1. الكونُ أشرقَ نَضرةً ونعيما

    هذا مكانُك فاتّخذه كريما

    The universe shone with freshness and bliss.

    This is your place; make it noble.

  2. حَنَّ الزمانُ إليكَ حتّى جِئتَه

    فطوى الحنينَ وردّدَ التسليما

    Time longed for you until you came to it,

    then folded away its longing and repeated its greeting.

  3. أنت المؤمَّلُ للشُّعوبِ وهذه

    دُنياكَ لا تبغي سواك زعيما

    You are the hope of the peoples, and this

    is your world: it seeks no leader but you.

  4. خُذها من القومِ الأُلى جمحوا بها

    وَاشْرَعْ لهم نهجَ الحياةِ قويما

    Take it from those who drove it wildly,

    and lay down for them an upright path of life.

  5. داوِ السَّقامَ فقد تفاقَمَ وانثنى

    طِبُّ الأُلى سبقوك عنه سقيما

    Heal the sickness, for it has worsened, while the healing art

    of those before you has recoiled from it, itself ailing.

  6. هاتيك مدرسةُ الحياةِ تقدّمتْ

    تَلْقَى أجلَّ شُيوخِها تعليما

    There is the school of life, stepping forward

    to meet the foremost of its masters in teaching.

  7. ماذا حملتَ من المعارفِ والنُّهى

    لمّا حملتَ كتابَها المرقوما

    What knowledge and wisdom you brought

    when you bore its inscribed book!

  8. عِلمُ الحضارةِ كان قبلك خافياً

    فأتيتَ تُظهِرُ سِرَّهُ المكتوما

    The knowledge of civilization was hidden before you,

    and you came to reveal its concealed secret.

  9. والحقُّ ما عَرفَ الدُّعاةُ سبيلَهُ

    حتّى أقمتَ بناءه المهدوما

    And truth—the preachers knew not its path

    until you raised its demolished edifice.

  10. بَلِّغ رسالةَ من أقامك هادياً

    وحَباكَ فضلاً من لَدُنْهُ عظيما

    Convey the message of Him who appointed you a guide

    and bestowed upon you great grace from His presence.

  11. ضلّ الأُلىَ جَحَدوه واتّخذوا له

    شُركاءَ من أربابهم وخُصوما

    Those who denied Him went astray and assigned Him

    partners and rivals from among their lords.

  12. ما هذه الأربابُ ما لِعبادها

    جَهلوه ربّاً واحداً قَيُّوما

    What are these lords? What ails their worshippers?

    They knew Him not as the one, all-sustaining Lord.

  13. جاء الأمين الصّادقُ الهادي فمن

    يَكفُر بدينِ اللهِ كان ظَلوما

    The trustworthy, truthful guide came; whoever

    rejects God's faith is grievously unjust.

  14. رَجَفتْ قُلوبُ المُشرِكينَ لِدعوةٍ

    طَفِقَتْ تُردِّدُ في البِطاحِ هزيما

    The polytheists' hearts trembled at a call

    that began to echo thunderously through the broad valleys.

  15. قالوا أيَطمعُ أن يُضِلَّ مُحمَّدٌ

    منّا عُقولاً رُجَّحاً وحُلوما

    They said, 'Does Muhammad hope to lead astray

    our weighty minds and sober judgments?

  16. أَنُعِزُّه ونُذِلُّ من أصنامنا

    ما عَظَّمَ السَّلَفُ الأعزُّ قديما

    Shall we exalt him and abase, among our idols,

    what our most honored forebears revered of old?

  17. إنّا لَنَأْنَفُ أن يُغيِّرَ دِينَنا

    رجلٌ قليلُ المالِ شبَّ يتيما

    We surely disdain that our religion should be changed

    by a man of little wealth who grew up an orphan.

  18. إن يَتبعِ النَّفَرُ الضِّعافُ سبيلَه

    فَلَنحنُ أمنعُ بَيْضةً وحريما

    If the weak few follow his path,

    then we are more impregnable in domain and sanctuary.

  19. إنّ المُطاوِلَ بالرجال إذا بَنَى

    جَعَل الدعائِمَ سادةً وقُروما

    Whoever vies for stature through men, when he builds,

    makes lords and chieftains his pillars.'

  20. هُمْ شاغبوه فكان أعظمَ قُوّةً

    وأعزَّ مَنْزِلةً وأشرفَ خِيما

    They harassed him, yet he was greater in strength,

    higher in rank and nobler in character.

  21. وَجَدُوه سَمْحاً لا يَضيقُ بِمُذنِبٍ

    وَرَأَوْه موفورَ الأناةِ حليما

    They found him gracious, never impatient with a sinner,

    and saw him abundant in patience, forbearing.

  22. يدعو لهم رَبِّ اهْدِ قومي إنّهم

    لا يَعلمونَ وكُنتَ أنتَ عَليما

    He prayed for them: 'My Lord, guide my people; they

    do not know, while You have ever been all-knowing.

  23. لو شِئْتَ ما جَهِلوا السَّبيلَ ولا رَضُوا

    دِيناً من النَّمط الغبيِّ ذميما

    Had You willed, they would not have been ignorant of the path, nor accepted

    a vile religion of the foolish sort.

  24. إنّي رَسُولُك لَنْ أَمَلَّ جِهادَهم

    أو يَعبدوكَ ولن أكونَ سَؤوما

    I am Your messenger; I shall not tire of striving against them

    until they worship You, nor shall I grow weary.

  25. يا قومُ ماذا تَعبُدون تأمَّلُوا

    مِن قبلِ أن تَرَوُا الْعَذابَ أليما

    My people, what do you worship? Reflect,

    before you see the torment, painful indeed.

  26. دينُ الحجارةِ وهو من آثامكم

    خيرٌ لكم أم دينُ إبراهيما

    Is the religion of stones, one of your sins,

    better for you, or the religion of Abraham?

  27. أُرسِلتُ بالإسلام ديناً قيّماً

    وبُعِثْتُ خيراً للشُّعوبِ عميما

    I was sent with Islam, an upright faith,

    and commissioned as a blessing encompassing all peoples.

  28. الكُفرُ والبَغيُ الذّميمُ كلاهما

    جَعَلا الحياةَ على النُّفوسِ جَحيما

    Disbelief and vile oppression, both

    made life a hell for souls.

  29. فَلأغْسِلَنَّ الأرضَ من أرجاسها

    وَلأصْدَعَنَّ ظلامَها المركوما

    I shall surely wash the earth of its filth,

    and surely cleave its piled-up darkness.'

  30. بَعثوا إليه مِن المخافةِ عَمَّهُ

    يُزْجِي الرّجاءَ مُخيَّباً محروما

    In fear, they sent his uncle to him,

    to offer entreaties, only to be disappointed and denied.

  31. زعموه حرّانَ الجوانحِ يَبتغي

    دُنيا الغواةِ وَوِرْدَهَا المسموما

    They thought him parched at heart, seeking

    the wayward's worldly life and its poisoned draught.

  32. قالَ اتَّئِدْ يا عَمِّ إنّ وراءَهم

    خَطْباً يَشُقّ على النُّفوسِ جَسيما

    He said, 'Be patient, uncle; beyond them lies

    a mighty ordeal that weighs heavily on souls.

  33. النيّرانِ لَوَ اَنَّهم جعلوهما

    بِيَدَيَّ زِدتُ صَرامةً وعَزيما

    The two luminaries—if they placed them

    in my two hands, I would grow in firmness and resolve.

  34. واللهِ لن يَجِدوا لديَّ هَوادةً

    حتّى يَفيئوا أو أكونَ رميما

    By God, they shall find no leniency in me

    until they turn back, or I crumble into dust.'

  35. عَرفوه فاتّخذوا السّبيلَ إلى الأذى

    وَتَعاوَروه مُذمَّماً مشئُوما

    They knew him, then took the path of harm,

    and took turns assailing him as blameworthy and ill-omened.

  36. وتَألّبوا يتعلّلون بِقتلهِ

    قتلاً يَرَوْنَ قضاءَه محتوما

    They banded together, consoling themselves with the thought of killing him,

    a killing whose decree they considered inevitable.

  37. يا بُؤسَ للرأي المُضلَّلِ إنّهم

    طلبوا دماً مِن كَيْدِهم معصوما

    Alas for misguided judgment! They

    sought blood shielded from their plotting.

  38. لاموه وانقلبوا إلى شيطانهم

    فقضى القضاءَ لهم وكان رجيما

    They blamed him and returned to their devil,

    who pronounced judgment for them, accursed as he was.

  39. أيكون مَنْ كَرِهَ الضّلالَ لقومِه

    وَوَفىَ لِربِّ العالمين مَلوما

    Can one who hated error for his people

    and was faithful to the Lord of the worlds be blamed?

  40. اللهُ أَيَّدهُ وقامَ بنصرِه

    فنجا وأدبرَ جمعُهم مهزوما

    God strengthened him and came to his aid,

    so he escaped, and their host turned away defeated.

  41. بُوركتَ من وافٍ يُصاحبه أخٌ

    صافٍ وبُورِكَ صاحباً وحميما

    Blessed are you, a faithful man accompanied by a brother

    pure-hearted; blessed too is he as companion and dear friend.

  42. مَحْيَا النُّفوسِ وَقَى الإلهُ حَيَاتَهُ

    وسلامُها المأمولُ راح سليما

    The life of souls—God preserved his life,

    and their hoped-for peace went forth unharmed.

  43. إنّ الذي أخلىَ الديارَ مُهاجِراً

    مَلأَ النفوسَ وَساوساً وهُموما

    He who left the dwellings empty as an emigrant

    filled souls with misgivings and cares.

  44. بعثوا الأسنّةَ والسُّيوفَ وَراءَهُ

    فأعادها تجري دماً وكُلوما

    They sent spearheads and swords after him,

    but he sent them back streaming with blood and wounds.

  45. رجعت مُخيَّبةً تُذِيبُ ظُنونَهم

    فَتُذِيبُ أرواحاً لهم وجُسوما

    They returned thwarted, dissolving their expectations,

    and so dissolving their souls and bodies.

  46. ماذا يظنُّ المُفسِدُونَ بِمُصلِحٍ

    يبني ويهدم ظاعناً ومُقيما

    What do the corrupters think of a reformer

    who builds and demolishes, traveling or staying?

  47. الكوكبُ السّيارُ في آفاقهِ

    ملأ البلادَ أهِلَّةً ونُجوما

    The wandering star, in its horizons,

    filled the lands with crescents and stars.

  48. أنصارُ دينِ الله حول نَبيِّهِ

    وصلوا بيَثربَ حَبْلَهُ المصروما

    The champions of God's faith, around His prophet,

    rejoined his severed cord in Yathrib.

  49. من خزرجيِّ المجدِ أو أَوْسِيِّهِ

    طابوا فروعاً في العُلاَ وأُروما

    whether of glory's Khazraj or its Aws,

    were noble in glory, in both branches and roots.

  50. أَحْبِبْ به من قادمٍ ما مِثْلُهُ

    في النّازلينَ وفادةً وقُدوما

    How beloved a newcomer he is! None equals him

    among those who alight, in visitation and arrival.

  51. يا فاتحَ الدُّنيا ومانحَ أَهْلِها

    ما عَزَّ مَرْجُوّاً وجَلَّ مَروما

    O conqueror of the world, bestower upon its people

    of what is precious to hope for and lofty to seek,

  52. أنقذتَ هذي الأرضَ من آلامِها

    وشفيتَ هذا العالمَ المحموما

    you rescued this earth from its pains

    and healed this fevered world

  53. بالسّاطعاتِ الشّافِياتِ من العَمَى

    يَطْغَى غَياهِبَ أو يموجُ غُيوما

    with radiant revelations that cure the blindness

    that overflows in dark depths or billows as clouds.

  54. اللهُ أنزلها عليكَ دَرَارياً

    طَلعتْ مَعالِمَ للهُدَى ورُسوما

    God sent them down upon you as brilliant stars,

    rising as landmarks and signs of guidance.

  55. أوتيتَ بالفرقانِ مَشرعَ حكمةٍ

    ما زِلْتَ تُورِدُه النُّفوسَ الهيما

    Through the Criterion you were given a watering-place of wisdom,

    to which you have never ceased bringing thirsting souls.

  56. خَرِفَ الزّمانُ وأخطأتْ حُكماؤُه

    سُبُلَ السَّدادِ وما يزالُ حكيما

    Time has grown senile, and its sages have missed

    the paths of sound judgment, yet it remains wise.

  57. لولا بلاغتُه وروعةُ نظمهِ

    جَهِلَ الرجالُ اللّؤلؤَ المنظوما

    Were it not for its eloquence and the splendor of its composition,

    men would not have known the strung pearls,

  58. كَنْزَ البيانِ فمن تَطَلَّبَ لِلغنَى

    كنزاً سواه قَضَى الحياةَ عديما

    the treasure of eloquence; whoever seeks for wealth

    a treasure other than it spends his life destitute.

  59. فَضَّتْ عُلومُ الدَّهرِ منه جانباً

    وغداً تَفُضُّ الجانبَ المختوما

    The sciences of the ages have unsealed one part of it,

    and tomorrow will unseal the part still sealed.

  60. مُتجدِّدٌ في كلّ عصرٍ يَبتغي

    أُمَماً تَجِيءُ جديدةً وعُلوما

    Renewed in every age, it seeks

    new nations yet to come, and sciences.

  61. دُستورُ حقٍّ في يمينِ مُحمّدٍ

    يحمي الضَّعيفَ ويَنصرُ المظلوما

    A charter of truth in Muhammad's right hand,

    protecting the weak and helping the oppressed.

  62. يَتملّقُ المولى المعظَّم عَبْدَهُ

    فيهِ ويَخْشَى الحاكمُ المحكوما

    The exalted master flatters his slave

    within it, and the ruler fears the ruled.

  63. قَسَمَ الحياةَ على النّفوسِ وإن أَبَى

    من لا يُريدُ نصيبَهُ المقسوما

    It apportioned life among souls, even if one refuses—

    one who does not want his allotted share.

  64. لم يَخلقِ اللهُ القويَّ بِمُلكهِ

    لِيكونَ وَحشيَّ الطّباعِ غَشوما

    God did not create the powerful man, with his dominion,

    to be savage in nature and ruthlessly unjust.

  65. والأرضُ ما بُسِطَتْ لِتجْحَدَ رَبَّها

    وتَمُدَّ من ظُلْمِ العبادِ أديمِا

    Nor was the earth spread out to deny its Lord

    and stretch a skin made from the oppression of humankind.

  66. يا مولدَ المختارِ أنت بَعَثْتَها

    ذِكرى تُساجِلُ دمعيَ المسجوما

    O birth of the Chosen One, you have stirred it:

    a remembrance vying with my pouring tears.

  67. أبكي على الإسلامِ يذهبُ عِزُّه

    ويَبيتُ مطويَّ الجَناحِ مَضيما

    I weep for Islam as its glory fades,

    and it spends the night, its wing folded, oppressed.

  68. نهضت شُعوبُ الأرض ترفع مجدها

    وأرى شُعوبَ المسلمين جُثوما

    The peoples of the earth have risen, raising their glory,

    while I see the Muslim peoples crouched.

  69. لزموا تُخُومَ بُيوتِهم وغُزاتُهم

    لا يرتضون سِوَى النُّجومِ تُخُوما

    They keep to the boundaries of their homes, while their invaders

    accept no boundaries but the stars.

  70. قومٌ همُ اتّخذوا بكلّ مَحَلّةٍ

    كهفاً يَضُمُّ نيامهم ورقيما

    A people who have taken, in every quarter,

    a cave to enclose their sleepers and an inscription.

  71. أَو كلّما جذب المقادةَ مُصعَبٌ

    في الشّرق غُودِرَ أنفُهُ مخزوما

    Or whenever an untamed camel tugs at the leading rope

    in the East, is it left with its nose pierced?

  72. لاهُمَّ جنّبنا المجاهلَ واهْدِنا

    هذا السّبيلَ المُعلَمَ الموسوما

    O God, keep us from trackless wastes and guide us

    along this clearly marked and signposted path.

  73. وتولّنا في الحادثاتِ وكن بنا

    في النّائباتِ إذا تنوبُ رحيما

    Take us into Your care amid events, and be to us,

    in calamities, when they strike, merciful.