Al Faswlu s-Saabiu · الْفَصْلُ السَّابِعُ

يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ يَمَّمَ العّافُونَ سَاحَتَهُ
سَعْيًا وَفَوْقَ مُتُونِ الأَيْنُقِ الرُّسُمِ

Yā Khayra man yammamal ʿāfūna sāḥatahu
Saʿyan wa fawqa mutūnil aynuqir rusumi

O best of those to whose courtyard seekers turn to Hastening on foot or the backs of strong camels!

وَمَنْ هُوَ الآيَةُ الكُبْرَى لِمُعْتَبِرٍ
وَمَنْ هُوَ النِّعْمَةُ العُظْمَى لِمُغْتَنِمِ

Wa man huwal āyatul kubrā limuʿtabirin
Wa man huwan niʿmatul ʿuẓmā limughtanimi

O Greatest Sign for those who contemplate! O Supreme Grace for those who seek to gain!

سَرَيْتَ مِنْ حَرَمٍ لَيْلاً إِلَى حَرَمٍ
كَمَا سَرَى البَدْرُ فِي دَاجٍ مِنَ الظُّلَمِ

Sarayta min ḥaramin laylan ilā ḥaramin
Kamā saral badru fī dājin minaẓ ẓulami

You journeyed by night, from Sanctuary to Sanctuary as the full moon travels through the pitch black sky.

وَبِتَّ تَرْقَى إِلَى أَنْ نِلْتَ مَنْزِلَةً
مِنْ قَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ لَمْ تُدْرَكْ وَلَمْ تُرَمِ

Wa bitta tarqā ilā an nilta manzilatan
Min qābi qawsayni lam tudrak wa lam turami

That night you ascended till you reached a station Of Two Bows’ Length—one never attained or hoped for!

وَقَدَّمَتْكَ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِهَا
وَالرُّسْلِ تَقْدِيمَ مَخْدُومٍ عَلَى خَدَمِ

Wa qaddamatka jamīʿul anbiyāʾi bihā
War rusli taqdīma makhdūmin ʿalā khadami

There all the Prophets and Emissaries gave you precedence, As a master is given precedence by those who serve him.

وَأَنْتَ تَخْتَرِقُ السَّبْعَ الطِّبَاقَ بِهِمْ
فِي مَوْكِبٍ كُنْتَ فِيهِ الصَّاحِبَ العَلَمِ

Wa anta takhtariqus sabʿaṭ ṭibāqa bihim
Fī mawkibin kunta fīhi ṣāhibal ʿalami

You traversed the seven heavens with them [behind you] In a procession wherein you were the standard-bearer.

حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ تَدَعْ شَأْوًا لِمُسْتَبِقٍ
مِنَ الدُّنُوِّ وَلاَ مَرْقَى لِمُسْتَنِمِ

Ḥattā idhā lam tadaʿ shaʾwan limustabiqin
Minad dunuwwi wa lā marqan li mustanimi

Until your proximity left no space for the avid seeker, Nor any higher summit for one seeking elevation

خَفَضْتَ كُلَّ مَقَامٍ بِالإِضَافَةٍ إِذْ
نُودِيْتَ بِالرَّفْعِ مِثْلَ المُفْرَدِ العَلَمِ

Khafaḍta kulla maqāmin bil iḍāfati idh
Nūdīta bir rafʿi mithlal mufradil ʿalami

You surpassed all other stations in comparison When acclaimed on high as ‘The Matchless and Eminent’–

كَيْمَا تَفُوزَ بِوَصْلٍ أَيِّ مُسْتَتِرٍ
عَنْ العُيُونِ وَسِرٍّ أَيِّ مُكْتَتَمِ

Kaymā tafūza biwaṣlin ayyi mustatirin
ʿAnil ʿuyūni wa sirrin ayyi muktatami

So that you might triumph through a tryst hidden From sight. How hidden a secret that was!

فَحُزْتَ كُلَّ فَخَارٍ غَيْرَ مُشْتَرَكٍ
وَجُزْتَ كُلَّ مَقَامٍ غَيْرَ مُزْدَحَمِ

Fa ḥuzta kulla fakhārin ghayra mushtarakin
Wa juzta kulla maqāmin ghayra muzdaḥami

So you received every glory without rival And gained every station alone, unbeset.

وَجَلَّ مِقْدَارُ مَا وُلِّيتَ مِنْ رُتَبٍ
وَعَزَّ إِدْرَاكُ مَا أُولِيْتَ مِنْ نِعَمِ

Wa jalla miqdāru wā wullīta min rutabin
Wa ʿazza idrāku mā ūlīta min niʿami

How glorious is the worth of the ranks you were given How difficult it is to grasp the graces conferred!

بُشْرَى لَنَا مَعْشَرَ الإِسْلَامِ إِنَّ لَنَا
مِنَ العِنَايَةِ رُكْنًا غَيْرَ مُنْهَدِمِ

Bushrā lanā maʿsharal islāmi inna lanā
Minal ʿināyati ruknan ghayra munhadimi

Glad tidings for us, O people of Islam, For we have an indestructible pillar of divine care.

لَمَّا دَعَا اللهُ دَاعِينَا لِطَاعَتِهِ
بِأَكْرَمِ الرُّسْلِ كُنَّا أَكْرَمَ الأُمَمِ

Lammā daʿāLlāhu dāʿīnā liṭāʿatihi
Bi akramir rusli kunna akramal umami

When Allah named the one who called us to obey Him The Noblest of Emissaries, we became the noblest of nations!