لقدindeed جرَّدَunsheathed الإسلامُIslam منكfrom you مُهنَّداًan Indian-forged sword
لقد جرَّدَ الإسلامُ منك مُهنَّداً
حديداًkeen شَبَاهُits edge لاnot يُداوَىcan be healed لهfrom it جُرحُa wound
حديداً شَبَاهُ لا يُداوَى له جُرحُ
Islam has indeed unsheathed from you an Indian-forged sword,
Islam has stripped you of a whetted blade
Keen-edged: no wound it inflicts can be healed.
Whose wounds are like unyielding iron
إقامةُenforcing حَدِّprescribed punishment اللهGod's فيamong الخلقِhumankind حَدُّهُits edge
إقامةُ حَدِّ الله في الخلقِ حَدُّهُ
إذاwhen سَلَّهُhe unsheathes it والصَّفحُand pardon عنهمtoward them لهfor it صَفحُa flat side
إذا سَلَّهُ والصَّفحُ عنهم له صَفحُ
Enforcing God's prescribed punishment among humankind is its edge
To establish God's law among people is its purpose
When it is drawn; and pardoning them is its flat side.
To draw it or show clemency is its choice