1. صونوا الذِمامَ فَإِنَّ الحُرَّ مَن صانا

    وَجَدِّدوا مِن قَديمِ العَهدِ ما كانا

    Guard your pledges, for noble is he who guards them;

    And renew what once stood of the ancient covenant.

  2. إِنَّ الأُلى بايَعوا المُختارَ أَوفَدَهُم

    فَبايِعوهُم وَزيدوا الناسَ إيمانا

    Indeed, the Chosen One has dispatched those who pledged allegiance to him;

    So pledge allegiance to them, and increase the people's faith.

  3. خُذوا الكِتابَ مِنَ الصِدّيقِ وَالتَمِسوا

    بَينَ الصُفوفِ أَبا حَفصٍ وَعُثمانا

    Take the Book from al-Siddiq, and seek

    Abu Hafs and Uthman among the ranks.

  4. خَيرُ النَبِيّينَ يُصفيكُم مَوَدَّتَهُ

    وَاللَهُ يَشكُرُكُم فَضلاً وَإِحسانا

    The best of prophets grants you his wholehearted love,

    And God thanks you for your generosity and kindness.

  5. أَتِلكَ لِلنَشءِ دارٌ نَحنُ نَشهَدُها

    أَم نَحنُ نَشهَدُ لِلإِسلامِ إيوانا

    Is that a home for the young that we behold,

    Or are we beholding a vaulted hall for Islam?

  6. طافَ الأَمينُ عَلى ريحِ الجِنانِ بِها

    فَزادَها مِن جَلالِ الحَقِّ أَركانا

    The Trustworthy One circled it on the breeze of Paradise,

    And added to it pillars of the majesty of the Truth.

  7. لَمّا عَطَفتُم عَلى القُرآنِ مِن نُسُكٍ

    تَدَفَّقَت جَنَباتُ النيلِ قُرآنا

    When, out of devotion, you turned lovingly to the Qur'an,

    The banks of the Nile overflowed with the Qur'an.

  8. تِلكَ الجَماعاتُ هَبَّت مِن مَجاثِمِها

    تَدعو إِلى اللَهِ شَعباً باتَ وَسنانا

    Those groups sprang up from their roosts,

    Calling to God a people who had grown drowsy.

  9. يَشكو العَمى وَكِتابُ اللَهِ في يَدِهِ

    يَكادُ يُنكِرُهُ جَهلاً وَنِسيانا

    They lament blindness, though God's Book is in their hands,

    Almost denying it through ignorance and forgetfulness.

  10. نورٌ تَدَفَّقَ لَولا اللَهُ مُرسِلُهُ

    إِذَن لَجاشَت شُعوبُ الأَرضِ عُميانا

    A light that poured forth—had God not sent it,

    The peoples of the earth would then have surged about blind.

  11. إِذا المَمالِكُ مالَت عَن مَناهِجِهِ

    كانَت حَضارَتُها زوراً وَبُهتانا

    When kingdoms stray from its paths,

    Their civilization is a sham and a falsehood.

  12. مَن راحَ مِن قَومِنا يُحيي مَراشِدَهُ

    أَحيا بِها أُمَماً شَتّى وَأَوطانا

    Whoever among our people sets out to revive its paths of guidance

    Revives through them diverse nations and homelands.

  13. إِن أَنتَ أَطلَقتَ في الآفاقِ حِكمَتَهُ

    أَطلَقتَ لِلعِلمِ وَالعِرفانِ طوفانا

    If you unleash its wisdom across the horizons,

    You unleash a deluge of knowledge and understanding.

  14. وَإِن رَمَيتَ بَني الدُنيا بِقُوَّتِهِ

    رَدَّ العُبابَ دَماً وَالأَرضَ بُركانا

    And if you assail the sons of this world with its might,

    It turns the surging sea to blood, and the earth into a volcano.

  15. يُزجي الأَساطيلَ في الآياتِ ظافِرَةً

    وَيَغمُرُ الحَربَ أَبطالاً وَفُرسانا

    It sends victorious fleets onward through the verses,

    And floods war with heroes and horsemen.

  16. بَنى الرَسولُ عَلَيهِ أُمَّةً هَدَمَت

    أَقوى الشُعوبِ بِهِ عِزّاً وَسُلطانا

    The Messenger built upon it a nation that overthrew

    Through it, the mightiest peoples in glory and dominion.

  17. إِنَّ الَّذي نَزَّلَ الذِكرَ الحَكيمَ عَلى

    رَسولِهِ زادَهُ حِفظاً وَتِبيانا

    Indeed, He who sent down the wise Reminder upon

    His Messenger has granted it greater protection and clarity.

  18. باقٍ عَلى الدَهرِ لا يَخشى غَوائِلَهُ

    وَلا يَخافُ مِنَ الباغينَ عُدوانا

    It endures through time, fearing none of its ravages,

    Nor does it fear aggression from the oppressors.

  19. أَلا تَقومُ بِدارِ المُلكِ جَمهَرَةٌ

    تَحمي البِناءَ وَتَرعى الأَمرَ وَالشّانا

    Will not an assembly arise in the royal capital,

    To guard the edifice and tend to the undertaking and its affairs?

  20. هُنالِكَ المَرجِعُ الأَعلى يَكونُ لَنا

    إِذا التَمَسنا عَلى الخَيراتِ مِعوانا

    There we would have the highest authority,

    When we seek a ready helper in good works.

  21. لا بُدَّ لِلأَمرِ مِن مَسعىً يُحَقِّقُهُ

    وَاللَهُ أَكرَمُ مَن يُرجى لِمَسعانا

    There must be an effort to bring the undertaking to fruition,

    And God is the most generous One we look to for our endeavor.