1. الله أكبر أيها ال

    إسلام والديان يشهد

    God is greatest, O

    Islam—and the Judge bears witness.

  2. شقّين فرقتا الزما

    ن وهكذا العقد المبدد

    Two halves—the age's two factions—

    and thus the necklace lies scattered.

  3. هذا يجند للجها

    د وذاك في الغرما يجند

    This one recruits for

    holy war; that one recruits among the foes.

  4. هذي إرادته ليش

    قى بعضنا والبعض يسعد

    This is His will: that

    some of us suffer, while others are happy.

  5. سلم أمورك للال

    ه فانها للّه تصمد

    Entrust your affairs to

    God, for they turn toward God.

  6. ولد الزمان عجيبة

    سيخصصون لها مجلد

    Time has begotten a marvel—

    they will devote a volume to it—

  7. من زوجه الحرب التي

    قد أقسمت أن ليس تخمد

    by his wife, War, who

    has sworn never to die down.

  8. من حج بيت اللّه في

    هذي السنين يعد ملحد

    Whoever makes pilgrimage to God's House in

    these years is deemed a heretic,

  9. حيث الخروج عن الخلي

    فة لا يقول به الموحد

    since rebellion against the

    caliph is not something the monotheist accepts.

  10. ما للشريف وما لنا

    فاركع لربك فيه واسجد

    What belongs to the Sharif, and what to us?

    So bow to your Lord within it, and prostrate yourself.

  11. قد كانت الأصنام في

    عرصاته مذ حج أحمد

    There were indeed idols in

    its precincts when Ahmad made the pilgrimage.

  12. الدين عاد كما بدا

    فابشر وصل على محمد

    Religion has returned as it first appeared;

    so rejoice, and invoke blessings upon Muhammad.