# Al Faswlul 'Aashiru · الْفَصْلُ الْعَاشِرُ

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 أَكْرَمَ الخَلْقِ مَالَي مَنْ أَلُوذُ بِهِ / سِوَاكَ عِنْدَ حُلُولِ الحَادِثِ العَمِمِ

_Yā akramal khalqi mālī man alūdhu bihi / Siwāka ʿinda ḥulūlil ḥādithil ʿamimi_

O Noblest of Creation, whose protection can I seek
But yours, when the Universal Event comes to pass?

**2.** وَلَنْ يَضِيقَ رَسُولَ اللهِ جَاهُكَ بيِ / إِذَا الكَرِيمُ تَجَلَّى بِاسْمِ مُنْتَقِمِ

_Wa lan yaḍīqa rasūlaLlāhi jāhuka bī / Idhal karīmu tajjalā bismi muntaqimi_

O Emissary of Allah, your rank will not be diminished
By me when the Generous One appears, named as the Avenger.

**3.** فَإِنَّ مِنْ جُودِكَ الدُّنْيَا وَضَرَّتَهَا / وَمِنْ عُلُومِكَ عِلْمَ اللَّوْحِ وَالقَلَمِ

_Fa inna min jūdikad dunyā wa ḍarratahā / Wa min ʿulūmika ʿilmal lawḥi wal qalami_

For this world and its companion the Next come from your bounty,
And part of what you know is knowledge of the Tablet and Pen.

**4.** يَا نَفْسُ لاَ تَقْنَطِي مِنْ زَلَّةٍ عَظُمَتْ / إَنَّ الكَبَائِرَ فِي الغُفْرَانِ كَاللَّمَمِ

_Yā nafsu lā taqnaṭī min zallatin ʿaẓumat / Innal kabāʾira fīl ghufrāni kal lamami_

O soul, despair not over a fault that is immense;
Enormities, with divine forgiveness, are like minor errors.

**5.** لَعَلَّ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّي حِينَ يَقْسِمُهَا / تَأْتِي عَلَى حَسَبِ العِصْيَانِ فِي الْقِسَمِ

_Laʿalla raḥmata rabbī ḥīna yaqsimuhā / Taʾtī ʿalā ḥasabil ʿiṣyāni fīl qisami_

Perchance my Lord’s mercy, when He apportions it,
Will be distributed in accordance with the measure of sins.

**6.** يَا رَبِّ وَاجْعَلْ رَجَائِي غَيْرَ مُنْعَكِسٍ / لَدَيْكَ وَاجْعَلْ حِسَابِي غَيْرَ مُنْخَرِمِ

_Yā rabbi wajʿal rajāʾī ghayra munʿakisin / Ladayka wajʿal ḥisābī ghayra munkharimi_

O my Lord, let not my hope in You be overturned
And do not make my account devoid of value.

**7.** وَالْطُفْ بِعَبْدِكَ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ إَنَّ لَهُ / صَبْرًا مَتَى تَدْعُهُ الأَهْوَالُ يَنْهَزِمِ

_Walṭuf biʿabdika fid dārayni inna lahu / Ṣabran matā tadʿuhul ahwālu yanhazimi_

Be gentle with Your servant in this life and the Next;
For his patience flees when he is visited by terrors.

**8.** وَأْذَنْ لِسُحْبِ صَلاَةٍ مِنْكَ دَائِمَةٍ / عَلَى النَّبِيِّ بِمُنْهَلٍّ وَمُنْسَجِمِ

_Waʾdhan lisuḥbi ṣalātin minka dāʾimatin / ʿAlan nabiyyi bimunhallin wa munsajimi_

And may clouds of Your blessings rain down constantly
Upon the Prophet, pouring down in abundance.

**9.** مَا رَنَّحَتْ عَذَبَاتِ الْبَانِ رِيحُ صَبًا / وَأَطْرَبَ الْعِيسَ حَادِي الْعِيسِ بِالنَّغَمِ

_Mā rannaḥat ʿadhabātil bāni rīḥu ṣaban / Wa aṭrabal ʿīsa ḥādil ʿīsi bin naghami_

For as long as the east wind stirs the branches of willows,
And camel-drivers bring joy to their camels with melody.

**10.** ثُمَّ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعَنْ عُمَرٍ / وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَنْ عُثْمَانَ ذِي الْكَرَمِ

_Thummar riḍā ʿan abī bakrin wa ʿan ʿumarin / Wa ʿan ʿaliyyin wa ʿan ʿuthmāna dhil karami_

Then extend Your good-pleasure to Abū Bakr and to ʿUmar
And to ‘Ali, and to ʿUthmān, the generous

**11.** وَالآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ ثُمَّ التَابِعِيَن فَهُمْ / أَهْلُ التُّقَى وَالنَّقَا وَالحِلْمِ وَالْكَرَمِ

_Wal āli waṣ ṣaḥbi thummat tābiʿīna fahum / Ahlut tuqā wan naqā wal ḥilmi wal karami_

And to the Family and the Companions, and then the Followers—the people of Godfearingness,
purity, forbearance and generosity.

**12.** يِا رَبِّ بِالمُصْطَفَى بَلِّغْ مَقَاصِدَنَا / وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا مَا مَضَى يَا وَاسِعَ الكَرَمِ

_Yā rabbi bil muṣṭafā balligh maqāṣidanā / Waghfir lanā mā maḍā yā wāsiʿal karami_

O Lord, by the Chosen One, allow us to attain our hopes
And forgive us for what has gone past, O Vastly Generous.

**13.** وَاغْفِرْ إِلَهِي لِكُلِ المُسْلِمِينَ بِمَا / يَتْلُونَ فِي المَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى وَفِي الحَرَمِ

_Waghfir ilāhī li kullil muslimīna bimā / Yatluna fīl masjidil aqṣā wa fīl ḥarami_

And forgive, O God, all of the Muslims, by virtue
Of what they recite in the Furthest Mosque [al-Aqṣā] and the Sacrosanct Mosque [al-Ḥaram]

**14.** بِجَاهِ مَنْ بَيْتُهُ فِي طَيْبَةٍ حَرَمٌ / وَاسْمُهُ قَسَمٌ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْقَسَمِ

_Bijāhi man baytuhu fī ṭaybatin ḥaramun / Wasmuhu qasamun min aʿẓamil qasami_

By the rank of him whose house is a sanctum in Ṭayba [Medina]
And whose name is an oath—from the greatest of oaths!

**15.** وَهَذِهِ بُرْدَةُ المُخْتَارِ قَدْ خُتِمَتْ / وَالحَمْدُ للهِ فِي بَدْءٍ وَفِي خَتَمِ

_Wa hādhihi burdatul mukhtāri qad khutimat / Walḥamdu liLlāhi fī badʾin wa fī khatami_

This Burda Ode of the Chosen One is thus complete
And all praise is due to Allah in its beginning and its end.

**16.** أَبْيَاتُهَا قَدْ أَتَتْ سِتِّينَ مَعْ مِائَةٍ / فَرِّجْ بِهَا كَرْبَنَا يَا وَاسِعَ الْكَرَمِ

_Abyātuhā qad atat sittīna maʿ miʾatin / Farrij bihā karbanā yā wāsiʿal karami_

Its couplets—numbering one hundred and sixty—have come;
Relieve us our difficulties by them, O Vastly Generous!

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c7425c9a45b73e9807842