بَنِي الإِسلامِ إقداما

بَنِي الإِسلامِ إقداما

كَفَى دَعَةً وإحجاما

كَفَى دَعَةً وإحجاما

O sons of Islam, advance!

O children of Islam, proceed boldly

Enough of ease and holding back!

Enough of weakness and holding back

هَلُمُّوا نَرْفَعُ الهاما

هَلُمُّوا نَرْفَعُ الهاما

أَنَقْضِي الدّهرَ نُوَّاما

أَنَقْضِي الدّهرَ نُوَّاما

Come, let us raise our heads!

Come let us raise our aspirations

Shall we spend our lives asleep?

And not spend our lives sleeping

على الآثارِ فانطلِقُوا

على الآثارِ فانطلِقُوا

إلى المُختارِ فاسْتَبِقوا

إلى المُختارِ فاسْتَبِقوا

Set forth, then, in those footsteps;

Set out on the trails

Toward the Chosen One, race ahead!

And race towards the Chosen One

لَكُمْ في سعْيِكم طُرُقُ

لَكُمْ في سعْيِكم طُرُقُ

تَبُثُّ النُّورَ أعلاما

تَبُثُّ النُّورَ أعلاما

There are paths for you in your striving

You have ways on your journey

That spread light as beacons.

That spread light like flags

سَلُوا القومَ الأُلَى ذَهَبوا

سَلُوا القومَ الأُلَى ذَهَبوا

بأيّةِ قُوَّةٍ غَلَبوا

بأيّةِ قُوَّةٍ غَلَبوا

Ask the people who have gone before

Ask the accomplished people where they went

By what strength they prevailed.

With what power they prevailed

أَقاموا الحقَّ فانْتُدِبوا

أَقاموا الحقَّ فانْتُدِبوا

لأهلِ الأرضِ حُكّاما

لأهلِ الأرضِ حُكّاما

They established justice and so were appointed

They established truth so be inspired

As rulers for the people of the earth.

To be rulers for the people of the earth

أُولُو السُّلطانِ والخَطَرِ

أُولُو السُّلطانِ والخَطَرِ

على التِّيجان والسرُرِ

على التِّيجان والسرُرِ

Possessors of power and eminence

The ones with authority and danger

Over crowns and thrones,

Upon the crowns and thrones

أبَوْا في غيرِ ما أشَرِ

أبَوْا في غيرِ ما أشَرِ

سوى الأملاكِ خُدّاما

سوى الأملاكِ خُدّاما

They refused, without arrogance,

Refused, without guidance

Any servants other than kings.

To be servants of kingdoms

رَمَوْا بالبأسِ مُحْتَدِما

رَمَوْا بالبأسِ مُحْتَدِما

قَضَوْا بالسَّيفِ مُحْتكِما

قَضَوْا بالسَّيفِ مُحْتكِما

They struck with raging might;

They battled with raging might

They judged with the sword as arbiter.

Judging with the decisive sword

إذا ما خَاصَمَ الأُمَما

إذا ما خَاصَمَ الأُمَما

مَضَى نَقْضاً وإبراما

مَضَى نَقْضاً وإبراما

When it contended with the nations,

Whenever the nations disputed

It went on, undoing and confirming.

Progressing and contracting

نَهضْنا نَتْبَعُ السَّنَنا

نَهضْنا نَتْبَعُ السَّنَنا

وَنَحمِي الدِّينَ والوَطَنا

وَنَحمِي الدِّينَ والوَطَنا

We have risen to follow the established ways

We rise to follow our ways

And protect the faith and the homeland.

And protect the religion and homeland

بَذَلْنَا الرُّوحَ والبَدَنا

بَذَلْنَا الرُّوحَ والبَدَنا

فِدىً لهما وإكراما

فِدىً لهما وإكراما

We have offered soul and body

We sacrificed our soul and body

As a sacrifice for both, and in their honor.

As ransom and honor for them

هُما رَمْزُ الحَياةِ معا

هُما رَمْزُ الحَياةِ معا

فإنْ ذَهَبا مَضَتْ تَبَعا

فإنْ ذَهَبا مَضَتْ تَبَعا

Together, they are the symbol of life;

They are the symbol of life together

For if they are gone, life goes in their wake.

If they go both will go

وَمَنْ لم يَرْعَ ما شَرَعا

وَمَنْ لم يَرْعَ ما شَرَعا

فما صَلَّى ولا صاما

فما صَلَّى ولا صاما

And whoever does not observe what both ordained

And whoever does not tend what is decreed

Has neither prayed nor fasted.

Has not prayed or fasted