أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ اللَهَ أَبلى رَسولَهُ

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ اللَهَ أَبلى رَسولَهُ

بَلاءَ عَزيزٍ ذي اقتِدارٍ وَذي فَضلِ

بَلاءَ عَزيزٍ ذي اقتِدارٍ وَذي فَضلِ

Have you not seen that God has favored His Messenger

Did you not see how God afflicted His messenger

Have you not seen how God favored His Messenger

with the favor of One mighty, possessed of power and bounty,

With the trial of a mighty, powerful, eminent one

With the favor of a Mighty One, possessed of power and grace?

بِما أَنزلَ الكُفّارَ دارَ مَذَلّةٍ

بِما أَنزلَ الكُفّارَ دارَ مَذَلّةٍ

فَذاقوا هَواناً مِن أَسارٍ وَمِن قَتلِ

فَذاقوا هَواناً مِن أَسارٍ وَمِن قَتلِ

by bringing the unbelievers to an abode of humiliation?

By what He cast down the disbelievers to a house of disgrace -

For He brought the disbelievers down to a house of abasement,

So they tasted disgrace through captivity and killing.

So they tasted humiliation, from captivity and from killing

So they tasted the humiliation of captivity and death.

وَأَمسى رَسولَ اللَهِ قَد عَزَّ نَصرُهُ

وَأَمسى رَسولَ اللَهِ قَد عَزَّ نَصرُهُ

وَكانَ رَسولَ اللَهِ أُرسِلَ بِالعَدلِ

وَكانَ رَسولَ اللَهِ أُرسِلَ بِالعَدلِ

And God's Messenger's victory had grown strong,

While the victory of God's messenger was made supreme,

And the Messenger of God ended the day with his victory mighty,

and God's Messenger had been sent with justice.

And God's messenger was sent with justice,

For the Messenger of God was truly sent with justice.

فَجاءَ بِفُرقانٍ مِنَ اللَهِ مُنزَلٍ

فَجاءَ بِفُرقانٍ مِنَ اللَهِ مُنزَلٍ

مُبَيّنَةٍ آياتُهُ لِذَوي العَقلِ

مُبَيّنَةٍ آياتُهُ لِذَوي العَقلِ

So he came with a Criterion sent down from God,

So he came with a revelation from God, sent down,

He came with a Criterion sent down from God,

its verses clear to those endowed with reason.

Its verses clear for people of intellect.

Its verses made manifest to those of understanding.

فَآمَنَ اَقوامٌ بِذاكَ وَأَيقَنوا

فَآمَنَ اَقوامٌ بِذاكَ وَأَيقَنوا

وَأَمسوا بِحَمدِ اللَهِ مُجتَمِعي الشَملِ

وَأَمسوا بِحَمدِ اللَهِ مُجتَمِعي الشَملِ

So some people believed in it and became certain,

So a people believed in that and became certain,

So some people believed in this and attained certainty,

and, praise be to God, they became united.

And they spent the night praising God, united.

And, by God’s praise, became united in their ranks.

وَأَنكَرَ أَقوامٌ فَزاغَت قُلوبُهُم

وَأَنكَرَ أَقوامٌ فَزاغَت قُلوبُهُم

فَزادَهُمُ ذو العَرشِ خَبلاً عَلى خَبلِ

فَزادَهُمُ ذو العَرشِ خَبلاً عَلى خَبلِ

Others denied it, and their hearts went astray,

While a people denied, so their hearts deviated,

But other people denied, so their hearts went astray,

so the Lord of the Throne added derangement to their derangement.

So the Lord of the Throne increased them in further deviation.

Thus the Lord of the Throne increased them in ruin upon ruin.

وَأَمكَنَ مِنهُم يَومَ بَدرٍ رَسولَهُ

وَأَمكَنَ مِنهُم يَومَ بَدرٍ رَسولَهُ

وَقَوماً غِضاباً فِعلَهُم أَحسَنُ الفِعلِ

وَقَوماً غِضاباً فِعلَهُم أَحسَنُ الفِعلِ

And on the day of Badr He gave His Messenger power over them,

And He enabled His messenger on the day of Badr

And on the Day of Badr, He gave His Messenger power over them,

and a wrathful band whose deeds were the best of deeds.

And a resolute people whose deed was most excellent.

Aided by a furious troop whose deeds were the finest of deeds.

بِأَيديَهُم بيضٌ خِفافٌ قَواطِعٌ

بِأَيديَهُم بيضٌ خِفافٌ قَواطِعٌ

وَقَد حادَثوها بِالجَلاءِ وَبِالصَقلِ

وَقَد حادَثوها بِالجَلاءِ وَبِالصَقلِ

In their hands were white blades, light and keen-cutting,

With white, sharp, polished swords in their hands

In their hands were white blades, light and sharp,

and they had kept them burnished and polished.

Which they had burnished with clearing and polishing.

Which they had meticulously polished and burnished bright.

فَكَم تَرَكوا مِن ناشئٍ ذو حَمِيَّةٍ

فَكَم تَرَكوا مِن ناشئٍ ذو حَمِيَّةٍ

صَريعاً وَمِن ذي نَجدَةٍ مِنهُمُ كَهلِ

صَريعاً وَمِن ذي نَجدَةٍ مِنهُمُ كَهلِ

So how many a youth of fierce pride they left

So how many spirited youths still growing

How many a zealous youth did they leave behind,

slain—and many a valiant middle-aged man among them!

Did they leave slain, and how many aged among them did they fell

Lying slain, alongside many a brave veteran.

تَبيتُ عيونُ النائِحاتِ عَلَيهِمُ

تَبيتُ عيونُ النائِحاتِ عَلَيهِمُ

تَجودُ بِأَسبابِ الرَشاشِ وَبِالوَبلِ

تَجودُ بِأَسبابِ الرَشاشِ وَبِالوَبلِ

The mourning women's eyes keep vigil over them,

The eyes of wailing women weep over them

The eyes of wailing women pass the night weeping over them,

pouring out threads of spray and heavy rain.

Profusely shedding copious, abundant tears

Pouring forth tears like sprinkling showers and heavy rain.

نَوائِحُ تَنعي عُتبَةَ الغَيِّ وابنَهُ

نَوائِحُ تَنعي عُتبَةَ الغَيِّ وابنَهُ

وَشَيبَةَ تَنعاهُ وَتَنعي أَبا جَهلِ

وَشَيبَةَ تَنعاهُ وَتَنعي أَبا جَهلِ

Wailing women mourn misguided Utbah and his son,

Wailings mourning Utbah the lost and his son,

Mourners lamenting Utbah of Error and his son,

and Shaybah they mourn, and they mourn Abu Jahl.

And Shaybah they mourn, and they mourn Abu Jahl,

Bewailing Shaybah, and bewailing Abu Jahl.

وَذا الذَحل تَنعى وَاِبنُ جَدعانَ مِنهُمُ

وَذا الذَحل تَنعى وَاِبنُ جَدعانَ مِنهُمُ

مُسلَبَةً حَرّى مَبيَّنَةَ الثَكلِ

مُسلَبَةً حَرّى مَبيَّنَةَ الثَكلِ

And they mourn the bearer of the blood-feud—and Ibn Jud'an is among them—

And Dhul Tha`labiyya they mourn, and Ibn Jad`an among them

Lamenting the Vengeful One, and the Son of Jud'an is among them;

bereft and burning with grief, their bereavement plain.

Stripped, intensely wretched, clearly anguished

She is a bereft mother, burning with grief, her loss plain to see.

ثَوى مِنهُمُ في بِئرِ بَدرٍ عِصابَةٌ

ثَوى مِنهُمُ في بِئرِ بَدرٍ عِصابَةٌ

ذوو نَجَداتٍ في الحُروبِ وَفي المَحلِ

ذوو نَجَداتٍ في الحُروبِ وَفي المَحلِ

A band of them lay in the well of Badr,

A party of them lies in the well of Badr -

A band of them came to rest in the Well of Badr,

men of valor in wars and in drought.

Men of prowess in wars and on the battlefield.

Men of prowess in wars and in times of drought.

دَعا الغَيَّ مِنهُم مَن دَعا فَأَجابَهُ

دَعا الغَيَّ مِنهُم مَن دَعا فَأَجابَهُ

وَلِلغَيِّ أَسبابٌ مُقَطَّعَةُ الوَصلِ

وَلِلغَيِّ أَسبابٌ مُقَطَّعَةُ الوَصلِ

Whoever among them called invoked error, and it answered him,

Those among them who called on al-Ghayy He answered,

Whoever among them called for Error was answered,

and error has cords whose connections are severed.

And for al-Ghayy there are causes with severed ties.

But the cords of Error are severed and hold no bond.

فَأَضحوا لَدى دارِ الجَحيمِ بِمَنزِلٍ

فَأَضحوا لَدى دارِ الجَحيمِ بِمَنزِلٍ

عَن البَغيِ وَالعُدوانِ في أَشغَلِ الشُغلِ

عَن البَغيِ وَالعُدوانِ في أَشغَلِ الشُغلِ

So they came to dwell in the abode of Hell,

So they came to reside at the house of Hellfire

So they have come to dwell in the Abode of Hellfire,

kept from oppression and aggression by the most consuming of occupations.

Busy from transgression and aggression in most pressing business

Far too occupied by their torment to think of tyranny or aggression.