ويا قاهر القهار فوق عباده

ويا قاهر القهار فوق عباده

إلى قهرك الغلاب رفع شكيتي

إلى قهرك الغلاب رفع شكيتي

And O Subduer, the All-Subduing above His servants,

O Vanquisher of tyrants, above Your servants

to Your all-conquering might I raise my complaint:

To Your subjugation the victorious raised my complaint

شكية مقهور بسطوة ظالم

شكية مقهور بسطوة ظالم

يجوس خلال الدار في أمن غرة

يجوس خلال الدار في أمن غرة

the complaint of one crushed by an oppressor's might,

A complaint of one subjugated by the injustice of an oppressor

who prowls through the land in heedless security;

Who roams freely in the house in the security of ignorance

شكية مظلوم مضام مذلل

شكية مظلوم مضام مذلل

يرى الحق مخذولاً ولا حين نصرة

يرى الحق مخذولاً ولا حين نصرة

the complaint of one wronged, ill-treated, humiliated,

A complaint of an oppressed, wronged, humiliated one

who sees justice forsaken, with no hour of succor.

Who sees truth abandoned without any support

معاذك من قهر الرجال فطالما

معاذك من قهر الرجال فطالما

خذيت له والقهر قهرك عصمتي

خذيت له والقهر قهرك عصمتي

I seek refuge in You from men's oppression, for so often

I seek refuge from the subjugation of men, for so long

I have bowed to it; and might—Your might—is my safeguard.

As You have taken my side, and subjugation is Your protection

وما عظمت يا قاهر الكل شوكة

وما عظمت يا قاهر الكل شوكة

لخصم فلم تكسر شباهاً بشوكة

لخصم فلم تكسر شباهاً بشوكة

And no thorn has grown formidable, O Subduer of all,

And never, O Vanquisher of all, has the arrogance

for any foe, without Your breaking its sharp points with a thorn.

Of an adversary grown to match Your arrogance

وما قهر مقهور تجاوز طوره

وما قهر مقهور تجاوز طوره

بفائت قهر اللّه في جزء ذرة

بفائت قهر اللّه في جزء ذرة

And no oppression by one himself subdued, who has overstepped his bounds,

Nor has the subjugation of the subjugated exceeded its limit

can escape God's might by even a fraction of an atom.

By a hair's breadth of God's preordained subjugation

تحق صفات القهر للقاهر الذي

تحق صفات القهر للقاهر الذي

لسلطانه ذلت صنوف الخليقة

لسلطانه ذلت صنوف الخليقة

The attributes of subduing might belong by right to the Subduer,

The attributes of subjugation belong to the Subjugator Who

to whose sovereignty all kinds of creation have bowed;

By His power has humbled all manner of creation

ومن قامت الأشياء تعنو لأمره

ومن قامت الأشياء تعنو لأمره

يعيد ويبدي لا بشرط وعلة

يعيد ويبدي لا بشرط وعلة

and He to whose command all things stand in submission

And from when things came into being, they bend to His command

brings back and brings forth, without condition or cause.

He brings back and initiates without condition or cause

فليس لها من قبضة القهر فلتة

فليس لها من قبضة القهر فلتة

وأفعالها فيض من الجبرية

وأفعالها فيض من الجبرية

So they have no escape from the grasp of subduing might,

They have no escape from the grip of His subjugation

and their deeds are an outpouring of compelling might.

And their actions are an emanation of compulsion

تجل بالاسم القاهر الحق باطناً

تجل بالاسم القاهر الحق باطناً

على خصماء اللّه أسرع بطشة

على خصماء اللّه أسرع بطشة

Manifest Yourself inwardly through the true name 'the Subduer,'

Reveal, O Truth, as the name the Subjugator inwardly

against God's adversaries, with the swiftest strike.

Upon the enemies of God the swiftest violence

وهل لي حظي منه إن أقهر الهوى

وهل لي حظي منه إن أقهر الهوى

ونفسي عن آفات شأن جبلتي

ونفسي عن آفات شأن جبلتي

And shall I have my share of it, if I subdue desire

Is there any share for me if I subugate desire

and restrain my soul from the ills of my inborn nature?

And my soul from the corruption of my nature?