قضى حقوق اللَهِ في أعدائه

ثم انثنى والنصرُ تحت لوائهِ

He fulfilled the rights of God against His enemies

Then turned back victorious under his banner

بحر طمى والبأسُ من أمواجهِ

صبح بدا والحقُّ من أضوائه

A raging sea with destruction in its waves

Dawn shone and truth radiated its lights

عمدٌ أقام به المهيمنُ حقه

والحقُّ عمدةُ أرضهِ وسمائه

A pillar he erected by which the All-Powerful established His right

And truth is the pillar of His earth and heavens

وأباحه مهج العدا فكأنما

قد نصلت أرماحه بقضائه

He unleashed against them the swords' blows as though

His spears had reached them by His decree

أغزى بهم جيشاً تضيق الأرضُ عن

أفواجه والوهمُ عن إحصائه

He stormed them with an army, the earth too narrow for

Its regiments or imagination to count them

كالعارض الثجاج ملء هوائه

لكن دمُ الأبطالِ من أنوائه

Like thick clouds filling the sky

But the blood of heroes dyed its currents

لما رأى للشرك رسماً ماثلاً

أوهى قواه وجد في إقوائه

When he saw the abomination of polytheism persisting

He weakened its forces and relied on his own

أنحى عليه بالصوارم والقنا

حتى إذا لم يبق غيرُ ذمائِهِ

He inclined toward it with swords and spears

Until nothing remained but their bodies

أبقاه والذعرِ المخيفُ يبيدُه

فكأنه سبع على أشلائه

He spared them, though terror was destroying them

As if he were a lion over its torn limbs

مستأصلاً شيئاً فشيئاً أمرهم

كر الزمان بصبحه ومسائه

Uprooting their matter little by little

Time circulates with its mornings and evenings