وليلةَ كادَ المشركون محمداً

وليلةَ كادَ المشركون محمداً

شَرى نفسَه للهِ إذ بِتَّ لا تَشري

شَرى نفسَه للهِ إذ بِتَّ لا تَشري

And on the night the polytheists plotted against Muhammad,

That night the polytheists nearly killed Muhammad,

he sold himself to God, while you spent the night not selling yourself.

Who had offered his soul to God while prostrating.

فباتَ مَبيتاً لم يكن لِيبيتَه

فباتَ مَبيتاً لم يكن لِيبيتَه

ضعيفُ عمودِ القلبِ منتفخُ السِّحرِ

ضعيفُ عمودِ القلبِ منتفخُ السِّحرِ

So he spent a night that could not have been spent

So he spent the night in vigil, as never before

by one whose heart’s pillar was weak and whose lungs were swollen.

Had his stout heart quailed, or felt itself bewitched.