الهي مذل الكافرين بكفرهم

الهي مذل الكافرين بكفرهم

بعلمك فعل الكفر في القدمية

بعلمك فعل الكفر في القدمية

My God, who humbles the unbelievers for their unbelief,

O God, disgrace the disbelievers for their disbelief,

Through Your knowledge, from eternity past, of the act of unbelief.

You knew the act of disbelief from the beginning.

الهي مذل الماردين وإن جروا

الهي مذل الماردين وإن جروا

إلى أمد ما لم يفروا لمنعة

إلى أمد ما لم يفروا لمنعة

My God, who humbles the rebellious, though they run on

O God, disgrace the rebels even if they have drawn

For a time, they have not escaped to any refuge.

Towards a respite from which they did not flee due to inability.

أحاط بهم سلطان قهر وعزة

أحاط بهم سلطان قهر وعزة

فهم وغن اعتزوا غروراً بذلة

فهم وغن اعتزوا غروراً بذلة

The dominion of subduing power and might has surrounded them;

The sultan of subjugation and glory has surrounded them

Thus they remain abased, though in delusion they boast of might.

So they and whoever was arrogant out of vanity are humiliated.

الهي ما أذلت نفساً بمثل ما

الهي ما أذلت نفساً بمثل ما

تعالت بدعوى حظ قدر وعزة

تعالت بدعوى حظ قدر وعزة

My God, You have humbled no soul so much as through the very thing

O God, no soul has been humiliated like one

By which it exalted itself, claiming a share of rank and might.

Who has risen in the claim of fortune and glory.

وكيف صعود النفس عن مستقرها

وكيف صعود النفس عن مستقرها

ومن حيث ظنت نالت العز ذلت

ومن حيث ظنت نالت العز ذلت

And how can the soul rise above its station,

And how can the self ascend from its abode?

When it was humbled precisely where it thought it had gained honor?

And from where it thought it attained glory, it was humiliated.

الهي تعدى خصمك الحد واعتدى

الهي تعدى خصمك الحد واعتدى

على حرمات اللّه بالأغلبية

على حرمات اللّه بالأغلبية

My God, Your adversary has overstepped the bounds and transgressed

O God, your opponent has transgressed all bounds and committed aggression

Against God's sanctities through superior numbers.

Against the sanctities of God with the majority.

وعلمك بالأعداء ربي مسيطر

وعلمك بالأعداء ربي مسيطر

وغيرتك اللهم أعظم غيرة

وغيرتك اللهم أعظم غيرة

And Your knowledge of the enemies, my Lord, holds sway;

And Your knowledge, my Lord, of the enemies is all-encompassing,

And Your jealous zeal, O God, is the greatest zeal.

And Your zeal, O God, is the greatest zeal.

وما عزة الطاغي وإن جد جدها

وما عزة الطاغي وإن جد جدها

بصائرة إلا لخزي وذلة

بصائرة إلا لخزي وذلة

And the tyrant's might, even if its fortune flourishes,

And the glory of the tyrant, however much he multiplies it,

Will end in nothing but disgrace and abasement.

With insight, is only for humiliation and disgrace.

فارسل عليه يا مذل قواصف ال

فارسل عليه يا مذل قواصف ال

نكير وسربله سرابيل لعنة

نكير وسربله سرابيل لعنة

So send upon him, O Humbler, the shattering storms of

So send upon him, O Disgracer, the winds

Retribution, and clothe him in garments of a curse.

Of rebuke and clothe him in robes of curse.

وصب عليه الذل قلباً وقالباً

وصب عليه الذل قلباً وقالباً

وفي جاهه والمال والتبعية

وفي جاهه والمال والتبعية

And pour abasement upon him, in heart and body,

And pour humiliation upon him, in his heart and mould,

And upon his standing, wealth, and following—

And in his social status, wealth and followers.

مصائب ذل يختبطن حياته

مصائب ذل يختبطن حياته

ويحطمنه حطم الدريس المفتت

ويحطمنه حطم الدريس المفتت

Calamities of abasement that batter his life

Calamities of disgrace that permeate his life

And crush him as dried grass is crushed to fragments.

And shatter him, crushing him like debris.