أَللَهُ حَيٌّ قَديمٌ قادِرٌ صَمَدُ

أَللَهُ حَيٌّ قَديمٌ قادِرٌ صَمَدُ

فَلَيسَ يَشركهُ في مُلكِهِ أَحَدُ

فَلَيسَ يَشركهُ في مُلكِهِ أَحَدُ

God is living, eternal, all-powerful, self-sufficient.

God is alive, eternal, able, self-sufficient

Allah is the Living, the Ancient, the All-Powerful, the Eternal Refuge,

No one, then, shares in His dominion.

None shares with Him in His kingdom anyone

And there is no one who shares in His dominion.

هُوَ الَّذي عَرَّفَ الكُفّارَ مَنزِلَهُم

هُوَ الَّذي عَرَّفَ الكُفّارَ مَنزِلَهُم

وَالمُؤمِنونَ سيَجزيهِم بِما وُعِدوا

وَالمُؤمِنونَ سيَجزيهِم بِما وُعِدوا

He is the One who made the unbelievers know their abode,

He who made the infidels know their abode

It is He who has made known to the disbelievers their station,

And the believers—He will reward them with what they were promised.

And the believers, for what they were promised, He will reward

And the believers He shall reward with what they were promised.

فَإِن تَكُن دِولَةً كاَنَت لَنا عِظَةٌ

فَإِن تَكُن دِولَةً كاَنَت لَنا عِظَةٌ

فَهَل عَسى أَن يَرى فيها غَيرَ رَشَدُ

فَهَل عَسى أَن يَرى فيها غَيرَ رَشَدُ

If this is a turn of fortune, it has been a lesson for us;

If it was a state, it was to us a lesson

So if this turn of fortune occurred, it was a lesson for us,

So could one see in it anything but right guidance?

Will he see in it other than righteousness?

And could one hope to see in it anything other than guidance?

وَيَنصُرِ اللَهُ مَن والاهُ إِنَّ لَهُ

وَيَنصُرِ اللَهُ مَن والاهُ إِنَّ لَهُ

نَصراً يُمَثِّلُ بِالكُفّارِ إِن عَتَدوا

نَصراً يُمَثِّلُ بِالكُفّارِ إِن عَتَدوا

And God aids whoever is loyal to Him; indeed, for him there is

And God helps whom He befriends, he has

For Allah grants victory to those who are loyal to Him; indeed, He holds

A victory that mutilates the unbelievers if they transgress.

Help over the infidels if they transgress

A triumph that makes an example of the disbelievers whenever they transgress.

فَإِن نَطَقتُم بِفَخرٍ لا أَبالَكُمُ

فَإِن نَطَقتُم بِفَخرٍ لا أَبالَكُمُ

فيمَن تَضَمَّنَ مِن إِخوانِنا اللَحَدُ

فيمَن تَضَمَّنَ مِن إِخوانِنا اللَحَدُ

If you boast—may you have no father—

And if you spoke with pride, I do not care

So if you speak with boasting—woe unto you!—

About those of our brothers whom the grave has enfolded,

In whom of our brethren the grave includes

Regarding those of our brothers whom the grave now holds:

فَإِنَّ طَلحَةَ غَادَرناهُ مُنجَدِلاً

فَإِنَّ طَلحَةَ غَادَرناهُ مُنجَدِلاً

وَلِلصَفائِحِ نارٌ بَينَنا تَقِدُ

وَلِلصَفائِحِ نارٌ بَينَنا تَقِدُ

Then Talha—we left him lying slain,

For Talha we left him, betraying

Then know that we left Talhah lying prostrate on the ground,

And the sword blades' fire blazes between us.

And for the defiled, between us a fire burns

While the fire of broadswords blazed between us.

وَالمَرءُ عُثمانُ أَردَتهُ أَسِنَّتُنا

وَالمَرءُ عُثمانُ أَردَتهُ أَسِنَّتُنا

فَجَيبُ زَوجَتِهِ إِذ أُخبِرَت قَدَدُ

فَجَيبُ زَوجَتِهِ إِذ أُخبِرَت قَدَدُ

And the man Uthman—our spearheads felled him;

And the man, Uthman, our tongues wanted

And the man ‘Uthman, our spearheads struck him down,

So the bosom of his wife's garment was in shreds when she was told.

So the chest of his wife when she was informed laments

So that his wife’s garment was torn in grief when she was told.

في تِسعَةٍ وَلِواءٌ بَينَ أَظهُرِهِم

في تِسعَةٍ وَلِواءٌ بَينَ أَظهُرِهِم

لَم يَنكُلوا عَن حِياضِ المَوتِ إِذ وَرَدوا

لَم يَنكُلوا عَن حِياضِ المَوتِ إِذ وَرَدوا

Among nine, with a banner in their midst,

In the nine and the banner amongst them

He fell among nine men who held the banner in their midst,

They did not shrink from death's pools when they came to drink.

They did not recoil from the basin of death when they came

Who did not shrink from the watering-troughs of death when they arrived.

كانوا الذَوائِبَ مِن فَهرٍ وَأَكَرَمَها

كانوا الذَوائِبَ مِن فَهرٍ وَأَكَرَمَها

حيثُ الأُنوفُ وَحَيثُ الفَرعُ وَالعَدَدُ

حيثُ الأُنوفُ وَحَيثُ الفَرعُ وَالعَدَدُ

They were Fihr's forelocks, the noblest of its people,

They were the remains of valor and the most generous of them

They were the very crest of Fihr and the noblest among them,

Where proud noses were, and where the lofty branch and the multitude stood.

Where the noses and where the origins and number

Where pride resides, along with lineage and multitude.

وَأَحمَدُ الخَيرِ قَد أَردى عَلى عَجَلٍ

وَأَحمَدُ الخَيرِ قَد أَردى عَلى عَجَلٍ

تَحتَ العَجاجِ أَبِيّاً وَهوَ مُجتَهِدُ

تَحتَ العَجاجِ أَبِيّاً وَهوَ مُجتَهِدُ

And Ahmad the good swiftly laid low

And Ahmed the best was killed hastily

And Ahmad, the Best of Creation, quickly brought down

Ubayy beneath the dust-cloud, while he strove mightily.

Under the hooves, a father while striving

Ubayy beneath the dust of battle, as he strove in attack.

فَظَلَّتِ الطَيرُ وَالضِبعانُ تَركَبُهُ

فَظَلَّتِ الطَيرُ وَالضِبعانُ تَركَبُهُ

فَحامِلُ قِطعَةٍ مِنهُ وَمُقتَعِدُ

فَحامِلُ قِطعَةٍ مِنهُ وَمُقتَعِدُ

Then the birds and the male hyena kept clambering over him,

So the birds and hyenas rode him

So the birds and hyenas remained to feed upon him,

One carrying a piece of him, another sitting astride him.

A carrier of a piece of him and a harvester

One carrying off a piece of him, while another sat to feast.

وَمَن قَتَلتُم عَلى ما كانَ مِن عَجَبٍ

وَمَن قَتَلتُم عَلى ما كانَ مِن عَجَبٍ

مِنّا فَقَد صادَفوا خَيراً وَقَد سَعِدوا

مِنّا فَقَد صادَفوا خَيراً وَقَد سَعِدوا

And those you killed, astonishing though it was,

And whoever you killed, of wonder it was

And regarding those of us you killed—despite the wonder of the event—

From among us—they have indeed found good and attained bliss.

Of us, they met good and were fortunate

They have met with goodness and have attained felicity.

لَهُم جِنانٌ مِن الفِردوسِ طَيِّبَةٌ

لَهُم جِنانٌ مِن الفِردوسِ طَيِّبَةٌ

لا يَعتَريهِم بِها حَرٌّ وَلا صَرَدُ

لا يَعتَريهِم بِها حَرٌّ وَلا صَرَدُ

They have pleasant gardens of Paradise,

For them are gardens of Paradise, wholesome

For them are the pleasant gardens of Paradise,

Where neither heat nor bitter cold assails them.

No heat or cold afflicts them therein

Where neither scorching heat nor biting cold afflicts them.

صَلّى الإِلَهُ عَلَيهِم كُلَّما ذُكِروا

صَلّى الإِلَهُ عَلَيهِم كُلَّما ذُكِروا

فَرُبَّ مَشهَدِ صِدقٍ قَبلَهُ شَهِدوا

فَرُبَّ مَشهَدِ صِدقٍ قَبلَهُ شَهِدوا

May God bless them whenever they are remembered,

God prays upon them whenever they are mentioned

May God send His blessings upon them whenever they are mentioned,

For many a scene of true valor they had witnessed before it.

For many a true witnessing preceded they witnessed

For many a scene of truth they had witnessed before this.

قَومٌ وَفَوا عَهدَ الرَسولِ وَاِحتَسَبوا

قَومٌ وَفَوا عَهدَ الرَسولِ وَاِحتَسَبوا

شَمَّ العَرانينَ مِنهُم حَمزَةَ الأَسَدُ

شَمَّ العَرانينَ مِنهُم حَمزَةَ الأَسَدُ

A people who kept the Messenger's covenant and sought God's reward,

A people who kept the pact of the Messenger and sacrificed

A people who fulfilled their covenant with the Messenger and sought God’s reward,

Lofty-nosed men—among them Hamza the lion.

The smell of musk from them Hamza the lion sensed

Noble and proud—among them was Hamza, the Lion,

وَمُصعَبٌ كانَ لَيثاً دونَهُ حَرَداً

وَمُصعَبٌ كانَ لَيثاً دونَهُ حَرَداً

حَتّى تَزَمَّلَ مِنهُ ثَعلَبٌ جَسَدُ

حَتّى تَزَمَّلَ مِنهُ ثَعلَبٌ جَسَدُ

And Mus'ab was a lion, enraged in his defense,

And Mus`ab who was before him a staunch lion

And Mus‘ab, who was a lion fighting with fierce determination,

Until a bloodstained spear-tip cloaked itself in his flesh.

Until a fox took possession of his body

Until the spear-point found its sheath within his body.

لَيسوا كَقَتلى مِنَ الكُفّارِ أَدخَلَهُم

لَيسوا كَقَتلى مِنَ الكُفّارِ أَدخَلَهُم

نارَ الجَحيمِ عَلى أَبوابِها الرُصُدُ

نارَ الجَحيمِ عَلى أَبوابِها الرُصُدُ

They are not like the slain among the unbelievers, brought

They are not like the slain of the infidels He admitted

They are not like the slain of the disbelievers, whom God has cast

Into Hell's fire by the sentinels at its gates.

To the hellfire, at its doors the guards

Into the fire of Hell, with guards standing watch at its gates.