# Al Faswlu s-Saadisu · الْفَصْلُ السَّادِسُ

From [Qasida Al Burda · قصيدة البردة](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8) by [Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Busiri](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/authors/691c70fac9a45b73e980779f)

**1.** دَعْنيِ وَوَصْفِي آيَاتٍ لَهُ ظَهَرَتْ / ظُهُورَ نَارِ القِرَى لَيْلاً عَلَى عَلَمِ

_Daʿnī wa waṣfī āyātin lahu ẓaharat / Ẓuhūra nāril qirā laylan ʿalā ʿalami_

Let me describe to you the signs that were manifested for him,
Visible like the village beacons lit atop hills at night.

**2.** فَالدُّرُّ يَزْدَادُ حُسْنًا وَهْوَ مُنْتَظِمٌ / وَلَيْسَ يَنْقُصُ قَدْرًا غَيْرَ مُنْتَظِمِ

_Fad durru yazdādu ḥusnan wa huwa muntaẓimun / Wa laysa yanquṣu qadran ghayra muntaẓimi_

Though a pearl is more lovely when strung [with others],
Its value is not diminished when alone and unstrung.

**3.** فَمَا تَطَاوُلُ آمَالِ المَديحِ إِلَى / مَا فِيهِ مِنْ كَرَمِ الأَخْلاَقِ وَالشِّيَمِ

_Famā taṭāwulu āmālil madīḥi ilā / Mā fīhi min karamil akhlāqi wash shiyami_

To what hope can the giver of praise aspire
Of doing justice to his noble qualities and traits?

**4.** آيَاتُ حَقٍّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَانِ مُحْدَثَةٌ / قَدِيمَةٌ صِفَةُ المَوْصُوفِ بِالقِدَمِ

_Āyātu ḥaqqin minar raḥmāni muḥdathatun / Qadīmatun ṣifatul mawṣūfi bil qidami_

Signs of truth from the All-Merciful—revealed within time
Yet pre-eternal; the attribute of Him who is pre-eternal.

**5.** لَمْ تَقْتَرِنْ بِزَمِانٍ وَهْيَ تُخْبِرُنَا / عَنْ المَعَادِ وَعَنْ عَادٍ وَعَنْ إِرَمِ

_Lam taqtarin bizamānin wa hيya tukhbirunā / ʿAnil maʿādi wa ʿan ʿādin wa ʿan irami_

They are not connected with time, yet they inform us
About the Resurrection, and about ʿĪd and Iram.

**6.** دَامَتْ لَدَيْنَا فَفَاقَتْ كُلَّ مُعْجِزَةٍ / مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ إِذْ جَاءَتْ وَلَمْ تَدُمِ

_Dāmat ladaynā fafāqat kulla muʿjizatin / Minan nabiyyīna idh jāʾat wa lam tadumi_

They remained with us, thus surpassing every miracle
Of the other Prophets, which came but did not last.

**7.** مُحْكَّمَاتٌ فَمَا تُبْقِيْنَ مِنْ شُبَهٍ / لِذِي شِقَاقٍ وَمَا تَبْغِيْنَ مِنْ حَكَمِ

_Muḥkamātun famā tubqīna min shubahin / Lidhī shiqāqin wa mā tabghīna min ḥakami_

Unequivocal verses leaving no doubt to remain
in dissenters, and requiring no arbiter.

**8.** مَا حُورِبَتْ قَطُّ إِلاَّ عَادَ مِنْ حَرَبٍ / أَعْدَى الأَعَادِي إِلَيْهَا مُلْقِيَ السَّلَمِ

_Mā ḥūribat qaṭṭu illā ʿāda min ḥarabin / Aʿdal aʿādī ilayhā mulqiyas salami_

No implacable foe has attacked them
But that he retreated from battle and sued for peace.

**9.** رَدَّتْ بَلاَغَتُهَا دَعْوَى مُعَارِضِهَا / رَدَّ الغَيُورِ يَدَ الجَانِي عَنِ الْحُرَمِ

_Raddat balāghatuhā daʿwā muʿāriḍihā / Raddal ghayūri yadal jānī ʿanil ḥurami_

Their sheer eloquence refutes the claim of their opponent,
As a jealous man wards off an assailant’s hand from his wife.

**10.** لَهَا مَعَانٍ كَمَوْجِ البَحْرِ فِي مَدَدٍ / وَفَوْقَ جَوْهَرِهِ فِي الْحُسْنِ وَالقِيَمِ

_Lahā maʿānin ka mawjil baḥri fī madadin / Wa fawqa jawharihi fīl ḥusni wal qiyami_

They contain meanings like the sea’s bountiful waves,
And surpass the sea’s jewels in beauty and value.

**11.** فَمَا تُعَدُّ وَلاَ تُحْصَى عَجَائِبُهَا / وَلاَ تُسَامُ عَلَى الإِكْثَارِ بِالسَّأَمِ

_Famā tuʿaddu wa lā tuḥṣā ʿajāʾibuhā / Wa lā tusāmu ʿalal ikthāri bis saʾami_

Their marvels can neither be counted nor numbered,
And frequent repetition never gives rise to tedium.

**12.** قَرَّتْ بِهَا عَيْنُ قَارِيْهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ / لَقَدْ ظَفِرْتَ بِحَبْلِ اللهِ فَاعْتَصِمِ

_Qarrat bihā ʿaynu qārīhā fa qultu lahu / Laqad ẓafirta bi ḥabliLlāhi faʿtaṣimi_

They delighted the one who recited them, so I told him,
‘You have the Rope of Allah, so hold fast to it!’

**13.** إِنْ تَتْلُهَا خِيفَةً مِنْ حَرَّ نَارِ لَظَى / أَطْفَأْتَ حَرِّ لَظَىَ مِنْ وِرْدِهَا الشَّبِمِ

_In tatluhā khīfatan min ḥarri nāri laẓā / Aṭfaʾta ḥarra laẓā min wirdihash shabimi_

If you recite them out of fear of a blazing fire’s heat
from their cool wells they will quench the blazing heat

**14.** كَأَنَّهَا الحَوْضُ تَبْيَضُّ الوُجُوهُ بِهِ / مِنَ العُصَاةِ وَقَدْ جَاءُوهُ كَالحُمَمِ

_Ka annahal ḥawḍu tabyaḍḍul wujūhu bihi / Minal ʿuṣāti wa qad jāʾūhu kal ḥumami_

Like the Pool, they brighten the faces of the sinful,
Though they had come to it as black as charcoal.

**15.** وَكَالصِّرَاطِ وَكَالمِيزَانِ مَعْدِلَةً / فَالقِسْطُ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا فِي النَّاسِ لَمْ يَقُمِ

_Wa kaṣṣirāṭi wa kalmīzāni maʿdalatan / Falqisṭu min ghayrihā fin nāsi lam yaqumi_

Like the Traverse and like Scales in justice;
True justice amongst men cannot be upheld from any other source.

**16.** لاَ تَعْجَبَنْ لِحَسُودٍ رَاحَ يُنْكِرُهَا / تَجَاهُلاً وَهْوَ عَيْنُ الحَاذِقِ الفَهِمِ

_Lā taʿjaban liḥasūdin rāḥa yunkiruhā / Tajāhulan wa huwa ʿaynul ḥādhiqil fahimi_

Do not be amazed at an envious person who denies them
Feigning ignorance, though he has perception and understanding.

**17.** قَدْ تُنْكِرُ الْعَيْنُ ضَوْءَ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ رَمَدٍ / وَيُنْكِرُ الفَمُ طَعْمَ المَاءِ مِنْ سَقَمِ

_Qad tunkirul ʿaynu ḍawʾash shamsi min ramadin / Wa yunkirul famu ṭaʿmal māʾi min saqami_

For the eye, when inflamed, may be averse to the sun’s light;
And the mouth, when ailing, may loathe water’s taste.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c724fc9a45b73e98077fc