1. أمُّ القُرَى تُزْجي أجلَّ سَلَامِ

    يَهدي بِهَدْيِ الواحدِ العلَّامِ

    The Mother of Cities sends the noblest greeting,

    Guiding by the guidance of the One, the All-Knowing.

  2. النُّورُ أشرقَ في البقاعِ وعمَّها

    بِشْرٌ تألَّقَ بعد طولِ ظلامِ

    Light dawned throughout the lands and filled them;

    Joy shone forth after long darkness.

  3. خيرُ البريَّةِ جاءها بشريعةٍ

    غرَّاءَ تنطقُ عن بديعِ نظامِ

    The best of creation came to her with a sacred law,

    Radiant, speaking of a wondrous order:

  4. بالعدلِ والشُّورَى وفَيْضِ سماحةٍ

    وجميلِ عفوٍ عن صنيعِ لئامِ

    With justice, consultation, and abundant magnanimity,

    And gracious pardon for the deeds of the base;

  5. وسِدادِ رأيٍ كان منكَ وحكمةٍ

    تبقَى عوارفُها على الأيامِ

    And sound judgment that came from you, and wisdom

    Whose benefactions endure through the days.

  6. لا أنتَ بالفظِّ الغليظ ولا الذي

    تَنْبُو به الزَّلَّاتُ للآثامِ

    You are neither harsh and coarse, nor one

    Whom missteps thrust toward sins.

  7. بل أنتَ نُورٌ قد سرَى يهدِي به

    ربُّ الورى مَن رامَ خيرَ مقامِ

    Rather, you are a light that spread; through it guides

    The Lord of creation whoever seeks the finest station.

  8. يا رحمةً للخلقِ قد جادتْ بها

    آلاءُ ربِّ الناسِ ذي الإنعامِ

    O mercy to creation, bestowed by

    The bounties of mankind's Lord, the Giver of blessings!

  9. أسَّسْتَ بالتَّوحيدِ أعظمَ أمَّةٍ

    قامتْ بأمرِ اللهِ خيرَ قيامِ

    You founded through monotheism the greatest nation,

    Which arose at God's command in the finest way.

  10. وهدَمتَ صَرْحَ الشِّركِ في أغلاله

    زفراتُه تُنْبِي عن الآلامِ

    And you demolished the edifice of polytheism; in its chains,

    Its sighs tell of pain.

  11. ماذا يقولُ الشِّعرُ في أوصافِه

    أمْ ما يخطُّ النَّاسُ بالأقلامِ

    What can poetry say of his qualities,

    Or what can people write with their pens?

  12. زكَّاه ربُّ النَّاسِ في قرآنِه

    فَعَدَاهُ عن مَدحٍ وعن إعظامِ

    The Lord of mankind commended him in His Qur'an,

    Thus placing him beyond praise and exaltation.

  13. هذِي بِقاعُ الأرضِ تحسدُ بقعةً

    قد سِرْتَ فيها، مِن ثَرًى وسِلَامِ

    These regions of the earth envy a place

    Where you walked, with its soil and stones.

  14. جاهدتَ في الرَّحمنِ حقَّ جهادِه

    ما كنتَ تَحْذَرُ مِن رَدًى أو سامِ

    You strove for the Most Merciful with the striving due to Him;

    You feared neither destruction nor death.

  15. بعقيدةٍ جَمَعَتْ شتاتَ فصائلٍ

    هَبُّوا لِنُورِ الحقِّ غيرَ نِيامِ

    With a creed that united scattered factions,

    They rose to the light of truth, unsleeping.

  16. خطَّ الإلهُ لهم طريقًا واضحًا

    مَن ضلَّ عنه دَعاه شرُّ حِمامِ

    God laid out a clear path for them;

    Whoever strays from it is summoned by the worst of deaths.

  17. يا أيها البَرُّ التَّقيُّ وشأنُه

    فوق الذُّرَا يعلو أجلَّ سَنامِ

    O righteous, devout one, whose stature

    Rises above the peaks, above the loftiest summit!

  18. وحَّدتَ بين الخزرَجِينَ فأصبحوا

    جَسَدًا تَمَاسَكَ بعد طولِ سَقَامِ

    You united the two Khazraj clans, and they became

    A body that held together after long illness.

  19. النُّورُ أنتَ وجئتَ بالنُّورِ الذي

    قد حطَّ كلَّ ضلالةٍ وظلامِ

    You are the light, and you brought the light that

    Cast down every error and darkness.

  20. لو أنهم نهجوا سبيلَكَ لارتَقَوْا

    دَرَجَ العُلا مِن خلفِ خيرِ إمامِ

    Had they followed your path, they would have climbed

    The steps to the heights, behind the best of leaders.

  21. لكنهم شطَّتْ بهم أحلامُهم

    فهَوَتْ بهم أقدامُهم بِسخامِ

    But their dreams carried them far astray,

    So their feet plunged them into soot.

  22. لم تَسْعَ لِلدُّنيا فكنتَ مُنَزَّهًا

    مِن كلِّ شائبةٍ وكلِّ قتَامِ

    You did not pursue worldly life, and so were untainted

    By any blemish or any darkening dust.

  23. لو شئتَ لانهالتْ عليكَ كُنوزُها

    تسعى مُخَنَّعَةً على الأقدامِ

    Had you wished, its treasures would have poured upon you,

    Hastening, humbled, on foot.

  24. لكنْ علمتَ بأنَّ ذلك زائلٌ

    فَصَدَدْتَ عنه النَّفسَ غيرَ فصامِ

    But you knew that all this was fleeting,

    So you turned your soul away from it, without faltering.

  25. قُلْ للَّذين تَقَاتَلوا في دربِها

    ما كان صَفوُ العيشِ غيرَ حُطامِ

    Say to those who fought one another along its path:

    Life's serenity was nothing but crumbling debris.

  26. تَهدي إلى الرَّحمنِ خيرَ هدايةٍ

    والقَولُ يُغْنِي عن قنًا وحُسامِ

    You guide to the Most Merciful with the finest guidance,

    And speech suffices in place of spears and a keen sword.

  27. تدعو بقولِ الفصلِ مِن آياتِه

    والحُجَّةُ الغرَّاءُ خيرُ قِوامِ

    You call with decisive speech from His verses,

    And radiant proof is the finest support.

  28. هتفَ الحصى بِيَدَيْكَ للرَّحمنِ قد

    علموا وحَنَّ الجذعُ بعد غرامِ

    The pebbles cried to the Most Merciful in your hands; indeed,

    They knew it; and the trunk yearned after ardent love.

  29. آياتُ ربِّكَ قد تجلَّتْ شمسُها

    لِمَنِ استضاءَ وشدَّ للإقدامِ

    The sun of your Lord's signs shone forth

    For whoever sought light and braced himself to advance.

  30. قد خابَ مَن جعلَ الغَوايةَ نَهْجَهُ

    يا سُوءَ ما يَسعى وسُوءَ مرامِ

    Whoever made error his path has surely failed;

    How evil what he pursues, and how evil his aim!

  31. بالمُحْكَمَاتِ من الكتابِ ودُونَها

    متشابهاتٌ هُنَّ في الأحكامِ

    With the unambiguous verses of the Book, and besides them

    Are ambiguous verses within the rulings.

  32. يَرضَى بها ذو الفِطرةِ البيضاءِ لا

    يرتدُّ بالكفرانِ والإحجامِ

    One of pure-white innate nature accepts them, and does not

    Turn back in disbelief and withdrawal.

  33. أنتَ المشفَّعُ يومَ يذهلُ كلُّ ذي

    لُبٍّ ويخنَسُ كلُّ ذي إبرامِ

    You are the accepted intercessor on the day that bewilders everyone endowed

    With reason, while everyone of firm resolve shrinks back.

  34. يا خاتَمَ النُّبآء يا خيرَ الورى

    يا سيِّدَ الثَّقَلَيْن أنتَ إمامي

    O seal of the prophets, O best of creation!

    O master of humankind and jinn, you are my leader.

  35. لا يُطمِعُ الأدْنِينَ منكَ تعصُّبٌ

    أو يُقْنِطُ القاصِينَ خَفْرُ ذمامِ

    No favoritism from you raises the hopes of those nearest,

    Nor does betrayal of a pledge make those far away despair.

  36. وإذا غضبتَ فليس إلا للذي

    قد منَّ بالأنفالِ والأنعامِ

    And when you become angry, it is only for the One

    Who bestowed spoils and livestock.

  37. وإذا أمَرتَ فأنتَ خيرُ معلِّمٍ

    وإذا نَهَيْتَ فأنتَ خيرُ محامِ

    And when you command, you are the finest teacher;

    And when you forbid, you are the finest defender.

  38. وتجودُ بالحسنَى على ذي سوأةٍ

    فيعودُ متَّشحًا بخيرِ وئامِ

    And you lavish kindness on one bearing shame,

    So he returns cloaked in the finest harmony.

  39. عَجَبًا لقومٍ كذَّبوكَ وحالفوا

    أهواءهم في غفلةِ النُّوَّامِ

    What wonder at a people who called you a liar and allied themselves

    With their passions, in the heedlessness of sleepers!

  40. ما كذَّبوكَ وإنما جَحَدوا بما

    أوتيتَ مِن فضلٍ وِمن إكرامِ

    They did not call you a liar; they only denied what

    You were given of favor and honor.

  41. فَلْيَدْعُ داعيهم إلى ما أزمَعوا

    وجُنودُ ربِّكَ فوقهم بالسَّامِ

    So let their herald call them to what they have resolved;

    And your Lord's hosts stand over them with death.

  42. سبحان ربِّ العرشِ في عليائه

    عمَّا بدا مِن خسَّةِ الأقوامِ

    Glory to the Lord of the Throne in His loftiness,

    Above the baseness those peoples have displayed.

  43. لِيَضِلَّ مَن ضَلُّوا، ومَن شاءَ الهُدَى

    فاللهُ ذو عفوٍ وذو إنعامِ

    Let those who have strayed go astray; and whoever seeks guidance—

    For God is full of pardon and bounty.