إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَر

قَالَ اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الأَكْبَرإِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ

Qāla Allāhu al-maliku al-ʾakbar, Innā aʿṭaynāka al-kawthara

Allah, the King, the Greatest, said: "We have given you al-Kawthar."

أَبْشِرْ وَاسْعَدْ يَا مَنْ تَفْرَحبِالْهَادِي وَاتْلُ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ

Abshir wasʿad yā man tafraḥ, Bi-al-hādī watlu alam nashraḥ

Rejoice and be glad, O you who delight in the guide, and recite "Have We not opened...".

فِي عِزِّكَ لِلْمَوْلَى تَمْرَحوَاقْرَأْ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ الأَكْبَر

Fī ʿizzika lilmawlā tamraḥ, Waqraʾ qawla Allāhi al-ʾakbar

In your honour you rejoice before the Master; so recite the word of Allah, the Greatest.

مَا مِثْلُ لِلْهَادِي أَحْمَدفَاتْبَعْ قَوْلَ الهَادِي تُحْمَد

Mā mithlu lilhādī aḥmad, Fatbaʿ qawla al-hādī tuḥmad

There is none like the guide Ahmad; so follow the guide's word and you will be praised.

مَنْ يَتْبَعْ ذَا سَعَدٌ يَسْعَدوَاسْمَعْ قَوْلَ الْبَارِي الأَطْهَر

Man yatbaʿ dhā saʿadun yasʿad, Wasmaʿ qawla al-bārī al-ʾaṭhar

Whoever follows him is happy and will be happy; so hear the word of the Creator, the Purest.

بِمَوْلِدِهِ نِلْنَا الْبُشْرَىوَالْعُسْرُ غَدًا دَوْمًا يُسْراً

Bimawlidihi nilnā al-bushrā, Wa-al-ʿusru ghadan dawman yusran

With his birth we received glad tidings, and hardship ever after became ease,

وَالْمَوْلَى لَنَا يَشْرَحُ صَدْرًافَافْرَحْ وَاسْمَعْ قَوْلًا يُذْكَر

Wa-al-mawlā lanā yashraḥu ṣadran, Fafraḥ wasmaʿ qawlan yudhkar

And the Master opens our breasts; so rejoice, and hear a word that is recited.

مَنْ يَفْرَحْ بِالْهَادِي يَسْعَدحَقًّا يَرْقَى يُمْسِي أَمْجَد

Man yafraḥ bi-al-hādī yasʿad, Ḥaqqan yarqā yumsī amjad

Whoever rejoices in the guide is happy; truly he rises and becomes more glorious,

وَالْفَضْلُ لَهُ أَضْحَى مَصْعَداسْمَعْ فَضْلَ اللَّهِ الأَكْبَر

Wa-al-faḍlu lahu aḍḥā maṣʿad, Smaʿ faḍla Allāhi al-ʾakbar

And bounty becomes for him a stairway; hear of the bounty of Allah, the Greatest.

لَوْلَاكَ حَقِيقَةً مَا كَانَشَيْءٌ مِنْ مَا خُلِقَ الْآنَ

Lawlāka ḥaqīqatan mā kāna, Shayʾun min mā khuliqa al-ʾāna

Were it not for you, truly, nothing of what has been created would exist now.

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا لُقْمَانَبِكَ حِكْمَتَهُ فَبِهَا يُذْكَر

Walaqad ʾātaynā luqmāna, Bika ḥikmatahu fabihā yudhkar

"And We gave Luqman" his wisdom through you, and by it he is remembered.

بِعُرُوجِكَ شَرَّفْتَ الْعَرْشَوَسَمِعْتَ حَدِيثًا لَا يُفْشَى

Biʿurūjika sharrafta al-ʿarsha, Wasamiʿta ḥadīthan lā yufshā

By your ascension you honoured the Throne, and heard words that are not divulged,

إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىمِنْ بِرٍّ أَوْ خَيْرٍ يُذْكَر

Idh yaghshā as-sidrata mā yaghshā, Min birrin aw khayrin yudhkar

When there covered the lote tree what covered it of goodness and blessing that are recounted.

وَالْكُلُّ غَدَا بِكَ مَسْعُودًاوَالْكُلُّ غَدَا بِكَ مَرْفُودًا

Wa-al-kullu ghadā bika masʿūdan, Wa-al-kullu ghadā bika marfūdan

All have become fortunate through you, all have become supported through you.

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا دَاوُودَمُلْكًا قَدْ أَحْدَقَ بِالْعَسْكَر

Walaqad ʾātaynā dāwūda, Mulkan qad aḥdaqa bi-al-ʿaskar

"And We gave David" a kingdom surrounded by armies.

بِكَ مُلْكُ الْمَوْلَى قَدْ فَاقَوَازْدَادَ الرُّسُلُ إِشْرَاقًا

Bika mulku al-mawlā qad fāqa, Wazdāda ar-rusulu ishrāqan

Through you the Master's kingdom has excelled, and the messengers have grown more radiant.

وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ مِيثَاقًاإِنْ جِئْتَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ تُنْصَر

Waʾakhadhnā minhum mīthāqan, In jiʾta ilayhim an tunṣar

"And We took from them a covenant" that if you came to them, you would be helped.