1. وصدَّق قبل قولهم

    وزكَّ بعد فعلهم

    And affirm their words beforehand,

    and commend their deeds afterward.

  2. ألم تر كيف بوأهم

    ذراه كرامةً لهم

    Have you not seen how He lodged them

    in His shelter, as an honor to them,

  3. وأبرك فيل إبرهة

    غداة أراد فلهم

    and made Abraha's elephant kneel

    the morning he sought to rout them?

  4. هداك الله تنصره

    على من قد أضلهم

    May God guide you to champion Him

    against those whom He has led astray.

  5. وأطلع شمس عزمك كي

    تقلص بعد ظلهم

    And raise the sun of your resolve, so that

    you may then shorten their shadow,

  6. وتفتح باب صدهمِ

    وتكسر عنه قفلهم

    and open the gate they have barred,

    and break their lock off it,

  7. وتتْبعَ بعضَهُم بعضاً

    كما من كان قبلهُمُ

    and make some of them follow others,

    as with those who came before them:

  8. سبيل المُؤثرينَ على

    سبيلِ الّله سُبُلَهُم

    such is the path of those who prefer, over

    God's path, their own paths.