1. على التاريخ أن يصغي إلينا

     ويملأ سمعه مما لدينا

    History must listen to us

    and fill its hearing with what we have.

  2. فنحن حماته سلمًا وحربا

     ونحن بناته دينًا ودنيا

    For we are its defenders in peace and war,

    and its builders in religion and worldly life.

  3. ونحن هداته قولًا وفعلا

     ونحن كماته شدًّا ولينا

    We are its guides in word and deed,

    and its champions in firmness and gentleness.

  4. أضاء على منابرنا نجومًا

     وأطلق في مواكبنا لحونا

    It kindled stars upon our pulpits

    and released melodies in our processions.

  5. وكنا خير أمته خلالًا

     بدين محمد متمسكينا

    And we were the finest of his community in character,

    holding fast to Muhammad's faith:

  6. طريقًا واضحًا لا أمت فيه

     ولا عوجًا هداة مهتدينا

    a clear path, with no unevenness in it,

    nor crookedness—guides who are themselves rightly guided.

  7. فماذا ينقم الأعداء منا

     وماذا يدعون ويفترونا

    What, then, do the enemies hold against us,

    and what do they allege and fabricate,

  8. سوى إيماننا بالله ربًّا

     وبالإسلام تشريعًا متينا

    other than our belief in God as Lord

    and in Islam as a firm code of law?

  9. أَبِي الإسلام ينبزنا الأعادي

     كفى شرفًا بذلك لو يعونا

    The enemies taunt us with 'Islam is my father';

    that is honor enough, if only they understood.

  10. لنا إسلامنا ولهم هواهم

     سواء كان "مركس" أو لينينا

    We have our Islam, and they have their whims,

    whether it be Marx or Lenin.

  11. فقد وضح الطريق لكل سار

     وكان الحق منبلجًا مبينا

    For the path has become clear to every night traveler,

    and the truth shone forth, clear and manifest.

  12. أترحمني يد بالأمس كانت

     تضافحني وتملئني يقينا

    Does a hand show me mercy, one that yesterday was

    shaking my hand and filling me with certainty?

  13. ويغدر بي أخ قد كنت أسمو

     به ظنًّا وأحسبه أمينا

    And a brother betrays me, one whom I once held

    in high esteem and considered trustworthy.

  14. ومن هدي الجزيرة وهي مهد

     لنور محمد في العالمينا

    And from the guidance of the Peninsula, which is the cradle

    of Muhammad's light throughout the worlds,

  15. تطلعت الشعوب إلى شعاع

     محا ظلماتها والظالمينا

    the peoples looked toward a ray

    that swept away their darkness and the oppressors.