1. To You, God of the Throne, I complain pleading
And call upon You in hardship, my Lord, that You may listen

2. How much they destroyed a populated city
They left the friendly home desolated

3. So properties became among them prey
And orphans became disheveled and starved

4. And those who lived in homelands fled
And fellowship that gathered together dispersed

5. They passed away and their days ended when they inherited
Praise and good memory that became well known

6. So God, the Generous, rewarded them for their virtue
With gardens and pleasure from God most high

7. And if spirits among us grew apart
The souls of lovers still unite

8. Perhaps, perhaps God will help our religion
And mend all that has cracked among us

9. And rebuild ruins for the tolerant
And open ways to guidance that give access

10. And show the light of truth, its glow ascending
So the darkness of polytheism and doubt yield, dissipating

11. My God, fulfill this hope and be with us
Compassionate, Merciful, answering our prayer

12. Oh brothers, patience, patience, for I see
Patience for what is destined is best and most useful

13. And do not despair of relief from what has afflicted
When my Lord wills it, He will remove what has torn

14. I did not say this complaining to people of calamity
Or panicking at what has saddened and distressed

15. For this matter was only by God's power
With which He subdued all creatures

16. That was for a sin and disobeying the Creator
Which He seized us for, time and again, that we may return

17. And it is time we hope for His approval and pardon
And recognize our shortcomings, that we may desist

18. O You who always did good, generously
O You whose pardon was most ample

19. We seek refuge in You, O God, from our misdeeds
For in Your pardon we still have hope

20. Help us, help us, and repel the adversity that
Has struck, and uncover the harm and lift it away