إِلَى عَرَفَاتِ اللهِ يَا خَيْرَ زَائِرٍ

إِلَى عَرَفَاتِ اللهِ يَا خَيْرَ زَائِرٍعَلَيْكَ سَلَامُ اللهِ فِي عَرَفَاتِ

Ilā ʿarafāti Allāhi yā khayra zāʾirin, ʿalayka salāmu Allāhi fī ʿarafāti

To the Arafat of Allah, O best of visitors! Upon you be the peace of Allah at Arafat.

وَيَوْمَ تُوَلَّى وُجْهَةَ البَيْتِ نَاضِراًوَسِيمَ مَجَالِي البِشْرِ وَالقَسَمَاتِ

Wayawma tuwallā wujhata al-bayti nāḍiran, Wasīma majālī al-bishri wa-al-qasamāti

And on the day you turn toward the House, radiant, handsome of feature and glowing with joy,

عَلَى كُلِّ أُفْقٍ بِالحِجَازِ مَلَائِكٌتَزُفُّ تَحَايَا اللهِ وَالبَرَكَاتِ

ʿalā kulli ufqin bi-al-ḥijāzi malāʾikun, Tazuffu taḥāyā Allāhi wa-al-barakāti

On every horizon of the Hijaz there are angels bringing the greetings and the blessings of Allah.

إِذَا حُدِيَتْ عِيسُ المُلُوكِ فَإِنَّهُمْلِعِيسِكَ فِي البَيْدَاءِ خَيْرُ حُدَاةِ

Idhā ḥudiyat ʿīsu al-mulūki faʾinnahum, Liʿīsika fī al-baydāʾi khayru ḥudāti

When the camels of kings are driven on with song, the angels are the best of drivers for your camels in the desert.

لَدَى البَابِ جِبْرِيلُ الأَمِينُ بِرَاحِهِرَسَائِلُ رَحْمَانِيَّةُ النَّفَحَاتِ

Ladā al-bābi jibrīlu al-ʾamīnu birāḥihi, Rasāʾilu raḥmāniyyatu an-nafaḥāti

At the gate stands Gabriel the Trustworthy, holding in his palm messages fragrant with the breath of the Most Merciful.

وَفِي الكَعْبَةِ الغَرَّاءِ رُكْنٌ مُرَحِّبٌبِكَعْبَةِ قُصَّادٍ وَرُكْنِ عُفَاةِ

Wafī al-kaʿbati al-gharrāʾi ruknun muraḥḥibun, Bikaʿbati quṣṣādin warukni ʿufāti

In the radiant Ka'ba a corner welcomes one who is a Ka'ba for seekers and a pillar for the needy.

وَمَا سَكَبَ المِيزَابُ مَاءً وَإِنَّمَاأَفَاضَ عَلَيْكَ الأَجْرَ وَالرَّحَمَاتِ

Wamā sakaba al-mīzābu māʾan waʾinnamā, Afāḍa ʿalayka al-ʾajra wa-ar-raḥamāti

The waterspout did not pour down water; rather, it poured reward and mercies upon you.

وَزَمْزَمُ تَجْرِي بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْكَ أَعْيُناًمِنَ الكَوْثَرِ المَعْسُولِ مُنْفَجِرَاتِ

Wazamzamu tajrī bayna ʿaynayka aʿyunan, Mina al-kawthari al-maʿsūli munfajirāti

And Zamzam flows before your eyes in springs gushing forth from the honey-sweet Kawthar.

وَيَرْمُونَ إِبْلِيسَ الرَّجِيمَ فَيَصْطَلِيوَشَانِيكَ نِيرَاناً مِنَ الجَمَرَاتِ

Wayarmūna iblīsa ar-rajīma fayaṣṭalī, Washānīka nīrānan mina al-jamarāti

They stone Iblis the accursed, and he burns, along with your enemy, in the fire of the pebbles.

يُحَيِّيكَ طَهَ فِي مَضَاجِعِ طُهْرِهِوَيَعْلَمُ مَا عَالَجْتَ مِنْ عَقَبَاتِ

Yuḥayyīka ṭaha fī maḍājiʿi ṭuhrihi, Wayaʿlamu mā ʿālajta min ʿaqabāti

Taha greets you from his pure resting place, and knows the obstacles you have overcome.

وَيُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الرَّاشِدُونَ بِصَالِحٍوَرُبَّ ثَنَاءٍ مِنْ لِسَانِ رُفَاتِ

Wayuthnī ʿalayka ar-rāshidūna biṣāliḥin, Warubba thanāʾin min lisāni rufāti

The Rightly Guided Caliphs praise your good deeds; and how many a praise comes from the tongue of the departed!

لَكَ الدِّينُ يَا رَبَّ الحَجِيجِ جَمَعْتَهُمْلِبَيْتٍ طَهُورِ السَّاحِ وَالعَرَصَاتِ

Laka ad-dīnu yā rabba al-ḥajīji jamaʿtahum, Libaytin ṭahūri as-sāḥi wa-al-ʿaraṣāti

Religion is Yours, O Lord of the pilgrims; You gathered them to a House pure in its courtyards and open spaces.

أَرَى النَّاسَ أَصْنَافاً وَمِنْ كُلِّ بُقْعَةٍإِلَيْكَ انْتَهَوْا مِنْ غُرْبَةٍ وَشَتَاتِ

Arā an-nāsa aṣnāfan wamin kulli buqʿatin, Ilayka ntahaw min ghurbatin washatāti

I see people of every kind, from every land, who have come to You from exile and dispersion.

تَسَاوَوْا فَلَا الأَنْسَابُ فِيهَا تَفَاوُتٌلَدَيْكَ وَلَا الأَقْدَارُ مُخْتَلِفَاتِ

Tasāwaw falā al-ʾansābu fīhā tafāwutun, Ladayka walā al-ʾaqdāru mukhtalifāti

They are made equal: lineage makes no difference before You, nor do ranks differ.

عَنَتْ لَكَ فِي التُّرْبِ المُقَدَّسِ جَبْهَةٌيَدِينُ لَهَا العَاتِي مِنَ الجَبَهَاتِ

ʿanat laka fī at-turbi al-muqaddasi jabhatun, Yadīnu lahā al-ʿātī mina al-jabahāti

A brow bowed to You in the holy dust, a brow to which the proudest brows submit,

مُنَوِّرَةٌ كَالبَدْرِ شَمَّاءُ كَالسُّهَاوَتُخْفَضُ فِي حَقٍّ وَعِنْدَ صَلَاةِ

Munawwiratun ka-al-badri shammāʾu ka-as-suhā, Watukhfaḍu fī ḥaqqin waʿinda ṣalāti

Shining like the full moon, lofty as the star Suha, yet lowered only for what is right and in prayer.

وَيَا رَبِّ لَوْ سَخَّرْتَ نَاقَةَ صَالِحٍلِعَبْدِكَ مَا كَانَتْ مِنَ السَّلِسَاتِ

Wayā rabbi law sakhkharta nāqata ṣāliḥin, Liʿabdika mā kānat mina as-salisāti

O Lord, had You subjected the she-camel of Salih to Your servant, she would not have been an easy ride.

وَيَا رَبِّ هَلْ سَيَّارَةٌ أَوْ مَطَارَةٌفَيَدْنُو بَعِيدُ البِيدِ وَالفَلَوَاتِ

Wayā rabbi hal sayyāratun aw maṭāratun, Fayadnū baʿīdu al-bīdi wa-al-falawāti

O Lord, is there no car or airship, that the far desert and the wilderness might be brought near?

وَيَا رَبِّ هَلْ تُغْنِي عَنِ العَبْدِ حَجَّةٌوَفِي العُمْرِ مَا فِيهِ مِنَ الهَفَوَاتِ

Wayā rabbi hal tughnī ʿani al-ʿabdi ḥajjatun, Wafī al-ʿumri mā fīhi mina al-hafawāti

O Lord, will a pilgrimage avail Your servant, when his life holds all the lapses that it holds?

وَتَشْهَدُ مَا آذَيْتُ نَفْساً وَلَمْ أَضِرْوَلَمْ أَبْغِ فِي جَهْرِي وَلَا خَطَرَاتِي

Watashhadu mā ʾādhaytu nafsan walam aḍir, Walam abghi fī jahrī walā khaṭarātī

You bear witness that I never hurt a soul or did harm, nor sought wrong openly or in my secret thoughts.

وَلَا غَلَبَتْنِي شِقْوَةٌ أَوْ سَعَادَةٌعَلَى حِكْمَةٍ آتَيْتَنِي وَأَنَاةِ

Walā ghalabatnī shiqwatun aw saʿādatun, ʿalā ḥikmatin ʾātaytanī waʾanāti

Neither misfortune nor good fortune ever overcame me against the wisdom and forbearance You gave me.

وَلَا جَالَ إِلَّا الخَيْرُ بَيْنَ سَرَائِرِيلَدَى سُدَّةٍ خَيْرِيَّةِ الرَّغَبَاتِ

Walā jāla illā al-khayru bayna sarāʾirī, Ladā suddatin khayriyyati ar-raghabāti

Only good has moved within my secret heart, at a court whose every wish is for good.

وَلَا بِتُّ إِلَّا كَابْنِ مَرْيَمَ مُشْفِقاًعَلَى حُسَّدِي مُسْتَغْفِراً لِعِدَاتِي

Walā bittu illā kabni maryama mushfiqan, ʿalā ḥussadī mustaghfiran liʿidātī

I never spent a night but like the son of Mary, compassionate toward those who envy me, asking forgiveness for my enemies.

وَلَا حُمِّلَتْ نَفْسٌ هَوًى لِبِلَادِهَاكَنَفْسِيَ فِي فِعْلِي وَفِي نَفَثَاتِي

Walā ḥummilat nafsun hawan libilādihā, Kanafsiya fī fiʿlī wafī nafathātī

No soul was ever made to bear such love for its homeland as mine, in my deeds and in my verses.

وَإِنِّي وَلَا مَنٌّ عَلَيْكَ بِطَاعَةٍأُجِلُّ وَأُغْلِي فِي الفُرُوضِ زَكَاتِي

Waʾinnī walā mannun ʿalayka biṭāʿatin, Ujillu waʾughlī fī al-furūḍi zakātī

And I, without counting any obedience as a favour to You, hold my alms in the highest regard among the obligations.

أُبَلِّغُ فِيهَا وَهْيَ عَدْلٌ وَرَحْمَةٌوَيَتْرُكُهَا النُّسَّاكُ فِي الخَلَوَاتِ

Uballighu fīhā wahya ʿadlun waraḥmatun, Wayatrukuhā an-nussāku fī al-khalawāti

I am diligent in it, for it is justice and mercy, while ascetics neglect it in their seclusion.

وَأَنْتَ وَلِيُّ العَفْوِ فَامْحُ بِنَاصِعٍمِنَ الصَّفْحِ مَا سَوَّدْتُ مِنْ صَفَحَاتِي

Waʾanta waliyyu al-ʿafwi famḥu bināṣiʿin, Mina aṣ-ṣafḥi mā sawwadtu min ṣafaḥātī

You are the Master of pardon, so erase with the pure white of forgiveness what I have blackened of my pages.

وَمَنْ تَضْحَكِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَيْهِ فَيَغْتَرِرْيَمُتْ كَقَتِيلِ الغِيدِ بِالبَسَمَاتِ

Waman taḍḥaki ad-dunyā ilayhi fayaghtarir, Yamut kaqatīli al-ghīdi bi-al-basamāti

Whoever the world smiles upon, and is deceived, dies like one slain by the smiles of beauties.

وَرَكْبٍ كَإِقْبَالِ الزَّمَانِ مُحَجَّلٍكَرِيمِ الحَوَاشِي كَابِرِ الخُطُوَاتِ

Warakbin kaʾiqbāli az-zamāni muḥajjalin, Karīmi al-ḥawāshī kābiri al-khuṭuwāti

Many a caravan, bright as the coming of good fortune, noble in its ranks and proud in its strides,

يَسِيرُ بِأَرْضٍ أَخْرَجَتْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍوَتَحْتَ سَمَاءِ الوَحْيِ وَالسُّوَرَاتِ

Yasīru biʾarḍin akhrajat khayra ummatin, Wataḥta samāʾi al-waḥyi wa-as-suwarāti

Travels through a land that brought forth the best of nations, beneath the sky of revelation and of the suras,

يُفِيضُ عَلَيْهَا اليُمْنَ فِي غَدَوَاتِهِوَيُضْفِي عَلَيْهَا الأَمْنَ فِي الرَّوَحَاتِ

Yufīḍu ʿalayhā al-yumna fī ghadawātihi, Wayuḍfī ʿalayhā al-ʾamna fī ar-rawaḥāti

Pouring blessing upon it in its mornings, and spreading safety over it in its evenings.

إِذَا زُرْتَ يَا مَوْلَايَ قَبْرَ مُحَمَّدٍوَقَبَّلْتَ مَثْوَى الأَعْظُمِ العَطِرَاتِ

Idhā zurta yā mawlāya qabra muḥammadin, Waqabbalta mathwā al-ʾaʿẓumi al-ʿaṭirāti

When you visit, my master, the tomb of Muhammad, and kiss the resting place of the fragrant bones,

وَفَاضَتْ مَعَ الدَّمْعِ العُيُونُ مَهَابَةًلِأَحْمَدَ بَيْنَ السِّتْرِ وَالحُجُرَاتِ

Wafāḍat maʿa ad-damʿi al-ʿuyūnu mahābatan, Liʾaḥmada bayna as-sitri wa-al-ḥujurāti

And eyes overflow with tears in awe of Ahmad, between the curtain and the chambers,

وَأَشْرَقَ نُورٌ تَحْتَ كُلِّ ثَنِيَّةٍوَضَاعَ أَرِيجٌ تَحْتَ كُلِّ حَصَاةِ

Waʾashraqa nūrun taḥta kulli thaniyyatin, Waḍāʿa arījun taḥta kulli ḥaṣāti

And light shines beneath every mountain pass, and fragrance spreads beneath every pebble

لِمُظْهِرِ دِينِ اللهِ فَوْقَ تَنُوفَةٍوَبَانِي صُرُوحِ المَجْدِ فَوْقَ فَلَاةِ

Limuẓhiri dīni Allāhi fawqa tanūfatin, Wabānī ṣurūḥi al-majdi fawqa falāti

For the one who made Allah's religion prevail over the desert, and built the towers of glory upon the wilderness,

فَقُلْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ يَا خَيْرَ مُرْسَلٍأَبُثُّكَ مَا تَدْرِي مِنَ الحَسَرَاتِ

Faqul lirasūli Allāhi yā khayra mursalin, Abuththuka mā tadrī mina al-ḥasarāti

Then say to the Messenger of Allah: "O best of messengers, I pour out to you the sorrows that you know.

شُعُوبُكَ فِي شَرْقِ البِلَادِ وَغَرْبِهَاكَأَصْحَابِ كَهْفٍ فِي عَمِيقِ سُبَاتِ

Shuʿūbuka fī sharqi al-bilādi wagharbihā, Kaʾaṣḥābi kahfin fī ʿamīqi subāti

Your peoples in the East and the West of the lands are like the Companions of the Cave in a deep slumber.

بِأَيْمَانِهِمْ نُورَانِ ذِكْرٌ وَسُنَّةٌفَمَا بَالُهُمْ فِي حَالِكِ الظُّلُمَاتِ

Biʾaymānihim nūrāni dhikrun wasunnatun, Famā bāluhum fī ḥāliki aẓ-ẓulumāti

In their right hands are two lights, the Book and the Sunna, so why do they dwell in the blackest darkness?

وَذَلِكَ مَاضِي مَجْدِهِمْ وَفَخَارِهِمْفَمَا ضَرَّهُمْ لَوْ يَعْمَلُونَ لِآتِي

Wadhalika māḍī majdihim wafakhārihim, Famā ḍarrahum law yaʿmalūna liʾātī

That is the past of their glory and their pride; what harm would it do them to work for what is to come?

وَهَذَا زَمَانٌ أَرْضُهُ وَسَمَاؤُهُمَجَالٌ لِمِقْدَامٍ كَبِيرِ حَيَاةِ

Wahadhā zamānun arḍuhu wasamāʾuhu, Majālun limiqdāmin kabīri ḥayāti

This is an age whose earth and sky are a field for the bold and the great-hearted.

مَشَى فِيهِ قَوْمٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَأَنْشَئُوابَوَارِجَ فِي الأَبْرَاجِ مُمْتَنِعَاتِ

Mashā fīhi qawmun fī as-samāʾi waʾanshaʾū, Bawārija fī al-ʾabrāji mumtaniʿāti

In it a people have walked through the sky and built mighty warships with towers no one can storm."

فَقُلْ رَبِّ وَفِّقْ لِلْعَظَائِمِ أُمَّتِيوَزَيِّنْ لَهَا الأَفْعَالَ وَالعَزَمَاتِ

Faqul rabbi waffiq lilʿaẓāʾimi ummatī, Wazayyin lahā al-ʾafʿāla wa-al-ʿazamāti

So say: "My Lord, grant my nation success in great deeds, and make action and resolve beloved to it."