نحمد الله حين منَّ وأبقى

نحمد الله حين منَّ وأبقى

بعدما كاد كوكب الأرض يرقى

بعدما كاد كوكب الأرض يرقى

We praise God, now that He has shown favor and spared him,

We praise Allah when He bestows and leaves

after earth's star had nearly ascended.

After the planet earth almost ascended

كاد يهوي من السماء إلى الأر

كاد يهوي من السماء إلى الأر

ض شهاب أضاء غرباً وشرقا

ض شهاب أضاء غرباً وشرقا

From heaven to earth there nearly fell

A shooting star from the sky to the earth almost fell

a meteor that lit up west and east.

It illuminated east and west

أيها الدهر إنه واحد النا

أيها الدهر إنه واحد النا

س فرفقاً بواحد الناس رفقا

س فرفقاً بواحد الناس رفقا

O Time, he is peerless among mankind;

O fate, He is the one of mankind

so treat mankind's peerless one gently—gently!

So be gentle with the one of mankind, gently

وتنمَّر للشانئين أبا إس

وتنمَّر للشانئين أبا إس

حاق بعداً للشانئيه وسحقا

حاق بعداً للشانئيه وسحقا

And rage like a tiger against Abu Ishaq's haters;

And be hostile to the fault finders, father of Isaac

banishment and ruin upon those who hate him!

Depart from the fault finders and crush them

قلتُ للمظهرِ الشماتةَ أظهر

قلتُ للمظهرِ الشماتةَ أظهر

ت بإظهارك الشماتة فسقا

ت بإظهارك الشماتة فسقا

I told the man displaying glee at misfortune: You have revealed

I said to the one showing gloating you showed

impiety by displaying your glee.

By showing gloating, gloating so deny

لو تكون المحق كنت محباً

لو تكون المحق كنت محباً

لامرئ لم يزل يعز المحقا

لامرئ لم يزل يعز المحقا

Were you in the right, you would love

If you were right you would be loving

a man who has always honored those in the right.

A man who always honors the right

قد أقال الإله بالرغم من أن

قد أقال الإله بالرغم من أن

فك من لم يزل يقيل وأبقى

فك من لم يزل يقيل وأبقى

God has restored, to your chagrin,

God has removed despite that

the man who has always pardoned others, and kept him alive.

He who always removes and leaves

ووقى نفسه وهذب بالشك

ووقى نفسه وهذب بالشك

ر تُقاهُ فعاد أتقى وأنقى

ر تُقاهُ فعاد أتقى وأنقى

He protected his life and, through gratitude, refined

And He protected himself and disciplined with gratitude

his piety, so he became more devout and pure.

So he returned more righteous and purer

ووقاه محق البصيرة لكن

ووقاه محق البصيرة لكن

محق الذنب والخطيئة محقا

محق الذنب والخطيئة محقا

He shielded him from the loss of insight, but

And the right of insight protected him but

utterly erased his sin and wrongdoing.

The right of sin and wrong he denied

إن يقل بعد عثرة فحقيق

إن يقل بعد عثرة فحقيق

لم يزل مثله ملقَّىً مُوَقَّى

لم يزل مثله ملقَّىً مُوَقَّى

If he is restored after a stumble, he deserves it;

If he decreases after stumbling, truly

men like him have always been favored and protected.

He did not cease to be like it, thrown and protected

غيرُ نكرٍ أن يأسر الله عبداً

غيرُ نكرٍ أن يأسر الله عبداً

بعد عتق وأن يجدد عتقا

بعد عتق وأن يجدد عتقا

It is no strange thing for God to take a servant captive

It is not surprising that God imprisons a servant

after freedom, and to grant him freedom anew,

After freeing and renews freeing

ليرى العبد فضل ربٍّ كريم

ليرى العبد فضل ربٍّ كريم

ويرى الرب منه صبرا وصدقا

ويرى الرب منه صبرا وصدقا

that the servant may see a generous Lord's bounty,

So the servant sees the grace of the Bountiful Lord

and the Lord may see his patience and sincerity.

And the Lord sees patience and honesty from him

أيها الحاكم الذي طاب فرعاً

أيها الحاكم الذي طاب فرعاً

في نصاب الهدى وأصلاً وعرقا

في نصاب الهدى وأصلاً وعرقا

O judge, noble in branch,

O ruler whose branch thrived

in the stock of guidance, and in root and lineage,

In the position of guidance, origin and vein

شكر الله منك أنك ما أع

شكر الله منك أنك ما أع

ززت بُطلاً ولا تهضَّمت حقا

ززت بُطلاً ولا تهضَّمت حقا

God has rewarded you for never strengthening

God thanked you that you did not

falsehood, nor diminishing a right.

Honor a hero or slighted a right

رب خطب صدعت فيه بحكم ال

رب خطب صدعت فيه بحكم ال

لَه لو لم تكن لأصبح رتقا

لَه لو لم تكن لأصبح رتقا

Many a grave matter in which you proclaimed God's judgment

Lord of glory which you ruled in it by God's judgment

would, without you, have been sealed shut.

If you were not it would become mended

وفساد أصلحته بتأني

وفساد أصلحته بتأني

ك ولو لم تكن لأصبح فتقا

ك ولو لم تكن لأصبح فتقا

And many a disorder you mended by your deliberation

And corruption you fixed with your patience

would, without you, have become a rift.

And if you were not it would become torn

فابق في غبطة وصحة جسم

فابق في غبطة وصحة جسم

فحقيق بأن تصح وتبقى

فحقيق بأن تصح وتبقى

So live on in happiness and bodily health,

So remain in happiness and health of body

for you deserve to be healthy and live on.

You deserve to be healthy and remain

ووقتك الردى نفوس رجال

ووقتك الردى نفوس رجال

أنت أخشى لله منهم وأتقى

أنت أخشى لله منهم وأتقى

And may men's lives shield you from death—

And your time corrupted the souls of men

you fear God more than they and are more devout—

You are more God-fearing than them and more pious

كي تُبين الهدى وتجعل بين ال

كي تُبين الهدى وتجعل بين ال

حق والباطل المموَّه فرقا

حق والباطل المموَّه فرقا

so you may make guidance clear and draw a distinction between

So you show guidance and make between

truth and disguised falsehood.

The right and the false pretended a difference