هُنا يا سَراةَ الأَزْدِ حُطُّوا رِحالَكُمْ

هُنا يا سَراةَ الأَزْدِ حُطُّوا رِحالَكُمْ

فما أطيبَ المثوَى وما أشرفَ الحِمَى

فما أطيبَ المثوَى وما أشرفَ الحِمَى

Here, O nobles of the Azd, set down your baggage.

For how pleasant is this abode and how noble this refuge

For how pleasant is the abode, and how noble the sanctuary!

For whoever hopes to succeed and gain

هنا البِرُّ والتَّقوى هُنا الخيرُ كُلُّه

هنا البِرُّ والتَّقوى هُنا الخيرُ كُلُّه

لِمَنْ كانَ يرجو أن يفوزَ وَيغنما

لِمَنْ كانَ يرجو أن يفوزَ وَيغنما

Here are righteousness and piety; here is all goodness,

Seeks other than it, a home or encampment

for whoever hopes to attain success and gain.

Come now, O son of Abdullah, focus your eyes and kindle

هُنا المنزلُ الميمونُ ما من مُوَفَّقٍ

هُنا المنزلُ الميمونُ ما من مُوَفَّقٍ

يُريدُ سِواهُ مَنزلاً أو مُخَيَّما

يُريدُ سِواهُ مَنزلاً أو مُخَيَّما

Here is the blessed abode; no one granted success

From the light that illuminates what was dark to them

desires any other dwelling or campsite.

God has guided you, you are a seer

أجِلْ يا ابنَ عبدِ اللهِ عينَيْكَ واقْتَبِسْ

أجِلْ يا ابنَ عبدِ اللهِ عينَيْكَ واقْتَبِسْ

مِنَ النُّورِ ما يَجلو الغياهِبَ عنهما

مِنَ النُّورِ ما يَجلو الغياهِبَ عنهما

Turn your eyes about, O son of Abd Allah, and draw

The best of all people in the world altogether

from the light what dispels the deep darkness from them.

Your Lord has guided you with it, His creation perceiving

تبيَّنْ هَداكَ الله إنّك ناظرٌ

تبيَّنْ هَداكَ الله إنّك ناظرٌ

أجلَّ بني الدُّنيا جميعاً وأعظما

أجلَّ بني الدُّنيا جميعاً وأعظما

Look closely—may God guide you—for you behold

So He has granted with it a clear light and blessed

the most exalted and greatest of all the world's sons.

And entrusted you leadership of the people, pressing onward

هَداكم به رَبٌّ تَدراكَ خَلْقَهُ

هَداكم به رَبٌّ تَدراكَ خَلْقَهُ

فجادَ به نُوراً مُبيناً وأنْعَما

فجادَ به نُوراً مُبيناً وأنْعَما

A Lord guided you through him, coming to His creation's aid,

With the men who come after, though blind

and gave him generously as a manifest light, bestowing grace.

Jarash complained of the length of the siege, but not

وولاكَ أمرَ القومِ تمضِي مُجاهداً

وولاكَ أمرَ القومِ تمضِي مُجاهداً

بهم مَنْ يَلِيهم من رجالٍ ذَوِي عَمَى

بهم مَنْ يَلِيهم من رجالٍ ذَوِي عَمَى

And he entrusted you with command of the people; you go forth, fighting

Did your resolves complain, which God has targeted who He targeted

with them against those nearby—men possessed of blindness.

You returned intending trickery, so the illusion

شَكَتْ جَرَشٌ طولَ الحِصَارِ وما اشْتَكَتْ

شَكَتْ جَرَشٌ طولَ الحِصَارِ وما اشْتَكَتْ

لكم هِمَمٌ يرمِي بها اللَّهُ مَن رَمَى

لكم هِمَمٌ يرمِي بها اللَّهُ مَن رَمَى

Jarash complained of the siege's length, but no complaint came

Of harm perturbed its builder, who imagined

from your lofty resolve, with which God strikes whomever He strikes.

Sakhr saw in their talk and your affliction

رجعتم تُريدونَ المكيدةَ فَاعْتَرى

رجعتم تُريدونَ المكيدةَ فَاعْتَرى

أذى الوهمِ من عُمَّارِها من تَوهّما

أذى الوهمِ من عُمَّارِها من تَوهّما

You turned back, seeking a stratagem; then there came

Scenes that shook him, so he greeted and surrendered

the anguish of delusion upon those of its inhabitants who held false notions.

Were you as they supposed, fearing their might?

رأى شَكَرٌ من خطبِهم وبلائِكُمْ

رأى شَكَرٌ من خطبِهم وبلائِكُمْ

مشاهِدَ هَزَّتْهُ فحيَّا وسَلّما

مشاهِدَ هَزَّتْهُ فحيَّا وسَلّما

Shakar saw, in their plight and your valor,

Should it not suffice them to mock the sword and blood?

scenes that shook him, so he offered greetings and peace.

They are God's sacrifices, gone astray, so what can they do

أكنتم كما ظنّوا تخافونَ بأسَهُمْ

أكنتم كما ظنّوا تخافونَ بأسَهُمْ

ألم يَكْفِهِمْ أن يُضحِكوا السَّيْفَ والدَّما

ألم يَكْفِهِمْ أن يُضحِكوا السَّيْفَ والدَّما

Were you, as they supposed, afraid of their might?

Except meet the slaughter, an unavoidable decree?

Was it not enough for them to make the sword and blood laugh?

Thus spoke the truthful one, the righteous, he

هُمُ البُدْنُ بُدْنُ اللهِ ضَلَّتْ فمالها

هُمُ البُدْنُ بُدْنُ اللهِ ضَلَّتْ فمالها

سِوَى النَّحرِ تَلْقاهُ قضاءً مُحَتَّما

سِوَى النَّحرِ تَلْقاهُ قضاءً مُحَتَّما

They are sacrificial camels, God's sacrificial camels gone astray; so they have nothing

Will meet what he meets of inspired words

but slaughter, which they meet as an inevitable decree.

Were they a tale about the two messengers, told

كذلك قال الصادِقُ البَرُّ إنّه

كذلك قال الصادِقُ البَرُّ إنّه

لَيُلْقِي الذي يُلْقِي من القولِ مُلْهمَا

لَيُلْقِي الذي يُلْقِي من القولِ مُلْهمَا

Thus spoke the truthful, righteous one; he

To their people, or were they a defiant army?

surely utters the words he utters as one inspired.

The two warned them, so they desisted their misguidance

أكانَ حديثاً للرسولَيْنِ ساقه

أكانَ حديثاً للرسولَيْنِ ساقه

لقومهما أم كان جَيْشاً عَرَمْرما

لقومهما أم كان جَيْشاً عَرَمْرما

Was it a message he conveyed to the two messengers

And said, "A messenger has come with upright religion."

for their people, or was it a vast army?

And God's light filled their dwellings

هُما نبّآهم فَارْعَوَوْا عن ضلالِهم

هُما نبّآهم فَارْعَوَوْا عن ضلالِهم

وقالوا رسولٌ جاءَ بالدِّينِ قيِّما

وقالوا رسولٌ جاءَ بالدِّينِ قيِّما

The two informed them, so they turned from their error,

Illuminating what was dark before

and said, 'A messenger has come with the upright faith.'

وأصبح نورُ اللهِ مِلءَ ديارِهم

وأصبح نورُ اللهِ مِلءَ ديارِهم

يُضِيءُ لهم ما كانَ من قبلُ مُظْلِما

يُضِيءُ لهم ما كانَ من قبلُ مُظْلِما

And God's light came to fill their dwellings,

illuminating for them what had been dark before.