يا أَيُّها الناسُ إِنَّ اللَهَ يَأمُرُكُم

يا أَيُّها الناسُ إِنَّ اللَهَ يَأمُرُكُم

أَلّا تَكونوا لِأَهلِ الظُلمِ أَعوانا

أَلّا تَكونوا لِأَهلِ الظُلمِ أَعوانا

O people, God commands you

O people, God indeed commands you

not to be supporters of the people of oppression.

not to be helpers to the unjust.

يا قَومُ إِلّا تُطيعوا اللَهَ أَمطَرَكُم

يا قَومُ إِلّا تُطيعوا اللَهَ أَمطَرَكُم

رِجزاً وَجَلَّلَكُم خِزياً وَخُسرانا

رِجزاً وَجَلَّلَكُم خِزياً وَخُسرانا

O my people, if you do not obey God, He will rain upon you

My people, unless you obey God, He will rain upon you

a scourge, and envelop you in shame and ruin.

torment, and envelop you in disgrace and ruin.

يا قَومِ لا تَنصُروا مَن لَيسَ يَنصُرُهُ

يا قَومِ لا تَنصُروا مَن لَيسَ يَنصُرُهُ

وَلا تَكونوا لِمَن عاداهُ إِخوانا

وَلا تَكونوا لِمَن عاداهُ إِخوانا

O my people, do not support one whom He does not support,

My people, do not support anyone whom He does not support,

nor be brothers to one who opposes Him.

nor be brothers to anyone who has opposed Him.

يَلقى العِدى طاعَةً مِنكُم وَمَسكَنَةً

يَلقى العِدى طاعَةً مِنكُم وَمَسكَنَةً

إِذا اِستَبَدّوا وَيَلقى اللَهُ عِصيانا

إِذا اِستَبَدّوا وَيَلقى اللَهُ عِصيانا

The enemy receives obedience and servile submission from you

The foes find obedience and meek submission from you

when they act as tyrants—while God receives disobedience.

when they rule as tyrants, while God finds disobedience.

إِنّي أَخافُ عَلَيكُم حادِثاً جَلَلاً

إِنّي أَخافُ عَلَيكُم حادِثاً جَلَلاً

لا تَملِكونَ لَهُ رَدّاً إِذا حانا

لا تَملِكونَ لَهُ رَدّاً إِذا حانا

I fear for you a momentous calamity

I fear for you a grievous calamity

that you will have no power to repel when it arrives.

that you will have no power to repel when its hour comes.

أَرى لَكُم في بَريدِ الدَهرِ مَألَكَةً

أَرى لَكُم في بَريدِ الدَهرِ مَألَكَةً

يَموجُ فيها الدَمُ المَسفوحُ عُنوانا

يَموجُ فيها الدَمُ المَسفوحُ عُنوانا

I see for you, in Time’s post, a message

I see a message for you in time's post,

within which the blood already shed surges as its heading.

in which spilled blood surges as its heading.

ما عُذرُ قَومٍ تَمادوا في عَمايَتِهِم

ما عُذرُ قَومٍ تَمادوا في عَمايَتِهِم

لَم يَألُهُم رَبُّهُم نُصحاً وَتِبيانا

لَم يَألُهُم رَبُّهُم نُصحاً وَتِبيانا

What excuse have a people who persist in their blindness,

What excuse have people who persist in their blindness,

when their Lord has spared no counsel or clear explanation for them?

when their Lord has withheld neither counsel nor clarification?

لا يَأمُرونَ بِغَيرِ الظُلمِ أَنفُسَهُم

لا يَأمُرونَ بِغَيرِ الظُلمِ أَنفُسَهُم

وَاللَهُ يَأمُرُهُم عَدلاً وَإِحسانا

وَاللَهُ يَأمُرُهُم عَدلاً وَإِحسانا

They enjoin upon themselves nothing but oppression,

They enjoin nothing but injustice upon themselves,

while God enjoins justice and goodness upon them.

while God enjoins justice and kindness upon them.

أَتصِدفونَ عَنِ الآياتِ ساطِعَةً

أَتصِدفونَ عَنِ الآياتِ ساطِعَةً

تَجلو العَمى وَتُضيءُ القَلبَ إيمانا

تَجلو العَمى وَتُضيءُ القَلبَ إيمانا

Do you turn away from the signs, radiant,

Do you turn away from the radiant signs,

that dispel blindness and illumine the heart with faith?

which dispel blindness and illuminate the heart with faith?

مِلتُم عَنِ النورِ يَمحو كُلَّ داجِيَةٍ

مِلتُم عَنِ النورِ يَمحو كُلَّ داجِيَةٍ

وَاِنصاعَ رائِدُكُم في الأَرضِ حَيرانا

وَاِنصاعَ رائِدُكُم في الأَرضِ حَيرانا

You have turned from the light that effaces every darkness,

You have turned from the light that dispels every dark night,

and your guide wanders the earth bewildered.

and your guide has wandered the earth, bewildered.

لَمّا ذَهَبتُم سَواماً لا رُعاةَ لَها

لَمّا ذَهَبتُم سَواماً لا رُعاةَ لَها

سالَت عَلَيكُم فِجاجُ الأَرضِ ذُؤبانا

سالَت عَلَيكُم فِجاجُ الأَرضِ ذُؤبانا

When you went off like grazing cattle with no shepherds,

When you roamed as grazing herds with no shepherds,

the earth’s broad passes poured wolves upon you.

the earth's passes poured wolves upon you.

تَنازَعَتكُم أَكُّفُ الطامِعينَ بِها

تَنازَعَتكُم أَكُّفُ الطامِعينَ بِها

فَأَصبَحَ الجَمعُ أَسراباً وَقُطعانا

فَأَصبَحَ الجَمعُ أَسراباً وَقُطعانا

Hands coveting the land fought over you,

The hands of those coveting it pulled you apart,

until the united whole became scattered flocks and herds.

so the multitude became flocks and herds.

هَل تَملِكونَ مِنَ الدُنيا لَكُم وَطَناً

هَل تَملِكونَ مِنَ الدُنيا لَكُم وَطَناً

أَم تَعرِفونَ بِها عِزّاً وَسُلطانا

أَم تَعرِفونَ بِها عِزّاً وَسُلطانا

Do you possess anywhere in this world a homeland of your own,

Do you possess a homeland of your own in this world,

or know within it any dignity or sovereignty?

or know glory and sovereignty within it?

اليَومَ يَبكي عَلى الإِسلامِ شاعِرُهُ

اليَومَ يَبكي عَلى الإِسلامِ شاعِرُهُ

وَيَملَأُ الدَهرَ إِعوالاً وَإرنانا

وَيَملَأُ الدَهرَ إِعوالاً وَإرنانا

Today Islam’s poet weeps for Islam

Today Islam's poet weeps over it,

and fills the age with wailing and resonant lament.

and fills time with wailing and lamentation.

ضَجَّ الكِتابُ وَضَجَّ البَيتُ مِن أَسَفٍ

ضَجَّ الكِتابُ وَضَجَّ البَيتُ مِن أَسَفٍ

وَباتَ فيكم رَسولُ اللَهِ غَضبانا

وَباتَ فيكم رَسولُ اللَهِ غَضبانا

The Book cried out, and the Sacred House cried out in grief,

The Book has cried out, and the House has cried out in sorrow,

while God’s Messenger spent the night among you in anger.

and God's Messenger has passed the night among you in anger.

يا أُمَّةَ النيلِ هُبّي اليَومَ وَاِنطَلِقي

يا أُمَّةَ النيلِ هُبّي اليَومَ وَاِنطَلِقي

أَما تَرَينَ حِمى الإِسلامِ قَد هانا

أَما تَرَينَ حِمى الإِسلامِ قَد هانا

O nation of the Nile, rise today and surge forth!

O nation of the Nile, rise today and set forth!

Do you not see that Islam’s sanctuary has been brought low?

Do you not see that Islam's sanctuary has been brought low?

رِدي الحَياةَ وَعُبّي في مَشارِعِها

رِدي الحَياةَ وَعُبّي في مَشارِعِها

إِنّي أَرى النيلَ ذا الأَنهارِ ظَمآنا

إِنّي أَرى النيلَ ذا الأَنهارِ ظَمآنا

Restore life, and drink deep at its watering places;

Come to life, and drink deep at its watering places;

I see the Nile, rich in rivers, thirsty.

indeed, I see the Nile, with all its rivers, thirsty.

خُذي نَصيبَكِ مِن عِزٍّ وَمِن شَرَفٍ

خُذي نَصيبَكِ مِن عِزٍّ وَمِن شَرَفٍ

وَوَدِّعي مِن حَياةِ الذُلِّ ما كانا

وَوَدِّعي مِن حَياةِ الذُلِّ ما كانا

Take your share of might and honor,

Take your share of glory and of honor,

and bid farewell to all that was a life of humiliation.

and bid farewell to your past life of humiliation.

اللَهُ أَكبَرُ إِنَّ الناسَ قَد دَلَفوا

اللَهُ أَكبَرُ إِنَّ الناسَ قَد دَلَفوا

فَاِستَرسِلي إِثرَهُم شيباً وَشُبّانا

فَاِستَرسِلي إِثرَهُم شيباً وَشُبّانا

God is greatest! The people have already marched forward;

God is greatest! The people have indeed advanced;

then follow in their wake, old and young alike.

so follow in their wake, gray-haired and young alike.

كُلٌّ يَجِدُّ وَراءَ الحَقِّ يَطلُبُهُ

كُلٌّ يَجِدُّ وَراءَ الحَقِّ يَطلُبُهُ

مِن غاصِبٍ سامَهُ خَسفاً وَإِهوانا

مِن غاصِبٍ سامَهُ خَسفاً وَإِهوانا

Each strives after the right, seeking it

Each strives in pursuit of his right, seeking it

from a usurper who dealt him abasement and humiliation.

from a usurper who subjected him to abasement and humiliation.

عَصرٌ جَديدٌ وَدُنيا لا نُساءُ بِها

عَصرٌ جَديدٌ وَدُنيا لا نُساءُ بِها

وَلا نَذوقُ الَّذي ذُقنا بِدُنيانا

وَلا نَذوقُ الَّذي ذُقنا بِدُنيانا

A new age, and a world in which we shall not be wronged,

A new age, and a world in which we are not wronged,

nor taste what we tasted in the world we knew.

nor taste what we have tasted in our world.