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This is a mosque whose lords of prostration were secretly pleased with it,

ذا مسجد سر أرباب السجود به

1. This is a mosque whose lords of prostration were secretly pleased with it,
A mosque, a gatherer for the prostrating worshipper and the bowing one.

١. ذا مسجدٌ سُرَّ أربابُ السُّجود بهِ
وجامعٌ جامعٌ للساجدِ الراكعْ

2. God built it, made it and established it,
And raised its pillars and corners.

٢. بناه الله منشيه وواضعه
وللقواعد من أركانه رافع

3. He hopes for its reward in the Hereafter from God,
So what a reward from God he longs for!

٣. يرجو من الله في العقبى مثوبَته
فيا له بثواب الله من طامع

4. He called then to righteous deeds,
Whoever to God in it was submitting and humble.

٤. دعا إلى صالح الأعمال حينئذٍ
من كانَ لله فيه خاضعاً خاشع

5. So may God reward him for what he had built,
With goodness and honor him from His abundant grace.

٥. فالله يجزيه عما كانَ أنشأه
خيراً وأكرمه من فضله الواسع

6. Indeed, its construction had adorned its building,
Date the restoration of Abd al-Qadir al-Jami.

٦. إنَّ العِمارة قد زانت عمارتها
أرِّخْ بتعمير عبد القادر الجامع