مَن كان يُؤثِرُ أن يُجيبَ فقد دعا

مَن كان يُؤثِرُ أن يُجيبَ فقد دعا

عبدُ المجيدِ خليفةُ المختارِ

عبدُ المجيدِ خليفةُ المختارِ

Whoever wishes to answer: the call has been made

Whoever chose to respond has been called

by Abd al-Majid, successor to the Chosen One.

Abdul Majeed, Khalifa's chosen one

لَبُّوا الخليفةَ وَاشْرَعوا لِنُفوسِكم

لَبُّوا الخليفةَ وَاشْرَعوا لِنُفوسِكم

سَنَنَ الوفاءِ وخُطّةَ الإِيثارِ

سَنَنَ الوفاءِ وخُطّةَ الإِيثارِ

Answer the caliph, and establish for yourselves

Rally around the Caliph and embark upon

the path of loyalty and the course of selflessness.

The path of loyalty and the scheme of altruism

وَقَفَ النبيُّ يَضِجُّ حول لوائِه

وَقَفَ النبيُّ يَضِجُّ حول لوائِه

ويَصيحُ بالمتردّدينَ بَدارِ

ويَصيحُ بالمتردّدينَ بَدارِ

The Prophet stood, crying out around his banner,

The Prophet stood roaring around his banner

and shouting to the hesitant: 'Make haste!'

And shouting at the hesitant in the abode

مُدّوا الأكفَّ مُبايعينَ فإنّه

مُدّوا الأكفَّ مُبايعينَ فإنّه

يومُ النبيِّ وموقفُ الأنصارِ

يومُ النبيِّ وموقفُ الأنصارِ

Stretch out your hands, pledging allegiance, for this is

Extend your palms pledging allegiance for it is

the Prophet's day and the stand of the Ansar.

The day of the Prophet and the stand of the Helpers

لا تَتْبَعوا المُتخلِّفين فإنّهم

لا تَتْبَعوا المُتخلِّفين فإنّهم

جُنْدُ الغُواةِ وشِيعةُ الأغرارِ

جُنْدُ الغُواةِ وشِيعةُ الأغرارِ

Do not follow those who lag behind, for they are

Do not follow the deserters for they are

the army of the wayward and the followers of the gullible.

The army of the tyrants and followers of the deluded

يبغون دينَ المالِ في أربابِه

يبغون دينَ المالِ في أربابِه

والدّينُ دينُ الواحدِ القهّارِ

والدّينُ دينُ الواحدِ القهّارِ

They seek the religion of wealth among its masters,

They desire the religion of money in its lords

yet religion is the religion of the One, the All-Subduing.

While religion is the religion of The Irresistible Subduer

هل صِينَ حقُّ القومِ أو مُنِعَ الحِمى

هل صِينَ حقُّ القومِ أو مُنِعَ الحِمى

بمُساوِمينَ على الذِّمارِ تِجارِ

بمُساوِمينَ على الذِّمارِ تِجارِ

Has the people's right been safeguarded, or their domain defended,

Has the right of the tribe been protected or the sanctuary denied

by merchants who bargain over honor?

By the bargainers upon drunkenness, traders

إنّ الخلافةَ قد تَداركَ سُورَها

إنّ الخلافةَ قد تَداركَ سُورَها

بأسٌ يُزيلُ شواهِقَ الأسوارِ

بأسٌ يُزيلُ شواهِقَ الأسوارِ

The caliphate's rampart has indeed been saved by

Indeed the Caliphate has fortified its walls

a might that razes the loftiest walls.

With might that destroys the lofty ramparts

عَزّتْ بأسيافِ الغُزاةِ ولن ترى

عَزّتْ بأسيافِ الغُزاةِ ولن ترى

عِزَّاً كحدِّ الصّارمِ البتّار

عِزَّاً كحدِّ الصّارمِ البتّار

It grew mighty through the warriors' swords, and you will never see

It became strong with the swords of the conquerors and will not see

might like the edge of the keen, cleaving sword.

Glory like the sharp cutting sword

لمّا رَمَى القَدَرُ المُروِّعُ رُكنَها

لمّا رَمَى القَدَرُ المُروِّعُ رُكنَها

كانوا لها جُنداً من الأقدارِ

كانوا لها جُنداً من الأقدارِ

When terrifying fate struck its pillar,

When the terrifying fate cast its pillar

they were its army, drawn from the decrees of fate.

They were an army of destinies for it

أَشَهِدْتَ ما عَقدَ الهُداةُ وأَبرَمتْ

أَشَهِدْتَ ما عَقدَ الهُداةُ وأَبرَمتْ

أيدي الحُماةِ الجِلَّةِ الأخيارِ

أيدي الحُماةِ الجِلَّةِ الأخيارِ

Have you witnessed what the guides bound and what was made firm

You have witnessed what the righteous leaders concluded and executed

by the hands of the eminent, virtuous defenders?

At the hands of the esteemed, virtuous elite

فَشهِدتَ حَلَّ المُشكلاتِ على يدٍ

فَشهِدتَ حَلَّ المُشكلاتِ على يدٍ

عَقدتْ لِواءَ الجحفلِ الجرّارِ

عَقدتْ لِواءَ الجحفلِ الجرّارِ

Then you witnessed the unraveling of difficulties by a hand

Thus you witnessed the solution of problems by a hand

that tied the banner of the mighty, teeming army.

That held the banner of the great, surging army

ورأيتَ كيف تعودُ طاغيةُ القُوى

ورأيتَ كيف تعودُ طاغيةُ القُوى

بعد الطِّماحِ بذلّةٍ وصغَارِ

بعد الطِّماحِ بذلّةٍ وصغَارِ

And you saw how the tyrant among the powers returns,

And you saw how the tyrant of powers returns

after its haughty ambition, in humiliation and abasement.

After ambition, in humiliation and smallness

رفعوا المنارَ لكلّ شعبٍ حائرٍ

رفعوا المنارَ لكلّ شعبٍ حائرٍ

أعمى المطالبِ جامحِ الأوطارِ

أعمى المطالبِ جامحِ الأوطارِ

They raised the beacon for every bewildered people,

They raised the beacon for every wandering tribe

blind in its aims, unbridled in its desires,

Blind in demands, rampant in courses

يُزجِي الرَّجاءَ بكلّ أغبرَ قاتمٍ

يُزجِي الرَّجاءَ بكلّ أغبرَ قاتمٍ

خافي المعالمِ طامسِ الآثارِ

خافي المعالمِ طامسِ الآثارِ

sending hope along every dusty, dark path,

It stirs hope in every gloomy, dark one

with hidden landmarks and effaced traces.

Obscure in features, erasing traces

والنّاسُ في الدُّنيا مَنارُ هدايةٍ

والنّاسُ في الدُّنيا مَنارُ هدايةٍ

ومُضلَّلٌ لا يهتدي بمنارِ

ومُضلَّلٌ لا يهتدي بمنارِ

And people in this world are either beacons of guidance

And people in life are a beacon of guidance

or those led astray, who find no guidance from a beacon.

And a misguided one who is not guided by a beacon

قُلْ للكنانةِ جَدَّ كلُّ مُجاهدٍ

قُلْ للكنانةِ جَدَّ كلُّ مُجاهدٍ

ومضَى إلى الغاياتِ كلُّ مُبارِ

ومضَى إلى الغاياتِ كلُّ مُبارِ

Say to Kinanah: every fighter has striven in earnest,

Tell stinginess that every holy warrior hastened

and every contender has pressed on toward the goals.

And every valiant went to the goals

لكِ في الغُزاةِ النّاهضين بقومهم

لكِ في الغُزاةِ النّاهضين بقومهم

عِظةُ الشعوبِ وعبرةُ الأقطارِ

عِظةُ الشعوبِ وعبرةُ الأقطارِ

For you, in the warriors who rise up for their people,

For you in the conquerors rising with their tribes

lies the admonition of peoples and the lesson of lands.

Are the admonition of nations and the lesson of regions

غضبوا فما ركبوا إلى استقلالهم

غضبوا فما ركبوا إلى استقلالهم

إلا عُبابَ دمٍ ولُجَّةَ نارِ

إلا عُبابَ دمٍ ولُجَّةَ نارِ

They grew angry, and rode toward their independence on nothing

They raged but did not ride to their independence

but a surging tide of blood and a deep sea of fire.

Except on seas of blood and oceans of fire

ليس التغلُّبُ في الحياةِ لِمُدبرٍ

ليس التغلُّبُ في الحياةِ لِمُدبرٍ

ذُلُّ الحياةِ عُقوبةُ الإدبارِ

ذُلُّ الحياةِ عُقوبةُ الإدبارِ

Triumph in life is not for one who retreats;

Prevailing in life does not belong to a schemer

humiliation in life is the punishment for retreat.

The humiliation of life is the punishment of retreating

المجدُ إقدامٌ ونهضةُ ثائرٍ

المجدُ إقدامٌ ونهضةُ ثائرٍ

ما المجدُ مسكنةٌ وطولُ قرارِ

ما المجدُ مسكنةٌ وطولُ قرارِ

Glory is bold advance and a rebel's uprising;

Glory is audacity and the awakening of a rebel

glory is not servility and prolonged repose.

Glory is not meekness and prolonged stability

إن الشُّعوبَ إذا استقام سبيلُها

إن الشُّعوبَ إذا استقام سبيلُها

أمِنَتْ غَداةَ الجِدّ كلَّ عِثارِ

أمِنَتْ غَداةَ الجِدّ كلَّ عِثارِ

Indeed, when peoples' path is straight,

Indeed when the path of nations is straightened

they are safe, on the morning of earnest effort, from every stumble.

They feel secure from the pitfalls of effort on the morrow