بابُ النَّبيِّ، وبابُه لا يُقْفَل

بابُ النَّبيِّ، وبابُه لا يُقْفَل

أبدًا، هو الملكُ المعظَّم فيصل

أبدًا، هو الملكُ المعظَّم فيصل

The Prophet’s gate—his gate is never closed;

The Prophet's gate—and his gate is never closed,

eternally, it is the exalted King Faisal.

ever—is the revered King Faisal.

إنا لنُحْرِمُ في حماه، وإنهُ

إنا لنُحْرِمُ في حماه، وإنهُ

بدمائِنا ومَتَاعِنَا يتكفَّل

بدمائِنا ومَتَاعِنَا يتكفَّل

We enter consecration within his sanctuary, and he

We indeed enter ihram under his protection, and he

undertakes to guard our blood and our possessions.

safeguards our blood and our belongings.

شهدَ الحَجيِجُ بأنَّ دولةَ فيصلٍ

شهدَ الحَجيِجُ بأنَّ دولةَ فيصلٍ

تَرْعَى الحجيجَ بأعينٍ لا تَغْفَل

تَرْعَى الحجيجَ بأعينٍ لا تَغْفَل

The pilgrims bear witness that Faisal’s realm

The pilgrims testified that Faisal's state

watches over them with eyes that never sleep.

cares for the pilgrims with eyes that never grow inattentive.

في ظلِّه لبَّى الجميعُ، وكبَّروا

في ظلِّه لبَّى الجميعُ، وكبَّروا

وشَدَوْا بآياتِ الدعاء، ورتَّلوا

وشَدَوْا بآياتِ الدعاء، ورتَّلوا

Beneath his shade all answered the call and magnified God,

Under his shade, everyone recited the pilgrim's response and proclaimed God's greatness,

chanting and reciting verses of supplication.

and sang verses of supplication and recited them in measured tones.

تدري العروبةُ أن سُدَّةَ فيصلٍ

تدري العروبةُ أن سُدَّةَ فيصلٍ

دِرْعٌ لها عند الخطوب، ومَعْقِل

دِرْعٌ لها عند الخطوب، ومَعْقِل

The Arab nation knows that Faisal’s throne

The Arab world knows that Faisal's throne

is its shield in calamity and its stronghold—

is its shield against calamities and its stronghold.

عرشٌ يَمُدُّ على العروبة ظلَّه

عرشٌ يَمُدُّ على العروبة ظلَّه

وعليه أجنحةُ السماء تُظَلِّل

وعليه أجنحةُ السماء تُظَلِّل

a throne extending its shade across the Arab world,

A throne that spreads its shade over the Arab world,

while heaven’s wings spread shelter above it.

while heaven's wings cast their shade over it.

المؤمنون بكل أرض إخوةٌ

المؤمنون بكل أرض إخوةٌ

وبنصرهم نَطقَ الكتابُ المنْزَل

وبنصرهم نَطقَ الكتابُ المنْزَل

Believers in every land are brothers,

The believers in every land are brothers,

and the revealed Book has proclaimed their victory.

and the revealed Book has spoken of their victory.

إن كان حاضرُهم تجهَّم حقْبَةً

إن كان حاضرُهم تجهَّم حقْبَةً

فلهم بفضل الوحدةِ المُسْتقبَل

فلهم بفضل الوحدةِ المُسْتقبَل

Though their present has frowned upon them for an age,

If their present has grown grim for a time,

through unity the future shall be theirs.

the future is theirs, thanks to unity.

سيَسودُ آخرُنا بفضلِ وقوفِنا

سيَسودُ آخرُنا بفضلِ وقوفِنا

صفًّا، كما سار الرَّعِيلُ الأَوَّل

صفًّا، كما سار الرَّعِيلُ الأَوَّل

Our latter generations shall prevail because we stand

The last of us shall prevail through our standing

in one rank, as the first vanguard marched.

in one rank, as the first vanguard marched.

ويقينُنَا في الله خيرُ عَتَادِنا

ويقينُنَا في الله خيرُ عَتَادِنا

وعليه في قهر العِدَا نتَوَكَّل

وعليه في قهر العِدَا نتَوَكَّل

Our certainty in God is our finest equipment;

Our certainty in God is the best of our equipment,

in vanquishing the foe, on Him we rely.

and on Him we rely to subdue our foes.

وسلاحُنا الماضي وسيلةُ نصرِنا

وسلاحُنا الماضي وسيلةُ نصرِنا

لَسْنا بغيرِ سلاحنا نَتَوَسَّلُ

لَسْنا بغيرِ سلاحنا نَتَوَسَّلُ

Our keen-edged arms are the means of our victory;

Our keen-edged weaponry is the means of our victory;

we seek no means besides our weapons.

we seek aid through nothing but our weapons.

لا تَبْسُطوا للغَرْب، يا قومي، يَدًا

لا تَبْسُطوا للغَرْب، يا قومي، يَدًا

للغَرْب طرفٌ في السياسة أحْوَل

للغَرْب طرفٌ في السياسة أحْوَل

Do not stretch out a hand to the West, my people:

Do not stretch a hand toward the West, my people;

the West has a crooked eye in politics.

the West has a cross-eyed gaze in politics.

لا تستمدوا النصرَ من قبر، ولو

لا تستمدوا النصرَ من قبر، ولو

أنَّ الدَّفينَ به نبيٌّ مُرسَل

أنَّ الدَّفينَ به نبيٌّ مُرسَل

Do not seek victory from a grave, even if

Do not seek victory from a grave, even if

the one buried there were a prophet sent by God.

the one buried there is a prophet sent by God.

ما قال ربك: بالقبور تَمَسَّحُوا

ما قال ربك: بالقبور تَمَسَّحُوا

بل قال جلَّ جلالهُ: «وقل اعملوا»

بل قال جلَّ جلالهُ: «وقل اعملوا»

Your Lord did not say, “Rub yourselves against the tombs”;

Your Lord did not say, 'Rub yourselves against graves';

rather, exalted in majesty, He said: “And say: Work.”

rather, He said—exalted be His majesty—'And say: Work.'

إني أقبل رأسَ كلِّ مجاهد

إني أقبل رأسَ كلِّ مجاهد

إن قبَّلَ الصخرَ الأصَمَّ مُقَبِّل

إن قبَّلَ الصخرَ الأصَمَّ مُقَبِّل

I kiss the head of every fighter,

I kiss the head of every fighter for the faith,

if another chooses to kiss unfeeling stone.

if a kisser kisses deaf stone.

إنا لنُشْهد أهلَ بَدْرٍ أننا

إنا لنُشْهد أهلَ بَدْرٍ أننا

في النصر أو نيل الشهادة نَأمُل

في النصر أو نيل الشهادة نَأمُل

We call the people of Badr to witness that we

We call the people of Badr to witness that we

hope for victory—or to attain martyrdom.

hope for victory or the attainment of martyrdom.

ويقول قائِلُنا لدى استشهادهِ:

ويقول قائِلُنا لدى استشهادهِ:

يا ليتني في كلِّ يوم أُقْتَل!

يا ليتني في كلِّ يوم أُقْتَل!

And at the moment of his martyrdom, our man declares:

And one of us says, at his martyrdom:

“Would that I might be killed every day!”

'Oh, would that I were killed every day!'

جَسَدُ الشهيدِ إلى جوارِ اللهِ في

جَسَدُ الشهيدِ إلى جوارِ اللهِ في

عَدْن، على أيدي الملائك يُحمَل

عَدْن، على أيدي الملائك يُحمَل

The martyr’s body, near to God, is borne

The martyr's body, into God's presence in

to Eden upon the angels’ hands.

Eden, is carried on the hands of angels.

رجلُ العروبةِ من قديم في الوغى

رجلُ العروبةِ من قديم في الوغى

أسَدٌ، وأنثاها لبَاةٌ مُشْبِل

أسَدٌ، وأنثاها لبَاةٌ مُشْبِل

From ancient times, the Arab man in battle

In battle, the Arab world's man has since olden times been

has been a lion, and the Arab woman a lioness with cubs.

a lion, and its woman a lioness with cubs.

أسلافُنا في كل مَلْحَمَةٍ لهم

أسلافُنا في كل مَلْحَمَةٍ لهم

تاريخُ مجد بالدماء مُسَجَّل

تاريخُ مجد بالدماء مُسَجَّل

In every great battle, our forefathers possessed

Our ancestors have, in every great battle,

a record of glory written down in blood.

a history of glory recorded in blood.

لسْنَا بأمجادِ الأوائل نَكتفي

لسْنَا بأمجادِ الأوائل نَكتفي

لكنْ كما فعل الأوائلُ نفعل

لكنْ كما فعل الأوائلُ نفعل

We are not content with the glories of the first generations;

We do not content ourselves with the glories of the ancients;

we shall act as those first generations acted.

rather, we act as the ancients acted.

عن ثالث الحَرَمين ندفعُ عُصْبة

عن ثالث الحَرَمين ندفعُ عُصْبة

دخلَتْهُ كالمكروبِ إذْ يتسلَّل

دخلَتْهُ كالمكروبِ إذْ يتسلَّل

From the third of the holy sanctuaries we repel a horde

We repel from the third holy sanctuary a band

that infiltrated it like a microbe.

that entered it like a germ creeping in.

وعروقُنَا تَغْلي بهنَّ دماؤنا

وعروقُنَا تَغْلي بهنَّ دماؤنا

فكأَنما في كلِّ عرق مِرْجَل

فكأَنما في كلِّ عرق مِرْجَل

Our blood boils within our veins,

And our veins—our blood boils within them,

as though each vein contained a furnace.

as though in every vein there were a cauldron.

هُمْ أشعلوا في المسجد الأقصَى اللَّظَى

هُمْ أشعلوا في المسجد الأقصَى اللَّظَى

فَلْيَحْتَرِقْ بشُوَاظِها مَنْ أشعلوا

فَلْيَحْتَرِقْ بشُوَاظِها مَنْ أشعلوا

They kindled the blaze in al-Aqsa Mosque—

They kindled the blaze in al-Aqsa Mosque;

then let whoever kindled it burn in its flames.

so let those who kindled it burn in its flames.

شعبٌ تحامتْهُ الشعوبُ، يكاد إن

شعبٌ تحامتْهُ الشعوبُ، يكاد إن

حملتْه أرضٌ تحتهُ تتزلزل

حملتْه أرضٌ تحتهُ تتزلزل

A people shunned by all other peoples—were

A people shunned by other peoples; it is almost as if

the earth to bear them, it would almost quake beneath them—

a land bearing them quakes beneath them.

مُتَفوِّقٌ في المُحْزِيَات، معوِّق

مُتَفوِّقٌ في المُحْزِيَات، معوِّق

رَكْبَ الحضارة، للفساد مُسَبِّل

رَكْبَ الحضارة، للفساد مُسَبِّل

peerless in disgrace, obstructing

Excelling in shameful deeds, obstructing

civilization’s caravan while paving corruption’s road.

civilization's caravan, facilitating corruption;

حَصَّادُ مالِ العالمين بكلِّ ما

حَصَّادُ مالِ العالمين بكلِّ ما

يُنْدى الجبينَ، كأنما هو مِنْجَل

يُنْدى الجبينَ، كأنما هو مِنْجَل

Reapers of all the world’s wealth by every deed

a reaper of all peoples' wealth by every means

that makes brows sweat—as though they were a sickle.

that makes the brow sweat with shame, as though it were a sickle.

سلْ أرض يَثْرِبَ عن يهودِ قريظة

سلْ أرض يَثْرِبَ عن يهودِ قريظة

وبني النضير، يُجِبْك كيف استُؤْصِلوا

وبني النضير، يُجِبْك كيف استُؤْصِلوا

Ask the land of Yathrib about the Jews of Qurayza,

Ask Yathrib's land about the Jews of Qurayza

and the Banu al-Nadir will answer how they were uprooted.

and Banu Nadir; it will tell you how they were uprooted.

عرف اليهودَ محمدٌ؛ فأبادهم

عرف اليهودَ محمدٌ؛ فأبادهم

ما ضَرَّ لو بمحمَّد نتمثلَّ؟

ما ضَرَّ لو بمحمَّد نتمثلَّ؟

Muhammad knew the Jews and destroyed them;

Muhammad knew the Jews, so he exterminated them;

what harm if we followed Muhammad’s example?

what harm would it do if we followed Muhammad's example?

ولسوف نُسْألُ عن تراثِ مُحمدٍ

ولسوف نُسْألُ عن تراثِ مُحمدٍ

ماذا يكون جَوابُنَا إِذْ نُسْأَل؟

ماذا يكون جَوابُنَا إِذْ نُسْأَل؟

We shall surely be questioned about Muhammad’s legacy:

And we shall surely be asked about Muhammad's legacy;

what answer shall we give when we are questioned?

what will our answer be when we are asked?

يا مَنْ ببيت الله طافوا سبعة

يا مَنْ ببيت الله طافوا سبعة

وتنسَّكوا فيه، وفيه تبتَّلوا

وتنسَّكوا فيه، وفيه تبتَّلوا

O you who circled God’s House seven times

O you who circled God's House seven times

and worshipped there, humbling yourselves in devotion—

and performed rites there, and devoted yourselves there,

أعلمتموا وقد استُبيحتْ أرضُكم

أعلمتموا وقد استُبيحتْ أرضُكم

أن الجهادَ من التَهَجُّد أفضل؟

أن الجهادَ من التَهَجُّد أفضل؟

have you understood, now that your land has been violated,

have you learned, now that your land has been violated,

that struggle is better than nightlong worship?

that fighting for the faith is better than night prayer?

قولوا لقومي: إنَّ ذؤبانَ الفلا

قولوا لقومي: إنَّ ذؤبانَ الفلا

عبثت بهم فَعلامَ قومِيَ عجّلوا؟

عبثت بهم فَعلامَ قومِيَ عجّلوا؟

Tell my people: “The wolves of the wilderness

Tell my people: the wolves of the wilderness

have ravaged them—why do you delay? Make haste!”

have toyed with them; so why did my people hasten?

اليوم قد دخل العدوُّ بلادَنا

اليوم قد دخل العدوُّ بلادَنا

وغدًا علينا في المخادِع يدخل

وغدًا علينا في المخادِع يدخل

Today the enemy has entered our lands;

Today the enemy has entered our lands,

tomorrow he will enter our very bedchambers.

and tomorrow he will enter upon us in our bedchambers.

إني لأطلقُها بمكة صَرْخَةً

إني لأطلقُها بمكة صَرْخَةً

مشبوبةً، في المشرقين تُجَلْجلُ

مشبوبةً، في المشرقين تُجَلْجلُ

I send it forth in Mecca as a cry,

I indeed unleash it in Mecca as a cry,

blazing, its thunder rolling through the two Easts.

blazing, reverberating across the two Easts.

حمْلُ السلاح اليوم صارَ فريضةً

حمْلُ السلاح اليوم صارَ فريضةً

والزحفُ للدين الحنيفِ مُكمِّل

والزحفُ للدين الحنيفِ مُكمِّل

Bearing arms today has become an obligation,

Bearing arms today has become a religious duty,

and the advance for the true faith completes it.

and marching forth completes the upright faith.

من راح يبذلُ نفسَه أو مالَه

من راح يبذلُ نفسَه أو مالَه

فلدينه ولعرضه ما يَبْذُل

فلدينه ولعرضه ما يَبْذُل

Whoever sets out offering his life or wealth

Whoever sets out to give his life or his wealth,

offers whatever he can for his faith and honor.

what he gives is for his faith and his honor.

لا كان منا مَن على أوطانه

لا كان منا مَن على أوطانه

بأعزِّ ما ملَكَتْ يداه يبخَل

بأعزِّ ما ملَكَتْ يداه يبخَل

Let none of us be one who, for his homeland,

May none be of us who, for his homelands,

withholds the dearest thing his hands possess.

withholds the dearest thing his hands possess.

لا كان منا حين يُنْتَهكُ الحِمَى

لا كان منا حين يُنْتَهكُ الحِمَى

مَنْ يكتفي بدموعه ويُحَوْقِل

مَنْ يكتفي بدموعه ويُحَوْقِل

Let none of us, when the sacred precinct is violated,

May none be of us, when the protected land is violated,

content himself with tears and pious muttering.

who contents himself with his tears and says, 'No might or power except through God.'

لا كان منا مُحْرِمٌ لا يرتدي

لا كان منا مُحْرِمٌ لا يرتدي

بملابس الميدان إذ يتحلَّل

بملابس الميدان إذ يتحلَّل

Let none of us remain a pilgrim in consecration, refusing to don

May no pilgrim in ihram be of us who does not dress

the garb of the battlefield when he leaves ihram.

in battlefield clothes when he leaves ihram.

لا كان منا مَنْ بأمٍّ أو أبٍ

لا كان منا مَنْ بأمٍّ أو أبٍ

أو طفلةٍ في مهدها يتعلَّل

أو طفلةٍ في مهدها يتعلَّل

Let none of us plead the claims of mother or father,

May none be of us who makes a mother or a father

or of an infant girl lying in her cradle.

or an infant girl in her cradle his excuse.

لا كان من أبناء يعرُبَ من يَني

لا كان من أبناء يعرُبَ من يَني

ويقول إنِّي عاجزٌ أو أعْزَل

ويقول إنِّي عاجزٌ أو أعْزَل

Let no son of Ya‘rub falter

May none of Ya'rub's sons be one who falters

and say, “I am helpless or unarmed.”

and says, 'I am incapable, or unarmed.'

مَنْ لا يُغِيرُ بمدْفع، وذخيرةٍ

مَنْ لا يُغِيرُ بمدْفع، وذخيرةٍ

تكفيه فأسٌ إذْ يُغيرُ ومِعْوَل

تكفيه فأسٌ إذْ يُغيرُ ومِعْوَل

He who cannot charge with cannon and ammunition

For one who does not raid with a cannon and ammunition,

may charge with an axe and pickaxe instead.

an axe and a pickaxe suffice when he raids.

لا يعرف العربيُّ معنى اليأس في

لا يعرف العربيُّ معنى اليأس في

خطب ولا هو في الشدائد يُعْول

خطب ولا هو في الشدائد يُعْول

The Arab knows no meaning of despair amid

The Arab does not know the meaning of despair in

calamity, nor does he wail in adversity.

calamity, nor does he wail in hardships.

إن كان يَجْمُلُ في الحروب صمودُه

إن كان يَجْمُلُ في الحروب صمودُه

فصمودُه بعد الهزيمة أجْمَل

فصمودُه بعد الهزيمة أجْمَل

If steadfastness in war becomes him,

If his steadfastness in wars is beautiful,

his steadfastness after defeat is finer still.

then his steadfastness after defeat is more beautiful.

إن مرَّ بالعربيِّ يومٌ عابِسٌ

إن مرَّ بالعربيِّ يومٌ عابِسٌ

فأمامَه: يومٌ، أغرُّ، محجَّل

فأمامَه: يومٌ، أغرُّ، محجَّل

If a grim day passes over the Arab,

If a grim-faced day passes over the Arab,

ahead lies a radiant day, white-blazed and gleaming.

then ahead of him lies a day, bright-browed and white-footed.