# Qasidat al-Hamziyya · قصيدة الهمزية

From [Qasidat al-Hamziyya · قصيدة الهمزية](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/692494f63ad575ff5e82e53e) by [Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Busiri](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/authors/691c70fac9a45b73e980779f)

**1.** كَيْفَ تَرْقَى رُقِيَّكَ الأَنْبِيَاءُ / يَا سَمَاءً مَا طَاوَلَتْهَا سمَاءُ

_Kayfa tarqā ruqiyyaka al-anbiyā’u / Yā samā’an mā ṭāwalahā samā’u_

How can the other Prophets reach your height, O Heaven that no other heaven can overtop?

**2.** لَمْ يُسَاوُوكَ فِي عُلاَكَ وَقَدْحَا / لَ سَنىً مِنْكَ دُونَهُمْ وَسَنَاءُ

_Lam yusāwūka fī ‘ulāka wa qadḥā / La sanan minka dūnahum wa sanā’u_

They did not equal you in your loftiness, for a light from you was given to them, but yours is the brilliance and the majesty.

**3.** إِنَّمَا مَثَّلُوا صِفَاتِكَ لِلنَّا / سِ كَمَا مَثَّلَ النُّجُومَ  الْمَاءُ

_Innamā maththalū ṣifātika linnās / Kamā maththala al-nujūm al-mā’u_

They only represented your attributes to the people, just as the water reflects the image of the stars.

**4.** أَنْتَ مِصْبَاحُ كُلِّ فَضْلٍ فَمَا تَصْ / دُر ُإِلاَّعَنْ ضَوْئِكَ الأَضْواءُ

_Anta miṣbāḥu kulli faḍlin famā taṣdur / illā ‘an ḍaw’ika al-aḍwā’u_

You are the lamp of every virtue, and no lights originate except from your light.

**5.** لَكَ ذَاتُ الْعُلُومِ مِنْ عَالِمِ الْغَيْ / بِ وَمِنْهََا لآدَمَ  الأَسْمَاءُ

_Laka dhātu al-‘ulūmi min ‘ālim al-ghayb / Wa minhā li-Ādama al-asmā’u_

You possess the essence of sciences from the Knower of the Unseen, and from that essence, Adam was taught the Names.

**6.** لَمْ تَزَلْ فِي ضَمَائِر ِالْكَوْنِ تُخْتَا / رُ  لَكَ  الأُمَّهَاتُ وَالآبَاءُ

_Lam tazal fī ḍamā’iri al-kawni tukhtāru laka / Al-ummuhātu wal-ābā’u_

You continued to be chosen within the heart of existence, through a succession of noble mothers and fathers.

**7.** مَامَضَتْ فَتْرَةٌ مَنَ الرُّسْل إَلاَّ / بَشَّرَتْ قَوْمَهَا بِكَ الأَنْبِيَاءُ

_Mā madafat fatratun min al-rusuli illā / Bashsharat qawmahā bika al-anbiyā’u_

No period of time passed without messengers, except that the Prophets gave glad tidings of you to their people.

**8.** تَتَبَاهَى بِكَ الْعُصُورُوَتَسْمُو / بِكَ عَلْيَاءُ بَعْدَهَا عَلْيَاءُ

_Tatabāhā bika al-‘uṣūru wa tasmu / Bika ‘ulyā ba‘dahā ‘ulyāu_

The eras boast of you, and one lofty age after another is ennobled by your presence.

**9.** وَبَدَا لِلْوُجُودِ مِنكَ  كَرِيمٌ / مِنْ كَرِيمٍ آبَاؤُهُ كُرَمَاءُ

_Wa badā lil-wujūdi minka karīm / Min karīmin ābā’uhu kuramā’u_

There appeared to existence from you a noble one, from a noble one whose ancestors were all generous and honorable.

**10.** نَسَبٌ تَحْسِبُ الْعُلاَ بِحُلاَهُ / قَلَّدَتْهَا نُجَومَهَا الْجَوْزَاءُ

_Nasabun taḥsubu al-‘ulā bi-ḥulāh / Qalladathā nujūmahā al-jawzā’u_

A lineage so high that the constellation Gemini would think the stars of heaven were jewels adorning its necklace.

**11.** حَبَّذَا عِقْدُ سُؤْدَدٍ وَفَخَارٍ / أَنْتَ فِيهِ الْيَتِيمَةُ  الْعَصْمََاءُ

_Ḥabbadhā ‘iqdu su’uddin wa fakhrin / Anta fīhi al-yatīmat al-‘aṣmā’u_

How wonderful is that necklace of sovereignty and pride, in which you are the unique and precious central pearl!

**12.** وَمُحَيّاً كَالشَّمْسِ مِنْكَ مُضِيءٌ / أَسْفَرَتْ عَنْهُ لَيْلَةٌٌ  غَرَّاءُ

_Wa muḥayyan ka al-shamsi minka muḍī’ / Asfarat ‘anhu laylatun gharrā’u_

A countenance like the sun shines from you, revealed by a radiant and glorious night.

**13.** لَيْلَةُ الْمَوْلِدِ الذِي كَانَ لِلدِّي / نِ سُرُورٌ بِيَوْمِهِ وَازْدِهَاءُ

_Laylatu al-mawlidi alladhī kāna li al-dīn / Surūrun bi-yawmihi wa-izdiḥā’u_

The night of the Birth, in which religion found joy, splendor, and blossoming pride.

**14.** وَتَوَالَتْ بُشْرَى الْهَوَاتِفِ أَنْ قَدْ / وُلِدَالْمُصْطَفَى وَحَقَّ الْهَنَاءُ

_Wa tawālāt bushra al-hawātifi an qad / Wulida al-muṣṭafā wa ḥaqqa al-hanā’u_

The tidings from the unseen voices followed one another, announcing that the Chosen One was born and true happiness was realized.

**15.** وَتَدَاعَى إِيوَانُ كِسْرَى وَلَولاَ / آيَةٌ مِنْكَ مَا تَدَاعَى الْبِنَاءُ

_Wa tadā‘ā īwānu Kisrā wa lawlā / Āyatun minka mā tadā‘a al-binā’u_

The palace of Khosrau (Chosroes) cracked and crumbled; were it not for a sign from you, the building would not have fallen.

**16.** وَغَدَا كُلُّ  بَيْتِ نَارٍ  وَفِيهِ / كُرْبَةٌ مِنْ خُمُودِهَا وَبَلاَءُ

_Wa ghadā kullu baytin nārin wa fīhi / Kurbatun min khumūdihā wa balā’u_

Every house of fire (of the Persians) became a place of distress as its flames were extinguished and died out.

**17.** وَعُيُونٌ لِلْفُرْسِ غَارَتْ فَهَلْ كَا / نَ  لِنِيرَانِهِمْ  بِهَا  إِطْفَاءُ

_Wa ‘uyūnun lil-fursi ghārat / Fahal kāna linīrānihim bihā iṭfā’u_

The springs of the Persians dried up; was there no water left to quench their fires?

**18.** مَوْلِدٌ كَانَ مِنْهُ فِي طَالِعِ الْكُفْ / رِ  وَبَالٌ عَلَيْهِمُ  وَوَبَاءُ

_Mawlidun kāna minhu fī ṭāli‘i al-kufri / Wa bālun ‘alayhimu wa wabā’u_

A birth that brought a heavy omen and a plague upon the dawning of disbelief.

**19.** فَهَنِيئاً بِهِ  لآمِنَةَ  الْفَضْ / لُ الذِي شُرِّفَتْ بِهِ حَوَّاءُ

_Fa-hanī’an bihi li-Āminati al-faḍlu / Alladhī shurrifat bihi Ḥawwā’u_

Congratulations to Aminah for the favor through which even Eve was honored.

**20.** مَنْ  لِحَوَّاءَ أَنَّهَاحَمَلَتْ أَحْ / مَدَ أَوْ  أَنَّهَا  بِهِ  نُفَسَاءُ

_Man li-Ḥawwā’ annahā ḥamalat aḥmad / Aw annahā bihi nufasā’u_

What a joy for Eve, that she (through her lineage) carried Ahmad or was his foremother.

**21.** يَوْمَ نَالَتْ بِوَضْعِهِ ابْنَةُ وَهْبٍ / مِنْ فَخَار مَالَمْ تَنَلْهُ النِّسَاءُ

_Yawma nālat bi-waḍ‘ihi ibnatu Wahb / Min fakharin mā lam tanalhu al-nisā’u_

On the day the daughter of Wahb attained through his birth a pride that no other woman has attained.

**22.** وَأَتَتْ قَوْمَهَا بِأَفْضَلَ  مِمَّا / حَمَلَتْ قَبْلُ مَرْيَمُ الْعَذْرَاءُ

_Wa atat qawmahā bi-afḍali mimma / Hamalat qabl Maryamu al-‘adhra’u_

She brought to her people something better than what the Virgin Mary had carried before.

**23.** شَمَّتَتْهُ الأَمْلاَكُ إِذْ وَضَعَتْهُ / وَشَفَتْنَا بِقَولِهَا الشَّفَّاءُ

_Shammatathu al-amlāku idh waḍa‘athu / Wa shafatnā bi-qawlihā al-shaffā’u_

The angels greeted him when she gave birth, and the "Healer" (the midwife) cured us with her report.

**24.** رَافِعاًرَأْسَهُ وَفِي ذَلِكَ الرَّفْ / عِ  إِلَى كُلِّ سُؤْدَدٍ إِيمَاءُ

_Rāfi‘an ra’sahu wa fī dhālika al-raf‘ / Ilā kulli su’ddadin īmā’u_

He was born raising his head, and in that raising was a gesture toward every form of sovereignty.

**25.** رَامِقاًطَرْفُهُ السَّمَاءَ وَمَرْمَى / عَيْنِ مَنْ شَأْنُهُ الْعُلُوُّ الْعَلاَءُ

_Rāmiqan ṭarfuhu al-samā’ wa marmā / ‘Ayni man sha’nuhu al-‘ulū al-‘alā’u_

His gaze was fixed upon the sky—the gaze of one whose nature is loftiness and highness.

**26.** وَتَدَلَّتْ زُهْرُ النُّجُومِ  إَلَيْهِ / فَأَضَاءَتْ بِضَوْئِهَاالأَرْجَاءُ

_Wa tadallat zuhru al-nujūmi ilayh / Fa-aḍā’at bi-ḍaw’ihā al-arjā’u_

The bright stars leaned down toward him, illuminating every horizon with their light.

**27.** وَتَرَاءتْ قُصِورُ قَيْصَرَ بالرُّو / مِ يَرَاهَامَنْ دَارُهُ الْبَطْحَاءُ

_Wa tarā’at quṣūru Qaysara bi al-rū / Mirāyahā man dāruhu al-baṭḥā’u_

The palaces of Caesar in Rome appeared so clearly that they could be seen by those dwelling in the valley of Mecca.

**28.** وَبَدَتْ فِي رَضَاعِهِ مُعْجِزِاتٌ / لَيْسَ فِيهَاعَنِ الْعُيُونِ خَفَاءُ

_Wa badat fī raḍā‘ihi mu‘jizātun / Laysa fīha ‘an al-‘uyūni khafā’u_

Miracles appeared during his nursing that were not hidden from any eye.

**29.** إِذْ أَبَتْهُ  لِيُتْمِهِ مُرْضِعَاتٌ / قُلْنَ مَافِي الْيَتِيمِ عَنَّا غَنَاءُ

_Idh abat-hu li-yutmihi murḍi‘ātun / Qulna mā fī al-yatīmi ‘annā ghannā’u_

When the wet-nurses refused him because of his orphanhood, saying: "An orphan brings us no wealth,"

**30.** فَأَتَتْهُ مِنْ  آلِ  سَعْدٍ  فَتَاةٌ / قَدْ أَبَتْهَا لِفَقْرِهَا الرُّضَعَاءُ

_Fa-atathuhu min āli Sa‘din fatātun / Qad abat-hā li-faqrihā al-ruḍa‘ā’u_

There came to him a young woman from the clan of Sa'd, whom other infants had refused due to her poverty.

**31.** أَرْضًَعَتْهُ لِبَانَهَا فَسَقَتْهَا / وَبَنِيهَا أَلْبَانهُنَّ الشَّاءُ

_Arḍa‘athuhu li-bānuhā fa-saqathu / Wa banīhā albānuhunna al-shā’u_

She gave him her milk, and in return, the sheep provided milk for her and her children.

**32.** أَصْبَحَتْ شُوَلاًعِجَافاًوَأِمْسَتْ / مَا بِهَا شَائِلٌ وَلاَ عَجْفَاءُ

_Aṣbaḥat shuwlān ‘ijāfān wa imsatat / Mā bihā shā’ilun wa lā ‘ajfā’u_

Her sheep began the day lean and dry, but by evening, none were empty or weak.

**33.** أَخْصَبَ الْعَيْشُ عِنْدَهَابَعْدَمَحْلٍ / إِذْ غَدَا لِلنَّبِيِّ مِنْهَا غِذَاءُ

_Akhṣaba al-‘ayshu ‘indahā ba‘d maḥlin / Idh ghadā li al-nabī minhā ghidhā’u_

Life became fertile and abundant for her after drought, once the Prophet was nourished by her.

**34.** يَا لَهَامِنَّةٌ لَقَدْ ضُوعِفَ الأَجْ / رُعَلَيْهَامِنْ جِنْسَهَاوَالْجَزَاءُ

_Yā lahā minnahu laqad ḍu‘ifa al-ajru / ‘Alayhā min jinsihā wa al-jazā’u_

What a favor! The reward and the blessing were multiplied for her from the very nature of her service.

**35.** وَإِذَا سَخَّرَ الإِلَهُ  أُنَاساً / لَسَعِيدٍ فَإِنَّهُمْ  سُعَدَاءُ

_Wa idhā sakkhara al-ilāhu unnāsan / Li-sa‘īd fainnahum su‘adā’u_

When God selects people to serve a blessed one, they themselves become the truly happy ones.

**36.** حَبَّةٌ أَنْبَتَتْ سَنَابِلَ وَالْعَصْ / فُ لَدَيْهِ يَسْتَشْرِفُ الضُّعَفَاءُ

_Ḥabbatun anbatat sanābila wa al-‘aṣfu / Ladayhi yastashrifu al-ḍu‘afā’u_

He was like a grain that brought forth many ears of corn, while the weak find shelter within its husks.

**37.** وَأَتَتْ جَدَّهُ وَقَدْ فَصَلَتْهُ / وَبِهَا مِنْ فِصَالِهِ الْبُرَحَاءُ

_Wa atat jaddahu wa qad faṣalathu / Wa bihā min fiṣālihi al-burḥā’u_

She brought him back to his grandfather after he was weaned, though she felt the pain of parting from him.

**38.** إِذْ أَحَاطَتْ بِهِ مَلاَئِكَةُ  الل / هِ  فَظَنَّتْ بِأَنَّهُمْ  قُرَنَاءُ

_Idh aḥāṭat bihi malā’ikatu al-lahi / Fa-ẓannat bi-annahum qurānā’u_

The angels of Allah surrounded him, so she thought they were merely companions.

**39.** وَرَأَى وَجْدَهَابِهِ وَمِنَ الْوَجْ / دِلَهِيبٌ تَصْلَى بِهِ الأُحْشَاءُ

_Wa ra’ā wajdahā bihi wa mina al-wajd / Lahībun taṣlā bihi al-uḥshā’u_

He saw her deep love for him—a love that burned like a flame within her heart.

**40.** فَارَقَتْهُ كَرْهاً وَكَانَ لَدَيْهَا / ثَاوِياً لاَ يُمَلُّ مَنْهُ الثَّوَاءُ

_Fāraqathu karhan wa kāna ladayhā / Thāwiyan lā yumallu minhū al-thawā’u_

She left him reluctantly, for one never tires of the presence of such a guest.

**41.** شُقَّ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ وَأُخْرَجَ مِنْهُ / مُضْغَةٌ عِنْدَ غَسْلِهِ سَوْدَاءُ

_Shuqqa ‘an qalbihi wa ukhrajā minhū / Muḍghatun ‘inda ghuslihi sawdā’u_

His heart was split open, and a dark clot was removed from it during the washing.

**42.** خَتَمَتْهُ يُمْنَى الأَمِينِ وَقَدْ أُو / دِعَ  مَا لُمْ  تُذَعْ  لَهُ  أَنْبَاءُ

_Khatamat-hu yumnā al-amīn wa qad ū / Di‘a mā lum tudha‘ lahu anbā’u_

The right hand of the Trustworthy (Gabriel) sealed it, and secrets were deposited there that have not been disclosed.

**43.** صَانَ أَسْرَارَهُ الْخِتَامُ فَلاَ الْفَ / ضُّ  مُلِمٌّ  بِهِ وَلاَ الإِفْضَاءُ

_Ṣāna asrārahu al-khitām falā al-faḍḍu / Mulim bihī wa lā al-ifḍā’u_

The seal protected his secrets, so neither prying nor disclosure could reach them.

**44.** أَلِفَ النُّسْكَ وَالْعِبَادَةَ وَالْخَلْ / وَةَ  طِفْلاً وَهَكَذَا النُّجَبَاءُ

_Alifa al-nuskā wa al-‘ibādah wa al-khalwah / Ṭiflan wa hakadhā al-nujabā’u_

Even as a child, he was inclined toward devotion, worship, and seclusion—and such is the way of the noble-born.

**45.** وَإِذَا حَلَّتِ الْهِدَايَةُ  قَلْباً / نَشِطَتْ  لِلْعِبَادَةِ  الأَعْضَاءُ

_Wa idhā ḥallati al-hidāyah qalban / Nashtat lil-‘ibādah al-a‘ḍā’u_

When guidance settles into a heart, the limbs become active and eager for worship.

**46.** بَعَثَ اللهُ عِنْدَ مَبْعَثِهِ الشُّهْ / بَ حِرَاساًوَضَاقَ عَنْهَاالْفَضَاءُ

_Ba‘atha Allahu ‘inda mab‘athihi al-shuhab / Ḥirāsan wa ḍāqa ‘anhā al-faḍā’u_

When God sent him, He sent the shooting stars as guards, and the heavens felt narrow for the prying jinn.

**47.** تَطْرُدُ الْجِنَّ عَنْ مَقَاعِد َللسَّمْ / عِ كَمَا تَطْرُدُ الذِّئَابَ الرِّعَاءُ

_Taṭrud al-jinna ‘an maqā‘id al-samā’ / Kamā taṭrud al-dhi’āb al-ri‘ā’u_

The stars drove the jinn away from their listening posts, just as shepherds drive away wolves.

**48.** فَمَحَتْ  آيَةَ  الْكَهَانَةِ  آيَا / تٌ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ مَالَهُنَّ انْمِحَاءُ

_Fa-maḥat āyat al-kahānah āyatan / Mina al-waḥyi mā lahunna inmiḥā’u_

The signs of the Revelation erased the signs of soothsaying, leaving no trace behind.

**49.** وَرَأَتْهُ خَدِيجَةٌ وَالتُّقَى وَال / زُّهْدُ فِيهِ  سَجِيَّةٌ وَالْحَيَاءُ

_Wa ra’at-hu Khadīja wa al-tuqā wal-zuhd / Fīhī sajiyyah wa al-ḥayā’u_

Khadija saw him, observing that piety, asceticism, and modesty were his natural disposition.

**50.** وَأَتَاهَا أَنَّ الْغَمَامَةَ وَالسَّرْ / حَ  أَظَلَّتْهُ  مِنْهُمَا  أَفْيَاءُ

_Wa atāhā anna al-ghamāmah wa al-sarḥ / Aẓallathū minhumā afyā’u_

She learned that the clouds and the trees had cast their shadows over him as he traveled.

**51.** وَأَحَادِيثُ أَنَّ وَعْدَ رَسُولِ / اللهِ بِالْبَعْثِ حَانَ مِنْهُ الْوَفَاءُ

_Wa aḥādīthu anna wa‘da Rasūl / Allāhi bil-ba‘thi ḥāna minhū al-wafā’u_

She heard accounts that the promise of God’s Messenger and his dawning mission were now due.

**52.** فَدَعَتْهُ إِلَى الزَوَاجِ وَمَا أَحْ / سَنَ مَايَبْلُغُ الْمُنَى الأَذْكِيَاءُ

_Fa-da‘athū ilā al-zawāj wa mā aḥ / San mā yablaghu al-munā al-adhkiyā’u_

She invited him to marriage—and how excellently the wise achieve their ultimate desires!

**53.** وَأَتَاهُ  فِي  بَيْتِهَا   جَبْرَئِيلُ / وَلِذِي اللُّبِّ فِي الأُمُورِ  ارْتِيَاءُ

_Wa atāhū fī baytihā Jibrīl / Wa li-dhī al-lubbi fī al-umūr irtīyā’u_

Gabriel came to him in her house, and for a person of intellect, all matters require deep reflection.

**54.** فَأَمَاطَتْ عَنْهَاالْخِمارَلِتَدْرِي / أَهُوَ الْوَحْيُ أَمْ هُوَ  الإِغْمَاءُ

_Fa-amāṭat ‘anhā al-khimār li-tadrī / Ahuwa al-waḥyu am huwa al-ighmā’u_

She removed her veil to know: was this the Divine Revelation or merely a state of trance?

**55.** فَاخْتَفَى عِنْدَكَشْفِهَا الرَّأْسَ جِبْرِي / لُ فَمَاعَادَ أَوْ أُعِيدَ الغِطَاءُ

_Fa-ikhtafā ‘indaka kashfihā al-ra’s Jibrīl / Fa-mā ‘āda aw u‘īda al-ghiṭā’u_

Gabriel disappeared when her head was uncovered, and he did not return until the veil was restored.

**56.** فَاسْتَبَانَتْ خَدِيجَةٌ أَنَّهُ  الْكَنْ / الذِي  حَاوَلَتْهُ   وَالكِيمْيَاءُ

_Fa-istabānat Khadīja annahu al-kan / Alladhī ḥāwalathū wa al-kīmiyā’u_

Thus Khadija became certain that he was the "Treasure" she had sought, the true spiritual Alchemy.

**57.** ثُمَّ قَامَ النَّبِيُّ يَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّه / وَفِي الْكُفْرِ   نَجْدةٌ  وَإِبَاءُ

_Thumma qāma al-nabī yad‘ū ilā Allah / Wa fī al-kufri najdah wa ibā’u_

Then the Prophet stood up to call to Allah, while disbelief stood ready with stubbornness and pride.

**58.** أُمَماً أُشْرِبَتْ قُلُوبُهُمُ الْكُفْ / رِ فَدَاءُ الضّلاَلِ فِيهِْ عَيَاءُ

_Ummaman ush’ribat qulūbuhumu al-kufr / Fadā’ al-ḍalāl fīhi ‘ayā’u_

He called nations whose hearts were saturated with disbelief, for the disease of misguidance is a wearying ailment.

**59.** وَرَأَيْنَا آيَاتِه  فَاهْتَديْنَا / وَإِذَا الْحَقُّ جَاءَزَالَ الْمِرَاءُ

_Wa ra’aynā āyātihi fa-ihtadaynā / Wa idhā al-ḥaqq jā’azā al-mirā’u_

But we saw his signs and were guided; when the Truth arrives, all dispute vanishes.

**60.** رَبِّ  إِنَّ الْهُدَى هُدَاكَ وَآيَا / نُورٌ  تَهْدِي  بِهَا مَنْ  تَشَاءُ

_Rabbi inna al-hudā hudāk wa āyā / Nūrun tahdī bihā man tashā’u_

O Lord, guidance is Your guidance, and Your signs are a light with which You guide whom You will.

**61.** كَمْ رَأَيْنَامَالَيْسَ يَعْقِلُ قَدْ أُلْْ / هِمَ مَا لَيْسَ  يُلْهَمُ الْعُقَلاَءُ

_Kam ra’aynā mā laysa ya‘qilu qad ulhima / Mā laysa yulhimu al-‘uqalā’u_

How often have we seen that which lacks intellect (nature) inspired with what the "intellectuals" were never granted!

**62.** إِذْ أَبَى الْفِيلُ مَاأَتَى صَاحِبُ الْفِي / لِ وَلَمْ يَنْفَعِ الْحِجَاوالذَّكَاءُ

_Idh abā al-fīl mā atā ṣāḥibu al-fīl / Wa lam yanfa‘ al-ḥijā wa al-dhakā’u_

The Elephant refused what its owner intended, for cleverness and intelligence did not benefit the army of the Elephant.

**63.** والْجَمَادَاتُ أَفْصَحَتْ بِالذِي أُخْ / رِسَ عَنْهُ لأَحْمَدَالْفُصَحَاءُج

_Wa al-jamādāt afṣaḥat bi-lladhī ukhrisa ‘anhu / Li-Aḥmad al-fuṣaḥā’u_

Inanimate stones spoke more eloquently of Ahmad than the most articulate of men.

**64.** وَيْحَ  قَوْمٍ جَفَوْا نَبِيّاً بِأَرْضٍ / أَلِفَتْهُ  ضِبَابُهَا  وَالظِّبَاءُ

_Wayḥa qawmin jafaw nabiyyan bi-arḍin / Alifat-hu ḍibābuhā wa al-ẓibā’u_

Woe to a people who turned away from a Prophet in a land where even the desert lizards and the deer loved him!

**65.** وَسَلَوْهُ  وَحَنَّ جِذْعٌ    إِلَيْهِ / وَقَلَوْهُ    وَوَدَّهُ      الْغُرَباءُ

_Wa salawhu wa ḥanna jiḏ‘un ilayh / Wa qalawhu wa wadda-hu al-ghurbā’u_

They forgot him, yet a dry tree trunk yearned for him; they hated him, yet the strangers loved him.

**66.** أخْرَجُوهُ  مِنْهَا  وَآوَاهُ غَارٌ / وَحَمَتْهُ  حَمَامَةٌ   وَرْقَاءُ

_Akhrajūhu minhā wa āwāhu ghār / Wa ḥamat-hu ḥamāmah warqā’u_

They drove him out, and a cave gave him refuge, protected by a wild pigeon.

**67.** وَكَفَتْهُ   بِنَسْجِهَا عَنْكَبُوتٌ / مَاكَفَتْهُ الْحَمَامَةُ الْحَصْدَاءُ

_Wa kafat-hu bi-nasjihā ‘ankabūt / Ma kafat-hu al-ḥamāmah al-ḥaṣdā’u_

A spider sufficed him with its web—a protection more effective than the armor of a soldier.

**68.** وَاخْتَفَى مِنْهُمُ عَلَى قُرْبِ مَرآ / هُ وَمِنْ شِدَّةِ الظُّهُورِالْخَفَاءُ

_Wa ikhtafā minhum ‘alā qurb marāh / Wa min shiddat al-ẓuhūr al-khafā’u_

He remained hidden from them even though he was close to their sight; for sometimes, extreme manifestation causes a veil.

**69.** وَنَحَاالْمُصْطَفَى الْمَدِينَةَ وَاشْتَا / قَتْ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَكَّةَ الأَنْحَاءُ

_Wa naḥā al-muṣṭafā al-madīnah wa ishtāqat ilayh / Min Makkah al-anḥā’u_

The Chosen One turned toward Medina, while every corner of Mecca yearned for his return.

**70.** وَتَغَنَّتْ بِمَدْحِهِ الْجِنُّ حَتَّى / أَطْرَبَ الإِنْسَ مِنْهُ ذَاكَ الْغِنَاءُ

_Wa taghannat bi-madḥihi al-jinnu ḥattā / Aṭraba al-ins minhu dhāk al-ghinā’u_

The jinn sang his praises until their songs enraptured even the humans.

**71.** واقْتَفَى إِثْرَهُ سُرَاقَةُ فَاسْتَهْ / وَتْهُ فِي الأَرْضِ صَافِنٌ جَرْدَاءُ

_Wa iqtafā ithrahu Surāqah fastah / Wa tathuhu fī al-arḍ ṣāfin jardā’u_

Suraqa followed his tracks, but the hard earth swallowed his horse’s legs.

**72.** ثُمَّ نَادَاهُ بَعْدَمَا سِيمَتِ الْخَسْ / فَ وَقَدْ يُنْجِدُ الْغَرِيقَ النِّدَاءُ

_Thumma nādāhū ba‘d mā sīmat al-khasf / Wa qad yunjidu al-gharīq al-nidā’u_

Suraqa called out after being humbled, and truly, a cry for help can save the drowning.

**73.** فَطَوَى الأَرْضَ سَائِراً والسَّمَوَا / تُ العُلاَ فَوْقَهَا لَهُ إِسْرَاءُ

_Faṭawā al-arḍ sā’iran wa al-samawāt / Al-‘ulā fawqahā lahu isrā’u_

The Prophet crossed the earth, and the High Heavens were his path during the Night Journey.

**74.** فَصِفِ اللَّيْلَةَ التِي كَانَ لِلْمُخْ / تَارِ فِيهَا عَلَى البُرَاقِ اسْتِوَاءُ

_Fa-ṣif al-laylah allatī kāna lil-mukh / Tār fīhā ‘alā al-burāq istiwwā’u_

Describe the night when the Chosen One mounted the Buraq in majestic equilibrium.

**75.** وَتَرَقَّى بِهِ إِلَى قَابِ قَوْسَيْ / نِ وَتِلْكَ السِّيَّادَةُ الْقَعْسَاءُ

_Wa taraqqā bihī ilā qāb qawsayn / Wa tilka al-siyyādah al-qasā’u_

He ascended to the distance of "two bows' length"—that is the most exalted of sovereignties.

**76.** وَتَلَقَّى مِنْ  رَبِّهِ  كَلِمَاتٍ / كُلَّ شَمْسٍ مِنْ دُونِهِنَّ هَبَاءُ

_Wa talaqqā min rabbihi kalimātin / Kulla shamsin min dūnihinna habā’u_

He received words from his Lord, compared to which every sun is but a speck of dust.

**77.** زَاخِرَاتِ البِحَارِ تَعْجَزُ عَنْ إِدْ / رَاكِهَا الْعُلَمَاءُ وَالْحُكَمَاءُ

_Zākherāt al-biḥār ta‘jazu ‘an idrakihā / Al-‘ulamā’ wa al-ḥukamā’u_

The scholars and the wise are unable to grasp the depths of those overflowing oceans.

**78.** رُتَبٌ تَسْقُطُ  الأَمَانِيُّ حَسْرَى / دُونَهَا مَا وَرَاءَهُنَّ  وَرَاءُ

_Rutabun tasquṭu al-amānī ḥasrā / Dūnahā mā warā’ahunna warā’u_

These are ranks where all worldly hopes fall short; there is nothing beyond them to be reached.

**79.** ثُمَّ وَافَى يُحَدِّثُ الّنَّاسَ شُكْراً / إِِذْ أَتَتْهُ مِنْ  رَبّهِ النَّعْمَاءُ

_Thumma wāfā yuḥaddithu al-nās shukran / Idh atathūhu min rabbihi al-na‘mā’u_

He returned to speak to the people in gratitude, for the blessings had come to him from his Lord.

**80.** وَتَحَدَّى فَارْتَابَ كُلُّ مُرِيبٍ / أَوَ  يَبْقَى مَعَ السُّيُولِ الْغُثَاءُ

_Wa taḥaddā fārṭāb kullu murīb / Aw yabqā ma‘a al-suyūl al-ghuthā’u_

He (the Prophet) issued the challenge, and every skeptic was shaken with doubt; for can the dry scum of a stream ever remain against the rushing floods?

**81.** وَهْوَ يَدْعُو إلى الإِلَهِ وَإنْ  شَ / قَّ عَلَيْهِ  كُفْرٌ بِهِ  وَازْدِرَاءُ

_Wa huwa yad‘ū ilā al-ilāh wa in shaqq / ‘Alayhi kufrun bihi wa izdira’u_

He called to God, even if disbelief and mockery were difficult to bear.

**82.** وَيَدُلُّ الْوَرَى عَلَى اللهِ بِالتّوْ / حِيدِ وَهْوَ الْمَحَجَّةُ الْبَيْضَاءُ

_Wa yadullu al-warā ‘alā Allah bi al-tawḥīd / Wa huwa al-maḥajjah al-bayḍā’u_

He guided humanity to God through Monotheism, which is the clear and radiant path.

**83.** فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ  مِنَ الله لاَنَتِْ / صَخْرَةٌ  مِنْ  إِبَائِهِمْ صَمَّاءُ

_Fa-bimā raḥmatin min Allah la-nat / Ṣakhratun min ibā’ihim ṣammā’u_

Through a mercy from Allah, the solid rock of their stubbornness was softened.

**84.** وَاسْتَجَابَتْ  لَهُ بِنَصْرٍ وَفَتْحٍ / بَعْدَ ذَاكَ الْخَضْرَاءُ وَالْغَبْرَاءُ

_Wa istajābat lahu bi-naṣrin wa fatḥin / Ba‘da dhāka al-khaḍrā’ wa al-ghabrā’u_

After that, the heavens and the earth responded to him with victory and opening.

**85.** وَأَطَاعَتْ لأَمْرِهِ الْعَرَبُ الْعَرْ / بَاءُ  والْجَاهِلِيَّةُ  الجَهْلاَءُ

_Wa aṭā‘at li-amrihī al-‘Arab al-‘ar / Bā’ wa al-jāhiliyyah al-jahlā’u_

The eloquent Arabs and the ignorant masses alike obeyed his command.

**86.** وَتَوَالَتْ لِلْمُصْطَفَى الآيَةُ الْكُبْ / رَى عَلَيْهِمْ وَالْغَارَةُ الشَّعْوَاءُ

_Wa tawālat lil-muṣṭafā al-āyah al-kubrā / ‘Alayhim wa al-ghārah al-sha‘wā’u_

The greatest sign—the Quran—followed one after another, as did the sweeping victories.

**87.** وَإِذَا مَا تَلاَ  كِتَاباً مِنَ الله / تَلَتْهُ   كَتِيبَةٌ   خَضْرَاءُ

_Wa idhā mā talā kitāban min Allah / Talat-hu katībah khaḍrā’u_

Whenever he recited a Book from Allah, a "green battalion" (angels) followed its recitation.

**88.** وَكَفَاهُ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِينَ وَكَمْ سَا / ءَ نَبِيّاً مِنْ قَوْمِهِ اسْتِهْزَاءُ

_Wa kafāhu al-mustahzi’īn wa kam sā’ / Nabiyyan min qawmihi istihzā’u_

Allah sufficed him against the mockers; how often has a Prophet been pained by the mockery of his people?

**89.** وَرَمَاهُمْ بِدَعْوَةٍ  مِنْ فِنَاءِ / الْبَيْتِ فِيهَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ فَنَاءُ

_Wa ramāhum bi-da‘watin min finā’ / Al-bayt fīhā lil-ẓālimīn fanā’u_

He struck them with a prayer from the courtyard of the House (Kaaba), which brought ruin to the oppressors.

**90.** خَمْسَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ أُصِيبُوا بِدَاءٍ / والرَّدَى مِنْ جُنُودِهِ الأَدْوَاءُ

_Khamsah kulluhum uṣībū bi-dā’in / Wa al-radā’ min junūdihi al-adwā’u_

These five were all stricken with disease, for death and its various ailments are among the soldiers of God.

**91.** فَدَهَى الأَسْوَدَ بْنَ مُطَّلِبٍ أَيُّ / عَمىً مَيِّتٌ بِهِ الأَحْيَاءُ

_Fa-dahā al-Aswad ibn Muṭṭalib ayy / ‘Amān mayyit bihī al-aḥyā’u_

Destruction overtook Al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib with a blindness so severe it made the living seem as though they were dead.

**92.** وَدَهَى الأَسْوَدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ يَغُوثٍ / أَنْ سَقَاهُ كَأْسَ الرَّدَى اسْتِسْقَاءُ

_Wa dahā al-Aswad ibn ‘Abd Yaghūth / An saqāhu kā’s al-radā’ istisqā’u_

Destruction also overtook Al-Aswad ibn Abd Yaghuth, for dropsy forced him to drink from the cup of death.

**93.** وَأصَابَ الْوَلِيدَ خَدْشَةُ سَهْمٍ / قَصَّرَتْ عَنْهَا الْحَيَّةُ الرَّقْطَاءُ

_Wa aṣāb al-Walīd khadshah sahm / Qaṣṣarat ‘anhā al-ḥayyah al-raqṭā’u_

Al-Walid ibn al-Mughira was struck by the mere scratch of an arrow, yet its venom surpassed that of a spotted viper.

**94.** وَقَضَتْ شَوْكَةٌ عَلَى مُهْجَةِ الْعَا / صِي فَلِلَّهِ النَّقْعَةُ الشَّوْكَاءُ

_Wa qaḍat shawkatun ‘alā muhjat al-‘āṣī / Fa-li-llāhi al-naq‘ah al-shawkā’u_

A single thorn ended the life-soul of Al-As ibn Wa’il—by Allah, how effective was that thorny prick!

**95.** وعَلَى الحارِثِ الْقُيُوحُ وَقَدْ سَا / لَ بِهَا رَأْسُهُ وَسَاءَ الْوِعَاءُ

_Wa ‘alā al-Ḥārith al-quyūḥ wa qad sā / La bihā ra’suhu wa sā’ al-wi‘ā’u_

Upon Al-Harith ibn Qays, pus flowed from his head; what a wretched vessel his skull became.

**96.** خَمْسَةٌ طُهِرَتْ بِقَطْعِهِمُ الأَرْ / ضُ فَكَفُّ الأَذَى بِهِمْ شَلاَّءُ

_Khamsah tuhhirat bi-qaṭ‘ihimu al-arḍ / Fa-kaffu al-adhā’ bihim shallā’u_

These five were removed and the earth was purified by their cutting off; the hand of harm they extended was thus paralyzed.

**97.** فُدِيَتْ خَمْسَةُ الَّصّحِيفَةِ بِالْخَمْ / ةِ إِنْ كَانَ لِلْكِرَامِ فِدَاءُ

_Fudiyat khamsatu al-ṣaḥīfah bi-al-khamsah / In kāna lil-kirām fidā’u_

These five evils were the ransom for the five noble men who broke the boycott document, if indeed there is ever a ransom for the noble.

**98.** يَالَ أَمْرٍ أَتَاهُ بََعْدَ هِشَامٍ / زَمْعَةٌ إنَّهُ الْفَتَى الأَتَّاءُ

_Yāla amrin atāhu ba‘da Hishām / Zam‘ah innahu al-fatā al-attā’u_

What a noble matter it was that Zam’ah undertook after Hisham; he was indeed a courageous young man.

**99.** وَزُهَيرٌ والْمُطْعِمُ بْنُ عَديٍّ / وَأَبُو الْبُحْتُرِيِّ مِنْ حَيْثُ شَاءُوا

_Wa Zuhayr wal-Muṭ‘im ibn ‘Addiyy / Wa Abū al-Buḥturī min ḥaythu shā’ū_

Along with Zuhayr, Al-Mut’im ibn Adiyy, and Abu al-Bukhturi, they acted with resolve from wherever they chose.

**100.** نَقَضُوا مُبْرَمَ الصَّحِيفَةِ إِذْ شَ / دَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْعِدَا الأَنْدَاءُ

_Naqaḍū mubram al-ṣaḥīfah idh shaddat / ‘Alayhim mina al-‘idā’ al-andā’u_

They annulled the firm document of the boycott even as the cold hostility of the enemies intensified against them.

**101.** أَذْكَرَتْنَا بِأَكْلِهَا أَكْلَ مِنْسَا / ةِ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَرْضَةُ الْخَرْسَاءُ

_Azhkarnā bi-aklihā akl minṣah / Sulaimān al-arḍah al-kharsā’u_

The "silent termite" reminded us of the staff of Solomon by eating away at the document.

**102.** وَبِهَا أَخْبَرَ النَّبِيُّ وَكَمْ أَخْ / رَجَ خَبْئاً لَهُ الغُيُوبُ خِبَاءُ

_Wa bihā akhbara al-nabī wa kam akhraja / Khab’an lahu al-ghuyūb khibā’u_

The Prophet foretold this event, for how often has he revealed secrets that the Unseen had kept hidden in its tent?

**103.** لاَ تَخَلْ جَانِبَ النَّبِيِّ مُضَاماً / حِينَ مَسَّتْهُ مِنْهُمُ الأَسْوَاءُ

_Lā takhall jānb al-nabī muḍāmman / Ḥīna massathu minhum al-aswā’u_

Do not imagine the Prophet’s side to be oppressed even when the evils of his enemies touched him.

**104.** كُلُّ أَمْرٍ نَابَ النَّبِيئِينَ فَالشِّ / دَّةُ فِيهِ مَحْمُودَةٌ وَالرَّخَاءُ

_Kullu amrin nāba al-nabiyīn fa al-shiddah / Fīhī maḥmūdah wa al-rakhā’u_

Every hardship that befalls the Prophets is ultimately praiseworthy, whether in times of severity or ease.

**105.** لَوْ  يَمَسُّ النُّظَارَ هَوْنٌ مِنَ النَّا / رِ لَمَا اخْتِيرَ للِنُّظَارِ الصِّلاَءُ

_Law yamas al-nuẓār hawnun min al-nār / Lamā ikhtīr lil-nuẓār al-ṣillā’u_

If pure gold were not touched by the heat of the fire, it would never have been chosen for the refining process.

**106.** كَمْ يَدٍ عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ كَفَّهَا الله / وَفِي الْكُفْرِ نَجْدَةٌ وإِبَاءُ

_Kam yad ‘an nabiyyih kafahā Allah / Wa fī al-kufr najdah wa ibā’u_

How many hands did Allah restrain from His Prophet, even when disbelief was characterized by boldness and stubbornness?

**107.** إِذْ دَعَا وَحْدَهُ الْعِبَادَ وَأَمْسَتْ / مِنْهُ فِي كُلِّ مُقْلَةٍ أَقْذَاءُ

_Idh da‘ā waḥdahu al-‘ibād wa amsat / Minhu fī kulli muqlah aqdhā’u_

When he called the servants of God alone, he became like a speck of dust in the eye of every enemy, irritating and blinding them.

**108.** هَمَّ قَوْمٌ بِقَتْلِهِ فَأَبَى السَّيْ / فُ وَفَاءً وَفَاءَتِ الصَّفْوَاءُ

_Hamma qawm bi-qatlih fa-abā al-sayyifu / Wa wafā’an wafā’at al-ṣafwā’u_

A people intended to kill him, but the sword refused to strike out of loyalty, and the pure Truth returned to its place.

**109.** وَأَبُو جَهْلٍ إذْ رَأَى عُنُقَ الْفَحْ / لِ إِلَيْهِ كَأَنَّهُ الْعَنْقَاءُ

_Wa Abū Jahl idh ra’ā ‘unuq al-faḥl / Ilayh ka-annahu al-‘anqā’u_

And Abu Jahl, when he tried to attack, perceived the neck of a stallion lunging at him as if it were a legendary phoenix.

**110.** وَاقْتَضَاهُ النَّبِيُّ دَيْنَ الأَرَاشِ / يِّ وَقَدْ سَاءَ بَيْعُهُ وَالشِّرَاءُ

_Wa iqḍāhū al-nabī dayn al-arāshiyy / Wa qad sā’ bay‘uhu wa al-shirā’u_

The Prophet claimed the debt of the Arashi from Abu Jahl, whose business dealings and trades were utterly wretched.

**111.** وَرَأَى الْمُصْطَفَى أَتَاهُ بِمَا لَمْ / يُنْجِ مِنْهُ دُونَ الْوَفَاءِ النَّجَاءُ

_Wa ra’ā al-muṣṭafā atāhu bimā lam / Yunj minhu dūna al-wafā’ al-najā’u_

The Chosen One saw that Abu Jahl yielded only because he witnessed a sight from which there was no escape except through fulfillment.

**112.** هُوَ مَا قَدْ رَآهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ لَكِنْ / مَا عَلَى مِثْلِهِ يُعَدُّ الْخَطَاءُ

_Huwa mā qad ra’āhu min qabl lakin / Mā ‘alā mithlihi yu‘add al-khaṭā’u_

It was the same stallion the Prophet had seen before, yet for one like him, such a vision is never considered an error of sight.

**113.** وَأَعَدَّتْ حَمَّالَةُ الْحَطَبِ الْفِهْ / رَ وَجَاءَتْ كَأَنَّهَا الْعَنْقَاءُ

_Wa a‘addat ḥammālat al-ḥaṭab al-fih / Wa jā’at ka-annahā al-‘anqā’u_

The "Carrier of Firewood" (Abu Lahab's wife) prepared her stone and arrived appearing as fierce as a legendary phoenix.

**114.** يَوْمَ جَاءَتْ غَضْبَى تَقولُ أَفِي مِثْ / لِيَ مِنْ أَحْمَدٍ يُقَالُ الهِجَاءُ

_Yawma jā’at ghaḍbā taqūlu afī mithlī / Min Aḥmad yuqāl al-hijā’u_

That day she came in a rage, saying: "Is it about someone like me that Ahmad recites his lampoons?"

**115.** وَتَوَلَّتْ وَمَا رَأَتْهُ وَمِنْ أَيْ / نَ تَرَى الشَّمْسَ مُقْلَةٌ عَمْيَاءُ

_Wa tawallat wa mā ra’athūhū wa min ay / Na tarā al-shams muqlatun ‘amyā’u_

She turned away without ever seeing him; for how can a blind eye ever perceive the sun?

**116.** ثُمَّ سَمَّتْ لَهُ الْيَهُودِيَةَ الشَّا / ةَ وَكَمْ سَامَ الشِّقْوَةَ الأَشْقِيَاءُ

_Thumma sammat lahu al-Yahūdiyyah al-shā / ’ah wa kam sāma al-shiqwah al-ashqiyā’u_

Then the Jewish woman offered him the poisoned sheep; how often have the wretched sought to inflict wretchedness.

**117.** فَأَذَاعَ الذِّرَاعُ مَا فِيهِ مِنْ سُ / مٍّ بِنُطْقٍ إِخْفَاؤُهُ إِبْدَاءُ

_Fa-adhā‘a al-dhirā‘ mā fīhi min summ / Bi-nuṭqin ikhfa’uhū ibdā’u_

But the shoulder of the meat disclosed the poison within it, speaking with a voice where silence would have meant manifestation.

**118.** وَبِخُلْقٍ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ كَرِيمٍ / لَمْ تُقَاصَصْ بِجَرْحِهَا الْعَجْمَاءُ

_Wa bi-khuluqin mina al-nabī karīm / Lam tuqāṣaṣ bi-jarḥihā al-‘ajmā’u_

Through the noble character of the Prophet, he did not seek retribution against the speechless animal for the injury it carried.

**119.** مَنَّ فَضْلاً عَلَى هَوَازِنَ إِذْ كَا / نَ لَهُ قَبْلَ ذَاكَ فِيهِمْ رَبَاءُ

_Manna faḍlan ‘alā Hawāzin idh kā / Na lahu qabl dhāka fīhim ribā’u_

He bestowed favor upon the tribe of Hawazin, for he had been fostered among them in his early years.

**120.** وَأَتَى السَّبْيُ فِيهِ أُخْتُ رَضَاعٍ / وَضَعَ الْكُفْرُ قَدْرَهَا والسِّبَاءُ

_Wa atā al-saby fīhi ukhtu raḍā‘ / Wa ḍa‘a al-kufr qadarahā wa al-sibyā’u_

Among the captives came his foster-sister, whose status had been lowered by disbelief and the taking of prisoners.

**121.** فَحَبَاهَا بِرّاً تَوَهَّمَتِ النَّا / سُ بِهِ أَنَّمَا السِّبَاءُ هِدَاءُ

_Fa-ḥabāhā birran tawahhamat al-nās / Bihī annamā al-sibyā’ hidaā’u_

He honored her with such kindness that the people imagined the taking of captives was actually a giving of gifts.

**122.** بَسَطَ المُصْطَفَى لَهَا مِنْ رِدَاءٍ / أَيُّ فَضْلٍ حَوَاهُ ذَاكَ الرّدَاءُ

_Basata al-muṣṭafā lahā min ridā’ / Ayyu faḍlin ḥawāhu dhāka al-ridā’u_

The Chosen One spread out his own cloak for her—what immense virtue was contained within that cloak!

**123.** فَغَدَتْ فِيهِ وَهْيَ سَيِّدَةُ النِّسْ / وَةِ وَالسَّيِّدَاتُ فِيهِ إِمَاءُ

_Fa-ghadat fīh wa hiya sayyidat al-nisā’ / Wa al-sayyidāt fīh imā’u_

In that moment, she became the mistress of all women, while the noblewomen around her seemed like handmaidens.

**124.** فَتَنَزَّهْ فِي ذَاتِهِ وَمَعَانِي / هِ اجْتِلاَءً إِنْ عَزَّ مِنْهَا اجْتِلاءُ

_Fa-tanazah fī dhātihī wa ma‘ānīh / Ijtalā’an in ‘azza minhā ijtalā’u_

So contemplate his essence and his meanings with clarity, if such a clear vision is granted to you.

**125.** وَامْلإِ السَّمْعَ مِنْ مَحَاسِنَ يُمْلِي / هَا عَلَيْكَ الإِنْشَادُ وَالإِنشَاءُ

_Wa amla’ al-sam‘ min maḥāsin yumli / Hā ‘alayka al-inshād wa al-inshā’u_

Fill your hearing with the beauties dictated to you by the rhythmic recitation and the composition.

**126.** كُلُّ وَصْفٍ لَهُ ابْتَدَأْتُ بِهِ اسْتَوْ / عَبَ أَخْبَارَ الْفَضْلِ مِنْهُ ابْتِدَاءُ

_Kullu waṣfin lahu ibtada’tu bihī istaw / ‘aba akhbār al-faḍl minhu ibtidā’u_

Every description I began with regarding him encompasses the very reports of excellence from the start.

**127.** سَيِّدٌ ضِحْكُهُ التَّبَسُّمُ والْمَشْ / يُ الْهُوَيْنَا وَنَوْمُهُ الإِغْفَاءُ

_Sayyidun ḍiḥkuhu al-tabassum wa al-mash / Yu al-huwainā wa nawmuhu al-ighfā’u_

A Master whose laughter was a smile, whose walk was dignified and humble, and whose sleep was but a light slumber.

**128.** مَا سِوَى خُلْقِهِ النَّسِيمُ وَلاَغَيْ / رِ مُحَيَّاهُ الرَّوْضَةِ الْغَنّاءُ

_Mā siwā khuluqihī al-nasīm wa lā ghayr / Muḥayyāhū al-rawdah al-ghannā’u_

The gentle breeze is nothing but a reflection of his character, and the lush, singing garden is nothing but a reflection of his countenance.

**129.** رَحْمَةٌ كُلُّهُ  وَحَزْمٌ وَعَزْمٌ / وَوَقَارٌ وَعِصْمَةٌ وَحَيَاءُ

_Raḥmatun kulluhū wa ḥazm wa ‘azm / Wa waqār wa ‘iṣmah wa ḥayā’u_

He is entirely mercy, combined with resolve, determination, dignity, protection, and modesty.

**130.** لاَتَحُلُّ الْبَأْسَاءُ مِنْهُ عُرَى الصَّبْ / رِ وَلاَ تَسْتَخِفُّهُ السَّرَّاءُ

_Lā taḥullu al-ba’sā’ minhu ‘urā’ al-ṣabr / Wa lā tastakhiffuhu al-sarrā’u_

Hardships could never loosen the bonds of his patience, nor did prosperity ever make him light-headed.

**131.** كَرُمَتْ نَفْسُهُ فَمَا يَخْطُرُ السُّو / ءُ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ وَلاَ الْفَحْشَاءُ

_Karamat nafsuhū famā yakhṭur al-sū’ / ‘Alā qalbihī wa lā al-faḥshā’u_

His soul was so noble that neither evil nor indecency ever crossed his heart.

**132.** عَظُمَتْ نِعْمَةُ الإِلَهِ عَلَيْهِ / فَاسْتُقِلَّتْ لِذِكْرِهِ الْعُظَمَاءُ

_‘Aẓumat ni‘mat al-Ilāh ‘alayh / Fa-ustuqillat li-dhikrīhi al-‘uẓamā’u_

The blessing of God upon him was so great that even the greatest of men seem small in his mention.

**133.** جَهِلَتْ قَوْمُهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَغْضَى / وَأَخُو الحِلْمِ دَأْبُهُ الإِغْضَاءُ

_Jahilat qawmuhū ‘alayh fa-aghḍā / Wa akhū al-ḥilm da‘buhū al-ighḍā’u_

His people acted ignorantly toward him, yet he overlooked it, for the nature of the clement is to forgive.

**134.** وَسِعَ الْعَالَمِينَ عِلْماً وَحِلْماَ / فَهْوَ بَحْرٌ لَمْ تُعْيِهِ الأَعْبَاءُ

_Wa si‘a al-‘ālamīn ‘ilman wa ḥilman / Fa-huwa baḥrun lam tu‘yihī al-a‘bā’u_

He encompassed the worlds in knowledge and forbearance; he is an ocean that is never exhausted by its burdens.

**135.** مُسْتَقِلٌ دُنْيَاكَ أَنْ يُنْسَبَ الإِمْ / سَاكُ مِنْهَا إِلَيْهِ والإِعْطَاءُ

_Mustaqil dunyāk an yunsab al-im / Sāk minhā ilayh wa al-i‘ṭā’u_

Your world is too insignificant to have its "giving" or "withholding" truly attributed to him.

**136.** شَمْسُ فَضْلٍ تَحَقَّقَ الظَّنُّ فِيهِ / أَنَّهُ الشَّمْسُ رِفْعَةً وَالضِّيَاءُ

_Shamsu faḍlin taḥaqqaqa al-ẓannu fīh / Annahu al-shamsu rifa‘atan wa al-ḍiyā’u_

He is the sun of favor; every positive thought of him is confirmed by his loftiness and light.

**137.** فَإِذَا مَا ضَحَا مَحَى نُورُهُ الظِّ / لَّ وَقَدْ أَثْبَتَ الظّلاَلَ الضَّحَاءُ

_Fa-idhā mā ḍaḥā maḥā nūruhu al-ẓill / Wa qad athbata al-ẓalāl al-ḍaḥā’u_

When the sun of his presence shines, its light erases the shadow, even though the morning sun usually defines the shade.

**138.** فَكَأَنَّ الْغَمَامَةَ اسْتَوْدَعَتْهُ / مَنْ أَظَلَّتْ  مِنْ ظِلِّهِ الدُّفَفَاءُ

_Fa-ka’anna al-ghamāmah istawda‘athu / Man aẓallat min ẓillihī al-duffafā’u_

It is as if the clouds were entrusted to him; those whom the clouds shaded were actually sheltered by his shadow.

**139.** خَفِيَتْ عِنْدَهُ الْفَضَائِلُ وَانْجَا / بَتْ بِهِ عَنْ عُيُونِنَا الأَهْوَاءُ

_Khaffiyat ‘indahū al-faḍā’il wa anjā / Bat bihī ‘an ‘uyūninā al-ahwā’u_

Virtues were hidden within him, and through him, the whims of the ego were removed from our eyes.

**140.** أَمَعَ الصُّبْحِ لِلنُّجُومِ تَجَلٍّ / أَمْ مَعَ الشَّمْسِ لِلظَّلاَمِ بَقَاءُ

_Am‘a al-ṣubḥ li-l-nujūm tajallī / Am ma‘a al-shams li-l-ẓalām baqā’u_

Is there any radiance for the stars once the morning has come, or any survival for darkness in the presence of the sun?

**141.** مُعْجِزُ الْقَوْلِ وَالْفِعَالِ كَرِيمُ / الْخَلْقِ وَالْخُلْقِ مُقْسِطٌ مِعْطَاءُ

_Mu‘jizu al-qawl wa al-fi‘āl karīm / Al-khalq wa al-khuluq muqsiṭun mi‘ṭā’u_

Miraculous in speech and deed, noble in form and character, just and most generous.

**142.** لاَ تَقِسْ بِالنَّبِيِّ فِي الْفَضْلِ خَلْقاً / فَهُوَ الْبَحْرُ وَالأَنَامُ إِضَاءُ

_Lā taqs bi-l-nabī fī al-faḍl khalqan / Fahuwa al-baḥr wa al-anām iḍā’u_

Do not compare any of creation to the Prophet in virtue; he is the ocean while the rest of mankind are but small pools.

**143.** كُلُّ فَضْلٍ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ فَمِنْ فَضْ / لِ النَّبِيِّ اسْتَعَارَهُ الْفُضَلاَءُ

_Kullu faḍlin fī al-‘ālamīn famin faḍ / Li-l-nabī ista‘ārahū al-fuḍalā’u_

Every virtue found in the worlds was merely borrowed from the virtue of the Prophet by the people of excellence.

**144.** شُقَّ عَنْ صَدْرِهِ وَشُقَّ لَهُ الْبَدْ / رُ وَمِنْْ شَرْطِ كُلِّ شَرْطٍ جَزَاءُ

_Shuqqa ‘an ṣadrhī wa shuqqa lahu al-badr / Wa min sharṭ kulli sharṭin jazā’u_

His chest was split open (for purification), and for him the full moon was split; and every 'condition' must, by necessity, have its 'consequent' reward.

**145.** وَرَمَى بِالْحَصَى فَأَقْصَدَ جَيْشاً / مَا الْعَصَا عِنْدَهُ وَمَا الإِلْقَاءُ

_Wa ramā bi-l-ḥaṣā fa-aqṣad jayshan / Ma al-‘aṣā ‘indahū wa ma al-ilqā’u_

He threw the handful of pebbles and struck down an entire army—compared to this, what was the staff (of Moses) or the casting down (of the sorcerers' ropes)?

**146.** وَدَعَا لِلأَنَامِ إِذْ دَهَمَتْهُمْ / سَنَةٌ مِنْ مُحُولِهَا شَهْبَاءُ

_Wa da‘ā li-l-anām idh dahamat'hum / Sunnah min muḥawilihā shahbā’u_

He prayed for the people when they were overtaken by a barren, dust-colored year of intense drought.

**147.** فَاسْتَهَلَّتْ بِالْغَيْثِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّا / مٍ عَلَيْهِمْ سَحَابَةٌ وَطْفَاءُ

_Fa-istaḥallat bi-l-ghayth sab‘at ayyā / ‘Alayhim saḥābah wa ṭifā’u_

So a heavy, rain-laden cloud poured down upon them for seven full days.

**148.** تَتَحَرَّى مَوَاضِعَ الرَّعْيِ والسَّقْيِ / وَحَيْثُ الْعِطَاشُ تُوهَى السِّقَاءُ

_Tataḥarrā mawāḍi‘ al-ra‘y wa al-saqy / Wa ḥaythu al-‘iṭāsh tūhā al-siqā’u_

The rain sought out the grazing lands and watering holes, and wherever the thirsty were, the water-skins were filled to bursting.

**149.** وَأَتَى النّاسُ يَشْتَكُونَ أَذَاهَا / وَرَخَاءٌ يُؤْذِي الأَنَامَ غَلاَءُ

_Wa atā al-nās yashtakūn adhāhā / Wa rakhā’ yu’dhī al-anām ghalā’u_

Then the people came complaining of the rain's harm, for even abundance can be harmful to people if it leads to excessive costs.

**150.** فَدَعَا فَانْجَلَى الْغَمَامُ فَقُلْ فِي / وَصْفِ غَيْثٍ إِقْلاَعُهُ اسْتِسْقَاءُ

_Fa-da‘ā fa-anjalā al-ghamām fa-qul fī / Waṣf ghaythin iqla‘uhu istisqā’u_

So he prayed again and the clouds cleared; say then of a rain whose clearing was itself a miraculous answer to a prayer for water.

**151.** ثْمَّ أَثْرَى الثَّرَى فَقَرَّتْ عُيُونٌ / بِقُرُاهُا وَأُحْيِيَتْ أَحْيَاءُ

_Thumma athrā al-tharā fa-qarrat ‘uyūn / Bi-qurūhā wa uḥyiyat aḥyā’u_

Then the moist earth became rich, eyes were delighted by the villages, and the living were revived.

**152.** فَتَرَى الأَرْضَ غِبَّهُ كَسَمَاءٍ / أَشْرَقَتْ مِنْ نُجُومِهَا الظَّلْمَاءُ

_Fa-tarā al-arḍa ghibbahu ka-samā’ / Ashraqat min nujūmihā al-ẓalmā’u_

You would see the earth after that rain like a sky whose darkness had been illuminated by its own stars.

**153.** تُخْجِلُ الدُّرُّ وَالْيَوَاقِيتَ مِنْ نَوْ / رِ رُبَاهَا الْبَيْضَاءُ وَالْحَمْرَاءُ

_Tukhjilu al-durr wa al-yawāqīt min nawri / Rubāhā al-bayḍā’ wa al-ḥamrā’u_

The white and red blossoms of its hills put to shame both pearls and rubies with their radiance.

**154.** لَيْتَهُ خَصَّنِي بِرُؤْيَةِ وَجْهٍ / زَالَ عَنْ كُلِّ مَنْ رَآهُ الشَّقَاءُ

_Laytahu khaṣṣanī bi-ru’yati wajhin / Zāla ‘an kulli man rāhū al-shaqā’u_

I wish he had graced me with the sight of a face through which all misery vanishes for whoever beholds it.

**155.** مُسْفِرٌٍ يَلْتَقِي الْكَتِيبَةَ بَسَّا / ماً إِذَا أَسْهَمَ الْوُجُوهَ اللِّقَاءُ

_Musfirun yaltaqī al-katībah bassam / Idhā as-hama al-wujūh al-liqā’u_

A radiant face that meets the battalion with a smile, even when the meeting of armies turns faces grim.

**156.** جُعِلَتْ مَسْجِداً لَهُ الأَرْضُ فَاهْتَ / زَّ بِهِ لِلصَّلاَةِ فِيهَا حِرَاءُ

_Ju‘ilat masjidān lahu al-arḍu fa-htazz / Bihī li-l-ṣalāh fīhā ḥirā’u_

The entire earth was made a mosque for him, and even Mount Hira shook with the vibration of prayer upon it.

**157.** مُظْهِرٌٍ شَجَّةَ الْجَبِينِ عَلَى الْبُرْ / ءِ كَمَا أَظْهَرَ الْهِلاَلَ الْبَرَاءُ

_Muẓhirun shajja al-jabīn ‘alā al-bur’ / Kamā aẓhara al-hilāl al-barā’u_

The mark on his forehead appeared as it healed, just as the new moon appears in its clarity.

**158.** سُتِرَ الْحُسْنُ مِنْهُ بِالْحُسْنِ فَاعْجَب / لِجَمَالٍ لَهُ الْجَمَالُ وِقَاءُ

_Sutira al-ḥusnu minhū bi-l-ḥusni fa-‘ajab / Li-jamāl lahu al-jamāl wiqā’u_

Beauty was veiled by beauty; wonder then at a loveliness for which loveliness itself was the protective shield.

**159.** فَهْوَ كَالزَّهْرِ لاَحَ مِنْ سَجَفِ الأَكْ / مَامِ وَالْعُودِ شُقَّ عَنْهُ اللِّحَاءُ

_Fahuwa ka-al-zahr lāḥa min sajfi al-akmām / Wa al-‘ūd shuqqa ‘anhū al-liḥā’u_

He is like a flower appearing from the veil of its petals, or like the aromatic wood when its bark is stripped away.

**160.** كَادَ أَنْ يُغْشَيَ الْعُيُونَ سَنىً مِنْ / هُ لِسِرٍّ حَكَتْهُ فِيهِ ذُكَاءُ

_Kāda an yughshā al-‘uyūn sanā minhū / Li-sirr ḥakat-hū fīh dhukā’u_

A brilliance from him nearly blinded the eyes, due to a secret within him that mimicked the midday sun.

**161.** صَانَهُ الْحُسْنُ وَالسَّكِينَةُ أَنْ تُظْ / هِرَ فِيهِ آثَارَهَا الْبَأْسَاءُ

_Ṣānahū al-ḥusn wa al-sakīnah an tuẓhir / Fīh āthārahā al-ba’sā’u_

His beauty and serenity protected him so that no traces of hardship ever appeared upon him.

**162.** وَتَخَالُ الْوُجُوهَ إِنْ قَابَلَتْهُ / أَلْبَسَتْهَا أَلْوَانَهَا الْحِرْبَاءُ

_Wa takhāl al-wujūh in qābalathū / Albasathā alwānahā al-ḥirbā’u_

You would imagine the faces that met him were like chameleons, being clothed in the colors of his radiance.

**163.** فَإِذَا شِمْتَ بِشْرَهُ وَنَدَاهُ / أَذْهَلَتْكَ الأَنْوَارُ وَالأَنْوَاءُ

_Fa-idhā shimt bi-shrahū wa nadāhū / Adhalatka al-anwār wa al-anwā’u_

If you caught a glimpse of his joy and his generosity, the lights and the spiritual downpours would leave you bewildered.

**164.** أَوْ بِتَقْبِيلِ رَاحَةٍ كَانَ للهِ / وَبِاللهِ أَخْذُهَا وَالْعَطَاءُ

_Aw bi-taqbīli rāḥah kān li-llāh / Wa bi-llāh akhdhuhā wa al-‘iṭā’u_

Or by the kissing of a palm that was for the sake of Allah, and through Allah was its taking and its giving.

**165.** تَتَّقِي بَأْسَهَا الْمُلُوكُ وَتَحْظَى / بِالْغِنَا مِنْ نَوَالِهَا الْفُقَرَاءُ

_Tattaqī ba’sahā al-mulūk wa taḥẓā / Bi-l-ghinā’ min nawālihā al-fuqarā’u_

Kings fear its power, while the poor attain wealth from its bestowals.

**166.** لاَ تَسَلْ سَيْلَ جُودِهَا إِنَّمَا يَكْ / فِيكَ مِنْ وَكْفِ سُحْبِهَا الأَنْدَاءُ

_Lā tasal sayl jūdihā innamā yakfīk / Min wakf suḥbihā al-andā’u_

Do not ask of the flood of that palm’s generosity, for even the mere mist from its clouds is enough to suffice you.

**167.** دَرَّتِ الشَّاةُ حِينَ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهَا / فَلَهَا ثَرْوَةٌ بِهَا وَنَمَاءُ

_Darrat al-shāt ḥīna marrat ‘alayhā / Fa-lahā tharwah bihā wa namā’u_

The sheep gave milk in abundance once that hand passed over it, gaining through it wealth and increase.

**168.** نَبَعَ الْمَاءُ أَثْمَرَ النَّخْلُ فِي عَا / مٍ بِهَا سَبَّحَتْ بِهَا الْحَصْبَاءُ

_Naba‘ al-mā’ athmara al-nakhl fī ‘ām / Bihā sabbaḥat bihā al-ḥaṣbā’u_

Water gushed forth, and palm trees bore fruit within a single year; through that hand, even the pebbles sang the praises of God.

**169.** أَحْيَتِ الْمُرْمِلِينَ مِنْ مَوْتِ جَهْدٍ / أَعْوَزَ الْقَوْمَ فِيهِ زَادٌ وَمَاءُ

_Aḥyat al-murmilīn min mawt jahd / A‘waz al-qawm fīh zād wa mā’u_

It revived the destitute from the death of exhaustion, in a time when the people lacked both provision and water.

**170.** فَتَغَذَّى  بِالصَّاعِ أَلْفٌ جِيَاعٌ / وَتَرَوَّى بِالصَّاعِ أَلْفٌ ظِمَاءُ

_Fa-taghadhdhā bi-l-ṣā‘ alf jiyā‘ / Wa tarawwā bi-l-ṣā‘ alf ẓimā’u_

A thousand hungry souls were nourished from a single measure (sa'a), and a thousand thirsty ones were quenched from that same measure.

**171.** وَوَفَى قَدْرُ بَيْضَةٍ مِنْ نُظَارٍ / دَيْنَ سَلْمَانَ حِينَ حَانَ الْوَفَاءُ

_Wa wafā qadru bayḍatin min nuẓār / Dayn Salmān ḥīna ḥān al-wafā’u_

A piece of gold the size of an egg sufficed to pay the debt of Salman al-Farisi when the time of payment was due.

**172.** كَانَ يُدْعَى قِنّاً فَأَعْتَقَ لَمَّا / أَيْنَعَتْ مِنْ نَخِيلِهِ الأَقْنَاءُ

_Kāna yud‘ā Qinnan fa-a‘taqa lammā / Ayn‘at min nakhīlihī al-aqnā’u_

He was called a slave, but was set free once the clusters of dates on his palms had ripened by that hand.

**173.** أَفَلاَ تَعْذُرُونَ سَلْمَانَ لَمَّا / أَنْ عَرَتْهُ مِنْ ذِكْرِهِ الْعُرَوَاءُ

_Afa-lā ta‘dharūn Salmān lammā / An ‘arat-hū min dhikrihī al-‘urawā’u_

Do you not then excuse Salman for the trembling that overcomes him at the mere mention of the Prophet?

**174.** وَأَزَالتْ بِلَمْسِهَا كُلَّ دَاءٍ / أَكْبَرَتْهُ أَطِبَّةٌ وَإِسَاءُ

_Wa azālat bi-lamsihā kull dā’ / Akbarat-hū aṭibbah wa isā’u_

That hand removed with its touch every disease that physicians and healers had deemed incurable.

**175.** وَعُيُونٌ مَرَّتْ بِهَا وَهْيَ رُمْدٌ / فَأَرَتْهَا مَا لَمْ تَرَ الزَّرْقَاءُ

_Wa ‘uyūn marrat bihā wa hiya rumdun / Fa-arathā mā lam tara al-zarqā’u_

Eyes that were red with inflammation were touched by it, and they saw what even the legendary sharp-sighted Zarqa' could not see.

**176.** وَأَعَادَتْ عَلَى قَتَادَةَ عَيْناً / فَهْيَ حَتَّى مَمَاتِهِ النَّجْلاَءُ

_Wa a‘ādat ‘alā Qatādah ‘aynan / Fahy ḥattā mamātihī al-najlā’u_

It restored to Qatadah his eye after it was struck, and it remained the sharper of the two until his death.

**177.** أَوْ بِلَثْمِ التُّرَابِ مِنْ قَدَمٍ لاَ / نَتْ حَياءً مِنْ مَشْيِهَا الصَّفْوَاءُ

_Aw bi-lathmi al-turāb min qadam lā / Nat ḥayā’an min mashyihā al-ṣafwā’u_

Or consider the kissing of the dust from a foot before whose humble tread even the solid rocks softened out of modesty.

**178.** مَوْطِئُ الأَخْمُصِ الذِي مِنْهُ لِلْقَلْ / إِذَا مَضْجَعِي أَقَضَّ وِطَاءُ

_Mawṭi’ al-akhmuṣ alladhī min-hu lil-qal / Idhā maḍja‘ī aqadd waṭā’u_

The place where his sole trod is a resting place for my heart whenever my bed becomes hard and restless.

**179.** حَظِيَ الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ بِمَمْشَا / هَا وَلَمْ يَنْسَ حَظَّهُ إِيلْيَاءُ

_Ẓaḥī al-masjid al-ḥarām bi-mamshāhā / Wa lam yans ḥaẓhū Īliyā’u_

The Sacred Mosque was honored by its walking, and Jerusalem (Aelia) did not forget its own share of that honor.

**180.** وَرِمَتْ إِذْ رَمَى بِهَا ظِلَمَ اللَّيْ / لِ إِلَى اللهِ خَوْفُهُ وَالرَّجَاءُ

_Wa ramat idh ramā bihā ẓilam al-layl / Ilā Allāh khawfuh wa al-rajā’u_

That foot cast itself, and the fear and hope within it, toward Allah through the darkness of the night.

**181.** دَمِيَتْ فِي الْوَغَى لِتُكْسِبَ طِيباً / مَا أَرَاقَتْ مِنَ الدَّمِ الشُّهَدَاءُ

_Damiyat fī al-waghā li-tuksib ṭayyiban / Mā arāqat min al-dam al-shuhadā’u_

It bled in the heat of battle to gain a fragrance finer than any blood the martyrs ever shed.

**182.** فَهْيَ قُطْبُ الْمِحْرَابِ وَالْحَرْبِ  كَمْ دَا / رَتْ عَلَيْهَا فِي طَاعَةٍ أَرْحَاءُ

_Fahy quṭbu al-miḥrāb wa al-ḥarb kam / Dārat ‘alayhā fī ṭā‘ah arḥā’u_

It is the pivot of both the prayer niche and the battlefield; how often have the millstones of obedience turned upon it!

**183.** وَأُرَاهُ لَوْ لَمْ يُسَكِّنْ بِهَا قَبْ / لُ حِرَاءً مَاجَتْ بِهِ الدَّأْمَاءُ

_Wa urāhū law lam yusakkīn bihā qablu / Ḥirā’ mājat bihī al-da’mā’u_

I believe that had he not previously stilled Mount Hira with that foot, the very oceans would have surged in upheaval.

**184.** عَجَباً لِلْكُفَّارِ زَادُوا ظَلاَلاً / بِالذِي لِلْعُقُولِ فِيهِ اهْتِدَاءُ

_‘Ajaban lil-kuffār zādū ẓalāl / Bi-lladhī lil-‘uqūl fīh ihtidā’u_

How strange it is that the disbelievers increased in delusion through the very one in whom there is guidance for the intellects!

**185.** والذِي يَسْأَلُونَ مِنْهِ كِتَابٌ / مُنْزَلٌ قَدْ أَتَاهُمُ وَارْتِقَاءُ

_Wa al-ladhī yas’alūna min-hu kitābun / Munzal qad atāhum wa irtiqā’u_

What they demand from him is a Book sent down—which has already come to them—and a spiritual ascension.

**186.** أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِهِمْ مِنَ اللهِ ذِكْرٌ / فِيهِ لِلنَّاسِ رَحْمَةٌ وَشِفَاءُ

_Awalam yakfihim min Allāh dhikrun / Fīh lil-nās raḥmah wa shifā’u_

Does the Remembrance from Allah not suffice them, in which there is mercy and healing for mankind?

**187.** أَعْجَزَ الإِنْسَ آيَةٌ مِنْهُ وَالْجِ / نَّ فَهَلاَّ تَأْتِي بِهَا الْبُلَغَاءُ

_A‘jaz al-ins āyah min-hū wa al-jinn / Fahallā ta’tī bihā al-bulaghā’u_

A single verse of it has confounded both humans and jinn; so why do the eloquent not produce something like it?

**188.** كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يُهْدَي إِلَى سَامِعِيهِ / مُعْجِزَاتٌ مِنْ لَفْظِهِ الْقُرَّاءُ

_Kull yawmin yuhdā ilā sāmi‘ihī / Mu‘jizāt min lafẓih al-qurrā’u_

Every day, the readers present to their listeners miracles from its very wording.

**189.** تَتَحَلَّى بِهِ الْمَسَامِعُ والأَفْ / وَاهُ فَهْوَ الْحُلِيُّ وَالْحَلْوَاءُ

_Tatataḥallā bihī al-masāmi‘ wa al-afwāh / Fahwa al-ḥuliyy wa al-ḥalwā’u_

The ears and the mouths are adorned by it, for it is both the finest jewelry and the sweetest confection.

**190.** رَقَّ لَفْظاً وَرَاقَ مَعْنىً فَجَاءَتْ / فِي حُلاَهَا وَحَلْيِهَا الْخَنْسَاءُ

_Raqqa lafẓan wa rāqa ma‘nā fa-jā’at / Fī ḥulāhā wa ḥalyihā al-khansā’u_

Its words are delicate and its meanings are sublime, appearing in such beauty that even the poetess Al-Khansa' would be humbled by its adornment.

**191.** وَأَرَتْنَا فِيهِ غَوَامِضَ فَضْلٍ / رِقَّةٌ مِنْ زُلاَلِهَا وَصَفَاءُ

_Wa aratnā fīhī ghawāmiḍ faḍl / Riqah min zulāl-hā wa ṣafā’u_

The Quran has shown us hidden subtleties of its grace, with a clarity and purity as refined as the freshest water.

**192.** إِنَّمَا تُجْتَلَى الْوُجُوهُ إِذَا مَا / جُلِيَتْ عَنْ مِرْآتِهَا الأَصْدَاءُ

_Innamā tujtalā al-wujūh idhā mā / Juliyat ‘an mirā’atihā al-aṣdā’u_

Faces are only truly reflected when the rust of the world is polished away from the mirror.

**193.** سُوَرٌ مِنْهُ أَشْبَهَتْ صُوَراً مِ / نَّا وَمِثْلُ النَّظَائِرِ النُّظَرَاءُ

_Suwar min-hu ashbaht ṣuwaran minnā / Wa mithlu al-naẓā’ir al-nuẓarā’u_

Its chapters bear a resemblance to us, for like responds to like, and peers recognize their own.

**194.** وَالأَقَاوِيلُ عِنْدُهُمْ كَالتَّمَاثِي / لِ فَلاَ يُوهِمَنَّكَ الْخُطَبَاءُ

_Wa al-aqāwīl ‘indahum ka-al-tamāthīl / Fa-lā yuwahimannaka al-khuṭabā’u_

But the mere words of men compared to it are like lifeless statues; do not let the eloquent speakers deceive you.

**195.** كَمْ أَبَانَتْ آيَاتُهُ مِنْ عُلُومٍ / عَنْ حُرُوفٍ أَبَانَ عَنْهَا الْهِجَاءُ

_Kam abānat āyātuh min ‘ulūm / ‘An ḥurūf abāna ‘anhā al-hijā’u_

How many sciences have its verses revealed through the very letters shown in the alphabet?

**196.** فَهْيَ كَالْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى أَعْجَبَ الزُّ / رَّاعَ مِنْهُ سَنَابِلٌ وَذَكَاءُ

_Fahy ka-al-ḥabb wa al-nawā a‘jaba al-zu / Rrā‘ min-hu sanābil wa dhakā’u_

They are like seeds and pits that amaze the sower with the stalks and intelligence they produce.

**197.** فَأَطَالُوا فِيهِ التَّرَدُّدَ والرَّيْ / بَ فَقَالُوا سِحْرٌ وَقَالُوا افْتِرَاءُ

_Fa-aṭālū fīh al-taraddud wa al-rayb / Faqālū siḥr wa qālū iftirā’u_

The disbelievers prolonged their hesitation and doubt, saying "This is sorcery" or "This is a fabrication."

**198.** وَإِذَا الْبَيِّنَاتُ لَمْ تُغْنِ شَيْئاً / فَالْتِمَاسُ الْهُدَى بِهِنَّ عَنَاءُ

_Wa idhā al-bayyināt lam tughni shay’an / Fa-ltīmās al-hudā bihinna ‘anā’u_

But if the clear signs do not suffice, then seeking guidance through them becomes a wearying task.

**199.** وَإِذَا ضَلَّتِ الْعُقُولُ عَلَى عِلْ / مٍ فَمَاذَا تَقُولُهُ النُّصَحَاءُ

_Wa idhā ḍallat al-‘uqūl ‘alā ‘ilm / Fama dhā taqūluh al-nuṣaḥā’u_

And if minds go astray despite having knowledge, what can the sincere advisors say?

**200.** قَوْمَ عِيسَى عَامَلْتُمُ قَوْمَ مُوسَى / بِالذِي عَامَلَتْكُمُ الْحُنَفَاءُ

_Qawma ‘Īsā ‘āmaltum qawma Mūsā / Bi-lladhī ‘āmalatkum al-ḥunafā’u_

O people of Jesus, you have treated the people of Muhammad as the people of Moses once treated you.

**201.** صَدَّقُوا كُتْبَكُمُ وَكَذَّبْتُمُ كُتْ / بَهُمُ إِنَّ ذَا لَبِئْسَ الْبَوَاءُ

_Ṣaddaqū kutubakum wa kadhabtum kutubahum / Inna dhā labi’s al-bawā’u_

The believers accepted your Books, yet you denied theirs; indeed, that is a wretched exchange.

**202.** لَوْ جَحَدْنَا جُحُودَكُمُ لاَسْتَوَيْنَا / أَوَ لِلْحَقِّ بِالضَّلاَلِ اسْتِوَاءُ

_Law jaḥadnā juḥūdakum la-sṭawaynā / Aw lil-ḥaqq bi-al-ḍalāl istiwā’u_

Had we denied what you denied, we would be equals; but can Truth and misguidance ever be equal?

**203.** مَالَكُمْ إِخْوَةَ الْكِتَابِ أُنَاساً / لَيْسَ يُرْعَى لِلْحِقِّ مِنْكُمْ إخَاءُ

_Mā lakum ikhwatu al-kitāb anāsan / Laysa yur‘ā lil-ḥaqq minkum ikhā’u_

What is the matter with you, O People of the Book, that you do not observe the brotherhood of truth?

**204.** يَحْسُدُ الأَوَّلُ الأَخِيرَ وَمَا زَا / لَ كَذَا الْمُحْدَثُونَ وَالْقُدَمَاءْ

_Yaḥsudu al-awwal al-akhīr wa mā zā / La kadha al-muḥdathūn wa al-qudamā’u_

The former envies the latter, and such has been the way of both the moderns and the ancients.

**205.** قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ بِظُلْمِ قَابِيلَ هَابِي / لَ وَمَظْلُومَ الإِخْوَةِ الأَتْقِيَاءُ

_Qad ‘alimtum bi-ẓulm Qābīl hābī / Wa maẓlūm al-ikhwā al-atqiyā’u_

You already know of the injustice of Cain toward Abel, and the suffering of the pious, wronged brothers.

**206.** وَسَمِعْتُمْ بِكَيْدِ أَبْنَاءِ يَعْقُو / بَ أَخَاهُمْ وَكُلُّهُمْ صُلَحَاءُ

_Wa sami‘tum bi-kayd abnā’ Ya‘qūb / Akhāhum wa kulluhum ṣulḥā’u_

And you have heard of the plot of the sons of Jacob against their brother, though they were all righteous.

**207.** حِينَ أَلْقَوْهُ فِي غَيَابَةِ جُبٍّ / وَرَمَوْهُ بِالإِفْكِ وَهْوَ بَرَاءُ

_ḥīna alqaw-hū fī ghiyābat jubb / Wa ramaw-hū bi-al-ifk wa huwa barā’u_

When they cast him into the depths of the well and accused him of a lie while he was innocent.

**208.** فَتَأَسَّوْا بِمَنْ مَضَى إِذْ ظُلِمْتُمْ / فَالتَّأَسِّي لِلنَّفْسِ فِيهِ عَزَاءُ

_Fa-ta’assaw bi-man maḍā idh ẓulimtum / Fa-al-ta’assī lil-nafs fīh ‘azā’u_

So find solace in those who passed before when you are wronged, for in such examples there is comfort for the soul.

**209.** أَتَراكُمْ وَفَّيْتُمُ حِينَ خَانُوا / أَمْ تَرتكُمْ أَحْسَنْتُمُ إِذْ أَسَاءوا

_Atarākum waffaytum ḥīna khānū / Am tartukum aḥsantum idh asā’ū_

Do you think you were faithful when they betrayed, or do you think you acted well when they behaved badly?

**210.** بَلْ تَمَادَتْ عَلَى التَّجَاهُلِ آبَا / ءٌ تَقَفَّتْ آثَارَهَا الأَبْنَاءُ

_Bal tamādat ‘alā al-tajāhuli ābā’ / Taqaffat āthārahā al-abnā’u_

Nay, the fathers persisted in their ignorance, and the sons followed in their footsteps.

**211.** بَيَّنَتْهُ تَوْرَاتُهُمْ وَالأَنَاجِي / يلُ وَهُمْ فِي جُحُودِهِ شُرَكَاءُ

_Bayyanat-hu tawrātuhum wa al-anājī / Yalū wa hum fī juḥūdihī shurakā’u_

The Torah and the Gospels made him (the Prophet) clear, yet they were partners in his denial.

**212.** إِنْ تَقُولُوا مَا بَيَّنَتْهُ فَمَا زَا / لَتْ بِهِ عَنْ عُيُونِهِمْ غَشْوَاءُ

_In taqūlū mā bayyanat-hu famā zālat / Bihī ‘an ‘uyūnihim ghashwā’u_

If you say they did not make him clear, then a veil still remains over their eyes.

**213.** أَوْ تَقُولُوا قَدْ بَيَّنَتْهُ فَمَا لِلْ / أُذْنِ عَمَّا تَقُولُهُ صَمَّاءُ

_Aw taqūlū qad bayyanat-hu famā lil- / Udhun ‘ammā taqūluh ṣammā’u_

Or if you say they did make him clear, then the ear has turned deaf to what is being said.

**214.** عَرَفُوهُ  وَأَنْكَرُوهُ وَظُلْماً / كَتَمَتْهُ الشَّهَادَةَ الشُّهَدَاءُ

_‘Arafūhū wa ankārūhū wa ẓulman / Katamat-hu al-shahādah al-shuhadā’u_

They recognized him but denied him out of injustice; the witnesses suppressed the very testimony.

**215.** أَوَ نُورَ الإِلَهِ تُطْفِئُهُ الأَفْ / وَاهُ وَ هْوَ الذِي بِهِ يُسْتَضَاءُ

_Aw nūr al-Ilāh tutfi’uh al-afwāh / Wa huwa alladhī bihī yustadā’u_

Can the light of God be extinguished by mouths when it is the very light by which one finds guidance?

**216.** أَوَ لاَ يُنْكِرُونَ مَنْ طَحَنَتْهُمْ / بِرَحَاهَا عَنْ أَمْرِهِ الْهَيْجَاءُ

_Aw lā yunkirūn man taḥanat-hum / Birahāhā ‘an amrih al-hayjā’u_

Do they not recognize him who crushed them with the millstones of war by his command?

**217.** وَكَسَاهُمْ ثَوْبَ الصَّغَارِ وَقَدْ طُلْ / لَتْ دِماً مِنْهُمُ وَصِينَتْ دِمَاءُ

_Wa kasāhum thawb al-ṣighār wa qad ṭullat / Daman min-humu wa ṣīnat dimā’u_

He clothed them in the garment of lowliness, where blood was spilled and yet other blood was preserved.

**218.** كَيْفَ يَهْدِي الإِلَهُ مِنْهُمْ قُلُوباً / حَشْوُهَا مِنْ حَبِيبِهِ الْبَغْضَاءُ

_Kayfa yahdī al-Ilāh min-hum qulūban / Ḥashwuhā min ḥabībihī al-bughḍā’u_

How can God guide hearts that are filled with hatred for His beloved?

**219.** خَبِّرُونَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابَيْنِ مِنْ أَيْ / نَ أَتَاكُمْ تَثْلِيثُكُمْ وَالْبَدَاءُ

_Khabbirūnā ahl al-kitābayn min ayna / Atākum tathlīthukum wa al-badā’u_

Tell us, O People of the Two Books, from where did your concept of the Trinity and "change in Divine will" (Bada) come?

**220.** مَا أَتَى بِالْعَقِيدَتْيْنِ كِتَابٌ / وَاعْتِقَادٌ لاَ نَصَّ فِيهِ ادِّعَاءُ

_Mā atā bi-al-‘aqīdatayn kitāb / Wa i‘tiqād lā naṣṣ fīh idd‘iyā’u_

No scripture ever brought these two doctrines; a belief without a text is merely a claim.

**221.** وَالدَّعَاوِي مَا لَمْ تُقِيمُوا عَلَيْهَا / بَيِّنَاتٌ أَبْنَاؤُهَا أَدْعِيَاءُ

_Wa al-da‘āwī mā lam tuqīmū ‘alayhā / Bayyināt abnā’uhā ad‘iyā’u_

And claims that lack clear evidence are born as mere pretenders.

**222.** لَيْتَ شِعْرِي ذِكْرُ الثَّلاَثَةِ وَالْوَا / حِدِ نَقْصٌ فِي عَدِّكُمْ أَمْ نَمَاءُ

_Layta shi‘rī dhikr al-thalāthah wa al-wāḥid / Naqṣ fī ‘addikum am namā’u_

I wonder: is the mention of "three" and "one" a decrease in your counting or an increase?

**223.** كَيْفَ وَحَّدْتُمُ إِلَهاً نَفَى التَّوْ / حِيدَ عَنْهُ الآبَاءُ وَالأَبْنَاءُ

_Kayfa waḥhadtum ilāhan nafy al-tawḥīd / ‘An-hu al-ābā’ wa al-abnā’u_

How can you declare a God as One when the fathers and sons have denied that Oneness?

**224.** أَأَلِهٌ مُرَكَّبٌ مَا سَمِعْنَا / بِإِلَهٍ لِذَاتِهِ أَجْزَاءُ

_A’aliḥ murakkab mā sami‘nā / Bi-Ilāh li-dhātihī ajzā’u_

Is He a composite God? We have never heard of a God whose essence consists of parts.

**225.** أفلِكُلٍّ مِنْهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْ / كِ فَهَلاَّ تُمَيَّزُ الأَنْصِبَاءُ

_Aflikul min-hum naṣīb min al-mulk / Fahallā tumayyaz al-anṣibā’u_

Does each of them have a share in the kingdom? If so, why are these shares not distinguished?

**226.** أَتُرَاهُمْ لِحَاجَةٍ وَاضْطِرَارٍ / خَلَطُوهَا وَمَا بَغَى الْخُلَطَاءُ

_Atarāhum li-ḥajah wa-ḍiṭrār / Khalatuhā wa mā baghā al-khulṭā’u_

Do you think they mixed these parts out of need or necessity? But those who mingle do not usually seek to wrong one another.

**227.** أَهُوَ الرَّاكِبُ الْحِمَارَ فَيَا عَجْ / زَ إِلَهٍ يَمَسُّهُ الإِعْيَاءُ

_Ahu al-rākib al-ḥimār faya ‘ajz / Ilāh yamassuh al-‘iyā’u_

Is He the one riding the donkey? How weak is a God who is touched by exhaustion!

**228.** أَمْ جَمِيعٌ عَلَى الْحِمَارِ لَقَدْ جَ / لَّ حِمَارٌ بِجَمْعِهِمْ مَشَّاءُ

_Am jamī‘un ‘alā al-ḥimār laqad jal / Ḥimār bi-jam‘ihim mashā’u_

Or are they all upon the donkey? Then truly great is a donkey that can carry them all!

**229.** أَمْ سِوَاهُمْ هُوَ الإِلَهُ فَمَا نِسْ / بَةُ عِيسَى إِلَيْهِ وَالإِنْتِمَاءُ

_Am siwāhum huwa al-ilāh famā nisbah / ‘Īsā ilayh wa al-intimā’u_

Or is the God someone else entirely? Then what is the relation and kinship of Jesus to Him?

**230.** أَمْ أَرَدْتُمْ بِهَا الصِّفَاتِ فَلِمْ خُصْ / صَتْ ثُلاَثٌ بِوَصْفِهِ وَثُنَاءُ

_Am aradtum bihā al-ṣifāt falim khusṣat / Thalāth bi-waṣfih wa thunā’u_

Or did you mean the Attributes? Then why were only three singled out for description and praise?

**231.** أَمْ هُوَ ابْنٌ للهِ مَا شَارَكَتْهُ / فِي مَعَانِي الْبُنُوَّةِ الأَنْبِيَاءُ

_Am huwa ibn lillāh mā shārakathū / Fī ma‘ānī al-bunūwah al-anbiyā’u_

Or is he a son of God, in whose sense of sonship no other Prophets share?

**232.** قَتَلَتْهُ الْيَهُودُ فِيمَا زَعَمْتُمْ / وَلأَمْوَاتِكُمْ بِهِ إِحْيَاءُ

_Qatalathū al-yahūd fīmā za‘amtum / Wa li-amwātikum bih iḥyā’u_

The Jews killed him, according to what you claim, yet in him there is life for your dead.

**233.** إِنَّ قَوْلاً أَطْلَقْتُمُوهُ عَلَى اللَّ / هِ تَعَالَى ذِكْراً لَقَوْلٌ هُرَاءُ

_Inna qawlan aṭlaqtumūh ‘alā al-lāh / Ta‘ālā dhikran la-qawl hurā’u_

Indeed, such a statement that you have attributed to God, the Most High, is but foolish talk.

**234.** مِثْلَ مَا قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَكُلٌّ / لَزِمَتْهُ مَقَالَةٌ شَنْعَاءُ

_Mithla mā qālat al-yahūd wa kull / Lazimat-hu maqālah shan‘ā’u_

It is like what the Jews said, and both are bound by a loathsome doctrine.

**235.** إِذْْ هُمُ اسْتَقْرَءُوا الْبَدَاءَ وَكَمْ سَا / قَ وَبَالاً إِلَيْهِمُ اسْتِقْرَاءُ

_Idh hum istaqar’ū al-badā’ wa kam sāq / Wa bālan ilayhim istiqrā’u_

For they pursued the concept of "Bada" (change in Divine will), and how much ruin has such a pursuit brought upon them!

**236.** وَأَرَاهُمْ لَمْ يَجْعَلُوا الْوَاحِدَ الْقَ / هَّارَ فِي الْخَلْقِ فَاعِلاً مَا يَشَاءُ

_Wa arāhum lam yaj‘alū al-wāḥid al-qahhār / Fī al-khalq fā‘ilan mā yashā’u_

I see that they did not regard the One, the Subduer, as being the absolute Doer of what He wills in creation.

**237.** جَوَّزُوا النَّسْخَ مِثْلَ مَا جَوَّزُوا الْمسْ / خَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ فُقَهَاءُ

_Jawwazū al-nask mithla mā jawwazū al-mas’ / Kha ‘alayhim law annahum fuqahā’u_

They permitted the concept of abrogation (Naskh) just as they permitted the transformation (Maskh) of their own selves, if only they were truly jurists.

**238.** هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْحُكْمُ بِالْحُ / كْمِ وَخَلْقٌ فِيهِ وَأَمْرٌ سَوَاءُ

_Huwa illā an yurfa‘ al-ḥukm bi-al-ḥukm / Wa khalq fīh wa amr sawā’u_

It is nothing but the replacing of one ruling with another; in this, both creation and command are equal.

**239.** وَلِحُكْمٍ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ انْتِهَاءٌ / وَلِحُكْمٍ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ ابْتِدَاءُ

_Wa li-ḥukm min al-zamān intiha’ / Wa li-ḥukm min al-zamān ibtidā’u_

For every ruling, there is an end in time, and for every ruling, there is a beginning in time.

**240.** فَسَلُوهُمْ أَكَانَ فِي نَسْخِهِم مَسْ / خٌ لآيَاتِ اللهِ أَمْ إِنْشَاءُ

_Fas’alūhum akāna fī naskihim maskh / Li-āyāt Allāh am inshā’u_

So ask them: was there in their abrogation a transformation of God's signs, or was it a new creation?

**241.** وَبَدَاءٌ فِي قَوْلِهِمْ نَدِمَ اللَّ / هُ عَلَى خَلْقِ آدَمَ أَمْ خَطَاءُ

_Wa badā’ fī qawlihim nadima al-lāh / ‘Alā khalq Ādam am khaṭā’u_

And this "Bada" in their saying—did God "regret" the creation of Adam, or was it an "error"?

**242.** أَمْ مَحَا اللهُ آيَةَ اللَّيْلِ ذُكْراً / بَعْدَ سَهْوٍ لِيُوجَدَ الإِمْسَاءُ

_Am maḥā Allāh āyat al-layl dhikran / Ba‘da sahw li-yūjad al-imsā’u_

Or did God erase the "sign of the night" after a lapse of memory so that the evening might exist?

**243.** أَمْ بَدَا لِلإِلَهِ فِي ذَبْحِ إِسْحَا / قَ وَقَدْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ فِيهِ مَضَاءُ

_Am badā lil-Ilāh fī dhabḥ Isḥāq / Wa qad kān al-amr fīh maḍā’u_

Or did a new thought occur to God regarding the sacrifice of Isaac, even after the command had been set in motion?

**244.** أَوَ مَا حَرَّمَ الإِلَهُ نِكَاَ الأُخْ / تِ بَعْدَ التَّحْلِيلِ فَهْوَ الزِّنَاءُ

_Aw mā ḥarrama al-Ilāh nikā’ al-ukh / Tī ba‘da al-taḥlīl fahuwa al-zinā’u_

Or did God forbid the marriage of sisters after it had been permitted, making it then an act of sin?

**245.** لاَ تُكَذِّبْ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ وَقَدْ زَا / غُوا عَنِ الْحَقِّ مَعْشَرٌ لُؤُمَاءُ

_Lā tukadhib anna al-yahūd wa qad zāghū / ‘An al-ḥaqq ma‘shar lu’umā’u_

Do not disbelieve that the Jews, having swerved from the Truth, are a base people.

**246.** جَحَدُوا الْمُصْطَفَى وَآمَنَ بالطَّا / غُوتِ قَومٌ هُمْ عِنْدَهُمْ شُرَفَاءُ

_Jaḥadū al-muṣṭafā wa āman bi-al-ṭā / Ghūt qawm hum ‘indahum shurafā’u_

They denied the Chosen One and believed in the "Taghut" (false idols) whom they considered noble.

**247.** قَتَلُوا الأَنْبِيَاءَ وَاتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْ / لَ أَلاَ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ

_Qatalū al-anbiyā’ wa-ittakhadhū al-‘ijl / Alā innahum hum al-sufahā’u_

They killed the Prophets and took the calf as a god; truly, they are the foolish ones.

**248.** وَسَفِيهٌ مَنْ سَاءَهُ الْمَنُّ والسَّلْ / وَى وَأَرْضَاهُ الْفُومُ والْقِثَّاءُ

_Wa safīh man sā’ahu al-mannu wa al-salwa / Wa ardhāhu al-fūm wa al-qithā’u_

And foolish is the one who was displeased by the Manna and Salwa, yet was satisfied with garlic and cucumbers.

**249.** مُلِئَتْ بِالْخَبِيثِ مِنْهُمْ بُطُونٌ / فَهْيَ نَارٌ طِبَاقُهَا الأَمْعَاءُ

_Mulī’at bil-khabīth minhum buṭūn / Fahya nār ṭibāquhā al-am‘ā’u_

Their bellies are filled with the forbidden, so they are like fires whose layers are their very intestines.

**250.** لَوْ أُرِيدُوا فِي حَالِ سَبْتٍ بِخَيْرٍ / كَانَ سَبْتاً لَدَيْهِمُ الأَرْبِعَاءُ

_Law urīdū fī ḥāl sabt bikhayr / Kāna sabtan ladayhim al-arbi‘ā’u_

Had they been intended for good on the Sabbath, Wednesday would have been their Sabbath instead.

**251.** هْوَ يَوْمٌ مُبَارَكٌ قِيلَ لِلتَّصْ / رِيفِ فِيهِ مِنَ الْيِهُودِ اعْتِدَاءُ

_Huwa yawm mubārak qīla lil-taṣrīf / Fīh min al-yahūd i‘tidā’u_

It is a blessed day, yet it is said that regarding it, the Jews committed transgression.

**252.** فَبِظُلْمٍ مِنْهُمْ وَكُفْرٍ عَدَتْهُمْ / طَيِّبَاتٌ فِي تَركِهِنَّ ابْتِلاَءُ

_Fa bi-ẓulm minhum wa kufr ‘addathum / Ṭayyibāt fī tarkihinna ibtilā’u_

So because of their injustice and disbelief, good things were forbidden to them as a trial.

**253.** خُدِعُوا بِالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَهَلْ يُنْ / فَقُ إِلاَّ عَلَى السَّفِيهِ الشَّقَاءُ

_Khudi‘ū bil-munāfiqīn wa hal yanfiqu / Illā ‘alā al-safīh al-shaqā’u_

They were deceived by the hypocrites; and does anything befall the foolish but wretchedness?

**254.** وَاطْمَأَنُّوا بِقَوْلِ الأَحْزَابِ إِخْوَا / نِهِمُ إِنَّنَا لَكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ

_Wa iṭma’ annū bi-qawl al-aḥzāb ikhwa / Nihim innanā lakum awliyā’u_

They felt secure in the words of the "Parties," their brothers, who said: "Indeed, we are your allies."

**255.** حَالَفُوهُمْ وَخَالَفُوهُمْ وَلَمْ أَدْ / رِ لِمَاذَا تَخَالَفَ الْحُلَفَاءُ

_Ḥālufūhum wa khālufūhum wa lam adri / Limādhā takhālaf al-ḥulafā’u_

They allied with them and then opposed them; and I know not why allies would so disagree.

**256.** أَسْلَمُوهُمْ لأَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِ لاَ مِي / عَادُهُمْ صَادِقٌ وَلاَ الإِيلاَءُ

_Aslamūhum li-awwal al-ḥashr lā mī‘ād / Hum ṣādiq wa lā al-ilā’u_

They abandoned them to the first exile; neither was their promise true, nor was their oath kept.

**257.** سَكَنَ الرُّعْبُ وَالْخَرَابُ قُلُوباً / وَبُيُوتاً مِنْهُمْ نَعَاهَا الْجَلاَءُ

_Sakana al-ru‘b wa al-kharāb qulūban / Wa buyūt minhum na‘āhā al-jalā’u_

Terror and ruin dwelt in their hearts and in houses from which they were announced as being expelled.

**258.** وَبِيَوْمِ الأَحْزَابِ إِذْ زَاغَتِ الأَبْ / صَارُ فِيهِ وَظَلَّتِ الآرَاءُ

_Wa bi-yawm al-aḥzāb idh zāghat al-abṣār / Ṣāra fīh wa ẓallat al-ārā’u_

And on the Day of the Parties, when gazes swerved and opinions were wavering,

**259.** وَتَعَدَّوْا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ حُدُوداً / كَانَ فِيهَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَدْوَاءُ

_Wa ta‘addaw ilā al-nabī ḥudūdan / Kāna fīhā ‘alayhim al-‘adwā’u_

They transgressed against the Prophet beyond all bounds, and the transgression fell back upon them.

**260.** وَنَهَتْهُمْ وَمَا انْتَهَتْ عَنْهُ قَوْمٌ / فَأُبِيدَ الأَمَّارُ وَالنَّهَّاءُ

_Wa nahathum wa mā intahat ‘anhu qawm / Fa ubīd al-ammār wa al-nahhā’u_

He forbade them, but a people who did not desist were annihilated—the ones who commanded evil and the ones who forbade good.

**261.** وَتَعَاطَوْا فِي أَحْمَدٍ مُنْكَرَ الْقَوْ / لِ وَنُطْقُ الأَرَاذِلِ الْعَوْرَاءُ

_Wa ta‘āṭaw fī Aḥmad munkar al-qawl / Wa nuṭq al-arādhil al-‘awrā’u_

They uttered foul words against Ahmad, and the speech of the base is ever-ugly and distorted.

**262.** كُلُّ رِجْسٍ يَزِيدُهُ الْخُلُقُ السُّو / ءُ سِفَاهاً وَالْمِلَّةُ الْعَوْجَاءُ

_Kullu rijs yazīduhu al-khuluq al-sū’ / Sifāhān wa al-millah al-‘awjā’u_

Every impurity is increased by an evil character in its foolishness and its crooked creed.

**263.** فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْقَوْ / مِ وَمَا سَاقَ لِلبَذِيِّ الْبَذَاءُ

_Fanzhurū kaifa kān ‘āqibat al-qawm / Wa mā sāq lil-badhī al-badhā’u_

So look at what was the end of that people, and what vulgarity brought upon the vulgar.

**264.** وَجَدَ السَّبَّ فِيهِ سُمّاً وَلَمْ يَدْ / رِ إِذِ الْمِيمُ فِي مَوَاضِعَ بَاءُ

_Wa jad al-sabb fīh summan wa lam yadr / Idh al-mīm fī mawāḍi‘ bā’u_

One found poison in his own insults, not knowing that in certain places, the "M" becomes a "B" (turning Samm "poison" into Sabb "insult").

**265.** كَانَ مِنْ فِيهِ قَتْلُهُ بِيَدَيْهِ / فَهْوَ فِي سُوءِ فِعْلِهِ الزَّبَّاءُ

_Kāna min fīh qatlu bī-yadayh / Fahwa fī sū’ fi‘līh al-zabbā’u_

The cause of his death was in his own mouth by his own hands; in his evil deed, he was like the queen Az-Zabba.

**266.** أَوْ هُوَ النَّحْلُ قَرْصُهَا يَجْلِبُ الْحَتْ / إِلَيْهَا وَمَا لَهَا إِنْكَاءُ

_Aw huwa al-naḥl qarṣuha yajlib al-ḥat / Ilayhā wa mā lahā inkā’u_

Or he was like the bee, whose sting brings death upon itself while it causes no real harm to its target.

**267.** صَرَعَتْ قَوْمَهُ حَبَائِلُ بَغْيٍ / مَدَّهَا الْمَكْرُ مِنْهُمُ وَالدَّهَاءُ

_Ṣara‘at qawmahu ḥabā’il baghyin / Maddahā al-makr minhum wa al-dahā’u_

The snares of oppression, which they had spread through plot and cunning, struck down his own people.

**268.** فَأَتَتْهُمْ خَيْلٌ إِلَى الحَرْبِ تَخْ / تَالُ وَلِلْخَيْلِ فِي الْوَغَى خُيَلاَءُ

_Fa atat-hum khayl ilā al-ḥarb takhṭāl / Wa lil-khayl fī al-waghā khuyalā’u_

Then horses came to the war, strutting with pride; and horses in battle possess a natural majesty.

**269.** قَصَدَتْ فِيهِمُ الْقَنا فَقَوَافِي / الطَّعْنِ مِنْهَا مَا شَانَهَا الإِيطَاءُ

_Qaṣadat fīhim al-qanā fa-qawāfī / Al-ṭa‘n minhā mā shānahā al-īṭā’u_

The spears aimed at them, and the "rhymes" of the stabbing were flawless and without defect.

**270.** وَأَثَارَتْ بِأَرْضِ مَكَّةَ نَقْعاً / ظُنَّ أَنَّ الغُدُوَّ مِنْهَا عِشَاءُ

_Wa athārat bi-arḍ Makkah naq‘an / Ẓunna anna al-ghudū min-hā ‘ishā’u_

They stirred up a dust in the land of Mecca so thick that the morning was thought to be evening.

**271.** أَحْجَمَتْ عِنْدَهُ الْحَجُونُ وَأَكْدَى / عِنْدَ إِعْطَائِهِ الْقَلِيلَ كُدَاءُ

_Aḥjamat ‘indahu al-ḥajūn wa akdā / ‘Ind i‘ṭā’ihi al-qalīl kudā’u_

The hills of Hajun shrank back before him, and the mountain of Kuda' became barren when he gave but a little.

**272.** وَدَهَتْ أَوْجُهاً بِهَا وَبُيُوتاً / مُلَّ مِنْهَا الإِكْفَاءُ وَالإِقْوَاءُ

_Wa dahat awjhā bi-hā wa buyūtan / Mull minhā al-ikfā’ wa al-iqwā’u_

It overwhelmed faces and houses until the changes of fortune and the desolation of homes became wearying.

**273.** فَدَعَوْا أَحْلَمَ الْبَرِيَّةِ والْعَفْ / وُ جَوَابُ الْحَلِيمِ وَالإِغْضَاءُ

_Fa da‘aw aḥlam al-bariyyah wa al-‘afw / Jawāb al-ḥalīm wa al-ighḍā’u_

Then they called upon the most clement of creation; and the answer of the clement is ever-pardon and overlooking.

**274.** نَاشَدُوهُ الْقُرْبَى التِي مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ / قَطَعَتْهَا التِّراتُ وَالشَّحْنَاءُ

_Nāshadūhu al-qurbā allatī min Quraysh / Qaṭa‘athā al-tirāt wa al-shaḥnā’u_

They appealed to him by the kinship of Quraysh, which had been severed by blood-feuds and hatred.

**275.** فَعَفَا عَفْوَ قَادِرٍ لَمْ يُنَغِّصْ / هُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمَا مَضَى إِغْرَاءُ

_Fa ‘afā ‘afwa qādir lam yunagghiṣ / ‘Alayhim bimā maḍā ighrā’u_

So he pardoned with the pardon of one who is powerful, not allowing his victory over them to be tainted by past incitements.

**276.** وَإِذَا كَانَ الْقَطْعُ وَالْوَصْلُ لِل / هِ تَسَاوَى التَّقْرِيبُ وَالإِقْصَاءُ

_Wa idhā kān al-qaṭ‘ wa al-waṣl lil / Hī tasāwā al-taqrīb wa al-iqṣā’u_

And when severing and joining are for the sake of Allah, then drawing near and distancing become equal.

**277.** وَسَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا أَتَاهُ / مِنْ سِوَاهُ الْمَلاَمُ وَالإِطْرَاءُ

_Wa sawā’ ‘alayh fīmā atāhu / Min siwāh al-malām wa al-iṭrā’u_

To him, blame and praise from anyone else were the same in what they brought.

**278.** وَلَوَ اَنَّ انْتِقَامَهُ لِهَوَى النَّف / سِ لَدَامَتْ قَطِيعَةٌ وَجَفَاءُ

_Wa law anna intiqāmuhu li-hawā al-nafs / Ladāmat qaṭī‘ah wa jafā’u_

Had his vengeance been for the sake of personal desire, the estrangement and coldness would have lasted forever.

**279.** قَامَ للهِ فِي الأُمُورَ فَأَرْضَى / اللهَ مِنْهُ تَبَايُنٌ وَوَفَاءُ

_Qāma lillāh fī al-umūr fa-arḍā / Allāh min-hu tabāyun wa wafā’u_

He stood for Allah in all matters, so his variance and his loyalty were both pleasing to God.

**280.** فِعْلُهُ كُلُّهُ جَمِيلٌ وَهَلْ يَنْ / ضَحُ إِلاَّ بِمَا حَوَاهُ الإِنَاءُ

_Fi‘luhu kulluhu jamīl wa hal yanḍaḥ / Illā bimā ḥawāhu al-inā’u_

Every deed of his is beautiful; and does a vessel pour out anything except what it contains?

**281.** أَطْرَبَ السَّامِعِينَ ذِكْرُ عُلاَهُ / يَا لَرَاحٍ مَالَتْ بِهِ النُّدَمَاءُ

_Aṭraba al-sāmi‘īn dhikr ‘ulāh / Yā larāḥ mālat bihī al-nudamā’u_

The mention of his loftiness enraptures the listeners—what a wine it is that makes the companions of the feast sway!

**282.** النَّبِيُّ الأُمِّيُّ أَعْلَمُ مُنْ أَسْ / نَدَ عَنْهُ الرُّوَّاةُ وَالْحُكَمَاءُ

_Al-nabī al-ummī a‘lam min asnad / ‘An-hu al-ruwāt wa al-ḥukamā’u_

The Unlettered Prophet is more knowledgeable than any from whom the narrators and the wise have ever sought support.

**283.** وَعَدَتْنِي ازْدِيَارَهُ الْعَامَ وَجْنَا / ءُ وَمَنَّتْ بِوَعْدِهَا الْوَجْنَاءُ

_Wa‘adatnī izdiyārah al-‘ām wa jnā’ / Wa mannāt bi-wa‘dihā al-wajnā’u_

A swift she-camel promised me a visit to him this year, and she was generous in fulfilling her promise.

**284.** أَفَلاَ أَنْطَوِي لَهَا فِي اقْتِضَائِي / هِ لِتُطْوَى مَابَيْنَنَا الأَفْلاَءُ

_Afal anṭawī lahā fī iqtidā’ī / Hī li-tuṭwā mā baynanā al-aflā’u_

Shall I not then exert my full effort for her in seeking him, so that the vast deserts between us may be folded away?

**285.** بِأَلُوفِ الْبَطْحَاءِ يُجْفِلُهَا النِّي / لُ وَقَدْ شَفَّ جَوْفَهَا الإِظْمَاءُ

_Bi-alūfi al-baṭḥā’i yujfiluhā an-nīlu / wa-qad shaffa jawfahā al-iẓmā’u_

She is a creature accustomed to the desert of Mecca, startled by the Nile, even when thirst has worn her down.

**286.** أَنْكَرَتْ مِصْرَ فَهْيَ تَنْفِرُ مَا لاَ / حَ بِنَاءٌ لِعَيْنِهَا أَوْ خَلاَءُ

_Ankarat Miṣra fa-hiya tanfiru mā lā / ḥa binā’un liʿaynihā aw khalā’u_

She disliked Egypt, and so she bolts whenever a building or even an open space appears to her eye.

**287.** فَأَفَضَّتْ عَلَى مُبَارِكِهَا بِرْ / كَتُهَا فَالْبُوَيْبُ فَالْخَضْرَاءُ

_Fa-afaḍḍat ʿalā mubāriki-hā birkatuhā / fa-l-Buweib fa-l-Khaḍrā’u_

Her blessing overflowed upon Mubarika, then upon Al-Buwayb and Al-Khadra'.

**288.** فَالْقِبَابُ التِي تَلِيهَا فَبِئْرِ / النَّخْلِ وَالرَّكْبُ قَائِلُونَ رِوَاءُ

_Fa-l-qibābu allatī talīhā fa-bi’ri an-nakhli / wa-r-rakbu qā’ilūna riwā’u_

Then the domes that follow them, then the Well of the Palm, while the riders spoke of being fully quenched.

**289.** وَغَدَتْ أَيْلَةٌ وَحِقْلٌ وَقَرٌّ / خَلْفَهَا فَالْمَغَارَةُ الْفَيْحَاءُ

_Wa-ghadat Aylatun wa-Ḥiqlun wa-Qarrun / khalfahā fa-l-Maghāratu al-Fayḥā’u_

Then Ayla, Haql, and Qarr were left behind her, followed by the vast and spacious cave.

**290.** فَعُيُونُ الأَقْصَابِ يَتْبَعُهَا النَّبْ / كُ وَتَتْلُو كَفَافَةَ الْعَوْجَاءُ

_Fa-ʿuyūnu al-aqṣābi yatbaʿuhā an-nabku / wa-tatlū kafāfata al-ʿawjā’u_

Then the Springs of the Reeds, followed by the Nabk and the narrow pass of Al-Awja'.

**291.** حَاوَرَتْهَاالْحَوْرَاءُ شَوْقاً فَيُنْبُو / عٌ فَرَقَّ الْيُنْبُوعُ وَالْحَوْرَاءُ

_Ḥāwarathā al-ḥawrā’u shawqan fa-yunbuʿun / fa-raqqa al-yunbūʿu wa-l-ḥawrā’u_

Al-Hawra' conversed with her out of longing, then Yanbu'; and both the spring and the maiden became tender.

**292.** لاَحَ بِالدَّهْنَوَيْنِ بَدْرٌ لَهَا بَعْ / دَ حُنَيْنٍ وَحَنَّتِ الصَّفْرَاءُ

_Lāḥa bi-d-Dahnawayni badrun lahā / baʿda Ḥunaynin wa-ḥannati aṣ-Ṣafrā’u_

A full moon appeared for her at the two Dahnas after Hunayn, and the valley of Al-Safra' yearned.

**293.** وَنَضَتْ بَزْوَةٌ فَرَابغُ فَالْجُحْ / فَةُ عَنْهَا مَا حَاكَهُ الإِنْضَاءُ

_Wa-naḍat Bazwatun fa-Rābighu fa-l-Juḥfatu / ʿanhā mā ḥākahu al-inḍā’u_

She cast off Bazwa, then Rabigh, then Al-Juhfa, shedding the exhaustion that had woven its toll upon her.

**294.** وَأَرَتْهَا الْخَلاَصَ بِئْرُ عَلُيٍّ / فَعْقَابُ السُّوَيْقِ فَالْخُلَصَاءُ

_Wa-arathā al-Khalāṣa bi’ru ʿUlayyin / fa-ʿAqābu as-Suwayqi fa-l-Khulaṣā’u_

The Well of Ali showed her the way to salvation, then the Pass of Suwayq and Al-Khulasa'.

**295.** فَهْيَ مِنْ مَاءِ بِئْرِ عُسْفَانَ أَوْ مِنْ / بَطْنِ مَرٍّ ظَمْآنةٌ خَمْصَاءُ

_Fahiya min mā’i bi’ri ʿUsfāna aw min / baṭni Marrin ẓam’ānatu khamsā’u_

She arrived from the water of Usfan or from the belly of Marrh, thirsty and lean.

**296.** قَرَّبَ الزَّاهِرُ الْمَسَاجِدَ مِنْها / بِخُطَاهَا فَالْبُطْءُ مِنْهَا وَحَاءُ

_Qarraba az-Zāhiru al-masājida minhā / bi-khuṭāhā fa-l-buṭ’u minhā waḥā’u_

Al-Zahir brought the mosques closer to her with her strides, so her slowness turned into swiftness.

**297.** هَذِهِ عِدَّةُ الْمَنَازِلِ لاَ مَا / عُدَّ فِيهِ السِّمَاكُ وَالْعَوَّاء

_Hādhihi ʿid-datu al-manāzili lā mā / ʿudda fīhi as-Simāku wa-l-ʿAwwā’u_

These are the true count of the stations, not the stars like Simak or 'Awwa that others count.

**298.** فَكَأَنِّي بِهَا أُرَحِّلُ مِنْ مَ / كَّةَ شَمْساً سَمَاؤُهَا الْبَيْدَاءُ

_Fa-ka-annī bihā uraḥḥilu min Makka / shamsan samā’uhā al-bayḍā’u_

It is as if, through her, I am carrying away from Mecca a sun whose sky is the open wilderness.

**299.** مَوْضِعُ الْبَيْتِ مَهْبِطُ الْوَحْيِ مَأْوَى / الرُّسْلِ حَيْثُ الأَنْوَارُ حَيْثُ الْبَهَاءُ

_Mawḍiʿu al-bayti mahbiṭu al-waḥyi ma’wā / ar-rusli ḥaythu al-anwāru ḥaythu al-bahā’u_

The site of the House, the place where Revelation descended, the refuge of messengers, where lights and splendor dwell.

**300.** حَيْثُ فَرْضُ الطَّوَافِ وَالسَّعْيِ   والْحَل / قِ وَرَمْيِ الْجِمَارِ وَالإِهْدَاءُ

_Ḥaythu farḍu aṭ-ṭawāfi wa-s-saʿyi wa-l-ḥalq / wa-ramyi al-jimāri wa-l-ihdā’u_

Where the duty of circumambulation, the striving, the shaving, the throwing of pebbles, and the sacrifice are performed.

**301.** حَبَّذَا حَبَّذَا مَعَاهِدُ مِنْهَا / لَمْ يُغَيِّرْ آيَاتِهِنَّ الْبَلاَءُ

_Ḥabbadhā ḥabbadhā maʿāhidu minhā / lam yughayyir āyātihinna al-balā’u_

How wonderful, how wonderful are those sanctuaries, whose signs have not been altered by the passage of time.

**302.** حَرَمٌ آمِنٌ وَبَيْتٌ حَرَامٌ / وَمَقَامٌ فِيهِ الْمُقَامُ تَلاَءُ

_Ḥaramun āminun wa-baytun ḥarāmun / wa-maqāmun fīhi al-muqāmu talā’u_

A secure sanctuary, a Sacred House, and a Station where standing is a form of devotion.

**303.** فَقَضَيْنَا بِهَا مَنَاسِكَ لاَ يُحْ / مَدُ إِلاَّ فِي فِعْلِهِنَّ الْقَضَاءُ

_Faqaḍaynā bihā manāsika lā yuḥmadu / illā fī fiʿlihinnā al-qaḍā’u_

There we performed the rituals, for the fulfillment of which no praise is enough.

**304.** وَرَمَيْنَا بِهَا الْفِجَاجَ إِلَى طَيْ / بَةَ وَالسَّيْرُ بِالْمَطَايَا رِمَاءُ

_Wa-ramaynā bihā al-fijāja ilā Ṭayba / wa-s-sayru bi-l-maṭāyā rimā’u_

We struck the mountain passes toward Tayba (Medina), and the journey upon the mounts was like the flight of arrows.

**305.** فَأَصَبْنَا عَنْ قَوْسِهَا غَرَضَ الْقُرْ / بِ وَنِعْمَ الْخَبِيئَةُ الْكَوْمَاءُ

_Fa-aṣabnā ʿan qawsi-hā gharaḍa al-qurbi / wa-niʿma al-khabī’atu al-kawmā’u_

We struck, from the bow of that journey, the target of nearness—and what an excellent hidden treasure is that noble mount.

**306.** فَرَأَيْنَا أَرْضَ الْحَبِيبَ يَغُضُّ / الطَّرْفَ مِنْهَا الضِّيَاءُ واللَّأْلاَءُ

_Fa-ra’aynā arḍa al-ḥabībi yaghuddu / aṭ-ṭarfa minhā aḍ-ḍiyā’u wa-l-la’lā’u_

Then we saw the land of the Beloved, from which brilliance and radiance cause the eyes to lower.

**307.** فَكَأَنَّ الْبَيْدَاءَ مِنْ حَيْثُ مَا قَا / بَلَتِ الْعَيْنُ رَوْضَةٌ غَنَّاءُ

_Fa-ka’anna al-bayḍā’a min ḥaythu mā / qābalati l-ʿaynu rawḍatun ghannā’u_

It was as if the wilderness, wherever the eye met it, was a lush and singing garden.

**308.** وَكَأَنَّ الْبِقَاعَ ذُرَّتْ عَلَيْهَا / طَرَفَيْهَا مُلاَءةٌ حَمْرَاءُ

_Wa-ka’anna al-biqāʿa dhurrat ʿalayhā / ṭarafayhā mulā’atun ḥamrā’u_

It was as if the earth had been sprinkled on both its sides with a red garment.

**309.** وَكَأَنَّ الأَرْجَاءَ يَنْشُرُ نَشْرَ الْ / مِسْكِ فِيهَا الْجَنُوبُ وَالْجِرْبِيَاءُ

_Wa-ka’anna al-arjā’a yanshuru nashra / al-misk fīhā al-janūbu wa-l-jirbiyā’u_

It was as if the horizons were spreading the scent of musk through the south wind and the breeze.

**310.** فَإِذَا شِمْتَ أَوْ شَمَمْتَ رُبَاهَا / لاَحَ مِنْهَا بَرْقٌ وَفَاحَ كِبَاءُ

_Fa-idhā shimta aw shamamta rubāhā / lāḥa minhā barqun wa-fāḥa kibā’u_

If you caught a glimpse or a scent of its hills, lightning would flash from them and the fragrance of aloeswood would waft.

**311.** أَيُّ نُورٍ وَأَيَّ نَوْرٍ شَهِدْنَا / يَوْمَ أَبْدَتْ لَنَا الْقِبَابَ قُبَاءُ

_Ayyu nūrin wa-ayya nawri(n) shahidnā / yawma abdath lanā al-qibābu Qubā’u_

What light and what blossoms we witnessed on the day the domes of Quba' appeared to us!

**312.** قَرَّ مِنْهَا دَمْعِي وَفَرَّ اصْطِبَارِي / فَدُمُوعِي سَيْلٌ وَصَبْرِي جُفَاءُ

_Qarra minhā damʿī wa-farra iṣṭibārī / fa-dumūʿī saylun wa-ṣabrī jufā’u_

My tears settled there and my patience fled; so my tears are a flood and my patience is a dry husk.

**313.** فَتَرَى الرَّكْبَ طَائِرِينَ مِنَ الشَّوْ / قِ إِلَى طَيْبَةٍ لَهُمْ ضَوْضَاءُ

_Fa-tarā ar-rakba ṭā’irīna mina ash-shawqi / ilā Ṭaybata lahum ḍawḍā’u_

You see the riders flying out of longing toward Tayba, making a clamorous sound of joy.

**314.** فَكَأَنَّ الزُّوَّارَ مَا مَسَّتِ الْبَأْ / سَاءُ مِنْهُمْ خَلْقاً وَلاَ الضَّرُّاءُ

_Fa-ka’anna az-zuwāra mā massati al-ba’sā’u / minhum khalqan wa-lā aḍ-ḍarrā’u_

It was as if the visitors had never been touched by hardship or distress in their entire lives.

**315.** كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مِنْهَا ابْتِهَالٌ وَسُؤْلٌ / وَدُعَاءٌ وَرَغْبَةٌ وَابْتِغَاءُ

_Kullu nafsin minhā ibtihālun wa-su’lun / wa-duʿā’un wa-raghbatan wa-ibtighā’u_

In every soul there was a supplication, a request, a prayer, a desire, and a seeking.

**316.** وَزَفِيرٌ تَظُنُّ مِنْهُ صُدُوراً / صَادِحَاتٍ يَعْتَادُهُنَّ زُقَاءُ

_Wa-zafīrun taẓunnu minhu ṣudūran / ṣādiḥātin yaʿtādihunna zuqā’u_

And a sighing from which you would think hearts were singing birds accustomed to chirping.

**317.** وَبُكَاءٌ يُغْرِيهِ بِالْعَيْنِ مَدٌ / وَنَحِيبٌ يَحُثُّهُ اسْتِعْلاَءُ

_Wa-bukā’un yughrīhi bi-l-ʿayni madun / wa-naḥībun yaḥuththu-hu istiʿlā’u_

And a weeping that is increased by a swelling of the eyes, and a sobbing urged on by rising emotion.

**318.** وَجُسُومٌ كَأَنُّمَا رَحَضَتْهَا / مِنْ عَظِيمِ الْمَهَابَةِ الرُّحَضَاءُ

_Wa-jusūmun ka-annahā raḥaḍathhā / min ʿaẓīmi al-mahābati ar-ruḥaḍā’u_

And bodies that seemed as if they were washed by a sweat of profound awe.

**319.** وَوُجُوهٌ كَأَنَّما أَلْبَسَتْهَا / مِنْ حَيَاءٍ أَلْوَانَهَا الْحِرْبَاءُ

_Wa-wujūhun ka-annahā albast-hā / min ḥayā’in alwānuhā al-ḥirbā’u_

And faces that seemed as if a chameleon had clothed them in its colors out of modesty.

**320.** وَدُمُوعٌ كَأَنَّمَا أَرْسَلَتْهَا / مِنْ جُفُونٍ سَحَابَةٌ وَطْفَاءُ

_Wa-dumūʿun ka-annamā arsalat-hā / min jufūnin saḥābatun waṭfā’u_

And tears that seemed as if they were sent from eyelids by a heavy, rain-laden cloud.

**321.** فَحَطَطْنَا الرِّحَالَ حَيْثُ يُحَطُّ / الْوِزْرُ عَنَّا وَتُرفَعُ الْحَوْبَاءُ

_Fa-ḥaṭaṭnā ar-riḥāla ḥaythu yuḥaṭṭu / al-wizru ʿannā wa-turfaʿu al-ḥawbā’u_

There we halted our mounts, where burdens are cast off from us and the soul is elevated.

**322.** وَقَرَأْنَا السَّلاَمَ أَكْرَمَ خَلْقِ / اللهِ مِنْ حَيْثُ يُسْمَعُ الإِقْرَاءُ

_Wa-qara’nā as-salāma akrama khalqi / Allāhi min ḥaythu yusmaʿu al-iqrā’u_

We offered our salutations to the noblest of God’s creation, from the place where such salutations are heard.

**323.** وَذَهِلْنَا عِنْدَ اللِّقَاءِ وَكَمْ أَذْ / هَلَ صَبّاً مِنَ الْحَبِيبِ لِقَاءُ

_Wa-dhihilnā ʿinda al-liqā’i wa-kam adh- / hala ṣabban mina al-ḥabībi liqā’u_

We were dazed at the moment of meeting; and how often has a meeting with the Beloved left a lover in bewilderment?

**324.** وَوَجَمْنَا مِنَ الْمَهَابَةَ حَتَّى / لاَ كَلاَمٌ مِنَّا وَلاَ إِيمَاءُ

_Wa-wajamnā mina al-mahābati ḥattā / lā kalāmun minnā wa-lā īmā’u_

We stood in silent awe, with neither speech nor even a gesture coming from us.

**325.** وَرَجَعْنَا وَلِلْقُلُوبِ الْتِفَاتَا / تٌ إِلَيْهِ وَلِلْجُسُومِ انْثِنَاءُ

_Wa-rajaʿnā wa-li-l-qulūbi iltifātātun / ilayhi wa-li-l-jusūmi inthinā’u_

And we returned while our hearts were still turning back toward him, and our bodies were bent in yearning.

**326.** وَسَمَحْنَا بِمَا نُحِبُّ وَقَدْ يَسْ / مَحُ عِنْدَ الضَّرُورَةِ الْبُخَلاَءُ

_Wa-samaḥnā bimā nuḥibbu wa-qad yasmaḥu / ʿinda aḍ-ḍarūrati al-bukhalā’u_

We gave up that which we loved most (his presence), and even the stingy can be generous when necessity compels.

**327.** يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ الذِي ضِمْنُ إِقْسَا / مِي عَلَيْهِ مَدْحٌ لَهُ وَثَنَاءُ

_Yā Abā al-Qāsimi alladhī ḍimnu iqṣāmī / ʿalayhi madḥun lahu wa-thanā’u_

O father of al-Qasim, he whose mention within my oaths is itself a form of praise and tribute.

**328.** بِالْعُلُومِ التِي عَلَيْكُ مِنَ الل / هِ بِلاَ كَاتِبٍ لَهَا إِمْلاَءُ

_Bi-l-ʿulūmi allatī ʿalayka mina Allāhi / bilā kātibin lahā imlā’u_

By the sciences dictated to you from God, without the need for a scribe to record them.

**329.** وَمَسِيرِ الصَّبَا بِنَصْرِكَ شَهْراً / فَكَأَنَّ الصَّبَا لَدَيْكَ رُخَاءُ

_Wa-masīri aṣ-ṣabā bi-naṣrika shahra(n) / fa-ka’anna aṣ-ṣabā ladayka rukhā’u_

And by the travel of the East Wind which aided you for a month, so that the wind seemed like a gentle breeze in your presence.

**330.** وَعَلِيٍّ لَمَّا تَفَلْتَ بِعَيْنَيْ / هِ وَكِلْتَاهُمَا مَعاً رَمْدَاءُ

_Wa-ʿAliyyin lammā tafalta bi-ʿaynayhi / wa-kiltāhumā maʿan ramdā’u_

And by Ali, when you applied your saliva to his eyes while both were afflicted with soreness.

**331.** فَغَدَا نَاظِراً بِعَيْنَيْ عُقَابٍ / فِي غَزَاةٍ لَهَا الْعُقَابُ لِوَاءُ

_Fa-ghadā nāẓiran bi-ʿaynay ʿuqābin / fī ghazāatin lahā al-ʿuqābu liwā’u_

He became as sharp-sighted as an eagle in a battle where the eagle itself was the banner.

**332.** وَبِرَيْحَانَتَيْنِ طِيبُهُمَا مِنْ / كَ الذِي أُودِعَتْهُمَا الزَّهْرَاءُ

_Wa-bi-rayḥānataynī ṭībuhumā minka / alladhī ūdiʿat-humā az-Zahrā’u_

And by your two "basils" (Hasan and Husayn), whose fragrance comes from you, and whom the Radiant One (Fatima) was entrusted with.

**333.** كُنْتَ تُؤْوِيهِمَا إِلَيْكَ كَمَا آ / وَتْ مِنَ الْخَطِّ نُقْطَتَيْهَا الْيَاءُ

_Kunta tu’wiīhimā ilayka kamā āwat / mina al-khaṭṭi nuqṭatayhā al-yā’u_

You used to take them into your shelter, just as the letter 'Ya' encompasses its two dots within its script.

**334.** مِنْ شَهِيدَيْنِ لَيْسَ يُنْسِينِيَ الطَّ / فُّ مُصَابَيْهِمَا وَلاَ كَرْبَلاَءُ

_Min shahīdayn(i) laysa yunsīnī aṭ-ṭiffu / muṣābayhimā wa-lā Karbalā’u_

By two martyrs—the tragedy of the Bank (at the Euphrates) does not let me forget their suffering, nor does Karbala.

**335.** مَا رَعَى فِيهِمَا ذِمَامَكَ مَرْءُو / سٌ وَقَدْ خَانَ عَهْدَكَ الرُّؤَسَاءُ

_Mā raʿā fīhimā dhimāmaka mar’u’usun / wa-qad khāna ʿahdaka ar-ru’asā’u_

The pact of protection was not observed for them by the subjects, and even the leaders betrayed your covenant.

**336.** أَبْدَلُوا الْوِدَّ وَالْحَفِيظَةَ فِي القُرْ / بَى وَأَبْدَتْ ضِبَابَهَا النَّافِقَاءُ

_Abdalū al-widd(a) wa-l-ḥafīẓata fī al-qurbā / wa-abdat ḍibābahā an-nāfiqā’u_

They exchanged love for a grudge against your kin, and the hypocrites revealed their hidden malice.

**337.** وَقَسَتْ مِنْهُمُ قُلُوبٌ عَلَى مَنْ / بَكَتِ الأَرْضُ فَقْدَهُمْ وَالسَّمَاءُ

_Wa-qasat minhum qulāb(un) ʿalā man / bakat al-arḍu faqduhum wa-s-samā’u_

Their hearts hardened against those for whose loss the earth and the heavens wept.

**338.** فَابْكِهِمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ إِنَّ قَلِيلاً / فِي عَظِيمٍ مِنَ الْمُصَابِ الْبُكَاءُ

_Fābkihim ma istaṭaʿta inna qalīlan / fī ʿaẓīmin mina al-muṣābi al-bukā’u_

So weep for them as much as you can, for even much weeping is but little for such a great tragedy.

**339.** كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَكُلُّ أَرْضٍ لِكَرْبِي / مِنْهُمُ كَرْبَلاَ وَعَاشُورَاءُ

_Kulla yawmin wa-kullu arḍin likarbī / minhum Karbalā’a wa-ʿĀshūrā’u_

Every day and every land, in my grief for them, is Karbala and Ashura.

**340.** آلَ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ إِنَّ فُؤَادِي / لَيْسَ يُسْلِيهِ عَنْكُمُ التَّأْسَاءُ

_Āla Bayti an-Nabī inna fu’ādī / laysa yuslīhi ʿankumu at-ta’asā’u_

O people of the Prophet’s house, my heart finds no consolation for your loss through mere patient endurance.

**341.** غَيْرَ أَنِّي فَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَى الل / هِ وَتَفْويضِيَ الأُمُورَ بَرَاءُ

_Ghayra annī fawwaḍtu amrī ilā Allāhi / wa-tafwīḍiya l-umūra barā’u_

Except that I have entrusted my affair to God, and my entrusting of matters to Him is a declaration of my innocence from the oppressors.

**342.** رُبَّ يَوْمٍ بِكَرْبَلاَءَ مُسِيءٍ / خَفَّفَتْ بَعْضَ رُزْئِهِ الزَّوْرَاءُ

_Rubba yawmin bi-Karbalā’a musī’in / khafafat ba‘ḍa ruz’ihi z-Zawrā’u_

Many a day at Karbala was evil, yet some of its sorrow was lightened by the city of Zawra' (Baghdad).

**343.** وَالأَعَادِي كَأَنَّ كُلَّ طَرِيحٍ / مِنْهُمُ الزِّقُّ حُلَّ عَنْهُ الْوِكَاءُ

_Wa-l-a‘ādī ka-anna kulla ṭarīḥin / minhumu z-ziqqu ḥulla ‘anhu l-wikā’u_

The enemies lay fallen as if every prostrate one among them was a wineskin whose cord had been loosened.

**344.** آلَ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ طِبْتُمْ فَطَابَ الْ / مَدْحُ لِي فِيكُمُ وَطَابَ الرِّثَاءُ

_Āla bayti n-nabiyy ṭibtum fa-ṭāba l- / madḥu lī fīkum wa-ṭāba r-rithā’u_

O people of the Prophet’s house, you are pure; so my praise of you is pure, and my elegy for you is pure.

**345.** أَنَا حَسَّانُ مَدْحِكُمْ فَإِذَا نُحْ / تُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَإِنَّنِي الْخَنْسَاءُ

_Anā Ḥassān madḥikum fa-idhā nuḥtu / ʿalaykum fa-innī l-khansā’u_

I am the Hassan (the Prophet's poet) of your praise, and when I mourn you, I am the Khansa'.

**346.** سُدْتُمُ النَّاسَ بِالتُّقَى وَسِوَاكُمْ / سَوَّدَتْهُ الْبَيْضَاءُ والصَّفْرَاءُ

_Sudtum un-nāsa bi-t-tuqā wa-siwākum / sawwadat-hu l-bayḍā’u wa-s-ṣafrā’u_

You mastered mankind through piety, while others were made "masters" only by white silver and yellow gold.

**347.** وَبِأَصْحَابِكَ الذِينَ هُمُ بَعْ / دَكَ فِينَا الهُدَاةُ وَالأَوْصِيَاءُ

_Wa-bi-aṣḥābika alladhīna hum ba‘daka / fīnā l-hudāt wa-l-awṣiyā’u_

And by your companions who, after you, are the guides and the executors of truth among us.

**348.** أَحْسَنُوا بَعْدَكَ الْخِلاَفَة فِي الدِّي / نِ وَكُلٌ لِمَا تَوَلَّى إِزَاءُ

_Aḥsanū ba‘daka l-khilāfatu fī d-dīn / wa-kullun limā tawallā izā’u_

They excelled in the Caliphate of the religion after you, and each was a match for the responsibility he undertook.

**349.** أَغْنِيَاءٌ نَزَاهَةً فُقَرَاءُ / عُلَمَاءٌ أَئِمَّةٌ أُمَراءُ

_Aghniyā’un nazāhatan fuqarā’u / ʿUlamā’un a’immah umarā’u_

They were wealthy in their integrity, yet poor in their worldly needs; scholars, leaders, and commanders.

**350.** زَهِدُوا فِي الدُّنَا فَمَا عُرِفَ الْميْ / لُ إِلَيْهَا مِنْهُمْ وَلاَ الرَّغْبَاءُ

_Zahadū fī d-dunā famā ʿurifa l-milu / ilayhā minhum wa-lā r-raghbā’u_

They renounced the world, so no inclination toward it was known from them, nor any desire.

**351.** أَرْخَصُوا فِي الْوَغَى نُفُوسَ مُلُوكٍ / حَارَبُوهَا أَسْلاَبُهَا إِغْلاَءُ

_Arkhasū fī l-waghā nufūsa mulūk / ḥārabūhā aslābuhā ighlā’u_

In the heat of battle, they held the lives of kings as cheap, yet the spoils they won from them were precious.

**352.** رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْ / هُ فَأَنَّى يَخْطُو إِلَيْهِمْ خَطَاءُ

_Raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhum wa-raḍū ʿanhu / fa-annā yakhṭū ilayhim khaṭā’u_

God is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him; how then could any error ever reach them?

**353.** كُلُّهُمْ فِي أَحْكَامِهِ ذُو اجْتِهَادٍ / وَصَوَابٍ وَكُلُّهُمْ أَكْفَاءُ

_Kulluhum fī aḥkāmihī dhū ijtihād / wa-ṣawābin wa-kulluhum akfā’u_

Each of them, in his rulings, was a man of independent judgment and correctness, and all were peers in excellence.

**354.** جَاءَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَعْدِ قَوْمٍ بِحَقٍّ / وَعَلَى الْمَنْهَجِ الْحَنِيفِيِّ جَاءُوا

_Jā’a qawmun min ba‘di qawmin bi-ḥaqqin / wa-‘alā l-manhaji l-ḥanīfī jā’ū_

Generation after generation came with the truth, following the primordial, upright path.

**355.** مَا لِمُوسَى وَلاَ لِعِيسَى حَوَارِ / يُّنَ فِي عَدِّهِمْ وَلاَ نُقَبَاءُ

_Mā li-Mūsā wa-lā li-ʿĪsā ḥawār / fī ʿaddihim wa-lā nuqabā’u_

Neither Moses nor Jesus had disciples or deputies who could match their count.

**356.** بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ الذِي صَحَّ لِلنَّا / سِ بِهِ فِي حَيَاتِكَ الإِقْتِدَاءُ

_Bi-Abī Bakrin alladhī ṣaḥḥa li-n-nāsi / bihi fī ḥayātika l-iqtidā’u_

By Abu Bakr, through whom the people’s following of you in your lifetime was validated.

**357.** وَالْمُهَدِّي يَوْمَ السَّقِيفَةِ لَمَّا / أَرْجَفَ النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ الدَّأْدَاءُ

_Wa-l-Muhaddī yawma s-saqīfati lammā / arjafa n-nāsu innahu d-dā’dā’u_

The guide on the Day of Saqifa when the people were shaken; he was the firm foundation.

**358.** أَنْقَذَ الدِّينَ بَعْدَ مَا كَانَ لِلدِّي / نِ عَلَى كُلِّ كُرْبَةٍ إِشْفَاءُ

_Anqaḏa d-dīna ba‘da mā kāna li-d-dīn / ʿalā kulli kurbah ishfā’u_

He saved the religion after it had reached a state of near-collapse from every distress.

**359.** أَنْفَقَ الْمَالَ فِي رِضَاكَ وَلاَ مَ / نٌ وَأَعْطَى جَمّاً وَلاَ إِكْدَاءُ

_Anfaqa l-māla fī riḍāka wa-lā man / wa-aʿṭā jamman wa-lā ikdā’u_

He spent his wealth seeking your pleasure without reminding of the favor; he gave abundantly without exhaustion.

**360.** وَأَبِي حَفْصٍ الذِي أَظْهَر اللَّ / هُ بِهِ الدِّينَ فَارْعَوَى الرُّقَبَاءُ

_Wa-Abī Ḥafs alladhī aẓhara llāhu / bihi d-dīna fa-ar‘awā r-ruqabā’u_

And by Abu Hafs (Umar), through whom God made the religion manifest, causing the prying enemies to retreat.

**361.** والذِي تَقْرُبُ الأَبَاعِدُ فِي الل / هِ إِلَيْهِ وَتَبْعُدُ الْقُرَبَاءُ

_Wa-lladhī taqarrabu l-abāʿidu fī llāhi / ilayhi wa-tabʿudu l-qurbā’u_

The one for whose sake distant strangers draw near to God, while near relatives who oppose Him are distanced.

**362.** عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ مَنْ قَوْلُهُ الْفَصْ / لُ وَمَنْ حُكْمُهُ السَّوِيُّ السَّواءُُ

_ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb man qawluhu l-faṣlu / wa-man ḥukmuhu s-sawiyy us-sawā’u_

Umar ibn al-Khattab, whose word was the criterion and whose ruling was the absolute standard of justice.

**363.** فَرَّ مِنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِذْ كَانَ فَارُو / قاً فَلِلنَّارِ مِنْ سَنَاهُ انْبِرَاءُ

_Farra minhu sh-shayṭānu idh kāna fārūqan / fa-lin-nāri min sanāhū inbirā’u_

Satan fled from him because he was the Faruq; and the fire of his radiance was a burning deterrent.

**364.** وَابْنِ عَفَّانَ ذِي الأَيَادِي التِي طَا / لَ إِلَى الْمُصْطَفَى بِهَا الإِسْدَاءُ

_Wa-Ibn ʿAffān dhī l-ayādī allati ṭālat / ilā l-muṣṭafā bihā l-isdā’u_

And by the son of Affan (Uthman), the possessor of the hands that were long in providing aid to the Chosen One.

**365.** حَفَرَ الْبِئْرَ جَهَّزَ الْجَيْشَ أَهْدَى / الْهَدْيَ لَمَّا أَنْ صَدَّهُ الأَعْدَاءُ

_Ḥafara l-bi’ra jahhaza l-jaysh ahdā / l-hady lammā an ṣaddahu l-a‘dā’u_

He dug the well, equipped the army, and offered the sacrifice when the enemies blocked the way.

**366.** وَأَبَى أَنْ يَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ إِذْ لَمْ / يَدْنُ مِنْهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ فِنَاءُ

_Wa-abā an yaṭūfa bi-l-bayti idh lam / yadnu minhu ilā n-nabiyy finā’u_

He refused to circumambulate the House because he could not do so while the Prophet was barred from its courtyard.

**367.** فَجَزَتْهُ عَنْهَا بِبَيْعَةِ رِضْوَا / نٍ يَدٌ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِ بَيْضَاءُ

_Fa-jazathū ʿanhā bi-bayʿati riḍwā / n yadun min nabiyyihā bayḍā’u_

So he was rewarded for it by the "Pledge of Pleasure" (Bay'at al-Ridwan) from the white hand of his Prophet.

**368.** أَدَبٌ عِنْدَهُ تَضَاعَفَتِ الأَعْ / مَالُ بِالتَّرْكِ حَبّذَا الأُدَبَاءُ

_Adabun ʿindahu taḍāʿafat al-aʿmāl / bi-t-tarki ḥabbadhā l-udabā’u_

Such was his refined conduct; and the value of deeds is multiplied through such restraint—how excellent are those of refined conduct!

**369.** وَعَلِيٍّ صِنْوِ النَّبِيِّ وَمَنْ دِي / نُ فُؤَادِي وِدَادُهُ وَالْوَلاَءُ

_Wa-ʿAliyy ṣinw un-nabiyy wa-man dīn / fū’ādī widāduhu wa-l-walā’u_

And by Ali, the kinsman of the Prophet, whose love and loyalty are the very religion of my heart.

**370.** وَوَزِيرِ ابْنِ عَمِّهِ فِي الْمَعَالِي / وَمِنَ الأَهْلِ تَسْعَدُ الْوُزَرَاءُ

_Wa-wazīr ibn ʿammihi fī l-maʿālī / wa-min al-ahl tasʿadu l-wuzarā’u_

The minister of his cousin in lofty matters; and through one's family, ministers find their true happiness.

**371.** لَمْ يَزِدْهُ كَشْفُ الْغِطَاءِ يَقِيناً / بَلْ هُوَ الشَّمْسُ مَا عَلَيْهِ غِطَاءُ

_Lam yazidhu kashfu l-ghiṭā’i yaqīnan / bal huwa sh-shamsu mā ʿalayhi ghiṭā’u_

The removal of the veil did not increase his certainty; rather, he is the sun itself, over which there is no veil.

**372.** وَبِبَاقِي أَصْحَابِكَ الْمُظْهِرِ التَّرْ / تِيبَ فِينَا تَفْضِيلُهُمْ وَالْوَلَاءُ

_Wa-bi-bāqī aṣḥābika l-muẓhiri t-tartīb / fīnā tafḍīluhum wa-l-walā’u_

And by the rest of your companions, whose merit and loyalty establish the very order of excellence among us.

**373.** طَلْحَةَ الْخَيْرِ الْمُرْتَضِيهِ رَفِيقاً / وَاحِداً يَوْمَ فَرَّتِ الرُّفَقَاءُ

_Ṭalḥa l-khayr al-murtaḍīhi rafīqan / wa-ḥādan yawma farrat ar-rufaqā’u_

By Talha of Goodness, the one you were pleased with as a single companion on the day all other companions fled.

**374.** وَحَوَارِيِّكَ الزُّبَيْرِ أَبِي الْقَرْ / مِ الذِي أَنْجَبَتْ أَسْمَاءُ

_Wa-ḥawārīk az-Zubayr Abī l-Qār / mī alladhī anjabat asmā’u_

By your disciple Zubair, the noble leader, whom Asma gave birth to.

**375.** وَالصَّفِيَّيْنِ تَوْأَمِ الْفَضْلِ سَعْدٍ / وَسَعِيدٍ إِذْ عُدَّتِ الأَصْفِيَاءُ

_Wa-ṣ-ṣafiyyayn taw’ami l-faḍli Sa‘d / wa-Sa‘īd idh ʿuddat al-aṣfiyā’u_

By the two chosen ones, the twins of virtue, Sa’d and Sa’id, when the elite are counted.

**376.** وَابْنِ عَوْفٍ مَنْ هَوَّنَتْ نَفْسُهُ الدُّنْ / يَا بِبَذْلٍ يُمِدُّهُ إِثْرَاءُ

_Wa-Ibn ʿAwf man hawwanat nafsuhu d-dun / yā bi-bazlin yumidduhu ithrā’u_

By Ibn Awf, whose soul held the world in low regard through a generosity supported by great wealth.

**377.** وَالْمُكَنَّى أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ إِذْ يَعْ / زِي إِلَيْهِ الأَمَانَةَ الأُمَنَاءُ

_Wa-l-mukannā Abā ʿUbayda idh yaʿzi / ilayhi l-amānata l-umunā’u_

By the one nicknamed Abu Ubaidah, to whom the trustworthy attribute the very essence of trust.

**378.** وَبِعَمَّيْكَ نَيِّرَيْ فَلَكِ الْمَجْ / دِ وَكُلٌ أَتَاهُ مِنْكَ إِتَاءُ

_Wa-bi-ʿammayka nayyiray falaki l-majd / wa-kullun atāhu minka itā’u_

By your two uncles, the two luminaries in the firmament of glory, each of whom received a great gift from you.

**379.** وَبِأُمِّ السِّبْطَيْنِ زَوْجِ عَلِيٍّ / وَبَنِيهَا وَمَنْ حَوَتْهُ الْعَبَاءُ

_Wa-bi-ummis-sibṭayn zawji ʿAliyyin / wa-baniyhā wa-man ḥawtahu l-ʿabā’u_

By the mother of the two grandsons, the wife of Ali, her sons, and all those whom the Cloak encompassed.

**380.** وَبِأَزْوَاجِكَ اللَّوَاتِي تَشَرَّفْ / نَ بِأَنْ صَانَهُنَّ مِنْكَ بِنَاءُ

_Wa-bi-azwājika l-lawāti tasharrafna / bi-an ṣānahunna minka binā’u_

By your wives who were honored by the fact that your household protected them.

**381.** الأَمَانَ الأَمَانَ إِنَّ فُؤَادِي / مِنْ ذُنُوبٍ أَتَيْتُهُنَّ هَوَاءُ

_Al-amān al-amān inna fu’ādī / min dhunūbin ataytuhunna hawā’u_

Safety! Safety! For my heart is empty of all but the sins I have committed.

**382.** قَدْ تَمَسَّكْتُ  مِنْ وِدَادِكَ بِالْحَبْ / لِ الذِي اسْتَمْسَكَتْ بِهِ الشُّفَعَاءُ

_Qad tamassaktu min widādika bi-l-ḥab / lil-ladhī istam-sakat bihi sh-shufāʿā’u_

I have held fast to the rope of your love—the same rope held by those who seek intercession.

**383.** وَأَبَى اللهُ أَنْ يَمَسَّنِيَ السُّو / ءُ بِحَالٍ وَلِي إِلَيْكَ الْتِجَاءُ

_Wa-abā Allāhu an yamassanī s-sū’ / bi-ḥālin wa-lī ilayka l-tijā’u_

Allah has forbidden that harm should touch me in any state, as long as I have a refuge in you.

**384.** قَدْ رَجَوْنَاكَ لِلأُمُورِ التِي أَبْ / رَدُهَا فِي قُلُوبِنَا رَمْضَاءُ

_Qad rajawnāka li-l-umūr allati ab / radu-hā fī qulūbinā ramḍā’u_

We have hoped in you for matters whose lightest heat is like a scorching fire in our hearts.

**385.** وَأَتَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ أَنْضْاءَ فَقْرٍ / حَمَلَتْنَا إِلَى الْغِنَا أَنْضَاءُ

_Wa-ataynā ilayka anḍā’a faqrin / ḥamaltnā ilā l-ghinā anḍā’u_

We have come to you as emaciated remnants of poverty, carried to the state of wealth by our very exhaustion.

**386.** وَانْطَوَتْ فِي الصُّدُورِ حَاجَاتُ نَفْسٍ / مَا لَهَا عَنْ نَدَى يَدَيْكَ انْطِوَاءُ

_Wa-anṭawat fī ṣ-ṣudūri ḥājāt nafsin / mā lahā ʿan nadā yadayka inṭiwā’u_

Within our chests are hidden needs of the soul that never fold away from the dew of your hands.

**387.** فَأَغِثْنَا يَا مَنْ هُوَ الْغَوْثُ وَالْغَيْ / ثُ إِذَا أَجْهَدَ الْوَرَى اللّْأْوَاءُ

_Fa-aghithnā yā man huwa l-ghawthu wa-l-ghaythu / idhā ajhada l-wara al-l-awā’u_

So aid us, O you who are the Help and the Rain when hardship exhausts all of creation.

**388.** وَالْجَوَادُ الذِي بِهِ تُفْرَجُ الْغُ / مَّةُ عَنَّا وَتُكْشَفُ الَحَوْبَاءُ

_Wa-l-jawādu alladhī bihi tufraju l-ghumma / ʿannā wa-tukshafu l-ḥawba’ā’u_

You are the generous one through whom grief is dispelled from us and the burden of sin is uncovered.

**389.** يَارَحِيماً بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا مَا / ذَهِلَتْ عَنْ أَبْنَائِهَا الرُّضَعَاءُ

_Yā raḥīman bi-l-mu’minīna idh mā / dhahilat ʿan abnā’ihā r-ruḍa’ā’u_

O you who are merciful to the believers when even nursing mothers become heedless of their infants.

**390.** يَاشَفِيعاً لِلْمُذْنِبِينَ إِذَا أَشْ / فَقَ مِنْ خَوفِ ذَنْبِهِ الْبُرَآءُ

_Yā shafīʿan li-l-mudhnibīna idhā ash / faqa min khawfi dhanbihi l-burā’u_

O intercessor for the sinners when even the innocent tremble with the fear of sin.

**391.** جُدْ لِعَاصٍ وَمَا سِوَايَ هُوَ الْعَا / صِي وَلَكِنْ تَنْكِيرِيَ اسْتِحْيَاءُ

_Jud li-ʿāṣin wa-mā siwāya huwa l-ʿāṣī / wa-lākin tankīrī istiḥyā’u_

Be generous to a sinner—and I am none other than that sinner, though my anonymity is out of shame.

**392.** وَتَدَارَكْهُ بِالْعِنَايَةِ مَا دَا / مَ لَهُ بِالذِّمَامِ مِنْكَ ذِمَاءُ

_Wa-tadārakhu bi-l-ʿināyah mā dā / ma lahu bi-dh-dhimām minka dhimā’u_

Reach him with care as long as he still possesses a shred of life to hold onto your covenant.

**393.** أَخَّرَتْهُ الأَعْمَالُ وَالْمَالُ عَمَّا / قَدَّمَ الصَّالِحُونَ وَالأَغْنِيَاءُ

_Akhkharathu l-aʿmāl wa-l-māl ʿammā / qaddama ṣ-ṣāliḥūn wa-l-aghniyā’u_

My deeds and my wealth have delayed me from that which the righteous and the wealthy have sent forth.

**394.** كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ذُنُوبُهُ صَاعِدَاتٌ / وَعَلَيْهَا أَنْفَاسُهُ صُعَدَاءُ

_Kulla yawmin dhunūbuhu ṣāʿidātun / wa-ʿalayhā anfāsuhu ṣuʿadā’u_

Every day his sins are ascending, and upon them his breaths are heavy sighs.

**395.** أَلِفَ الْبِطْنَةَ الْمُبَطِّئَةَ السَّيْ / رِ بِدَارٍ بِهَا الْبِطَانُ بِطَاءُ

_Alif al-biṭnah al-mubatta’ah as-sayri / bi-dārin bihā l-biṭān bi-ṭā’u_

He grew accustomed to a gluttony that slows his journey in an abode where the well-fed are sluggish.

**396.** فَبَكَى ذَنْبَهُ بِقَسْوَةِ قَلْبٍ / نَهَتِ الدَّمْعَ فَالْبُكَاءُ مُكَاءُ

_Fa-bakā dhanbuhu bi-qaswati qalbin / nahatad-damʿa fa-l-bukā’u mukā’u_

So he wept for his sin with a hardness of heart that prevented the tears, making his weeping but a whistling sound.

**397.** وَغَدَا يَعْتِبُ الْقَضَاءَ وَلاَ عُذْ / رَ لُعَاصٍ فِيمَا يَسُوقُ الْقَضَاءُ

_Wa-ghadā yaʿtibu l-qaḍā’a wa-lā ʿudh / ra luʿāṣin fīmā yasūqu l-qaḍā’u_

He began to blame Fate, yet there is no excuse for a sinner in what Fate brings him.

**398.** أَوْثَقَتْهُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ دُيُونٌ / شَدَّدَتْ فِي اقْتِضَائِهَا الْغُرَمَاءُ

_Awthaqathu mina dh-dhunūbi duyūnun / shaddadat fī iqtiḍā’ihā l-ghuramā’u_

Debts of sin have bound him, and the creditors have become harsh in their demands.

**399.** مَا لَهُ حِيلَةٌ سِوَى حِيلَةِ الْمُو / ثَقِ إِمَّا تَوَسُّلٌ أَوْ دُعَاءُ

_Mā lahu ḥīlah siwā ḥīlati l-mūthaqi / immā tawassulun aw duʿā’u_

He has no trick left but the trick of the shackled: either intercession or supplication.

**400.** ْرَاجِياً أَنْ تَعُودَ أَعْمَالُهُ السُّو / ءُ بِغُفْرَانِ اللهِ وَهْيَ هَبَاءُ

_Rājiyan an taʿūda aʿmāluhu s-sū’ / bi-ghufrāni llāhi wa-hiya habā’u_

Hoping that his evil deeds return as nothingness through the forgiveness of Allah.

**401.** أَوْ تُرَى سَيِّئَاتُهُ حَسَنَاتٍ / فَيُقَالُ اسْتَحَالَتِ الصَّهْبَاءُ

_Aw turā sayyiātuhu ḥasanātin / fayuqālu istaḥālat iṣ-ṣahbā’u_

Or that his sins are seen as good deeds, so it is said: "The bitter wine has been transformed into something pure."

**402.** كُلُّ أَمْرٍ تُعْنَى بِهِ تُقْلَبُ الأَعْ / يَانُ فِيهِ وَتَعْجَبُ الْبُصَرَاءُ

_Kullu amrin tuʿnā bihi tuqlabu l-a‘yān / fīhi wa-taʿjabu l-buṣarā’u_

Every matter you concern yourself with causes essences to be overturned, and the insightful are left in wonder.

**403.** رُبَّ عَيْنٍ تَفَلْتَ فِي مَاءِهَا الْمِلْ / حِ فَأَضْحَى وَهْوَ الْفُرَاتُ الرَّوَاءُ

_Rubba ʿaynin tafalta fī mā’ihā l-milh / fa-aḍḥā wahuwa l-furātu r-rawā’u_

How many a salt-water spring did you spit into, and it became fresh, sweet water?

**404.** آهِ مِمَّا جَنَيْتُ إِنْ كَانَ يُغْنِي / أَلِفٌ مِنْ عَظِيمِ ذَنْبٍ وَهَاءُ

_Āh mimma janaytu in kāna yughnī / alifun min ʿaẓīmi dhanbin wa-hā’u_

Ah, for what I have committed! If only an "Alif" or a "Ha" (the sounds of a sigh) could suffice for a great sin.

**405.** أَرْتَجِي التَّوْبَةَ النَّصُوحَ وَفِي الْقَلْ / بِ نِفَاقٌ وَفِي اللِّسَانِ رِيَاءُ

_Artaǧī t-tawbata n-naṣūḥa wa-fī l-qalb / nifāqun wa-fī l-lisāni riyā’u_

I hope for sincere repentance, while in the heart is hypocrisy and on the tongue is pretense.

**406.** وَمَتَى يَسْتَقِيمُ قَلْبِي وَلِلْجِسْ / مِ اعْوِجَاجٌ مِنْ كِبْرَتِي وَانْحِنَاءُ

_Wa-matā yastaqīmu qalbī wa-lil-jisūm / ʿawijājun min kibratī wa-inḥinā’u_

And when will my heart be upright when my body is crooked and bent from my old age?

**407.** كُنْتُ فِي نَوْمَةِ الشَّبَابِ فَمَا اسْتَيْ / قَظْتُ إِلاَّ وَلِمَّتِي شَمْطَاءُ

_Kuntu fī nawmatish-shabābi famā istay / qaẓtu illā wa-limmatī shamaṭā’u_

I was in the sleep of youth and did not wake up until the hair at my temples had turned white.

**408.** وَتَمَادَيْتُ أَقْتَفِي أَثَرَ الْقَوْ / مِ فَطَالَتْ مَسَافَةٌ وَاقْتِفَاءُ

_Wa-tamādaytu aqtaffī athara l-qawmi / fa-ṭālat masāfah wa-iqtiḍā’u_

I persisted in following the tracks of the people until the distance and the pursuit became long.

**409.** فَوَرَا السَّائِرِينَ وَهْوَ أَمَامِي / سُبُلٌ وَعْرَةٌ وَأَرْضٌ عَرَاءُ

_Fa-warā as-sā’irīna wahuwa amāmī / subulun waʿratun wa-arḍun ʿarā’u_

Behind the travelers, while it is still before me, are rugged paths and a barren land.

**410.** حَمِدَ الْمُدْلِجُونَ غِبَّ سُرَاهُمْ / وَكَفَى مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ الإِبْطَاءُ

_Ḥamida l-mudlijūna ghibba surāhum / wa-kafā man takhallafa l-ibṭā’u_

Those who traveled by night praised the result of their journey, while for the one who stayed behind, his slowness is enough of a burden.

**411.** رِحْلَةٌ لَمْ يَزَلْ يُفَنِّدُنِي الصَّيْ / فُ إِذَا مَا نَوَيْتُهَا وَالشِّتَاءُ

_Riḥlah lam yazal yufannidunī ṣ-ṣayfu / idhā mā nawaituhā wa-sh-shitā’u_

It is a journey for which the summer and winter never cease to mock me whenever I intend it.

**412.** يَتَّقِي حُرُّ وَجْهِيَ الْحَرَّ والْبَرْ / دَ وَقَدْ عَزَّ مِنْ لَظَى الإِتِّقَاءُ

_Yattaqī ḥurru wajhiya l-ḥarr wa-l-bar / wa-qad ʿazza min laẓā l-ittiḳā’u_

The skin of my face fears the heat and the cold, yet it has failed to fear the heat of the Blazing Fire.

**413.** ضِقْتُ ذَرْعاً مِمَّا جَنَيْتُ فْيَوْمِي / قَمْطَرِيرٌ وَلَيْلَتِي دَرْعَاءُ

_Ḍiqqtu dharʿan mimma janaytu fī yawmi / qamṭarīrun wa-laylatī darʿā’u_

I am distressed by what I have committed; my day is grim and my night is dark.

**414.** وَتذَكَّرْتُ رَحْمَةَ اللهِ فَالْبِشْ / رُ لِوَجْهِي أَنَّى انْتَحَى تِلْقَاءُ

_Wa-tadhakkartu raḥmata llāhi fa-l-bishru / li-wajhī annā intahā tilqā’u_

But I remembered the mercy of Allah, and joy returned to my face wherever I turned.

**415.** فَأَلَحَّ الرَّجَاءُ وَالْخَوْفُ بِالْقَلْ / بِ وَلِلْخَوْفِ وَالرَّجَا إِحْفَاءُ

_Fa-allaḥa r-rajā’u wa-l-khawfu bi-l-qalb / wa-lil-khawfi wa-r-rajā’i iḥfā’u_

So hope and fear urged the heart, and for fear and hope there is an exhausting persistence.

**416.** صَاحِ لاَ تَاسَ إِنْ ضَعُفْتَ عَنِ الطَّا / عَةِ وَاسْتَأْثَرَتْ بِهَا الأَقْوِيَاءُ

_Ṣāḥi lā tās in ḍaʿufta ʿani ṭ-ṭāʿah / wa-ista’tharat bihā l-aqwiyā’u_

O companion, do not despair if you are weak in obedience and the strong have taken it all.

**417.** إِنَّ للهِ رَحْمَةً وَأَحَقُّ / النَّاسِ مِنْهُ بِالرَّحْمَةِ الضُّعَفَاءُ

_Inna li-llāhi raḥmatan wa-aḥaqqu / n-nāsi minhu bi-r-raḥmati ḍ-ḍuʿafā’u_

For Allah has a mercy, and the people most worthy of it are the weak.

**418.** فَابْقَ فِي الْعُرْجِ عِنْدَ مُنْقَلَبِ الذَّوْ / فَفِي الْعَوْدِ تَسْبِقُ الْعَرْجَاءُ

_Fābqa fī l-ʿurji ʿinda munqalabi dh-dhaw / fa-fī l-ʿawdi tasbiqu l-ʿarjā’u_

So remain among the "lame" at the turning point of the flock, for in the return, the lame sheep often leads the way.

**419.** لاَ تَقُلْ حَاسِداً لِغَيْرِكَ هَذَا / أَثْمَرَتْ نَخْلُهُ وَنَخْلِي عَفَاءُ

_Lā taqul ḥāsidan li-ghayrika hādhā / athmarat nakhluhu wa-nakhli ʿafā’u_

Do not say, envying another: "This one’s palms have borne fruit while my palms are barren."

**420.** وَأَتِ بِالْمُسْتَطَاعِ مِنْ عَمَلِ الْبِ / رِّ فَقَدْ يُسْقِطُ الثِمَارَ الإِتَاءُ

_Wa-at bi-l-mustatāʿi min ʿamali l-birr / faqad yusqitu th-thimāra l-itā’u_

But bring what you can of righteous deeds, for even a small gift can cause the fruits to fall.

**421.** وَبِحُبِّ النَّبِيِّ فَابْغِ رِضَا اللَّ / هِ فَفِي حُبِّهِ الرِّضَا وَالْحِبَاءُ

_Wa-bi-ḥubbi n-nabiyyī fābgh riḍā / llāhi fa-fī ḥubbihi r-riḍā wa-l-ḥibā’u_

And through the love of the Prophet, seek the pleasure of Allah, for in his love is both pleasure and the greatest gift.

**422.** يَا نْبِيَّ الْهُدَى إِغَاثَةَ مَلْهُو / فٍ أَضَرَّتْ بِحَالِهِ الْحَوْبَاءُ

_Yā nabiyya l-hudā ighāthata malhū / fin aḍarrat bi-ḥālihi l-ḥawba’ā’u_

O Prophet of Guidance, help a distressed soul whose sins have damaged its state.

**423.** يَدَّعِي الْحُبَّ وَهْوَ يَأَمُرُ بِالسُّو / ءِ وَمَنْ لِي أَنْ تَصْدُقَ الرَّغْبَاءُ

_Yaddaʿī l-ḥubba wahuwa ya’muru bi-s-sū’ / wa-man lī an taṣduqa r-raghbā’u_

It claims love while it commands evil—and who will ensure that my desires are truthful?

**424.** أَيُّ حُبٍّ يَصِحُّ مِنْهُ وَطَرْفِي / لِلْكَرَى وَاصِلٌ وَطَيْفُكَ رَاءُ

_Ayyu ḥubbin yaṣiḥu minhu wa-ṭarfī / li-l-karā wāṣilun wa-ṭayfuka rā’u_

What love can be true when my eyes are joined in sleep, yet your phantom is seen?

**425.** لَيْتَ شِعْرِي أَذَاكَ مِنْ عُظْمِ ذَنْبٍ / أَمْ حُظُوظُ الْمُتَيَّمِينَ حُظَاءُ

_Layta shiʿrī adhāk min ʿaẓmi dhanbin / am ḥuẓūẓu l-mutyayyamīn ḥuẓā’u_

I wonder: is that due to the greatness of my sin, or are the fortunes of the enamored but a meager share?

**426.** إِنْ يَكُنْ عُظْمُ زَلَّتِي حَجْبَ رُؤَيَا / كَ فَقَدْ عَزَّ دَاءَ قَلْبِي الدَّوَاءُ

_In yakun ʿaẓmu zallatī ḥajba ru’yā / faqad ʿazza dā’a qalbī d-dawā’u_

If the greatness of my lapse has veiled me from seeing you, then the medicine for my heart’s disease is truly rare.

**427.** كَيْفَ يَصْدَا بِالذَّنْبِ قَلْبُ مُحِبٍّ / وَلَهُ ذِكْرُكَ الْجَمِيلُ جِلاَءُ

_Kayfa yaṣdā bi-dh-dhanbi qalbu muḥibbin / wa-lahu dhikru-ka l-jamīlu jilā’u_

How can the heart of a lover be rusted by sin when your beautiful remembrance is its polish?

**428.** هَذِهِ عِلَّتِي وَأَنْتَ طَبِيبِي / لَيْسَ يَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ فِي الْقَلْبِ دَاءُ

_Hādhihi ʿillatī wa-anta ṭabībī / laysa yakhfā ʿalayka fī l-qalbi dā’u_

This is my ailment and you are my physician; no disease in the heart is hidden from you.

**429.** وَمِنَ الْفَوْزِ أَنْ أَبُثَّكَ شَكْوَى / هِيَ شَكْوَى إِلَيْكَ وَهْيَ اقْتِضَاءُ

_Wa-min al-fawzi an abuthhaka shakwā / hiya shakwā ilayka wa-hiya iqtiḍā’u_

It is a victory that I broadcast my complaint to you; it is a complaint to you and it is a request.

**430.** ضُمِّنَتْهَا مَدَائِحٌ مُسْتَطَابٌ / فِيكَ مِنْهَا الْمَدِيحُ وَالإِصْغَاءُ

_Ḍumminat-hā madā’iḥun mustaṭābun / fīka minhā l-madīḥu wa-l-iṣghā’u_

Within it are pleasant praises; from you comes the listening, and from me the praise.

**431.** قَلَّمَا حَاوَلَتْ مَدِيحَكَ إِلاَّ / سَاعَدَتْهَا مِيمٌ وَدَالٌ وَحَاءُ

_Qallamā ḥāwalat madīḥaka illā / sāʿadat-hā mīm wa-dāl wa-ḥā’u_

Rarely did I attempt to praise you unless the letters "Meem," "Dal," and "Ha" (forming Madah - praise) aided me.

**432.** حَقَّ لِي فِيكَ أَنْ أُسَاجِلَ قَوْماً / سَلَّمَتْ مِنْهُمُ لِدَلْوِي الدِّلاَءُ

_Ḥaqqan lī fīka an usājila qawman / sallamat minhum li-dalwī d-dilā’u_

It is my right regarding you to compete with a people who have yielded the buckets of the well to my bucket.

**433.** إِنَّ لِي غَيْرَةً وَقَدْ زَاحَمَتْنِي / فِي مَعَانِي مَدِيحِكَ الشُّعَرَاءُ

_Inna lī ghayratan wa-qad zāḥamatnī / fī maʿānī madīḥika sh-shuʿarā’u_

For I have a jealousy, as the poets have crowded me in the meanings of your praise.

**434.** وَلِقَلْبِي فِيكَ الْغُلُوُّ وَأَنَّى / لِلِسَانِي فِي مَدْحِكَ الْغُلَوَاءُ

_Wa-li-qalbī fīka l-ghulūwwu wa-annā / li-l-lisānī fī madḥika l-ghulawā’u_

And for my heart regarding you there is an intensity; yet how can my tongue reach the height of your praise?

**435.** فَأَثِبْ خَاطِراً يَلَذُّ لَهُ مَدْ / حُكَ عِلْماً بِأَنَّهُ اللَّأْلاَءُ

_Fa-athib khāṭiran yaladhu lahu madḥu / ʿilman bi-annahu l-lā’lā’u_

So reward a mind that finds delight in your praise, knowing that it is the ultimate radiance.

**436.** حَاكَ مِنْ صَنْعَةِ الْقْرِيضِ بُرُوداً / لَكَ لَمْ تَحْكِ وَشْيَهَا صَنْعَاءُ

_Ḥāka min ṣanʿati l-qarīḍi burūdā / laka lam taḥki wishyahā ṣanʿā’u_

It has woven from the craft of poetry garments for you whose patterns even the weavers of Sana'a could not mimic.

**437.** أَعْجَزَ الدُّرَّ نَظْمُهُ فَاسْتَوَتْ فِي / هِ الْيَدَانِ الصَّنَّاعُ وَالْخَرْقَاءُ

_Aʿjaza d-durra naẓmuhu fa-stawat fīh / i l-yadāni ṣ-ṣannāʿu wa-l-kharqā’u_

Its arrangement has made the pearls feel inadequate; in it, both the skilled hand and the clumsy are equal.

**438.** فَارْضَهُ أَفْصَحَ امْرِئٍ نَطَقَ الضَّا / دَ فَقَامَتْ تَغَارُ مِنْهَا الظَّاءُ

_Fārḍahu afṣaḥu imri’in naṭaqa ḍ-ḍād / faqāmat taghāru minhā ẓ-ẓā’u_

Be pleased with the most eloquent man who ever spoke the letter "Dad," so that the letter "Za" stood jealous of it.

**439.** أَبِذِكْرِ الآيَاتِ أُوفِيكَ مَدْحاً / أَيْنَ مِنِّي وَأَيْنَ مِنْهَا الْوَفَاءُ

_Abidhkri l-āyāti ūfīka madḥan / ayna minnī wa-ayna minhā l-wafā’u_

Is it by mentioning your miracles that I fulfill your praise? Where am I, and where is the fulfillment?

**440.** أَمْ أُمَارِي بِهِنَّ قَوْمَ نَبِيٍّ / سَاءَ مَا ظَنَّهُ بِيَ الأَغْبِيَاءُ

_Am umārī bihinna qawmu nabiyyin / sā’a ma ẓannahū bī l-aghbiyā’u_

Or do I compete through them with the people of a Prophet? How evil is what the ignorant have thought of me.

**441.** وَلَكَ الأُمَّةُ التِي غَبَطَتْهَا / بِكَ لَمّا أَتَيْتَهَا الأَنْبِيَاءُ

_Wa-laka l-umma allati gha-baṭathā / bika lammā ataytahā l-anbiyā’u_

And for you is the nation that the other Prophets envied you for when you came to them.

**442.** لَمْ تَخَفْ بَعْدَكَ الضَّلاَلَ وَفِينَا / وَارِثُوا نُورِ هَدْيِكَ الْعُلَمَاءُ

_Lam takhaf baʿdaka ḍ-ḍalāla wa-fīnā / wārithū nūri hudyaka l-ʿulamā’u_

It did not fear misguidance after you, for among us are the scholars, the inheritors of the light of your guidance.

**443.** فَانْقَضَتْ آيُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَآيَا / تُكَ فِي النَّاسِ مَ لَهُنَّ انْقِضَاءُ

_Fa-inqaḍat āyu l-anbiyā’i wa-āyātuka / fī n-nāsi malahunna inqiḍā’u_

The miracles of the other Prophets ended, but your miracles among the people have no end.

**444.** إِنَّ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِكَ الْعَجْزَ عَنْ وَصْ / فِكَ إِذْ لاَ يَحُدُّهُ الإِحْصَاءُ

_Inna min muʿjizātika l-ʿajz ʿan waṣfika / idh lā yaḥudd-hu l-iḥṣā’u_

Indeed, among your miracles is the very inability to describe you, for you cannot be encompassed by counting.

**445.** كَيْفَ يَسْتَوْعِبُ الْكَلاَمُ سَجَايَا / كَ وَهَلْ تَنْزِحُ الْبِحَارَ الرِّكَاءُ

_Kayfa yastaʿibu l-kalāmu sajāyā / ka wa-hal tanzihu l-biḥāra r-rikā’u_

How can speech ever contain your character? Can the small vessels ever drain the oceans?

**446.** لَيْسَ مِنْ غَايَةٍ لِوَصْفِكَ أَبْغِي / هَا وَلِلْقَوْلِ غَايَةٌ وَانْتِهَاءُ

_Laysa min ghāyah li-waṣfika abghīhā / wa-li-l-qawli ghāyah wa-intihā’u_

There is no limit to your description that I seek; for speech has a limit and an end.

**447.** إِنَّمَا فَضْلُكَ الزَّمَانُ وَآيَا / تُكَ فِيمَا نَعُدُّهُ الآنَاءُ

_Innamā faḍluka z-zamān wa-āyātuka / fīmā naʿudduhu l-ānā’u_

Rather, your virtue is Time itself, and your miracles are the very moments we count.

**448.** لَمْ أُطِلْ فِي تَعْدَادِ مَدْحِكَ نُطْقِي / وَمُرَادِي بِذَلكَ اسْتِقْصَاءُ

_Lam uṭil fī taʿdādi madḥika nuṭqī / wa-murādī bi-dhālika istiqṣā’u_

I have not prolonged my speech in the counting of your praise, nor was my intent to be exhaustive.

**449.** غَيْرَ أَنِّي ظَمْآنُ وَجْدٍ وَمَا لِي / بِقَلِبلٍ مِنَ الْوُرُودِ ارْتِوَاءُ

_Ghayr annī ẓamānu wajdin wa-mā lī / bi-qalībin min al-wurūd irtawā’u_

But I am a thirsty man of longing, and I am never quenched by a meager drink from the watering place.

**450.** فَسَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكَ تَتْرَى مِنَ اللَّ / هِ وَتَبْقَى بِهِ لَكَ الْبَأْوَاءُ

_Fa-salāmun ʿalayka tatrā min-llāhi / wa-tabqā bihi laka l-ba’awā’u_

So peace be upon you, successively from Allah, and may your majesty remain through it.

**451.** وَسَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكَ مِنْكَ فَمَا غَيْ / رُكَ مِنْهُ لَكَ السّلاَمُ كِفَاءُ

_Wa-salāmun ʿalayka minka famā ghayruka / minhu laka s-salāmu kifā’u_

And peace be upon you from yourself, for nothing besides you is a sufficient greeting for you.

**452.** وَسَلاَمٌ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّ / هُ لِتَحْيَا بِذِكْرِكَ الإِمْلاَءُ

_Wa-salāmun min kulli mā khalaqa llāhu / li-taḥyā bi-dhikrika l-imlā’u_

And peace from everything Allah has created, so that the dictation (of your praise) may live by your mention.

**453.** وَصَلاَةٌ كَالْمِسْكِ تَحْمِلُهُ مِ / نِّي شَمَالٌ إِلَيُكَ أَوْ نَكْبَاءُ

_Wa-ṣalātun ka-l-miski taḥmilu-hu minni / shamālun ilayka aw nakbā’u_

And a prayer like musk carried from me by the north wind or the stormy gale.

**454.** وَسَلاَمٌ عَلَى ضَرِيحِكَ تَخْضَ / لُّ بِهِ مِنْهُ تُرْبَةٌ وَعْسَاءُ

_Wa-salāmun ʿalā ḍarīḥika takhḍullu / bihi minhu turbatun wa-ʿasā’u_

And peace be upon your tomb, so that through it the soft earth and the dust are moistened.

**455.** وَثَنَاءً قَدَّمْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْ / وَايَ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَدَيَّ ثَرَاءُ

_Wa-thanā’un qaddamtu bayna yaday najwāy / idh lam yakun ladayya tharā’u_

And a tribute I have presented before my intimate discourse, since I possessed no other wealth.

**456.** مَا أَقَامَ الصَّلاَةَ مَنْ عَبَدَ اللَّ / هَ وَقَامَتْ بِرَبِّهَا الأَشْيَاءُ

_Mā aqāma ṣ-ṣalāta man ʿabada llāha / wa-qāmat bi-rabbihā l-ashyā’u_

No one has truly established prayer except the one who worshipped Allah while all things stood upright through their Lord.

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