ثَقِيفُ اجْمَعِي للَّاتِ ما شِئتِ من عَزْمِ

ثَقِيفُ اجْمَعِي للَّاتِ ما شِئتِ من عَزْمِ

ولا تُسلِميها للمعاولِ والهَدْمِ

ولا تُسلِميها للمعاولِ والهَدْمِ

Thaqif, muster for al-Lat all the resolve you wish,

Gather, oh Thaqif, whatever strength you desire,

and do not surrender her to pickaxes and demolition.

And surrender it not to the pickaxes and wrecking balls.

أتاها أبو سُفيانَ يرمِي كِيانَها

أتاها أبو سُفيانَ يرمِي كِيانَها

بخطبٍ يَزيدُ الكُفرَ رغماً على رَغْمِ

بخطبٍ يَزيدُ الكُفرَ رغماً على رَغْمِ

Abu Sufyan came to her, striking at her very being,

Abu Sufyan came to it, seeking to destroy its entity

with a calamity that adds humiliation upon humiliation to unbelief.

With speeches that increase blasphemy over blasphemy.

وإنّ لها عِندَ المُغيرةِ هِمّةً

وإنّ لها عِندَ المُغيرةِ هِمّةً

تَبيتُ لها الكُفّارُ صَرْعَى من الهَمِّ

تَبيتُ لها الكُفّارُ صَرْعَى من الهَمِّ

And indeed, al-Mughira has a resolve against her,

But al-Mughirah has a resolve for it

that leaves the unbelievers laid low with anguish all night.

That keeps the infidels lying prostrate, overwhelmed with anxiety.

علاها بنعليهِ وألقى بنفسِهِ

علاها بنعليهِ وألقى بنفسِهِ

يُخادِعُ مَن لا يستفيقُ منَ الوَهْمِ

يُخادِعُ مَن لا يستفيقُ منَ الوَهْمِ

He mounted her in his sandals and flung himself down,

He entered it in his sandals and risked himself,

deceiving those who do not awaken from delusion.

Deceiving those not awake from their delusions.

ظَننتُمْ به شرّاً وقلتم أصابَهُ

ظَننتُمْ به شرّاً وقلتم أصابَهُ

من اللّاتِ ما يَنْهَى الغَوِيَّ عن الإثمِ

من اللّاتِ ما يَنْهَى الغَوِيَّ عن الإثمِ

You thought harm had befallen him and said, 'He has suffered

You thought him an evil and said, “He has been afflicted

from al-Lat what deters the wayward from sin.'

By Al-Lat with what deters the deviant from sin.”

ألا فانظروها كيف أضْحت صخُورُها

ألا فانظروها كيف أضْحت صخُورُها

تَطيرُ فُضاضاً من صِلابٍ ومن صُمِّ

تَطيرُ فُضاضاً من صِلابٍ ومن صُمِّ

Behold, look at her—how her rocks now

Behold how its boulders now

fly in fragments, the hard and the solid alike.

Fly into fragments of hardness and deafness.

تُهَدُّ وتبكيها العقائلُ حُسَّراً

تُهَدُّ وتبكيها العقائلُ حُسَّراً

فهل عندها بالمأتمِ الضخمِ من عِلْمِ

فهل عندها بالمأتمِ الضخمِ من عِلْمِ

She is torn down, and noblewomen weep for her, bareheaded;

It sways and its bonds weep in grief—

yet does she know anything of the great mourning gathering?

Does it, amidst the great mourning, have any knowledge?

وهل منعتْ أَسلابَها إذ أصابَها

وهل منعتْ أَسلابَها إذ أصابَها

رَسولُ هُدىً يَزدادُ غُنماً على غُنْمِ

رَسولُ هُدىً يَزدادُ غُنماً على غُنْمِ

And did she defend her spoils when she was struck by

Did its fetters protect it when

a messenger of guidance, gaining booty upon booty?

The Messenger of guidance came, gaining spoil upon spoil?

له من دمِ الكُفّارِ ما شاءَ ربُّه

له من دمِ الكُفّارِ ما شاءَ ربُّه

ومن مالهم في غيرِ بَغْيٍ ولا ظُلْمِ

ومن مالهم في غيرِ بَغْيٍ ولا ظُلْمِ

His is as much of the unbelievers' blood as his Lord wills,

He has of the infidels’ blood what his Lord desired

and of their wealth, without oppression or injustice.

And of their wealth without aggression or injustice.

هُم البغيُ والظُّلمُ المُذَمَّمُ والأذَى

هُم البغيُ والظُّلمُ المُذَمَّمُ والأذَى

وما ثمَّ من عيبٍ شنيعٍ ومن ذمِّ

وما ثمَّ من عيبٍ شنيعٍ ومن ذمِّ

They are oppression, blameworthy injustice, and harm,

They are the aggression, injustice, vileness, and harm,

and every hideous fault and reproach there is.

And there is no other disgrace, deformity, or blame.

عَلتْ قُبَّةُ الإسلامِ واعتزَّ جندُه

عَلتْ قُبَّةُ الإسلامِ واعتزَّ جندُه

فَمِن شَرَفٍ وافٍ ومن سُؤْددٍ جَمِّ

فَمِن شَرَفٍ وافٍ ومن سُؤْددٍ جَمِّ

Islam's dome rose high, and its army grew mighty,

The dome of Islam has risen and its army grown mighty

with honor in full measure and abundant eminence.

With abundant honor and ample, clustering multitudes.

هو الدينُ لا دِينُ الجهَالةِ والعَمى

هو الدينُ لا دِينُ الجهَالةِ والعَمى

وهل يستحِبُّ الجهلَ من كان ذا حِلْمِ

وهل يستحِبُّ الجهلَ من كان ذا حِلْمِ

It is the faith, not the faith of ignorance and blindness;

It is the religion, not the religion of ignorance and blindness.

and would anyone of sound judgment prefer ignorance?

Does one approval ignorance who possesses wisdom?

قَضى اللّهُ ألا يَعبدَ الناسُ غيرَهْ

قَضى اللّهُ ألا يَعبدَ الناسُ غيرَهْ

فما لسِواهُ من قضاءٍ ولا حُكمِ

فما لسِواهُ من قضاءٍ ولا حُكمِ

God decreed that people worship none but Him;

God has decreed that none shall be worshipped but Him;

so decree and judgment belong to none besides Him.

None other has any decree or judgment.

وليس له غيرُ الذي عاب دينَهُ

وليس له غيرُ الذي عاب دينَهُ

وأعرضَ عنه من عدوٍّ ولا خَصْمِ

وأعرضَ عنه من عدوٍّ ولا خَصْمِ

And none but one who disparaged His faith

And none shall condemn His religion

and turned away from Him is His enemy or adversary.

Except an enemy or foe.

سَيُصلِيهِ ناراً يُنضِجُ الجلدَ حَرُّها

سَيُصلِيهِ ناراً يُنضِجُ الجلدَ حَرُّها

ويَذهبُ يومَ الدّينِ باللّحمِ والعظمِ

ويَذهبُ يومَ الدّينِ باللّحمِ والعظمِ

He will burn him in a fire whose heat cooks the skin,

He will roast him in a Fire whose heat

and consumes the flesh and bone on Judgment Day.

Will blacken the skin and take away the flesh and bone.