الحَمدُ لِلَهِ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ

الحَمدُ لِلَهِ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ

مَن لَم يَقُلها فَنَفسَهُ ظَلَما

مَن لَم يَقُلها فَنَفسَهُ ظَلَما

Praise be to God; He has no partner.

Praise be to Allah, who has no partner

Whoever has not said it has wronged himself.

Whoever does not say it has wronged himself

المُولِجِ الليلَ في النهارِ

المُولِجِ الليلَ في النهارِ

وَفِي الليلِ نَهاراً يُفرِّجُ الظُّلَما

وَفِي الليلِ نَهاراً يُفرِّجُ الظُّلَما

Who brings night into day,

Who brings the night into the day

And day into night, dispelling the darkness;

And makes the day brighten the darkness

الخافِضِ الرافِعِ السَماءَ عَلى ال

الخافِضِ الرافِعِ السَماءَ عَلى ال

أَرضِ وَلَم يَبنِ تَحتَها دِعَما

أَرضِ وَلَم يَبنِ تَحتَها دِعَما

Who brings low, who raises the sky above the

Who lowers and raises the heavens over the earth

Earth, and has built no pillars beneath it;

And did not build pillars underneath it

الخالِقِ البارِئِ المُصَوِّرِ في ال

الخالِقِ البارِئِ المُصَوِّرِ في ال

أَرحامِ ماءً حَتّى يَصِيرَ دَما

أَرحامِ ماءً حَتّى يَصِيرَ دَما

The Creator, the Originator, who fashions in the

The Creator, Originator, Shaper in the wombs

Wombs water until it becomes blood;

Water until it becomes blood

مِن نُطفَةٍ قَدَّها مُقدّرُها

مِن نُطفَةٍ قَدَّها مُقدّرُها

يَخلُقُ مِنها الأَبشارَ وَالنَسَما

يَخلُقُ مِنها الأَبشارَ وَالنَسَما

From a drop of seed shaped by its Ordainer,

From a hanging drop, its measure predetermined

He creates from it skins and souls.

He creates from it humans and jinn

ثُمَّ عِظاماً أَقَامَها عَصَبٌ

ثُمَّ عِظاماً أَقَامَها عَصَبٌ

ثُمَّتَ لَحماً كَساهُ فَالتأَما

ثُمَّتَ لَحماً كَساهُ فَالتأَما

Then bones, which sinews hold upright;

Then bones He established and covered with flesh

Then He clothed it with flesh, and it knit together;

Then covered the feathers and pupils with skin

ثُمَّ كَسا الرِيشَ والعَقائِقَ أَب

ثُمَّ كَسا الرِيشَ والعَقائِقَ أَب

شاراً وَجِلداً تَخالُهُ أَدَما

شاراً وَجِلداً تَخالُهُ أَدَما

Then with feathers and newborn hair He clothed the

And voice and color and livelihood and

Skins and hide you would take for leather;

Diverse morals and separated speech

وَالصوتَ وَاللَونَ وَالمَعايِشَ وَال

وَالصوتَ وَاللَونَ وَالمَعايِشَ وَال

أَخلاَقَ شَتّى وَفَرَّقَ الكَلِما

أَخلاَقَ شَتّى وَفَرَّقَ الكَلِما

And made voice, color, livelihoods, and

Then surely you will be gathered

Dispositions diverse, and differentiated speech;

By Allah openly, a sworn oath

ثُمَّتَ لاَ بُدَّ أَن سَيَجمَعُكُم

ثُمَّتَ لاَ بُدَّ أَن سَيَجمَعُكُم

وَاللَهِ جَهراً شَهادَةً قَسَما

وَاللَهِ جَهراً شَهادَةً قَسَما

Then, without fail, He will gather you—

So consult now what appears to you

By God, I testify aloud and swear it.

And adhere if you find adherence

فَائتَمِرُوا الآنَ ما بَدا لَكُمُ

فَائتَمِرُوا الآنَ ما بَدا لَكُمُ

وَاِعتَصِمُوا إِن وَجَدتُمُ عِصَما

وَاِعتَصِمُوا إِن وَجَدتُمُ عِصَما

So make your plans now as you see fit,

In this earth and heaven, and no

And seek protection, if you find safeguards,

Adherence save for whom He had mercy

فِي هذِهِ الأَرضِ وَالسَماءِ وَلا

فِي هذِهِ الأَرضِ وَالسَماءِ وَلا

عِصمَةً مِنهُ إِلاَّ لِمَن رَحِما

عِصمَةً مِنهُ إِلاَّ لِمَن رَحِما

On this earth and in the sky; yet there is no

O people do you see

Protection from Him, except for those to whom He has shown mercy.

Persia lost and its cheek rubbed in the dirt

يا أَيُّها الناسُ هَل تَرَونَ إلى

يا أَيُّها الناسُ هَل تَرَونَ إلى

فَارِسَ بادَت وَخَدُّهَا رَغِما

فَارِسَ بادَت وَخَدُّهَا رَغِما

O people, do you look upon

They became slaves herding your sheep

Persia, destroyed, her cheek rubbed in the dust?

As if their kingdom was but a dream

أَمسُوا عَبِيداً يَرعَونَ شاءَكُمُ

أَمسُوا عَبِيداً يَرعَونَ شاءَكُمُ

كَأَنَّما كانَ مُلكهُم حُلُما

كَأَنَّما كانَ مُلكهُم حُلُما

They have become slaves, tending your sheep,

From Saba those with purpose when

As though their dominion had been a dream.

They built against its flood without poles

مِن سَبَأ الحاضِرينَ مآرِبُ إِذ

مِن سَبَأ الحاضِرينَ مآرِبُ إِذ

يَبنُونَ مِن دُونِ سَيلِهِ العَرِما

يَبنُونَ مِن دُونِ سَيلِهِ العَرِما

Of Saba, those dwelling at Ma'rib, when

So they were torn in the countries and admitted

They were building the dam to hold back its flood;

Humiliation and tasted adversity and loss

فَمُزِّقُوا فِي البِلادِ واعتَرَفُوا

فَمُزِّقُوا فِي البِلادِ واعتَرَفُوا

الهونَ وَذاقُوا البَأساءَ والعَدَما

الهونَ وَذاقُوا البَأساءَ والعَدَما

So they were scattered through the lands and accepted

And they exchanged the lotus tree and the meadows

Humiliation, and tasted hardship and destitution.

With stubbornness and the buildings became ruined

وَبُدِّلُوا السِدرَ وَالأَراكَ بِهِ الخَم

وَبُدِّلُوا السِدرَ وَالأَراكَ بِهِ الخَم

طَ وَأَضحى البُنيانُ مُنهَدِما

طَ وَأَضحى البُنيانُ مُنهَدِما

And in its place they were given lote trees and arak—bitter

O Owner of earth and heaven and whoever

Growth—and the structure lay in ruins.

Allah separates will not fear sin

يا مالِكَ الأَرضِ وَالسَماءِ وَمَن

يا مالِكَ الأَرضِ وَالسَماءِ وَمَن

يَفرَق مِنَ اللَهِ لا يَخَف أَثَما

يَفرَق مِنَ اللَهِ لا يَخَف أَثَما

O Master of earth and sky! And whoever

I am a man who has wronged himself, unless

Fears God need not fear the penalty of sin.

You pardon me I will shed copious tears

إِنِّي اِمرُؤٌ قَد ظَلَمتُ نَفسِي وَإِلاَّ

إِنِّي اِمرُؤٌ قَد ظَلَمتُ نَفسِي وَإِلاَّ

تَعفُ عَنّي أُغلا دَماً كَثِما

تَعفُ عَنّي أُغلا دَماً كَثِما

I am a man; I have wronged myself, and unless

I will be thrown with the disbelievers into the

You pardon me, I shall be boiled into thick blood.

Lowest abyss, O Lord I kindle the embers

أُطرَحُ بِالكَافِرِينَ في الدَرَكِ ال

أُطرَحُ بِالكَافِرِينَ في الدَرَكِ ال

أَسفَلِ يَا رِبِّ أصطَلي الصَرِما

أَسفَلِ يَا رِبِّ أصطَلي الصَرِما

I shall be cast with the unbelievers into the

It lifts with the wagons and iron from the

Lowest depth, O my Lord, to burn in the scorching fire.

Tall trunks, their stems immersed in darkness

يَرفَعُ بالقارِ والحَدِيدِ مِنَ ال

يَرفَعُ بالقارِ والحَدِيدِ مِنَ ال

جَوزِ طِوالاً جُذُوعُها عُمُما

جَوزِ طِوالاً جُذُوعُها عُمُما

He builds with pitch and iron from the

Called out arise and embark with your family

Walnut trees—tall, with lofty trunks.

Allah is faithful to people for what He claimed

نُودِيَ قُم وَاركَبَن بأَهلِكَ إنَّ

نُودِيَ قُم وَاركَبَن بأَهلِكَ إنَّ

اللَهِ مُوفٍ لِلناسِ ما زَعَما

اللَهِ مُوفٍ لِلناسِ ما زَعَما

He was called: 'Rise and embark with your family; indeed,

God will fulfill for mankind what He has declared.'