غَلَبتُمُ الناسَ بِالحَقِّ الَّذي لَكُمُ

غَلَبتُمُ الناسَ بِالحَقِّ الَّذي لَكُمُ

عَلَيهِمُ وَبِضَربٍ غَيرِ تَعذيرِ

عَلَيهِمُ وَبِضَربٍ غَيرِ تَعذيرِ

You prevailed over the people by the right you hold

You have overcome the people with the right that is yours

Over them, and by blows struck without half-measures.

Over them, with a beating that is not an excuse

إِنَّ الرَسولُ قَضاهُ اللَهُ رَحمَتَهُ

إِنَّ الرَسولُ قَضاهُ اللَهُ رَحمَتَهُ

لِلناسِ وَالناسُ في ظَلماءَ دَيجورِ

لِلناسِ وَالناسُ في ظَلماءَ دَيجورِ

Indeed, God ordained the Messenger as His mercy

Indeed the Messenger, may Allah have mercy on him

For mankind, while mankind was in pitch-black darkness.

For the people, while the people are in dark gloom

لَقَد عَجِبتُ مِنَ الأَزدِيَّ جاءَ بِهِ

لَقَد عَجِبتُ مِنَ الأَزدِيَّ جاءَ بِهِ

يَقودُهُ لِلمَنايا حَينُ مَغرورِ

يَقودُهُ لِلمَنايا حَينُ مَغرورِ

I truly marveled at the Azdi, brought along

I was amazed by the Azdi who came with him

By a deluded man's doom, driving him toward death,

Leading him to death when he was deluded

حَتّى رَآهُ عِبادُ اللَهِ في دَقَلٍ

حَتّى رَآهُ عِبادُ اللَهِ في دَقَلٍ

مُنَكَّساً وَهوَ مَقرونٌ بِخِنزيرِ

مُنَكَّساً وَهوَ مَقرونٌ بِخِنزيرِ

Until God's servants saw him on a mast,

Until the servants of Allah saw him in shackles

Upside down, and bound to a pig.

Bowed down while he was tied to a pig

لَلسُفنُ أَهوَنُ بَأساً إِذ تُقَوِّدُها

لَلسُفنُ أَهوَنُ بَأساً إِذ تُقَوِّدُها

في الماءِ مَطلِيَّةَ الأَلواحِ بِالقيرِ

في الماءِ مَطلِيَّةَ الأَلواحِ بِالقيرِ

Ships are surely less formidable when you steer them

The ships are less powerful when their planks

Through the water, their planks coated with pitch,

Are caulked in the water with tar

وَهُم قِيامٌ بِأَيديهِم مَجادِفُهُم

وَهُم قِيامٌ بِأَيديهِم مَجادِفُهُم

مُنَطَّقينَ عُراةً في الدَقاريرِ

مُنَطَّقينَ عُراةً في الدَقاريرِ

While they stand, their oars in their hands,

And they are standing with their oars in their hands

Girded, naked save for short drawers,

Girded naked in the skirmishes

حَتّى رَأَوا لِأَبي العاصي مُسَوَّمَةً

حَتّى رَأَوا لِأَبي العاصي مُسَوَّمَةً

تَعدو كَراديسَ بِالشُمِّ المَغاويرِ

تَعدو كَراديسَ بِالشُمِّ المَغاويرِ

Until they saw Abu al-ʿAsi's marked steeds

Until they saw Abu Al-‘Assi’s branded

Galloping in squadrons, bearing proud, intrepid warriors,

Racing like meteors with the setting sun

مِن حَربِ آلِ أَبي العاصي إِذا غَضِبوا

مِن حَربِ آلِ أَبي العاصي إِذا غَضِبوا

بِكُلِّ أَبيَضَ كَالمِخراقِ مَأثورِ

بِكُلِّ أَبيَضَ كَالمِخراقِ مَأثورِ

Than war with the house of Abu al-ʿAsi, when they are angered,

From the war of the clan of Abu Al-‘Assi when they rage

With every bright, patterned blade, like a twisted cloth whip.

With every white like a worn-out cloak

اِخسَأَ كُلَيبٌ فَإِنَّ اللَهَ أَنزَلَكُم

اِخسَأَ كُلَيبٌ فَإِنَّ اللَهَ أَنزَلَكُم

قِدماً مَنازِلَ إِذلالٍ وَتَصغيرِ

قِدماً مَنازِلَ إِذلالٍ وَتَصغيرِ

Begone, Kulayb! For God indeed consigned you

Be disappointed O Kulaib, for Allah has brought you down

Long ago to abodes of humiliation and debasement.

To stations of humiliation and belittlement