خليفةcaliph اللهِGod أَنتَyou حقاًtruly
خليفة اللهِ أَنتَ حقاً
فارقٍso ascend منof السّعدgood fortune خيرthe finest مرقىheight
فارقٍ من السّعد خير مرقى
You are truly God’s caliph.
You are truly the caliph of Allah,
So ascend to good fortune’s finest height.
Departing from good fortune is the best ascent.
حميتمyou protected الدّينthe faith منfrom عِداهits enemies
حميتم الدّين من عِداه
وكلِّand everyone منwho رامsought فيةin it فتقاa breach
وكلِّ من رام فية فتقا
You have protected the faith from its enemies,
You protected the religion from its enemies,
and everyone who sought to make a breach in it.
And all who sought corruption in it met destruction.
أطلعكrevealed to you اللهGod سرَّthe secret of قومٍa people
أطلعك الله سرَّ قومٍ
شقواthey split العصاthe staff بالنفاقthrough hypocrisy شقاa splitting
شقوا العصا بالنفاق شقا
God revealed to you the secret of a people
May Allah reveal to you the secret of a people,
who split the staff of unity asunder through hypocrisy.
Who split the rod through hypocrisy and deceit.
تَفَلسَفواthey philosophized وادَّعواand they claimed علوماًbranches of knowledge
تَفَلسَفوا وادَّعوا علوماً
صاحبهاtheir possessor فيin المعادِthe hereafter يشقىsuffers
صاحبها في المعادِ يشقى
They philosophized and laid claim to branches of knowledge
They pretensed philosophy and claimed knowledge,
whose possessor suffers in the hereafter.
But its master in the hereafter will suffer misery.
واحتقرواand they despised الشّرعَthe sacred law وازدروهand they scorned it
واحتقروا الشّرعَ وازدروه
سفاهةfoolishness منهمon their part وحُمقَاand stupidity
سفاهة منهم وحُمقَا
And they despised the sacred law and scorned it,
They scorned Islamic law and rejected it,
out of foolishness and stupidity on their part.
Foolishness and stupidity from them.
اوسعتهمyou overwhelmed them with لعنةًcursing وخزياًand disgrace
اوسعتهم لعنةً وخزياً
وقلتَand you said بعداًaway! لهمfor them وسُحقَاand far away!
وقلتَ بعداً لهم وسُحقَا
You overwhelmed them with cursing and disgrace,
May curses and disgrace be widespread upon them,
and said, “Away with them—far away!”
And you said farewell to them and crushed them.
فابقَso remain لدينِfor the faith of الالهGod كهفاًa sheltering cave
فابقَ لدينِ الاله كهفاً
فإنهfor indeed it مابقيتas long as you remain يبقىwill remain
فإنه مابقيت يبقى
So remain a sheltering cave for God’s faith,
So remain as a cave for the religion of God,
for it will remain as long as you remain.
For as long as you remain, it will endure.