Summary
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful; and may the peace of God be upon him, after whom there is no prophet.
In the name of (Him who is) the beginning (of all things), and with the approval of Him who dwells in heaven, send help unto me (so) will I endeavour to make an attempt.
Our talk shall be judgment, whereof it is impossible to speak fully; nevertheless thou sayest, make what attempt thou canst.
It will be a day of lamentation and much crying, a day on which there shall be no salvation, though a hundred thousand cowries be offered as the price thereof.
All ye my brothers, come, let us listen to the proclamation; all ye who are Mussulmans, for I care not for the heathen.
He (a heathen) would hear what I say and would pay no attention to it, he would merely lift up his chin and bray like an ass;
He doubts the existence of pain in the next world; when he comes to the fire he will say Alas!
Thou who art puffed up with pride because of thy relations, thy kingdom, or thy property, on the day when thou meetest with the angels, thou shalt be confounded.
(Think of) that story of Hamza and his brother, one by one they went to (the place of) the unbelievers.
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- Specimens of Hausa Literature , pp. 2 - 13Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1896