نُورُ الهُدَى وَافَانَا

نُورُ الهُدَى وَافَانَابِحُسْنِهِ أَحْيَانَا

Nūru al-hudā wāfānā, Biḥusnihi aḥyānā

The light of guidance has come to us; by his beauty he has given us life.

أَهْلًا بِهِ وَسَهْلًاقَدْ طَابَ فِيهِ الْمَجْلَى

Ahlan bihi wasahlan, Qad ṭāba fīhi al-majlā

Welcome to him, welcome! How sweet his appearing!

حَلَّ الهَنَا مُذْ حَلَّصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَانَا

Ḥalla al-hanā mudh ḥalla, Ṣalli ʿalayhi mawlānā

Joy has settled since he came; may our Master send blessings upon him.

هَذَا الْمَلَاذُ الْعَظِيمْهَذَا الرَّؤُوْفُ الرَّحِيمْ

Hadhā al-malādhu al-ʿaẓīm, Hadhā ar-raʾuwfu ar-raḥīm

This is the mighty refuge, this is the kind, the merciful;

أَتَى بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَانَا

Atā biqalbin salīm, Ṣalli ʿalayhi mawlānā

He came with a sound heart; may our Master send blessings upon him.

يَا رَحْمَةَ الْعَالَمِينيَا نِعْمَةً لَا تَمِين

Yā raḥmata al-ʿālamīn, Yā niʿmatan lā tamīn

O mercy to the worlds, O blessing that never fades,

مُطَاعاً ثَمَّ أَمِينصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَانَا

Muṭāʿan thamma amīn, Ṣalli ʿalayhi mawlānā

Obeyed there and trustworthy, may our Master send blessings upon him.

يَا مُدَّعِي حُبَّهُبِهِ أَطِعْ أَمْرَهُ

Yā muddaʿī ḥubbahu, Bihi aṭiʿ amrahu

O you who claim to love him, obey his command,

غَداً تَنَالُ قُرْبَهُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَانَا

Ghadan tanālu qurbahu, Ṣalli ʿalayhi mawlānā

And tomorrow you will attain his nearness; may our Master send blessings upon him.

أَحْمَدُنَا الْمُصْطَفَىبَحْرُ الصَّفَا وَالْوَفَا

Aḥmadunā al-muṣṭafā, Baḥru aṣ-ṣafā wa-al-wafā

Our Ahmad, the Chosen One, ocean of purity and faithfulness;

فَالْمَدْحُ فِيهِ شِفَاصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَانَا

Fa-al-madḥu fīhi shifā, Ṣalli ʿalayhi mawlānā

Praising him is healing; may our Master send blessings upon him.

بِحَقِّهِ يَا سَلَاموَفَضْلِ آلٍ كِرَامْ

Biḥaqqihi yā salām, Wafaḍli ʾālin kirām

By his right, O Source of Peace, and the virtue of his noble family

وَصَحْبِهِ بِالْخِتَامصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَانَا

Waṣaḥbihi bi-al-khitām, Ṣalli ʿalayhi mawlānā

And his Companions, at the close, may our Master send blessings upon him.