1. وضح السَبيلُ فما لهنّ وُقوفا

    هِمَمٌ ثَوَيْنَ على الرجاء عُكوفا

    The path is clear—why, then, do they stand still,

    These aspirations that have lingered, clinging to hope?

  2. يا دهرُ لا ترفُقْ ويا دنيا امنعِي

    حتّى يسيرَ العاملون صُفوفا

    O Time, be not gentle; O world, withhold,

    Until those who labor march in ranks.

  3. تأبى العنايةُ أن تُجاوِرَ عاجِزاً

    في العالمينَ وأن تزورَ ضعيفا

    Providence refuses to dwell beside the incapable

    In all the world, or to visit the weak.

  4. ثَمنُ الحياةِ لِمَنْ يُريدُ شِراءَها

    وافٍ ويحسبه الغبيُّ طفيفا

    The price of life, for whoever would buy it,

    Is substantial, though the fool thinks it trifling.

  5. النّفسُ منه فإن ضننتَ ببذلها

    ضَنّتْ عليكَ وغادرتْكَ أسيفا

    The soul is part of that price; if you begrudge its sacrifice,

    Life will withhold itself from you and leave you sorrowful.

  6. لكَ في كتابِ اللهِ خيرُ مُعلِّمٍ

    فَكُنِ امرأً يَقِظَ الفُؤادِ حصيفا

    In the Book of God you have the best of teachers;

    So be a man alert of heart and discerning.

  7. إنّ الذين على هُداه تعلّموا

    وجدوه بَرّاً بالشُّعوب رَؤوفا

    Indeed, those who learned under its guidance

    Found it benevolent toward peoples, compassionate.

  8. يَهديُهم السَّنَنَ السَّوِيَّ ويبتَني

    صَرْحَ الحياةِ لهم أشمَّ مُنيفا

    It guides them on the straight path and builds

    Life's edifice for them, lofty and towering.

  9. كشفَ الظّلامَ عن القُلوبِ فأبصرَتْ

    وبدا المُغيَّبُ واضحاً معروفا

    It removed darkness from hearts, and they saw;

    And what was hidden appeared clear and known.

  10. الله أنزلَهُ فكان لِخَلقِهِ

    نُوراً عَلا سُوَراً وعزَّ حُروفا

    God sent it down, and it became for His creation

    A light, lofty in its chapters, exalted in its letters.

  11. مَلكَ الرِّقابَ به أوائلُنا الأُلى

    طُبِعُوا عليه أسنّةً وسُيوفا

    Through it our earliest forebears held dominion over men's necks—

    Those who were molded by it into spearheads and swords.

  12. دفعوا الحوادثَ والصرُّوفَ بأَنْفُسٍ

    كانت حوادثَ تُتَّقَى وَصُروفا

    They repelled calamities and reversals with souls

    That were themselves calamities and reversals to be feared.

  13. من كلّ ماضٍ في الممالكِ نافذٍ

    يجري بِمُستَبَقِ الحُتوفِ حُتوفا

    Each one resolute, pressing through kingdoms,

    Racing along death's racecourse, himself a host of deaths.

  14. يَرِدُ الدّماءَ مُطهَّراً ويخوضها

    بَرَّ الوقائعِ والفتوحِ عَفيفا

    He comes to blood in purity, and wades through it,

    Righteous in battles and conquests, chaste.

  15. يُحيي إذا أخذ اللّواءَ لِغارةٍ

    بالنّفس يَسلبُها الحياةَ أُلوفا

    He gives life, when he takes the standard for a raid,

    To thousands, through the soul whose life he takes.

  16. هي حِكمةُ الإسلامِ يَعرفُ وصفَها

    مَن كان من حُكمائه موصوفا

    This is Islam's wisdom; its nature is understood

    By anyone recognized as one of its sages.

  17. هذا بناءُ المتّقينَ لِربِّهم

    لم يجعلوه على الهُدى مَوقوفا

    This is the edifice the God-fearing built for their Lord;

    They did not restrict it to guidance alone.

  18. رفعوه في ذاتِ الألهِ وإنّما

    رَفعوا بهِ لِلمُسلمينَ أُنوفا

    They raised it for God's sake, and in truth

    With it they raised the Muslims' noses high.

  19. الله أكبرُ هل رأيتم مُؤمناً

    عن دينِه وَكِتابهِ مَصروفا

    God is greatest! Have you seen a believer

    Turned away from his religion and his Book?

  20. يا قومُ ماذا تسمعون رُوَيْدَكم

    إنّي لأَسمعُ في السّماءِ حَفيفا

    O my people, what do you hear? Wait a moment—

    Indeed, I hear a rustling in the sky.

  21. جِبريلُ يهبط بالتَّحيّةِ فانْهَضُوا

    مِلءَ السُّرادقِ هاتفين وقُوفا

    Gabriel descends with a greeting—so rise,

    Filling the pavilion, calling out as you stand:

  22. اللهُ أكبرُ ما أجلَّ شِعارَنا

    إنّا نراه مُحبَّباً مألوفا

    God is greatest! How sublime our watchword is!

    Indeed, we find it beloved and familiar.