1. أَهابَ الحقُّ فاسْتَبِقوا كِراما

    وَهُزُّوا الأرضَ بأساً واعْتزاما

    Truth has called; race ahead nobly.

    And shake the earth with might and resolve.

  2. كَفَى بِكتابكم يا قومُ نُوراً

    فَشُقُّوا السُّبْلَ واخْتَرِقوا الظَّلاما

    Your Book is light enough, O people,

    So forge the paths and pierce the darkness.

  3. كتابُ اللهِ لولا أن هدانا

    لما وَضحَ السّبيلُ ولا اسْتَقاما

    Had the Book of God not guided us,

    The path would neither have become clear nor run straight.

  4. عَرَفْتُمْ حَقَّهُ فَرعَيْتُمُوهُ

    وكنتم خيرَ مَن حَفِظَ الذِّماما

    You recognized its due and honored it,

    And were the best of those who kept their pledges.

  5. بِنعمةِ ربّكم قُمتُمْ عليهِ

    وقام رَسولُه فيكم إماما

    By your Lord's grace, you upheld it,

    And His Messenger arose among you as a leader.

  6. وذلك وَعدُهُ لا رَيْبَ فيهِ

    يُبشِّرُ من يُريدُ له الدّواما

    And that is His promise, beyond all doubt,

    Giving glad tidings to whoever desires its endurance.

  7. نِظامُ الدّينِ والدُّنيا وماذا

    يكونُ النّاسُ إنْ فَقَدوا النّظاما

    The order of religion and worldly life—and what

    Would people become if they lost that order?

  8. وما نَفْعُ الحياةِ لِكلّ حَيٍّ

    إذا ما أصبحت داءً عَقاما

    And what use is life to any living being

    If it becomes an incurable disease?

  9. أَيعرفُ مَوْضِعَ الأحياءِ قومٌ

    أَحَبّوا الموتَ واخْتاروا الحِماما

    Can a people know the place of the living,

    Who have loved death and chosen their doom?

  10. تَولَّوْا ما رَعَوا للهِ حَقّاً

    ولا عَرفوا الحلالَ ولا الحراما

    They turned away, observing no duty to God,

    Nor recognizing the lawful or the forbidden.

  11. إذا هَمُّوا بِفاحشةٍ تَرامَوْا

    كأسرابِ الوُحوشِ إذا ترامى

    When they intend an atrocity, they rush headlong,

    Like packs of wild beasts when they charge.

  12. يُمزِّقُ بَعضُهم في الأرضِ بعضاً

    ويَفْرِي اللحمَ منه والعِظاما

    Some of them tear others apart upon the earth,

    And rend their flesh and bones.

  13. ويأبى العدلَ أَكثرُهم جُنوداً

    فلا عَتْباً يَخافُ ولا مَلاما

    And the one among them with the most troops rejects justice,

    So he fears neither reproach nor blame.

  14. يُغَنِّي والدِّماءُ له شرَابٌ

    على نَوْحِ الأراملِ واليَتامَى

    He sings, with blood for his drink,

    Over the wailing of widows and orphans.

  15. وَيمْشِي يَجعلُ الأشلاءَ جِسراً

    لِيَبْلُغَ مِن بني الدّنيا مَراما

    And walks, making severed limbs a bridge

    To reach his goal among the sons of the world.

  16. يَودُّ لوِ اسْتَقلَّ بكلِّ شَعبٍ

    على الغبراءِ يَجعلهُ طعاما

    He wishes to hold sole sway over every nation

    On the dusty earth, making it his food.

  17. شريعةُ ظالمينَ تَسيلُ آناً

    دماً وتفيضُ آونةً ضراما

    The law of oppressors flows at one time

    As blood, and at other times overflows as fire.

  18. أتَى بِكتابِها مِنهم رسولٌ

    طَوَى الأقطارَ يلتهمُ الأَناما

    A messenger from among them came with its book,

    Traversing the lands, devouring humankind.

  19. فراعينُ الحضارةِ لَيْتَ أنّا

    بُلينا بالفراعين القُدامَى

    Pharaohs of civilization! Would that we

    Had been afflicted with the ancient pharaohs instead.

  20. أليسَ العلمُ كان لنا حياةً

    فصارَ بِظُلمِهم موتاً زُؤاما

    Was not knowledge once life for us,

    Then turned by their tyranny to swift death?

  21. يَجَرُّ وَراءَهُ نُوَباً ثِقالاً

    نُراعَ لها وأهوالاً جساما

    It drags behind it grievous calamities

    That terrify us, and immense horrors.

  22. يُرِينا كيفَ يَقذِفُ بالمنايا

    كَموجِ البحرِ تَزْدَحِمُ ازْدِحاما

    It shows us how it hurls forth deadly fates,

    Crowding thickly like the waves of the sea.

  23. لها صُورٌ يَروحُ بها ويغدو

    طِوالَ الدّهرِ صَبَّاً مُسْتَهاما

    They have forms it carries at dusk and dawn,

    Throughout all time, lovesick and besotted.

  24. يَعدُّ العبقريَّةَ أن يراها

    تُغادِرُ هذه الدُّنيا حُطاما

    It deems it genius to see them

    Leave this world in ruins.

  25. إذا اتَّخذَ القويُّ الظُّلمَ دِيناً

    فأشقى النّاسَ مَن يُلْقِي الزّماما

    If the strong take injustice as their creed,

    Then the most wretched of people is he who yields the reins.

  26. هو الإسلامُ ما للنّاسِ واقٍ

    سِواهُ فأين يَذهبُ من تَعامى

    It is Islam; people have no protector

    Besides it—where can the willfully blind go?

  27. يَذودُ عنِ الضَّعيفِ فَيتَّقِيهِ

    مِنَ الأقوامِ أَنْفَذُهم سِهاما

    It defends the weak, so he is feared

    By the nation with the most piercing arrows.

  28. يَلوذُ بهِ إذا ما خَافَ ضَيْماً

    فينصرهُ ويمنعُ أن يُضاما

    He seeks refuge in it whenever he fears oppression,

    And it aids him and prevents him from being wronged.

  29. لِكُلٍّ حَقُّهُ وَلِمَنْ تَعدَّى

    جَزاءُ البَغْيِ مَقضِيَّاً لِزاما

    Each has his due, while whoever transgresses

    Faces the penalty for oppression, decreed and binding.

  30. كَفَى بكتابِكم يا قومُ طِبّاً

    لِمَنْ يشكو من الأُمَمِ السَّقاما

    Your Book is medicine enough, O people,

    For any among the nations who suffer sickness.

  31. كِتابٌ يَملأُ الدنيا حَياةً

    ويَنْشُرُ في جَوانِبها السَّلاما

    A Book that fills the world with life

    And spreads peace throughout its reaches.

  32. أقيموا الحقَّ بالسُّوَرِ الغَواليِ

    فإنّ اللهَ يأمرُ أن يُقاما

    Uphold truth through the precious surahs,

    For God commands that it be upheld.

  33. وأَوْصُوا المسلمينَ بها فإنّي

    أَراهُمْ عَن ذَخائِرها نِياما

    And exhort the Muslims to heed them, for I

    See them asleep, heedless of their treasures.

  34. وليس لِغافلٍ عَنها نَصيبٌ

    مِنَ الحُسْنَى وإن صَلَّى وَصَاما

    The one who neglects them has no share

    In the highest good, even if he prays and fasts.

  35. تَعَالى الله أَنزلَها عَلينا

    عِظاماً تَبعثُ الهِمَمَ العِظاما

    Exalted is God; He sent them down upon us,

    Great surahs that awaken great aspirations.

  36. نَرَى في كلِّ ما نَعتادُ منها

    إماماً عادلاً وفتىً هُماما

    In each of them we revisit, we see

    A just leader and a valiant youth.

  37. نَرَى أمَماً مِنَ العِقبانِ تَمضِي

    إلى الغاياتِ تخترقُ الغَماما

    We see nations of eagles advancing

    Toward their goals, piercing the clouds.

  38. نَرَى مَعْنَى الحَياةِ وكيفَ تَسمو

    فَتحتلُّ الذُّؤابةَ والسَّناما

    We see the meaning of life and how it rises,

    And claims the crest and the summit.

  39. نَرَى الدُّنيا العَريضةَ عِنْدَ دِينٍ

    تَزيدُ بِرُكنِهِ العَالي اعْتِصاما

    We see the vast world alongside a faith,

    Holding ever more firmly to its lofty pillar.

  40. هِيَ الأخلاقُ طَيِّبَةً حِساناً

    نُقِيمُ بها مِنَ المُلكِ الدِّعاما

    These are morals, wholesome and beautiful,

    With which we raise the pillars of rule.

  41. عَليْها فَارْفَعوا البُنيانَ حتّى

    أَرَى بُنايانَكم بَلَغ التَّماما

    Upon them, raise the edifice until

    I see your building reach completion.