إِذا اِستَنصَرَ المَرءُ اِمرَءاً لا يَدي لَهُ

إِذا اِستَنصَرَ المَرءُ اِمرَءاً لا يَدي لَهُ

فَناصِرُهُ وَالخاذِلونَ سَواءُ

فَناصِرُهُ وَالخاذِلونَ سَواءُ

If a man seeks aid from a man who has no strength,

When a man seeks help from one with no power to aid

Then his helper and those who abandon him are alike.

Then his supporter and the cowardly are the same

أَنا اِبنُ الَّذي قَد تَعلَمونَ مَكانَهُ

أَنا اِبنُ الَّذي قَد تَعلَمونَ مَكانَهُ

وَلَيسَ عَلى الحَقِّ المُبينِ طَخاءُ

وَلَيسَ عَلى الحَقِّ المُبينِ طَخاءُ

I am the son of him whose standing you well know,

I am the son of the one whose standing you know

And no cloud veils the manifest truth.

And falsehood cannot sully the brilliant truth

أَلَيسَ رَسولُ اللَهِ جَدّي وَوالِدي

أَلَيسَ رَسولُ اللَهِ جَدّي وَوالِدي

أَنا البَدرُ إِن خَلا النُجوم خَفاءُ

أَنا البَدرُ إِن خَلا النُجوم خَفاءُ

Is not God's Messenger my grandfather and my father?

Is not the Messenger of God my grandfather and father?

I am the full moon, if obscurity leaves the stars.

I am the full moon, though stars diminish and fade

يُنازِعُني وَاللَهُ بَيني وَبَينَهُ

يُنازِعُني وَاللَهُ بَيني وَبَينَهُ

يَزيدٌ وَلَيسَ الأَمرُ حَيثُ يَشاءُ

يَزيدٌ وَلَيسَ الأَمرُ حَيثُ يَشاءُ

He contends with me—with God between me and him—

Yazid disputes with me, but by God, it is not up to him

Yazid; yet the matter is not as he wishes.

I and him, this matter is not as he would have it swayed

فَيا نُصَحاءَ اللَهِ أَنتُم وُلاتُهُ

فَيا نُصَحاءَ اللَهِ أَنتُم وُلاتُهُ

وَأَنتُم عَلى أَديانِهِ أُمَناءُ

وَأَنتُم عَلى أَديانِهِ أُمَناءُ

So, O sincere devotees of God, you are His guardians,

So supporters of God, you are his trustees

And you are trustees over His religions.

And caretakers of his religion, stalwart and staid

بِأَيِّ كِتابٍ أَم بِأَيَّةِ سُنَّةٍ

بِأَيِّ كِتابٍ أَم بِأَيَّةِ سُنَّةٍ

تَناوَلَها عَن أَهلِها البُعَداءُ

تَناوَلَها عَن أَهلِها البُعَداءُ

By which book, or by which tradition,

By what book or practice of the Prophet

Have outsiders taken it from its rightful holders?

Have the transgressors taken this, tell me, I pray