ظهرَ الفسادُ فما لهم مِن رادعٍ

إلا الوباءُ بأمرِ ربِّكَ يحصدُ

Corruption appeared, yet they had no deterrent

Except the plague by your Lord's command reaping

يا ويْلَهُم إنْ لم يُجِيبوا ربَّهم

ولكلِّ باغٍ في البريَّةِ مشهدُ

Oh woe to them, if they don't answer their Lord

And for every rebel in the wilderness, a scene

ضَلُّوا السَّبيلَ وسبَّحوا باسمِ الهوَى

والأمرُ بعدَ تجمُّعٍ يتبدَّدُ

They strayed from the path and praised in the name of passion

And the matter after gathering scatters

ظنُّوا بأنَّ اللهَ ربَّكَ غافلٌ

فرماهُمُ الطَّاعونُ فهْو مجنَّدُ

They thought that Allah your Lord was unaware

So the plague struck them as it was regimented

تلك المساجدُ غُلِّقتْ مِن دونِهم

لم يَبكِ فُرقتَهم وربِّكَ، مسجِدُ

Those mosques were closed without them

It didn't weep their separation, and your Lord, the mosque

غضِبَ الإلهُ عليهمُ فرماهُمُ

والأمرُ حقًّا بعد ذلك أنكَدُ

The God was angry with them so he struck them

And the matter truly after that was most distressing

باؤوا بخِزيٍ ما له مِن كاشفٍ

إلا الصِّـراطُ المستقيمُ الأمجدُ

They came in disgrace that has no discoverer

Except the straight path, the most glorious

تركوا الصِّـراطَ وما لهم مِن دونِهِ

هادٍ إلى الرَّحمنِ بعدُ فيهتدوا

They left the path and they have no guide without it

To the Merciful, afterwards they will be guided

الظُّلمُ سُنَّتُهم وساءتْ سُنَّةً

والمكرُ مرقَدُهم وساءَ المرقَدُ

Oppression is their tradition and the tradition was evil

And plotting is their bedding and the bedding was miserable

أمْ كيف تُكشَفُ غُمَّةٌ عن أمَّةٍ

يحدو بِسادتِها لئامٌ نُكَّدُ

Or how can a cloud be uncovered from a nation

In which its leaders are wicked and distressed

عُودوا إلى الرَّحمنِ أو فتصبَّروا

إنْ يُجدِكُمْ صبرٌ له وتجلَّدوا

Return to the Merciful or be patient

If you have patience for Him and show resilience

ما أنتُمُ إلا جراثيمٌ هوَتْ

فتلقَّفَتْها مِثلُها، فتزَوَّدوا

You are nothing but germs that drifted

And alike took them, so be prepared

لعَناتُ ربِّكَ حلَّقتْ مِن حولِهم

كيف النَّجاةُ ومقْتُه يترصَّدُ

The curses of your Lord hovered around them

How can there be salvation while His abhorrence lies in ambush

فالعَنْ إلهي كلَّ باغٍ مُفسدٍ

ما إنْ له إلا عِداؤكَ محتِدُ

So, my God curse every corrupting rebel

Who has none but your enmity as adversary

لا تَهدِ بعد اليومِ منهم فاسقًا

واحصدهُمُ حصدًا وبئسَ المحصدُ

Do not guide any wicked of them after today

And reap them, evil is the harvest