# Al Faswlu s-Saabiu · الْفَصْلُ السَّابِعُ

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.**  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!

**2.** 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!

**3.** 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.

**4.** 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!

**5.** 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.

**6.** 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.

**7.** 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

**8.** 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’–

**9.** 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!

**10.** 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.

**11.** 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!

**12.** 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.

**13.** 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!

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c7269c9a45b73e9807801