أعِدِ الرَّجاءَ وجَدِّدِ الأَمَلا

أعِدِ الرَّجاءَ وجَدِّدِ الأَمَلا

وأَقِمْ لَنا مِن قَومِنا المُثُلا

وأَقِمْ لَنا مِن قَومِنا المُثُلا

Restore hope and renew aspiration.

Revive hope and renew aspiration

And raise up for us exemplars from our people.

And establish for us exemplars among our people

وَاجْمَعْ على دينِ الهُدَى أُممَاً

وَاجْمَعْ على دينِ الهُدَى أُممَاً

غَابَ الهُداةُ فَضَلَّتِ السُبُلا

غَابَ الهُداةُ فَضَلَّتِ السُبُلا

And unite nations in the faith of guidance—

And unite upon the religion of guidance the nations

Their guides vanished, and they lost the paths.

The guides are gone so the paths have branched off

عَكَفَتْ عَلَى الأصنْامِ واتَّخذَتْ

عَكَفَتْ عَلَى الأصنْامِ واتَّخذَتْ

دينَ العَمَى من دينها بَدَلا

دينَ العَمَى من دينها بَدَلا

They devoted themselves to idols and adopted

They busied themselves with idols and took

The creed of blindness in place of their own faith.

The religion of blindness as a replacement for their religion

مَلَك الغُواةُ عُقولَها فهَوَتْ

مَلَك الغُواةُ عُقولَها فهَوَتْ

وَعَصَتْ مِنَ النُّصَحاءِ من عَقَلا

وَعَصَتْ مِنَ النُّصَحاءِ من عَقَلا

Misleaders seized their minds, and they fell,

The minds of the disobedient ruled them so they fell

And disobeyed the wise among sincere advisers.

And they disobeyed the rational advisors

ضاقتْ بهم ذَرْعاً وأَهْلَكها

ضاقتْ بهم ذَرْعاً وأَهْلَكها

مَا قَالَ فَاسِقُها وَمَا فَعَلا

مَا قَالَ فَاسِقُها وَمَا فَعَلا

They could not bear them, and they were ruined

They were vexed by them and destroyed by

By what their wicked man said and did.

What their wanton one said and what he did

أُمَمٌ يَظَلُّ الجَهْلُ يَقْتُلُها

أُمَمٌ يَظَلُّ الجَهْلُ يَقْتُلُها

فَتزيدُ جَهْلاً كُلّما قَتلا

فَتزيدُ جَهْلاً كُلّما قَتلا

Nations—ignorance keeps killing them,

Nations that ignorance shadows kills

So they grow more ignorant whenever it kills.

So they increase in ignorance each time they are killed

حَارَ الطَّبِيبُ ورَاحَ مِن أَسَفٍ

حَارَ الطَّبِيبُ ورَاحَ مِن أَسَفٍ

يُلقِي العُلومَ ويَنبذُ الحِيَلا

يُلقِي العُلومَ ويَنبذُ الحِيَلا

The physician was baffled and, in sorrow, began

The doctor despaired and sadly went

Casting learning aside and abandoning his methods.

To discard knowledge and reject remedies

حَمَلَ الدَّواءَ لَها فَأَعْجَبَها

حَمَلَ الدَّواءَ لَها فَأَعْجَبَها

أن تَحمِلَ الأَدواءَ والعِلَلا

أن تَحمِلَ الأَدواءَ والعِلَلا

He brought them medicine, yet they delighted

He brought them medicine but they liked

In bearing diseases and ailments.

To carry diseases and ailments

مَاذَا عَلى الأقْوامِ إذْ عَبَدُوا

مَاذَا عَلى الأقْوامِ إذْ عَبَدُوا

أَهْواءَهم أنْ يَعبُدوا الهُبلا

أَهْواءَهم أنْ يَعبُدوا الهُبلا

What harm to peoples, since they have worshipped

What should the people do if they worshipped

Their desires, in worshipping Hubal?

Their whims, should they worship nonsense

ماذا يُعاني الشّرقُ من مِحَنٍ

ماذا يُعاني الشّرقُ من مِحَنٍ

تَمحو الشُّعوبَ وتَمْسَحُ الدُّوَلا

تَمحو الشُّعوبَ وتَمْسَحُ الدُّوَلا

What ordeals the East endures,

What sufferings does the East endure from tribulations

Wiping out peoples and erasing states!

That erase peoples and raze states

يا وَيْلَتا لِلقَومِ إن هَلَكوا

يا وَيْلَتا لِلقَومِ إن هَلَكوا

هَلْ يَملِكوَن لأمرِهمْ حِوَلا

هَلْ يَملِكوَن لأمرِهمْ حِوَلا

Alas for the people if they perish!

Oh what a pity for the people if they are destroyed

Have they any way to change their plight?

Do they have any strategy for their affair?

إيهٍ مُحبَّ الدّينِ مِن رَجُلٍ

إيهٍ مُحبَّ الدّينِ مِن رَجُلٍ

مَا جَازَه مَن يَنْشُدُ الرَّجُلا

مَا جَازَه مَن يَنْشُدُ الرَّجُلا

Speak on, Muhibb al-Din—what a man,

Woe to the lover of religion from a man

Whom no seeker of a true man has passed by!

Who did not live up to the exemplary man

نَزَّهتَ حُبَّكَ عَن مفاسِدِها

نَزَّهتَ حُبَّكَ عَن مفاسِدِها

دُنيا تَزِيدُ مُحِبَّها خَبَلا

دُنيا تَزِيدُ مُحِبَّها خَبَلا

You kept your love unsullied by the corruptions of

You kept your love far from its corruption

A world that deepens its lover's madness.

A world that increases the confusion of its lover

ولَزْمتَ رَبَّكَ لا تُفارِقُه

ولَزْمتَ رَبَّكَ لا تُفارِقُه

تَبغِي الخَسيسَ وَتَتْبعُ الهَمَلا

تَبغِي الخَسيسَ وَتَتْبعُ الهَمَلا

And you held fast to your Lord, never leaving Him

And you stuck to your Lord, not leaving Him

To seek what is base and follow the rabble.

Seeking the despicable and following obscenities

أَعطاكَ مِن رضِوانِه قَلماً

أَعطاكَ مِن رضِوانِه قَلماً

ما نامَ عَن حقٍّ ولا غَفَلا

ما نامَ عَن حقٍّ ولا غَفَلا

From His good pleasure He gave you a pen

He gave you from His satisfaction a pen

That never slept or grew heedless of truth.

That did not sleep from truth or forget

لولا تُسَكِّنُ مِن حَمِيَّتهِ

لولا تُسَكِّنُ مِن حَمِيَّتهِ

عِندَ احْتِدامِ البأسِ لاشْتَعلا

عِندَ احْتِدامِ البأسِ لاشْتَعلا

Were you not to temper its ardor,

If not for it placating his zeal

At the height of battle, it would surely blaze.

When carnage flares up it would have ignited

أَحْبِبْ بِه مِن مَاجدٍ بَطلٍ

أَحْبِبْ بِه مِن مَاجدٍ بَطلٍ

ما انْفَكَّ يَصْحَبُ مَاجِداً بَطَلا

ما انْفَكَّ يَصْحَبُ مَاجِداً بَطَلا

How dear it is, a noble hero,

Love through it an intrepid hero

That never ceases to accompany a noble hero.

Who never stopped accompanying a splendid hero

ما اختار إلا الجِدَّ يَجْعَلُه

ما اختار إلا الجِدَّ يَجْعَلُه

نَجواهُ إن قَلمُ امرئٍ هَزَلا

نَجواهُ إن قَلمُ امرئٍ هَزَلا

It has chosen only earnestness, making it

He only chose seriousness to make it

Its intimate discourse if another man's pen jests.

His confidant if the pen of a man is foolishness

لُغةٌ يُناجي اللهَ قَارِئُها

لُغةٌ يُناجي اللهَ قَارِئُها

في فتحهِ وَيُحادثُ الرُّسُلا

في فتحهِ وَيُحادثُ الرُّسُلا

A language whose reader communes with God

A language whose reader converses with God

In his Fath, and converses with the messengers.

During his opening and speaks to the messengers

يا فَتحُ زِدْنَا حِكمةً وَهُدىً

يا فَتحُ زِدْنَا حِكمةً وَهُدىً

إنّا نَخافُ الزَّيْغَ وَالزَّلَلا

إنّا نَخافُ الزَّيْغَ وَالزَّلَلا

O Fath, give us more wisdom and guidance.

Oh Fatah increase us in wisdom and guidance

Indeed, we fear straying and stumbling.

We fear deviation and pitfalls

بَيِّنْ لنا سُبْلَ الأُلىَ رَشَدُوا

بَيِّنْ لنا سُبْلَ الأُلىَ رَشَدُوا

وَاضْرِبْ بِسَيْفِ الله مَن عَدَلا

وَاضْرِبْ بِسَيْفِ الله مَن عَدَلا

Show us the paths of those rightly guided,

Clarify for us the ways of the enlightened ones who were guided

And strike with God's sword whoever turned aside.

And strike with the sword of God whoever swerved

واسْطَعْ بِدُنْيانا التي اعْتكَرَتْ

واسْطَعْ بِدُنْيانا التي اعْتكَرَتْ

نُوراً على الأيّامِ مُتَّصِلا

نُوراً على الأيّامِ مُتَّصِلا

And shine in our world, which has grown murky,

And illuminate our world that became turbid

As an unbroken light throughout the days.

With an uninterrupted light across the days

يا فتحُ قُلْها غَيْرَ كَاذبةٍ

يا فتحُ قُلْها غَيْرَ كَاذبةٍ

أفَمَا رَأيتَ الحادِثَ الجَلَلا

أفَمَا رَأيتَ الحادِثَ الجَلَلا

O Fath, say it without falsehood:

Oh Fatah say it unambiguously

Have you not, then, seen the momentous event?

Have you not seen the momentous events

أعَمْىَ يَقودُ النَّاسَ في بَلَدٍ

أعَمْىَ يَقودُ النَّاسَ في بَلَدٍ

أَعْمَى يُعظِّمُ قَدْرَ مَن جَهِلا

أَعْمَى يُعظِّمُ قَدْرَ مَن جَهِلا

A blind man leads the people in a land

A blind man leading the people in a country

Blind itself, which exalts the worth of the ignorant.

A blind man esteeming whoever is ignorant

ما مَنْ تَولَّى الحقَّ يَنصرُهُ

ما مَنْ تَولَّى الحقَّ يَنصرُهُ

ويَصُونُ بَيْضَتَهُ كمن خَذَلا

ويَصُونُ بَيْضَتَهُ كمن خَذَلا

One who embraces truth and champions it

No one who takes on the truth aids him

And guards its stronghold is not like one who forsakes it.

And protects his egg like one who betrayed