ثِقْ بالذي صيرَ دونَ الورى

ثِقْ بالذي صيرَ دونَ الورى

في راحتيْك البسْطَ والقَبضَا

في راحتيْك البسْطَ والقَبضَا

Trust Him who has placed, for you alone among mortals,

Trust in Him who has power over all creation

Giving and withholding in your two palms.

In your hands lies expansion and constraint

ما أحكموا من كيدهم عقدةً

ما أحكموا من كيدهم عقدةً

إلا وأحكمتَ لَها نَقْضَا

إلا وأحكمتَ لَها نَقْضَا

No knot did they tighten in their scheming

However tight their plots,

But you made certain its undoing.

You make the knot's undoing

كم عرّض الكلبُ على قُبْحهِ

كم عرّض الكلبُ على قُبْحهِ

بالنَّبحِ لِلْبدرِ وما عَضَا

بالنَّبحِ لِلْبدرِ وما عَضَا

How often has the dog, despite its ugliness, taunted

How oft the cur exposes his ugliness

The full moon by barking, yet never bitten it!

By barking at the full moon, but bites it not

زيّن إبليس لهم ما أتوا

زيّن إبليس لهم ما أتوا

فاعتقدوا طاعتُه فَرضَا

فاعتقدوا طاعتُه فَرضَا

Iblis made what they did seem fair to them,

Iblis made their sins seem fair to them

So they deemed obedience to him obligatory.

So they thought obeying him a duty

راموا بحكمِ الجهْل أن يَجْحدوا

راموا بحكمِ الجهْل أن يَجْحدوا

مِن فضلِكم ما طبّق الأَرضا

مِن فضلِكم ما طبّق الأَرضا

They sought, under ignorance's sway, to deny

In their ignorance they sought to deny

That bounty of yours which had covered the earth.

The bounty you spread over the land

وما دَروا أنّ ديونَ العُلى

وما دَروا أنّ ديونَ العُلى

بسُمْرِ أرماحك تُسْتقضىَ

بسُمْرِ أرماحك تُسْتقضىَ

And they did not know that glory's debts

Unaware that the debts owed to the Exalted

Are exacted with your brown-shafted spears;

Are extracted at the point of your spears

وأن أَسيافك من غَيظِها

وأن أَسيافك من غَيظِها

ما طَعمتْ أجفانها غَمْضَا

ما طَعمتْ أجفانها غَمْضَا

And that your swords, in their fury,

And that your swords in their wrath

Have eyelids that have never tasted sleep;

Have never tasted the balm of sleep

وأنّ آراءَك إن أَعْمِلَتْ

وأنّ آراءَك إن أَعْمِلَتْ

في حادثٍ كالسيّف أو أمضَى

في حادثٍ كالسيّف أو أمضَى

And that your judgments, if brought to bear

And that your judgments, when executed

In a crisis, are like a sword, or sharper.

Cut like a sword or strike as lightning

فَرّوا مِن الْخَوفِ فما قصّرتْ

فَرّوا مِن الْخَوفِ فما قصّرتْ

خيلكَ في أَدبارها ركْضا

خيلكَ في أَدبارها ركْضا

They fled in fear, and there was no slackening

They fled in fear, your cavalry behind them

In your horses' gallop at their heels.

Not halting in their flight for a moment

كانوا مِنَ الحيرةِ في ظلمةٍ

كانوا مِنَ الحيرةِ في ظلمةٍ

يَلعنُ فيها بعضُهمْ بَعْضا

يَلعنُ فيها بعضُهمْ بَعْضا

They were in the darkness of bewilderment,

Bewildered in darkness, they cursed

Where some of them cursed the others,

Each other without restraint

حتى اسْتَبانوا بكَ نهجَ الهدى

حتى اسْتَبانوا بكَ نهجَ الهدى

واستوضحوا السنةَ والفَرْضا

واستوضحوا السنةَ والفَرْضا

Until, through you, they discerned the path of guidance

Until through you the path of truth was clear

And clearly understood the Sunnah and prescribed duty.

And the Law and Obligation distinct

وقَد غَدا غَايةُ مَطْلوبهمْ

وقَد غَدا غَايةُ مَطْلوبهمْ

أن تغفرَ الذنبَ وأنْ ترضى

أن تغفرَ الذنبَ وأنْ ترضى

And now their greatest desire is

And seeking your forgiveness and pleasure

That you forgive their sin and be pleased.

Became the sum of their hopes

فاصفح بحلمٍ عنهمُ مُغضياً

فاصفح بحلمٍ عنهمُ مُغضياً

فالصَّفحُ من دَأبك والإغضا

فالصَّفحُ من دَأبك والإغضا

So pardon them with forbearance, closing your eyes to their faults,

So turn from them in clemency, forgiving

For pardon and indulgence are your wont.

For forbearance is your rule and way

وخلّهم في الأرض أَسْرى فَقَدْ

وخلّهم في الأرض أَسْرى فَقَدْ

ملكتَ مِنها الطّول والعَرضا

ملكتَ مِنها الطّول والعَرضا

And leave them as captives upon the earth, for indeed

Leave them as captives on earth, for its

You have gained dominion over its length and breadth.

Length and breadth are held in your reign