إِذا كُنتَ مِن فَرطِ السِفاهِ مُعَطِّلاً

إِذا كُنتَ مِن فَرطِ السِفاهِ مُعَطِّلاً

فَيا جاحِدُ اِشهَد أَنَّني غَيرُ جاحِدِ

فَيا جاحِدُ اِشهَد أَنَّني غَيرُ جاحِدِ

If, through excessive foolishness, you are a denier of God,

If you persist in extreme foolishness

then, O denier, bear witness that I am no denier.

Then O denier, witness that I am no denier

أَخافُ مِنَ اللَهِ العُقوبَةَ آجِلاً

أَخافُ مِنَ اللَهِ العُقوبَةَ آجِلاً

وَأَزعُمُ أَنَّ الأَمرَ في يَدِ واحِدِ

وَأَزعُمُ أَنَّ الأَمرَ في يَدِ واحِدِ

I fear punishment from God in time to come,

I fear the punishment of Allah in due time

and I maintain that all affairs are in the hand of One.

And I believe all matters are in the hands of the One

فَإِنّي رَأَيتُ المُلحِدينَ تَعودُهُم

فَإِنّي رَأَيتُ المُلحِدينَ تَعودُهُم

نَدامَتُهُم عِندَ الأَكُفِّ اللَواحِدِ

نَدامَتُهُم عِندَ الأَكُفِّ اللَواحِدِ

For I have seen unbelievers visited

For I have seen the atheists who become habituated

by their remorse in the presence of grave-digging hands.

To regret at the striking of the final hour