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يَا رَبِّي صَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِي مَنْ جَاءَنَا بِالرِّسَالَةْ

Ya Rabbi Salli Ala an-Nabi Man Ja'ana bi-r-Risala

يَا رَبِّي صَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِي مَنْ جَاءَنَا بِالرِّسَالَةْطَهَ مُحَمَّدْ وَآلِهِ مَنْ كَلَّمَتْهُ الغَزَالَةْ

Yā rabbī ṣalli ʿalā an-nabī man jāʾanā bi-ar-risāla, Ṭaha muḥammad waʾālihi man kallamathu al-ghazāla

O my Lord, bless the Prophet who brought us the message, Taha Muhammad and his family, to whom the gazelle spoke.

تَحْتَ بَابِ الرَّجَا أَطْرُقْهُ فِي كُلِّ حَالَةْبَابِ مَا أَوْسَعُهْ مَنْ بِهْ قَامْ حَازَ الجَمَالَةْ

Taḥta bābi ar-rajā aṭruqhu fī kulli ḥāla, Bābi mā awsaʿuh man bih qām ḥāza al-jamāla

Beneath the door of hope I knock at it in every state; how vast that door! Whoever stands at it wins beauty.

فَاسْمَعُوا يَا أَحِبَّةْ قُولُ أَحْسَنْ دَلَالَةْوَاسْمَعُوا مِنْ لِسَانِ الصِّدِقْ صِدْقِ المَقَالَةْ

Fasmaʿū yā aḥibba qūlu aḥsan dalāla, Wasmaʿū min lisāni aṣ-ṣidiq ṣidqi al-maqāla

So listen, O beloveds, to the words of the finest guidance, and hear from the tongue of truth the truthful saying.

النَّبِي لِي حِمَى مَا أَشْهَدْ إِلَّا جَمَالَهْقَرَّ فِي قَلْبِي إِنَّ الصِّدِقْ مَا كَانْ قَالَهْ

An-nabī lī ḥimā mā ashhad illā jamālah, Qarra fī qalbī inna aṣ-ṣidiq mā kan qālah

The Prophet is my sanctuary; I see nothing but his beauty; it settled in my heart, for truth is what he said.

قَدْ حَمَلْ حِمْلَنَا يَا خَيْرَ تِلْكَ الحِمَالَةْوَهُوَ قَاسِمْ وَأَنْعِمْ بِهْ بِيَوْمِ الكَيَالَةْ

Qad ḥamal ḥimlanā yā khayra tilka al-ḥimāla, Wahuwa qāsim waʾanʿim bih biyawmi al-kayāla

He has carried our burden; how excellent that bearing! He is the one who apportions, and how blessed he is on the Day of Measuring!

مَا خَلَقْ رَبُّنَا فِي الكَوْنِ كُلَّهْ مِثَالَهْفَهُوَ أَوَّلْ وَآخِرْ وَالمَعَالِي ظِلَالَهْ

Mā khalaq rabbunā fī al-kawni kullah mithālah, Fahuwa awwal waʾākhir wa-al-maʿālī ẓilālah

Our Lord created none like him in all creation; he is first and last, and the heights are his shade.

وَمَجَالِ الشَّفَاعَةْ فِي القِيَامَةْ مَجَالَهْشَرَّفَ اللّٰهُ أَوْصَافَهْ وَكَرَّمْ خِلَالَهْ

Wamajāli ash-shafāʿa fī al-qiyāma majālah, Sharrafa Allāhu awṣāfah wakarram khilālah

The field of intercession on the Day of Resurrection is his field; Allah has honoured his qualities and ennobled his traits.

عَظَّمَ اللّٰهُ أَحْوَالَهْ وَمَجَّدْ خِصَالَهْوَلَهُ الجَاهُ الأَعْظَمْ فِي اللِّقِا وَاللِّوَا لَهْ

ʿaẓẓama Allāhu aḥwālah wamajjad khiṣālah, Walahu al-jāhu al-ʾaʿẓam fī al-liqiā wa-al-liwā lah

Allah has exalted his states and glorified his qualities; his is the greatest rank at the meeting, and the banner is his.

وَلَهُ التَّقْدُمَةْ ثُمَّ الوَسِيْلَةْ حِلَالَهْرَبِّ عَبْدُكْ بِهِ يَسْأَلَكْ فَاقْبَلْ سُؤَالَهْ

Walahu at-taqduma thumma al-wasiyla ḥilālah, Rabbi ʿabduk bihi yasʾalak faqbal suʾālah

His is precedence, then the Wasila is lawfully his; Lord, Your servant asks You through him, so accept his request.

اُنْصُرْ اُنْصُرْ جُيُوشَ الحَقِّ يَاذَا الجَلَالَةْوَخِذْلْ خِذْلٌ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْبَغْيِ وَأَهْلِ ٱلضَّلَالَةْ

Unṣur unṣur juyūsha al-ḥaqqi yādhā al-jalāla, Wakhidhl khidhlun liʾahli al-baghyi waʾahli aḍ-ḍalāla

Help, help the armies of truth, O Possessor of Majesty, and forsake, forsake the people of transgression and of misguidance.

وَاجْمَعْ الشَّمْلَ بِاحْمَدْ سَيِّدْ اَهْلِ الرِّسَالَةْوَاصْلِحْ أَحْوَالَ أَهْلِ الوَقْتِ بِهْ فِي عُجَالَةْ

Wajmaʿ ash-shamla biḥmad sayyid ahli ar-risāla, Waṣliḥ aḥwāla ahli al-waqti bih fī ʿujāla

Unite our company through Ahmad, master of the people of the message, and set right the states of the people of our time through him, swiftly.

وَاصْلِحْ أَحْوَالَ أَهْلِ الوَقْتِ بِهْ فِي عُجَالَةْطَيِّبْ أَوْقَاتَنَا نَرْقَى مَرَاقِيَ الدَّلَالَةْ

Waṣliḥ aḥwāla ahli al-waqti bih fī ʿujāla, Ṭayyib awqātanā narqā marāqiya ad-dalāla

Set right the states of the people of our time through him, swiftly; make our times sweet, that we may rise to the stations of guidance.

فِي مَحَاضِرِهْ نُسْقَى يَا إِلَهِي زُلَالَهكُلُّ لَحْظَةْ نَذُوقْ يَاذَا المَوَاهِبْ وِصَالَهْ

Fī maḥāḍirih nusqā yā ilahī zulālah, Kullu laḥẓa nadhūq yādhā al-mawāhib wiṣālah

In his gatherings may we be given his pure water to drink, O my God; every moment may we taste his union, O Giver of gifts.

رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهْ فِي كُلِّ شَانٍ وَحَالَةْوَآلِهِ وَالصَّحَابَةْ مَا اسْتَمَعْنَا مَقَالَهْ

Rabbi ṣalli ʿalayh fī kulli shānin waḥāla, Waʾālihi wa-aṣ-ṣaḥāba mā stamaʿnā maqālah

Lord, bless him in every affair and state, and his family and Companions, as long as we hear his words.

The poet is not named in the source. Arabic text from Qasida Collection (qasidacollection.com), used with permission.

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