قَولا لِمَن نصر الاِجبار مُجتَهِداً

قَولا لِمَن نصر الاِجبار مُجتَهِداً

قَولَ اِمرىءٍ لَم يُفارِق عَقلَهُ الوَرَعُ

قَولَ اِمرىءٍ لَم يُفارِق عَقلَهُ الوَرَعُ

Say, you two, to whoever zealously championed compulsion,

Say to one who insists on compulsion though striving diligently,

the words of a man whose reason piety has not forsaken:

The words of a man whose piety has not left his reason:

أَلَيسَ رَبُّكَ عَدلاً في قَضِيَّتِهِ

أَلَيسَ رَبُّكَ عَدلاً في قَضِيَّتِهِ

فَما يُكَلِّف نَفساً فَوقَ ما تَسَع

فَما يُكَلِّف نَفساً فَوقَ ما تَسَع

Is not your Lord just in His judgment?

Is not your Lord just in His decree?

For He burdens no soul beyond what it can bear.

So He would not burden a soul beyond its capacity.

فَكَيفَ يَأمُرُ بِالتَصديقِ مَن خَلقَ الت

فَكَيفَ يَأمُرُ بِالتَصديقِ مَن خَلقَ الت

كذيب فيهِ وَما يَسطيعُ يَرتدع

كذيب فيهِ وَما يَسطيعُ يَرتدع

How, then, can He command one to believe, having created

How then can He command assent in one in whom He created disbelief,

denial within him, when he cannot desist?

When he is not able to refrain?

وَيَبتَديهِ بِنيرانٍ مُضَرَّمَةٍ

وَيَبتَديهِ بِنيرانٍ مُضَرَّمَةٍ

هذا هو الكفرُ هذا المَوقفُ الشَنِع

هذا هو الكفرُ هذا المَوقفُ الشَنِع

And begin by afflicting him with blazing fires?

And punish him with raging fires -

This is unbelief; this is the abhorrent stance.

This is unbelief, this is a dreadful standpoint.

لكِنَّه أَقدَرَ المَأمورَ من كَرَمٍ

لكِنَّه أَقدَرَ المَأمورَ من كَرَمٍ

وَقد أَرادَ هُداهُ وَالوَرى شَرَعُ

وَقد أَرادَ هُداهُ وَالوَرى شَرَعُ

But, out of generosity, He enabled the one He commands,

Rather He empowered the commanded one out of nobility,

and He has willed his guidance; all people are equal.

And intended his guidance, and the way was facilitated.

فَمَن أَطاعَ حوى عَزَّ الثوابِ وَلم

فَمَن أَطاعَ حوى عَزَّ الثوابِ وَلم

يَملِكهُ خوف وَلم يحلل به جَزَعُ

يَملِكهُ خوف وَلم يحلل به جَزَعُ

Whoever obeys attains the glory of reward, and no

So whoever obeyed found the reward sweet, and was not

fear masters him, nor does anguish settle upon him.

Overtaken by fear, nor overcome by panic.

وَمَن تنكَّب طرقَ الرشدِ عاقَبَهُ

وَمَن تنكَّب طرقَ الرشدِ عاقَبَهُ

عَلى جَريرَتِهِ وَالحَقُّ مُتَّسِعُ

عَلى جَريرَتِهِ وَالحَقُّ مُتَّسِعُ

And whoever shuns the paths of right guidance, He punishes him

And whoever turned away from the path of right guidance, He punished

for his offense; justice has ample scope.

For his crime, and the truth is vast.

انظُر إِلى قَولِنا تُرشَد وَقَولُهُمُ

انظُر إِلى قَولِنا تُرشَد وَقَولُهُمُ

وَقت المَقالة مَن لَم يَنفِهِ بَشِع

وَقت المَقالة مَن لَم يَنفِهِ بَشِع

Consider our statement and you will be guided; as for theirs,

Look to our saying, you will be guided, but their saying

when uttered, whoever does not reject it is repugnant.

Confounds speech in one who does not reject it forcefully.

وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ في الأَحوالِ أَجمَعِها

وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ في الأَحوالِ أَجمَعِها

حَمداً بهِ شَملُ ما نَرجوهُ يَجتَمِعُ

حَمداً بهِ شَملُ ما نَرجوهُ يَجتَمِعُ

And praise be to God in all circumstances,

And praise be to God in all circumstances,

praise through which all we hope for is gathered together.

A praise with which hoped-for unity is embraced.