عليٌّ أميرُ المؤمنينَ وعِزُّهُم
إذا الناس خافوا مُهلكاتِ العَواقبِ
Ali is Commander of the Faithful and their glory,
Ali is the Commander of the Faithful, their pride
When people fear disastrous outcomes.
When people fear the destructive consequences
عليٌّ هو الحامي المرجَّا بفعلِهِ
لدى كلِّ يومٍ باسلِ الشرِّ عاصبِ
Ali is the protector in whose deeds hope is placed,
Ali is the protector hoped for through his actions
On every dire day of fierce evil.
On every day facing the raging evil boldly
عليٌّ هو المرهوبُ والذائذُ الذي
يَذودُ عن الإسلامِ كلَّ مُناصِبِ
Ali is the feared one and the defender who
Ali is the one who is feared and who flees
Wards off every enemy from Islam.
Protecting Islam from all who oppose it
عليٌّ هو الغيثُ الربيعُ مع الحِبا
إذا نَزلت بالناسِ إحدى المصائبِ
Ali is the rain and the springtime, with bounty,
Ali is the pouring rain of spring with love
When a calamity befalls the people.
When afflictions befall the people
عليٌّ هو العُدل الموفّق والرِّضا
وفارجُ لُبسِ المبهماتِ الغرائبِ
Ali is the just one, granted success and well approved,
Ali is the accomplished justice and consent
And the dispeller of confusion in strange, obscure matters.
Clarifying the ambiguity of strange affairs
عليٌ هو المأوى لكلِّ مُطَرَّدٍ
شريدٍ ومنحوبٍ من الشرِّ هاربِ
Ali is the refuge for everyone driven out,
Ali is the refuge for every outcast
Homeless and afflicted, fleeing from evil.
Wanderer and exiled escaping evil
عليٌّ هو المهديُّ والمُقتَدى به
إذا الناسُ حاروا في فنونِ المذاهبِ
Ali is the rightly guided one and the example to follow,
Ali is the Guided One to follow
When people are bewildered among the various doctrines.
When people are confused by doctrines’ ways
عليٌّ هو القاضي الخطيبُ بقولِه
يجيءُ بما يعيا به كلّ خاطِبِ
Ali is the judge and orator; with his words
Ali is the judge, the orator in his words
He brings forth what leaves every speaker at a loss.
Coming with what silences every speaker
عليٌّ هو الخَصمُ القؤولُ بحجّةٍ
يَرُدُّ بها قولَ العدوِّ المُشاغبِ
Ali is the eloquent disputant, with an argument
Ali is the contender, debater with argument
With which he refutes the contentious enemy's claim.
Refuting thereby the words of the hostile agitator
عليٌّ هو البدرُ المنيرُ ضِياؤه
يُضيء سَناه في ظلامِ الغياهبِ
Ali is the full moon, whose light is radiant;
Ali is the shining full moon, his light
His radiance shines in the darkness of deepest gloom.
Illuminates the darkness of the unknown
عليٌّ أعزُّ الناسِ جاراً وحامياً
وأقتلُهم للقِرنِ يومَ الكتائبِ
Ali is the mightiest of men as a neighbor and protector,
Ali is the most honorable of people as a neighbor and protector
And the deadliest of them to a rival on the day the battalions clash.
And the deadliest to the enemy in calamities
عليٌّ أعمُّ الناس حِلماً ونائلاً
وأجودُهم بالمالِ حقّاً لطالبِ
Ali has the widest-reaching forbearance and bounty of all men,
Ali is the most forbearing and attainable of people
And is truly their most generous giver of wealth to any seeker.
And the most generous to the seeker in truth
عليٌّ أَكَفُّ الناس عن كلّ مَحْرمٍ
وأتقاهم للهِ في كلّ جانبِ
Ali is the most self-restrained of men, avoiding all that is forbidden,
Ali is the most abstinent of people from all sin
And the most God-fearing of them in every respect.
And the most God-fearing in every aspect
Sol 6.1