أَخِلتَ عَمودَ الدينِ في الأَرضِ ثابِتاً

أَخِلتَ عَمودَ الدينِ في الأَرضِ ثابِتاً

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ يَضمَحِلُّ عَلى مَهَلِ

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ يَضمَحِلُّ عَلى مَهَلِ

Did you suppose religion’s pillar stood firm upon the earth?

You have established the pillar of religion firmly in the earth

Yet every day it dwindles little by little.

And yet it diminishes slowly day after day

سُهَيلٌ وَإِن كانَ اليَمانِيَّ مُنكِرٌ

سُهَيلٌ وَإِن كانَ اليَمانِيَّ مُنكِرٌ

لِأَمرٍ بِضِبنِ الشامِ ما هُوَ بِالسَهلِ

لِأَمرٍ بِضِبنِ الشامِ ما هُوَ بِالسَهلِ

Suhayl, though he is Yemeni, condemns

Suhayl, though the Yemeni denies it

a deed on Syria’s flank that is no trifling matter.

It is not easy to command in the Levant

بَرِئتُ إِلى الخَلّاقِ مِن أَهلِ مَذهَبٍ

بَرِئتُ إِلى الخَلّاقِ مِن أَهلِ مَذهَبٍ

يرَونَ مِنَ الحَقِّ الإِباحَةَ لِلأَهلِ

يرَونَ مِنَ الحَقِّ الإِباحَةَ لِلأَهلِ

Before the Creator, I disavow the followers of a creed

I disavow those of the sect

who deem it right to make their womenfolk freely available.

Who see permissibility of the unlawful for their own

فَهَلّا خَشيبٌ كَي يُقَنَّأ تَحتَهُ

فَهَلّا خَشيبٌ كَي يُقَنَّأ تَحتَهُ

مَشيبٌ مِنَ الشَيخِ المُسِنِّ أَوِ الكَهلِ

مَشيبٌ مِنَ الشَيخِ المُسِنِّ أَوِ الكَهلِ

Why not, then, an unpolished sword, beneath which may be dyed red

So where is the brave warrior to be speared beneath it?

the gray hair of an aged elder or a middle-aged man?

An elder or aged man with grey hair

وَأَينَ حُسامُ الهِندِ عَنكَ وَجَهلُهُ

وَأَينَ حُسامُ الهِندِ عَنكَ وَجَهلُهُ

جِهادُكَ أَولى مِن جِهادِ أَبي جَهلِ

جِهادُكَ أَولى مِن جِهادِ أَبي جَهلِ

And why are the Indian blade and its reckless fury far from you?

And where is the sword of India against you and its ignorance?

Fighting you is more fitting than fighting Abu Jahl.

Your jihad is better than the jihad of Abu Jahl