تَفاقَدَ مَعشَرٌ نَصَروا قُرَيشاً

تَفاقَدَ مَعشَرٌ نَصَروا قُرَيشاً

وَلَيسَ لَهُم بِبَلدَتِهِ نَصيرُ

وَلَيسَ لَهُم بِبَلدَتِهِ نَصيرُ

May a people who aided Quraysh be bereft of one another,

A group helped the Quraysh though in their own land they have no ally

And they have no helper in its town.

They were given the Book but lost it, so from the Torah they are blind and bleary

هُمُ أوتوا الكِتابَ فَضَيَّعوهُ

هُمُ أوتوا الكِتابَ فَضَيَّعوهُ

فَهُم عُميٌ مِنَ التَوراةِ بورُ

فَهُم عُميٌ مِنَ التَوراةِ بورُ

They were given the Scripture, then neglected it;

You disbelieved in the Quran though it was brought, confirming what the warner had to say

So they are blind to the Torah, doomed.

It burned among the dwellings of Bani Lu'ayy, a raging blaze, far and wide it strayed

كَفَرتُم بِالقُرانِ وَقَد أُتيتُم

كَفَرتُم بِالقُرانِ وَقَد أُتيتُم

بِتَصديقِ الَّذي قالَ النَذيرُ

بِتَصديقِ الَّذي قالَ النَذيرُ

You disbelieved in the Qur'an, though you had been presented

With confirmation of what the warner said.

لَهانَ عَلى سَراةِ بَني لُؤَيٍّ

لَهانَ عَلى سَراةِ بَني لُؤَيٍّ

حَريقٌ بِالبُوَيرَةِ مُستَطيرُ

حَريقٌ بِالبُوَيرَةِ مُستَطيرُ

To the nobles of Banu Lu'ayy, it was indeed a small matter:

A spreading blaze at al-Buwayra.