بَعَثَهُ وَالنَّاسُ ضُلاَّلٌ فِي حَيْرَة،
Allah sent the Prophet at a time when the people were going astray in perplexity
وَحَاطِبُونَ فِي فِتْنَة،
and were moving here and there in mischief.
قَدِ اسْتَهْوَتْهُمُ الاْهْوَاءُ،
Desires had deflected them
وَاسْتَزَلَّتْهُمُ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ،
and self-conceit had swerved them.
وَاسْتَخَفَّتْهُمُ الْجَاهِلِيِّةُ الْجَهْلاَءُ:
Extreme ignorance had made them foolish.
حَيَارَى فِي زَلْزَال مَنَ الاْمْرِ،
They were confounded by the unsteadiness of matters
وَبَلاَء مِنَ الْجَهْلِ،
and the evils of ignorance.
فَبَالَغَ (صلى الله عليه وآله) فِي النَّصِيحَةِ،
Then the Prophet - blessing of Allah be upon him and his descendants - did his best in giving them sincere advice,
وَمَضَى عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ،
himself trod on the right path
وَدَعَا إِلَى الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ.
and called (them) towards wisdom and good counsel.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 95: Al-Majlisi, Bihar, XVIII, 219.
