أغلى هدايا حاكمٍ ونظامِ

للناس ، حُكْمُ شَريعَةِ الإسْلامِ

The most precious gifts of a ruler and regime

For the people, are ruling by the Shari'ah of Islam

أغلى الهدايا للشُّعوبِ ، حمَايةٌ

للمالِ ، والأعراضِ ، والأَفْهامِ

The most precious gifts for nations are protection

Of wealth, honor, and intellect

إغلاقُ أبوابِ المفاسِدِ والهوى

ومنافِذِ التَّضليلِ و الإيهَامِ

Closing the doors of corruption and desire

And the conduits of misguidance and delusion

أغلى الهدايا للبلادِ وأهْلهَ

تطبيقُ شرع الله في الأحكامِ

The most precious gifts for countries and their people

Are implementing Allah's Law in rulings

أغلى منَ الدُّنيا ، ومن لذَّاتِه

وبرِيقِ ما فيها منَ الأوهامِ

More precious than the world, and its pleasures

And the mirage of its delusions

رَفْعُ الملامةِ عنْ دُعاةِ فضيلَةٍ

نشروا الهُدى وأئمَّةٍ أعْلامِ

Is removing blame from callers to virtue

Who spread guidance, and renowned leaders

هُمْ يحرسُونَ الدَّارَ من مُتسلِّلٍ

يرْمي بحربتِهِ صُدورَ نِيامِ

They guard the abode from infiltrators

Who stab with their spears the chests of the sleeping

كمْ أطْفأوا نيرانَ هتْكِ فضيلةٍ

وحموا بعونِ الله عِرْضَ كِرامِ

How many fires of violated honor they extinguished

And protected with Allah's help, the dignity of the honorable

أغْلى الهَدَايا حِسْبَةٌ محمُدَةٌ

بينَ الأنامِ ، تشُدُّ أزْرَ نِظامِ

The most precious gift is a Muhammadan calculation

Among people, supporting the system

يا خادِمَ الحرمينِ ، دولتنا التي

قامتْ على الإسلامِ خيرَ قيامِ

O servant of the Two Holy Mosques, our state

Which was established on Islam, the best foundation

مدَّتْ يديها للموحِّدِ حينم

نادى بشرع الواحِدِ العلاَّمِ

It extended its hand to the monotheists when

He called to the Law of the One, the All-Knowing

لمَّا رأتْهُ إلى المؤذِّنِ مُصغي

ومُصلِّياً للهِ خلفَ إمامِ

When it saw him inclining to the caller to prayer

And praying to Allah behind the imam

ركضتْ إليهِ بنَخْلِها وبسدرِه

وبِشِيحِها وعَرارها وخُزامِ

It rushed to him with its palm trees and lotus

And its acacia and planes and gardens

ركضت بعزمِ رجالِها ونسائِه

وبشَيْخهَا وبِكهْلِها وغُلامِ

It rushed with the resolve of its men and women

And its elders, adults, and boys

ميزانُها قُرْآنُها ، وحديثُه

و المَسْجِدانِ وقوَّةُ الإلْهامِ

Its measure is its Quran, Hadith,

The Two Holy Mosques, and the strength of inspiration

و الأمرُ بالمعروفِ،مهما حاولو

منْ يُفْلِتونَ القولَ دونَ زِمامِ

And enjoining right, no matter how much

Those who let opinions loose without reins try

إنِّي لأسمعها تقولُ لكاتبٍ

مُستغْربٍ ، ومُفكِّرٍ " خَمْخَامِ "

I hear it say to the skeptical writer

And thinker, "babbler"

ولمَنْ تشبَّهَ بالغُرابِ ، فما مشى

مَشْيَ الغُرابِ ، ولامشَى كحمامِ

And to whoever resembles the crow, who did not walk

The walk of crows, nor walked like a pigeon

وتقولُ للمُتَنطِّعينَ ، ومنْ غلو

في دينهم ، وتشبَّعوا بِخِصامِ

And it says to the pretentious, and those

Who have gone to extremes in their religion, and are consumed with discord

وتَقولُ للمُتطرِّفينَ جميعهمْ

ولكُلِّ مَنْ جَنَحوا إلى الإجْرامِ :

And it says to all extremists

And everyone who has gravitated to criminality:

لا يلْتَقي سَيْفانِ في الغِمْدِ الذي

عَشِقتْ سريرتُهُ برِيقَ حُسامِ

Two swords do not clash in one sheath, which

Its core loved the gleam of polished swords

شتَّانَ بينَ ضياءِ نجمٍ باهتٍ

سخِرَ الظلامُ بهِ ، وبدْرِ تمامِ

Vast is the difference between the glow of a dim star

That darkness ridiculed, and a full moon

شتَّان بينَ مساجِدِ الله التي

تُبْنى وبينَ شواهِقِ الأهرامِ

Great is the difference between Allah's mosques

Which are built, and the towering pyramids

قدْ يُصبحُ البُنيانُ صرْحاً، وهو في

ميزانِ شرعِ الله مثلُ رُكامِ

The edifice may become a citadel, yet in

The measure of Allah's Law, is like rubble

أسمى البناءِ ، بِناءُ نفسٍ حُرَّةٍ

سَلِمتْ سرِيرَتُها منَ الأسْقامِ

The most sublime structure is that of a free soul

Whose innermost being is safe from ills

وأعزُّ من مليونِ بُرْجٍ شاخِصٍ

أبراجُ همَّةِ عالمٍ وإمامِ

And more dear than a million lofty towers

Are the spires of the resolve of a scholar and imam

أبراجُ جيلٍ مُؤمنٍ مُتطلِّعٍ

يرْقى بهِمَّتِهِ أعَزَّ مقامِ

The spires of a faithful, aspiring generation

Who ascend with their resolve to the most noble station

يلْقى الحياةِ بدينِهِ وبعلْمِهِ

لُقْيا زهورِ الرَّوضِ قَطْرَ غَمَامِ

Who experience life with their religion and knowledge

Like flowers sprinkling the meadows with cloud-bursts

وكذلِكَ النَّفْسُ الأبيَّةُ تُبْتَنى

بالعِلْمِ و الإيمَانِ و الإكْرامِ

And so the noble soul is built up

With knowledge, faith, and benevolence

إنِّي لأَسْمعُ كُلَّ شبْرٍ شَامخٍ

منْ أرْضِنا المرْفوعة الأعْلامِ

I hear every towering inch

Of our elevated, flag-adorned land

يُلْقي بألفِ تحيَّةٍ وتحِيَّةٍ

ويقولُ لي قولَ الفتى المِقْدامِ :

Send a thousand greetings and salutations

And say to me the words of the bold hero:

للشَّمسِ أطْوارٌ ، صباحٌ مُشرقٌ

وظَهيرةٌ ، وغُروبها المُترامي

The sun has phases, a radiant morning

And afternoon, and its far-reaching sunset

وتَظَلُّ شمسُ الحقِّ ذاتَ توهُّجٍ

يرْتدُّ عنها جيشُ كلِّ ظلامِ

And the sun of truth remains effulgent

Turning away the army of every darkness

كمْ ناطِقٍ ذَرِبِ اللِّسانِ ، وقَلْبُهُ

يَغْلي بجمْرٍ للضَّغينَةِ حامِ

How many glib tongues while their hearts

Seethe with embers of rancor aflame

قُل ما تَشاءُ عن الحياةِ وحُسْنه

وجمالِ ما فيْها مِنَ الأحْلامِ

Say what you will about life and its beauty

And the charm of its dreams

فالأمرُ بالمعروفِ خَيرُ هديَّةٍ

لبيوتنا ، تحمي مِنَ الآثامِ

Yet enjoining right is the best gift

For our homes, protecting them from sins

أرأيتَ ذا عقْلٍ يَرُدُّ هديَّةً

منْ رحمةٍ ومودَّةٍ وسَلامِ ؟!

Have you seen one of sound mind who rejects

A gift of mercy, affection, and peace?!