1. مَرْأىً من الملأ العليِّ ومظهرُ

    أين البيانُ لِمثلهِ والمِنْبَرُ

    A vision from the assembly on high, a spectacle—

    Where are eloquence and a pulpit fit for such a sight?

  2. جبريلُ يهتف والنبيُّ كعهدِه

    بين الصُّفوفِ يرى الوجوهَ وينظرُ

    Gabriel calls out, and the Prophet, as is his wont,

    Amid the ranks, sees the faces and looks on.

  3. والسّبعةُ الفقهاءُ في ترتيلهم

    للذِّكرِ والملأُ الأماثلُ حُضّرُ

    And the seven jurists, in their measured recitation

    Of the Reminder, with the noblest assembly in attendance.

  4. غُضّوا النّواظرَ خاشعين أوِ انْظُروا

    هذا عليٌّ في الندِيِّ وجعفرُ

    Lower your gazes in reverence—or look:

    Here is Ali in the gathering, and Ja'far.

  5. اللهُ أنزلَهُ كِتاباً قيّماً

    يَصِفُ الحياةَ لِكُلِّ من يتدّبرُ

    God sent it down as an upright Book,

    Describing life to everyone who reflects.

  6. هُوَ نُورُه وسَبيلُه ما مِثلُه

    نُورٌ يُرامُ ولا سَبيلٌ يُؤثَرُ

    It is His light and His path; there is no comparable

    Light to be sought, nor path to be preferred.

  7. من ضَلَّ فيه فمالَهُ من عاذرٍ

    والمرءُ يَخبِطُ في الظّلامِ فَيُعْذَرُ

    Whoever strays in it has no one to excuse him,

    While one who gropes in darkness is excused.

  8. دينٌ يَفيِضُ هُدىً ودُنيا طَلْقةٌ

    مِثلُ الرّبيعِ النّضرِ أو هي أنضرُ

    A faith overflowing with guidance, and a radiant world,

    Like verdant spring—or more radiant still.

  9. دُنيا القياصرِ أَو هِيَ الدُنيا التي

    زَحفَتْ طلائِعُها فأدبر قيصرُ

    The world of the Caesars—or is it the world whose

    Vanguards advanced, so Caesar turned and fled?

  10. ما خَطْبُنَا بين الشّعوبِ أما كفى

    أنّا نُعابُ بديننا ونُعيَّرُ

    What is our plight among the nations? Is it not enough

    That we are faulted for our faith and taunted?

  11. سَادُوا بِباطِلِهمْ ودَاسُوا حقَّنا

    ولَنَحْنُ أخْلَقُ أن نَسُودَ وأجْدَرُ

    They ruled through their falsehood and trampled our truth,

    And surely we are fitter to rule and more deserving.

  12. يا قومنا هل تَعْرِفُون كِتابكم

    أم ليس فيكم مُؤمِنٌ يتذكَّرُ

    O our people, do you know your Book,

    Or is there no believer among you who takes heed?

  13. عُذْراً فقد عَظُمَ البلاءُ فهاجني

    حتّى لأَحْسَبُ مُهجَتِي تتفجَّرُ

    Pardon me: the affliction has grown great and stirred me,

    Until I truly think my lifeblood is bursting forth.

  14. وكأنّ في كَبِدِي وبين جَوانِحي

    ناراً مُؤجَّجَةً تجيشُ وتَهْدِرُ

    And it is as though within my liver and between my ribs

    A blazing fire surges and roars.

  15. إن تَجْهَلُوُه فإنّه السِّر الذي

    يُحيي النُّفوسَ إذا تَموتُ وتقْبَرُ

    If you do not know it, it is the secret that

    Revives souls when they die and are buried.

  16. وهو الحِمى المأمولُ يَعْصِمُنا إذا

    جَرَتِ الأُمور بما نَخافُ ونَحْذَرُ

    And it is the hoped-for refuge, protecting us when

    Events unfold in ways we fear and dread.

  17. ماذا نخافُ وَكُلُّ حَرْفٍ مَعقِلٌ

    وَلِمَنْ ندينُ وكلُّ سطرٍ عسكرُ

    What should we fear, when every letter is a stronghold?

    And to whom should we submit, when every line is an army?

  18. هو قُوَّةُ الإسلامِ ما من قوّةٍ

    تُرْمَى بها إلا تُرَدُّ وتُقْهَرُ

    It is Islam's strength; there is no force

    With which it is assailed that is not repelled and overcome.

  19. إنّا لننصرُ ربَّنا ونُعِزُّه

    ولَنَحنُ أَوْلَى من يُعِزُّ ويَنْصُرُ

    We surely champion our Lord and honor Him,

    And surely we are the worthiest to honor and champion Him.

  20. كَذَبَ الألُىَ ظَنُّوا الظُّنونَ بِقَوْمِنا

    هل يُبصِرُ الأَعْمَى ويَعْمَى المُبصِرُ

    Those who entertained suspicions about our people lied;

    Can the blind man see, and the sighted man go blind?

  21. زَعَمُوا الحَضَارةَ لم تَقُمْ إلا على

    أَيمْانهم والحقُّ ضاحٍ مُسْفِرُ

    They claimed civilization was built only by

    Their right hands, though the truth is plain and radiant.

  22. أمِنَ الحضارةِ هَذِهِ الفِتَنُ التي

    باتت لها الدُّنيا تَضِجُّ وتَجْأرُ

    Are these tumults part of civilization, over which

    The world has come to clamor and cry out?

  23. نَشِطوا فتلك مَمالكٌ يُرْمَى بها

    بين العواصفِ أو شعوبٌ تُنْحَرُ

    They sprang into action: there are kingdoms hurled

    Amid the tempests, or peoples slaughtered.

  24. يَرْمُون باسْمِ الحقِّ وهو خَصيمُهم

    فيما يُراقُ من الدّماءِ ويُهْدَرُ

    They strike in the name of right, though it is their adversary

    Over the blood that is spilled and squandered.

  25. هل قام لِلعُمْرانِ رُكنٌ لم يَقُمْ

    منهم إليهِ مُخَرِّبٌ وَمُدَمِّرُ

    Has any pillar of civilization arisen without

    A wrecker and a destroyer from among them rising against it?

  26. ذَبَحُوا السَّلامَ فَمِنْ دِماءِ ذَبِيحهِم

    في كلِّ أرضٍ لُجّةٌ تتسعَّرُ

    They slaughtered peace; from their victim's blood

    In every land a deep sea blazes.

  27. الحربُ سُوقٌ والنُّفوسُ تجارةٌ

    بِئْسَ التِجارُ همو وبئسَ المتجرُ

    War is a market, and souls are merchandise;

    What vile merchants they are, and what a vile trade!

  28. طَغَتِ النُّفوسُ فظالمٌ لا يرعوِي

    عن ظُلمهِ ومُشاغِبٌ لا يُقْصِرُ

    Souls have grown tyrannical: an oppressor will not desist

    From his oppression, and a troublemaker will not relent.

  29. كُنّا الغُزاةَ الفاتحينَ فلم يَكُنْ

    منّا امرؤٌ عاتٍ ولا مُتَجَبِّرُ

    We were the invaders, the conquerors; yet there was not

    Among us an insolent or tyrannical man.

  30. إنّا لَيمنعُنا الكتابُ المُنْتَقَى

    ويَردُّنا الدّينُ الأَبَرُّ الأَطْهَرُ

    Indeed, the chosen Book restrains us,

    And the most righteous, purest faith holds us back.

  31. يا مُنْصِفِي القرآنَ من أعدائهِ

    أَنتُمْ لِقَوْمِكُمُ العَتادُ الأكبرُ

    O you who vindicate the Quran against its enemies,

    You are your people's greatest armament.

  32. هذا سَبيلُ المُؤمنينَ لكم بهِ

    أجرُ المُجاهدِ والمجاهِدُ يُؤْجَرُ

    This is the believers' path; through it you have

    The reward of one who strives, and one who strives is rewarded.

  33. أَنُريدُ رحمةَ رَبِّنا وكِتَابُهُ

    يُجْفَى على مَرِّ الزَّمانِ ويُهْجَرُ

    Do we seek our Lord's mercy while His Book

    Is spurned as time passes, and abandoned?

  34. أنتم فريقُ اللهِ ليس كَصُنعِكُمْ

    صُنعٌ وأنتم حِزبُهُ المُتَخَيَّرُ

    You are God's company; there is no work like your

    Work, and you are His chosen party.

  35. الذِّكرُ محفوظٌ بصالحِ سَعْيِكُمْ

    باقٍ على الدُّنيا يُذاعُ ويُنْشَرُ

    The Reminder is preserved by your worthy efforts,

    Enduring in the world, proclaimed and spread.

  36. يَزَعُ النُّفوسَ عن الهَوَى ويَرُدُّها

    عما يَعيبُ من الأُمورِ ويُنْكرُ

    It restrains souls from desire and turns them back

    From the matters it censures and condemns.

  37. ويُقيمُ لِلأخلاقِ من آياتِه

    صَرْحاً تُراعُ له الصُّروحُ وَتُذْعَرُ

    And from its verses it raises for morality

    An edifice before which other edifices are awed and terrified.

  38. يُعطي المَقَاوِمَ والمَواقِفَ حقَّها

    فَمُبَشِّرٌ آناً وآناً مُنْذِرُ

    It gives settings and situations their due,

    Thus, at times a bearer of glad tidings, at times a warner.

  39. اللهُ أَكْرَمَكُم به وأَحَبَّكم

    والله يُكرِمُ من يُحبُّ ويَشْكُرُ

    God has honored you through it and loved you,

    And God honors those who love and give thanks.