إِذا اللَهُ حَيّا مَعشَراً بِفِعالِهِم

إِذا اللَهُ حَيّا مَعشَراً بِفِعالِهِم

وَنَصرِهِمِ الرَحمَنَ رَبَّ المَشارِقِ

وَنَصرِهِمِ الرَحمَنَ رَبَّ المَشارِقِ

When God honors a people for their deeds,

When God revives a people through their deeds,

And their support of the All-Merciful, Lord of the places of sunrise,

And the Merciful Lord helps them in the east,

فَأَهلَكَ رَبّي يا عُتَيبَ بنَ مالِكٍ

فَأَهلَكَ رَبّي يا عُتَيبَ بنَ مالِكٍ

وَلَقّاكَ قَبلَ المَوتِ إِحدى الصَواعِقِ

وَلَقّاكَ قَبلَ المَوتِ إِحدى الصَواعِقِ

Then may my Lord destroy you, O Utayb son of Malik,

Then may my Lord destroy you, O Utaybah bin Malik,

And bring upon you, before death, one of the thunderbolts.

And may you be struck by lightning before death.

بَسَطتَ يَميناً لِلنَبِيِّ بِرَميَةٍ

بَسَطتَ يَميناً لِلنَبِيِّ بِرَميَةٍ

فَأَدمَيتَ فاهُ قُطِّعَت بِالبَوارِقِ

فَأَدمَيتَ فاهُ قُطِّعَت بِالبَوارِقِ

You stretched out your right hand to hurl a missile at the Prophet,

You extended your hand against the Prophet with an arrow,

And bloodied his mouth—may your hand be cut to pieces by flashing swords!

So you bloodied his mouth, torn by lightning.

فَهَلّا خَشيتَ اللَهَ وَالمَنزِلَ الَّذي

فَهَلّا خَشيتَ اللَهَ وَالمَنزِلَ الَّذي

تَصيرُ إِلَيهِ بَعدَ إِحدى الصَفائِقِ

تَصيرُ إِلَيهِ بَعدَ إِحدى الصَفائِقِ

Why, then, did you not fear God and the abode that

Why did you not fear God and the place

You will come to after one of the calamities?

Where you will end up after one of the calamities?

لَقَد كانَ خِزياً في الحَياةِ لِقَومِهِ

لَقَد كانَ خِزياً في الحَياةِ لِقَومِهِ

وَفي البَعثِ بَعدَ المَوتِ إِحدى العَوالِقِ

وَفي البَعثِ بَعدَ المَوتِ إِحدى العَوالِقِ

He was indeed a disgrace to his people in life,

It was disgraceful for his people in life,

And at resurrection, after death, one of the afflictions that cling.

And after death, one of the greatest calamities.

فَمَن عاذِري مِن عَبدِ عُذرَةَ بَعدَما

فَمَن عاذِري مِن عَبدِ عُذرَةَ بَعدَما

هَوى في دَجوجِيٍّ مِنَ البَحرِ خافِقِ

هَوى في دَجوجِيٍّ مِنَ البَحرِ خافِقِ

So who will excuse me concerning Udhra's slave, now that

So who can excuse me from Abd Udhra after

He has plunged into a pitch-dark, heaving stretch of sea?

He fell into the turbulent, stormy sea?