أَلا إِنَّنا كُلَّنا بائِدُ

أَلا إِنَّنا كُلَّنا بائِدُ

وَأَيُّ بَني آدَمٍ خالِدُ

وَأَيُّ بَني آدَمٍ خالِدُ

Behold, we shall all perish.

Behold, we all shall perish

And which of Adam’s children is immortal?

What mortal creature is immortal?

وَبَدؤُهُمُ كانَ مِن رَبِّهِم

وَبَدؤُهُمُ كانَ مِن رَبِّهِم

وَكُلٌّ إِلى رَبِّهِ عائِدُ

وَكُلٌّ إِلى رَبِّهِ عائِدُ

And their beginning was from their Lord,

Created by their Lord at first

and each shall return to his Lord.

And unto Him shall all return

فَيا عَجَبا كَيفَ يُعصى الإِلَ

فَيا عَجَبا كَيفَ يُعصى الإِلَ

هُ أَم كَيفَ يَجحَدُهُ الجاحِدُ

هُ أَم كَيفَ يَجحَدُهُ الجاحِدُ

How astonishing, then! How can God be disobeyed?

How strange they disobey God

Or how can the denier deny Him?

Or deny Him, the deniers

وَلِلَّهِ في كُلِّ تَحريكَةٍ

وَلِلَّهِ في كُلِّ تَحريكَةٍ

عَلَينا وَتَسكينَةٍ شاهِدُ

عَلَينا وَتَسكينَةٍ شاهِدُ

And for God, in every movement

In all we do and leave undone

and stillness, there is a witness against us.

God watches over us each one

وَفي كُلِّ شَيءٍ لَهُ آيَةٌ

وَفي كُلِّ شَيءٍ لَهُ آيَةٌ

تَدُلُّ عَلى أَنَّهُ واحِدُ

تَدُلُّ عَلى أَنَّهُ واحِدُ

And in everything there is a sign of Him,

In everything a sign appears

showing that He is One.

To show that He alone is One