اسْكُتْ
Keep silent!
قَبَحَكَ اللهُ
May Allah disgrace you, make you ugly,
يَا أَثْرَمُ،
O you with broken tooth.
فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ ظَهَرَ الْحقُّ فَكُنْتَ فِيهِ ضَئِيلاً شَخْصُكَ،
Certainly, by Allah, when truth became manifest even then your personality was weak
خَفِيّاً صَوْتُكَ،
and your voice was low.
حَتَّى إِذَا نَعَرَ الْبَاطِلُ نَجَمْتَ نُجُومَ قَرْ نِ الْمَاعِزِ .
But when wrong began to shout loudly you again sprouted up like the horns of a kid.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 184: Al-’Askari, Kitab al-sina’atayn, 258.
