Qasida Mudariyya · القصيدة المضرية

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى الْمُخْتَارِ مِنْ مُّضَرٍ
وَالْأَنْبِيَا وَجَمِيْعِ الرُّسْلِ مَا ذُكِرُوا

Yā rabbi ṣalli ʿalā l-mukhtāri min Muḍarin
Wa l-anbiyā wa jamiʿi r-rusli mā dhukirū

O my Lord, pour Your blessings upon the Chosen One of Mudar and the Prophets and all of the Messengers whenever they are mentioned.

وَصَلِّ رَبِّ عَلَى الْهَادِي وَشِيعَتِهِ
وَصَحْبِهِ مَنْ لِطَيِّ الدِّينِ قَدْ نَشَرُوا

Wa ṣalli rabbi ʿalā l-hādī wa shīʿatihi
Wa ṣaḥbihi man liṭayyi d-dīni qad nasharū

And pour blessings, O my Lord, upon the Guide and his Followers and his Companions, those who spread abroad the teachings of the religion.

وَجَاهَدُوا مَعَهُ فِي اللهِ وَاجْتَهَدُوا
وَهَاجَرُوا وَلَهُ آوَوْا وَقَدْ نَصَرُوا

Wa jāhadū maʿahu fī Llāhi wa-jtahadū
Wa hājarū wa lahu āwaw wa qad naṣarū

Who fought alongside him in the path of Allah, and struggled valiantly, who emigrated, gave him shelter and aided him.

وَبَيَّنُوا الْفَرْضَ وَالْمَسْنُونَ وَاعْتَصَبُوا
لِلّٰهِ وَاعْتَصَمُوا بِاللهِ فَانْتَصَرُوا

Wa bayyanū l-farḍa wa l-masnūna waʿtaṣabū
Li-Llāhi waʿtaṣamū bi-Llāhi fa-ntaṣarū

Who made clear the fard and the sunna, joined forces for the sake of Allah, clung to Allah and so were victorious.

أَزْكَى صَلَاةٍ وَأَنْمَاهَا وَأَشْرَفَهَا
يُعَطِّرُ الْكَوْنَ رَيَّا نَشْرِهَا الْعَطِرُ

Azkā ṣalātin wa anmāhā wa ashrafahā
Yuʿaṭṭiru l-kawna rayyā nashrihā l-ʿaṭiru

The most excellent, the most extensive, and the most noble of blessings, their fragrant diffusion sweetly permeates the universe.

مَعْبُوقَةً بِعَبِيقِ الْمِسْكِ زَاكِيَةً
مِنْ طِيبِهَا أَرَجُ الرِّضْوَانِ يَنْتَشِرُ

Maʿbūqatan bi ʿabīqi l-miski zākiyatan
Min ṭībihā araju r-riḍwāni yantashiru

Fragrant with the odour of musk, delightful. From their scent spreads the sweet perfume of acceptance and good pleasure.

عَدَّ الْحَصَى وَالثَّرَى وَالرَّمْلِ يَتْبَعُهَا
نَجْمُ السَّمَا وَنَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ وَالْمَدَرُ

ʿAdda l-haṣā wa-th-tharā wa r-ramli yatbaʿuhā
Najmu s-samā wa nabātu l-arḍi wa l-madaru

In quantity as great as the pebbles, the moist earth, the grains of sand, followed by the stars in the heavens, plants of the earth and mounds of clay.

وَعَدَّ وَزْنِ مَثَاقِيلِ الْجِبَالِ كَمَا
يَلِيهِ قَطْرُ جَمِيعِ الْمَاءِ وَالْمَطَرُ

Wa ʿadda wazni mathāqīli l-jibāli kamā
Yalīhi qaṭru jamiʿi l-mā'i wa l-maṭaru

As great as the measure of the weight of the mountains, and the drops of all the water and all the rain.

وَعَدَّ مَا حَوَتِ الْأَشْجَارُ مِنْ وَرَقٍ
وَكُلِّ حَرْفٍ غَدَا يُتْلَى وَيُسْتَطَرُ

Wa ʿadda mā ḥawati l-ashjāru min waraqin
Wa kulli ḥarfin ghadā yutlā wa yustaṭaru

In number as great as the leaves of all the trees, and every letter or character that will be read or written.

وَالْوَحْشِ وَالطَّيْرِ وَالْأَسْمَاكِ مَعْ نَعَمٍ
يَلِيهِمُ الْجِنُّ وَالْأَمْلَاكُ وَالْبَشَرُ

Wa l-waḥshi wa ṭ-ṭayri wa l-asmāki maʿ naʿamin
Yalīhimu l-jinnu wa l-amlāku wa l-basharu

In number as great as the wild animals, the birds, fish and cattle followed by the jinn, the angels and human beings.

وَالذَّرُّ وَالنَّمْلُ مَعْ جَمْعِ الْحُبُوبِ كَذَا
وَالشَّعْرُ وَالصُّوفُ وَالْأَرْيَاشُ وَالْوَبَرُ

Wa dh-dharru wa n-namlu maʿ jamʿi l-ḥubūbi kadhā
Wa sh-shaʿru wa ṣ-ūfu wa l-aryāshu wa l-wabaru

The tiny motes and the ants, all the kernels of grain, as well as hair and wool, feathers and animal fur.

وَمَا أَحَاطَ بِهِ الْعِلْمُ الْمُحِيطُ وَمَا
جَرَى بِهِ الْقَلَمُ الْمَأْمُورُ وَالْقَدَرُ

Wa mā ahāṭa bihi l-ʿilmu l-muḥīṭu wa mā
Jarā bihi l-qalamu l-ma'mūru wa l-qadaru

And all that which comprises the total sum of knowledge, and whatever was brought by the commanded Pen and the Divine Decree.

وَعَدَّ نَعْمَائِكَ اللَّاتِي مَنَنْتَ بِهَا
عَلَى الْخَلَائِقِ مُذْ كَانُوا وَمُذْ حُشِرُوا

Wa ʿadda naʿmāika llātī mananta bihā
ʿAlā l-khalā'iqi mudh kānū wa mudh ḥushirū

In number as great as Your favours, which You have bestowed upon created beings, ever since they came into being and were gathered together.

وَعَدَّ مِقْدَارِهِ السَّامِي الَّذِي شَرُفَتْ
بِهِ النَّبِيُّونَ وَالْأَمْلَاكُ وَافْتَخَرُوا

Wa ʿadda miqdārihi s-sāmī lladhī sharufat
Bihi n-nabiyyūna wa l-amlāku wa-ftakharū

As great as his lofty degree by which the Prophets and the angels were ennobled, and they took pride in this.

وَعَدَّ مَا كَانَ فِي الْأَكْوَانِ يَا سَنَدِي
وَمَا يَكُوْنُ إِلَى أَنْ تُبْعَثَ الصُّوَرُ

Wa ʿadda mā kāna fi l-akwāni yā sanadī
Wa mā yakūnu ilā an tubʿatha ṣ-ṣuwaru

As great as whatever exists in all the universes, O my Support, and whatever is still to come into existence, until the Day when the forms will be resurrected.

فِي كُلِّ طَرْفَةِ عَيْنٍ يَطْرِفُونَ بِهَا
أَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِينَ أَوْ يَذَرُوا

Fī kulli ṭarfati ʿaynin yaṭrifūna bihā
Ahlu s-samāwāti wa l-arḍīna aw yadharū

In every twinkling of the eye by which the people of the heavens and the earths glance or cease to glance.

مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِيْنَ مَعْ جَبَلٍ
وَالْفَرْشِ وَالْعَرْشِ وَالْكُرْسِي وَمَا حَصَرُوا

Mil'a s-samāwāti wa l-arḍīna maʿ jabalin
Wa l-farshi wa l-ʿarshi wa l-kursī wa mā ḥaṣarū

Whatever fills the heavens and the earths, together with the mountains, the spread-out earth, the Throne, the Footstool and all they contain.

مَا أَعْدَمَ اللهُ مَوْجُودًا وَأَوْجَدَ مَعْـ
ـدُومًا صَلَاةً دَوَامًا لَيْسَ تَنْحَصِرُ

Mā aʿdama Llāhu mawjūdan wa awjada maʿ
-dūman ṣalātan dawāman laysa tanḥaṣiru

Whatever existing thing Allah has caused to vanish, or whatever non-existent thing He has brought into being, blessings without limit and enduring forever.

تَسْتَغْرِقُ الْعَدَّ مَعْ جَمْعِ الدُّهُورِ كَمَا
تُحِيطُ بِالْحَدِّ لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

Tastaghriqu l-ʿadda maʿ jamʿi d-duhūri kamā
Tuhīṭu bi l- ḥaddi la tubqī wa lā tadharu

Whose number lasts through all the ages, as they are boundless, leaving out nothing, encompassing all.

لَا غَايَةً وَانْتِهَاءً يَا عَظِيمُ لَهَا
وَلَا لَهَا أَمَدٌ يُّقْضَى فَيُعْتَبَرُ

Lā ghāyatan wa-ntihā'an yā ʿaẓīmu lahā
Wa lā lahā amadun yuqḍā fa-yuʿtabaru

They have no final end and no conclusion, O Mighty One, and no limit decreed, so consider this well.

وَعَدَّ أَضْعَافِ مَا قَدْ مَرِّ مِنْ عَدَدٍ
مَعْ ضِعْفِ أَضْعَافِهِ يَا مَنْ لَهُ الْقَدَرُ

Wa ʿadda aḍʿāfi mā qad marra min ʿadadin
Maʿ ḍiʿfi aḍʿāfihi yā man lahu l-قadaru

In number as great as the multiples of all numbers there have been, together with multiplying these multiples, O One Who decrees.

كَمَا تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَى سَيِّدِي وَكَمَا
أَمَرْتَنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّي أَنْتَ مُقْتَدِرُ

Kamā tuḥibbu wa tarḍā sayyidī wa kamā
Amartanā an nuṣallī anta muqtadiru

Just as You love, O my Master, and in accordance with Your pleasure and as You have commanded us to send blessings, You are the Owner of Mighty Power.

مَعَ السَّلَامِ كَمَا قَدْ مَرَّ مِنْ عَدَدٍ
رَبِّي وَضَاعِفْهُمَا وَالْفَضْلُ مُنْتَشِرُ

Maʿa s-salāmi kamā qad marra min ʿadadin
Rabbī wa ḍāʿifhumā wa l-faḍlu muntashiru

Together with peace, to the number of what has been mentioned O my Lord, and multiply them both so that grace may spread far and wide.

وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ مَضْرُوبٌ بِحَقِّكَ فِي
أَنْفَاسِ خَلْقِكَ إِنْ قَلُّوا وَإِنْ كَثُرُوا

Wa kullu dhālika maḍrūbun bi ḥaqqika fī
Anfāsi khalqika in qallū wa in kathurū

All of this further multiplied by Your Right in the breaths of Your created beings, whether they be few in number or many.

يَا رَبِّ وَاغْفِرْ لِقَارِيهَا وَسَامِعِهَا
وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ جَمِيْعًا أَيْنَمَا حَضَرُوا

Ya rabbī wa-ghfir li-qārīhā wa sāmiʿihā
Wa l-muslimīna jamīʿan aynamā ḥaḍarū

O my Lord, forgive the one who recites it, as well as the one who hears it, and all of the Muslims, wherever they may be.

وَوَالِدِينَا وَأَهْلِينَا وَجِيرَتِنَا
وَكُلُّنَا سَيِّدِي لِلْعَفْوِ مُفْتَقِرُ

Wa wālidīnā wa ahlīnā wa jīratinā
Wa kullunā sayyidī li-l-ʿafwi muftaqiru

And our parents, our families and our neighbours for all of us, O my Master, are in great need of forgiveness.

وَقَدْ أَتَيْتُ ذُنُوبًا لَا عِدَادَ لَهَا
لَكِنَّ عَفْوَكَ لَا يُبْقِي وَلَا يَذَرُ

Wa qad ataytu dhunūban lā ʿidāda lahā
Lākinna ʿafwaka lā yubqī wa lā yadharu

I have committed many wrong actions - there is no end to them! But indeed Your pardon leaves nothing - no sin remains.

وَالْهَمُّ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا أَبْغِيهِ أَشْغَلَنِي
وَقَدْ أَتَى خَاضِعًا وَالْقَلْبُ مُنْكَسِرُ

Wa l-hammu ʿan kulli mā abghīhi ashghalanī
Wa qad atā khāḍiʿan wa l-qalbu munkasiru

Worry has preoccupied me from all that I hope to attain, and it came humbly and with a broken heart.

أَرْجُوكَ يَا رَبِّ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ تَرْحَمُنَا
بِجَاهِ مَنْ فِي يَدَيْهِ سَبَّحَ الْحَجَرُ

Arjūka yā rabbī fī d-darayni tarḥamunā
Bijāhi man fī yadayhi sabbaḥa l-ḥajaru

I beseech You, O my Lord, to show us mercy in the two worlds, by the rank of the one in whose hands pebbles glorified God.

يَا رَبِّ أَعْظِمْ لَنَا أَجْرًا وَّمَغْفِرَةً
فَإِنَّ جُودَكَ بَحْرٌ لَيْسَ يَنْحَصِرُ

Yā rabbī aʿẓim lanā ajran wa maghfiratan
Fa-inna jūdaka bahrun laysa yanḥaṣiru

O my Lord, increase for us both our reward and forgiveness, for surely Your Generosity is a sea without a shore.

وَاقْضِ دُيُونًا لَهَا الْأَخْلَاقُ ضَائِقَةٌ
وَفَرِّجِ الْكَرْبَ عَنَّا أَنْتَ مَقْتَدِرُ

Waqḍi duyūnan lahā l-akhlāqu ḍā'iqatun
Wa farriji l-karba ʿannā anta muqtadiru

Settle the debts which leave noble character in difficult straits, and release us from our troubles, O You Who are Powerful.

وَكُنْ لَطِيْفًا بِنَا فِي كُلِّ نَازِلَةٍ
لُطْفًا جَمِيلًا بِهِ الْأَهْوَالُ تَنْحَسِرُ

Wa kun laṭīfan binā fī kulli nāzilatin
Luṭfan jamīlan bihi l-ahwālu tanḥasiru

Be kind to us whenever calamities befall us, with a beautiful kindness which causes all distress to disappear.

بِالْمُصْطَفَى الْمُجْتَبَى خَيْرِ الْأَنَامِ وَمَنْ
جَلَالَةً نَزَلَتْ فِي مَدْحِهِ السُّوَرُ

Bi l-Muṣṭafā l-mujtabā khayri l-anāmi wa man
Jalālatan nazalat fī madḥihi s-suwaru

By Mustafa, the Elected One, the Best of Creation, in whose praise surahs were revealed to honour him.

ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى الْمُخْتَارِ مَا طَلَعَتْ
شَمْسُ النَّهَارِ وَمَا قَدْ شَعْشَعَ الْقَمَرُ

Thumma ṣ-ṣalatu ʿalā l-mukhtāri mā ṭalaʿat
Shamsu n-nahāri wa mā qad shaʿshaʿa l-qamaru

And then prayers be upon the Chosen One as long as the sun shines upon the day, and the moon casts its radiance about.

ثُمَّ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ خَلِيفَتِهِ
مَنْ قَامَ مِن بَعْدِهِ لِلدِّينِ يَنْتَصِرُ

Thumma r-riḍā ʿan Abī Bakrin khalīfatihi
Man qāma min baʿdihi li d-dīni yantaṣiru

And may You be pleased with Abu Bakr, his caliph, who stood up for the religion after he was gone.

وَعَنْ أَبِي حَفْصٍ الْفَارُوقِ صَاحِبِهِ
مَنْ قَوْلُهُ الْفَصْلُ فِي أَحْكَامِهِ عُمَرُ

Wa ʿan Abī Ḥafṣin l-Fārūqi ṣāḥibihi
Man qawluhu l-faṣlu fī aḥkāmihi ʿUmaru

And with Abu Hafs al-Faruq, his companion Umar, whose word in his rulings was decisive.

وَجُدْ لِعُثْمَانَ ذِي النُّورَيْنِ مَنْ كَمُلَتْ
لَهُ الْمَحَاسِنُ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ وَالظَّفَرُ

Wa jud li-ʿUthmāna dhī n-nūrayni man kamulat
Lahu l-maḥāsinu fi d-dārayni wa ẓ-ẓafaru

And bestow good upon Uthman, he of the two lights, for whom the virtues were perfected in the two worlds, and in the final victory.

كَذَا عَلِيٌ مَعَ ابْنَيْهِ وَأُمِّهِمَا
أَهْلُ الْعَبَاءِ كَمَا قَدْ جَاءَنَا الْخَبَرُ

Kadhā ʿAliyyun maʿa bnayhi wa ummihimā
Ahlu l-ʿabā'i kamā qad jā'ana l-khabaru

And likewise Ali, as well as his two sons and their mother, the People of the Cloak, as has come down to us in tradition.

كَذَا خَدِيجَتُنَا الْكُبْرَى الَّتِي بَذَلَتْ
أَمْوَالَهَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ يَنْتَصِرُ

Kadhā Khadījatunā l-Kubrā llatī badhalat
Amwālahā li rasūli Llāhi yantaṣiru

And also our lady Khadijah al-Kubra who generously gave her wealth in order to help and support the Messenger of Allah.

وَالطَّاهِرَاتُ نِسَاءُ الْمُصْطَفَى وَكَذَا
بَنَاتُهُ وَبَنُوهُ كُلَّمَا ذُكِرُوا

Wa ṭ-ṭāhirātu nisā'u l-Muṣṭafā wa kadhā
Banātuhu wa banūhu kullamā dhukirū

And those pure women, the wives of Mustafa, and his daughters and sons, whenever they are mentioned.

سَعْدٌ سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ طَلْحَةٌ وَأَبُو
عُبَيْدَةٍ وَزُبَيْرٌ سَادَةٌ غُرَرُ

Saʿdun, Saʿīdu-bnu ʿAwfin, Ṭalḥatun wa Abū
ʿUbaydatin wa Zubayrun sādatun ghuraru

Sad, Sad ibn Awf and Talha, Abu Ubayda and Zubayr, the finest of masters.

وَحَمْزَةٌ وَكَذَا الْعَبَّاسُ سَيِّدُنَا
وَنَجْلُهُ الْحَبْرُ مَنْ زَالَتْ بِهِ الْغِيَرُ

Wa Ḥamzatun wa kadha l-ʿAbbāsu sayyidunā
Wa najluhu l-ḥabru man zālat bihi l-ghiyaru

And Hamza and also Abbas, our master, and his son, the learned one through whom difficulties were resolved.

وَالْآلُ وَالصَّحْبُ وَالْأَتْبَاعُ قَاطِبَةً
مَاجَنَّ لَيْلُ الدَّيَاجِي أَوْ بَدَا السَّحَرُ

Wa l-ālu wa ṣ-ṣاḥbu wa l-atbāʿu qāṭibatan
Mā janna laylu d-dayājī aw bads s-saḥaru

And all the Family and Companions, and all the Followers, as long as darkness still falls upon the night, and the dawn reappears.

مَعَ الرِّضَا مِنْكَ فِي عَفْوٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ
وَحُسْنِ خَاتِمَةٍ إِنْ يَنْقَضِي الْعُمُرُ

Maʿa r-riḍā minka fī ʿafwin wa ʿāfiyatin
Wa ḥusni khātimatin in yanqaḍi l-ʿumuru

Bless them with good pleasure from You in pardon and well-being and with a good ending when life draws to a close.