جهاد ولكن ليس بالسيف والقن

جهاد ولكن ليس بالسيف والقن

فذلك أمر مفزع يحمل الفنا

فذلك أمر مفزع يحمل الفنا

Jihad, but not with the sword and spears,

A struggle, but not with sword and spear,

for that is a terrifying thing that brings annihilation.

For that is frightening, bearing perdition.

جهاد ولكن باجتماعات قادة

جهاد ولكن باجتماعات قادة

لغير عداها لن تذل وتجبنا

لغير عداها لن تذل وتجبنا

Jihad, but through meetings of leaders

A struggle, but through meetings of leaders,

who bow and turn cowardly before none but their foes.

For naught but them will humiliate and cow us.

جهاد ولكن من خطيب مفوه

جهاد ولكن من خطيب مفوه

يعللنا بالنصر حينا وبالمنى

يعللنا بالنصر حينا وبالمنى

Jihad, but from an eloquent orator

A struggle, but by an eloquent preacher,

who beguiles us at times with victory and with hopes.

Who gives us hope of triumph or blessing,

إذا ما تولى منبرا خلت صوته

إذا ما تولى منبرا خلت صوته

زئير هزبر صال للفتك وانثنى

زئير هزبر صال للفتك وانثنى

When he took a pulpit, I thought his voice was

When he ascends the pulpit, his voice

the roar of a lion that charged to kill, then turned back.

Becomes a roaring lion bent on havoc.

تقاعس مثل المقعدين عن الوغى

تقاعس مثل المقعدين عن الوغى

وعاش على ذلك الذين يجلب الغنى

وعاش على ذلك الذين يجلب الغنى

He hung back from battle like those unable to rise,

Lazing about like those who shun the fray,

and lived off that—those who bring wealth [wording unclear].

Living this way brings those who hoard riches.

جهاد ولكن مجلس الأمن ساحه

جهاد ولكن مجلس الأمن ساحه

وفارسه من في الهراء تفننا

وفارسه من في الهراء تفننا

Jihad, but its arena is the Security Council,

A struggle, but the Security Council's hall

and its knight is whoever excels in empty talk.

Is the battlefield, and its knight overwhelmed us.

جهاد أضاع العرض والأرض والدم

جهاد أضاع العرض والأرض والدم

وخلف داء في الجوانح مزمنا

وخلف داء في الجوانح مزمنا

Jihad that squandered honor, land, and blood,

A struggle which lost honor, land and blood,

and left a chronic malady within the breast;

And left behind lasting sickness in our hearts,

وشتت شمل العرب في كل بقعة

وشتت شمل العرب في كل بقعة

إلى ان غدت أشقى الأنام وأهونا

إلى ان غدت أشقى الأنام وأهونا

and scattered the Arabs’ ranks in every land,

Which scattered the unity of Arabs everywhere,

until they became the most wretched and abased of humankind;

Until they became the most wretched of peoples.

ومزقها حتى استهان عدوه

ومزقها حتى استهان عدوه

بها وعلى أنقاضها قوم البنا

بها وعلى أنقاضها قوم البنا

and tore them apart until its enemy made light

And tore them apart until their enemy

of them and erected an edifice upon their ruins.

Held them in contempt, and on their ruins built.

يضم كما يهوى ويفعل ما يش

يضم كما يهوى ويفعل ما يش

يرى الأرض ملكا مستباحا ومسكنا

يرى الأرض ملكا مستباحا ومسكنا

He annexes as he pleases and does whatever he wishes;

He adds at will and does as he desires,

he sees the land as property free for the taking, and as a dwelling.

Seeing the land an open, free dwelling.

ونحن كما كنا غثاء مبعثر

ونحن كما كنا غثاء مبعثر

تهرأ من طول العنا وتعفنا

تهرأ من طول العنا وتعفنا

And we, as ever, are scattered flotsam,

While we remain chaff, scattered about,

worn away by long suffering, and rotted.

Wasting away from prolonged adversity.

جهاد أو اليقظان قائد زحفه

جهاد أو اليقظان قائد زحفه

إلى موقع ما زال للغي موطنا

إلى موقع ما زال للغي موطنا

Jihad—or the wakeful one commands its advance [wording unclear],

Or the awakened leader of an advance

toward a place that is still a home for error.

To a place still an unknown abode.

جهاد لمن ؟ ما قصدكم من جهادكم

جهاد لمن ؟ ما قصدكم من جهادكم

رعى الله منكم من أبان وأعلنا

رعى الله منكم من أبان وأعلنا

Jihad for whom? What is your purpose in your jihad?

A struggle for whom? What do you intend, o strugglers,

May God watch over whoever among you makes it clear and proclaims it.

May God shepherd whoever proved loyal.

أتنوون بعد الفتح تطبيق شرعة

أتنوون بعد الفتح تطبيق شرعة

بها الله وصى في الكتاب وبينا

بها الله وصى في الكتاب وبينا

Do you intend, after conquest, to implement a law

Do you intend, after victory, to implement

that God enjoined in the Book and made plain?

The law Allah ordained in the Book He made clear?

أم انكم مستبدلون بشرعه

أم انكم مستبدلون بشرعه

نظاما له الشيطان أرسى وقننا

نظاما له الشيطان أرسى وقننا

Or are you replacing His law

Or are you replacing His code

with a system that Satan established and codified?

With a system the devil established and enacted?

فإن كانت الأولى فإن جهادكم

فإن كانت الأولى فإن جهادكم

جدير بنصر يبعث الأمن والمنى

جدير بنصر يبعث الأمن والمنى

If it is the former, then your jihad

If the first, then your struggle is worthy

deserves a victory that brings security and hope,

Of victory that brings security and prosperity.

يهان به الخصم اللدود إذا اعتدى

يهان به الخصم اللدود إذا اعتدى

ويكرم فيه من أبر وأحسنا

ويكرم فيه من أبر وأحسنا

through which the implacable foe is humbled if he attacks,

The hostile foe is disgraced if he transgresses,

and in which those who act righteously and do good are honored.

And he who acts righteously and well is honored.

وإن كانت الأخرى فإن أحقكم

وإن كانت الأخرى فإن أحقكم

بما نسج الشيطان من قد تمكنا

بما نسج الشيطان من قد تمكنا

But if it is the latter, then the most deserving among you

But if the latter, the most deserving among you

of what Satan has woven is whoever has already entrenched himself.

Of what the devil spun and firmly anchored,

أرى قوم موسى لم يوحد شتاتهم

أرى قوم موسى لم يوحد شتاتهم

لسان ولا جنس ولا اللون ما دنا

لسان ولا جنس ولا اللون ما دنا

I see that the scattered ranks of Moses’ people were not united

I see the people of Moses, discord never united them,

by language, race, or color, however close.

Not language, race or color brought them near.

ولكن دين القوم ألف شملهم

ولكن دين القوم ألف شملهم

كما وحد الاسلام من قبل شملنا

كما وحد الاسلام من قبل شملنا

But their religion brought their ranks together,

But their faith united and joined them together,

as Islam once united our ranks.

Just as Islam united us before it.

فكنا به بعد العداوات إخوة

فكنا به بعد العداوات إخوة

وكنا به الأعلون حقا على الدنا

وكنا به الأعلون حقا على الدنا

Through it, after enmities, we became brothers,

So we were, after enmities, brothers through it,

and through it we truly stood supreme over the worlds.

And through it the most exalted of people.

فمن مبلغ الأحزاب عنا بأنن

فمن مبلغ الأحزاب عنا بأنن

نعيش زمانا حسبنا الله ربنا

نعيش زمانا حسبنا الله ربنا

So who will tell the factions, on our behalf, that we

So inform the factions for us that we

live in an age—God, our Lord, suffices us—

Live an era, God suffices as our Lord.

أقل بلاياه الشقاق الذي نرى

أقل بلاياه الشقاق الذي نرى

وأكثرها الذل الذي ساد جمعنا

وأكثرها الذل الذي ساد جمعنا

whose least affliction is the discord we see,

Its least tribulation is the conflict we see,

and whose greatest is the humiliation that has ruled our ranks?

And most is the humiliation that has ruled us.