ويا خافض الكفار خفضاً مقدراً

ويا خافض الكفار خفضاً مقدراً

باشقائهم في سابق الأزلية

باشقائهم في سابق الأزلية

O You who abase the unbelievers with a foreordained abasement,

And O You who abase the unbelievers with an ordained abasement,

by consigning them to wretchedness in preexistent eternity;

By making them wretched in primordial eternity,

وذلك سر بالجلال محجب

وذلك سر بالجلال محجب

ولا حكم إلا عدله في القضية

ولا حكم إلا عدله في القضية

that is a secret veiled in majesty,

And that is a mystery veiled by majesty,

and in this matter there is no judgment but His justice.

And there is no judgment in the matter save His justice.

ويا خافضاً بالبعد من شاء بعده

ويا خافضاً بالبعد من شاء بعده

كما أن في تقريبه كل رفعة

كما أن في تقريبه كل رفعة

O You who abase through remoteness whomever You will to hold far,

And O You who abase through remoteness whomever You will to keep far,

just as every elevation lies in Your drawing near;

Just as every exaltation lies in Your bringing one near,

ويا خافضاً بالجهل والجهل منبع

ويا خافضاً بالجهل والجهل منبع

لكل بلاء وانحطاط وخسة

لكل بلاء وانحطاط وخسة

O You who abase through ignorance—and ignorance is a wellspring

And O You who abase through ignorance—and ignorance is a source

of every affliction, decline, and baseness;

Of every affliction, degradation, and baseness—

ويا خافضاً بالفقر من كان فقره

ويا خافضاً بالفقر من كان فقره

يسفله في دينه بالدنية

يسفله في دينه بالدنية

O You who abase through poverty the one whose poverty

And O You who abase through poverty those whose poverty

makes him sink in his faith into ignominy;

Debases them in their faith through base conduct,

ويا خافضاً بالذل من كان ذله

ويا خافضاً بالذل من كان ذله

لغيرك حباً أو لقهر وخيفة

لغيرك حباً أو لقهر وخيفة

O You who abase through humiliation the one whose abasement

And O You who abase through humiliation those whose submission

is before another than You, whether from love, coercion, or fear;

Is to someone other than You, out of love, or because of coercion and fear,

ويا خافض الجبار بالقهر نقمة

ويا خافض الجبار بالقهر نقمة

وخافض أهل العلم بالطمعية

وخافض أهل العلم بالطمعية

O You who abase the arrogant tyrant by force, in vengeance,

And O You who abase the tyrant through subjugation, in retribution,

and abase the people of knowledge through covetousness;

And abase the learned through greed,

الهي أشكو ظالاً أنت حسبه

الهي أشكو ظالاً أنت حسبه

ترفع طغياناً على ضعف قوتي

ترفع طغياناً على ضعف قوتي

My God, I complain of one who persists; You are sufficient against him.

My God, I complain of an oppressor; You suffice against him.

Tyrannically he vaunts himself over my feeble strength.

He exalted himself in tyranny over my feeble strength.

تراءت له الدنيا كأكلة جائع

تراءت له الدنيا كأكلة جائع

فساغت له أكلاً ويا شر أكلة

فساغت له أكلاً ويا شر أكلة

The world appeared to him like a meal before a hungry man,

The world appeared to him like a hungry man's meal;

so it went down easily as food for him—O what an evil meal!

So he found it easy to eat—O worst of meals!

فيا خافض اخفضه بأسفل سافل

فيا خافض اخفضه بأسفل سافل

وسلط عليه الرجز في كل وجهة

وسلط عليه الرجز في كل وجهة

O Abaser, abase him to the lowest of the low,

So, O Abaser, abase him to the lowest of the low,

and unleash torment upon him from every quarter;

And unleash torment upon him in every direction,

واركسه مخفوضاً على أم رأسه

واركسه مخفوضاً على أم رأسه

إلى دركات المهلكات الوبيلة

إلى دركات المهلكات الوبيلة

cast him down, abased, headfirst,

And cast him down, abased, upon the crown of his head,

into the depths of baneful destruction.

Into the depths of grievous, deadly calamities.