الهي لا موجود غيرك لم يكن

الهي لا موجود غيرك لم يكن

بقهرك يا قهار والجبرية

بقهرك يا قهار والجبرية

My God, no being other than You came to be except

O God, there is no existence except You. There was not,

through Your subduing power, O All-Subduer, and Your compelling might.

By Your subjugation, O All-Powerful, and Predestination.

الهي قهرت الممكنات فكلها

الهي قهرت الممكنات فكلها

بقهرك في عجز وفقر وذلة

بقهرك في عجز وفقر وذلة

My God, You subdued contingent beings, so all of them

O God, You have subjugated all possibilities, so they are all

lie helpless, needy, and abased beneath Your subduing power.

By Your subjugation, in incapacity, poverty, and humiliation.

فما ساكن في الكون أو متحرك

فما ساكن في الكون أو متحرك

بمعتصم من قهر ربي بمنعة

بمعتصم من قهر ربي بمنعة

So nothing in the cosmos, whether still or moving,

So nothing in the universe, still or moving,

can shield itself from my Lord’s subduing power by any defense.

Has a protector from the subjugation of my Lord with immunity.

قصمت ظهور المعتدين بما طغوا

قصمت ظهور المعتدين بما طغوا

فما رد بأس القهر منك بعزة

فما رد بأس القهر منك بعزة

You broke the backs of the aggressors for their tyranny;

You have broken the backs of the aggressors with their tyranny,

so no might could repel Your overwhelming force.

So the might of Your subjugation did not turn back anyone with dignity.

الهي جلال القهر في كنه ذاته

الهي جلال القهر في كنه ذاته

علا عن رسوم القهر والنظرية

علا عن رسوم القهر والنظرية

My God, the majesty of Your subduing power, in its very essence,

O God, the majesty of subjugation in its essence

transcends all depictions of subduing power and all speculation.

Transcends the methods of subjugation and theory.

الهي جلال القهر ليس بواهن

الهي جلال القهر ليس بواهن

وإن أمهل القهار مكراً لبرهة

وإن أمهل القهار مكراً لبرهة

My God, the majesty of Your subduing power is not feeble,

O God, the majesty of subjugation is not weak,

even if the All-Subduer grants respite for a while as a stratagem.

Even if the All-Powerful delays cunningly for a while.

الهي طغت فوق العباد عصائب

الهي طغت فوق العباد عصائب

فعمت سيول الظلم منها وطمت

فعمت سيول الظلم منها وطمت

My God, factions have tyrannized over Your servants,

O God, the arrogant have transgressed over the servants,

and their torrents of oppression have spread everywhere and overflowed.

So the floods of injustice have spread from them and roared.

طغام طغاة تبَّروا ما علوا ولا

طغام طغاة تبَّروا ما علوا ولا

نصير سوى القهار فوق البرية

نصير سوى القهار فوق البرية

Vile tyrants, they laid waste whatever they overran; and there is no

Arrogant tyrants who rebelled, exalted not, and no

helper but the All-Subduer, who is above creation.

helper but the All-Powerful above the wilderness.

وما غاية المقهور في جبروته

وما غاية المقهور في جبروته

سوى بطشة القهارب الخليقة

سوى بطشة القهارب الخليقة

And what end awaits the subdued one in his tyranny

And the aim of the oppressed in His omnipotence

but the All-Subduer’s crushing blow upon creation?

Is only the grip of the All-Powerful on creation.

الهي تداركهم بقهر ذواتهم

الهي تداركهم بقهر ذواتهم

وعدتهم والعد والمددية

وعدتهم والعد والمددية

My God, overtake them by subduing their very selves,

O God, save them from the subjugation of their souls

and their equipment, their numbers, and their reinforcements.

And their cronies and supplies and reinforcements.

الهي ومن حاباهم وأعانهم

الهي ومن حاباهم وأعانهم

وداهنم بغيا لأجل البغية

وداهنم بغيا لأجل البغية

My God, overtake those too who favored them and helped them,

O God, and whoever supported and aided them

and flattered them unjustly to gain their ends.

And flattered them for the sake of injustice.