الحَمدُ لِلّهِ صُبحُ الحَقِّ قَد وَضَحا

وَبَيعُكثم يا أُهَيلَ الدينِ قَد رَبِحا

Praise be to Allah, the light of truth has shone

Praise be to God, the dawn of truth has broken clear,

And your sale, O people of religion, has profited

And your transaction, O people of the Faith, has gained great profit.

هذي التِجارَةُ لا مالاً يُثَمِّرُهُ

مَن كانَ ذا نَظَرٍ عَن مِثلِهِ طَمَحا

This trade brings no money to fruition

This is the commerce—not of wealth to be invested,

Whoever had insight did not aspire for the like of it

Which the man of insight seeks, turning his gaze from all else.

هذا هُوَ النَصرُ وَالفَتحُ المُبينُ بِهِ

جَرَت سَعادَةُ قَومٍ لِلوَرى نُصَحا

This is the clear victory and opening through which

This is the victory and the manifest conquest,

The good fortune of a people has honestly advised the creation

Through which the happiness of a people, advisors to mankind, has flowed.

قَومٌ سَمَت لَهُمُ الحُسنى الَّتي سَبَقَت

في عالَمِ الكَونِ لا روحاً وَلا شَبَحا

A people high ambitions preceded them

A people destined for that ultimate good ordained of old,

In the world of existence, neither spirit nor specter

In the realm of being, before spirit or form existed.

هُمُ أَقاموا شِعارَ الدينِ وَاِرتَفَعَت

بِهِم مَعالِمُهُ إِذ قَد وَهى وَمَحا

They established the banner of religion and its landmarks were raised

They established the rites of the Faith, and raised high

When it had weakened and erased

Its landmarks, after they had weakened and faded away.

فَالآنَ حُجّوا عِبادَ اللَهِ وَاِعتَمِروا

وَجَدّدوا الشُكرَ لِلمَولى الذي فَتَحا

So now, pilgrimage servants of God and perform Umrah

So now perform the Hajj, O servants of God, and the Umrah,

And renew gratitude to the Lord who opened

And renew your gratitude to the Master who granted this conquest.

فَيا لَها نِعمَةً ما كانَ أَكبَرَها

وَيا لَها مِنحَةً تَستَغرِقُ المِنَحا

What a great blessing it was

Oh, what a blessing it is! How vast its magnitude,

And what a all-encompassing gift

And oh, what a bounty that overwhelms all other gifts!

قَد طَهَّرَ البَيتَ في الماضي أَوائِلُهُم

حَتّى عَلا الحَقُّ وَالإِشراكُ قَد طُرِحا

In the past, its early ones purified the House

Their ancestors purified the Sacred House in times past,

Until the truth prevailed and polytheism was discarded

Until the truth ascended and polytheism was cast down.

وَقَد أَعادَ لَهُم ذو المَنِّ كَرَّتَهُ

وَاللَهُ يَختارُ وَالعُقبى لِمَن صَلَحا

And the Benevolent returned it to them

And the Bestower of Grace has restored their turn of fortune,

And Allah chooses and the good end is for whomsoever is righteous

For God chooses, and the ultimate end belongs to the righteous.

هذا لِعَبدِ العَزيزِ المُرتَضى شَرَفٌ

يَرضاهُ مَن قَد دَنا مِنهُ وَمَن نَزَحا

This is an honor for Abd al-Aziz the Chosen that satisfies

This is an honor for Abdulaziz, the chosen one,

Whoever drew near him and whoever parted

Pleasing to those near to him and those far away.

وَاِذكُر حُماةَ الهُدى وَالدينِ إِنَّ لَهُم

فَضلاً عَظيماً عَلى مَن حَجَّ أَو ذَبَحا

And remember the protectors of guidance and religion, they have

And remember the protectors of guidance and faith, for they possess

Great merit over whoever performed Hajj or slaughtered

A great favor upon all who make pilgrimage or offer sacrifice.

أَولاكَ إِخوانُ صِدقٍ جُلُّ مَقصَدِهِم

إِقامَةُ الشَرعِ لا فَخراً وَلا مِدَحا

They are brothers in truthfulness, their whole purpose

They are true brethren, whose sole and highest intent

Is to establish law, not pride or praise

Is to establish the Holy Law, seeking neither pride nor praise.

قَومٌ هُمُ بَذَلوا لِلَهِ أَنفُسَهُم

لا يَأسَفونَ عَلى مَن ماتَ أَوجُرِها

A people who sacrificed themselves for God

A people who have offered up their very souls to God,

Without grieving over whoever died or was wounded

Grieving not for those who die or suffer wounds.

أَهلُ التَوادُدِ فيما بَينَهُم وَهُمُ

أُسدٌ إِذا الحَربُ عَن أَنيابِهِ كَلَحا

The loving amongst themselves, and they are

Among themselves, they are people of mutual affection, yet they are

Lions when war bares its fangs

Lions when war bares its grimacing fangs.

إِنّي لَأَرجو لَهُم فَوزاً وَمَكرُمَةً

إِذ كُلُّ ذي عَمَلٍ رَهنٌ بِما كَدَحا

I hope for them success and honor

I verily hope for them triumph and honor,

Since each worker is hostage to what he strove for

For every worker is held in pledge for what he has wrought.

فَليَكفِهِم مَفخَراً دُنيا وَآخِرَةً

هذا المَقامُ الذي ميزانُهُ رَجَحا

So let this standing in which its balance inclined suffice them

Let it suffice them as glory, in this world and the next,

In worldly and otherworldly pride

This high station, the scales of which weigh heavy.

فَأَخلِصوا نِيَّةً لِلَهِ صادِقَةً

عَلى الصَوابِ كَما قَد قَرَّرَ الصُلحا

Sincerely intend for God a truthful intention

So purify your intent for God with all sincerity,

Upon what is right, as the reconciled have stipulated

Following the right path, as the righteous have ordained.

وَمَن بَذَلتُم لَهُ بِالعَهدِ بَيتَتَكُم

فَذاكَ طَوقٌ عَلى أَعناقِكُم وَضَحا

And whoever you have pledged allegiance to

And he to whom you have pledged your allegiance by covenant—

Is a collar round your necks that shone

That pledge is a visible collar binding your necks.

فَناصِحوهُ وَأَدّوا طاعَةَ وَجَبَت

عَلَيكُم فَهيَ شَرطٌ في الذي نَصَحا

So advise him and fulfill the obedience that

So give him loyal counsel, and render the obedience due,

Became obligatory upon you, for it is a condition in what advised

Incumbent upon you, for it is a condition of true loyalty.

فَيا إِمامَ الهُدى زَينَ الوُجودِ وَيا

فَرعَ الأَئِمَّةِ وَاِبنَ السادَةِ السُمَحا

O Imam of guidance, beauty of existence, and O

O Imam of Guidance, O ornament of existence, O

Branch of the Imams and son of generous masters

Scion of Imams, and son of generous masters,

وَيا جَمالَ بَني الدُنيا وَزينَتَهُم

وَمَن بِهِ الدينُ وَالدُنيا قَد اِبتَجَحا

And O beauty of the people of the world and their ornament

O beauty of the people of the world and their adornment,

And who through him religion and world prospered

Through whom both Religion and the World have rejoiced.

اِجعَل مُشيرَكَ أَهلَ العِلمِ إِنَّ لَهُم

رَأياً إِذا فالَ رَأيُ المُتَري نَجَحا

Make the people of knowledge your advisors, they have

Take the people of knowledge as your counselors, for they possess

An opinion which, if turned to, will succeed

Insight that succeeds when the views of doubters fail.

مَن كانَ ناموسُهُ العِلمَ الشَريفَ فَذا

أَجدِر بِه أَن يَنالَ الفَوزَ وَالفَلَحا

Whoever's constitution is noble knowledge, he

He whose guiding principle is noble knowledge—

Is most deserving to attain success and prosperity

How worthy is he to attain triumph and success!

لا يَمتَري عاقِلٌ في الناسِ أَنَّ لَكُم

عَلى الخَليفَةِ فَضلاً شاعَ وَاِتَّضحا

No reasonable person disputes that you have

No man of reason among the people doubts that you hold

Over the Caliph a clear, manifest merit

Merit over the Caliph, which has spread and become clear.

أَنتُم أَقَمتُم لَهُم مِن دينِهِم عِوَجاً

قَد أَحدَثَتهُ بعيدَ المُصطَفى الطُلَحا

You straightened for them crookedness in their religion

You have straightened for them the crookedness of their faith,

That distant from Mustafa had occurred

Which the wicked introduced long after the Chosen One.

كَالغَيثِ أَوَّلُكُم فينا وَآخِرُكُم

قَد عَمَّ مَن قَد بَقِيَ نَفعاً وَمَن بَرِحا

Your first ones to us like rain, and your last ones

You are like the rain; the first of you among us and the last,

Have benefited whoever remains and whoever parted

Its benefit encompasses those who stay and those who roam.

كَذاكَ إِخوانُكُم في الدينِ إِنَّ لَهُم

نِكايَةً في الذي عَن رُشدِهِ جَمَحا

Likewise your brothers in religion, they have

Likewise are your brethren in the faith, for they inflict

Enmity towards those who deviated from righteousness

Havoc upon him who deviates from the path of right.

هُم أَرخَصوا في اِحتِدامِ البَأسِ أَنفُسَهُم

لا يَخشَعونَ إِذا ما حادِثٌ فَدَحا

They considered their lives cheap in the heat of battle

They held their lives cheap in the fierce heat of battle,

Fearing not when an event erupted

Unbowed when grave calamities befall.

عَلَيهِمُ وَجَّبَ الرَحمنُ طاعَتَكُم

نَصّاً جَلِيّاً أَتىفي الذِكر مُتَّضِحا

Upon them the Merciful made your obedience obligatory

The Merciful has mandated their obedience to you,

In a clear, eloquent text that came in the Scripture

In a clear text revealed plainly in the Remembrance,

فيما أَحَبّوا وَفيما يَكرَهونَ خَلا

ما كانَ كُفراً بَواحاً حُكمُهُ وَضَحا

In what they love and what they hate excluding

In what they love and what they loathe, except

What is clear disbelief, its ruling clarified

In cases of open disbelief where the judgment is clear.

وَهُم عَلَيكُم لَهُم حَقٌّ بِمَعرِفَةٍ

بِالرِفقِ وَالعَدلِ فيما بَينَهُم سَنَحا

And they have a right over you to

Yet they hold a right over you, to be recognized

Gentleness and justice between them you granted

With gentleness and justice in all that passes between them.

وَتَعدِلوا قِسمَةً في الفَيءِ بَينَهُمُ

وَأَن تُواسوهُمُ إِن دَهرُهُم كَلَحا

And apportion the war booty equally between them

And that you divide the spoils with justice among them,

And that you tend to them if their time hardens

And support them should fortune turn its grim face upon them.

هذا وأَنتُم بِما قد قُلتُ ذو خَبرٍ

وَالعَدلُ مِنكُم وَفيكُم عَرفُهُ نَفَحا

This while you are of what I said well-informed

This I say, though you are well aware of what I speak,

Justice from and in you its fragrance diffused

For the fragrance of justice wafts from you and dwells within you.

إِنَّ الحُسَينَ الذي أَبدى عَداوَتَهُ

لِلمُسلِمينَ رَأى عُقبى الوَغى تَرَحا

Indeed, al-Husayn who showed his enmity

Indeed, Hussein, who openly displayed his enmity

To the Muslims saw the consequence of turmoil hasten

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

أَزجى الجُموعَ وَغَرَّتهُ مَكائِنُهُ

فَباءَ بِالدُلِّ مَخذولاً وَمُكتَسحا

He roused the crowds and his schemes deluded him

He marshaled his hosts, deceived by his own machinations,

So he failed miserably, routed and rolled in the dust

But returned in humiliation, forsaken and swept away.

أَتاهُ قَومٌ اِشتَدَّ اللِقا صُبُرٌ

لا يَألمونَ شُواظُ الحَربِ إِن لَفَحا

There came to him a people hardy in battle

There came upon him a people, steadfast when the clash intensifies,

Who feel no pain from war's afflictions if it flares up

Who feel no pain though the flames of war may scorch.

فَذاقَ تَنكيلَ ما أَبداهُ مِن عَمَلٍ

كُلٌّ يوَفّيهِ رَبُّ العَرشِ ما اِجتَرَحا

So he tasted the tribulation of the deeds he committed

Thus he tasted the chastisement for the deeds he wrought,

Each soul is fully recompensed by the Lord of the Throne for what it earned

For the Lord of the Throne pays each man fully for what he commits.

هذا جَزاءُ الذي صَدَّ الأَنامَ عَن البَ

يتِ الحَرامِ عُتُوّاً مِنهُ أَو مَرَحا

This is the recompense of one who blocked people

This is the recompense of him who barred the people

From the Sacred House, transgressing or jesting

From the Sacred House, in arrogance and insolence.

لا زِلتُمُ يا إِمامَ المُسلِمينَ بِما

يَسوءُهُ وَيُفيدُ الوامِقَ الفَرِحا

You continue, O Leader of the Muslims, with what

May you remain, O Imam of the Muslims, in a state

Improves it and benefits the delighted victor

That grieves the foe and brings bounty to the rejoicing friend.

وَلا يَزالُ مَدى أَيّامِهِ شَرِقاً

بِعِزِّكُم بِكُؤوسِ الغَبنِ مُصطَحِبا

And may its good fortune continue forever

And may the enemy remain, all his days, choking

In your glory, accompanied by cups of misfortune

On your glory, drinking deep from the cups of bitter loss.

ثُمَّ الصلاةُ وَتسليمُ الإِلهِ عَلى

مَن كانَ مَبعَثُهُ لِلخَيرِ مُفتَتَحا

Then prayer and peace upon the God

Then may the blessings and peace of God be upon

Whose mission was the opener of good

Him whose mission was the opening of all goodness,

وَآلهِ الغُرِّ وَالأَصحابِ ما هَمَلَت

سُحبٌ وَما بَرقُها في جَوزِها لَمَحا

And upon his family of caves and Companions what

And upon his noble family and companions, as long as rain pours

Clouds poured down and their lightning in its clouds flashed

From the clouds, and lightning flashes through their midst.