ما نَخشى بِحَمدِ اللَهِ قَوماً

ما نَخشى بِحَمدِ اللَهِ قَوماً

وَإِن كَثُروا وَأُجمِعَتِ الزُحوفُ

وَإِن كَثُروا وَأُجمِعَتِ الزُحوفُ

We fear no people, praise be to God,

We fear not, thanks to God, a host

Even if they are many and their armies are mustered.

Though massed, with ranks in battle boast

إِذا ما أَلَّبوا جَمعاً عَلَينا

إِذا ما أَلَّبوا جَمعاً عَلَينا

كَفانا حَدَّهُم رَبٌّ رَؤوفُ

كَفانا حَدَّهُم رَبٌّ رَؤوفُ

Whenever they rally a host against us,

Should they assail in throngs our posts

A compassionate Lord shields us from their might.

God will suffice to scatter hosts

سَمَونا يَومَ بَدرٍ بِالعَوالي

سَمَونا يَومَ بَدرٍ بِالعَوالي

سِراعاً ما تُضَعضِعُنا الحُتوفُ

سِراعاً ما تُضَعضِعُنا الحُتوفُ

We advanced on the day of Badr with tall spears,

We met their charge at Badr’s plain

Swiftly—death does not shake us.

When helms were cleft and ranks were slain

فَلَم تَرَ عُصبَةً في الناسِ أَنكى

فَلَم تَرَ عُصبَةً في الناسِ أَنكى

لِمَن عادوا إِذا لَقِحَت كَشوفُ

لِمَن عادوا إِذا لَقِحَت كَشوفُ

You have seen no band among men more deadly

No people e’er shall meet again

To those they oppose, when fierce war conceives.

More dire a foe than met their bane

وَلَكِنّا تَوَكَّلنا وَقُلنا

وَلَكِنّا تَوَكَّلنا وَقُلنا

مَآثِرُنا وَمَعقِلُنا السِيوفُ

مَآثِرُنا وَمَعقِلُنا السِيوفُ

But we put our trust in God and said:

But we relied on God, and said

Our glories and our stronghold are swords.

Our fortune lies in trenchant blade

لَقيناهُم بِها لَمّا سَمَونا

لَقيناهُم بِها لَمّا سَمَونا

وَنَحنُ عِصابَةٌ وَهُمُ أُلوفُ

وَنَحنُ عِصابَةٌ وَهُمُ أُلوفُ

We met them with these when we advanced,

We met their legions undismayed

While we were a band and they were thousands.

A band, they myriads in array