مَن يَلقَهُ مِمَّن تَرى فَلِقاؤُهُ

مَن يَلقَهُ مِمَّن تَرى فَلِقاؤُهُ

إِيّاهُ بِالتَّعظيمِ وَالسُّلطانِ

إِيّاهُ بِالتَّعظيمِ وَالسُّلطانِ

Whoever among those you see meets him,

Whoever meets him of those you see,

meets him with reverence and deference to his authority.

meeting him is with veneration and authority.

وَلَنا عَلَيهِم رُتبَةً إِنَّا لَهُ

وَلَنا عَلَيهِم رُتبَةً إِنَّا لَهُ

دونَ الجَماعَةِ كُلِّها أَخَوانِ

دونَ الجَماعَةِ كُلِّها أَخَوانِ

And we hold a rank above them: we are his

And we have over them a rank, we are to him,

two brothers, apart from all the company.

below the whole group, brothers.

فَلِقاؤُنا إِيَّاهُ عِندَ عَدُوِّهِ

فَلِقاؤُنا إِيَّاهُ عِندَ عَدُوِّهِ

أَو دونَ ذاكَ كِلاهُما سِيّانِ

أَو دونَ ذاكَ كِلاهُما سِيّانِ

Our meeting him in his enemy's presence

So our meeting with him in the presence of his enemy,

or otherwise—the two are alike.

or less than that, both are the same.

إِنَّ الموَدَّةَ لا تَكونُ مَوَدَّةً

إِنَّ الموَدَّةَ لا تَكونُ مَوَدَّةً

حَتَّى تَكونَ مَنيعَةَ الأَركانِ

حَتَّى تَكونَ مَنيعَةَ الأَركانِ

Affection is not truly affection

Indeed, friendship cannot be friendship,

until its foundations are impregnable,

until it becomes firmly rooted.

حَتَّى تَكونُ إِذا أَسَأتَ كَأَنَّما

حَتَّى تَكونُ إِذا أَسَأتَ كَأَنَّما

تابَعتَ عِندَ أَخيكَ بِالإِحسانِ

تابَعتَ عِندَ أَخيكَ بِالإِحسانِ

until, when you do wrong, it is as though

Until it is - when you do wrong as if

you had kept doing good in your brother's eyes,

you followed, with your brother, kindness.

ثِقَةً وَإِدلالاً وَإِنَّ ضَميرَهُ

ثِقَةً وَإِدلالاً وَإِنَّ ضَميرَهُ

لَكَ قايِمٌ بِالعُذرِ وَالبُرهانِ

لَكَ قايِمٌ بِالعُذرِ وَالبُرهانِ

out of trust and familiar ease; indeed, his conscience

Trust, and leniency, and indeed his conscience

stands in your defense with excuses and proof.

for you is established with excuse and proof.

فَاِسلَم سَلامَة من حَنَت مِن فَوقِهِ

فَاِسلَم سَلامَة من حَنَت مِن فَوقِهِ

وَتَكَنَّفَتهُ حِياطَةُ الرَّحمنِ

وَتَكَنَّفَتهُ حِياطَةُ الرَّحمنِ

So remain safe, as one over whom bends from above

So submit safety from one protected from above,

the All-Merciful's protection, enfolding him.

and encompassed by the guardianship of the Merciful.

سَيفُ الخِلافَةِ وَالمُقَدَّم دونه

سَيفُ الخِلافَةِ وَالمُقَدَّم دونه

وَنَصيحه في السِرِّ وَالإِعلانِ

وَنَصيحه في السِرِّ وَالإِعلانِ

Sword of the caliphate, set foremost in his defense,

The sword of the caliphate and the one preceding it

and his sincere counselor, in secret and in public.

and his advice in secret and openly.

وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ المُقَرِّب بَيننا

وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ المُقَرِّب بَيننا

مَنَّاً مِنَ المُتَفَضِّلِ المَنَّانِ

مَنَّاً مِنَ المُتَفَضِّلِ المَنَّانِ

And praise be to God, who has drawn us together,

And praise be to Allah who brought us close,

a favor from the Gracious, the Bestower of blessings.

bestowing favor, the benefactor.

جَمَعَ القُلوبَ عَلى الرِّضى فَتَعاوَنَت

جَمَعَ القُلوبَ عَلى الرِّضى فَتَعاوَنَت

بِالنُّصحِ وَاِتَّفَقَت عَلى الإيمانِ

بِالنُّصحِ وَاِتَّفَقَت عَلى الإيمانِ

He united hearts in contentment, so they helped one another

He united hearts upon agreement, so they cooperated

with sincere counsel, and were united in faith.

with advice and agreed upon faith.

سَيفٌ يُهَزُّ وَحاكِمٌ قامَت بِهِ

سَيفٌ يُهَزُّ وَحاكِمٌ قامَت بِهِ

سُنَنُ الكِتابِ وَحُجَّةُ الفُرقانِ

سُنَنُ الكِتابِ وَحُجَّةُ الفُرقانِ

A sword that is brandished, and a judge through whom were upheld

A sword that strikes, and a ruler established by

the ordinances of the Book and the proof of the Criterion;

the ways of the Scripture and the proof of the Criterion.

وَأَخو مُحافَظَةٍ يَنوءُ إِذا غَدا

وَأَخو مُحافَظَةٍ يَنوءُ إِذا غَدا

بِالثِّقلِ بَينَ يَدي وَبَينَ لِساني

بِالثِّقلِ بَينَ يَدي وَبَينَ لِساني

and a faithful brother who, when he sets out in the morning, strains

And a brother taking care, burdened if he goes forth

under the burden between my hand and my tongue.

with the weight, before my hand and before my tongue.