1. سلاماً حجة الإسلام فينا

    ورضواناً رجاء المسلمينا

    Peace to you, O Proof of Islam among us,

    and divine favor, O hope of the Muslims.

  2. عنيتَ بما كتبتَ فكان وحياً

    يؤيد وحيَ ملهمِك المبينا

    You took pains over what you wrote; it was a revelation

    affirming your Inspirer’s clear revelation.

  3. فلم تترك لمتّهمٍ مكاناً

    يرى فيه المزاعم والظنونا

    So you left no room for an accuser

    to see allegations and conjectures there.

  4. فما بطلٌ يخوض الحرب فرداً

    فما يدعو بآخرَ مستعينا

    For no hero who wages war alone,

    calling on no other for aid,

  5. جهاداً في سبيل اللّه يفدي

    بمهجته المواطن أن تهونا

    striving in God’s cause, ransoming

    the homelands with his lifeblood lest they be abased,

  6. بأبقى منك آثاراً وذكراً

    وقدراً في قلوب العالمينا

    is more enduring than you in legacy and renown,

    or in standing in the hearts of humankind.

  7. وكان يراعك المنصور سيفاً

    وكان كتابك الدرع المتينا

    And your victorious reed pen was a sword,

    and your book was the sturdy shield.

  8. ملكت به معاقلَ عالياتٍ

    نبت عنها سيوف الفاتحينا

    With it you captured lofty strongholds,

    from which the conquerors’ swords rebounded.

  9. وما ضرَّ الضلالُ الخلقَ حتى

    نفعتهم وأوضحت اليقينا

    And scarcely had error harmed humankind before

    you benefited them and made certainty clear.

  10. فرفقاً بالمكابر قد كفاه

    مجادلة وأوشك أن يهونا

    So be gentle with the obstinate disputant; he has had enough

    debate, and is close to being humbled.

  11. ودعه في تأمُّلِهِ عساه

    يجيئك باعتراف المهتدينا

    And leave him to his reflection; perhaps he

    will come to you with the acknowledgment of the rightly guided.

  12. فلو سلكت ملوك الشرق يوماً

    سلوكك بيننا دنيا ودينا

    For if the kings of the East one day followed

    your way among us in worldly life and religion,

  13. تمادى الحق متبعاً مصوناً

    وقام الملك ممتدّاً أمينا

    truth would endure, followed and protected,

    and kingship would stand, enduring and secure;

  14. وعاش التاج مؤتلقاً رهيباً

    ودام العرش مصرياً متينا

    and the crown would live, gleaming and awe-inspiring,

    and the throne would remain Egyptian and strong.

  15. ومثلك لو تحكَّمَ مستبداً

    فقد ملأ الضمائر والعيونا

    And one like you, were he to rule as an autocrat,

    would already have filled both consciences and eyes.