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هُمُ الرَّاقُونَ فِي أَوْجِ الكَمَالِ

Hum ar-Raquna Fi Awji al-Kamal

Abu Bakr ibn Shihab al-Alawi أبو بكر بن شهاب العلوي

هُمُ الرَّاقُونَ فِي أَوْجِ الكَمَالِوَهُمْ أَهْلُ المَعَارِفِ وَالمَعَالِي

Humu ar-rāqūna fī awji al-kamāli, Wahum ahlu al-maʿārifi wa-al-maʿālī

They are the ones who rise to the summit of perfection; they are the people of gnosis and of lofty ranks.

وَهُمْ سُفُنُ النَّجَاةِ إِذَا تَرَامَتْبِأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ أَمْوَاجُ الضَّلَالِ

Wahum sufunu an-najāti idhā tarāmat, Biʾahli al-ʾarḍi amwāju aḍ-ḍalāli

They are the ships of salvation when the waves of misguidance toss the people of the earth.

أَمَانُ الأَرْضِ مِنْ غَرَقٍ وَخَسْفٍوَحِصْنُ المِلَّةِ الصَّعْبُ المَنَالِ

Amānu al-ʾarḍi min gharaqin wakhasfin, Waḥiṣnu al-millati aṣ-ṣaʿbu al-manāli

They are the earth's safety from drowning and from being swallowed up, and the fortress of the faith, hard to reach.

وَهُمْ فِي غُرَّةِ الدُّنْيَا بُدُورٌتَسَامَتْ بِالجَمِيلِ وَبِالجَمَالِ

Wahum fī ghurrati ad-dunyā budūrun, Tasāmat bi-al-jamīli wabi-al-jamāli

In the forefront of the world they are full moons, exalted in good deeds and in beauty.

وَهُمْ سَادَاتُنَا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَكٍّفَنَحْنُ عَبِيدُهُمْ وَهُمُ المَوَالِي

Wahum sādātunā min ghayri shakkin, Fanaḥnu ʿabīduhum wahumu al-mawālī

They are our masters, without a doubt; we are their servants and they are our lords.

كَفَى خَبَرُ الوَصِيَّةِ أَنَّهُمْ وَالْــكِتَابَ مَعاً إِلَى يَوْمِ الجِدَالِ

Kafā khabaru al-waṣiyyati annahum wa-al-, Kitāba maʿan ilā yawmi al-jidāli

The report of the bequest suffices: that they and the Book are together until the Day of Reckoning.

وَإِنَّ مُحِبَّهُمْ فِي الحَشْرِ نَاجٍمِنَ النِّيرَانِ ذَاتِ الاشْتِعَالِ

Waʾinna muḥibbahum fī al-ḥashri nājin, Mina an-nīrāni dhāti al-āshtiʿāli

Whoever loves them will be saved at the Gathering from the blazing fires.

بَنُو الحَسَنَيْنِ لِلثَّقَلَيْنِ شَادُواقُصُورَ المَجْدِ وَالرُّتَبَ العَوَالِي

Banū al-ḥasanayni lilththaqalayni shādū, Quṣūra al-majdi wa-ar-rutaba al-ʿawālī

The sons of al-Hasan and al-Husayn built, for jinn and men, palaces of glory and lofty ranks.

بَنُو الزَّهْرَاءِ أَفْضَلِ كُلِّ أُنْثَىوَحَيْدَرٍ السَّمَيْدَعِ لِلنِّزَالِ

Banū az-zahrāʾi afḍali kulli unthā, Waḥaydarin as-samaydaʿi lilnnizāli

Sons of al-Zahra', the best of all women, and of Haydar, the valiant lord of combat,

بَنُو الهَادِي وَبَضْعَتِهِ الَّتِي لَاتُقَاسُ لَدَى التَّفَاضُلِ بِالمِثَالِ

Banū al-hādī wabaḍʿatihi al-latī lā, Tuqāsu ladā at-tafāḍuli bi-al-mithāli

Sons of the Guide, and of his very flesh, who cannot be measured against any equal in excellence.

عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ جَدِّهِمُ صَلَاةٌوَتَسْلِيمٌ وَرَحْمَةُ ذِي الجَلَالِ

ʿalayhim baʿda jaddihimu ṣalātun, Wataslīmun waraḥmatu dhī al-jalāli

Upon them, after their grandfather, be blessings, peace, and the mercy of the Lord of Majesty.

From the dīwān of Abū Bakr ibn Shihāb al-ʿAlawī (d. 1341 AH / 1922 CE). Metre: al-Wāfir; rhyme letter: lām.

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