إِذا ما رَأَيتُم عُصبَةً هَجَرِيَّةً

فَمِن رَأيِها لِلناسِ هَجرُ المَساجِدِ

Whenever you see a modernist group

Whose opinion leads people away from mosques

وَلِلدَهرِ سُرٌّ مُرقِدٌ كُلَّ ساهِرٍ

عَلى غِرَّةٍ أَو موقِظٌ كُلَّ هاجِدِ

And for the times there is a sleeping secret in every wakeful person

Or a waker in every kneeling worshipper

يَقولونَ تَّأثيرُ القِرانِ مُغَيَّرٌ

مِنَ الدَينِ آثارَ السُراةَ الأَماجِدِ

They say the Quran's influence has changed

Erased the traces of devout ancestors' glories

مَتّى يَنزِلِ الأَمرُ السَماويُّ لا يُفِد

سِوى شَبَحٍ رُمحُ الكَميّ المَناجِدِ

Whenever a divine order descends, it does not benefit

Other than the ghost, the spear of the short Cambyses wounded the kneeling ones

وَإِن لَحِقَ الإِسلامَ خَطبٌ يُغَضُّهُ

فَما وَجَدَت مَثَلاً لَهُ نَفسُ واجِدِ

And if some distress befalls Islam

No soul has found a match for it, not even the most ardent lover

إِذا عَظَّموا كَيوانَ عَظَّمتُ واحِداً

يَكونُ لَهُ كَيوانُ أَوَّلَ ساجِدِ

When they glorify a Mars, I glorify the One

For whom Mars would be the first to kneel in prayer