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عَلَيْكَ صَلَّى اللهْ يَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللهْ

Alayka Salla Allah Ya Khayra Khalqi Allah

Muhammad Mahdi Baha al-Din al-Rawwas محمد مهدي بهاء الدين الرواس

عَلَيْكَ صَلَّى اللهْ يَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللهْوَالْآلِ وَالْأَصْحَابْ وَالْقَوْمِ أَهْلِ اللهْ

ʿalayka ṣallā Allāh yā khayra khalqi Allāh, Wa-al-ʾāli wa-al-ʾaṣḥāb wa-al-qawmi ahli Allāh

Upon you be the blessings of Allah, O best of Allah's creation, and upon the family, the Companions and the folk who are Allah's people.

يَا كَعْبَةَ الْأَسْرَارْ وَمَنْبَعِ الْأَنْوَارْبِالْعَزْمِ يَا مُخْتَارْ أَيَّدْتَ دِينَ اللهْ

Yā kaʿbata al-ʾasrār wamanbaʿi al-ʾanwār, Bi-al-ʿazmi yā mukhtār ayyadta dīna Allāh

O Ka'ba of secrets and source of lights, with resolve, O Chosen One, you upheld the religion of Allah.

فِدَاؤُكَ الْأَرْوَاحْ وَمِثْلُهَا الْأَشْبَاحْيَا خِيرَةَ الْفَتَّاحْ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللهْ

Fidāʾuka al-ʾarwāḥ wamithluhā al-ʾashbāḥ, Yā khīrata al-fattāḥ min anbiyāʾi Allāh

Souls are your ransom, and bodies likewise, O chosen of the Opener among the prophets of Allah.

يَا مَنْ لَهُ الْبُرْهَانْ وَخُلْقُهُ الْقُرْآنْمَا كَانَتِ الْأَكْوَانْ وَحَقِّهِ لَوْلَاهْ

Yā man lahu al-burhān wakhulquhu al-qurʾān, Mā kānati al-ʾakwān waḥaqqihi lawlāh

O you who have the proof, whose character is the Qur'an: by his right, creation would not have been but for him.

لِوَاؤُكَ الْمَرْفُوعْ وَقَوْلُكَ الْمَسْمُوعْوَحُبُّكَ الْمَطْبُوعْ فِي مُهْجَةِ الْأَوَّاهْ

Liwāʾuka al-marfūʿ waqawluka al-masmūʿ, Waḥubbuka al-maṭbūʿ fī muhjati al-ʾawwāh

Your banner is raised, your word is heard, and love for you is stamped in the heart of the tender-hearted.

نَدْعُوكَ بِالسِّبْطَيْنْ لِكَشْفِ هَذَا الْغَيْمْيَا مَلْجَأَ الْكَوْنَيْنْ بِالْخَطْبِ بَعْدَ اللهْ

Nadʿūka bi-as-sibṭayn likashfi hadhā al-ghaym, Yā maljaʾa al-kawnayn bi-al-khaṭbi baʿda Allāh

We call on you by the two grandsons to lift this cloud, O refuge of both worlds in calamity, after Allah.

هَا أَنْتَ فِي الْمَحْشَرْ مُؤَيَّدُ الْمَظْهَرْفَكُلَّمَا تُذْكَرْ عَلَيْكَ صَلَّى اللهْ

Hā anta fī al-maḥshar muʾayyadu al-maẓhar, Fakullamā tudhkar ʿalayka ṣallā Allāh

There you are at the Gathering, your appearance divinely supported; so whenever you are mentioned, may Allah bless you.

By al-Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-Rawwās (d. 1287 AH / 1870 CE). Arabic text from Qasida Collection (qasidacollection.com), used with permission.

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