الحمد لله صبح الحق قد وضحا — Mohammed Bin Uthaimin

الحَمدُ لِلّهِ صُبحُ الحَقِّ قَد وَضَحا

وَبَيعُكثم يا أُهَيلَ الدينِ قَد رَبِحا

Praise be to God: the dawn of truth has shone clear.

And your bargain, O dear people of faith, has yielded profit.

هذي التِجارَةُ لا مالاً يُثَمِّرُهُ

مَن كانَ ذا نَظَرٍ عَن مِثلِهِ طَمَحا

This is commerce, not money that one makes grow;

whoever has insight aspires beyond its like.

هذا هُوَ النَصرُ وَالفَتحُ المُبينُ بِهِ

جَرَت سَعادَةُ قَومٍ لِلوَرى نُصَحا

This is victory and the manifest conquest; through it

good fortune flowed to a people sincere toward mankind.

قَومٌ سَمَت لَهُمُ الحُسنى الَّتي سَبَقَت

في عالَمِ الكَونِ لا روحاً وَلا شَبَحا

A people for whom the finest blessing rose high, ordained beforehand,

when the realm of being held neither spirit nor bodily form.

هُمُ أَقاموا شِعارَ الدينِ وَاِرتَفَعَت

بِهِم مَعالِمُهُ إِذ قَد وَهى وَمَحا

They established the emblems of religion, and high rose

its landmarks through them, when it had weakened and faded.

فَالآنَ حُجّوا عِبادَ اللَهِ وَاِعتَمِروا

وَجَدّدوا الشُكرَ لِلمَولى الذي فَتَحا

So now perform the Hajj, servants of God, and the lesser pilgrimage,

and renew your thanks to the Lord who granted conquest.

فَيا لَها نِعمَةً ما كانَ أَكبَرَها

وَيا لَها مِنحَةً تَستَغرِقُ المِنَحا

So, what a blessing—how immense it was!

And what a gift, encompassing all gifts!

قَد طَهَّرَ البَيتَ في الماضي أَوائِلُهُم

حَتّى عَلا الحَقُّ وَالإِشراكُ قَد طُرِحا

Their forebears purified the House in times past,

until truth rose high and idolatry was cast aside.

وَقَد أَعادَ لَهُم ذو المَنِّ كَرَّتَهُ

وَاللَهُ يَختارُ وَالعُقبى لِمَن صَلَحا

And the Lord of bounty has renewed His intervention for them;

God chooses, and the final reward belongs to the righteous.

هذا لِعَبدِ العَزيزِ المُرتَضى شَرَفٌ

يَرضاهُ مَن قَد دَنا مِنهُ وَمَن نَزَحا

This is an honor for the esteemed Abd al-Aziz,

approved by those near him and those far away.

وَاِذكُر حُماةَ الهُدى وَالدينِ إِنَّ لَهُم

فَضلاً عَظيماً عَلى مَن حَجَّ أَو ذَبَحا

And remember the defenders of guidance and religion, for theirs is

a great favor bestowed on whoever made pilgrimage or sacrificed.

أَولاكَ إِخوانُ صِدقٍ جُلُّ مَقصَدِهِم

إِقامَةُ الشَرعِ لا فَخراً وَلا مِدَحا

Those are true brothers, whose chief aim is

to uphold the sacred law, not boasting or praise.

قَومٌ هُمُ بَذَلوا لِلَهِ أَنفُسَهُم

لا يَأسَفونَ عَلى مَن ماتَ أَوجُرِها

A people who devoted their lives to God;

they do not lament whoever died or was wounded.

أَهلُ التَوادُدِ فيما بَينَهُم وَهُمُ

أُسدٌ إِذا الحَربُ عَن أَنيابِهِ كَلَحا

People of mutual affection among themselves, yet they are

lions when war bares its fangs.

إِنّي لَأَرجو لَهُم فَوزاً وَمَكرُمَةً

إِذ كُلُّ ذي عَمَلٍ رَهنٌ بِما كَدَحا

Indeed, I hope for victory and honor for them,

for every doer is held in pledge for the fruits of his toil.

فَليَكفِهِم مَفخَراً دُنيا وَآخِرَةً

هذا المَقامُ الذي ميزانُهُ رَجَحا

So let it suffice them as a boast in this world and the next—

this station, whose weight has tipped the balance.

فَأَخلِصوا نِيَّةً لِلَهِ صادِقَةً

عَلى الصَوابِ كَما قَد قَرَّرَ الصُلحا

So make your intention sincere and true for God,

in accordance with what is right, as the righteous have established.

وَمَن بَذَلتُم لَهُ بِالعَهدِ بَيتَتَكُم

فَذاكَ طَوقٌ عَلى أَعناقِكُم وَضَحا

And to him whom you have pledged allegiance by covenant—

that is a collar around your necks, plain to see.

فَناصِحوهُ وَأَدّوا طاعَةَ وَجَبَت

عَلَيكُم فَهيَ شَرطٌ في الذي نَصَحا

So advise him sincerely and render the obedience made incumbent

upon you, for it is a condition for whoever gives sincere counsel.

فَيا إِمامَ الهُدى زَينَ الوُجودِ وَيا

فَرعَ الأَئِمَّةِ وَاِبنَ السادَةِ السُمَحا

So, O imam of guidance, adornment of existence, and O

scion of the imams and son of generous masters,

وَيا جَمالَ بَني الدُنيا وَزينَتَهُم

وَمَن بِهِ الدينُ وَالدُنيا قَد اِبتَجَحا

and O beauty and adornment of the children of this world,

and you in whom religion and the world rejoice,

اِجعَل مُشيرَكَ أَهلَ العِلمِ إِنَّ لَهُم

رَأياً إِذا فالَ رَأيُ المُتَري نَجَحا

take the learned as your advisers, for they have

judgment that succeeds when the doubter's judgment fails.

مَن كانَ ناموسُهُ العِلمَ الشَريفَ فَذا

أَجدِر بِه أَن يَنالَ الفَوزَ وَالفَلَحا

Whoever has noble knowledge as his guiding principle—such a one

is most worthy of attaining triumph and success.

لا يَمتَري عاقِلٌ في الناسِ أَنَّ لَكُم

عَلى الخَليفَةِ فَضلاً شاعَ وَاِتَّضحا

No rational person among mankind doubts that you possess

merit surpassing the caliph's, widely known and evident.

أَنتُم أَقَمتُم لَهُم مِن دينِهِم عِوَجاً

قَد أَحدَثَتهُ بعيدَ المُصطَفى الطُلَحا

You have straightened for them the crookedness in their religion

that the wicked introduced shortly after the Chosen One.

كَالغَيثِ أَوَّلُكُم فينا وَآخِرُكُم

قَد عَمَّ مَن قَد بَقِيَ نَفعاً وَمَن بَرِحا

Your first and last among us are like rain;

their benefit has embraced those who stayed and those who departed.

كَذاكَ إِخوانُكُم في الدينِ إِنَّ لَهُم

نِكايَةً في الذي عَن رُشدِهِ جَمَحا

Likewise your brothers in faith, for they have

inflicted harm on whoever has bolted from right guidance.

هُم أَرخَصوا في اِحتِدامِ البَأسِ أَنفُسَهُم

لا يَخشَعونَ إِذا ما حادِثٌ فَدَحا

They held their lives cheap in the heat of battle;

they do not cower when a calamity strikes hard.

عَلَيهِمُ وَجَّبَ الرَحمنُ طاعَتَكُم

نَصّاً جَلِيّاً أَتىفي الذِكر مُتَّضِحا

The All-Merciful made obedience to you incumbent upon them,

by a clear text, plainly stated in the Reminder.

فيما أَحَبّوا وَفيما يَكرَهونَ خَلا

ما كانَ كُفراً بَواحاً حُكمُهُ وَضَحا

In what they love and what they dislike, except

what is open unbelief, whose ruling is clear.

وَهُم عَلَيكُم لَهُم حَقٌّ بِمَعرِفَةٍ

بِالرِفقِ وَالعَدلِ فيما بَينَهُم سَنَحا

And they have a recognized right upon you:

to gentleness and justice in whatever arises among them,

وَتَعدِلوا قِسمَةً في الفَيءِ بَينَهُمُ

وَأَن تُواسوهُمُ إِن دَهرُهُم كَلَحا

and that you divide the spoils gained without battle fairly among them,

and support them if their times turn grim.

هذا وأَنتُم بِما قد قُلتُ ذو خَبرٍ

وَالعَدلُ مِنكُم وَفيكُم عَرفُهُ نَفَحا

Such is my counsel; you are well acquainted with what I have said,

and justice springs from you, and its fragrance wafts among you.

إِنَّ الحُسَينَ الذي أَبدى عَداوَتَهُ

لِلمُسلِمينَ رَأى عُقبى الوَغى تَرَحا

Indeed, al-Husayn, who showed his hostility

to the Muslims, found the outcome of war to be sorrow.

أَزجى الجُموعَ وَغَرَّتهُ مَكائِنُهُ

فَباءَ بِالدُلِّ مَخذولاً وَمُكتَسحا

He drove forth the hosts, and his machines deceived him,

so he returned in humiliation, forsaken and swept away.

أَتاهُ قَومٌ اِشتَدَّ اللِقا صُبُرٌ

لا يَألمونَ شُواظُ الحَربِ إِن لَفَحا

A steadfast people came upon him when the clash grew fierce,

feeling no pain from war's blaze, even when it scorched.

فَذاقَ تَنكيلَ ما أَبداهُ مِن عَمَلٍ

كُلٌّ يوَفّيهِ رَبُّ العَرشِ ما اِجتَرَحا

Thus he tasted exemplary punishment for the deeds he had done;

the Lord of the Throne repays each for what he has committed.

هذا جَزاءُ الذي صَدَّ الأَنامَ عَن البَ

يتِ الحَرامِ عُتُوّاً مِنهُ أَو مَرَحا

This is the recompense of him who barred mankind from the

Sacred House, in his defiance or insolent pride.

لا زِلتُمُ يا إِمامَ المُسلِمينَ بِما

يَسوءُهُ وَيُفيدُ الوامِقَ الفَرِحا

May you ever, O imam of the Muslims, have that which

grieves him and brings the loving admirer joy.

وَلا يَزالُ مَدى أَيّامِهِ شَرِقاً

بِعِزِّكُم بِكُؤوسِ الغَبنِ مُصطَحِبا

And may he remain, throughout his days, choking

on your glory, keeping company with cups of loss.

ثُمَّ الصلاةُ وَتسليمُ الإِلهِ عَلى

مَن كانَ مَبعَثُهُ لِلخَيرِ مُفتَتَحا

Then God's blessings and salutation be upon

him whose mission opened the way to goodness,

وَآلهِ الغُرِّ وَالأَصحابِ ما هَمَلَت

سُحبٌ وَما بَرقُها في جَوزِها لَمَحا

and his radiant family and companions, as long as rain is shed

by clouds, and as long as their lightning flashes in their midst.