وَسَائِلةٍ تُسائِلُ ما لَقِينَا

وَسَائِلةٍ تُسائِلُ ما لَقِينَا

ولو شَهِدَةْ رَأَتْنَا صَابِرِينا

ولو شَهِدَةْ رَأَتْنَا صَابِرِينا

And a woman asks what we encountered;

A questioner asks what we have encountered

had she been present, she would have seen us steadfast.

And if a witness had seen us, she would have found us patient

صَبَرْنَا لا نَرى للهِ عِدْلاً

صَبَرْنَا لا نَرى للهِ عِدْلاً

عَلَى مَا نَابَنَا متوكِّلينا

عَلَى مَا نَابَنَا متوكِّلينا

We endured, seeing no equal to God,

We were patient, not seeing justice from God

through what befell us, placing our trust in Him.

Over what had befallen us, yet trusting in Him

وَكَانَ لَنَا النّبيُّ وَزِيرَ صِدْقٍ

وَكَانَ لَنَا النّبيُّ وَزِيرَ صِدْقٍ

بِهِ نَعْلُو البَرِيَّة أجْمَعِينَا

بِهِ نَعْلُو البَرِيَّة أجْمَعِينَا

The Prophet was a faithful helper to us;

And we had the Prophet as a minister of truth

through him we rise above all creation.

With him we surmounted the wilderness altogether

نُقَاتِلُ مَعْشَراً ظَلَمُوا وَعَقُّوا

نُقَاتِلُ مَعْشَراً ظَلَمُوا وَعَقُّوا

وَكَانُوا بالعَدَاوة مُرصِدِينا

وَكَانُوا بالعَدَاوة مُرصِدِينا

We fight a people who did wrong and severed kinship ties,

We fight a group who did wrong and disbelieved

and lay in wait in enmity.

And they lay in wait for us with enmity

نُعَاجِلُهُمْ إذَا نَهَضُوا إِلَيْنَا

نُعَاجِلُهُمْ إذَا نَهَضُوا إِلَيْنَا

بِضَرْبٍ يُعْجِلُ المتَسرِّعِينا

بِضَرْبٍ يُعْجِلُ المتَسرِّعِينا

We swiftly assail them when they advance against us,

We confront them when they rise against us

with blows that give the headlong no respite.

With a blow that hastens the hasty ones among them

تَرانَا في فَضَافضَ سَابِغَاتٍ

تَرانَا في فَضَافضَ سَابِغَاتٍ

كغُدْرَانِ المَلاَ مُتَسَرْبِلِينَا

كغُدْرَانِ المَلاَ مُتَسَرْبِلِينَا

You see us in ample, full-length coats of mail,

You see us in splendid interlinked coats of mail

clad in them, like pools upon the open plain.

Like the necks of statues, clad in attire

وَفِي أَيْمَانِنَا بِيضٌ خِفَافٌ

وَفِي أَيْمَانِنَا بِيضٌ خِفَافٌ

بِهَا نَشْفِي مِرَاحَ الشّاغِبِينا

بِهَا نَشْفِي مِرَاحَ الشّاغِبِينا

And in our right hands are bright, light swords;

And in our right hands are shining white swords

with them we cure the troublemakers' insolence.

With which we heal the wounds of the desirous ones

بِبَابِ الخندَقَينِ كأنَّ أُسْداً

بِبَابِ الخندَقَينِ كأنَّ أُسْداً

شَوَابِكُهُنَّ يَحْمِينَ العَرِينَا

شَوَابِكُهُنَّ يَحْمِينَ العَرِينَا

At the gate of the two trenches, they seem like lions,

At the trench, it is as if there were a lioness

their interlocking claws guarding the lair:

Whose cubs they protect within the den

فوارِسُنَا إذا بَكَرُوا وَرَاحثوا

فوارِسُنَا إذا بَكَرُوا وَرَاحثوا

على الأَعدَاءِ شُوساً مُخْلِصِينا

على الأَعدَاءِ شُوساً مُخْلِصِينا

our horsemen, when they ride out morning and evening

When our horsemen set out at dawn and raced

against the enemy, fierce-eyed and wholly devoted.

Against the enemy, spears sincere

وَيَعْلَمَ أهلُ مكَّةَ حينَ سَارُوا

وَيَعْلَمَ أهلُ مكَّةَ حينَ سَارُوا

وأحزابٌ أَتَوْا مُتحَزِّبِينَا

وأحزابٌ أَتَوْا مُتحَزِّبِينَا

And the people of Mecca learned, when they marched,

And the people of Mecca knew when they marched

and the factions that came banded together,

And factions came, conspiring together

بأنَّ اللهَ لَيْسَ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ

بأنَّ اللهَ لَيْسَ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ

وأنَّ اللهَ مَوْلَى المُؤْمِنِينَا

وأنَّ اللهَ مَوْلَى المُؤْمِنِينَا

that God has no partner,

That God has no partner

and that God is the believers' protector.

And that God is the Protector of us believers

فإمَّا تَقْتُلُوا سَعْداً سَفَاهاً

فإمَّا تَقْتُلُوا سَعْداً سَفَاهاً

فإنَّ اللهَ خَيْرُ القَادِرينا

فإنَّ اللهَ خَيْرُ القَادِرينا

So if you kill Sa'd in folly,

Either you kill Sa'd in foolishness

then God is the best of those with power.

For God is Best of deciders

سَيُدْخِلُهُ جِناناً طيّبَاتٍ

سَيُدْخِلُهُ جِناناً طيّبَاتٍ

تكونُ مُقَامَةً للصَّالِحِينا

تكونُ مُقَامَةً للصَّالِحِينا

He will admit him into pleasant gardens

He will admit him into beautiful gardens

that will be an abode for the righteous.

To be an abode for the righteous

كما قَدْ رَدَّكُمْ فَلاًّ شَرِيداً

كما قَدْ رَدَّكُمْ فَلاًّ شَرِيداً

بغيظِكُمُ خَزَايَا خَائِبِينا

بغيظِكُمُ خَزَايَا خَائِبِينا

Just as He has already driven you back, a routed, scattered remnant,

Just as He has repelled you unsuccessful

with your rage, disgraced and thwarted.

To your fury, disappointments defeated

خَزَايَا لَمْ تَنَالُوا ثَمَّ خَيْراً

خَزَايَا لَمْ تَنَالُوا ثَمَّ خَيْراً

وَكِدْتُمْ أَنْ تَكُونُوا دَامِرِينا

وَكِدْتُمْ أَنْ تَكُونُوا دَامِرِينا

Disgraced, you gained no good there,

Disappointed, you attained no good

and you nearly perished

And you almost became destroyed

بِرِيحٍ عَاصِبٍ هَبَّتْ عَلَيْكُمْ

بِرِيحٍ عَاصِبٍ هَبَّتْ عَلَيْكُمْ

فَكُنْتُمْ تَحْتَهَا مُتَكَمِّهِينَا

فَكُنْتُمْ تَحْتَهَا مُتَكَمِّهِينَا

from a fierce wind that blew upon you,

With a raging wind that blew against you

so beneath it you were muffled up.

And you were beneath it, crumpled