1. تلك عُقبى البغيِ فانظر كيف عادا

    يا له من مُصعَبٍ ألقى القيادا

    That is tyranny's outcome; see how it turned out.

    What an unruly mount, now yielding the reins!

  2. أرأيتَ القومَ شرّاً وأذىً

    ورأيتَ القومَ ناراً ورمَادا

    Have you seen those people as evil and harm,

    and seen those people as fire and ashes?

  3. غُيِّبوا في حُفرَةٍ مَسجورةٍ

    تَخمدُ الدنيا وتَزدادُ اتّقادا

    They were buried in a blazing pit;

    the world grows cold, while it burns ever fiercer.

  4. مُلِئَتْ رُعباً وَزِيدَتْ رَوْعَةً

    من عَذابٍ كان ضِعفاً ثم زادا

    It was filled with terror and made more dreadful

    by torment that was doubled, then grew still more.

  5. قِفْ عليها وتبيَّنْ ما بها

    هل ترى إلا انتفاضاً وَارِتعادا

    Stand over it and discern what lies within:

    do you see anything but shuddering and trembling?

  6. يا لهم إذ زعموا أصنامهم

    تُعجزِ اللّهَ كِفاحاً وجلادا

    Ah, those people, when they claimed their idols

    could overpower God in open combat and battle!

  7. جَلَّ ربّي لم يُغادِرْ بأسُه

    أنْفُساً منهم ولم يتركْ عَتادا

    Exalted is my Lord! His might did not spare

    a soul among them, nor leave any war supplies.

  8. خاصموا اللّهَ وعادَوا جُنْدَهُ

    وأرى الأصنامَ أولى أن تعادى

    They contended with God and opposed His army;

    yet I deem the idols more deserving of enmity.

  9. هي غرتهم فضلوا وعتوا

    واستحبوا الكُفرَ بَغياً وعِنادا

    Those idols deceived them, so they strayed and grew insolent,

    and preferred unbelief in rebellion and obstinacy.

  10. حَلَّقوا بالأمسِ في طُغيانهم

    ثمَّ بادوا في مَهاويهِ وبادا

    Yesterday they soared in their tyranny,

    then perished in its abysses, and it perished too.

  11. عِظةٌ في التُّربِ كانت فِتنةً

    وعذابٌ كان شرّاً وفَسادا

    A lesson in the dust, once a source of strife,

    and a torment, once evil and corruption.

  12. كُلْ هنيئاً من قليبٍ قَرِمٍ

    يَبلعُ الكُفّارَ مَثْنَى وَفُرادى

    Eat heartily, ravenous well,

    swallowing the unbelievers in pairs and singly.

  13. طال منك الصوم واشتد الطوى

    فخذ القوم التهاماً وازدرادا

    Your fast has lasted long, and hunger has grown severe;

    so take the people, devouring and gulping them down.

  14. جَرَّبوا الحربَ وجاؤوا فَلَقُوْا

    غُمماً جُلَّى وأهوالاً شِدادا

    They tried war and came, then encountered

    great afflictions and terrible horrors.

  15. سمعوا الصَّوتَ وما من ناطقٍ

    يُخبِرُ السائلَ منهم حِينَ نادى

    They heard the voice, but there was no speaker

    among them to answer the questioner when he called.

  16. يا رسولَ اللهِ هُمْ في شأنهم

    غَمرةٌ تَطغَى وبلوى تَتمادى

    O Messenger of God, such is their plight:

    a surging flood of anguish and an ever-growing ordeal.

  17. صدَقَ الوعدُ فكلٌّ مُوقِنٌ

    يا له منهم يَقيناً لو أفادا

    The promise proved true, and all are certain;

    ah, what certainty they have—if only it availed them!

  18. أنكروا الحقَّ وراموا غيره

    فكأنَّ اللّهَ لا يَجزِي العبادا

    They denied the truth and sought something else,

    as though God did not requite His servants.

  19. هكذا من يَعبدُ الطاغوتَ لا

    يَتَّقِي ربّاً ولا يَرجو مَعادا

    Such is one who worships the false god: he does not

    fear a Lord, nor hope for the life to come.

  20. جَلَّ ربِّي وتَعالى إنّهُ

    بالِغٌ من كُلِّ أمرٍ ما أرادا

    Exalted is my Lord, and most high; indeed, He

    achieves in every matter whatever He wills.

  21. إرفَعِي يا دولةَ الحقِّ العِمادا

    وأَقيمِي يا طواغيتُ الحِدادا

    Raise your pillars, O kingdom of truth,

    and observe mourning, O false gods!

  22. أيُّ حقٍّ ذلَّ في سُلطانِهِ

    أيُّ زُورٍ عزَّ في الدُّنيا وسادا

    What truth was humbled under His rule?

    What falsehood grew mighty in the world and reigned?

  23. إنّ للّهِ سُيوفاً خُذُماً

    وجنوداً لا يَمَلُّونَ الجِهادا

    Indeed, God has keen-cutting swords

    and troops who never tire of fighting in His cause.

  24. بَعثَ الأُسطولَ في آياتِهِ

    جائلاً يُعيي الأساطيلَ اصْطِيادا

    He dispatched the fleet among His signs,

    ranging, defying fleets that seek to capture it.

  25. قُوّةٌ أرسلها من أمرِه

    تَفتحُ الدُّنيا وتَحتلُّ البلادا

    A force He sent forth by His command,

    conquering the world and occupying lands.

  26. إنَّ كلَّ الخيرِ يا صَفوانُ في

    مَهلكِ القومِ فلا تَعْدُ الرَّشادا

    Indeed, all good, O Safwan, lies in

    the people's destruction; so do not stray from right guidance.

  27. دَعْ عُميراً لا تَهِجْهُ وَاتَّئِدْ

    إنَّ للعاقلِ في الأمرِ اتّئادا

    Leave Umayr alone; do not provoke him, and proceed slowly:

    a wise man shows deliberation in such matters.

  28. أخذَ السَّيفَ صَقيلاً مُرهَفاً

    يأخُذُ الأبطالَ والبِيضَ الحِدادا

    He took the sword, polished and keen,

    that strikes down champions and sharp, gleaming swords.

  29. ظَلَّ يَسقيهِ وما أدراهُ هَلْ

    كان سُمّاً ما سقاهُ أم شِهادا

    He kept giving it drink—how could he know whether

    what he gave it was poison or honey?

  30. كَرِهَ الحقَّ فلمَّا جاءَهُ

    نَبذَ الحِقْدَ وأصفاهُ الودادا

    He hated the truth, but when it came to him,

    he cast aside rancor and gave it his sincere love,

  31. مِن حَديثٍ أنبأ اللّهُ بهِ

    خيرَ مَن حدَّثَ عنهُ فأجادا

    through a report that God made known to

    the best of those who spoke of Him, who spoke so well.

  32. قال أسلمتُ لربّي وكَفَى

    بالسّبيلِ السَّمحِ دِيناً وَاعْتِقادا

    He said, 'I have submitted to my Lord; sufficient

    is the gracious path as religion and belief.'

  33. إقرأ القرآن وَاتْبَعْ هَدْيَهُ

    يا عُميرَ الخيرِ إنْ ذو الغَيِّ حادا

    Read the Qur'an and follow its guidance,

    O Umayr the Good, if the erring man strays.

  34. إنّهُ النُّورُ الذي يجلو العمَى

    إنّهُ السّرُّ الذي يُحيي الجمادا

    It is the light that dispels blindness;

    it is the secret that brings lifeless matter to life.

  35. أين يا صفوانُ ما أمّلتَهُ

    أين ما حدَّثْتَ تَستهِوي السَّوادا

    Where, O Safwan, is what you hoped for?

    Where is what you said to beguile the masses?

  36. يا لها داهيةً طارتْ بها

    أعْقُبُ الجوِّ وقد كانت نآدا

    Ah, what a calamity, carried aloft by

    the eagles of the sky, weighty though it was!

  37. لا تَظنَّ الجودَ دَيْناً يُشْتَرى

    سَتَرى الجودَ المُصَفَّى والجوادا

    Do not think generosity a debt to be bought;

    you will see pure generosity and the generous giver.

  38. سَتراهُ وادياً مِن نَعَمٍ

    يُعجزُ الآمالَ سَعْياً وَارْتيادا

    You will see him as a valley of livestock,

    outstripping hopes in their striving and searching.

  39. هُوَ من فَيضِ العُبابِ المرتمى

    يتقَصَّى الأرض مدّاً واطّرادا

    He is of the overflow of the surging, far-reaching sea,

    reaching the earth's furthest bounds, spreading steadily onward:

  40. الرسولُ السَّمحُ والمولى الذي

    يَسَعُ الأجيالَ برّاً وافتقادا

    the gracious Messenger, the guardian who

    embraces generations with kindness and care.

  41. اقترحْ ما شِئتَ وَاطْمَعْ لا تَخفْ

    مِن نَدى كَفَّيهِ نَقصاً أو نَفادا

    Ask for whatever you wish, and aspire; do not fear

    any dwindling or drying up of the bounty of his hands.

  42. حَبَّذا الموئلُ فيما تَتَّقِي

    مَن أذى الدّهرِ وما أعلى المصادا

    How fine a refuge against what you dread

    of time's harm, and how lofty the mountain refuge!

  43. سَببٌ للّهِ من يَعلقْ بهِ

    لم يَخَفْ ضَيْماً ولم يَخْشَ اضطهادا

    A cord to God: whoever clings to it

    will fear no injustice and dread no oppression.