طاب في ظلك السمر

فازدهر يا أخا القمر

The sumac thrived in your shade

Nightly conversation is sweet in your shadow,

So flourish, O brother of the moon

So flourish, O brother of the moon.

وجهك اليوم مشرق

لم يحم حوله كدر

Your face today is radiant

Your face today is radiant,

Unmarred by any sorrows

No gloom hovers around it.

فأزح كل حالك

بين أحيائنا انتشر

So remove any discontent

So dispel every pitch-black darkness

And mingle amongst us

That has spread amidst our neighborhoods,

وأزل كل لمعة

من قذى تخدش البصر

And remove any glitter

And wipe away every speck

That hurts the eyes

Of impurity that scratches the vision.

إن للناس أنفسا

ضاريات على الضرر

People have selves

Verily, people possess souls

That harm and do evil

Predatory in inflicting harm,

وعيونا رقيبة

شرة تقذف الشرر

And spying eyes

And watchful eyes,

That shoot out sparks

Wicked, casting out sparks of malice.

كلما سار سائر

قلبت بعده الأثر

Whenever someone moves

Whenever a traveler sets forth,

They turn over his tracks

They upturn the tracks behind him.

فانج من كيدها وكن

من أذاها على حذر

So beware of their plots

So escape their plotting and be

And be cautious of their harm

On guard against their injury.

قد بلا الله من بلا

فيك بالسعي واختبر

God has tested whom He tested

God has surely tested those He tested

So keep trying and He will judge

Regarding you through effort, and put them to proof.

فتخلى الذي أبى

وتحلى الذي صبر

So leave those who refused

So he who refused withdrew,

And stick with those who persevered

And he who endured was adorned with virtue.

أخسر الناس صفقة

نفر منك قد نفر

The one who shunned you

The greatest loser among people in the bargain

Lost the best deal

Is a group that has fled from you.

قد نوينا له الهدى

ما نوينا له الغرر

We intended guidance for him

We intended guidance for them;

Not false promises

We did not intend for them deception.

قسما بالذي كفى

حزبه غارة الغير

I swear by He who sufficed

An oath by the One who sufficed

His party against harm from others

His party against the raid of calamities.

علم الله لم نرد

بشرا غافلا بشر

God knows we never wanted

God knows we did not desire

To ignore an oblivious person

To harm a heedless human with evil.

نحن في الخير رفقة

ما لنا غيره وطر

We are in the company of good

We are companions in goodness;

We have no other refuge or shelter

We have no purpose other than it.

احتملنا له الأذى

واقتحمنا له الخطر

We endured harm for it

We bore injury for its sake,

And braved dangers for it

And for it, we stormed through danger.

وبلونا بكسبه

كل ما ساءنا وسر

And we gained through it

And in earning it, we experienced

Whatever saddened or gladdened us

Everything that saddened and pleased us.

ومن الخيرمعبر

شائك راع من عبر

And goodness has rough roads

For the path of goodness is a crossing,

That a traveling shepherd crossed

Thorny, daunting to those who cross.

ومن الشرمعثر

لم يقم من به عثر

While evil has slippery ground

And the path of evil is a stumbling block;

Where no stumbler can stand

He who trips on it does not rise.

ومن الناس أنجم

في الملمات أو حفر

And people are like stars

And among people are stars

In times of adversity or joy

In times of crisis, or else pits.

ولأعمالهم بها

مثل أشكالهم صور

And their deeds are like their forms

And for their deeds therein

In images and pictures

Are forms resembling their own shapes.

ان للخير صورة

نضرة تفتن النظر

Goodness has an image

Indeed, goodness has a form,

That captivates the eyes

Radiant, captivating the sight.

أيها الدهر إنما

أنت لوح من الذكر

O time, you are but

O Time, you are but

A tablet where good is recorded

A tablet of remembrance.

راسم الخير فيك لم

يبق في الحسن أو يذر

He who drew good in you

The one sketching goodness within you has not

Left nothing good un traced

Left out nor omitted anything of beauty.

أيها الغر شرفوا

نزل ناديكم الأغر

O noble ones, be honored

O noble ones, honor

A guest came your club

The lodging of your illustrious club.

رحبت ساحه بكم

والمقاصير والحجر

Its arena, streets and stones welcomed you

Its courtyard has welcomed you,

And a good reception was set up for you

As have the chambers and the halls.

وأقيمت لكم به سفـ

ـرة حسنها سفر

Food is served in our meadow

And a banquet has been set for you therein,

Amidst the blossoming flowers

Whose beauty shines forth clearly.

سمط الأكل روضة

بيننا رفة الزهر

While arguments are like bows around us

The arrangement of food is a garden,

And prevention is like war

Fluttering among us like flowers.

والخطابات أقوس

حولنا والنهى أكر

Come let's call to its bright side

The speeches are bows

And the goodness will flourish

Around us, and intellects are spheres.

أيي ناد به ازدهى

جانب الخير وازدهر

Do not stint in supporting it

What a club wherein flourished

In its greatest tasks

The side of goodness, and bloomed.

لا تضنوا بنصره

في مهماته الكبر

Do not neglect to ignite it

Do not be stingy in supporting it

It settles for consent

In its momentous tasks.

لا تبثوابه قلى

إنه للرضى مقر

Do not fear any harm with it

Do not spread hatred within it;

It is your protection and armour

It is an abode for contentment.

لا تخافوا به أذى

فهو من حولكم وزر

Woe to a people who did not beware

Do not fear harm therein,

God's wrath in Hellfire

For it is a shelter around you.

ويح قوم لم يحذروا

نقمة الله في سقر

Heedless of what God forbade or ordered

Woe to a people who did not beware

The insights challenged them with verses and lessons

God's vengeance in the Hellfire.

لا يبالون في الهوى

ما نهي الله أو أمر

We will guide with its light

They care not, in their caprice,

All who deviated or disbelieved

What God forbade or commanded.

قد تحدتهم (البصا

ئر) بالآي والعبر

And pride ourselves on our path under it

The 'Insights' (Al-Basa'ir) have challenged them

Above the stars of sorcerers

With verses and lessons.

سوف نهدي بنورها

كل من زاغ أو كفر

We hastened our steps for it

We shall guide by its light

And sharpened our minds for it

Everyone who swerved or disbelieved.

ونباهي بسيرنا

تحتها أنجم السحر

O Muslims do not break

And we shall boast of our march

A covenant you have broken

Beneath it, to the stars of the dawn.

قد حثثنا لها الخطى

وشحذنا لها الفكر

Make peace with whoever transgressed

We have quickened our steps for it,

Or was aggressive in disputes

And sharpened our minds for it.

أيها المسلمون لا

تخفروا عهد من خفر

It suffices us in our struggle

O Muslims, do not

That destiny is in our army

Betray the covenant of one who seeks protection.

سالموا كل من طغى

في الخصومات أو فجر

You were the best nation

Offer peace to whoever tyrannized

God brought out for mankind

In disputes or acted wickedly.

حسبنا في جهادنا

أن من جندنا القدر

Neither fear nor grieve

It suffices us in our struggle

For your future is victory

That Destiny is among our soldiers.

كنتم خيرأمة

أخرج الله للبشر

You were the best nation

God brought forth for mankind.

لا تخافوا لا تحزنوا

إن عقباكم الظفر

Do not fear, do not grieve,

For your ultimate outcome is victory.