وَقَد زادَ نَفسي وَاِطمَأَنَّت وَآمَنَت

وَقَد زادَ نَفسي وَاِطمَأَنَّت وَآمَنَت

بِهِ اليَومَ ما لاقى جَوادُ اِبنِ مُدلِجِ

بِهِ اليَومَ ما لاقى جَوادُ اِبنِ مُدلِجِ

And indeed my soul gained strength, grew tranquil, and believed

And my soul has been calmed and assured

in him today, through what befell the steed of Ibn Mudlij—

By what the steed of Ibn Mudlij faced today

سُراقَةَ إِذ يَبغي عَلَينا بِكَيدِهِ

سُراقَةَ إِذ يَبغي عَلَينا بِكَيدِهِ

عَلى أَعوَجِيٍّ كَالهِراوَةِ مُدمَجِ

عَلى أَعوَجِيٍّ كَالهِراوَةِ مُدمَجِ

Suraqa, as he sought to harm us with his scheming,

When Surāqah sought to plot against us

on an Aʿwaji steed, compactly built like a cudgel.

On a lame she-camel patched together

فَقالَ رَسولُ اللَهِ يا رَبِّ أَعنِهِ

فَقالَ رَسولُ اللَهِ يا رَبِّ أَعنِهِ

فَمَهما تَشَأ مِن مُفظَعِ الأَمرِ تَفرِجِ

فَمَهما تَشَأ مِن مُفظَعِ الأَمرِ تَفرِجِ

Then the Messenger of God said, "O my Lord, afflict him!

So Allah’s Messenger said: My Lord, aid him!

For whatever dreadful plight You wish, You bring relief."

And whatever dire situation You relieve

فَساخَت بِهِ في الأَرضِ حَتّى تَغَيَّبَت

فَساخَت بِهِ في الأَرضِ حَتّى تَغَيَّبَت

حَوافِرُهُ في بَطنِ وادٍ مُفَجَّجِ

حَوافِرُهُ في بَطنِ وادٍ مُفَجَّجِ

Then it sank with him into the earth, until hidden

Her hooves sank into the earth till hidden

were its hooves in the bed of a broad valley.

In the belly of a rugged valley

فَأَعناهُ رَبُّ العَرشِ عَنّا وَرَدَّهُ

فَأَعناهُ رَبُّ العَرشِ عَنّا وَرَدَّهُ

وَلَولا دِفاعُ اللَهِ لَم يَتَعَرَّجِ

وَلَولا دِفاعُ اللَهِ لَم يَتَعَرَّجِ

So the Lord of the Throne afflicted him, keeping him from us, and turned him back;

So the Lord of the Throne aided him against us and repelled him

and but for God's protection, he would not have turned aside.

And had Allah not defended, he would have wavered