ظهرَ الفسادُ فما لهم مِن رادعٍ

ظهرَ الفسادُ فما لهم مِن رادعٍ

إلا الوباءُ بأمرِ ربِّكَ يحصدُ

إلا الوباءُ بأمرِ ربِّكَ يحصدُ

Corruption has appeared, and nothing restrains them

Corruption appeared, yet they had no deterrent

Except the pestilence, which reaps at your Lord's command.

Except the plague by your Lord's command reaping

يا ويْلَهُم إنْ لم يُجِيبوا ربَّهم

يا ويْلَهُم إنْ لم يُجِيبوا ربَّهم

ولكلِّ باغٍ في البريَّةِ مشهدُ

ولكلِّ باغٍ في البريَّةِ مشهدُ

Woe to them if they do not answer their Lord.

Oh woe to them, if they don't answer their Lord

And for every transgressor in creation there is a spectacle.

And for every rebel in the wilderness, a scene

ضَلُّوا السَّبيلَ وسبَّحوا باسمِ الهوَى

ضَلُّوا السَّبيلَ وسبَّحوا باسمِ الهوَى

والأمرُ بعدَ تجمُّعٍ يتبدَّدُ

والأمرُ بعدَ تجمُّعٍ يتبدَّدُ

They strayed from the path and glorified the name of desire.

They strayed from the path and praised in the name of passion

And affairs, after coming together, fall apart.

And the matter after gathering scatters

ظنُّوا بأنَّ اللهَ ربَّكَ غافلٌ

ظنُّوا بأنَّ اللهَ ربَّكَ غافلٌ

فرماهُمُ الطَّاعونُ فهْو مجنَّدُ

فرماهُمُ الطَّاعونُ فهْو مجنَّدُ

They thought that God, your Lord, was heedless.

They thought that Allah your Lord was unaware

So the plague struck them, for it is enlisted.

So the plague struck them as it was regimented

تلك المساجدُ غُلِّقتْ مِن دونِهم

تلك المساجدُ غُلِّقتْ مِن دونِهم

لم يَبكِ فُرقتَهم وربِّكَ، مسجِدُ

لم يَبكِ فُرقتَهم وربِّكَ، مسجِدُ

Those mosques were closed to them.

Those mosques were closed without them

Not a mosque, by your Lord, wept at their parting.

It didn't weep their separation, and your Lord, the mosque

غضِبَ الإلهُ عليهمُ فرماهُمُ

غضِبَ الإلهُ عليهمُ فرماهُمُ

والأمرُ حقًّا بعد ذلك أنكَدُ

والأمرُ حقًّا بعد ذلك أنكَدُ

God grew angry with them, so He struck them.

The God was angry with them so he struck them

And after that, the situation is truly more wretched.

And the matter truly after that was most distressing

باؤوا بخِزيٍ ما له مِن كاشفٍ

باؤوا بخِزيٍ ما له مِن كاشفٍ

إلا الصِّـراطُ المستقيمُ الأمجدُ

إلا الصِّـراطُ المستقيمُ الأمجدُ

They incurred disgrace that nothing can dispel

They came in disgrace that has no discoverer

Except the most glorious straight path.

Except the straight path, the most glorious

تركوا الصِّـراطَ وما لهم مِن دونِهِ

تركوا الصِّـراطَ وما لهم مِن دونِهِ

هادٍ إلى الرَّحمنِ بعدُ فيهتدوا

هادٍ إلى الرَّحمنِ بعدُ فيهتدوا

They abandoned the path, and apart from it they have no

They left the path and they have no guide without it

Guide to the Most Merciful thereafter, so that they might be guided.

To the Merciful, afterwards they will be guided

الظُّلمُ سُنَّتُهم وساءتْ سُنَّةً

الظُّلمُ سُنَّتُهم وساءتْ سُنَّةً

والمكرُ مرقَدُهم وساءَ المرقَدُ

والمكرُ مرقَدُهم وساءَ المرقَدُ

Oppression is their custom, and evil is that custom.

Oppression is their tradition and the tradition was evil

And deceit is their resting place, and evil is that resting place.

And plotting is their bedding and the bedding was miserable

أمْ كيف تُكشَفُ غُمَّةٌ عن أمَّةٍ

أمْ كيف تُكشَفُ غُمَّةٌ عن أمَّةٍ

يحدو بِسادتِها لئامٌ نُكَّدُ

يحدو بِسادتِها لئامٌ نُكَّدُ

Or how can distress be lifted from a nation

Or how can a cloud be uncovered from a nation

Whose leaders are driven by vile, ill-natured men?

In which its leaders are wicked and distressed

عُودوا إلى الرَّحمنِ أو فتصبَّروا

عُودوا إلى الرَّحمنِ أو فتصبَّروا

إنْ يُجدِكُمْ صبرٌ له وتجلَّدوا

إنْ يُجدِكُمْ صبرٌ له وتجلَّدوا

Return to the Most Merciful, or else endure patiently,

Return to the Merciful or be patient

If patience can help you bear it—and steel yourselves.

If you have patience for Him and show resilience

ما أنتُمُ إلا جراثيمٌ هوَتْ

ما أنتُمُ إلا جراثيمٌ هوَتْ

فتلقَّفَتْها مِثلُها، فتزَوَّدوا

فتلقَّفَتْها مِثلُها، فتزَوَّدوا

You are nothing but germs that fell,

You are nothing but germs that drifted

Then their like swallowed them up; so take provisions.

And alike took them, so be prepared

لعَناتُ ربِّكَ حلَّقتْ مِن حولِهم

لعَناتُ ربِّكَ حلَّقتْ مِن حولِهم

كيف النَّجاةُ ومقْتُه يترصَّدُ

كيف النَّجاةُ ومقْتُه يترصَّدُ

Your Lord's curses circled all around them.

The curses of your Lord hovered around them

How can there be escape while His loathing lies in wait?

How can there be salvation while His abhorrence lies in ambush

فالعَنْ إلهي كلَّ باغٍ مُفسدٍ

فالعَنْ إلهي كلَّ باغٍ مُفسدٍ

ما إنْ له إلا عِداؤكَ محتِدُ

ما إنْ له إلا عِداؤكَ محتِدُ

So curse, my God, every transgressor who spreads corruption,

So, my God curse every corrupting rebel

Whose only root is enmity toward You.

Who has none but your enmity as adversary

لا تَهدِ بعد اليومِ منهم فاسقًا

لا تَهدِ بعد اليومِ منهم فاسقًا

واحصدهُمُ حصدًا وبئسَ المحصدُ

واحصدهُمُ حصدًا وبئسَ المحصدُ

Do not guide any sinner among them after today.

Do not guide any wicked of them after today

And reap them utterly—and wretched is the harvest.

And reap them, evil is the harvest