مَن يَبسُطِ اللَهُ عَلَيهِ إِصبَعا

مَن يَبسُطِ اللَهُ عَلَيهِ إِصبَعا

بِالخَيرِ وَالشَرِّ بِأَيٍّ أولِعا

بِالخَيرِ وَالشَرِّ بِأَيٍّ أولِعا

Whoever God stretches a finger over—

He whose finger God extends

with good or evil, whichever he is drawn to—

With good or evil, with which besotted

يَملَأ لَهُ مِنهُ ذَنوباً مُترَعا

يَملَأ لَهُ مِنهُ ذَنوباً مُترَعا

وَقَد أَبادَ إِرَماً وَتُبَّعا

وَقَد أَبادَ إِرَماً وَتُبَّعا

He fills him a bucket of it to the brim.

Fills for him sins overflowing

And he had annihilated Iram and Tubbaʿ,

And He destroyed Iram and Tubba

وَقَومَ لُقمانَ بنِ عادٍ أَخشَعا

وَقَومَ لُقمانَ بنِ عادٍ أَخشَعا

إِذ صارَعوهُ فَأَبى أَن يُصرَعا

إِذ صارَعوهُ فَأَبى أَن يُصرَعا

And humbled the people of Luqmān, son of ʿĀd,

And the people of Luqman ibn Ad, humbled

When they wrestled with him, he refused to be thrown down.

When they battled him, but he refused to be vanquished

وَالفيلَ يَومَ عُرَناتٍ كَعكَعا

وَالفيلَ يَومَ عُرَناتٍ كَعكَعا

إِذ أَزمَعَ العُجمُ بِهِ ما أَزمَعا

إِذ أَزمَعَ العُجمُ بِهِ ما أَزمَعا

And drove the elephant back on the day of ʿUranāt,

And the elephant the day of companions confounded

When the foreigners planned with it what they planned.

When the non-Arabs against it conspired

نادى مُنادٍ رَبَّهُ فَأَسمَعا

نادى مُنادٍ رَبَّهُ فَأَسمَعا

فَذَبَّ عَن بِلادِهِ وَوَرَّعا

فَذَبَّ عَن بِلادِهِ وَوَرَّعا

A caller cried to his Lord and made himself heard;

A caller called his Lord, who heard

So he defended his lands and drove them back,

So it avoided its lands cautious

وَحابَسَ الحاسِرَ وَالمُقَنَّعا

وَحابَسَ الحاسِرَ وَالمُقَنَّعا

وَأَفلَتَ الجَيشُ بِخِزيٍ موجَعا

وَأَفلَتَ الجَيشُ بِخِزيٍ موجَعا

And held back the bareheaded and the helmeted.

And the guardsman and the masked confounded

And the army escaped in disgrace, sorely hurt,

And the army escaped in grievous defeat

تَمُجُّ أُخراهُم دِماءً دُفَعا

تَمُجُّ أُخراهُم دِماءً دُفَعا

أَنتَ جَعَلتَ الباهِلِيَّ مِفنَعا

أَنتَ جَعَلتَ الباهِلِيَّ مِفنَعا

Their rear ranks spewing blood in gushes.

Their latter ones blood spurting

You made the Bāhilī a man of wealth

You made the ignorant victorious

فينا فَأَمسى ماجِداً مُمَنَّعا

فينا فَأَمسى ماجِداً مُمَنَّعا

وَحَقُّ مَن رَفَعتَهُ أَن يُرفَعا

وَحَقُّ مَن رَفَعتَهُ أَن يُرفَعا

Among us, so he became noble and unassailable.

Among us so he became glorified, fortified

And one you have exalted has the right to be exalted.

And the right of whom you raise is to be raised

وَكانَ شَيخاً باهِلِيّاً أَضلَعا

وَكانَ شَيخاً باهِلِيّاً أَضلَعا

لا يُحسِنُ النَعلَ إِذا تَشَسَّعا

لا يُحسِنُ النَعلَ إِذا تَشَسَّعا

He had been a bent old man of Bāhila,

He was an ignorant old man, seasoned

Unable to mend a sandal when its thong broke.

Who knew not shoes when walked barefoot

فَاليَومَ قَد نالَ خِلالاً أَربَعا

فَاليَومَ قَد نالَ خِلالاً أَربَعا

عِزّاً وَمَجداً وَغِنىً وَمَفزَعا

عِزّاً وَمَجداً وَغِنىً وَمَفزَعا

So today he has attained four qualities:

Yet today he attained four prizes

Might, glory, wealth, and a refuge.

Glory, honor, wealth, and refuge

فَما يَنَل فَما نَراهُ ضَيَّعا

فَما يَنَل فَما نَراهُ ضَيَّعا

So whatever he gains, we do not see him squander it.

So what you grant is not lost