1. يا منكرين على من

    لربّهم ذاكرينا

    O you who censure those

    who remember their Lord:

  2. الجهل أعمى قلوباً

    منكم وأغشى عيونا

    ignorance has blinded hearts

    among you and veiled eyes.

  3. أما الكتاب أتاكم

    بالذكر يتلى مبينا

    Has not the Book come to you

    with remembrance, recited clearly?

  4. وسنّةٌ قرّرته

    عن سيّد المرسلينا

    And a tradition has affirmed it,

    from the master of the messengers.

  5. إنّي أخاف عليكم

    يا من غدوا منكرينا

    Indeed, I fear for you,

    O you who have become deniers,

  6. سوء الختام فأنتم

    هلكى مع الهالكينا

    an evil end, for you are

    doomed along with the doomed.

  7. كفّوا أذاكم وتوبوا

    وراقبوا الله فينا

    Cease your harm and repent,

    and be mindful of God in your treatment of us.

  8. بارزتموه بحربٍ

    في حزبه المفلحينا

    You have challenged Him to war

    in opposing His triumphant company.

  9. كأنّكم قد جهلتم

    ربّاً قويّاً متينا

    As though you had not known

    a Lord, mighty and unshakable,

  10. ذو القهر جلّ اقتداراً

    بالحكم في العالمينا

    Possessor of overwhelming might, exalted in power

    in ruling over all the worlds.

  11. فإن جهلتم علينا

    وكنتمُ مفترينا

    So if you act ignorantly toward us

    and are slanderers,

  12. وذكرنا قد أبيتم

    فنحن فيه رضينا

    and have rejected our remembrance,

    then we are content with it.

  13. علمتم الجهل علماً

    فكنتمُ الأخسرينا

    You took ignorance for knowledge,

    and so became the greatest losers.

  14. على أولي الذكر كنتم

    بجهلكم معتدينا

    Against the people of remembrance you have been

    transgressors in your ignorance.

  15. إذاً سلامٌ عليكم

    لا نبتغي الجاهلينا

    Then peace be upon you;

    we do not seek the ignorant.

  16. إن لم تبوءوا إلينا

    كنتم من النادمينا

    If you do not return to us,

    you will be among the regretful.