رَدِّدُوا الذِّكَرى لقومٍ غَافِلينْ

رَدِّدُوا الذِّكَرى لقومٍ غَافِلينْ

إنّها ذِكرَى إمامِ العاملينْ

إنّها ذِكرَى إمامِ العاملينْ

Repeat the remembrance for a heedless people.

Repeat the remembrance to the heedless people

It commemorates the leader of those who labor.

It is the remembrance of the leader of all people

وُلِدَ الإيمانُ في مَولدهِ

وُلِدَ الإيمانُ في مَولدهِ

والجهادُ الحقُّ والعَزمُ المتينْ

والجهادُ الحقُّ والعَزمُ المتينْ

Faith was born at his birth,

Faith was born in his birth

And true striving and steadfast resolve.

And the true jihad and strong determination

فَسِّروهُ حادثاً أو قَدَراً

فَسِّروهُ حادثاً أو قَدَراً

زَلْزَلَ الدُّنيا وهزَّ العالَمينْ

زَلْزَلَ الدُّنيا وهزَّ العالَمينْ

Interpret it as an event or as destiny:

So narrate it as an event or destiny

It convulsed the world and shook all creation.

That shook the world and rocked both realms

نامتِ الأقلامُ عن تفسيرِه

نامتِ الأقلامُ عن تفسيرِه

وخَلَتْ مِنهُ عُقولُ الكاتبينْ

وخَلَتْ مِنهُ عُقولُ الكاتبينْ

Pens slumbered, neglecting its interpretation,

The pens fell silent in explaining it

And writers' minds were empty of it.

And the minds of writers were emptied of it

وتوارى الشِّعرُ عن حكمتهِ

وتوارى الشِّعرُ عن حكمتهِ

في أباطيل الغُواةِ الخاطِئينْ

في أباطيل الغُواةِ الخاطِئينْ

And poetry hid from its wisdom

And poetry shied away from its wisdom

In the falsehoods of misguided sinners.

In the falsehoods of the misguided and sinful

يَبْتَغِي الزُّلفَى لَدَى أصنامِه

يَبْتَغِي الزُّلفَى لَدَى أصنامِه

فدعوه تلك زُلفى المُشركينْ

فدعوه تلك زُلفى المُشركينْ

It seeks favor with its idols;

He seeks closeness with his idols

So leave it; such is the favor the idolaters seek.

So leave him that is the closeness of the polytheists

رَبِّ ما أجرمتُ مُذْ عَلَّمتَني

رَبِّ ما أجرمتُ مُذْ عَلَّمتَني

رَبِّ جَنِّبني سبيلَ المجرمينْ

رَبِّ جَنِّبني سبيلَ المجرمينْ

My Lord, I have not sinned since You taught me.

My Lord, I have not sinned since You taught me

My Lord, keep me from the path of sinners.

My Lord, spare me the path of the sinners

أين تمضِي عبقريّاتُ الأُلى

أين تمضِي عبقريّاتُ الأُلى

خدعوا الحمقى وغَرُّوا الجاهلينْ

خدعوا الحمقى وغَرُّوا الجاهلينْ

Where do the brilliant talents of those go

Where are the ingenious minds heading

Who deceived fools and deluded the ignorant?

They deceived the foolish and tempted the ignorant

خدعوهم بالصَّدَى يُزجِي الصّدَى

خدعوهم بالصَّدَى يُزجِي الصّدَى

والرّنينِ العذبِ يجري في الرنينْ

والرّنينِ العذبِ يجري في الرنينْ

They deceived them with echo driving echo onward,

They deceived them with the echo that echoes the echo

And sweet resonance flowing through resonance.

And the sweet resonance flowing in resonance

إنّ في الصحراءِ من وادي الهُدَى

إنّ في الصحراءِ من وادي الهُدَى

لَبياناً ساطعاً للمُبصرِينْ

لَبياناً ساطعاً للمُبصرِينْ

Indeed, in the desert, from the valley of guidance,

Verily in the desert, from the valley of guidance

There is a radiant declaration for those who see.

Is a shining explanation for those who see

أنشأ اللهُ بها مدرسةً

أنشأ اللهُ بها مدرسةً

تُنشِئُ المُلكَيِنِ من دُنيا ودِينْ

تُنشِئُ المُلكَيِنِ من دُنيا ودِينْ

God established a school there,

God established a school there

That builds the two realms of worldly life and religion.

That raises the two kingdoms, worldly and religious

يَتلقَّى الدهرُ عن أُستاذِها

يَتلقَّى الدهرُ عن أُستاذِها

أدبَ التلميذِ حيناً بعد حِينْ

أدبَ التلميذِ حيناً بعد حِينْ

Time receives from its teacher

The ages learn etiquette from its teacher

A pupil's discipline, time after time.

Lesson by lesson, time after time

سائلوا الأقوامَ ماذا حَفِظوا

سائلوا الأقوامَ ماذا حَفِظوا

من دُروسٍ بَرَّحتْ بالدّارِسينْ

من دُروسٍ بَرَّحتْ بالدّارِسينْ

Ask the peoples what they have retained

Ask the people what they have preserved

Of lessons that tormented the learners.

Of the lessons that nurtured the students

وانظروا الدُّورَ التي هاموا بها

وانظروا الدُّورَ التي هاموا بها

أهيَ أجداثٌ تضمُّ النّاشئينْ

أهيَ أجداثٌ تضمُّ النّاشئينْ

And look at the houses they adored:

And see the institutions they roamed

Are they graves enclosing the young?

Are they fresh shoots nurturing the youth

هِمَمٌ مَوْتَى وأخلاقٌ بها

هِمَمٌ مَوْتَى وأخلاقٌ بها

من عَوادِي الضّعفِ داءٌ مستبين

من عَوادِي الضّعفِ داءٌ مستبين

Aspirations lie dead, and morals harbor

Dead ambitions and morals that contain

A manifest disease from the ravages of weakness.

The disease of weakness clearly manifested

وعُقولٌ عَمرتْ أوهامُها

وعُقولٌ عَمرتْ أوهامُها

مَوْطِنَ الحقِّ ومُحتَلَّ اليقين

مَوْطِنَ الحقِّ ومُحتَلَّ اليقين

And minds whose delusions have occupied

And minds that harbored illusions

The dwelling of truth and the seat of certainty.

The abode of truth and fortress of certainty

ذهب العصرُ الذي شَيَّبنَا

ذهب العصرُ الذي شَيَّبنَا

وأتى عصرُ الشَّبابِ المُلحدينْ

وأتى عصرُ الشَّبابِ المُلحدينْ

The age that turned us gray has passed,

The era that made us old has passed

And the age of atheist youth has come.

And the era of atheistic youth has come

عَيَّرونا أن عَبَدْنا ربَّنا

عَيَّرونا أن عَبَدْنا ربَّنا

وحَفِظْنا عهدَه في الحافِظينْ

وحَفِظْنا عهدَه في الحافِظينْ

They reproached us for worshiping our Lord

They rebuked us for worshiping our Lord

And keeping His covenant among those who keep it.

And upholding His covenant as preservers

وأعدّوها لنا رجعيّةً

وأعدّوها لنا رجعيّةً

جَعَلُوها سُبَّةً للمُؤمِنينْ

جَعَلُوها سُبَّةً للمُؤمِنينْ

And they made it a charge of backwardness against us;

And they prepared it for us as reactionism

They made it a slur against believers.

Making it an insult for the believers

للمُصلِّين إذا ما سَجَدوا

للمُصلِّين إذا ما سَجَدوا

من حديثِ السُّوءِ ما للصّائِمينْ

من حديثِ السُّوءِ ما للصّائِمينْ

For those who pray, when they prostrate themselves,

For those who pray when they prostrate

There is the same foul talk as for those who fast.

From evil gossip like for those who fast

نَسَخَ الأخلاقَ في شِرعتِهم

نَسَخَ الأخلاقَ في شِرعتِهم

أنّها من تُرَّهاتِ الجامِدينْ

أنّها من تُرَّهاتِ الجامِدينْ

What abolished morals in their code

They abrogated morals in their laws

Was the claim that they are the nonsense of the hidebound.

Claiming these are nonsense of the rigid

إن نَقُلْ دينٌ يقولوا فتنةٌ

إن نَقُلْ دينٌ يقولوا فتنةٌ

هَاجَها في مصرَ بعضُ المفسدِينْ

هَاجَها في مصرَ بعضُ المفسدِينْ

If we say 'religion,' they say 'sedition,'

If we move religion they claim it is sedition

Stirred up in Egypt by certain corrupters.

Stirred in Egypt by some corrupters

فسَدَ الأمرُ فهل من مُصلِحٍ

فسَدَ الأمرُ فهل من مُصلِحٍ

أصلحوه يا شبابَ المُسلِمينْ

أصلحوه يا شبابَ المُسلِمينْ

The situation is corrupt—is there anyone to set it right?

The matter is corrupt, is there a reformer

Set it right, O Muslim youth!

Reform it, O Muslim youth!

أَسَمِعْتُمْ صادحَ الأمسِ وما

أَسَمِعْتُمْ صادحَ الأمسِ وما

قال في الخمرِ يُغنِّي الشَّارِبينْ

قال في الخمرِ يُغنِّي الشَّارِبينْ

Have you heard yesterday's singer and what

Have you heard the shouter yesterday and what

He said about wine, singing to the drinkers?

He said about wine, singing to the drinkers

يا له من ناعقٍ مُستهترٍ

يا له من ناعقٍ مُستهترٍ

ما رأينا مثله في النّاعِقينْ

ما رأينا مثله في النّاعِقينْ

What a reckless croaker he is!

What an impudent and reckless brayer

We have never seen his like among the croakers.

We have not seen the like among speakers

أَنْطَقُوهُ فترامَى ومضَى

أَنْطَقُوهُ فترامَى ومضَى

يَقذفُ الأسماعَ بالصّوتِ اللّعينْ

يَقذفُ الأسماعَ بالصّوتِ اللّعينْ

They made him speak; he rushed headlong and went on,

They made him speak and he raved and went

Pelting ears with his accursed voice.

Casting repugnant sounds into the ears

شَرَعَ اللهُ فلم يُؤمِنْ به

شَرَعَ اللهُ فلم يُؤمِنْ به

حَسْبُهُ شَرْعُ السُّكارَى المُدمِنينْ

حَسْبُهُ شَرْعُ السُّكارَى المُدمِنينْ

God ordained His law, but he did not believe in Him;

God legislated but he did not believe in it

The law of addicted drunkards is enough for him.

It suffices him the law of drunkards

ما لَهُمْ لا يتّقون اللهَ في

ما لَهُمْ لا يتّقون اللهَ في

أُمَّةٍ صَرْعَى وشَعبٍ مُستكينْ

أُمَّةٍ صَرْعَى وشَعبٍ مُستكينْ

Why do they not fear God concerning

What is wrong with them, they do not fear God for

A stricken nation and a submissive people?

A community laid low and an abased people

ما لهم لا يُكرمونَ الحقَّ في

ما لهم لا يُكرمونَ الحقَّ في

كُلِّ قوّامٍ على الحقِّ أمينْ

كُلِّ قوّامٍ على الحقِّ أمينْ

Why do they not honor truth in

What is wrong with them, they do not honor truth for

Every trustworthy guardian of truth?

Every supporter of truth and trustee

هم أهانوا كلَّ حُرٍّ فاضلٍ

هم أهانوا كلَّ حُرٍّ فاضلٍ

وأَعَزُّوا كلَّ صُعلوكٍ مَهينْ

وأَعَزُّوا كلَّ صُعلوكٍ مَهينْ

They dishonored every free and virtuous man

They disgraced every noble and virtuous man

And exalted every contemptible vagabond.

And honored every despicable and vile one

يا شبابَ اللهِ صُونوا عَهْدَهُ

يا شبابَ اللهِ صُونوا عَهْدَهُ

إنّ كلّ الخيرِ في العهدِ المَصُونْ

إنّ كلّ الخيرِ في العهدِ المَصُونْ

O youth of God, safeguard His covenant!

O youth of God, uphold His covenant

Indeed, all goodness lies in the covenant kept.

For all good is in the covenant kept safe

أَعْجَبَتْني غَضبْةٌ من شيخِكم

أَعْجَبَتْني غَضبْةٌ من شيخِكم

هِيَ من دَأْبِ الشُّيوخِ الأوّلِينْ

هِيَ من دَأْبِ الشُّيوخِ الأوّلِينْ

I admired a burst of anger from your sheikh;

I liked the anger of one of your sheikhs

It is in the tradition of the sheikhs of old.

It is the way of the early sheikhs

رَفَعَ الصّوتَ أَصِرْنا أُمَّةً

رَفَعَ الصّوتَ أَصِرْنا أُمَّةً

تتركُ الدّينَ لقومٍ لاعبينْ

تتركُ الدّينَ لقومٍ لاعبينْ

He raised his voice: Have we become a nation

He raised his voice: we insisted on a nation

That leaves religion to a people at play?

That leaves religion to some frivolous people

أين حكمُ اللهِ في قُرآنِه

أين حكمُ اللهِ في قُرآنِه

كيف ضاعَ اليومَ عِنْدَ الحاكِمينْ

كيف ضاعَ اليومَ عِنْدَ الحاكِمينْ

Where is God's judgment in His Qur'an?

Where is God's rule in His Quran?

How has it been lost today among the rulers?

How is it lost today with the rulers?

يا حياةً يهتفُ النَّاسُ بها

يا حياةً يهتفُ النَّاسُ بها

إنّما أنتِ حياةُ الهازلينْ

إنّما أنتِ حياةُ الهازلينْ

O life that people acclaim,

O life, people cry out, but you are only

You are but the life of the frivolous.

The life of jesters

أُمَمُ الدُّنيا إذا ما صَلُحَتْ

أُمَمُ الدُّنيا إذا ما صَلُحَتْ

فَعَلَى أيدي الوُلاةِ الصّالحينْ

فَعَلَى أيدي الوُلاةِ الصّالحينْ

Whenever the nations of the world are set right,

When nations of the world reform

It is at the hands of righteous rulers.

It is at the hands of righteous governors

رَدِّدُوا الذِّكَرى وقُولوا رَجُلٌ

رَدِّدُوا الذِّكَرى وقُولوا رَجُلٌ

أَسَّسَ العدلَ وهدَّ الظّالِمينْ

أَسَّسَ العدلَ وهدَّ الظّالِمينْ

Repeat the remembrance and say: A man

Repeat the remembrance and say, a man

Founded justice and laid the oppressors low,

Who established justice and guided the wrongdoers

وأقام الحقَّ يَهْوي حولَهُ

وأقام الحقَّ يَهْوي حولَهُ

كلُّ عالٍ من قِلاعِ المبطِلينْ

كلُّ عالٍ من قِلاعِ المبطِلينْ

And established truth; around it falls

And upheld the truth, around him tumbled

Every lofty fortress of the champions of falsehood.

Every high fortress of the nullifiers

ما يُبالي إن مَضَى ينصرُهُ

ما يُبالي إن مَضَى ينصرُهُ

ما يُعانِي من بَلايَا الخاذلينْ

ما يُعانِي من بَلايَا الخاذلينْ

He cares not, when he goes forth to uphold it,

He does not care if he passes, helping him

What ordeals he suffers from those who forsake him.

He does not suffer from the tribulations of deserters

ضرب الأمثالَ في مِحنتهِ

ضرب الأمثالَ في مِحنتهِ

بَيّنَاتٍ للهُداةِ الصّابرينْ

بَيّنَاتٍ للهُداةِ الصّابرينْ

He set examples in his ordeal—

He struck parables in his ordeal

Clear proofs for the steadfast guides.

Clear proofs for the guided steadfast ones

انشُروا ذِكراهُ نُوراً ساطِعاً

انشُروا ذِكراهُ نُوراً ساطِعاً

إنّ نُورَ اللهِ يَهدي الحائِرينْ

إنّ نُورَ اللهِ يَهدي الحائِرينْ

Spread his remembrance as a radiant light;

Spread his remembrance as a shining light

Indeed, God's light guides the bewildered.

Verily God's light guides the lost