لَكَ الحَمدُ وَالنَعماءُ وَالمُلكُ رَبَّنا

فَلا شَيءَ أَعلى مِنكَ مَجداً وَأَمجَدُ

Yours are the praise, the blessings, and the kingdom, our Lord

None is higher in glory and more glorious than You

مَليكٌ عَلى عَرشِ السَماءِ مُهيمِنٌ

لِعِزَّتِهِ تَعنو الوجوهُ وَتَسجُدُ

A King over the Throne of Heaven, dominant

Before His might faces bow down and prostrate

عَلَيهِ حِجابُ النورِ وَالنورُ حَولَهُ

وأَنهارُ نورٍ حولَهُ تَتَوَقَّدُ

Upon Him is the veil of light and light is around Him

And rivers of light around Him kindled

فَلا بَصَرٌ يَسمو إِلَيهِ بِطَرفِهِ

وَدونَ حِجابِ النورِ خَلقٌ مُؤَيَّدُ

So no sight can rise to Him with a glance

And below the veil of light is supported creation

مَلائِكَةٌ أَقدامُهُم تَحتَ عَرشِهِ

بِكَفِيهِ لَولا اللَهُ كَلّوا وَأَبلَدوا

Angels whose feet are below His Throne

By His grasp if not for God they would perish and fade

قيامٌ عَلى الأَقدامِ عانينَ تَحتَهُ

فَرائِضُهُم مِن شِدَّةِ الخوفِ تُرعَدُ

Standing on legs, suffering under it

Their obligations from the intensity of fear tremble

وَسِبطٌ صُفوفٌ يَنظُرونَ قَضاءَهُ

يُصيخونَ بِالإِسماعِ لِلوَحيِ رُكَّدُ

And rows of angels looking upon His ordainment

Screaming to the revelation insistently conferred

أَمينٌ لِوَحيِ القُدسِ جِبريلُ فيهِم

وَميكالُ ذو الروحِ القَوِيُّ المُسَدَّدُ

Trustworthy to the revelation of the Holy, Gabriel among them

And Michael, whose spirit is strong and aimed

وَحُرّاسُ أَبوابِ السَمَواتِ دونَهُم

قيامٌ عَليهِم بِالمَقاليدِ رُصَّدُ

And guardians of the gates of the heavens below them

Standing over them with chains stationed

فَنِعمَ العِبادُ المُصطَفَونَ لِأَمرِهِ

وَمِن دوُنِهِم حُندٌ كَثيفٌ مُجَنَّدُ

So blessed are the chosen servants for His order

And below them a dense army rallied

مَلائِكَةٌ لا يَفتَرونَ عِبادَةً

كَروبِيَّةٌ مِنهُم رُكوعٌ وَسُجَّدُ

Angels who never tire of worship

Cherubs among them bowing and prostrating

فَساجِدُهُم لا يَرفَعُ الدَهرَ رَأسَهُ

يُعَظِّمُ رَبّاً فَوقَهُ وَيُمَجِّدُ

So their prostrations, time does not raise its head

Glorifying a Lord above it and praising

وَراكِعُهُم يَعنو لَهُ الدَهرَ خاشِعاً

يُرَدِّدُ آلاءَ الآِلَهِ وَيَحمَدُ

And their bowing, time bows to it humbly

Repeating the favors of the God and thanking

وَمِنهُم مُلِفٌّ في الجَناحينِ رَأسَهُ

يَكادُ لِذِكرى رَبِّهِ يَتَفَصَّدُ

And among them a tilter of his head between wings

He almost splits open remembering his Master

مِنَ الخَوفِ لا ذو سأمَةٍ بِعِبادَةٍ

وَلا هوَ مِن طولِ التَعَبُّدِ يَجهَدُ

No fatigue in worship and

Nor from length of devotion growing tired

وَدونَ كَثيفِ الماءِ في غامِضِ الهَوا

ملائِكَةٌ تَنحَطُّ فيهِ وَتَصعَدُ

And below a dense sea in the gloom of air

Angels descend into it and ascend

وَبَينَ طِباقِ الأَرضِ تَحتَ بُطونِها

مَلائِكَةٌ بِالأَمرِ فيها تَرَدَّدُ

And between layers of earth beneath its interiors

Angels communicating orders therein penetrate

فَسُبحانَ مَن لا يَعرِفُ الخَلقُ قَدرَهُ

وَمَن هوَ فوقَ العَرشِ فَردٌ مُوَحَّدُ

So Glory to Him whom creation does not know His worth

And He who is above the Throne uniquely one

وَمَن لَم تُنازِعهُ الخَلائِقُ مُلكَهُ

وَإِن لَم تُفرِّدهُ العِبادُ فَمُفرَدُ

And whom the creatures do not dispute His kingdom

And if the worshippers do not single Him out, still Peerless

مَليكُ السَمَواتِ الشِدادِ وَأَرضِها

وَلَيسَ بِشَيءٍ عَن قَضاهُ تَأَوُّدُ

King of the defiant heavens and their earth

And nothing of His ordainment is dear

هواللَهُ باري الخَلقِ وَالخَلقُ كُلُّهُم

إِماءٌ لَهُ طَوعاً جَميعاً وَأَعبُدُ

He is God, Creator of creation, and all of them

Are maidens to Him, obedient altogether and most worshipping

وَأنَّى يَكونُ الخَلقُ كَالخالِقِ الَذي

يَدومُ وَيَبقى وَالخَليقَةُ تَنفَدُ

And how can creation be like the Creator who

Endures and remains while creation perishes

وَلَيسَ لِمَخلوقٍ مِنَ الدَهرِ جِدَّةٌ

وَمَن ذا عَلى مَرِّ الحَوادِثِ يَخلُدُ

And no creature has permanence from time

And who is over the passage of events eternal?

وَتَفنى وَلا يَبقى سِوى الواحِدُ الَذي

يُميتُ وَيحيِي دائِباً لَيسَ يُهمَدُ

And it passes without but the One remaining who

Brings death and gives life always, not ceasing

تُسَبِّحُهُ الطَيرُ الجَوانِحُ في الخَفى

وإِذ هِيَ في جَوِّ السَماءِ تُصَعِّدُ

The birds with wings glorify Him secretly

And when they are in the air of sky ascend

وَمِن خَوفِ رَبّي سَبَّحَ الرَعدُ فَوقَنا

وَسَبَّحَهُ الأَشجارُ وَالوَحشُ أُبَّدُ

And from awe of my Lord thunder glorified over us

And trees and beasts forever glorify Him

وَسَبَّحَهُ النَينانُ وَالبَحرُ زاخِراً

وَما طَمَّ مِن شَيءٍ وَما هُوَ مُقَلِدُ

And snakes and the rumbling sea glorify Him

And nothing envies and nothing is rivaling

أَلا أَيُّها القَلبُ المُقيمُ عَلى الهَوى

إِلى أَيِّ حينٍ مِنكَ هَذا التَصَدُّدُ

Oh heart persisting on passions

To what time is this defiance from Truth?

عَنِ الحَقِّ كَالأَعمى المُميطِ عَنِ الهُدى

وَلَيسَ يَرُدُّ الحَقَّ إِلاّ مُفَنِّدُ

Like the blind averting from guidance

And none repeal the Truth save the decisive

وَحالاتِ دُنيا لا تَدومُ لِأَهلِها

فَبَينا الفَتى فيها مَهيبٌ مُسَوَّدُ

And states of a world that do not last for its people

While the lad in it prestigious jet black

إِذا إِنقَلَبَت عَنهُ وَزالَ نَعيمُها

وَأَصبَحَ مِن تَربِ القُبورِ يوَسَّدُ

When it turns from him and his bliss passes

And he wakes from dirt of graves stuffed

وَفارَقَ روحاً كانَ بَينَ جَنانِهِ

وَجاوَرَ مَوتى ما لَهُم مُتَرَدَّدُ

And departs a spirit that was amid his heavens

And dwells with dead who have no hesitation

فأَي فَتىً قَبلي رأَيتَ مُخَلَّداً

لَهُ في قَديمِ الدَهرِ ما يَتَوَدَّدُ

So which lad before me have you seen immortal?

To him in ancients of time what consolidates?

وَمَن يَبتَليهِ الدَهرُ مِنهُ بِعَثرَةٍ

سَيَكبو لَها وَالنائِباتِ تَرَدَّدُ

And whom time tries from it with a slip

He will tumble for it and repeats come to it

فَلَم تَسلَم الدُنيا وَإِن ظَنَّ أَهلُها

بِصِحَّتِها وَالدَهرُ قَد يَتَجَرَّدُ

So the world is not safe even if its people suppose

By its health while time can strip

أَلَستَ تَرى في ما مَضى لَك عِبرَةً

فَمَه لا تَكُن يا قَلبُ أَعمى يُلَدَّدُ

Do you not see in what passed a lesson for you?

So why, O heart blind, be stubborn?

فَكُن خائِفاً لِلمَوتِ وَالبَعثِ بَعدَهُ

وَلا تَكُ مِمَّن غَرَّهُ اليَومُ أَو غَدُ

So be fearful of death and resurrection after it

And be not of those whom today or tomorrow fools

فإِنَّكَ في دُنيا غُرورٍ لِأَهلِها

وَفيها عَدوٌّ كاشِحُ الصَدرِ يُوقِدُ

You are in a world of delusions for its people

And in it is a chest-rending enemy who ignites

وساكِنُ أَقطارِ الرَقيعِ عَلى الهَوا

وَمِن دونِ عِلمِ الغَيبِ كُلٌّ مُسَهَّدُ

And resident of lands of meadows lost in passions

And without knowledge of the unseen all misguided

وَلولا وِثاقُ اللَهِ ضَلَّ ضَلالُنا

وَقَد سَرَّنا أَنّا نُتَلُّ فَنوأَدُ

And if not for God's bond we would stray in straying

And we were pleased to twist so we block

تَرى فيهِ أَخبارَ القُرونِ الَتي مَضَت

وَأَخبارَ غَيبٍ في القيامَةِ تَنجُدُ

You see in it news of generations passed

And news of unseen things on Resurrection aided

وَلَيسَ بِها إِلا الرَقيمُ مُجاوراً

وَصيدَهُمُ وَالقومُ في الكَهفَ هُمَّدُ

And nothing but the cursed neighboring it

And their hunted, and the people of the cave put to sleep