1. هِيَ الأواصرُ أدناها الدَّمُ الجاري

    فلا محالةَ من حُبٍّ وإيثارِ

    These are bonds, the least of them the coursing blood;

    so love and selfless giving are inevitable.

  2. الأسرةُ اجتمعتْ في الدّارِ واحدةً

    حُيّيتِ من أسرةٍ بُوركتِ من دَارِ

    The family gathered in the house as one.

    Hail to you as a family; blessed are you as a home!

  3. مَشَى بها من رسول اللّه خيرُ أبٍ

    يَدعو البنينَ فلبَّوا غيرَ أغمارِ

    Through it walked God's Messenger, the best of fathers,

    calling the sons, who answered—not inexperienced men.

  4. تَأكّدَ العهدُ مما ضَمَّ أُلفتَهم

    وَاسْتَحصدَ الحبلُ من شَدٍّ وإمرارِ

    The covenant was strengthened by what bound their fellowship,

    and the cord grew firm through tightening and twisting.

  5. كُلٌّ له من سَراةِ المسلمينَ أخٌ

    يَحمي الذِّمارَ ويرعى حُرمَةَ الجارِ

    Each has a brother among the foremost Muslims,

    who protects honor and respects the neighbor's sanctity.

  6. يَطوفُ منه بحقٍّ ليس يَمنعُه

    وليس يُعطيه إن أعطى بمقدارِ

    He attends him with his due, never withholding it,

    nor, when he gives it, does he give by measure.

  7. يَجودُ بالدمِ والآجالُ ذاهلةٌ

    ويبذلُ المالَ في يُسرٍ وإعسارِ

    He gives his blood freely, while death's appointed times are dazed,

    and gives his wealth in prosperity and poverty.

  8. همُ الجماعةُ إلا أنّهم بَرزوا

    في صُورةِ الفردِ فانظر قُدرةَ الباري

    They are the community, yet they have appeared

    in the form of one individual—behold the Creator's power!

  9. صَاحَ النبيُّ بهم كونوا سَواسِيَةً

    يا عُصبةَ اللّهِ من صَحبٍ وأنصار

    The Prophet called to them: “Be equal,

    O God's band of companions and Helpers!

  10. هذا هو الدّينُ لا ما هاجَ من فِتنٍ

    بين القبائلِ دينُ الجهلِ والعارِ

    This is the faith, not the strife that erupted

    among the tribes—the creed of ignorance and disgrace.

  11. رِدُوا الحياةَ فما أشهى مَواردَها

    دُنيا صَفَتْ بعد أقذاءٍ وأكدارِ

    Come to life—how sweet its watering places!

    A world grown clear after motes and murk.

  12. الجاهليَّةُ سُمٌّ ناقعٌ وأذىً

    تَشقَى النّفوسُ بداءٍ منه ضَرّارِ

    The age of ignorance is deadly poison and harm;

    souls suffer from a devastating sickness born of it.

  13. تأهّبوا إِنَّ ديناً قام قائمُه

    يُومِي إليكم بآمالٍ وأوطارِ

    Prepare yourselves: a faith has taken its stand,

    beckoning to you with hopes and desires.

  14. أما تَروْنَ رِياحَ الشِّركِ عاصفةً

    تَطغَى على أُممٍ شَتَّى وأقطارِ

    Do you not see the winds of polytheism raging,

    overrunning diverse nations and lands?

  15. لن أتركَ الناسَ فوضى في عقائدهم

    ولن أسالمَ منهم كلَّ جبَّارِ

    I shall not leave people with their beliefs in chaos,

    nor shall I make peace with any tyrant among them.

  16. أكلّما مَلَكَ الأقوامَ مالكُهم

    رَمى الضّعافَ بأنيابٍ وأظفارِ

    Must their ruler, whenever he rules the peoples,

    assail the weak with fangs and claws?

  17. الشرُّ غطَّى أديمَ الأرضِ فارتكستْ

    أقطارُها بين آثامٍ وأوزارِ

    Evil covered the earth's skin, and down plunged

    her regions amid sins and burdens.

  18. أخفى محاسنَها الكبرى فكيف بكم

    إذا تَكَشَّفُ عن وجهٍ لها عارِ

    It hid her greatest beauties—what then will become of you

    when she unveils a naked face?

  19. لأُنزِلنَّ ذوي الطُّغيانِ مَنزلةً

    تستفرغُ الكبرَ من هامٍ وأبصارِ

    I shall surely bring the tyrants to a state

    that drains pride from heads and eyes.

  20. ظنُّوا الضّعافَ عبيداً بئس ما زعموا

    هل يَخلقُ اللّهُ قوماً غيرَ أحرارِ

    They deemed the weak slaves—wretched was their claim!

    Does God create people who are not free?

  21. ما غرَّهم إذ أطاعوا أمرَ جاهِلهم

    بواحدٍ غالبِ السُّلطانِ قهَّارِ

    What deluded them, when they obeyed their ignorant leader's command,

    concerning the One, invincible in sovereignty, the All-Subduer?

  22. يَرمي العروش إذا استعصتْ ويبعثُها

    مَبثوثةً في جَناحَيْ عاصفٍ ذارِ

    He casts down thrones when they resist and sends them

    scattered on the two wings of a scattering gale.

  23. بُعِثْتُ بالحقِّ يهدِي الجامحين كما

    يَهدِي الحيارى شُعاعُ الكوكب السّاري

    I was sent with truth that guides the unruly, as

    the ray of the night-traveling star guides the bewildered.

  24. أدعو إلى اللّهِ بالآياتِ واضحةً

    تَهدِي الغَويَّ وتنهَى كلَّ كَفَّارِ

    I call to God with signs made plain,

    which guide the wayward and admonish every hardened unbeliever.

  25. فمن أبى فَدُعائي كَلُّ ذي شُطَبٍ

    ماضي الرسالةِ في الهاماتِ بَتّارِ

    For whoever refuses, my summons is every grooved sword,

    its message piercing heads, keenly severing.

  26. اللّه أكبرُ هل في الحقِّ مَعتبةٌ

    لِمُستخِفٍّ بعهدِ اللهِ غَدّارِ

    God is greatest! Is there any cause to reproach the truth

    for a treacherous man who scorns God's covenant?

  27. ألم يكن أخذَ الميثاقَ من قِدَمٍ

    فما المقامُ على كُفرٍ وإنكارِ

    Had He not taken the covenant long ago?

    Why then remain in disbelief and denial?

  28. إنّ الألى اتّخذوا الأصنامَ آلهةً

    على شفَا جُرُفٍ من أمرِهم هارِ

    Indeed, those who took idols as gods

    are, in their affairs, on the brink of a collapsing bank.

  29. يَستكبرونَ على مَن لا شريكَ له

    ويسجدونَ على هُونٍ لأحجارِ

    They act arrogantly toward Him who has no partner,

    and bow down in abasement to stones.

  30. راحوا يُجلّونها من سوءِ ما اعْتقدوا

    واللّه أوْلَى بإجلالٍ وإكبارِ

    They set about revering them through the evil of what they believed,

    while God is more deserving of reverence and exaltation.

  31. لِكلِّ قومٍ إلهٌ يُؤمنونَ به

    ما يبتغِي اللَّهُ من إيمانِ فُجّارِ

    Every people has a god they believe in;

    God seeks nothing from the faith of the wicked.

  32. النارُ أعظمُ سُلطاناً ومقدرةً

    في رأي عُبّادها أم خالقُ النّارِ

    Is fire greater in dominion and might,

    in the view of its worshippers, or the Creator of fire?

  33. سُبحانه مِن إلهٍ شأنُه جَللٌ

    يَهدي النُّفوسَ بآياتٍ وآثارِ

    Glory be to Him, a God whose majesty is immense,

    who guides souls with signs and traces.

  34. لأَكْشِفَنَّ عن الأبصارِ إذ عَميتْ

    ما أسْدَلَ الجهلُ من حُجْبٍ وأستارِ

    I shall surely lift from eyes, when they have gone blind,

    the veils and curtains that ignorance has drawn.

  35. ما للسراحين بُدٌّ من مصارعِها

    إذا انتضتْ سطواتِ الضيغمِ الضّاري

    The wolves have no escape from their doom

    when they draw forth the assaults of the ferocious lion.

  36. ضُمُّوا القوى إنّها دنيا الجهادِ بدت

    أشراطُها وتراءَى زَندُها الواري

    Combine your forces: this is the world of jihad; there have appeared

    its portents, and its spark-giving firestick has come into view.

  37. لا بدَّ من غارةٍ للحقِّ باسلةٍ

    وجَحفلٍ من جُنودِ اللّهِ جَرّارِ

    There must be a valiant raid for truth,

    and a vast host of God's soldiers.

  38. خَيرُ الذخائرِ أبقاها ولن تَجِدُوا

    كالعهدِ يَرعاهُ أخيارٌ لأخيارِ

    The best of treasures is the most lasting; you will find nothing

    like the covenant the righteous keep for the righteous.

  39. لا تَنْقُضوا العهدَ إنّ اللّهَ مُنزِلُه

    على لسانِ رَسولٍ منه مُختارِ

    Do not break the covenant: God sends it down

    through the tongue of a messenger chosen by Him.”

  40. قالوا عليكَ صلاةُ اللّهِ إنّ بنا

    ما اللّهُ يعلمُ من عَزْمٍ وإصرارِ

    They said: “God's blessing be upon you! Within us is

    the resolve and determination that God knows.

  41. آخيتَ بين رجالٍ يَصدقون إذا

    زَلَّتْ قُوى كلِّ خدّاعٍ وخَتّارِ

    You have joined as brothers men who prove true when

    the strength of every deceiver and betrayer falters.

  42. جُنودُ رَبِّكَ إن قلْتَ اعْصِفُوا عَصَفوا

    يَرمونَ في الحربِ إعصاراً بإعصارِ

    Your Lord's soldiers—if you say, ‘Storm!’, they storm,

    hurling whirlwind against whirlwind in war.

  43. مِن كلِّ مُنَغَمِسٍ في النَّقْعِ مُرتَجِسٍ

    وكلّ مُنبَجِسٍ بالبأسِ فَوّارِ

    Of every man immersed in dust, thundering,

    and every man welling up with valor, overflowing.”