قُم وَدَّعِ الأوثانَ والأصناما

أفما تَرى بُرهانَ رَبِّكَ قاما

Arise and bid farewell to idols and statues

Do you not see clear proof of your Lord established?

يا خالدُ اعمدْ للتي هي عِصمةٌ

لِذَوِي البصائرِ وانبذِ الأوهاما

O Khaled set forth to that which is protection

For the insightful and abandon delusions

اللَّهُ ربُّ العالمينَ ودينُهُ

دِينُ السّلامِ لمن أراد سلاما

God is Lord of all worlds and His religion

Is the religion of peace for whoever wants peace

اقرأ كِتابَ أخيكَ مالك مصرفٌ

عمّا يُريدُ ولن ترى الإحجاما

Read the book of your brother Malik, it diverts

From what he wants and you will not see refusal

أقْبِلْ رَعاكَ اللهُ إنّك لن ترى

كسبيلِ رَبِّكَ مَطلباً ومَراما

Come, may God shepherd you, you will not see

Like the path of your Lord any desire or goal

سَألَ النبيُّ بأيِّ حالٍ خالدٌ

أفما يَزالُ يُجانِبُ الإسلاما

The Prophet asked in what state is Khaled

Does he still turn away from Islam?

إنّي رأيتُ لخالدٍ من عقلِهِ

فيما يُمارسُ مُرشداً وإماما

I saw that Khaled had enough intellect

To guide and lead as an imam

ما مِثلهُ يرتابُ في دينِ الهُدى

فَيرى الضّياءَ المستفيضَ ظلاما

None like him doubts the religion of guidance

And sees the shining light as darkness

إنّا لنَعرفُهُ رشيداً حازماً

ونراه شَهماً في الرجالِ هُماما

We know him to be reasonable and decisive

And we see him as valiant among honorable men

لو أنّه جَعلَ المضرَّة والأذى

للمشرِكينَ لما استحقَّ مَلاما

If he made harm and injury for the polytheists

He would not deserve blame

ولكان عِنديَ يا وليدُ مُقَدَّماً

يَلْقَى لَدَيَّ البرَّ والإكراما

And for me, O Waleed, he would be preferred

To receive righteousness and honor from me

أقبِلْ أخي وتَلافَ أمرَكَ لا تكن

مِمَّنْ إذا وَضَحَ السّبيلُ تَعامَى

Come brother and mend your affair, do not be

Among those who when the path is clear, are blind

كم مَوطنٍ جَلَلٍ لو اَنّك لم تَغِبْ

عنه لكنتَ إذاً أجلَّ مَقاما

How many sublime places, if you had not been absent

From them you would then be the most sublime station

يَكفيكَ ما ضيَّعت ليس بحازمٍ

من لا يزالُ يُضيِّعُ الأياما

It suffices you what you have wasted, not one prudent

Is one who continues to waste the days

نشط الهمامُ وراحَ يُدرِكُ نفسَه

يبغِي لها عِندَ النبيِّ ذِماما

The zealous one set out to regain himself

Seeking for himself protection with the Prophet

ألقَى إلى الوادي الخصيبِ بِرَحْلِهِ

فأصابَ فيه مَرْتعاً ومَساما

He pitched his tent in the fertile valley

And found in it pasture and water springs

أيُقيمُ بالوادي الجديبِ فلا يرى

إلا سَراباً كاذباً وجَهاما

Does he stay in the barren valley and see

Only a mirage that lies and confounds?

لاقى بعكرمةٍ وبابنِ أُميَّةٍ

شَرّاً يَعُبُّ عُبَابَهُ وعُراما

He met with Ikrimah and the son of Umayya

Evil that muddies its running waters

قالَ ائْتِيَا نَبغِي النجاةَ فأعرضا

وتَنازعا قولاً يشبُّ ضِراما

He said come, we want salvation but they refused

And disputed with harsh hurtful words

وأجابها عثمانُ دعوةَ ناصحٍ

يأبى الهوى ويُجانِبُ الآثاما

And Uthman responded to the call of an advisor

Who refuses desire and avoids sins

مَضَيا على سَنَنِ الطريقِ فصادفا

عَمْراً فقالا ما لنا وإلى ما

They went forth on the path so they met

Amr and said what business do we have and to where

يا عَمْرو دِينَ اللَّهِ لسنا كالأُلَى

جعلوا الحلالَ من الأمورِ حَراما

O Amr the religion of God is not like fancies

That made the lawful from matters forbidden

قال اهتديتُ ولن أكونَ كمن يُرى

طُولَ الحياةِ لنفسهِ ظَلّاما

He said I am guided and will not be like one seen

To spend his lifetime in darkness for himself

وَمَشَوْا فما بَلَغَ الرسولَ حَدِيثُهُم

حتّى بدا متهلّلاً بَسّاما

And they walked on until the news reached the Messenger

Until he appeared happy and smiling

سرَّته مَكَّةُ إذ رَمَتْ أفلاذَها

كَبِداً تُكِنُّ الحُبَّ والإعظاما

Mecca rejoiced when it threw its brave ones

Like arrows that harbor love and reverence

بعثَتْ إليهِ من الجبالِ ثلاثةً

رَضوَى يُصاحِبُ يَذْبُلاً وشِماما

It sent to him from the mountains three

Who accompanied the withering and piercing

خَفَّ الوليدُ يقولُ لا تتمهّلوا

إنّ الحديثَ إلى النبيِّ تَرامى

Al-Waleed worried saying do not tarry

The news has certainly reached the Prophet

حُثُّوا المَطِيَّ فإنّه مُتَرقِّبٌ

وأرى جوانحكم تَرِفُّ أُواما

Hasten the riding animal for he awaits

And I see your wings fluttering eagerly

وَفَدوا كِراماً يؤمنون بربّهم

ورسولِهِ بيضَ الوجوهِ وِساما

They came honorable, believing in their Lord

And His Messenger, bright of face and marked

نَفَضُوا الهوانَ عن الجباهِ فأصبحوا

شُمَّ المعاطسِ يرفعونَ الهاما

They shook off disgrace from their brows so they woke

Priding themselves, raising their resolve

أفيعبدونَ مع الغُواةِ حِجارةً

أم يَعبدونَ الواحدَ العلاَّما

Do they worship with the deviants, rocks?

Or do they worship the One Knowing, Exalted?

كُشِفَ اللِثامُ عن اليقينِ ولن تَرى

كالجهلِ سِتراً والغرورِ لِثاما

The mask was removed from certainty, you will not see

Like ignorance, a covering, or delusion, a mask

لو طَاوعَ النَّاسُ الطبيبَ لما اشتكى

مَن يَحملُ الأدواءَ والآلاما

If people complied with the doctor, none would complain

Who carries diseases and pains

اعرفْ لربّكَ حقَّهُ فَلِحكمةٍ

خَلَقَ العُقولَ وأنشأَ الأحلاما

Know the right of your Lord, for with wisdom

He created minds and originated dreams

أرأيتَ كالإسلامِ دِيناً قَيّماً

سَاسَ الأُمورَ ودبَّرَ الأحكاما

Have you seen a religion as just as Islam?

It governed affairs and organized laws

اللهُ أحكمَ أمرَهُ وأقامَهُ

للعالمينَ شريعةً ونِظاما

God made His affair wise and established it

For the worlds as a way and system

نادَى النبيُّ به فأفزعَ صوتُه

أُمماً بآفاقِ البلادِ نِياما

The Prophet called to it so his voice terrified

Nations throughout the horizons of countries asleep

ودَعَا إليه وسَيْفُه بِيَمينِهِ

يمضِي حياةً مَرَّةً وحِماما

And he called to it while his sword was in his right hand

To live a bitter and intense life

تَمضِي أباطيلُ الحياةِ ولن ترى

لِسوَى الحقائقِ في الزّمانِ دَواما

The vanities of life pass and you will not see

For anything besides truths permanence in time

صُعقتْ نُفوسُ المشركينَ وهالهم

هَمٌّ إذا انجلتِ الهمومُ أقاما

The souls of the polytheists were stricken and alarmed by

Worry, for when worries manifest, they remain

قالوا فقدناهم ثلاثةَ قادةٍ

ما مِثلُهمُ بأساً ولا إقداما

They said we have lost three leaders

None like them in might or boldness

ما أعظمَ البلوى ويا لكِ نَكبةً

ملَكتْ علينا النقضَ والإبراما

How great the afflictions and what a calamity

That has conquered us, undoing and decreeing

نزل البلاءُ بنا فكانَ مُضاعفاً

وجَرَى العذابُ معاً فكانَ غَراما

The affliction came to us so it was multiplied

And the punishment came together so it was ruinous

إني إخالُ البَيْتَ يُشرقُ جَوُّهُ

وإخالُ مَكّةَ ترفَعُ الأعلاما

I swear the house shines its atmosphere

And I swear Mecca raises the flags

يا ابن الوليدِ لك الأعِنَّةُ كلّها

فَالْقَ المقانِبَ وادفعِ الأقواما

O son of Waleed, you have all the support

So meet the adversaries and repel the groups

سترى المشاهِدَ تَرجُفُ الدنيا لها

وترى الحصونَ تَميدُ والآطاما

You will see scenes that shake the world for them

And you will see fortresses lean and pillars

بَشِّرْ حُماةَ الشِّركِ منك بوقعةٍ

تُوهِي القُوَى وتُزلزِلُ الأقداما

Give good tidings to the protectors of polytheism through you of a battle

That reduces strengths and shakes firm steps