ثَقِيفُ اجْمَعِي للَّاتِ ما شِئتِ من عَزْمِ
ولا تُسلِميها للمعاولِ والهَدْمِ
Gather, oh Thaqif, whatever strength you desire,
And surrender it not to the pickaxes and wrecking balls.
أتاها أبو سُفيانَ يرمِي كِيانَها
بخطبٍ يَزيدُ الكُفرَ رغماً على رَغْمِ
Abu Sufyan came to it, seeking to destroy its entity
With speeches that increase blasphemy over blasphemy.
وإنّ لها عِندَ المُغيرةِ هِمّةً
تَبيتُ لها الكُفّارُ صَرْعَى من الهَمِّ
But al-Mughirah has a resolve for it
That keeps the infidels lying prostrate, overwhelmed with anxiety.
علاها بنعليهِ وألقى بنفسِهِ
يُخادِعُ مَن لا يستفيقُ منَ الوَهْمِ
He entered it in his sandals and risked himself,
Deceiving those not awake from their delusions.
ظَننتُمْ به شرّاً وقلتم أصابَهُ
من اللّاتِ ما يَنْهَى الغَوِيَّ عن الإثمِ
You thought him an evil and said, “He has been afflicted
By Al-Lat with what deters the deviant from sin.”
ألا فانظروها كيف أضْحت صخُورُها
تَطيرُ فُضاضاً من صِلابٍ ومن صُمِّ
Behold how its boulders now
Fly into fragments of hardness and deafness.
تُهَدُّ وتبكيها العقائلُ حُسَّراً
فهل عندها بالمأتمِ الضخمِ من عِلْمِ
It sways and its bonds weep in grief—
Does it, amidst the great mourning, have any knowledge?
وهل منعتْ أَسلابَها إذ أصابَها
رَسولُ هُدىً يَزدادُ غُنماً على غُنْمِ
Did its fetters protect it when
The Messenger of guidance came, gaining spoil upon spoil?
له من دمِ الكُفّارِ ما شاءَ ربُّه
ومن مالهم في غيرِ بَغْيٍ ولا ظُلْمِ
He has of the infidels’ blood what his Lord desired
And of their wealth without aggression or injustice.
هُم البغيُ والظُّلمُ المُذَمَّمُ والأذَى
وما ثمَّ من عيبٍ شنيعٍ ومن ذمِّ
They are the aggression, injustice, vileness, and harm,
And there is no other disgrace, deformity, or blame.
عَلتْ قُبَّةُ الإسلامِ واعتزَّ جندُه
فَمِن شَرَفٍ وافٍ ومن سُؤْددٍ جَمِّ
The dome of Islam has risen and its army grown mighty
With abundant honor and ample, clustering multitudes.
هو الدينُ لا دِينُ الجهَالةِ والعَمى
وهل يستحِبُّ الجهلَ من كان ذا حِلْمِ
It is the religion, not the religion of ignorance and blindness.
Does one approval ignorance who possesses wisdom?
قَضى اللّهُ ألا يَعبدَ الناسُ غيرَهْ
فما لسِواهُ من قضاءٍ ولا حُكمِ
God has decreed that none shall be worshipped but Him;
None other has any decree or judgment.
وليس له غيرُ الذي عاب دينَهُ
وأعرضَ عنه من عدوٍّ ولا خَصْمِ
And none shall condemn His religion
Except an enemy or foe.
سَيُصلِيهِ ناراً يُنضِجُ الجلدَ حَرُّها
ويَذهبُ يومَ الدّينِ باللّحمِ والعظمِ
He will roast him in a Fire whose heat
Will blacken the skin and take away the flesh and bone.
