أبْرَزَ هذا وطَمَسْ

أبْرَزَ هذا وطَمَسْ

واسْتَوْدَعَ الصُّبْحَ النَّفَسْ

واسْتَوْدَعَ الصُّبْحَ النَّفَسْ

He brought this forth and blotted out,

He brought this forth and erased it

And entrusted the dawn with breath.

And entrusted the dawn with breath

ضِدَّانِ فَقْرٌ وغِنًى

ضِدَّانِ فَقْرٌ وغِنًى

وقابِسٌ ومُقْتَبَسْ

وقابِسٌ ومُقْتَبَسْ

Two opposites: poverty and wealth,

Two opposites: poverty and wealth

And one drawing a flame, and a borrowed flame;

A giver and one who takes

وقائِمٌ لِرَبِّهِ

وقائِمٌ لِرَبِّهِ

وقاعِدٌ على هَدَسْ

وقاعِدٌ على هَدَسْ

And one standing for his Lord,

One standing for his Lord

And one seated upon conjecture;

And one sitting on the ground

وسائِرٌ بِرِجْلِهِ

وسائِرٌ بِرِجْلِهِ

وراكِبٌ على فَرَسْ

وراكِبٌ على فَرَسْ

And one traveling on foot,

One walking on his feet

And one riding on a horse.

And one riding a horse

يَفْعَلُ رَبِّي ما يشا

يَفْعَلُ رَبِّي ما يشا

وكُلُّ مُشْرِكٍ نَجَسْ

وكُلُّ مُشْرِكٍ نَجَسْ

My Lord does whatever He wills,

My Lord does what He wills

And every polytheist is impure.

And every idolater is impure