مَوْلِدُ الضِّيَاءِ اللَّامِعِ

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْيَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad, Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalayhi wa sallim

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad, O Lord, send Your prayers and peace upon him

بِسْمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْيَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalayhi wa sallim

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
O Lord, send Your prayers and peace upon him

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْحَبِيبِكَ الشَّافِعِ الْمُشَفَّعْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Ḥabībika sh-shāfiʿi l-mushaffaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Your Beloved One, the Intercessor whose intercession is accepted

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْأَعْلَى الْوَرَى رُتْبَةً وَأَرْفَعْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Aʿla l-warā rutbatan wa arfaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Most lofty of mankind in station and most exalted

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْأَسْمَى الْبَرَايَا جَاهًا وَأَوْسَعْ

Ya Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Asma l-barāyā jāhan wa awsaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Highest and most vast of creation in rank

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْوَاسْلُكْ بِنَا رَبِّ خَيْرَ مَهْيَعْ

Ya Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Wasluk binā Rabbī khayra mahyaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Lead us, my Lord, upon the most virtuous of paths

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْوَعَافِنَا وَاشْفِ كُلَّ مُوجَعْ

Ya Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Wa ʿāfinā washfi kulla mūjaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Give us well-being, and cure every suffering one

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْوَأَصْلِحِ الْقَلْبَ وَاعْفُ وَانْفَعْ

Ya Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Wa aṣliḥi l-qalba waʿfu wa-nfaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Rectify hearts, pardon us and benefit us

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْوَاكْفِ الْمُعَادِي وَاصْرِفْهُ وَارْدَعْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Wa-kfi l-muʿādī wa-ṣrifhu wa-rdaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Restrain, divert and deter every aggressor

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْنَحُلُّ فِي حِصْنِكَ الْمُمَنَّعْ

Ya Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Naḥullu fī ḥiṣnika l-mumannaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Allow us to dwell in Your impenetrable fortress

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْرَبِّ ارْضَ عَنَّا رِضَاكَ الْأَرْفَعْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Rabbi-rḍa ʿannā riḍāka l-arfaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Lord, be pleased with us with Your Most Exalted Pleasure

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْوَاجْعَلْ لَنَا فِي الْجِنَانِ مَجْمَعْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Wa-jʿal lanā fi l-jināni majmaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
And make the Gardens of Paradise our place of gathering

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْرَافِقْ بِنَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِكَ أَجْمَعْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Rāfiq binā khayra khalqika ajmaʿ

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
Grant us all the company of the best of Your creation

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْيَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمْ

Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Yā Rabbī ṣalli ʿalayhi wa sallim

O Lord, send prayers upon Muhammad
O Lord, send Your prayers and peace upon him

أَعُوذُ بِٱللهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَانِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

Aʿūdhu bi Llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm

I take refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed

بِسْمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm.

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.

إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُّبِينًا ❁ لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنۢبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ وَيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَيَهْدِيَكَ صِرَٰطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا ❁ وَيَنصُرَكَ ٱللهُ نَصْرًا عَزِيزًا ❁

Innā fataḥnā laka fatḥan mubīnā. Li-yaghfira laka Llāhu mā taqaddama min dhanbika wa mā ta'akh-khara wa yutimma niʿmatahu ʿalayka wa yahdiyaka ṣirāṭan mustaqīmā. Wa yanṣuraka Llāhu naṣran ʿazīzā.

Truly, We have granted you a clear victory, so that Allah may forgive you your previous and later fault, and complete His favour upon you, and guide you on a straight path, and so Allah may help you with mighty assistance.

لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ❁ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ ٱللهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁

Laqad jā'akum rasūlun min anfusikum ʿazīzun ʿalayhi mā ʿanittum ḥarīṣun ʿalaykum bi l-mu'minīna ra'ūfun raḥīm. Fa-in tawallaw faqul ḥasbiya Llāhu lā ilāha illā huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa Rabbu l-ʿArshi l-ʿAẓīm.

Indeed, a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves. Your suffering is distressing to him, he is deeply concerned for you, he is gentle and merciful to the believers. But if they turn away, say, ‘Allah is enough for me. There is no god but Him. I have put my trust in Him, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.’

إِنَّ ٱللهَ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتَهۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَىٰ ٱلنَّبِيِّ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسْلِيمًا ❁

Inna Llāha wa malā'ikatahu yuṣallūna ʿala n-nabiyy; yā ayyuha l-ladhīna āmanū ṣallū ʿalayhi wa sallimū taslīmā.

Indeed, Allah and His angels shower blessings upon the Prophet. O you who believe! Send blessings on him and salute him with a worthy salutation.

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَابِعَبْدِهِ الْمُخْتَارِ مَنْ دَعَانَا

Al-ḥamdu li-Llāhi l-ladhī hadānā Bi-ʿabdihi l-mukhtāri man daʿānā

Praise be to the One who guided us
Through His chosen slave, who summoned us

إِلَيْهِ بِالْإِذْنِ وَقَدْ نَادَانَالَبَّيْكَ يَامَنْ دَلَّنَا وَحَدَانَا

Ilayhi bi l-idhni wa qad nādānā Labbayka yā man dallanā wa ḥadānā

To Him, by (His) permission, indeed he invited us
At your service [O Prophet], O one who guided and urged us forward

صَلَّى عَلَيْكَ اللهُ بَارِئُكَ الَّذِيبِكَ يَا مُشَفَّعُ خَصَّنَا وَحَبَانَا

Ṣallā ʿalayka Llāhu bāri'uka lladhī Bika yā mushaffaʿu khaṣṣanā wa ḥabānā

Allah - your Creator - has sent prayers upon you
Through you, O Possessor of Intercession, He distinguished and favoured us

مَعَ آلِكَ الْأَطْهَارِ مَعْدِنِ سِرِّكَالْأَسْمَى فَهُمْ سُفُنُ النَّجَاةِ حِمَانَا

Maʿa ālika l-aṭ-hāri maʿdini sirrika-l Asmā fahum sufunu n-najāti ḥimānā

Together with your pure Family, the treasure trove of your highest secret,
For they are the ships of salvation, our sanctuary

وَعَلَىٰ صَحَابَتِكَ الْكِرَامِ حُمَاةِ دِيــنِكَ أَصْبَحُوا لِوَلَائِهِ عُنْوَانَا

Wa ʿalā ṣaḥābatika l-kirāmi ḥumāti dī- Nika aṣbaḥū li-walā'ihi ʿunwānā

And upon your noble Companions, the defenders of your religion
They are models of loyalty to him

وَالتَّابِعِينَ لَهُمْ بِصِدْقٍ مَا حَدَىحَادِي الْمَوَدَّةِ هَيَّجَ الْأَشْجَانَا

Wa-t-tābiʿīna lahum bi ṣidqin mā ḥadā Ḥādi l-mawaddati hayyaja l-ashjānā

And upon those who follow them with truthfulness, as long as
The camel singer urges on the caravan of love igniting the fires of yearning

وَاللهِ مَا ذُكِرَ الْحَبِيبُ لَدَى الْمُحِبِّإِلَّا وَأَضْحَى وَالِهًا نَشْوَانَا

Wa Llāhi mā dhukira l-ḥabību lada l-muḥibbi Illā wa aḍ-ḥā wālihan nashwānā

By Allah, never is the Beloved mentioned in the presence of the lover
Except that he becomes passionately overwhelmed with joy

أَيْنَ الْمُحِبُّونَ الَّذِينَ عَلَيْهِمُبَذْلُ النُّفُوسِ مَعَ النَّفَائِسِ هَانَا

Ayna l-muḥibbūna l-ladhīna ʿalayhimu Badhlu n-nufūsi maʿa n-nafā'isi hānā

Where are the lovers who find ease
In sacrificing their souls and every precious thing [for their Beloved]?

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ بِذِكْرِ طَهَ الْمُصْطَفَىإِلَّا بِهِ انْتَعَشُوا وَأَذْهَبَ رَانَا

Lā yasmaʿūna bi dhikri Ṭāha l-Muṣṭafā Illā bihi-ntaʿashū wa adh-haba rānā

Never do they hear a mention of Taha, the Chosen One,
Except that by it they are revived and the rust [upon their hearts] vanishes

فَاهْتَاجَتِ الْأَرْوَاحُ تَشْتَاقُ اللِّقَاوَتَحِنُّ تَسْأَلُ رَبَّهَا الرِّضْوَانَا

Fa-htājati l-arwāḥu tashtāqu l-liqā Wa taḥinnu tas'alu Rabbahā r-riḍwānā

Their souls have become aroused, yearning for the encounter,
Longing and asking their Lord for His Good Pleasure

حَالُ الْمُحِبِّينَ كَذَا فَاسْمَعْ إِلَىسِيَرِ الْمُشَفَّعِ وَارْهِفِ الْآذَانَا

Ḥālu l-muḥibbīna kadhā fasmaʿ ilā Siyari l-mushaffaʿi warhifi l-ādhānā

This is the state of the lovers, so listen closely
To the life story of the one whose intercession is accepted

وَانْصِتْ إِلَى أَوْصَافِ طَهَ الْمُجْتَبَىوَاحْضِرْ لِقَلْبِكَ يَمْتَلِئْ وِجْدَانَا

Wanṣit ilā awṣāfi Tāha l-mujtabā Waḥḍir li-qalbika yamtali' wijdānā

And lend an ear to the description of Taha, the Elected One,
Make your heart present, and it will be filled with ecstasy

يَا رَبَّنَا صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًاعَلَىٰ حَبِيبِكَ مَنْ إِلَيْكَ دَعَانَا

Yā Rabbanā ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman ʿAlā ḥabībika man ilayka daʿānā

Our Lord, send Your prayers and peace perpetually
Upon Your Beloved, the one who invited us to You

نَبَّأَنَا اللهُ فَقَالَ جَاءَكُمْنُورٌ فَسُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَنْبَانَا

Nabba'ana Llāhu fa qāla jā'akum... Nūrun, fa subḥāna l-ladhī anbānā

Allah has announced to us [in the Qur’an], saying, ‘Indeed, there has come to you...
A light’. So glory be to the One who informed us!

وَالنُّورُ طَهَ عَبْدُهُ مَنَّ بِهِفِي ذِكْرِهِ أَعْظِمْ بِهِ مَنَّانَا

Wa n-nūru Ṭāhā ʿabduhu manna bihi Fī dhikrihi aʿẓim bihi mannānā

And the light is Taha, His servant, He has bestowed [great] favour through him
As mentioned in His reminder, so declare the magnificence of the Bestower of Gifts!

هُوَ رَحْمَةُ الْمَوْلَى تَأَمَّلْ قَوْلَهُفَلْيَفْرَحُوا وَاغْدُ بِهِ فَرْحَانَا

Huwa raḥmatu l-Mawlā ta'ammal qawlahu Fa-l-yafraḥū waghdu bihi farḥānā

He is the mercy of our Master. Reflect upon His words:
‘Rejoice’ and through him go forth in utter happiness

مُسْتَمْسِكًا بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىوَمُعْتَصِمًا بِحَبْلِ اللهِ مَنْ أَنْشَانَا

Mustamsikan bi l-ʿurwati l-wuthqā Wa muʿtaṣiman bi ḥabli Llāhi man anshānā

While taking hold of the firmest handhold,
And clinging to the rope of Allah, our Originator

وَاسْتَشْعِرَنْ أَنْوَارَ مَنْ قِيلَ مَتَىكُنْتَ نَبِيًّا قَالَ آدَمُ كَانَا

Wa-stashʿiran anwāra man qīla matā Kunta nabiyyan qāla Ādamu kānā

Experience the lights of the one, who when asked,
‘When were you a Prophet?’ replied, ‘When Adam was...

بَيْنَ التُّرَابِ وَبَيْنَ مَاءٍ فَاسْتَفِقْمِنْ غَفْلَةٍ عَنْ ذَا وَكُنْ يَقْظَانَا

Bayna t-turābi wa bayna mā'in fa-stafiq Min ghaflatin ʿan dhā wa kun yaqẓānā

...between earth and water!’ So awaken
From your heedlessness concerning this and become enlightened!

وَاعْبُرْ إِلَى أَسْرَارِ رَبِّي لَمْ يَزَلْيَنْقُلُنِي بَيْنَ الْخِيَارِ مُصَانَا

Waʿbur ilā asrāri Rabbī lam yazal Yanqulunī bayna l-khiyāri muṣānā

Contemplate the secrets of ‘My Lord continued
To transport me safely through the best [of loins].

لَمْ تَفْتَرِقْ مِنْ شُعْبَتَيْنِ إِلَّا أَنَافِي خَيْرِهَا حَتَّى بُرُوزِيَ آنَا

Lam taftariq min shuʿbatayni illā anā Fī khayrihā ḥattā burūziya ānā

‘Never did two lineages branch out except that
I was in the better half until the time came for my emergence,

فَأَنَا خِيَارٌ مِنْ خِيَارٍ قَدْ خَرَجْتُمِنْ نِكَاحٍ لِي إِلَـٰهِي صَانَا

Fa anā khiyārun min khiyārin qad kharajtu Min nikāḥin lī Ilāhī ṣānā

‘For I am the best of the best, I have come into existence
Through pure unions [alone]; my Lord has protected this for me.’

طَهَّرَهُ اللهُ حَمَاهُ اخْتَارَهُوَمَا بَرَى كَمِثْلِهِ إِنْسَانَا

Ṭahharahu Llāhu ḥamāhu khtārahu Wa mā barā ka-mithlihi insānā

Allah has purified him, protected him and chosen him,
Never has any human being been created like him!

وَبِحُبِّهِ وَبِذِكْرِهِ وَالنَّصْرِ وَالتَّــوْقِيرِ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ قَدْ أَوْصَانَا

Wa bi ḥubbihi wa bi dhikrihi wa n-naṣri wa t- Tawqīri Rabbu l-ʿArshi qad awṣānā

To love him, to mention him, to give him victory and to respect him,
Thus we are directed by the Lord of the Throne.

يَارَبَّنَا صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًاعَلَىٰ حَبِيبِكَ مَنْ إِلَيْكَ دَعَانَا

Yā Rabbanā ṣalli wa sallim da'iman ʿAlā ḥabībika man ilayka daʿānā

Our Lord, send Your prayers and peace perpetually
Upon Your Beloved, the one who invited us to You.

هَذَا وَقَدْ نَشَرَ الْإِلَـٰهُ نُعُوتَهُفِي الْكُتْبِ بَيَّنَهَا لَنَا تِبْيَانَا

Hādhā wa qad nashara l-ilāhu nuʿūtahu Fi l-kutbi bayyanahā lanā tibyānā

So indeed, the Divine has spread mention of His attributes
In the revealed books, announcing them to us clearly

أَخَذَ مِيثَاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ لَمَاآتَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ حِكْمَةٍ إِحْسَانَا

Akhadha mīthāqa n-nabiyyīna lamā Ātaytukum min ḥikmatin iḥsānā

He took the covenant from the Prophets
When [He said] ‘I have given you of wisdom, the most excellent,

وَجَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا لَتُؤْمِنُنَّوَتَنْصُرُونَ وَتُصْبِحُونَ أَعْوَانَا

Wa jā'akum rasūlunā latu'minunna Wa tanṣurūna wa tuṣbiḥūna aʿwānā

And [when] Our Messenger comes to you, then you must believe in him,
Give victory to him, and become his helpers.’

قَدْ بَشَّرُوا أَقْوَامَهُمْ بِالْمُصْطَفَىأَعْظِمْ بِذَلِكَ رُتْبَةً وَمَكَانَا

Qad bash-sharū aqwāmahum bi l-Muṣṭafā Aʿẓim bi dhālika rutbatan wa makānā

They gave their people the good news of the coming of the Chosen One,
O how great is that station and rank!

فَهُوَ وَإِنْ جَاءَ الْأَخِيرُ مُقَدَّمٌيَمْشُونَ تَحْتَ لِوَاءِ مَنْ نَادَانَا

Fa huwa wa in jā'a l-akhīru muqaddamun Yamshūna taḥta liwā'i man nādānā

Although he was the last to be sent, he will be the foremost,
[All the Prophets] will walk under the banner of the one who called us.

يَا أُمَّةَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَوَّلُ شَافِعٍوَمُشَفَّعٍ أَنَا قَطُّ لَا أَتَوَانَى

Yā ummata l-lslāmi awwalu shāfiʿin Wa mushaffaʿin anā qaṭṭu lā atawānā

‘O Ummah of Islam! I am the first intercessor and my intercession will be accepted
I will not hold back in any way whatsoever’

حَتَّى أُنَادَى ارْفَعْ وَسَلْ تُعْطَ وَقُلْيُسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِكَ نَجْمُ فَخْرِكَ بَانَا

Ḥattā unādā-rfaʿ wa sal tuʿṭa wa qul Yusmaʿ li qawlika najmu fakhrika bānā

‘Until it will be said, “Rise [from prostration]; ask and you will be given;
speak and you will be heard, for the star of your glory has become manifest.”’

وَلِوَاءُ حَمْدِ اللهِ جَلَّ بِيَدِيوَلَأَوَّلًا آتِي أَنَا الْجِنَانَا

Wa liwā'u ḥamdi Llāhi jalla bi yadī Wa la'awwalan ātī ana l-jinānā

‘The banner of the praise of Allah Most High will be in my hand,
And indeed I will be the first to enter Paradise!’

وَأَكْرَمُ الْخَلْقِ عَلَىٰ اللهِ أَنَافَلَقَدْ حَبَاكَ اللهُ مِنْهُ حَنَانَا

Wa akramu l-khalqi ʿalā Llāhi anā Fa laqad ḥabāka Llāhu minhu ḥanānā

‘I am the most honourable of creation with Allah.’
Indeed Allah has granted you compassion from Himself

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ فَتَرْضَى جَلَّ مِنْمُعْطٍ تَقَاصَرَ عَنْ عَطَاهُ نُهَانَا

Wa lasawfa yuʿṭīka... fa ṭarḍā jalla min Muʿṭin taqāṣara ʿan ʿaṭāhu nuhānā

‘And [your Lord] will give to you so that you are pleased’ - Exalted is the Giver!
Our intellects are incapable of grasping His bounty!

بِاللّٰهِ كَرِّرْ ذِكْرَ وَصْفِ مُحَمَّدٍكَيْمَا تُزِيحَ عَنِ الْقُلُوبِ الرَّانَا

Bi Llāhi karrir dhikra waṣfi Muḥammadin Kaymā tuzīḥa ʿani l-qulūbi r-rānā

By Allah, mention the attributes of Muhammad time and time again
In order to remove the rust from [our] hearts.

يَا رَبَّنَا صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًاعَلَىٰ حَبِيبِكَ مَنْ إِلَيْكَ دَعَانَا

Yā Rabbanā ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman ʿAlā ḥabībika man ilayka daʿānā

Our Lord, send Your prayers and peace perpetually
Upon Your Beloved, the one who invited us to You.

لَمَّا دَنَا وَقْتُ الْبُرُوزِ لِأَحْمَدٍعَنْ إِذْنِ مَنْ مَا شَاءَهُ قَدْ كَانَا

Lammā danā waqtu l-burūzi li Aḥmadin ʿAn idhni man mā shā'ahu qad kānā

When the time drew near for the emergence of Ahmad
He came into being by the permission of the One who willed it so.

حَمَلَتْ بِهِ الْأُمُّ الْأَمِينَةُ بِنْتُ وَهْــبٍ مَنْ لَهَا أَعْلَى الْإِلَـٰهُ مَكَانَا

Ḥamalat bihi l-ummu l-amīnatu bintu Wah- Bin man lahā aʿla l-ilāhu mākānā

The trustworthy mother, the daughter of Wahb,
She whose station had been elevated by God, became pregnant with him,

مِنْ وَالِدِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِنْعَبْدٍ لِمُطَّلِبٍ رَأَى الْبُرْهَانَا

Min wālidi l-mukhtāri ʿAbdi Llāhi bin ʿAbdin li Muṭṭalibin ra'a l-burhānā

From the chosen father Abd-Allah, the son
Of Abd al-Muttalib who saw the evident proof

قَدْ كَانَ يَغْمُرُ نُورُ طَهَ وَجْهَهُوَسَرَى إِلَى الِابْنِ الْمَصُونِ عَيَانَا

Qad kāna yaghmuru nūru Ṭāhā wajhahu Wa sarā ila l-ibni l-maṣūni ʿayānā

His face overflowed with the light of Taha
Then it was transferred to the protected son [Abd-Allah] for all to see

وَهُوَ ابْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْكَرِيمِ الشَّهْمِ بْنِعَبْدِ مَنَافِ ابْنِ قُصَيٍّ كَانَا

Wa huwa bnu Hāshimini l-karīmi sh-shahmi bni ʿAbdi Manāfi bni Quṣayyin kānā

And he [Abd al-Muttalib] was the son of Hashim, the generous and noble
[Who] was the son of Abdu Manaf, the son of Qusayy

وَالِدُهُ يُدْعَى حَكِيمًا شَأْنُهُقَدِ اعْتَلَى أَعْزِزْ بِذَلِكَ شَانَا

Wāliduhu yudʿā ḥakīman sha'nuhu Qadi ʿtalā aʿziz bi dhālika shānā

And [Qusayy’s] father was named ‘the Wise’, his status has been elevated,
Indeed by them the lineage was strengthened

وَاحْفَظْ أُصُولَ الْمُصْطَفَى حَتَّى تَرَىفِي سِلْسِلَاتِ أُصُولِهِ عَدْنَانَا

Waḥfaẓ uṣūla l-Muṣṭafā ḥattā tarā Fī silsilāti uṣūlihi ʿAdnānā

Commit to memory the lineage of the Chosen One until you see
Adnan in the line of his ancestors

فَهُنَاكَ قِفْ وَاعْلَمْ بِرَفْعِهِ إِلَى اسْــمَاعِيلَ كَانَ لِلْأَبِ مِعْوَانَا

Fa hunāka qif wa ʿalam bi rafʿihi ilā-s Mā'īla kāna li-l abi miʿwānā

At that point, stop and realise that the lineage is traced back to
Isma’il, who was a loyal helper to his father

وَحِينَمَا حَمَلَتْ بِهِ آمِنَةٌلَمْ تَشْكُ شَيْئًا يَأْخُذُ النِّسْوَانَا

Wa ḥīnamā ḥamalat bihi Āminatun Lam tashku shay'an ya'khudhu n-niswānā

And while Aminah was carrying him,
She did not complain of anything that befalls [pregnant] women

وَبِهَا أَحَاطَ اللُّطْفُ مِنْ رَبِّ السَّمَاأَقْصَى الْأَذَى وَالْهَمَّ وَالْأَحْزَانَا

Wa bihā aḥāṭa l-luṭfu min Rabbi s-samā Aqṣa l-adhā wa l-hamma wa l-aḥzānā

Gentleness from the Lord of Heaven encompassed her
And drove away from her all harm, worry and sadness

وَرَأَتْ كَمَا قَدْ جَاءَ مَا عَلِمَتْ بِهِأَنَّ الْمُهَيْمِنَ شَرَّفَ الْأَكْوَانَا

Wa ra'at kamā qad jā'a mā ʿalimat bihi Anna l-Muhaymina sharrafa l-akwānā

And she saw [in a vision], as is narrated what she had come to know
That the Guardian (Allah) had honoured the universe

بِالطُّهْرِ مَنْ فِي بَطْنِهَا فَاسْتَبْشَرَتْوَدَنَا الْمَخَاضُ فَأُتْرِعَتْ رِضْوَانَا

Bi-ṭ-ṭuhri man fī baṭnihā fa-stabsharat Wa dana l-makhāḍu fa utriʿat riḍwānā

Through the pure one who was in her womb, so she rejoiced,
As the time for labour drew near, she was filled with happiness

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَلَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرْ (٤)وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمْ

Subḥāna Llāhi wa l-ḥamdu li-Llāhi wa lā ilāha illā Llāhu wa Llāhu akbar (4 times) Wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi Llāhi l-ʿAliyyi l-ʿAẓīm Fi kulli laḥẓatin abadā ʿadada khalqihi wa riḍā nafsihi wa zinata ʿarshihi wa midāda kalimātih.

Glory be to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no deity save Allah, Allah is supreme (4 times),
And there is neither power nor strength save in Allah, the High, the Tremendous,
At every moment, eternally, for the number of His creation, the contentment of His being, the weight of His Throne and the extent of His words.

وَتَجَلَّتِ الْأَنْوَارُ مِنْ كُلِّ الْجِهَاتِ فَوَقْتُ مِيلَادِ الْمُشَفَّعِ حَانَا

Wa tajallati l-anwāru min kulli l-jihā- Ti fa waqtu mīlādi l-mushaffaʿi ḥānā

The lights emanated from all directions
For the moment of birth of the one given intercession had come

وَقُبَيْلَ فَجْرٍ أَبْرَزَتْ شَمْسَ الْهُدَىظَهَرَ الْحَبِيبُ مُكَرَّمًا وَمُصَانَا

Wa qubayla fajrin abrazat shams al-hudā Ẓahara l-ḥabību mukarraman wa muṣānā

And shortly before dawn, the Sun of Guidance was made manifest,
The Beloved appeared, honoured and protected

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمْ

Ṣalla Llāhu ʿalā Muḥammad Ṣalla Llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam

O Allah, send Your prayers upon Muhammad
O Allah, send Your prayers and peace upon him

يَانَبِي سَلَامْ عَلَيْكَيَارَسُولْ سَلَامْ عَلَيْكَ

Yā nabiyy salām ʿalayka Yā rasūl salām ʿalayka

O Prophet, peace be upon you
O Messenger, peace be upon you

يَاحَبِيبْ سَلَامْ عَلَيْكَ (يَا رَسُولَ الله)صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْكَ

Yā ḥabīb salām ʿalayka (Yā rasūla Llāh) Ṣalawātu Llāh ʿalayka

O Beloved, peace be upon you (O Messenger of Allah)
The blessings of Allah be upon you.

أَبْرَزَ اللهُ الْمُشَفَّعْصَاحِبَ الْقَدْرِ الْمُرَفَّعْ

Abraza Llāhu l-mushaffaʿ Ṣāḥiba l-qadri l-muraffaʿ

Allah has manifested the Intercessor
Possessor of the elevated station

فَمَلَا النُّورُ النَّوَاحِي (بِرَسُولِ الله)عَمَّ كُلَّ الْكَوْنِ أَجْمَعْ

Fa malā n-nūru n-nawāḥī (bi rasūli Llāh) ʿAmma kulla l-kawni ajmaʿ

And his light has filled the horizons (by the virtue of the Messenger of Allah)
It has encompassed the entire universe

نُكِّسَتْ أَصْنَامُ شِرْكٍوَبِنَا الشِّرْكِ تَصَدَّعْ

Nukkisat aṣnāmu shirkin Wa bina sh-shirki taṣaddaʿ

Torn down are the icons of idolatry
The edifice of idolatry has crumbled

وَدَنَا وَقْتُ الْهِدَايَةْ (بِرَسُولِ الله)وَحِمَى الْكُفْرِ تَزَعْزَعْ

Wa danā waqtu l-hidāyaḥ (bi rasūli Llāh) Wa ḥima l-kufri tazaʿzaʿ

The time of guidance has drawn near (by the virtue of the Messenger of Allah)
And the fortress of disbelief has been shaken

مَرْحَبًا أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًابِكَ يَا ذَا الْقَدْرِ الْأَرْفَعْ

Marḥaban ahlan wa sahlan Bika yā dha l-qadri l-arfaʿ

Greetings and welcome
To you, O possessor of the lofty rank

يَا إِمَامَ أَهْلِ الرِّسَالَةْ (يَا رَسُولَ الله)مَنْ بِهِ الْآفَاتُ تُدْفَعْ

Yā imāma ahli r-risālah (Yā rasūla Llāh) Man bihi l-āfātu tudfaʿ

O Master of the people of revelation (O Messenger of Allah)
By whom evil is repelled

أَنْتَ فِي الْحَشْرِ مَلَاذٌلَكَ كُلُّ الْخَلْقِ تَفْزَعْ

Anta fi l-ḥashri malādhun Laka kullu l-khalqi tafzaʿ

You will be a refuge on the Day of Gathering
All of creation will flee to you

وَيُنَادُونَ تَرَىٰ مَا (يَا رَسُولَ الله)قَدْ دَهَا مِنْ هَوْلٍ أَفْظَعْ

Wa yunādūna tarā mā (Yā rasūla Llāh) Qad dahā min hawlin afẓaʿ

And they will cry out, saying, ‘Look (O Messenger of Allah)
What dreadful terrors have afflicted us!’

مَرْحَبًا يَا نُورَ عَيْنِي (مَرْحَبًا)مَرْحَبًا جَدَّ الْحُسَيْنِ (مَرْحَبًا)

Marḥaban yā nūra aynī (marḥaban) Marḥaban jadda l-Ḥusayni (marḥaban)

Welcome! O light of my eyes. Welcome!
Welcome! O grandfather of Husayn. Welcome!

فَلَهَا أَنْتَ فَتَسْجُدْ (مَرْحَبًا)وَتُنَادَى اشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ (مَرْحَبًا)

Fa lahā anta fa tasjud (marḥaban) Wa tunādā shfaʿ tushaffaʿ (marḥaban)

And for (the intercession) you will prostrate (Welcome!)
And be addressed, intercede, for your intercession is accepted (Welcome!)

فَعَلَيْكَ اللهُ صَلَّى (مَرْحَبًا)مَابَدَى النُّورُ وَشَعْشَعْ (مَرْحَبًا)

Fa ʿalayka Llāhu ṣallā (marhaban) Mā bada n-nūru wa shaʿshaʿ (marhaban)

For Allah has sent prayers upon you (Welcome!)
As long as the light shines and radiates (Welcome!)

وَبِكَ الرَّحْمٰنَ نَسْأَلْ (يَا الله)وَإِلَـٰهُ الْعَرْشِ يَسْمَعْ (يَا الله)

Wa bika r-Raḥmāna nas'al (Yā Allāh) Wa Ilāhu l-ʿArshi yasmaʿ (Yā Allāh)

By you, we ask the Most Merciful (O Allah)
And the Lord of the Throne hears us (O Allah)

رَبِّ فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي (يَا الله)بَرْكَةِ الْهَادِي الْمُشَفَّعْ (يَا الله)

Rabbi faghfir lī dhunūbī (Yā Allāh) Barkati l-hādi l-mushaffaʿ (Yā Allāh)

O Lord! Forgive my sins (O Allah)
(By) the blessing of the Interceding Guide (O Allah)

يَاعَظِيمَ الْمَنِّ يَارَبْ (يَا الله)شَمْلَنَا بِالْمُصْطَفَى اجْمَعْ (يَا الله)

Yā ʿAẓīma l-Manni yā Rab (Yā Allāh) Shamlanā bi l-Muṣṭafā jmaʿ (Yā Allāh)

O Bestower of Great Bounties, O Lord! (O Allah)
Gather us all with the Chosen One (O Allah)

وَبِهِ فَانْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا (يَا الله)وَاعْطِنَا بِهْ كُلَّ مَطْمَعْ (يَا الله)

Wa bihi fa-nẓur ilaynā (Yā Allāh) Waʿṭinā bih kulla maṭmaʿ (Yā Allāh)

And by him, gaze upon us (O Allah)
And by him, grant us all we long for (O Allah)

وَاكْفِنَا كُلَّ الْبَلَايَا (يَا الله)وَادْفَعِ الْآفَاتِ وَارْفَعْ (يَا الله)

Wakfinā kulla l-balāyā (Yā Allāh) Wadfaʿi l-āfāti warfaʿ (Yā Allāh)

Protect us from all calamities (O Allah)
Divert and lift all afflictions (O Allah)

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدْصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمْ

Ṣalla Llāhu ʿalā Muḥammad Ṣalla Llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam

O Allah, send Your prayers upon Muhammad
O Allah, send Your prayers and peace upon him

وَاسْقِنَا يَارَبْ أَغِثْنَابِحَيًا هَطَّالْ يَهْمَعْ

Wasqinā yā Rabb aghithnā Bi ḥayan haṭṭāl yahmaʿ

Give us to drink, O Lord! And come to our aid
With a life-giving rain pouring down

وَاخْتِمِ الْعُمْرَ بِحُسْنَىوَاحْسِنِ الْعُقْبَى وَمَرْجَعْ

Wakhtimi l-ʿumra bi ḥusnā Waḥsini l-ʿuqbā wa marjaʿ

Seal our lives with excellence
Make beautiful our final end and our return

وَصَلَاةُ اللهِ تَغْشَىمَنْ لَهُ الْحُسْنُ تَجَمَّعْ

Wa ṣalātu Llāhi taghshā Man lahu l-ḥusnu tajammaʿ

And may the prayers of Allah envelop
The one in whom all beauty has gathered

أَحْمَدَ الطُّهْرَ وَآلِهْوَالصَّحَابَةْ مَا السَّنَا شَعْ

Aḥmada ṭ-ṭuhra wa ālih Wa ṣ-ṣaḥābah ma s-sanā shaʿ

Ahmad the Pure, and his Family
And the Companions, as long as light shines

وُلِدَ الْحَبِيبُ فَخَرَّ حَالًا سَاجِدًالِلّٰهِ مَنْ أَنْشَانَا وَبَرَانَا

Wulida l-ḥabību fa kharra ḥālan sājidan Li-Llāhi man anshānā wa barānā

The Beloved was born and he fell immediately into prostration
To Allah, our Creator and Originator

وَرِعَايَةُ الْمَوْلَى تُحِيطُ بِأَحْمَدٍفِي كُلِّ حِينٍ بَاطِنًا وَعَيَانَا

Wa riʿāyatu l-Mawlā tuḥīṭu bi Aḥmadin Fī kulli ḥīnin bāṭinan wa ʿayānā

The protection of the Lord encompasses Ahmad
In every moment, hidden and manifest

قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْهُ الْأُمُّ ثُمَّ ثُوَيْبَةٌوَحَلِيمَةٌ مَنْ سَعْدُهَا قَدْ بَانَا

Qad arḍaʿat-hu l-ummu thumma Thuwaybatun Wa Ḥalīmatun man saʿduhā qad bānā

(Aminah) His mother, nursed him, then Thuwaybah,
And then Halimah, whose felicity had become clear

قَدْ بَشَّرَتْ ثُوَيْبَةٌ سَيِّدَهَاأَبَا لَهَبٍ أَعْتَقَهَا فَرْحَانَا

Qad bash-sharat Thuwaybatun sayyidahā Abā Lahabin aʿtaqahā farḥānā

Thuwaybah gave the good news to her master, Abu Lahab
And he freed her out of happiness

لَمْ يَنْسَ خَالِقُنَا لَهُ فَرْحَتَهُبِالْمُصْطَفَى وَبِذَا الْحَدِيثُ أَتَانَا

Lam yansa Khāliqunā lahu farḥatahu Bi l-Muṣṭafā wa bi dha l-ḥadīthu atānā

Our Creator did not forget his happiness
At (the birth of) the Chosen One, as the hadith informs us

أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ مُخَفَّفٌ فِي كُلِّ اثْــنَيْنٍ لِفَرْحَتِهِ بِمَنْ وَافَانَا

Anna l-ʿadhāba mukhaffafun fī kulli ith- Naynin li farḥatihi bi man wāfānā

That his punishment is lightened on every Monday
Because of his happiness at (the birth of) the one sent to us

هَذَا مَعَ الْكُفْرِ فَكَيْفَ بِفَرْحَةٍمِنْ ذِي فُؤَادٍ امْتَلَا إِيمَانَا

Hādhā maʿa l-kufri fa kayfa bi farḥatin Min dhī fu'ādini mtalā īmānā

This is with disbelief, so how then with happiness
From a heart that is filled with faith?

وَرَأَتْ حَلِيمَةُ مَا رَأَتْ مِنْ بَرَكَاتِ مُحَمَّدٍ مَا حَيَّرَ الْأَذْهَانَا

Wa ra'at Ḥalīmatu mā ra'at min barakā- Ti Muḥammadin mā ḥayyara l-adh-hānā

And Halimah saw what she saw of the blessings
Of Muhammad, [things] which bewilder the intellects

دَرَّ لَهُ الثَّدْيُ وَقَدْ كَانَ ابْنُهَايَبِيتُ يَبْكِي مُسْغِبًا جَيْعَانَا

Darra lahu th-thadyu wa qad kāna bnuhā Yabītu yabkī musghiban jayʿānā

Her breasts flowed with milk for him, even though
Her son used to go to bed weeping and hungry

لَكِنَّهُ لَيْلَةَ أَنْ جَاءَ الْحَبِيــبُ بَاتَ مَوْفُورَ الرِّضَا شَبْعَانَا

Lākinnahu laylata an jā'a l-ḥabī- Bu bāta mawfūra r-riḍā shabʿānā

Yet the night the Beloved arrived
He (her son) went to bed fully content and satiated

وَدَرَّتِ النَّاقَةُ أَلْبَانًا وَقَدْسَمُنَتْ دُوَيْبَتُهَا فَكَانَ شَانَا

Wa darrati n-nāqatu albānan wa qad Samunat duwaybatuhā fa kāna shānā

The she-camel’s [udder] flowed with milk
Such that [Halimah’s] beloved mount became fat; it was a matter

أَنْكَرَهُ رِفْقَتُهَا وَسَلَّمَتْأَشْجَارٌ أَحْجَارٌ عَلَىٰ مَوْلَانَا

Ankarahu rifqatuhā wa sallamat Ashjārun aḥjārun ʿalā Mawlānā

That her companions found strange,
while the trees and the rocks saluted our Master

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ أَنْطَقَ أَشْجَارًا وَأَحْــجَارًا تُحَيِّي الْمُصْطَفَى سُبْحَانَا

Subḥāna man anṭaqa ashjāran wa aḥ- Jāran tuḥayyi l-Muṣṭafā subḥāna

Glory be to the One who made the trees and rocks speak
Saluting the Chosen One - Glory be to Him!

يَارَبَّنَا صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًاعَلَىٰ حَبِيبِكَ مَنْ إِلَيْكَ دَعَانَا

Yā Rabbanā ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman ʿAlā ḥabībika man ilayka daʿānā

Our Lord, send Your prayers and peace perpetually
Upon Your Beloved, the one who invited us to You.

هَذَا وَقَدْ نَشَأَ الْحَبِيبُ بِسِيرَةٍمَرْضِيَّةٍ وَمَا أَتَى عِصْيَانَا

Hādhā wa qad nasha'a l-ḥabību bi sīratin Marḍīyyatin wa mā atā ʿiṣyānā

So it was, and the Beloved was raised
In a pleasing manner, never sinning

تَرْعَاهُ عَيْنُ اللهِ مَنْ أَدَّبَهُأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَ النَّبِي إِحْسَانَا

Tarʿāhu ʿaynu Llāhi man addabahu Aḥsana ta'adība n-nabīy iḥsānā

Watching over him was the Eye of Allah, the One who refined him -
Indeed the Prophet was perfectly refined by Him

فَنَشَا صَدُوقًا مُحْسِنًا ذَا عِفَّةٍوَفُتُوَّةٍ وَأَمَانَةٍ مِعْوَانَا

Fa nashā ṣadūqan muḥsinan dhā ʿiffatin Wa futuwwatin wa amānatin miʿwānā

He grew up utterly truthful, beneficent and virtuous
Chivalrous, trustworthy and helping all

ذَا هِمَّةٍ وَشَجَاعَةٍ وَتَوَقُّرٍوَمَكَارِمٍ لَا تَحْتَصِي حُسْبَانَا

Dhā himmatin wa shajāʿatin wa tawaqqurin Wa makārimin lā taḥtaṣī ḥusbānā

Possessing aspiration, bravery and a dignified bearing
With virtuous attributes too many to count

دُعِيَ الْأَمِينُ وَهُوَ فِي أَهْلِ السَّمَانِعْمَ الْأَمِينُ لَهُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ صَانَا

Duʿiya l-Amīnu wa huwa fī ahli s-samā Niʿama l-Amīnu lahu l-Muhayminu ṣānā

He was called ‘the Trustworthy; and among the people of the heavens
He was (considered) the most excellent trustworthy one, Protected by the Guardian Lord

ذَهَبَتْ بِهِ الْأُمُّ تَزُورُ أَبَاهُ فِيطَيْبَةَ إِذْ فِيهَا الْحِمَامُ كَانَا

Dhahabat bihi l-ummu tazūru abāhu fī Ṭaybata idh fīha l-ḥimāmu kānā

His mother took him to visit his father in Taybah
Since it was there that his father’s death had occurred

وَالْمُصْطَفَى فِي بَطْنِهَا وَقَدْ أَتَىعَلَيْهِ سِتٌّ مِنْ سِنِيهِ الْآنَا

Wa l-Muṣṭafā fī baṭnihā wa qad atā ʿAlayhi sittun min sinīhi l-ānā

When the Chosen One was still in her womb -
And now six years had passed from that time

وَقَدْ أَتَاهَا الْمَوْتُ حِينَ رُجُوعِهَافَحَبَاهُ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ حَنَانَا

Wa qad atāha l-mawtu ḥīna rujūʿihā Fa ḥabāhu ʿAbdu l-Muṭṭalibi ḥanānā

Then death overcame (his mother) on her way back
So Abd al-Muttalib showed him kindness and affection

سَنَتَيْنِ وَافَاهُ الْحِمَامُ فَضَمَّهُعَمٌّ مَلَا الْعَطْفُ عَلَيْهِ جَنَانَا

Sanatayni wāfāhu l-ḥimāmu fa ḍammahu ʿAmmun mala l-aṭfu ʿalayhi janānā

Two years passed and death overcame him
So his uncle (Abu Talib) embraced him, with a heart full of compassion

خَطَبَتْهُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ فِي الْخَمْسِ وَالْــعِشْرِينَ حَازَتْ بِالْمُشَفَّعِ شَانَا

Khaṭabat-hu bintu Khuwaylidin fi l-khamsi wa l- ʿIshrīna ḥāzat bi l-mushaffaʿi shānā

The daughter of Khuwaylid (Khadijah) proposed to him when he was twenty-five,
She gained a great status through the Intercessor

قَدْ حَقَّقَ الْمَوْلَى لَهَا آمَالَهَانَالَتْ سَلَامًا عَالِيًا وَمَكَانَا

Qad ḥaqqaqa l-Mawlā lahā āmālahā Nālat salāman ʿāliyan wa makānā

Her hopes were granted by the Lord
She received lofty salutations (from Allah) and a high station

وَحَلَّ مُشْكِلَةً لِوَضْعِ الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ حَيْثُ أَبَانَا

Wa ḥalla mushkilatan li waḍʿi l-ḥajari l- Aswadi fi l-kaʿbati ḥaythu abānā

He solved a dispute over placing the Black Stone
In the Ka’ba, when it was made clear to everyone

عَنْ سِعَةِ الْعَقْلِ وَوَقَّادِ الْحِجَاسُبْحَانَ مَنْ عَلَّمَهُ وَأَعَانَا

ʿAn siʿati l-ʿaqli wa waqqādi l-ḥijā Subḥāna man ʿallamahu wa aʿānā

The vastness of his understanding and his radiant discernment,
Glory be to the One who taught him and assisted him!

يَارَبَّنَا صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًاعَلَىٰ حَبِيبِكَ مَنْ إِلَيْكَ دَعَانَا

Yā Rabbanā ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman ʿAlā ḥabībika man ilayka daʿānā

Our Lord, send Your prayers and peace perpetually
Upon Your Beloved, the one who invited us to You.

وَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ بِوَحْيِ اللهِ فِيغَارِ حِرَاءٍ يَعْبُدُ الرَّحْمٰنَ

Wa atāhu Jibrīlu bi waḥyi Llāhi fī Ghāri Ḥirā'in yaʿbudu r-Raḥmānā

Gabriel brought revelation to him from Allah
While he was in the cave of Hira worshipping the Most Merciful

وَضَمَّهُ الثَّلَاثَ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُاِقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَا

Wa ḍammahu th-thalātha thumma arsalahu Iqra' wa Rabbuka ʿallama l-insānā

He embraced him thrice, then released him,
(Saying), ‘Recite and Your Lord...has taught mankind.’

فَدَعَا ثَلَاثًا فِي خَفَا فَأَتَاهُ أَنْإِصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرْ بِهِ إِعْلَانَا

Fa daʿā thalāthan fī khafā fa atāhu an Iṣdaʿ bimā tu'mar bihi iʿlānā

So he invited (to Islam) secretly for three (years), then it was revealed to him,
‘Proclaim what you have been ordered openly.’

كَثُرَ الْأَذَى وَهُوَ الصَّبُورُ لِرَبِّهِوَهُوَ الشَّكُورُ وَكَانَ لَا يَتَوَانَى

Kathura l-adhā wa huwa ṣ-ṣabūru li Rabbihi Wa huwa sh-shakūru wa kāna lā yatawānā

The persecution increased, yet he was utterly patient
And thankful to his Lord, and he showed no weakness

مَاتَتْ خَدِيجَةُ وَأَبُو طَالِبٍ فِي الْــخَمْسِينَ فَاشْتَدَّ الْأَذَاءُ فُنُونَا

Mātat Khadījatu wa Abū Ṭālibin fi l- Khamsīna fashtadda l-adhā'u funūnā

Khadijah and Abu Talib [both] died when he was fifty years old
And the persecution intensified in many ways

وَأَتَى ثَقِيفًا دَاعِيًا فَرَمَوْهُ بِالْأَحْجَارِ بَلْ أَغْرَوْا بِهِ الصِّبْيَانَا

Wa atā Thaqīfan dāʿiyan fa ramaw-hu bi l- Aḥjāri bal aghraw bihi ṣ-ṣibyānā

He came to Thaqif as a caller (to Islam), but they pelted him
With stones, and even set their children on him

مَلَكُ الْجِبَالِ أَتَى فَقَالَ اطْبِقُهَافَقَالَ لَا بَلْ أَرْتَجِي الْعُقْبَانَا

Malaku l-jibāli atā fa qāla-ṭbiquhā Fa qāla lā bal artaji l-ʿuqbānā

The Angel of the Mountains came and said, ‘Shall I bring down [the mountains upon them]?’
But he said, ‘No, for I have hope in their offspring!’

أَسْرَى بِهِ الْمَوْلَى وَصَلَّى خَلْفَهُ الرُّسْلُ وَشَاهَدَ بَرْزَخًا وَجِنَانَا

Asrā bihi l-Mawlā wa ṣallā khalfahu r- Ruslu wa shāhada barzakhan wa jinānā

The Lord took him on a journey by night, and the Messengers
All prayed behind him, and he witnessed the Barzakh and Paradise

عَرَجَ الْحَبِيبُ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ الْعُلَىٰوَالْعَرْشِ وَالْكُرْسِي رَأَى مَوْلَانَا

ʿAraja l-Ḥabību ilā s-samāwāti l-ʿulā Wa l-ʿarshi wa l-kursiy ra'ā Mawlānā

The Beloved then ascended to the highest heavens
And to the Throne and the Pedestal, and gazed upon our Lord!

وَالْإِذْنُ بِالْهِجْرَةِ جَاءَ لِيَثْرِبٍفَبِهِ ازْدَهَى الْبَلَدُ الْكَرِيمُ وَزَانَا

Wa l-idhnu bi l-hijrati jā'a li Yathribin Fa bihi z-daha l-baladu l-karīmu wa zānā

Permission was granted to migrate to Yathrib,
And through him the noble city was illuminated and beautified

فَأَقَامَ عَشْرًا دَاعِيًا وَمُجَاهِدًاوَصِحَابُهُ كَانُوا لَهُ أَعْوَانَا

Fa aqāma ʿashran dāʿiyan wa mujāhidan Wa ṣiḥābuhu kānū lahu aʿwānā

He stayed there ten years, inviting (to Islam) and striving (in Allah’s way)
And his Companions were his helpers

لَا يَرْفَعُونَ إِذَا أَتَى أَصْوَاتَهُمْبَلْ لَا يُحِدُّونَ الْبَصَرْ إِمْعَانَا

Lā yarfaʿūna idhā atā aṣwātahum Bal lā yuḥiddūna l-baṣar imʿānā

They did not raise their voices when he approached,
Neither did they fix their gaze on him and stare

قَدْرًا وَتَعْظِيمًا لِشَأْنِ مُحَمَّدٍإِذْ قَدْ تَلَوْا فِي فَضْلِهِ قُرْآنَا

Qadran wa taʿaẓīman li sha'ni Muḥammadin Idh qad talaw fī faḍlihi Qur'ānā

Out of recognition and reverence for Muhammad’s position,
Since they had read of his merit in the Quran

وَلَقَدْ رَأَوْا مِنْ خُلْقِهِ عَجَبًا وَكَمْقَدْ شَاهَدُوا مَا حَيَّرَ الْأَذْهَانَا

Wa laqad raʿaw min khulqihi ʿajaban wa kam Qad shāhadū mā ḥayyara l-adh-hānā

Indeed, they had seen amazing things from his character,
And how many things had they seen which bewildered their minds!

كَرَمًا وَعَفْوًا وَالسَّخَا وَتَوَاضُعًاوَالْجِذْعُ حَنَّ مَحَبَّةً وَحَنَانَا

Karaman wa ʿafwan wa s-sakhā wa tawāḍuʿan Wa l-jidhʿu ḥanna maḥabbatan wa ḥanānā

Generosity and forgiveness, munificence and humility,
(Even) the palm trunk yearned in love and affection

وَالْمَاءُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَصَابِعِ نَابِعًاوَالْجَيْشُ أَضْحَى شَارِبًا رَيَّانَا

Wa l-mā'u min bayni l-aṣābiʿi nābiʿan Wa l-jayshu aḍ-ḥā shāriban rayyānā

The water flowed from between his fingers, and thus
By the forenoon, the (whole) army’s thirst was quenched

وَاللهِ قَدْ عَظُمَتْ مَعَاجِزُ أَحْمَدٍرَفَعَ الْمُهَيْمِنُ لِلنَّبِيِّ مَكَانَا

Wa Llāhi qad ʿaẓumat maʿājizu Aḥmadin Rafaʿa l-Muhayminu li n-nabiyyi makānā

By Allah, truly great are the miracles of Ahmad!
The Guardian Lord has raised the Prophet’s station.

وَلَقَدْ غَزَا سَبْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ مَعَ الصَّــحْبِ رِجَالًا قَدْ مَشَوْا رُكْبَانَا

Wa laqad ghazā sabʿan wa ʿishrīna maʿa ṣ-ṣaḥ- Bi rijālan qad mashaw rukbānā

He fought twenty-seven battles with his Companions,
Going forth on foot and on horseback

أَكْرِمْ بِهِ وَبِصَحْبِهِ وَبِتَابِعٍيَا رَبِّ أَلْحِقْنَا بِهِمْ إِحْسَانَا

Akrim bihi wa bi ṣaḥbihi wa bi tābiʿin Yā Rabbī alḥiqnā bihim iḥsānā

Honour him and his Companions and the Followers!
O Lord, gather us with them out of Your mercy!

يَارَبَّنَا صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًاعَلَىٰ حَبِيبِكَ مَنْ إِلَيْكَ دَعَانَا

Yā Rabbanā ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman ʿAlā ḥabībika man ilayka daʿānā

Our Lord, send Your prayers and peace perpetually
Upon Your Beloved, the one who invited us to You.

الدُّعَاء

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَىٰ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ فِي الْأَوَّلِينَوَصَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَىٰ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ

Allāhumma ṣalli wa sallim ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin fi l-awwalīn, wa ṣalli wa sallim ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin fi l-ākhirīn, wa ṣalli wa sallim ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin fi n-nabiyyīn, wa ṣalli wa sallim ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin fi l-mursalīn, wa ṣalli wa sallim ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin fi l-mala'i l-aʿlā ilā yawmi d-dīn, wa ṣalli wa sallim ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi ajmaʿīn.

O Allah, send prayers and peace upon our Master Muhammad among the first generations,
send prayers and peace upon our Master Muhammad among the later generations,
send prayers and peace upon our Master Muhammad among the Prophets,
send prayers and peace upon our Master Muhammad among the Messengers,
send prayers and peace upon our Master Muhammad in the Supreme Assembly until the Last Day,
send prayers and peace upon our Master Muhammad and upon all of his Family and Companions.

وَلَقَدْ أَشَرْتُ لِنَعْتِ مَنْ أَوْصَافُهُتُحْيِي الْقُلُوبَ تُهَيِّجُ الْأَشْجَانَا

Wa laqad ashartu li naʿati man awṣāfuhu Tuḥyi l-qulūba tuhayyiju l-ashjānā

Indeed I have drawn attention to the attributes of the one
Whose qualities revive the heart, and ignite the fires of yearning

وَاللهُ قَدْ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ فَمَا يُسَاوِي الْقَوْلُ مِنَّا أَوْ يَكُونُ ثَنَانَا

Wa Llāhu qad athnā ʿalayhi fa mā yusā- Wi l-qawlu minnā aw yakūnu thanānā

Allah Himself has praised him, so how can our words compare
Or even be considered praise?

لَكِنَّ حُبًّا فِي السَّرَائِرِ قَدْ دَعَالِمَدِيحِ صَفْوَةِ رَبِّنَا وَحَدَانَا

Lakinna ḥubban fi s-sarā'iri qad daʿā Li madīḥi ṣafwati Rabbinā wa ḥadānā

However it is a love established deep in the heart, which called to us and urged us
To praise the purest of our Lords (creation)

وَإِذِ امْتَزَجْنَا بِالْمَوَدَّةِ هَـٰهُنَانَرْفَعُ أَيْدِي فَقْرِنَا وَرَجَانَا

Wa idhi mtazajnā bi l-mawaddati hāhunā Narfaʿu aydī faqrinā wa rajānā

And now that we have become infused with the love [of Muhammad] here,
We raise the hands of our poverty and hope

لِلْوَاحِدِ الْأَحَدِ الْعَلِيِّ إِلَـٰهِنَامُتَوَسِّلِينَ بِمَنْ إِلَيْهِ دَعَانَا

Li l-Wāḥidi l-Aḥadi l-ʿAliyyi Ilāhinā Mutawassilīna bi man ilayhi daʿānā

To our Lord, the One, the Unique, the Most High
Interceding by the one who called us to Him

مُخْتَارِهِ وَحَبِيبِهِ وَصَفِيِّهِزَيْنِ الْوُجُودِ بِهِ الْإِلَـٰهُ حَبَانَا

Mukhtārihi wa ḥabībihi wa ṣafiyyihi Zayni l-wujūdi bihi l-Ilāhu ḥabānā

His Chosen One, His Beloved, His Purest,
The beauty of existence, by him the Lord has favoured us

يَا رَبَّنَا يَا رَبَّنَا يَا رَبَّنَابِالْمُصْطَفَى اقْبَلْنَا أَجِبْ دَعْوَانَا

Yā Rabbanā Yā Rabbanā Yā Rabbanā Bi l-Muṣṭafā qbalnā ajib daʿwānā

O our Lord! Our Lord! Our Lord!
By the Chosen One, accept us and answer our supplications

أَنْتَ لَنَا أَنْتَ لَنَا يَا ذُخْرَنَافِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي أُخْرَانَا

Anta lanā anta lanā yā dhukhranā Fī hādhihi d-dunyā wa fī ukhrānā

You are sufficient for us! You are sufficient for us! You are our security
In this world and in the Hereafter

أَصْلِحْ لَنَا الْأَحْوَالَ وَاغْفِرْ ذَنْبَنَاوَلَا تُؤَاخِذْ رَبِّي إِنْ أَخْطَانَا

Aṣliḥ lana l-aḥwāla waghfir dhanbanā Wa lā tu'ākhidh Rabbī in akhṭānā

Rectify our states for us and forgive us our sins
And do not hold us accountable, O Lord, if we err

وَاسْلُكْ بِنَا فِي نَهْجِ طَهَ الْمُصْطَفَىثَبِّتْ عَلَىٰ قَدَمِ الْحَبِيبِ خُطَانَا

Wasluk binā fī nahji Ṭāha l-Muṣṭafā Thabbit ʿalā qadami l-ḥabībi khuṭānā

Take us down the path of Taha, the Chosen One
And make firm our footsteps in the steps of the Beloved

أَرِنَا بِفَضْلٍ مِنْكَ طَلْعَةَ أَحْمَدٍفِي بَهْجَةٍ عَيْنُ الرِّضَا تَرْعَانَا

Arinā bi faḍlin minka ṭalʿata Aḥmadin Fī bahjatin ʿaynu r-riḍā tarʿānā

Show us, through Your grace, the manifestation of Ahmad, in his splendour,
As the eye of Your good pleasure watches over us

وَارْبُطْ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ حَالٍ حَبْلَنَاوَحِبَالَ مَنْ وَدَّ وَمَنْ وَالَانَا

Warbuṭ bihi fī kulli ḥālin ḥablanā Wa ḥibāla man wadda wa man wālānā

Strengthen our bond with him (Muhammad) in every state
And the bond of those who love and support us

وَالْمُحْسِنِينَ وَمَنْ أَجَابَ نِدَاءَنَاوَذَوِي الْحُقُوقِ وَطَالِبًا أَوْصَانَا

Wa l-muḥsinīna wa man ajāba nidā'anā Wa dhawi l-ḥuqūqi wa ṭāliban awṣānā

Those who do good and those who answered our call,
Those who have rights [over us] and those who have requested our prayers

وَالْحَاضِرِينَ وَسَاعِيًا فِي جَمْعِنَاهَا نَحْنُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ أَنْتَ تَرَانَا

Wa l-ḥāḍirīna wa sāʿiyan fī jamʿinā Hā naḥnu bayna yadayka anta tarānā

Those who are present and those who assist in our gatherings
Here we are before You (O Allah), truly You see us

وَلَقَدْ رَجَوْنَاكَ فَحَقِّقْ سُؤْلَنَاوَاسْمَعْ بِفَضْلِكَ يَا سَمِيعُ دُعَانَا

Wa laqad rajawnāka fa ḥaqqiq su'lanā Wasmaʿ bi faḍlika yā Samīʿu duʿānā

Indeed, we have placed our hopes in You, that You might answer our request
Hear us, by Your grace, O Hearer of our prayer

وَانْصُرْ بِنَا سُنَّةَ طَهَ فِي بِقَاعِ الْأَرْضِ وَاقْمَعْ كُلَّ مَنْ عَادَانَا

Wanṣur binā sunnata Ṭāhā fī biqāʿi-l Arḍi waqmaʿa kulla man ʿādānā

By means of us, give victory to the sunnah of Taha,
Throughout the earth, and restrain all those who show enmity to us

وَانْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا وَاسْقِنَا كَأْسَ الْهَنَاوَاشْفِ وَعَافِ عَاجِلًا مَرْضَانَا

Wanẓur ilaynā wasqinā ka'sa l-hanā Washfi wa ʿāfi ʿājilan marḍānā

Gaze upon us, give us to drink from a cup of felicity
And swiftly cure and grant good health to our sick ones

وَاقْضِ لَنَا الْحَاجَاتِ وَاحْسِنْ خَتْمَنَاعِنْدَ الْمَمَاتِ وَأَصْلِحَنْ عُقْبَانَا

Waqḍi lana l-ḥājāti waḥsin khatmanā ʿInda l-mamāti wa aṣliḥan ʿuqbānā

Take care of our affairs and beautify our last moments
At the time of death, and make good our final end

يَارَبِّ وَاجْمَعْنَا وَأَحْبَابًا لَنَافِي دَارِكَ الْفِرْدَوْسِ يَارَجْوَانَا

Yā Rabbī wajmaʿnā wa aḥbāban lanā Fī dārika l-firdawsi yā Rajwānā

O Lord, gather us, and those beloved to us
In Your abode of Firdaus, O our [only] Hope,

بِالْمُصْطَفَى صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِمَا حَرَّكَتْ رِيحُ الصَّبَا أَغْصَانَا

Bi l-Muṣṭafā ṣalli ʿalayhi wa ālihi Mā ḥarrakat rīḥu ṣ-ṣabā aghṣānā

Through the Chosen One, and send Your prayers upon him and his Family
So long as the easterly breezes sway the branches

سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Subḥāna Rabbika Rabbi l-ʿIzzati ʿammā yaṣifūn

Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Might, beyond what they describe

وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

wa salāmun ʿala l-Mursalīn

And peace be upon the Messengers

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

wa l-ḥamdu li Llāhi Rabbi l-ʿĀlamīn.

And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَىٰ ٱلنَّبِيِّ ۚ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسْلِيمًا

Inna Llāha wa malā'ikatahu yuṣallūna ʿalā n-nabiyy; yā ayyuha l-ladhīna āmanū ṣallū ʿalayhi wa sallimū taslīmā.

Indeed, Allah and His angels shower blessings upon the Prophet. O you who believe! Send blessings on him and salute him with a worthy salutation.

الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدَ الْمُرْسَلِينَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خَاتِمَ النَّبِيِّينَ

Aṣ-ṣalātu wa s-salāmu ʿalayka yā sayyida l-mursalīn Aṣ-ṣalātu wa s-salāmu ʿalayka yā khātima n-nabīyyīn Aṣ-ṣalātu wa s-salāmu ʿalayka yā man arsalaka Llāhu raḥmatan li-l-ʿālamīn Wa raḍiya Llāhu taʿālā ʿan aṣ-ḥābi rasūli Llāhi ajmaʿīn Āmīn

Peace and blessings be upon you, O Master of the Messengers
Peace and blessings be upon you, O Seal of the Prophets
Peace and blessings be upon you, O one who Allah sent as a mercy to the worlds,
And may Allah Most High be well-pleased with all the Companions of the Messenger,
Amin

اَلْفَاتِحَة

Al-Fātiḥah