ما يَشَأ رَبُّكَ يَفعَل قادِراً

ما يَشَأ رَبُّكَ يَفعَل قادِراً

جَلَّ عَن كُلِّ مَقالٍ وَاِعتِراضِ

جَلَّ عَن كُلِّ مَقالٍ وَاِعتِراضِ

Whatever your Lord wills, He does, being all-powerful.

Whatever your Lord wills He performs with power. He transcends all speech and objection. We gathered without guidance and dispersed without accord. We relinquished testimonies of piety, then faced decline and extinction. Our bodies borrowed health and relied on sickness and disease.

He is exalted above every utterance and objection.

قَد تَجَمَّعنا عَلى غَيرِ هُدىً

قَد تَجَمَّعنا عَلى غَيرِ هُدىً

وَتَفَرَّقنا عَلى غَيرِ تَراضِ

وَتَفَرَّقنا عَلى غَيرِ تَراضِ

We have indeed gathered without guidance,

And we parted without mutual consent.

وَتَقارَضنا شَهاداتِ التُقى

وَتَقارَضنا شَهاداتِ التُقى

ثُمَّ صِرنا لِزَوالٍ وَاِنقِراضِ

ثُمَّ صِرنا لِزَوالٍ وَاِنقِراضِ

And we exchanged attestations of piety,

Then we came to dissolution and extinction.

وَاِستَعارَت صِحَّةً أَجسامُنا

وَاِستَعارَت صِحَّةً أَجسامُنا

وَاِستَعانَت بِمَوداتٍ مِراضِ

وَاِستَعانَت بِمَوداتٍ مِراضِ

And our bodies borrowed health,

And sought aid through sickly affections.