على ذِكرِها فليعرفِ الحقَّ جاهلُهْ

ويُؤمنْ بأنّ البَغْيَ شتّى غوائلُهْ

Let the ignorant know the truth through remembering her

And believe that the tyranny has various tribulations

هي العزوةُ الكُبرى هَوَى الشِّركُ إذْ رَمَتْ

جحافلُها العُظْمَى وَوَلَّتْ جَحافِلُهْ

It is the great sedition, the passion of polytheism when

Its great armies attacked and its regiments turned away

وأصبح دينُ اللهِ قد قامَ رُكنُهُ

فأَقْصرَ مِن أعدائِه مَنْ يُطاوِلُهْ

And the religion of God was established, its pillar was erected

So whoever of its enemies tries to fight it will be too short for it

بَنَتْهُ سيوفُ اللهِ بالدّمِ إنّه

لأَصلَبُ من صُمِّ الجلاميدِ سائلُهْ

The swords of God built it with blood, it is

More firm than the deaf rock, water flows from it

تكِلُّ قُوى الجبّارِ عما تُقيِمه

عليه يدُ الباني وتَنْبُو معاولُهْ

The forces of the tyrant recoil from what

The hand of the Builder establishes on it, and its tools dig

أهاب رسولُ اللهِ بالجندِ أقْدِمُوا

ولا ترهبوا الطّاغوتَ فاللهُ خاذِلُهْ

The Messenger of God urged the soldiers, go forward

And do not fear the tyrant, for God will let him down

أَمَا تنظرون الأرضَ كيف أظلّها

من الشِّركِ دينٌ أَهْلَكَ الناسَ باطِلُهْ

Do you not look at the earth, how the religion of

Polytheism that destroyed the people with its falsehood shaded it

خُذوه ببأسٍ لا تَطيشُ سِهامُهُ

فأنتم مناياهُ وهذي مَقاتِلُهْ

Take it with might, do not let its arrows miss

For you are its destruction, and this is its battlefield

علينا الهُدى إمّا بآياتِ ربِّنا

وإمّا بِحَدِّ السّيفِ لا خَابَ حاملُهْ

For us is guidance, either by the signs of our Lord

Or by the edge of the sword whose carrier will not fail

إذا أنكر القومُ البراهينَ أَخْضَعَتْ

براهينُه أعناقَهم ودلائلُهْ

When the people deny the proofs, His proofs

Subdue their necks, and its evidence

مَضَى البأسُ بَدْريَّ المَشَاهِدِ ترتمِي

أعاصيرُه ناراً وتغلي مَراجلُهْ

The might advanced in the first battle, its

Storms hurl fire and its cauldrons boil

وضجَّ رسولُ اللهِ يدعو إلهَهُ

فيالكَ من جُندٍ طوى الجوَّ جافُلهْ

And the Messenger of God cried out, calling his God

What an army that folded the atmosphere with its regiments!

تَنَزَّلَ يُزجِي النَّصرَ تنسابُ من عَلٍ

شآبيبُه نُوراً وينهلُّ وابلُهْ

Victory descended pouring light from the Most High

Its streams pouring light and its rain pouring

أحيزومُ أقْدِمْ إنّه الجِدُّ لن يرى

سِواهُ عَدُوٌّ كاذبُ البأسِ هازلُهْ

O Ahzum, go forward, it is serious, the enemy

Will not see anything but it, his false might declining

هو اللهُ يحمي دينَهُ ويُعِزّهُ

فَمَنْ ذا يُناويهِ ومن ذا يُصاولُهْ

It is God who protects His religion and strengthens it

So who dares to conspire against it and rival it?

تمزّقَ جيشُ الكُفرِ وانْحلَّ عِقْدُهُ

فخابت أَمانيهِ وأَعْيَتْ وسائلُهْ

The army of disbelief was torn apart and its covenant dissolved

So its hopes were dashed and its means exhausted

وما بِرسولِ اللهِ إذ ناله الأَذَى

سِوَى ما ارْتَضَتْ أخلاقُه وشمائلُهْ

And the Messenger of God, when harm touched him

Had nothing but what his ethics and attributes were pleased with

نبيٌّ يُحبُّ اللهَ حبَّ مُجاهدٍ

يَرَى دَمَهُ مِن حقِّهِ فهو باذلُهْ

A prophet who loves God with the love of a warrior

Who sees his blood for His right as expendable

يُعظِّمُه في نفسِه ويُطِيعُه

وما يَقْضِ من أَمرٍ له فهو قابلُهْ

He magnifies Him in himself and obeys Him

And whatever command He decides, he accepts it

كذلكَ كان المُسلِمونَ الأُلىَ مَضَوا

فيالكَ عصراً يبعثُ الحُزْنَ زائلُهْ

That’s how the first generations of Muslims were

What an era that makes its sadness depart!

صَدَفْنَا عَنِ المُثْلىَ فَأصْبَحَ أَمْرُنا

إلى غيرنا نهذِي به وَهوَ شاغِلُهْ

We missed the ideal so our matter became

To others we complain of it and it preoccupies them

يُجالِدُ من يبغي الحياةَ عَدُوَّهُ

فيا لِعَدُوٍّ لم يجد من يُجادِلُهْ

It fights whoever wants life to be its enemy

What an enemy who found no one to argue with him!

بِنا من عوادِي الدّهرِ كلُّ مُسلَّطٍ

مكائدُه مَبثوثَةٌ وحَبائِلُهْ

With us is every tyrant exerting

His schemes widespread and his ropes many

قَضينا المَدَى ما تستقيمُ أُمورُنا

وهل يَستقِيمُ الأمرُ عَاليهِ سافِلُهْ

We have reached the extent that our affairs are not set right

Can the matter be set right while its top to bottom corrupted?

عجبتُ لِقومِي عُطِّلَ الدّينُ بينهم

وجُنُّوا به والجهلُ شَتَّى مَنازِلُهْ

I'm amazed at my people, between whom religion is suspended

And they reeled with it while ignorance resides in their homes

يُحبُّونَهُ حُبَّ الذي ضلَّ رأيُهُ

فقاطِعُه مِنْهُمْ سَواءٌ وواصلُهْ

They love it with the love of one whose opinion is misguided

Whether he abandons it or upholds it among them is the same

صلاةٌ وَصَوْمٌ يَرْكُضُ الشرُّ فيهما

حَثيثاً تَهُزُّ المَشْرِقَينِ صواهِلُهْ

A prayer and fast in which evil runs rampant

Shaking the two horizons, its trails abundant

وكيف يقومُ الدّينُ ما بين أُمّةٍ

إذا عُطِّلَتْ آدابُه وفضائِلُهْ

How can religion be established in a nation

If its etiquette and virtues are suspended?

سَلامٌ علينا يومَ يَصْدُقُ بأسُنا

فَيَمْضِي بنا في كلِّ أمرٍ نُحاوِلُهْ

Peace be upon us the day our might proves true

And takes us through every matter we undertake

ويومَ تكونُ الأرضُ تحتَ لوائِنا

فليس عليها من لواءٍ يُماثلُهْ

And the day the earth is under our banner

None can match it on it from any banner

أَنَمْشِي بِطاءً والخطوبُ تَنُوبُنا

سِراعاً وعادي الشَّرِّ ينقضُّ عاجِلُهْ

Shall we walk slowly while disasters befall us

Hastening, and the course of evil undoing its knots?

أَلاَ هِمَّةٌ بدريَّةٌ تكشفُ الأَذَى

وتشفِي من الهَمِّ الذي اهتاج دَاخِلُهْ

Lo, a will like Badr that removes harm

And heals the grief that stirred the soul

أَلا أُمّةٌ تَنْهَى النُّفوسَ عنِ الهَوَى

وتُصْغِي إلى القَوْلِ الذي أنا قائِلُهْ

Lo, a nation that deters the selves from passion

And listens to the saying I am telling

أَلاَ دولةٌ للحقِّ تَسْلُكُ نَهْجَهُ

وتمشِي على آثارهِ ما تُزايلُهْ

Lo, a state for truth that follows its path

And walks in its traces, not diverging from it

إذا نحنُ لم نَرْشُدْ ولم نَتْبَعِ الهُدَى

فلا تُنكِروا يا قومُ ما اللهُ فاعِلُهْ

If we do not guide or follow the guidance

Then do not blame, O people, what God will do