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Victory Belongs to God

Ibn al-Jawzi, Bustān al-Wāʿiẓīn wa-Riyāḍ al-Sāmiʿīn. Creed. Advanced.

The English is machine-translated. The audio uses AI voices.

الحَمْدُ للهِ الْمُتَفَرِّدُ بِالمِلْكِ وَلا شَرِيكَ

Praise be to Allah, the One who possesses sovereignty with no partner.

القاصم أعناق الجبابرة فقد بت مرتبك،

The one who breaks the necks of tyrants, and your situation has become confused.

الَّذِي نَصَرَ بِي جُنْدَ السُّنَّةِ وَقَدْ ضَعُفُوا فَأَنَا اليَزَكُ

The one who gave victory to the soldiers of the Sunnah through me when they were weak, so I am the vanguard.

وَقُتِلَ بِوُجُودِي حُسَّادِي وَلَا دَرَكٌ

And He destroyed my enviers by my existence, with no blame upon me.

فَأَنَا أَصْعَدُ وَهُمْ يَنْزِلُونَ إِلَى الدَّرَكِ

So I rise while they descend into depths.

وكلما لاح آمال فؤادي دار على مرادي الفلك،

Every time the hopes of my heart appear, the course of fate aligns with my desire.

وَكُلَّمَا جَاءَ عُرْفِي شَبَّ فِي العِلْمِ وَمَا أَنْفَرَكَ

Every time my reputation spreads, I grow in knowledge and you do not turn away.

زاحمت كبار العلماء قالوا تاالله لقد آثرك،

I competed with the great scholars, and they said, 'By Allah, you have been chosen!'

وَأَقَرَّ بِالعَجْزِ فَخَلَا لِيَ المَعْتَرَكُ

And they acknowledged their inability, so the battlefield was left to me.

وَكُلَّمَا نَصَبَ إِبْلِيسُ لِي شَرَكًا خَرَقْتُ ذَلِكَ الشَّرَكَ

Every time Satan set a trap for me, I destroyed that trap.

وَمَا أَبْقَى حِيلَةً لِي فِي مَكَائِدِهِ وَلَا تَرَكَ

He left me no option in his schemes nor did he abstain.

وَهَذَا كُلُّهُ لَا مِنِّي بَلْ مِنْ مَنْ مَلَكَ

And all of this is not from me, but from the One who possesses the kingdom.

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