تمام لأهدافهم والله خير الحافظين لمن دعا
Translation:
They will never attain or complete their objectives.
Allah is the best Protector for the one who calls to Him.
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Verse 6
والله يحي داعيه حياة
Translation:
Allah will preserve His Da’i and grant him life.
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Verse 7
والله نصره وفتحه حق ومكروا ويبطل مكر الأعداء
Translation:
Allah’s help and His victory are true.
Though the enemies plot, He nullifies their plotting.
This echoes Qur’anic language:
“They plot, and Allah plans…”
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Verse 8
ومكروا ومكر الله والله خير الأمراء
Actually the intended phrase is almost certainly:
والله خير الماكرين
which comes directly from the Qur’an (3:54).
Meaning:
They plotted, but Allah also planned.
Allah is the best of planners.
The manuscript appears to contain an unusual spelling.
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Verse 9
في قلوبهم نفاق وعمى والحق ظاهر كالشمس الضياء
Translation:
In their hearts are hypocrisy and blindness.
Yet the truth shines as clearly as the sun.
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Verse 10
الدعوة الحق دائمة إلى اللقاء مع قائم العذاب للأعداء
Translation:
The true Da’wah will continue until the Final Meeting.
While punishment awaits the enemies.
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Verse 11
لعنة الله على المنكرين نسباً نص ولاية من الرسول الأكبر
Translation:
Allah’s curse is upon those who deny the explicit designation of succession (wilāyah) from the Greatest Messenger.
This is referring to the Shi’i doctrine that the Prophet explicitly appointed Imam Ali (known as naṣṣ).
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Verse 12
سينكسر المتكبرون بعداً كتساقط الأوراق من الأشجار
Translation:
The arrogant will eventually be broken,
just as leaves fall from trees.
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Verse 13
أطال الله عمر سيف الدين مفضل مقامه منور كوكب الزهراء
Translation:
May Allah prolong the life of Mufaddal Saifuddin.
His station shines like the planet Venus.
The Arabic uses الزهراء, which here refers to Venus (the Morning Star), not Fatimah al-Zahra.