Claude 2

  1. إِرفعْ كِتابَكَ يا سُرا

    قَةُ إنّه عَلَمُ النَّجاةِ

    Raise your book, O Suraaqah

    It is the flag of salvation

  2. هُوَ جُنَّةٌ لك من سُيو

    فِ الضّاربينَ طُلَى الكُماةِ

    It is a shield for you from the blows

    Of those who strike with blindness

  3. عَهْدُ النَّبيِّ فأيُّ ذخ

    ر مثله للحادثاتِ

    The prophet's covenant, what memory

    Is like it for events?

  4. أسْدَى الجميلَ ومَنَّ يأ

    خُذُ نَفْسَهُ بالمكرماتِ

    It presents good and who would take

    Himself with noble deeds?

  5. ويُقيمُ أعلامَ الهُدَى

    للتابعين مِنَ الهُداةِ

    And sets up flags of guidance

    For followers of the guided ones

  6. لو شاءَ قتلك يا سُرا

    قَةُ لم تذق طَعْمَ الحياةِ

    If He willed, He would have killed you, O Suraaqah

    You would not have tasted life

  7. إذ جئتَ تطلبُ قتلَه

    وتُطيعُ فيه هوى الغُواةِ

    When you came seeking to kill him

    And obeyed in that the passions of the deviants

  8. أرأيتَ حِلْمَ مُحمّدٍ

    وَعَرفته جَمَّ الأناةِ

    Have you seen Muhammad's clemency

    And recognized his perfect patience?

  9. أدْرِكْ بدينِ اللهِ نَفْ

    سَكَ واستقِمْ قبل الفواتِ

    Take hold of God's religion for your soul

    And walk straight before it's too late

  10. دين المفاخر والمآ

    ثرِ والخلالِ الصّالحاتِ

    The religion of pride and glories

    And good traits and fine qualities

  11. دين الغطارفةِ الأما

    جدِ والجهابذَةِ الثِّقاتِ

    The religion of the great heroes

    And the firmly trusting champions

  12. دين الرشادِ بأسرِهِ

    والخيرِ من ماضٍ وآتِ

    The religion of right guidance altogether

    And the good of past and future

  13. اللَّهُ ربُّ العالَمِي

    نَ فما اتّباعُ التُّرَّهاتِ

    God is Lord of all beings

    So what use are delusions?

  14. إن كنتَ ذا عقلٍ فَحَسْ

    بُكَ نظرةٌ في الكائناتِ

    If you have any mind, then one look

    At creatures should suffice

  15. تلك المعالِمُ واضحا

    تٍ والشواهدُ بَيّنَاتِ

    Those signposts are clear

    And the evidence is plain

  16. دَعْ ما مَضى لَك يا سُرا

    قَةُ من جناياتِ العُصاةِ

    Leave what has passed for you, O Suraaqah

    Of the sins of the disobedient

  17. أيّامَ تَضربُ في الغَوا

    يةِ بالعَشِيِّ وبالغداةِ

    Days that wander into error

    In the evening and at dawn

  18. أنت أتّقيتَ اللَّهَ ربْ

    بَكَ فَاغْتَنِمْ عُقبَى التُّقاةِ

    You feared God your Lord

    So take advantage of the reward of fearing Him