# Qasida Mudariyya · القصيدة المضرية

From [Qasida Mudariyya · القصيدة المضرية](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/69aa8382605db4fa2e5e51b5) by [Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Busiri](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/authors/691c70fac9a45b73e980779f)

**1.** 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.

**2.** 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.

**3.** 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.

**4.** 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.

**5.** 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.

**6.** 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.

**7.** 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.

**8.** 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.

**9.** 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.

**10.** 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.

**11.** 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.

**12.** 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.

**13.** 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.

**14.** 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.

**15.** 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.

**16.** 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.

**17.** 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.

**18.** 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.

**19.** 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.

**20.** 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.

**21.** 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.

**22.** 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.

**23.** 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.

**24.** 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.

**25.** 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.

**26.** 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.

**27.** 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.

**28.** 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.

**29.** 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.

**30.** 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.

**31.** 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.

**32.** 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.

**33.** 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.

**34.** 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.

**35.** 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.

**36.** 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.

**37.** 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.

**38.** 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.

**39.** 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.

**40.** 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.

**41.** 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.

**42.** 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.

**43.** 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.

**44.** 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.

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