رُدّوا تُراثَ مُحَمَّدٍ رُدّوا

رُدّوا تُراثَ مُحَمَّدٍ رُدّوا

لَيسَ القَضيبُ لَكُم وَلا البُردُ

لَيسَ القَضيبُ لَكُم وَلا البُردُ

Give back Muhammad’s inheritance—give it back!

Return Muhammad's heritage, return

Neither the rod nor the mantle is yours.

The scepter is not yours, nor the axe

هَل عَرَّقَت فيكُم كَفاطِمَةٍ

هَل عَرَّقَت فيكُم كَفاطِمَةٍ

أَم هَل لَكُم كَمُحَمَّدٍ جَدُّ

أَم هَل لَكُم كَمُحَمَّدٍ جَدُّ

Has one like Fatimah given you your lineage?

Did Fatima's hand blister for you

Or have you a grandfather like Muhammad?

Or do you have a grandfather like Muhammad

جُلُّ اِفتِخارِهِمُ بِأَنَّهُمُ

جُلُّ اِفتِخارِهِمُ بِأَنَّهُمُ

عِندَ الخِصامِ مَصاقِعُ لُدُّ

عِندَ الخِصامِ مَصاقِعُ لُدُّ

Their greatest boast is that they are

Their pride is entirely in that they

in disputes, eloquent, unyielding disputants.

Are loud-mouthed brawlers

إِنَّ الخَلائِفَ وَالأُلى فَخَروا

إِنَّ الخَلائِفَ وَالأُلى فَخَروا

بِهِمُ عَلَينا قَبلُ أَو بَعدُ

بِهِمُ عَلَينا قَبلُ أَو بَعدُ

Indeed, the caliphs and those they boasted

The caliphs and allies bowed down

of against us, before or after,

Before us, before or after

شَرُفوا بِنا وَلِجَدِّنا خُلِقوا

شَرُفوا بِنا وَلِجَدِّنا خُلِقوا

وَهُمُ صَنائِعُنا إِذا عُدّوا

وَهُمُ صَنائِعُنا إِذا عُدّوا

gained honor through us, and were created for our grandfather;

They were ennobled by us and our grandfather they were created

and they are our protégés, when reckoned.

And they are our artifacts if counted