1. المُجْرمون اسْتَكْبروا في الأرض مَنْ

    سَيَرُدُّ كَيْدَ المُجْرِمِينَ الجُحَّدِ

    The criminals have grown arrogant on earth—who

    Will repel the plots of the criminals who deny the truth?

  2. فِئةٌ مُعَطَّرَةُ الجِهَادِ غَنِيَّةٌ

    لله تَنْهَجُ بِالسَّبيل الأَقْصَد

    A company fragrant with jihad, richly endowed,

    For God, follows the most direct path.

  3. لله ظاهِرةُ تُقاتِلُ مَنْ طَغَى

    في الأرضِ أَو تُعْلي لِواءَ مُحَمَّدِ

    For God, triumphant, it fights whoever tyrannizes

    On earth, or raises Muhammad's banner.

  4. مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْوعَ في الجِهَادِ مُجَرَّبٍ

    مَاضٍ وكُلِّ مُصَدِّقٍ مُتَجَرِّدِ

    Made up of every valiant man seasoned in jihad,

    Resolute, and every selfless believer.

  5. أَغْنى الحَيَاةَ بصدْقِه وَوَلائِهِ

    لله ، لم يُشْرِكْ وَلَمْ يَتَردَّدِ

    He enriched life with his sincerity and loyalty

    To God, neither associating partners with Him nor hesitating.

  6. مَنَحَ الحَيَاةَ جَمَالها بوفائِهِ

    وَرَوَى المرابع بالدَّم المتَوَقِّدِ

    He gave life its beauty through his fidelity,

    And watered the meadows with blazing blood.

  7. وَمضَى لإِحْدَى الحُسْنَيَيْن يَشُدُّه

    شَوْقُ إِلى أَوفى النَّعيم وأخلدِ

    And went toward one of the two best outcomes, drawn

    By longing for the fullest, most enduring bliss.

  8. المُجْرمُون اسْتَكْبَروا في الأرضِ مَنْ

    سَيَرُدُّ مَكْرَ المُجْرِم المُترَصِّدِ

    The criminals have grown arrogant on earth—who

    Will repel the scheming of the criminal lying in wait?

  9. سَتَرُدُّه فِئةُ وَفَاءُ رِجَالِهَا

    بِرُ وإِحْسَانُ وخفقُ مُهَنَّدِ

    A company will repel it; its men's loyalty

    Is righteousness, kindness, and the sweep of an Indian-forged sword.

  10. فِئةٌ تُقِيمُ عَلَى الزَّمانِ مَنَائِراً

    مِنْ هَدْيِهَا ومَلاَحِماً مِنْ أَزْنُدِ

    A company that raises, across the ages, beacons

    From its guidance, and epics wrought by its forearms.

  11. وتُعِيدُ للإِنسَانِ عِزَّتَهُ التي

    ديسَتْ وتُوقُظ شَوْقَه مِنْ مَرْقدِ

    And restores to humankind the dignity that

    Was trampled, and awakens its yearning from sleep.

  12. وتُحَطّمُ الأغلالَ عَنْهُ فَكَمْ مَضَى الإِ

    نْسَان بَيْنَ مُضَلَّلٍ و مُصَفَّدِ

    And shatters its shackles—how long has human-

    kind gone on, either misled or fettered!

  13. وَتَمدُّ للمُسْتَضْعَفين يَدَ الهُدَى

    مَدَداً ونَجْدَة صَادِقٍ مُتَوجِّدِ

    And extends to the oppressed the hand of guidance,

    As aid and succor from one sincere and impassioned.

  14. فِئةٌ كأنَّ المِسْكَ مِنْ أنفاسِهَا

    مَلأَ الزَّمَانَ وَعطَّرَ الأُفقَ النَّدِي

    A company, as though musk from its breaths

    Had filled the ages and perfumed the dewy horizon.

  15. تمضي فَيَهْتَزُّ الرَّبيعُ بها إِذا

    طَلَعتْ ويغنى كُلُّ وادٍ أجْرَدِ

    It advances, and spring stirs with it when

    It appears, and every barren valley grows rich.

  16. يُشْرَى رَسُولِ الله آية رَبِّهِ

    للعَالمينَ رَحْمة للمُجْهَدِ

    Glad tidings of God's Messenger, a sign of his Lord,

    For all the worlds, a mercy to the weary.

  17. لله دَرُّ الهِنْدِ ! كَمْ مِنْ عالِمٍ

    دَفَعَتْ لسَاحَتِها وَكَمْ مِنْ مُنْجِدِ

    How splendid is India! How many a scholar

    Has she sent into her arena, and how many a rescuer!

  18. بَذَلوا مِنَ العِلْمِ الزَّكيِّ ونُورِهِ

    مُهَجاً إلى صِدقِ العَزِيمةِ واليَدِ

    They poured forth, from pure knowledge and its light,

    Their lifeblood toward sincerity in resolve and action.

  19. ومَضَوا يَحثُّونَ الخُطى لَهباً عَلى

    دَرْبٍ إلى صِدْقِ الجِهَادِ مُمَهَّدِ

    And went onward, hastening their steps, aflame, along

    A path paved toward sincere jihad.

  20. عَبَقُ الأئمَّةِ والمُلُوكِ عَلَى الرُّبى

    نَفْحُ الجِنَانِ وعِطرِها المُتَجَدِّدِ

    The fragrance of the imams and kings upon the hills

    Is the waft of gardens and their ever-renewed perfume.

  21. يمضي " مُعِينُ الدِّين " في جَوْلاتِهِ

    نُوراً أَطَلَّ لُمدْلجٍ وَمُشَرَّدِ

    Mu'in al-Din goes forth on his rounds,

    A light that appeared to a night traveler and an exile.

  22. ويَظلُّ " بختيارٌ " أَعزَّ فتنحَني

    هامُ الملوكِ له وكِبْرُ الأَصْيَدِ

    And Bakhtiyar remains most exalted, so there bow

    The heads of kings before him, and the pride of the haughty.

  23. و" الدَّهلويُّ " وَيَا لَعزَّةِ دينه

    ردَّ الملوكَ ويَا هَوانَ السُؤدُدِ

    And al-Dahlawi—oh, the glory of his faith!

    He turned back kings—oh, the humiliation of high rank!

  24. والعالمُ " السّرْ هَندِ " يَا لجِهَادِه

    بَذْلاً وَيَا لَلزَّاهِدِ المتَعَبِّدِ

    And the scholar of Sirhind—oh, his jihad,

    His giving! And oh, that ascetic devoted to worship!

  25. ردَّ الزّنادِقَةَ العُصَاةَ وكَيْدَهُمْ

    ردّا وأخمدَ فِتنَةً مِنْ مُلحدِ

    He repelled the rebellious heretics and their scheming,

    Decisively, and quenched an atheist's strife.

  26. وانْظر " لعرفانَ الشَّهِيدِ " كأنَّهُ

    جيشٌ تواثَبَ في الذُّرا والأوهُد

    And look at Irfan the Martyr, as though he were

    An army surging through summits and hollows.

  27. فَتَحَ القُلوبَ بِغَيْر سَيْف مُصْلتٍ

    فَهَوى الفسادُ وسَيفه لَمْ يُغمد

    He opened hearts without a drawn sword,

    So corruption fell, its sword still unsheathed.

  28. يا " ندوةَ العُلماءِ " ! يا نَفْحَ الشَّذا

    يا لَهْفَةَ القُصَّادِ شَوْقَ العُوَّدِ

    O Nadwat al-Ulama! O waft of fragrance,

    O longing of seekers, yearning of returning visitors!

  29. نَسَبُ أَبَرُّ عَلى التُقَى فكأنَّه

    رَحِمُ يَصونُ ولُحمةُ مِنْ مَولِدِ

    A more righteous lineage, founded on piety, as though it were

    A kinship that protects, and a bond from birth.

  30. زَكَتَ الرِّجالُ عَلَى الجِهَادِ ونُورِهِ

    يَا عزَّ مُنْتَسبٍ وَعِزَّة مَحِتْدِ

    The men grew pure through jihad and its light.

    O honor of one who belongs, and glory of ancestry!

  31. لله دَرُّ الهِنْدِ ! نورُ كواكِبٍ

    زُهْرٍ ودفقُ مجاهدٍ ومُسدِّدِ

    How splendid is India! The light of stars

    Bright, and the outpouring of a warrior and a guide.

  32. دُرَرُ مِنْ العُلمَاءِ كَيف أَعُدُّهم

    أَعيتْ حُشُودُهمُ خَيَالَ مُعدِّدِ

    Pearls among scholars—how can I count them?

    Their multitudes have exhausted the imagination of one who counts.

  33. مَهَدوا الدُّروب لكلِّ يومٍ أبلجٍ

    دَامٍ و يَومِ شهادةٍ متفرِّدِ

    They paved the paths for every radiant day,

    Bloodied, and for a matchless day of martyrdom.