بَل ما رَأَيتُ وَلا سَمِعتُ بِهِ

بَل ما رَأَيتُ وَلا سَمِعتُ بِهِ

يَوماً كَيَومِ صَواحِبَ القَصرِ

يَوماً كَيَومِ صَواحِبَ القَصرِ

Nay, I have neither seen nor heard of

Nay! I have seen nor heard of a day

A day like the day of the women of the palace—

Like the day of the people of the palace

يَوماً سَيُؤمِنُ كُلَّ مُندَفِنٍ

يَوماً سَيُؤمِنُ كُلَّ مُندَفِنٍ

أَو لاحِقٍ بِأَئِمَّةِ الكُفرِ

أَو لاحِقٍ بِأَئِمَّةِ الكُفرِ

A day that will grant safety to everyone in hiding

A day every slanderer will believe

Or joining the leaders of unbelief.

Or follower of the leaders of unbelief

فَاِذكَر أَرامِلَ لا عَطاءَ لَها

فَاِذكَر أَرامِلَ لا عَطاءَ لَها

وَمُسَجَّنينَ لِمَوضِعَ الأَجرِ

وَمُسَجَّنينَ لِمَوضِعَ الأَجرِ

So remember widows who have no allowance,

Remember then the widows with no wealth

And imprisoned men, as an occasion for reward.

And prisoners in place of reward

لَو يُبتَلونَ بِغَيرِ سِجنِهِمِ

لَو يُبتَلونَ بِغَيرِ سِجنِهِمِ

صَبَروا وَلَو حُبِسوا عَلى الجَمرِ

صَبَروا وَلَو حُبِسوا عَلى الجَمرِ

Were they tried by anything other than their imprisonment,

If they were tested with other than prison

They would endure, even if confined upon burning coals.

They would have patience even if chained on embers

وَلَقَد هَدى بِكَ كُلَّ مُلتَبَسٍ

وَلَقَد هَدى بِكَ كُلَّ مُلتَبَسٍ

وَشَفى بِعَدلِكَ كُلَّ ذي غِمرِ

وَشَفى بِعَدلِكَ كُلَّ ذي غِمرِ

And indeed, through you he guided every bewildered one,

With you, every confused one was guided

And through your justice healed all who harbored rancor,

And with your justice, every gloomy one healed

حَتّى اِستَقامَ لِوَجهِ سُنَّتِهِ

حَتّى اِستَقامَ لِوَجهِ سُنَّتِهِ

وَدَرى وَلَم يَكُ قَبلَها يَدري

وَدَرى وَلَم يَكُ قَبلَها يَدري

Until each followed his established way aright,

Until he walked straight on the path of his ways

And knew, though before it he had not known.

And knew though before he did not know

وَأَخَذتَ عَدلاً مِن أَبيكَ لَنا

وَأَخَذتَ عَدلاً مِن أَبيكَ لَنا

وَقَلَعتَ عَنّا كُلَّ ذي كِبرِ

وَقَلَعتَ عَنّا كُلَّ ذي كِبرِ

And you took justice from your father for us,

You took justice for us from your father

And rid us of every arrogant man,

And removed from us all the greatly proud

عاتٍ إِذا المَظلومُ ذَكَّرَهُ

عاتٍ إِذا المَظلومُ ذَكَّرَهُ

أَغضى عَلى عِظَمٍ مِنَ الذِكرِ

أَغضى عَلى عِظَمٍ مِنَ الذِكرِ

An insolent tyrant who, when the wronged man admonished him,

Slow to anger when the oppressed reminds him

Turned a blind eye to a weighty admonition.

Turning away from the enormity of the reminder

إِنّا لَنَرجو أَن تُعيدَ لَنا

إِنّا لَنَرجو أَن تُعيدَ لَنا

سُنَنَ الخَلائِفِ مِن بَني فِهرِ

سُنَنَ الخَلائِفِ مِن بَني فِهرِ

We surely hope that you will restore to us

We hope you will return to us

The ways of the caliphs of Banu Fihr:

The ways of the successors of Banu Fihr

عُثمانَ إِذ ظَلَموهُ وَاِنتَهَكوا

عُثمانَ إِذ ظَلَموهُ وَاِنتَهَكوا

دَمَهُ صَبيحَةَ لَيلَةِ النَحرِ

دَمَهُ صَبيحَةَ لَيلَةِ النَحرِ

Uthman, when they wronged him and violated the sanctity of

Uthman when they wronged him and shed

His blood on the morning after the night of sacrifice;

His blood on the morning of the feast day

وَدِعامَةِ الدينِ الَّتي اِعتَدَلَت

وَدِعامَةِ الدينِ الَّتي اِعتَدَلَت

عُمَراً وَصاحِبَهُ أَبا بَكرِ

عُمَراً وَصاحِبَهُ أَبا بَكرِ

And the pillar of religion that stood upright—

The pillar of faith that leaned

Umar, and his companion Abu Bakr;

On Umar and his companion Abu Bakr

وَاِبنَي أَبي سُفيانَ إِذ طَلَبا

وَاِبنَي أَبي سُفيانَ إِذ طَلَبا

عُثمانَ ما باتا عَلى وِترِ

عُثمانَ ما باتا عَلى وِترِ

And the two sons of Abu Sufyan, when they sought vengeance for

And the two sons of Abu Sufyan when they sought

Uthman—they did not spend the night with a grievance unavenged;

Uthman - they did not sleep dissatisfied

وَأَبا أَبيكَ لِكُلِّ جائِحَةٍ

وَأَبا أَبيكَ لِكُلِّ جائِحَةٍ

مَروانَ سَيفَ الدينِ ذا الأُثرِ

مَروانَ سَيفَ الدينِ ذا الأُثرِ

And your father's father, for every calamity—

And your father for every calamity

Marwan, religion's sword, with its patterned blade;

Marwan, the sword of the faith and its traces

وَأَباكَ إِذ كَشَفَ الإِلَهُ بِهِ

وَأَباكَ إِذ كَشَفَ الإِلَهُ بِهِ

عَنّا العَمى وَأَضاءَ كَالفَجرِ

عَنّا العَمى وَأَضاءَ كَالفَجرِ

And your father, when through him God dispelled

And your father when God showed through him

Blindness from us, and he shone like dawn;

And illuminated us like the dawn

وَأَخاكَ إِذ فَتَحَ الإِلَهُ بِهِ

وَأَخاكَ إِذ فَتَحَ الإِلَهُ بِهِ

وَأَعَزَّهُ بِاليُمنِ وَالنَصرِ

وَأَعَزَّهُ بِاليُمنِ وَالنَصرِ

And your brother, when through him God granted conquest,

And your brother when God opened through him

And made him mighty with good fortune and victory;

And strengthened him with victory and aid

خُلَفاءَ قَد تَرَكوا فَرائِضَهُم

خُلَفاءَ قَد تَرَكوا فَرائِضَهُم

فينا وَسُنَّةَ طَيِّبي الذِكرِ

فينا وَسُنَّةَ طَيِّبي الذِكرِ

Caliphs who left their prescribed ordinances

Successors who left their duties among us

Among us, and the way of men remembered with honor.

And the good traditions of pure remembrance