go yaum-e-badr marka-e-kar-zar tha
is shakl mein wo aayat-e-parwardigar tha

kahte hain ek shakhs asiran-e-badr se
rishte mein khwesh-e-sayyad-e-wala-tabar tha

wo kaun zauj zainab-e-bint-e-rasul ka
bulas wo jo sahib-e-izz-o-waqar tha

tha hukm-e-am jo zar-e-fidya ke waste
dakhil har ek is mein sighaar-o-kibar tha

makke mein ye khabar jo gai gunjti hui
chhuta ada-e-fidya se jo mal-dar tha

damad-e-tajdar-e-madina asir-e-gham
apne ada-e-fidya se be-ikhtiyar tha

zainab ko di khabar ye janab-e-rasul ne
fidye ka hukm-e-khas magar bar bar tha

jis dam suna ye hazrat-e-zainab ne majra
fidya diya wo apne gale ka jo haar tha

laya gaya wo haar huzur-e-rasul mein
dekha jo us ko aap ka dil be-qarar tha

wo haar kya tha bagh-e-mohabbat ka dagh tha
ya aatish-e-firaq ka taza sharar tha

wo haar tha ki haar ki surat mein jalwa-gar
dagh-e-gham-e-khadija-e-ulfat-shiar tha

bhadkai us ne aatish-e-furqat dabi hui
yani gham-e-firaq ki wo yaadgar tha

wo aqd yani shan-e-mohabbat ka zinda-dar
aazadi-e-asir ka bhi chaara-kar tha

'kaifi' yahi wo jurat-e-ikhlas khas thi
jis se ki qasr-e-din-e-mubin ustuwar tha