القَصِيدَةُ المُضَرِيَّةُ

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى الْمُخْتَارِ مِنْ مُضَرٍوَالْأَنْبِيَا وَجَمِيعِ الرُّسْلِ مَا ذُكِرُوا

Yā rabbi ṣalli ʿalā al-mukhtāri min muḍarin, Wa-al-ʾanbiyā wajamīʿi ar-rusli mā dhukirū

O Lord, send blessings upon the Chosen One of Mudar, and upon the prophets and all the messengers, as often as they are remembered.

وَصَلِّ رَبِّ عَلَى الهَادِي وَشِيعَتِهِوَصَحْبِهِ مَنْ لِطَيِّ الدِّينِ قَدْ نَشَرُوا

Waṣalli rabbi ʿalā al-hādī washīʿatihi, Waṣaḥbihi man liṭayyi ad-dīni qad nasharū

And bless, O Lord, the Guide and his followers, and his Companions, who spread the religion abroad once it had been folded away,

وَجَاهَدُوا مَعَهُ فِي اللهِ وَاجْتَهَدُواوَهَاجَرُوا وَلَهُ آوَوْا وَقَدْ نَصَرُوا

Wajāhadū maʿahu fī Allāhi wajtahadū, Wahājarū walahu ʾāwaw waqad naṣarū

Who strove with him in the path of Allah and exerted themselves, who emigrated, gave him refuge and came to his aid,

وَبَيَّنُوا الْفَرْضَ وَالْمَسْنُونَ وَاغْتَصَبُوالِلّٰهِ وَاعْتَصَمُوا بِاللّهِ فَانْتَصَرُوا

Wabayyanū al-farḍa wa-al-masnūna waghtaṣabū, Lillāhi waʿtaṣamū billāhi fantaṣarū

Who made clear what is obligatory and what is Sunna, and banded together for God, held fast to God, and so prevailed.

أَزْكَى صَلَاةٍ وَأَنْمَاهَا وَأَشْرَفَهَايُعَطِّرُ الْكَوْنَ رَيَّا نَشْرِهَا الْعَطِرُ

Azkā ṣalātin waʾanmāhā waʾashrafahā, Yuʿaṭṭiru al-kawna rayyā nashrihā al-ʿaṭiru

The purest, most abundant and noblest of blessings, whose fragrant scent perfumes all creation;

مَعْبُوقَةً بِعَبِيقِ الْمِسْكِ زَاكِيَةًمِنْ طِيبِهَا أَرَجُ الرِّضْوَانِ يَنْتَشِرُ

Maʿbūqatan biʿabīqi al-miski zākiyatan, Min ṭībihā araju ar-riḍwāni yantashiru

Pure, and redolent with the fragrance of musk, from whose sweetness the scent of Divine good pleasure spreads.

عَدَّ الْحَصَى وَالثَّرَى وَالرَّمْلِ يَتْبَعُهَانَجْمُ السَّمَا وَنَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ وَالْمَدَرُ

ʿadda al-ḥaṣā wa-ath-tharā wa-ar-ramli yatbaʿuhā, Najmu as-samā wanabātu al-ʾarḍi wa-al-madaru

As many as the pebbles, the soil and the sand, followed by the stars of the sky, the plants of the earth and its clods;

وَعَدَّ وَزْنِ مَثَاقِيلِ الْجِبَالِ كَمَايَلِيهِ قَطْرُ جَمِيعِ الْمَاءِ وَالْمَطَرُ

Waʿadda wazni mathāqīli al-jibāli kamā, Yalīhi qaṭru jamīʿi al-māʾi wa-al-maṭaru

And as many as the weight of the mountains in mithqals, followed by every drop of water and of rain;

وَعَدَّ مَا حَوَتِ الْأَشْجَارُ مِنْ وَرَقٍوَكُلِّ حَرْفٍ غَدَا يُتْلَى وَيُسْتَطَرُ

Waʿadda mā ḥawati al-ʾashjāru min waraqin, Wakulli ḥarfin ghadā yutlā wayustaṭaru

As many as the leaves the trees hold, and every letter that is recited and written;

وَالْوَحْشِ وَالطَّيْرِ وَالْأَسْمَاكِ مَعْ نَعَمٍيَلِيهِمُ الْجِنُّ وَالْأَمْلَاكُ وَالْبَشَرُ

Wa-al-waḥshi wa-aṭ-ṭayri wa-al-ʾasmāki maʿ naʿamin, Yalīhimu al-jinnu wa-al-ʾamlāku wa-al-basharu

And the wild beasts, birds and fish, with the cattle, followed by the jinn, the angels and humankind;

وَالذَّرُّ وَالنَّمْلُ مَعْ جَمْعِ الْحُبُوبِ كَذَاوَالشَّعْرُ وَالصُّوفُ وَالْأَرْيَاشُ وَالْوَبَرُ

Wa-adh-dharru wa-an-namlu maʿ jamʿi al-ḥubūbi kadhā, Wa-ash-shaʿru wa-aṣ-ṣūfu wa-al-ʾaryāshu wa-al-wabaru

And the specks of dust and the ants, with all the grains likewise, and all hair, wool, feathers and fur;

وَمَا أَحَاطَ بِهِ الْعِلْمُ الْمُحِيطُ وَمَاجَرَى بِهِ الْقَلَمُ الْمَأْمُورُ وَالْقَدَرُ

Wamā aḥāṭa bihi al-ʿilmu al-muḥīṭu wamā, Jarā bihi al-qalamu al-maʾmūru wa-al-qadaru

And all that the all-encompassing Knowledge comprehends, and all that the commanded Pen and the Divine decree have set down;

وَعَدَّ نَعْمَائِكَ اللَّاتِي مَنَنْتَ بِهَاعَلَى الْخَلَائِقِ مُذْ كَانُوا وَمُذْ حُشِرُوا

Waʿadda naʿmāʾika al-lātī mananta bihā, ʿalā al-khalāʾiqi mudh kānū wamudh ḥushirū

And as many as the favours You have bestowed upon creation since they came to be and since they were gathered;

وَعَدَّ مِقْدَارِهِ السَّامِي الَّذِي شَرُفَتْبِهِ النَّبِيُّونَ وَالْأَمْلَاكُ وَافْتَخَرُوا

Waʿadda miqdārihi as-sāmī al-ladhī sharufat, Bihi an-nabiyyūna wa-al-ʾamlāku waftakharū

And as great as his lofty rank, by which the prophets and angels are honoured and take pride;

وَعَدَّ مَا كَانَ فِي الْأَكْوَانِ يَا سَنَدِيوَمَا يَكُونُ إِلَى أَنْ تُبْعَثَ الصُّوَرُ

Waʿadda mā kāna fī al-ʾakwāni yā sanadī, Wamā yakūnu ilā an tubʿatha aṣ-ṣuwaru

And as many as all that has been in the worlds, O my Support, and all that will be until the forms are raised again;

فِي كُلِّ طَرْفَةِ عَيْنٍ يَطْرِفُونَ بِهَاأَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِينَ أَوْ يَذَرُوا

Fī kulli ṭarfati ʿaynin yaṭrifūna bihā, Ahlu as-samāwāti wa-al-ʾarḍīna aw yadharū

With every blink of an eye that is made by the dwellers of the heavens and the earths, or left unmade;

مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِينَ مَعْ جَبَلٍوَالْفَرْشِ وَالْعَرْشِ وَالْكُرْسِي وَمَا حَصَرُوا

Milʾa as-samāwāti wa-al-ʾarḍīna maʿ jabalin, Wa-al-farshi wa-al-ʿarshi wa-al-kursī wamā ḥaṣarū

Filling the heavens and the earths, with the mountains, the earth spread below, the Throne, the Footstool, and all they contain;

مَا أَعْدَمَ اللّهُ مَوْجُوداً وَأَوْجَدَ مَعْدَوْمًا صَلَاةً دَوَاماً لَيْسَ تَنْحَصِرُ

Mā aʿdama Allāhu mawjūdan waʾawjada maʿ, Dawman ṣalātan dawāman laysa tanḥaṣiru

As long as God brings existing things to nothing and brings the non-existent into being, a blessing everlasting, beyond all reckoning,

تَسْتَغْرِقُ الْعَدَّ مَعْ جَمْعِ الدُّهُورِ كَمَاتُحِيطُ بِالْحَدِّ لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

Tastaghriqu al-ʿadda maʿ jamʿi ad-duhūri kamā, Tuḥīṭu bi-al-ḥaddi lā tubqī walā tadharu

Exhausting every count through all the ages, as it encompasses every limit, leaving nothing out;

لَا غَايَةً وَانْتِهَاءً يَا عَظِيمُ لَهَاوَلَا لَهَا أَمَدٌ يُقْضَى فَيُعْتَبَرُ

Lā ghāyatan wantihāʾan yā ʿaẓīmu lahā, Walā lahā amadun yuqḍā fayuʿtabaru

Without end or limit, O Mighty One, and with no term that could be completed and reckoned;

وَعَدَّ أَضْعَافِ مَا قَدْ مَرَّ مِنْ عَدَدٍمَعْ ضِعْفِ أَضْعَافِهِ يَا مَنْ لَهُ الْقَدَرُ

Waʿadda aḍʿāfi mā qad marra min ʿadadin, Maʿ ḍiʿfi aḍʿāfihi yā man lahu al-qadaru

And as many again as all the numbers already mentioned, multiplied many times over, O You to whom all power belongs;

كَمَا تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَى سَيّدِي وَكَمَاأَمَرْتَنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّي أَنْتَ مُقْتَدِرُ

Kamā tuḥibbu watarḍā sayydī wakamā, Amartanā an nuṣallī anta muqtadiru

As You love and are pleased with, my Master, and as You commanded us to send blessings; You are All-Powerful;

مَعَ السَّلَامِ كَمَا قَدْ مَرَّ مِنْ عَدَدٍرَبِّي وَضَاعِفْهُمَا وَالْفَضْلُ مُنْتَشِرُ

Maʿa as-salāmi kamā qad marra min ʿadadin, Rabbī waḍāʿifhumā wa-al-faḍlu muntashiru

Together with peace, in the same number as before, my Lord, and multiply them both, for Your bounty is vast.

وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ مَضْرُوبٌ بِحَقِّكَ فِيأَنْفَاسِ خَلْقِكَ إِنْ قَلُّوا وَإِنْ كَثُرُوا

Wakullu dhalika maḍrūbun biḥaqqika fī, Anfāsi khalqika in qallū waʾin kathurū

And all of this multiplied, by Your right, by the breaths of Your creation, be they few or many.

يَا رَبِّ وَاغْفِرْ لِقَارِيهَا وَسَامِعِهَاوَالْمُسْلِمِينَ جَمِيعًا أَيْنَمَا حَضَرُوا

Yā rabbi waghfir liqārīhā wasāmiʿihā, Wa-al-muslimīna jamīʿan aynamā ḥaḍarū

O Lord, forgive the one who recites it and the one who hears it, and all the Muslims wherever they may be,

وَوَالِدِينَا وَأَهْلِينَا وَجِيرَتِنَاوَكُلُّنَا سَيِّدِي لِلْعَفْوِ مُفْتَقِرُ

Wawālidīnā waʾahlīnā wajīratinā, Wakullunā sayyidī lilʿafwi muftaqiru

And our parents, our families and our neighbours, for all of us, my Master, are in need of pardon.

وَقَدْ أَتَيْتُ ذُنُوبًا لَا عِدَادَ لَهَالَكِنَّ عَفْوَكَ لَا يُبْقِي وَلَا يَذَرُ

Waqad ataytu dhunūban lā ʿidāda lahā, Lakinna ʿafwaka lā yubqī walā yadharu

I have committed sins beyond counting, but Your pardon leaves none of them behind.

وَالْهَمُّ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا أَبْغِيهِ أَشْغَلَنِيوَقَدْ أَتَى خَاضِعًا وَالْقَلْبُ مُنْكَسِرُ

Wa-al-hammu ʿan kulli mā abghīhi ashghalanī, Waqad atā khāḍiʿan wa-al-qalbu munkasiru

Worry has kept me from all that I seek, and Your servant comes humbly, his heart broken.

أَرْجُوكَ يَا رَبِّ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ تَرْحَمُنَابِجَاهِ مَنْ فِي يَدَيْهِ سَبَّحَ الْحَجَرُ

Arjūka yā rabbi fī ad-dārayni tarḥamunā, Bijāhi man fī yadayhi sabbaḥa al-ḥajaru

I beseech You, O Lord, to have mercy on us in both worlds, by the rank of the one in whose hands the pebbles glorified You.

يَا رَبِّ أَعْظِمْ لَنَا أَجْرًا وَمَغْفِرَةًفَإِنَّ جُودَكَ بَحْرٌ لَيْسَ يَنْحَصِرُ

Yā rabbi aʿẓim lanā ajran wamaghfiratan, Faʾinna jūdaka baḥrun laysa yanḥaṣiru

O Lord, make our reward and forgiveness great, for Your generosity is a boundless ocean.

وَاقْضِ دُيُونًا لَهَا الْأَخْلَاقُ ضَائِقَةٌوَفَرِّجِ الْكَرْبَ عَنَّا أَنْتَ مُقْتَدِرُ

Waqḍi duyūnan lahā al-ʾakhlāqu ḍāʾiqatun, Wafarriji al-karba ʿannā anta muqtadiru

Settle the debts that weigh upon our spirits, and relieve us of distress; You are All-Powerful.

وَكُنْ لَطِيفًا بِنَا فِي كُلِّ نَازِلَةٍلُطْفًا جَمِيلًا بِهِ الْأَهْوَالُ تَنْحَسِرُ

Wakun laṭīfan binā fī kulli nāzilatin, Luṭfan jamīlan bihi al-ʾahwālu tanḥasiru

Be gentle with us in every calamity, with a beautiful gentleness through which all terrors recede,

بِالْمُصْطَفَى الْمُجْتَبَى خَيْرِ الْأَنَامِ وَمَنْجَلَالَةً نَزَلَتْ فِي مَدْحِهِ السُّوَرُ

Bi-al-muṣṭafā al-mujtabā khayri al-ʾanāmi waman, Jalālatan nazalat fī madḥihi as-suwaru

By the Chosen, the Elect, the best of creation, the one in whose praise, in majesty, whole surahs were revealed.

ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى الْمُخْتَارِ مَا طَلَعَتْشَمْسُ النَّهَارِ وَمَا قَدْ شَعْشَعَ الْقَمَرُ

Thumma aṣ-ṣalātu ʿalā al-mukhtāri mā ṭalaʿat, Shamsu an-nahāri wamā qad shaʿshaʿa al-qamaru

Then blessings upon the Chosen One for as long as the sun of day rises and the moon sheds its light.

ثُمَّ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ خَلِيفَتِهِمَنْ قَامَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ لِلدِّينِ يَنْتَصِرُ

Thumma ar-riḍā ʿan abī bakrin khalīfatihi, Man qāma min baʿdihi lilddīni yantaṣiru

Then may God be pleased with Abu Bakr, his successor, who stood after him to champion the religion;

وَعَنْ أَبِي حَفْصٍ الْفَارُوقِ صَاحِبِهِمَنْ قَوْلُهُ الْفَصْلُ فِي أَحْكَامِهِ عُمَرُ

Waʿan abī ḥafṣin al-fārūqi ṣāḥibihi, Man qawluhu al-faṣlu fī aḥkāmihi ʿumaru

And with his Companion Abu Hafs al-Faruq, whose word was decisive in his judgements: Umar;

وَجُدْ لِعُثْمَانَ ذِي النُّورَيْنِ مَنْ كَمُلَتْلَهُ الْمَحَاسِنُ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ وَالظَّفَرُ

Wajud liʿuthmāna dhī an-nūrayni man kamulat, Lahu al-maḥāsinu fī ad-dārayni wa-aẓ-ẓafaru

And be generous to Uthman, the Possessor of the Two Lights, in whom all virtues and triumph in both worlds were made complete;

كَذَا عَلِيٌّ مَعَ ابْنَيْهِ وَأُمِّهِمَاأَهْلُ الْعَبَاءِ كَمَا قَدْ جَاءَنَا الْخَبَرُ

Kadhā ʿaliyyun maʿa bnayhi waʾummihimā, Ahlu al-ʿabāʾi kamā qad jāʾanā al-khabaru

Likewise Ali, with his two sons and their mother, the People of the Cloak, as the report has come to us;

كَذَا خَدِيجَتُنَا الْكُبْرَى الَّتِي بَذَلَتْأَمْوَالَهَا لِرَسُولِ اللّهِ يَنْتَصِرُ

Kadhā khadījatunā al-kubrā al-latī badhalat, Amwālahā lirasūli Allāhi yantaṣiru

Likewise our Khadija the Great, who spent her wealth in support of the Messenger of God;

وَالطَّاهِرَاتُ نِسَاءُ الْمُصْطَفَى وَكَذَابَنَاتُهُ وَبَنُوهُ كُلَّمَا ذُكِرُوا

Wa-aṭ-ṭāhirātu nisāʾu al-muṣṭafā wakadhā, Banātuhu wabanūhu kullamā dhukirū

And the pure ones, the wives of the Chosen One, and likewise his daughters and sons, whenever they are mentioned;

سَعْدٌ سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ طَلْحَةٌ وَأَبُوعُبَيْدَةٍ وَزُبَيْرٌ سَادَةٌ غُرَرُ

Saʿdun saʿīdu bnu ʿawfin ṭalḥatun waʾabū, ʿubaydatin wazubayrun sādatun ghuraru

Sa'd, Sa'id, Ibn 'Awf, Talha and Abu 'Ubayda, and al-Zubayr, illustrious masters all;

وَحَمْزَةٌ وَكَذَا الْعَبَّاسُ سَيِّدُنَاوَنَجْلُهُ الْحَبْرُ مَنْ زَالَتْ بِهِ الْغِيَرُ

Waḥamzatun wakadhā al-ʿabbāsu sayyidunā, Wanajluhu al-ḥabru man zālat bihi al-ghiyaru

And Hamza, and likewise al-'Abbas our master, and his son, the learned scholar, through whom misfortunes were dispelled;

وَالْآلُ وَالصَّحْبُ وَالْأَتْبَاعُ قَاطِبَةًمَا جَنَّ لَيْلُ الدَّيَاجِي أَوْ بَدَا السَّحَرُ

Wa-al-ʾālu wa-aṣ-ṣaḥbu wa-al-ʾatbāʿu qāṭibatan, Mā janna laylu ad-dayājī aw badā as-saḥaru

And upon the Family, the Companions and all who followed them, for as long as the dark night falls or the dawn appears,

مَعَ الرِّضَا مِنْكَ فِي عَفْوٍ وَعَافِيَةٍوَحُسْنِ خَاتِمَةٍ إِنْ يَنْقَضِي الْعُمُرُ

Maʿa ar-riḍā minka fī ʿafwin waʿāfiyatin, Waḥusni khātimatin in yanqaḍī al-ʿumuru

With Your good pleasure, in pardon and well-being, and a good end when life comes to a close.