كَم أُمَّةٍ لَعِبَت بِها جُهّالُها

كَم أُمَّةٍ لَعِبَت بِها جُهّالُها

فَتَنَطَّسَت مِن قَبلُ في تَعذيبِها

فَتَنَطَّسَت مِن قَبلُ في تَعذيبِها

How many a community has been toyed with by its fools,

How many a nation has been ruined by its ignorant ones

who had previously grown meticulous in tormenting it.

Who sunk it down before into torment

الخَوفُ يُلجِئُها إِلى تَصديقِها

الخَوفُ يُلجِئُها إِلى تَصديقِها

وَالعَقلُ وَيحمِلُها عَلى تَكذيبِها

وَالعَقلُ وَيحمِلُها عَلى تَكذيبِها

Fear compels it to believe them,

Fear drives it to believe in them

while reason leads it to disbelieve them.

And reason carries it to deny them

وَجِبِلَّةُ الناسِ الفَسادُ فَظَلَّ مَن

وَجِبِلَّةُ الناسِ الفَسادُ فَظَلَّ مَن

يَسمو بِحِكمَتِهِ إِلى تَهذيبِها

يَسمو بِحِكمَتِهِ إِلى تَهذيبِها

Corruption is mankind's inborn nature; so there remains one

Corruption is people's nature so he who rose

who aspires, through his wisdom, to refine it.

With his wisdom to refine it remained

يا ثُلَّةً في غَفلَةٍ وَأُوَيسُها ال

يا ثُلَّةً في غَفلَةٍ وَأُوَيسُها ال

القَرَنِيُّ مِثلُ أُوَيسِها أَي ذيبِها

القَرَنِيُّ مِثلُ أُوَيسِها أَي ذيبِها

O heedless flock, whose Uways al-

O band in negligence though its Uways loathes

Qarani is like its uways—that is, its wolf!

Not like its Uways or melter is Quranee

سُبحانَ مُجَمِّدِ راكِدٍ وَمُقِرِّهِ

سُبحانَ مُجَمِّدِ راكِدٍ وَمُقِرِّهِ

وَمُميرِ لَجَّةِ زاخِرٍ وَمُذيبُها

وَمُميرِ لَجَّةِ زاخِرٍ وَمُذيبُها

Glory be to Him who freezes still water and holds it fast,

Glory to the Permanent, Settled and His Confirmer

and stirs the deep of a surging sea and melts it.

And He who melts the ice of gushing and its melter