بنينا بأرض الله لله مسجدا — Maawali Omani

بنينَا بأرضِ الله للهِ مَسجدا

به نرتجى الغفرانَ والفوزَ في غدِ

We built on God's earth a mosque for God,

Through it we hope for forgiveness and triumph tomorrow.

بنيناه بِرّاً لا رياءً وسمعةً

لوجه إلهِ بالعُلى متفردِ

We built it in piety, not for show or renown,

For the sake of God, peerless in His majesty.

عسَى اللهُ يجزينا به خيرَ منزلٍ

وخيرَ محلٍّ في النعيمِ مخلدِ

May God reward us for it with the finest abode,

And the finest dwelling in everlasting bliss.

أيا مسجداً في بقْعةٍ علويةٍ

لقد فقت ترتيبا على كل مسجدِ

O mosque upon a lofty spot,

You have indeed surpassed every mosque in design.

فلا زِلْت معموراً ولا زِلت عامراً

تبارَك مأوَى كل هادٍ ومهتدِى

May you never cease to be frequented, nor ever cease to flourish.

Blessed is the refuge of every guide and guided soul.

قد اختارَك الرحمن فضلاً ببقعةٍ

مباركة قدست عن كلِّ مُلحدِ

The Most Merciful has chosen you, by His grace, in a place

Blessed and kept holy from every unbeliever.

فبالحق لو أعطيت حقكَ كاملاً

تشابُ بمسكٍ لا تشابُ بِقَرْمَدِ

So truly, if you were given your due in full,

You would be mingled with musk, not with plaster;

وبسط الثرَى باللؤلؤِ الرطبِ نَسْجُها

وجُدْرُك تُبْنَى من لُجَينٍ وعَسْجَدِ

And the ground's carpets would be woven of moist pearls,

And your walls would be built of silver and gold.

ويُتْلَى كتابُ الله فيك تبرعاً

وتذكرُ بالخيراتِ في كلِّ مَشهدِ

And God's Book is recited within you voluntarily,

And you are spoken of with praise in every gathering.

عَلَى من يصلى فيك ألفُ تحية

وألفُ سلام بالسكينةِ يَرْتدى

Upon whoever prays within you, a thousand greetings,

And a thousand salutations; he is robed in tranquility.

وبعضٍ كأمثالِ الشموس لوامعَا

ملابِسُها من سُنْدُسٍ وزبرجدِ

And some, shining like suns,

Their garments of fine silk and chrysolite;

وغيدٍ كأمثال الجواهرِ خرَّد

نواعم أبدانٍ عفائفَ نُهَّدِ

And graceful maidens like jewels, untouched,

Soft-bodied, chaste, and full-breasted.

قلائدُ في أعناقِها ونحورِها

مفصلةٌ من لؤْلؤ وزبرْجَدِ

Necklaces upon their necks and upper chests,

Fashioned from pearls and chrysolite.

لها أوجه مثل البدورِ كواملا

تَلأْلأ في جُنْحٍ من الليل أَسودِ

Their faces are like moons in their fullness,

Gleaming in the black depths of night.

كَوَاعِبُ خيراتٍ حسانٍ عرائسٌ

أُعِدّتْ جزاءً للمطيعِ المُوحِّدِ

Full-breasted, virtuous, beautiful brides,

Prepared as a reward for the obedient believer in God's oneness.

خُذُوا حظَّكم منها وصلُّوا صَلاَتكم

وأدُّوا زكاةَ اللهِ طاعةَ سيّدِي

Take your share of them, and perform your prayers,

And pay the alms due to God, in obedience to my Lord.

أيا عصبةً قاموا بمسجدِ ربِّهم

فإن شاءَ يؤتيهم نصيبْينِ في غدِ

O company who have tended their Lord's mosque,

For, if He wills, He will give them two shares tomorrow.

ليعلمَ قوماً بعدنا أن ماله

من النخلِ والأشجارِ والأرض فاهتدِى

To let people after us know that its property

Consists of date palms, trees, and land—so take heed.

ويا سامعاً قولي سَلِ اللهَ رحمةً

ومغفرةً أدعوك إن كنت مُسْعِدِي

And you who hear my words, ask God for mercy

And forgiveness; I beseech you, if you would aid me.

وتاريخُه يوماً جعلناهُ مسجدا

بشهرِ ربيعٍ في الحسابِ الممدَّدِ

And its date, the day we made it a mosque,

Was in the month of Rabi', in the extended reckoning:

وألفٌ مضَى من بعدها مائة خلتْ

ثلاثةَ عشرٍ في حسابِ مقيَّدِ

And a thousand had passed, followed by a hundred,

With thirteen more in the recorded reckoning.

بدولةِ سيفٍ ذي المعالي إمَامِنَا

سلالةِ سلطانِ بن سيف المؤيدِ

Under the rule of Saif, our imam of lofty virtues,

Scion of Sultan bin Saif, the aided one.

وعامِلُه العدلُ الوليُّ حبيبُنا

به عامرٌ أعني سليلَ محمدِ

And his just governor, our beloved guardian,

Is ʿAmir there—I mean the scion of Muhammad.

وصلَّ إلهى كلَّما لاحَ بارقٌ

علَى المُصطفَى هادِى البريةِ أحمدِ

And send blessings, my God, whenever lightning flashes,

Upon the Chosen One, guide of creation, Ahmad.