الهي المجيد الحق مجدك قائم

الهي المجيد الحق مجدك قائم

لذاتك والأفعال والصفتية

لذاتك والأفعال والصفتية

My God, the Glorious, the Truth, Your glory abides

My Glorious God, the truth of Your glory endures

In Your essence, Your acts, and Your attributes.

For Your own sake, Your actions and attributes

الهي لم تستفتح العز لا ولا

الهي لم تستفتح العز لا ولا

بفعلك يا ذا المجد كون قبيحة

بفعلك يا ذا المجد كون قبيحة

My God, You did not give might a beginning—no; nor

My God, You did not seek glory, no, not at all

Does any vile deed arise through Your action, O Possessor of Glory.

By Your actions, O You of glory, would be unbecoming

الهي حقوق المجد للحق وحده

الهي حقوق المجد للحق وحده

من الواجب الذاتي مجد الألوهة

من الواجب الذاتي مجد الألوهة

My God, glory's due belongs to the Truth alone;

My God, the rights to glory belong to God alone

The glory of divinity is an intrinsic necessity.

From the necessary divine, the glory of divinity

الهي مجد اللّه أسنى مكارماً

الهي مجد اللّه أسنى مكارماً

وأعلى كمالاً لا يضيق بذلتي

وأعلى كمالاً لا يضيق بذلتي

My God, God's glory is loftiest in noble qualities,

My God, the glory of Allah is most noble

And highest in perfection, not constrained by my lowliness.

And supreme perfection that does not constrain my obedience

الهي مجد اللّه في وسع عزه

الهي مجد اللّه في وسع عزه

مدافعة البأساء حيث المت

مدافعة البأساء حيث المت

My God, God's glory, in the vastness of His might,

My God, in the breadth of His might is the glory of Allah

Can ward off affliction wherever it strikes.

To defend the afflicted wherever death lies

الهي ما مقدار تمجيد عاجز

الهي ما مقدار تمجيد عاجز

لدى قدر مجد اللّه والعظيمة

لدى قدر مجد اللّه والعظيمة

My God, what is a helpless one's glorification worth

My God, what is the capacity of a helpless one's glorification

Beside the magnitude of God's glory and greatness?

Before the ordained glory of Allah and the Supreme?

الهي لولا حتمك الذكر والدعا

الهي لولا حتمك الذكر والدعا

لقدست مجد اللّه عن ذكر لفظتي

لقدست مجد اللّه عن ذكر لفظتي

My God, were it not for Your enjoining remembrance and supplication,

My God, had You not decreed that I remember and supplicate You

I would hold God's glory too sacred for my words to mention.

I would have sanctified Allah's glory beyond my uttered words

عقود بلياتي علي تحكمت

عقود بلياتي علي تحكمت

بمجدك خلصني وحل بليتي

بمجدك خلصني وحل بليتي

The knots of my afflictions have gained mastery over me;

The calamities that have befallen me You have ordained

By Your glory, deliver me and unravel my affliction.

By Your glory save me and remove my affliction

فأنت جميل البر متسع العطا

فأنت جميل البر متسع العطا

حميد مجيد لا تضيق بخلتي

حميد مجيد لا تضيق بخلتي

For You are beautiful in kindness, vast in giving,

For You are beautiful in kindness, vast in generosity

Praiseworthy, glorious, not constrained by my need.

Praiseworthy, glorious, not narrow in my devotion

ولست وقد أنجدت مجدك خائباً

ولست وقد أنجدت مجدك خائباً

وإن شاب اخلاصي هوى بشريتي

وإن شاب اخلاصي هوى بشريتي

Nor am I disappointed, having championed Your glory,

And I, now that You have come to my aid, am not disappointed in Your glory

Even if the desire of my human nature has tainted my sincerity.

Even if the sincerity of my humanity was tainted by desire

وأشبه شيء يا مجيد بمجدك ال

وأشبه شيء يا مجيد بمجدك ال

جلي على الايقان تحقيق منيتي

جلي على الايقان تحقيق منيتي

And what most befits Your glory, O Glorious One—

And the thing most resembling Your clear glory is

Manifest beyond doubt—is the fulfillment of my wish.

The realization of my wish through certainty in You