1. Where is the living conscience and passion
Rather, where, where are religion and faith
١. أين الشعور الحي والوجدان
بل أين أين الدين والأيمان
2. O nation that was guided by guidance
And its path what the Qur'an has outlined
٢. يا أمة كانت ورائدها الهدى
وسبيلها ما خطط القرآن
3. It gave the utmost importance to the jihad of the self
And eliminated what Satan has erected
٣. أولت جهاد النفس أكبر همه
وقضت على ما شيد الشيطان
4. And built on the pillars of justice a state
In which the slave and the sultan are equal
٤. وبنت على صرح العدالة دولة
فيها تساوى العبد والسلطان
5. And it went on and God's victory advanced its march
Undeterred by Persian or Roman
٥. ومضت ونصر الله يقدم زحفه
لم يثنها فرس ولا رومان
6. Wherever I looked I saw Ahmad's banner
Fluttering, with the brave flocking around it
٦. أنى اتجهت رأيت راية أحمد
خفاقة تحدو بها الشجعان
7. And their motto is God is Great, a word
That thundered and made tyranny crumble
٧. وشعارهم الله أكبر كلم
دوى تهاوى ما بنى الطغيان
8. They did as they were ordered for the good of their religion
Hoping for the Most Merciful to be pleased with them
٨. عملوا بما أمروا لصالح دينهم
طمعا ليرضى عنهم الرحمن
9. With this religion they were the best of nations
And the gentlest of those known by the countries
٩. كانوا بهذا الدين أفضل أمة
وأعف من عرفتهم البلدان
10. Until when many were foolishly distant
From their religion, many were humiliated and disgraced
١٠. حتى إذا ابتعد الكثير سفاهة
عن دينه ذل الكثير وهانوا
11. And villains took over their homelands
After their homelands had spat them out
١١. وتحكم الأشرار في أوطانهم
من بعد ما لفظتهم الأوطان
12. I know from the book of God that if
We do not change what has changed our status
١٢. أنا من كتاب الله أعلم أنن
لو لم نغير ما تغير شان
13. And if the Jews had not taken over our Jerusalem
And if Dayan had not subjugated us with his tyranny
١٣. ولما تحكمت اليهود بقدسن
ولما استبد بقهرنا دايان
14. They would not have burned Al-Aqsa but they defiled
The sanctity of Al-Aqsa and so disgrace befell
١٤. ما أحرقوا الأقصى ولكن دنسو
قدسية الأقصى فحل هوان
15. The Muslims no matter where their homes are
And those who speak the dialect of Dad wherever they were
١٥. بالمسلمين على اختلاف ديارهم
والناطقين الضاد أنى كانوا
16. I do not believe, rather I believe what has happened
By God I am lost and confused
١٦. أنا لا أصدق بل أصدق ما جرى
والله إني تائه حيران
17. Since our setback I have learned while
Neither king nor sultan has learned
١٧. أنا منذ نكبتنا أتعظت وإنم
لم يتعظ ملك ولا سلطان