يا قومُ أرضكًمُ الكريمة هذه

قَد زُلزِلت عندَ الضحى زِلزالهَا

O people, this generous land of yours

Was shaken at dawn by its tremor

ولقد خَرَجَنا هاربينَ معَ الرَّدى

أو قيلَ عنّا أخرَجَتْ أَثقالها

We fled with haste along with the wind

Or it was said we were driven out by its weights

أهوى لها بُنيانُ كل مُشَيّد

وارتاعَ ذُعراً منْ رأى أَهوالهَا

The structure of each builder collapsed

And whoever saw its horrors panicked

ما ذاكَ إلاّ أَنَّ ربّك بالذي

فيهِ الزواجِرُ للورى أَوحى لها

That is only because your Lord, in whom

Are the deterrents for people, inspired it

يومٌ تجلى فيه اللهُ فأشرَقَتْ

أَنَوارُ مَمْلَكةٍ تُريكَ جَلالَها

A day in which God manifested and shone

The lights of a kingdom that shows you its majesty

فَتَصَدَّعَتْ مصرُ مخافة مكرِهِ

وعبرى الرَّجيفُ رِمالَها وَجبالَها

Egypt cracked in fear of His plot

And the tremor traversed its sands and mountains

خَشَعَتْ لهُ حتى المساجدُ سُجّداً

حتى المآذنُ للركوعِ أمالها

Even the mosques bowed down in submission

Even the minarets inclined for bowing

لولا شفاعةُ أحمدٍ خيرِ الورى

فينا لَقَطّعَ رَبُّنا أصالَها

If not for the intercession of Ahmed the best of creation

Our Lord would have destroyed its roots

يا ربّنا تُبنا إِليكَ فَوَقِّنا

برسولِكَ الهادي الشفيعِ نَكالَها

O our Lord turn us to You and make us steadfast

Through Your guiding intercessor, the greatest of its peers