1. مَجِّدوا اللَهَ فَهوَ لِلمَجدِ أَهلُ

    رَبُّنا في السَماءِ أَمسى كَبيرا

    Glorify God, for He is worthy of glory.

    Our Lord in heaven is great.

  2. ذَلِكَ المُنشِىءُ الحِجارَةَ

    وَالموتى وَأَحيِاهُمُ وَكانَ قَديرا

    That is He who brought the stones into being,

    And the dead; He revived them and was all-powerful.

  3. الأَعلى الَذي سَبَقَ الناسَ

    وَسَوَّى فَوقَ السَماءِ سَريرا

    The Most High, who preceded humankind,

    And fashioned a throne above heaven,

  4. رَجعاً لا يَنالُهُ بَصَرُ

    الناسِ تَرى دونَهُ المَلائِكُ سورا

    A ‘return’ beyond the reach of the sight

    Of humankind; before it you see the angels as a wall.

  5. هوَ أَبدى كُلَّ ما يَأثُرُ

    الناسَ أَماثيلَ باقياتٍ سُفورا

    He made manifest all that is recounted

    By people—enduring examples, unveiled.

  6. خَلَقَ النَخلَ مُصعِداتٍ تَراها

    تَقصُفُ اليابِساتِ وَالمَخضورا

    He created the palms; you see them rising high,

    Breaking the dry and the green.

  7. وَالتَماسيحَ وَالسَنادِلَ وَالأَيِّلَ

    شَتى وَالرِئمَ وَالعُصفورا

    And crocodiles, sanādil, and stags

    Of various kinds, and the white antelope and the sparrow;

  8. وَصواراً مِنَ النَواشِطَ عيراً

    وَنَعاماً خَواضِباً وَحَميراً

    And a herd of roaming beasts—wild asses,

    And red-legged ostriches, and donkeys;

  9. وَأُسوداً عَوادياً وَفيولاً

    وَسِباعاً وَالنَملَ وَالخِنزيرا

    And ravening lions, and elephants,

    And beasts of prey, and ants, and swine;

  10. وَدُيوكاً تَدعو الغُرابَ لِصُلحٍ

    وَإِوزّينَ أُحرِجَت وَصُقورا

    And cocks calling the raven to peace,

    And geese hemmed in, and falcons.

  11. أَرسَلَ الذَرَّ وَالجَرادُ عَلَيهِم

    وَسِنيناً فَأَهلَكَتهُم وَمورا

    He sent tiny ants and locusts upon them,

    And years of famine that destroyed them, and turmoil.

  12. ذَكَرُ الذَرِّ إِنَّهُ يَفعَلُ الشَرَّ

    وَإِنَ الجَرادَ كانَ ثُبورا

    The male ant—indeed, it does harm;

    And the locusts were indeed destruction.

  13. كَبَتَ بَيضَةُ البَياتِ عَلَيهِم

    لَم يُحِسّوا مِنها سَراها نَذيراً

    The egg of the night assault overwhelmed them;

    They sensed no warning of its coming by night.