هتف الزمان مهللا ومكبرا

إن العقيدة قوة لن تقهرا

Time cried out, proclaiming God's oneness and greatness.

Faith is a power that will not be subdued.

هي سر نهضتنا ورمز جهادنا

وبها تبلج حقنا وتنورا

It is the secret of our revival and the emblem of our struggle.

Through it our right shone forth and grew radiant.

لا شيء كالايمان يرفع أمة

لتقوم تلوي الظالم المتجبرا

Nothing like faith can raise a nation

So it rises to subdue the tyrannical oppressor.

لا شيء كالايمان يدفع غافلا

عن حقه أو عاجزا متخدرا

Nothing like faith can spur one heedless

Of his right, or one helpless and numb.

لولا العقيدة ما تقدم خالد

بجيوشه مثل الهز بر مزمجرا

Were it not for faith, Khalid would not have advanced

With his armies, roaring like a lion.

لولا العقيدة ما استبد بطارق

قلب يبز بعزمه الإسكندرا

Were it not for faith, Tariq would not have been seized

By a heart that surpassed Alexander in resolve.

فمضى يدك الظلم من أركانه

ويخوض على من أجل العقيدة أبحرا

So he went forth, battering injustice at its foundations,

And braved seas for the sake of faith.

هي دعوة رفع النبي لواءها

تضفي على الدنيا بهاء أنورا

It is a call whose banner the Prophet raised,

Bestowing more radiant splendor upon the world.

هي دعوة الحق الصراح إلى العلى

لا تستكين ولن تذل وتقهرا

It is the call of unambiguous truth to the heights;

It does not yield, nor will it be humbled and subdued.

والسيف يلمع في يمين محمد

ليصب رعبا في الوهاد وفي الذرى

The sword gleams in Muhammad's right hand,

To pour terror into the valleys and upon the peaks.

يعطيك معنى الحق كيف يصونه

جيش وإلا بات حقا مهدرا

It shows you the meaning of right—how it is guarded

By an army; otherwise it becomes a squandered right.

ما كان دين محمد رجعية

لنفر منه ولا حديثا مفترى

Muhammad's religion was not reactionary,

That we should flee from it, nor a fabricated tale.

ستموت كل مباديء الدنيا ولو

كثرت ويبقى الدين فينا أخضرا

All the world's principles will die, even if

They multiply, while religion stays green within us.

مثل الربيع بسيمة أزهاره

فياحة الربا أريجا أعطرا

Like spring, its flowers smiling,

Its hills wafting a more fragrant perfume.

خسىء الغواة المرجفون وطأطأت

هاماتهم ذلا وخزيا أغبرا

The erring alarmists were abased, and lowered

Their heads in humiliation and dust-darkened shame.

عصووا الاله وخالفوا قرآنه

بغيا وحادوا عن هداه تكبرا

They disobeyed God and opposed His Qur'an,

In transgression, and arrogantly strayed from His guidance.

وتفننوا بالادعاء ضلالة

منهم وتضليلا ومكرا بالورى

They grew artful in making claims, out of error

On their part, and to mislead and scheme against humankind.

ويراوغون حماقة وتذبذبا

بين الهداية والضلال تسترا

They equivocate, foolish and wavering,

Between guidance and error, concealing themselves.

نكثوا العهود ولم يراعوا ذمة

جعلوا التقدم في الحياة تأخرا

They broke their pledges and honored no covenant;

They turned progress in life into regression.

أمن التقدم أن تصان مبادىء

قامت على الالحاد تبغي المنكرا

Is it progress that principles are protected

Founded on atheism, seeking wrongdoing,

ويجيزها الدستور تهدم جهرة

ويصونها حتى تبث وتنشرا

And the constitution sanctions them as they openly destroy,

And protects them until they are spread and propagated?

فتن أشد من الظلام سوادها

تدع الحليم بأمره متحيرا

Seditions whose blackness is darker than darkness,

Leaving the forbearing man bewildered about his affairs.

فطن العدو لها فبث عيونه

فيها وجاس خلالها متنكرا

The enemy noticed them and dispatched his spies

Among them, prowling through them in disguise.

يوحي بآلاف المباديء بيننا

ليعود ذياك الصفاء مكدرا

He whispers thousands of principles among us,

To turn that clarity murky.

هذا يريد عدالة من ظالم

يمشي على برك الدما متبخترا

This one seeks justice from an oppressor

Who struts across pools of blood.

وسواه يرجو الخير من أعدائه

ذلا يبسم للعدو مكشرا

Another hopes for good from his enemies,

In humiliation, smiling at the enemy with teeth bared.

يبدي الخشوع تملقا لعدوه

وعلى ذويه تكبرا تجبرا

He displays submissiveness, flattering his enemy,

But toward his own people, arrogance and tyranny.

والآخرون تعصبوا بوقاحة

للكفر حتى أشربوه مخدرا

Others brazenly grew fanatical

For unbelief, until they drank it in as a narcotic.

حيث التفت رأيت ألف دسيسة

ووراء كل دسيسة انكلترا

Wherever I turned, I saw a thousand intrigues,

And behind every intrigue, England.

وتمزقت تلك الصفوف وأوغلت

في الاختلاف وسيعها قد بعثرا

Those ranks were torn apart and plunged

Into discord, their efforts already scattered.

مهما تعددت الشكوك فواحد

معنى الفساد وإن تخالف مظهرا

However doubts multiply, there is one

Meaning of corruption, though its outward form differs.

والظلم شيء في الحقيقة واحد

إن كان ظلما أبيضا أو أحمرا

Oppression, in truth, is one and the same,

Whether it is white oppression or red.

والكفر مذموم وإن هتفت له

كل الأكف تربصا وتصبرا

Unbelief is blameworthy, even if it is acclaimed

By every hand, in watchful waiting and patient endurance.

وأخو الضلال يظل طول حياته

تبعا يعيش مخرسا ومسخرا

The brother of error remains throughout his life

A follower, living silenced and subjugated.

يمشي وراء الناعقين يجره

غر يساق إلى الحمام وما درى

He walks behind the braying ones, dragged along by

A dupe driven to death without knowing it.

مثل الخروف يقوده قصابه

ويريه من أجل السلام الخنجرا

Like a sheep led by its butcher,

Who shows it the dagger for the sake of peace.

هي نغمة تأبى الطباع سماعها

شوعاء بات بها الفساد مزمرا

It is a tune that human nature refuses to hear,

An ugly one, with corruption now piping through it.

عفوا رسول الله إني حائر

ما ذال أقول بما أحس وما أرى

Pardon me, Messenger of God; I am bewildered:

What shall I say of what I feel and what I see?

من أي أفق أبتدي بمصائبي

فبكل ناحية أرى خطبا عرا

From which horizon shall I begin with my calamities?

For in every direction I see a calamity that has struck.

يا سيدي مسراك بات مهددا

ودعاؤكم فيه يهز المنبرا

My master, the place of your night journey is now threatened,

And your supplication there shakes the pulpit.

عاث اليهود بقدسه وبطهره

بغيا وأهل القدس باتوا في العرا

The Jews wrought havoc in its sanctity and purity,

In aggression, while the people of Jerusalem were left in the open.

ولقد أصخت إلى الحياة فهزني

صوت من الأعماق يطوي أعصرا

I listened closely to life, and was shaken

By a voice from the depths, folding up ages.

ورأيت أقزام الحياة فخورة

ماذا بهذا القزم حتى يفخرا

I saw life's dwarfs full of pride;

What has this dwarf to boast about?

ورجعت للتاريخ أنظر سيرة

مثلى ومنهاجا سليما نيرا

I returned to history to examine a life

Exemplary, and a sound, luminous path.

وبلوت أخبار الرجال فلم أجد

رجلا يؤثر دون أن يتأثرا

I examined the accounts of men, but found no

Man who influences without being influenced,

إلا النبي محمدا فجعلته

مثلي وسرت على هداه مكبرا

Except the Prophet Muhammad; I made him

My exemplar, and followed his guidance, proclaiming God's greatness.

متمسكا بهداد لا متقدما

شبرا عليه هوى ولا متأخرا

Holding fast to his guidance, not advancing

A handspan beyond him out of whim, nor falling behind.

وشعرت أني مطمئن ساكن

قلبي ولم أر في الحياة تعثرا

I felt that I was reassured, tranquil

At heart, and saw no stumbling in life.

وغرفت من فيض النبي غرافة

أشهى لدي من الرحيق وأعطرا

I scooped a draught from the Prophet's overflowing bounty,

Sweeter to me than nectar, and more fragrant.

وهتفت والدنيا تردد عاليا

شر المباديء ما يباع ويشترى

I cried out, as the world echoed aloud:

The worst principles are those sold and bought.