بِعَفوِكَ بَل بِجودِكَ عُذتُ لا بَل

بِعَفوِكَ بَل بِجودِكَ عُذتُ لا بَل

بِفَضلِكَ يا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينا

بِفَضلِكَ يا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينا

I have sought refuge in your pardon—rather, in your generosity—no, rather,

With Your pardon, nay, with Your generosity I have been sheltered,

In your pardon, nay, in your bounty I sought refuge—no, rather...

in your grace, O Commander of the Faithful.

Nay, with Your grace, O Commander of the Faithful.

In your boundless grace, O Commander of the Faithful.

فَلا يَتَعَذَّرَنَّ عَلَيَّ عَفوٌ

فَلا يَتَعَذَّرَنَّ عَلَيَّ عَفوٌ

وَسِعتَ بِهِ جَميعَ العالَمينا

وَسِعتَ بِهِ جَميعَ العالَمينا

So let me not be denied a pardon

So pardon must not be difficult for me,

Let not a pardon be deemed impossible for me to obtain,

with which you have embraced all the worlds.

For You have encompassed all the worlds with it.

A mercy with which you encompass all the worlds.

فَإِنّي لَم أَخُنكَ بِظَهرِ غَيبٍ

فَإِنّي لَم أَخُنكَ بِظَهرِ غَيبٍ

وَلا حَدَّثتُ نَفسِيَ أَن أَخونا

وَلا حَدَّثتُ نَفسِيَ أَن أَخونا

For I have not betrayed you in your absence,

For I have not betrayed You behind Your back,

For truly, I have never betrayed you in secret,

nor have I entertained the thought of betraying you.

Nor have I resolved within myself to betray.

Nor did I even whisper treason to my own soul.

بَراكَ اللَهُ لِلإِسلامِ عِزّاً

بَراكَ اللَهُ لِلإِسلامِ عِزّاً

وَحِصناً دونَ بيضَتِهِ حَصينا

وَحِصناً دونَ بيضَتِهِ حَصينا

God created you to be Islam's strength,

May Allah bless You to be honor for Islam,

God molded you to be Islam’s crowning glory,

and an impregnable fortress guarding its heartland.

And a fortress protecting its eggs, fortified.

And an impregnable fortress guarding its sacred core.

لَقَد أَرهَبتَ أَهلَ الشِركِ حَتّى

لَقَد أَرهَبتَ أَهلَ الشِركِ حَتّى

تَرَكتَهُمُ وَما يَتَذَمَّرونا

تَرَكتَهُمُ وَما يَتَذَمَّرونا

Indeed, you have so terrified the idolaters

You have terrified the people of polytheism until

You have struck terror into the hearts of the idolaters,

that you have left them without a murmur of defiance.

You left them, not murmuring in complaint.

Leaving them silenced, unable to utter a complaint.

تَزورُهُمُ بِنَفسِكَ كُلَّ عامٍ

تَزورُهُمُ بِنَفسِكَ كُلَّ عامٍ

زِيارَةَ واصِلٍ لِلقاطِعينا

زِيارَةَ واصِلٍ لِلقاطِعينا

You visit them yourself every year,

You visit them yourself every year,

You pay them a visit in person each passing year,

as one who maintains ties visits those who sever them.

The visit of one loyal to the severed.

Like one seeking connection with those who severed ties.

وَلَو شِئتَ اِكتَفَيتَ إِلى نَعيمٍ

وَلَو شِئتَ اِكتَفَيتَ إِلى نَعيمٍ

وَقاسى الأَمرَ دونَكَ آخَرونا

وَقاسى الأَمرَ دونَكَ آخَرونا

And had you wished, you could have contented yourself with ease,

And if You wished, You could be content with bliss,

Had you wished, you could have remained content in luxury,

and others would have endured the hardship in your stead.

While others endured the bitter ordeal apart from You.

Leaving others to endure the hardship in your stead.

فَشَفِّع حُسنَ وَجهِكَ في أَسيرٍ

فَشَفِّع حُسنَ وَجهِكَ في أَسيرٍ

يَدينُ بِحُبِّكَ الرَحمَنَ دينا

يَدينُ بِحُبِّكَ الرَحمَنَ دينا

So let the beauty of your face intercede for a captive

So intercede with Your beautiful face for a captive

So let the radiance of your face intercede for a captive,

who worships the Most Merciful, making love for you his creed.

Who, loving You, professes belief in the Merciful.

Whose love for you is the faith he professes to the Merciful.

إِذا ما الهونُ حَلَّ بِدارِ قَومٍ

إِذا ما الهونُ حَلَّ بِدارِ قَومٍ

فَلَيسَ لِجارِ مِثلِكَ أَن يَهونا

فَلَيسَ لِجارِ مِثلِكَ أَن يَهونا

When humiliation descends upon a people's home,

When abasement befalls the house of a people,

If ever humiliation descends upon a people's abode,

then a neighbor of one like you must not be brought low.

A neighbor like You has no choice but to be abased.

No neighbor of one such as you shall ever face disgrace.