Mawlid - The Shimmering Light (Full)

THE SHIMMERING LIGHT

IN MENTIONING THE BIRTH OF THE INTERCEDING PROPHET
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May Allāh benefit through him
in the two worlds
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SUFFICIENT IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY LORD ..................................... 203
ijk THE FULL MOON HAS RISEN OVER US................................................ 207
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GREETINGS OF PEACE UPON ................................................................ 210
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AHMED MY BELOVED ......................................................................... 213
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O IMAM OF THE MESSENGERS ............................................................. 214
Yā Rabbi ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Ḥabībika shShāfiʿ lMushafaʿ
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4 3 O TAYBAH ........................................................................................... 216
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MUHAMMAD IS BEAUTIFUL ................................................................. 221
Yā Rabbi ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad ‘Aʿlā lwarā Rutbatan wa ‘Arfaʿ SEEKING A GAZE FROM ALLAH ........................................................... 223
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DUʿĀ’ ALNĀṢIRĪ ................................................................................ 237
Yā Rabbi ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad Asmā lbarāyā jāhan wa awsaʿ
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TABLE OF CONTENT IN THE NAME OF ALLĀH, THE MOST MERCIFUL AND
COMPASSIONATE
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THE BURDA............................................................................................ 53 My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
Your Beloved, The Intercessor, The one whose intercession is
-1- ON LYRICAL LOVE-YEARNING ................................................ 54
-2- ON ADMONITION ABOUT THE CAPRICES OF THE SELF ........... 57
accepted
-3- ON THE PRAISE OF THE PROPHET, UPON HIM BE PRAYERS
AND PEACE ........................................................................................ 60
-4- ON HIS BIRTH ............................................................................... 67 My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
-5- ON HIS MIRACLES ....................................................................... 70 The highest and most exalted of mankind in station
-6- ON THE QUALITIES OF THE QURAN ........................................ 75
-7- ON THE ASCENSION OF THE PROPHET, UPON HIM BE
PRAYERS AND PEACE...................................................................... 79
-8- ON THE CHIVALROUS STRUGGLE OF THE MESSENGER OF
GOD, UPON HIM BE PRAYERS AND PEACE ................................. 82 My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
-9- ON SEEKING INTERCESSION THROUGH THE The greatest and most sublime of creation in rank
PROPHET,UPON HIM BE PRAYERS AND PEACE ......................... 87
-10- ON INTIMACY AND THE PETITION OF ONE’S STATE ........ 89
AL-QASIDAH AL-MUḤAMMADIYYAH ........................................... 93
WHAT IS RECITED ON FRIDAY ....................................................... 99 My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
THE DIWAN.......................................................................................... 147 Take us My Lord, down the (widest and) best of roads

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‫ ُِ اِْر‬...................................................................................... 158
ِ ْ َ‫ راُِ ا‬............................................................................................ 165

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ٌَِ8َ.................................................................................................. 190 My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
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ASSORTED NASHEEDS ..................................................................... 195
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Your prayer is that which grants success in his business
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Then bless his noble family and glorious Companions
Yā Rabbi ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad rabbi rḍa ʿanā riḍāka larfaʿ and those who have followed them.
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Yā Rabbi ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa’jʿal lanā fī ljināni majmaʿ
Walḥamdu lillāhi ‘lladhī biḥamdihi
Yablughu dhū ‘lqaṣdi tamāma qaṣdihi
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those with an aim completely fulfillthat aim.
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Restrain, divert and deter every aggressor
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Yā rabbi wa'nṣur dīnanā 'lMuḥammadī
Wa'jʿal khitāma ʿizzihi kamā budī
O Lord, help our Muhammad an deen, My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
and make it end mighty as it began. Allow us to dwell in your impenetrable fortress
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Wa'ḥfaẓhu yā rabbi biḥifẓi 'lʿulamā
Wa'rfaʿ manāra nūrihi 'ilā 'ssamā My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
Preserve it, O Lord, through the preservation of the scholars, My Lord, be pleased with us with your Most Exalted of
and raise the minaret of its light to heaven. Pleasure
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Wa'ʿfu waʿāfi wa'kfi wa'ghfir dhanbanā
Wadhanba kulli muslimin yā rabbanā
Pardon, grant well-being, make up for our deficiency
and forgive our sins and the sins of every Muslim, O our Lord. My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
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Waṣalli yā rabbi ʿalā ‘lmukhtāri
Ṣalātaka 'lkāmilata ‘lmiqdāri My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad
O Lord, bless the Chosen one My Lord, Send Your Mercy and Peace upon him
with your perfect prayer of blessing.
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Make our sons virtuous and righteous,
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scholars with action and people of good counsel.
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O Allāh, remedy the situation of the people
and, O Allāh, make the reunification easy.
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O Lord, grant Your clear victory to the one
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Yā rabbi wa'jʿal da'abanā 'ttamassukā In the Name of Allāh, The Most Merciful and Compassionate
Bi'ssunnati 'lgharrā'i wa'ttanassukā
O Lord, make it our habit to cling and devote ourselves
to the resplendent Sunna. “(Oh Prophet) We have indeed given you a manifest
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that Allāh may support you with a mighty support.”
Wa'ḥṣur lanā 'aghrāḍanā ‘lmukhtalifah
Fīka waʿarrifnā tamāma ‘lmaʿrifah
Confine our manifold desires to You
and grant us full and complete gnosis.
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“Indeed, There has come to you a Messenger from
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concerned for you, to the believers gentle and
Wa'jmaʿlanā mā bayna ʿilmin waʿamal compassionate. Now if they turn away, say; ‘Allāh is
Wa'ṣrif 'ilā dāri 'lbaqā minnā 'l'amal
sufficient for me. There is no god but He. In Him I have
Combine both knowledge and action for us,
and direct our hopes to the Abiding Abode. put my trust, and He is the Lord of the Formidable
Throne.”
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Wa'khtim lanā yā rabbi khatma shshuhadā “Indeed, Allāh and His angels bless the prophet, oh you
O Lord, make us follow the road of the fortunate who believe! Bless him and salute him with a worthy
and make our seal the Seal of the martyrs, O Lord! salutation.”
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Accept our supplication with Your pure grace,
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Wa'ʿṭif ʿalaynā ʿaṭfata ‘lḥalīmi
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and show us the kindness of the Forbearing.
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and spread Your blessing over us, O Generous.
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Choose for us in all our words
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Wajāhi kulli man rafaʿta qadrahu Through His chosen slave, who summoned us
Mimman satarta 'aw nasharta dhikrahu
And the rank of everyone whose worth You elevated
both those who are concealed and those whose renown has To Him (Allāh) with authority, indeed he invited us
spread, At your service (Oh Prophet), Oh, you who guided and urged
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Indeed, We have been distinguished and favored through you
Wajāhi 'āyāti 'lkitābi ‘lmuḥkami Oh, possessor of Intercession
Wajāhi 'lsmi 'l'aʿẓami 'lmuʿaẓẓami
And the ranks of the firm ayats of the Book (And Mercy) Upon your pure family, they are the treasure
and the rank of the Greatest Supreme Name, trove of your highest secret
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Yā rabbi yā rabbi waqafnā fuqarā your religion
Bayna yadayka ḍuʿafā'a ḥuqarā They are models of loyalty to him (Muhammad)
O Lord, O Lord, make us stand as fuqara'
before You, weak and lowly. (And Mercy Upon) Those who follow them with truthfulness,
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Waqad daʿawnāka duʿā'a man daʿā By Allāh, never is the Beloved mentioned in the presence of
Raban karīman lā yaruddu man saʿā the lover
We call to You with the supplication of the one Except that he becomes passionately overwhelmed with joy.
who calls on a noble Lord who does not turn aside those who
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Wajāhi mā bihi daʿāka 'l'awliyā'
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and the rank of that by which the Awliya' pray to you,
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And the rank of the power of the Qutb and the Awtad
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Wajāhi kulli ʿābidin wadhākir
Wajāhi kulli ḥāmidin washākir
And the rank of every one worshipping and doing dhikr
and the rank of everyone praising and giving thanks,
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In sacrificing their souls and every precious thing (for their
beloved)?
Wa'jʿal mina 'ssirri ‘lmaṣūni ʿizzahā
Wa'jʿal mina 'ssitri ‘ljamīli ḥirzahā Never do they hear a mention of Ta-Ha, The Chosen One
Appoint it its might from the protected secret, Except that by it, the corrosion (on their hearts) vanishes and
and grant it protection by the beautiful veiling . they become revived
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Longing and asking their Lord for His pleasure
Wa'jʿal biṣādin wabiqāfin wabinūn
'Alfa ḥijābin min warā'ihā yakūn This is the state of the Lovers
By sad, qaf and nun, So listen closely to the life history of the one whose
place a thousand veils in front of it. intercession is accepted
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Make your heart present and it will be filled with ecstasy
Bijāhi nūri wajhika ‘lkarīmi
Wajāhi sirri mulkika 'lʿaẓīmi
By the rank of the light of Your noble Face
and the rank of the secret of Your immense kingdom, Our Lord! Send Your Mercy and Peace perpetually
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Wajāhi lā ‘ilāha ‘illā Allahu
Wajāhi khayri ‘lkhalqi yā rabbāhu
And the rank of 'la ilaha illa'llah'
and the rank of the Best of Creation, O our Lord,
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O Lord, O Lord, give us security
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O Lord, preserve our crops and herds,
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Make our land a land of the deen
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Wa'jʿal lahā bayna ‘lbilādi ṣawlah
Waḥurmatan wamanʿatan wadawlah
Give us force among the lands as well as respect,
impregnability and a polity.
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Allāh has announced to us (in the Qur’an) saying “Indeed
Wamā qaṣadnā ghayrabābika 'lkarīm a Light has come to you…” So glory be to the One who
Wamā rajawnā ghayra faḍlika 'lʿamīm informed us
We do not aim for other than Your noble door,
we do not hope for other than Your encompassing bounty. He is the One who Bestowed upon us the Gift: His slave Ta-
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Famā rajat min khayrika 'ẓẓunūnu He is the Mercy of our Master, Reflect upon His words
Binafsi mā taqūlu kun yakūnu “Rejoice…” So come and go in utter happiness because of
Minds only hope for Your blessing him (Muhammad)!
by the simple fact that you say 'Be" and it is.
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and clinging to the Rope of Allāh, our Originator
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Yā rabbi yā rabbi bika 'ttawaṣṣulu And experience the lights of the one, who when asked
Limā ladayka wabika 'ttawassulu When were you a prophet? Replied, when Adam was
O Lord, O Lord, arrival is by You
to what You have and seeking the means is by You!
Between earth and water! So awaken
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Yā rabbi 'anta ruknunā 'rrafīʿu
Yā rabbi 'anta ḥiṣnunā ‘lmanīʿu
O Lord, You are our high pillar of support!
O Lord, You are our impregnable fortress.
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Be for us and do not be against us.
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Marriages (no adultery in my lineage) My Lord has guarded it
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Give us victory over the aggressors Allāh has purified, guarded, and chosen him
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Overpower our enemy, O Mighty, with a force
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Overturn what they desire and make their efforts fail,
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'Anta ‘lladhī taʿfū 'idhā zalalnā revealed books
You are the One Who guides when we are misguided. He has clearly announced them to us
You are the One who pardons when we slip.
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Wara'fatan waraḥmatan waḥilmā
You have full knowledge of all You have created
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Walā limā ʿindaka minnā 'afqaru the Day of Judgment)
There is no one in existence more lowly than we are (All the Prophets) Will walk under the banner of the one who
nor poorer and more in need of what You have than us. called us!
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Until it will be said to me, Rise (from prostration), ask and
ʿAmma ‘lwarā walā yunādā ghayruhu
you will be given
O you of vast kindness! O You Whose good encompasses all
Say and you will be heard, for the star of your Glory has
mankind, and no other is called on!
become manifest
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'Unẓur 'ilā mā massanā mina ‘lwarā And I am the Most honorable of creation to Allāh
Faḥālunā min baynihim kamā tarā Indeed Allāh has woven (into your essence Oh, Muhammad)
Look at what we have experienced from people! Compassion from Him
Our state among them is as You see.
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Our troops are few and our wealth is little. By Allāh, mention the attributes of Muhammad time and time
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Wa'stanqaṣūnā ʿuddatan waʿiddah
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O You Whose kingdom cannot be pillaged,
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Have mercy on us, O You Who know our weakness
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O You to Whose mercy one flees! The Truthful mother, the daughter of Wahb became pregnant
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Wayā mughītha kulli man daʿāhu
O Master, You Whose pardon is near!
O You Who help all who call on Him! For the light of Ta-Ha (who was in his loins) was visible on
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Faḥasbunā yā rabbi 'anta wakafā
We seek Your help, O You who help the weak!
You are enough for us, O Lord!
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There is nothing more majestic than Your immense power
and nothing mightier than the might of Your force.
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Wabirabbī waḥasbī bihi yā ghulām The lineage is traced back to Ismael who was a helper to his
And I have good opinion, through which I would draw near father
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ʿAsā Allahu yashfī ghalīla 'ṣṣudūd For Gentleness from the Lord of the heavens encompassed her
Biwaṣli 'lḥabāyib wafakki 'lquyūd And Barred from her all harm, worry, and sadness
May Allah heal the burning of being turned away
With a connection to the beloved and dismantling of the
shackles She saw (in a vision), as was narrated to us
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Farabbī raḥīmun karīmun wadūd pleasure!
Yajūdu ʿalā man yashā bilmarām
For my Lord is Merciful, Generous, and Loving And the lights emanated from all directions
Shows generosity to whom He wills, with what is desired For the birth of the one given intercession had arrived
And before dawn, the Sun of Guidance emanated

The Beloved became manifest, honored and protected
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I would die and I haven’t visited that open space
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Famalā nnūru nnawāḥī (Bi Rasūli Allāh) And I have not come near, even a day, with those who drew
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Wa danā waqtu lhidāyah (Bi Rasūli Allāh) And how prolonged is my grief and my sorrow
Wa ḥimā lkufri tazaʿzaʿ
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Warāḥātu rūḥī rajā qurbikum upon him and peace!
Waʿazmī waqaṣdī 'ilaykum dawām
The comfort of my soul is hoping for your nearness
My determination and my endeavor are to you always Oh Messenger, Peace be upon you!
Oh Prophet, Peace be upon you!
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Falā ʿishtu 'in kāna qalbī sakan The blessings of Allah be upon you!
'Ilā 'lbuʿdi ʿan 'ahlihi wa'lwaṭan
May I not live if my heart accepts
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Will you give me joy with pure love?
Ya Imām ‘ahli rrisālah (Ya Rasūl Allāh) And will you allow me a noble station?
Man bihi l‘āfātu tudfaʿ
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ʿAlaykum 'uḥaybābanā yā kirām You are a refuge on the day of gathering
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Who’s mere mention is our intimacy in the darkness Welcome! Oh, light of my eyes, Welcome!
A light for us between this creation Welcome! Oh grandfather of Hussein, Welcome!
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Sakantum fu'ādī warabbi 'lʿibād
Wa'antum marāmī wa'aqṣā 'lmurād
You’ve taken a home in my heart, (I swear) by the lord of the For Allāh has sent Mercy upon you
servants So long as light shines and disseminates
And you are my aspiration and the utmost desired
And by you, we ask the Most Merciful

And the Lord of the Throne hears us
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Wa bihi fanẓur ‘ilaynā (Yā Allāh) And our end turns out good
Wa ʿṭinā bih kulla maṭmaʿ (Yā Allāh) In the time that our life is sealed
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Wa dfaʿi l‘āfāti wa’rfaʿ (Yā Allāh) ʿAlā faṣīḥin kadhā 'aʿjam
Send your prayers upon the one through which we were made
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Laylat ṣafā qad ṣafat maʿnā
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A delightful night has become pleasant for us Oh Possessor of great bounties, Oh Lord!
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Waluh mawāhib ʿalaynā jam
Far be it from my God to fail us
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Lilkhayri fī dhih kadhā fī tham And give us to drink Oh Lord! And come to our rescue
Our good hopes in Him is our guide With a life giving rain which pours down
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ʿAsā bifaḍlih yuʿāmilnā
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May He treat us with His kindness The one who embodied all of beauty
From destruction and the wrath we would be saved
Ahmed, the Pure and (upon) his family
And the Companions, so long as light shines
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Maḥabbathum saʿādah ('ala yallāh binaẓrah)
Loving them is felicity (O Allah, a gaze)
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'Ilayhim muʿtanī kullu maṭlūbuh tayassar
O how fortunate is the one who visits them with sincerity and
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This is with kufr, so how about happiness (because of the birth
By the blessing of the light, our intercessor
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His generosity and blessings have enveloped us
From a heart that is filled with Iman.
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Walakin ḥasbaya Allah ('ala yallāh binaẓrah)
But Allah is sufficient for me (O Allah, a gaze)
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Wakullu 'l'amri lillāh ('ala yallāh binaẓrah) Saluting the Chosen One, Oh what a Glory!
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And be patient and grateful (O Allah, a gaze)
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Takun fāyz waẓāfir ('ala yallāh binaẓrah)
You will be victorious and triumphant (O Allah, a gaze)
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Muṣaffā min jamīʿi 'ddanas ṭayyib muṭahhar And many noble attributes to many to count
The men of Allah, from every enlightened heart
Purified from every blemish, good and pure
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And this Dunya is lowly, its’ events are many
Its’ way of life is wretched, and its time is short
While the Chosen one was still in her womb

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O Allah, a gaze from the Merciful Eye
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So Abdul Muttalib showed him affection
Muḥammad khayru man yumdaḥ
Lahu 'abwābu 'ssamā'i tuftaḥ
Muhammad is the best of those who are praised
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Waman ṣallā ʿalayh 'aflaḥ Wayabqā fī 'amāni Allah
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Muḥammad yā bna ʿabdi Allah

Wahuwa ḥāmil kalāma Allah Her hopes were granted by the Divine
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Muhammad said O my lord
The questioning of my nation after me
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Waghaffāri 'dhdhunūbi Allah
And forgive them from sin
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O cameleer urge forward to the Kaba, the House of Allah
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Go to them my messenger
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By the right of [what was between you of] bread and salt He showed gratefulness (To Allāh), and he did not show
They have promised to keep in contact” weakness
Khadijah and Abu-Talib died when he was fifty

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have hope in their offspring!
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With my tears wash my body
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The Light Emerged Prayed behind him, and he witnessed The Barzakh and

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Annūru lāḥa fa'abkānī Wa'lmajdu ḥarraka ashjānī The Beloved then ascended into the highest heavens
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And the passion has moved my sadness our Lord!

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Mā kuntu 'ansā yā 'ikhwānī Ḥubba 'nnabiyī 'lʿadnānī Through him (Muhammad) the noble city illuminated and
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The love of the ‘Adnani Prophet
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ʿAlā 'lʿAqīqi 'jtamaʿnā Naḥnu wasūdu 'lʿuyūni
Upon the valley of ʿAqiq (also named the blessed valley) we
met, us and the one with the Dark Eyes They didn't raise their voices when he approached,
They lowered their gaze and didn't stare,

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In recognition and reverence of Muhammad 's position,
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That he has attained a portion of my insanity

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And O my little heart have patience
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Our prophet, my most precious of wishes,
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invoke my Lord, and recite the Qur'an
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For me to fill up …The light has captivated us

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Yā ṭaybah yā ṭaybah Yā dawā 'lʿayyānā By Allah!

'Shtaqnālik walhawā nādānā Walhawā nādānā The miracles of Ahmed are beyond comprehension.
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we yearn for you, and desire has called us, and desire has
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As the ship departed, they forgot me
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'Akhadhū qalbī maʿ janānī

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They took my heart and my soul with them
O Tayba, O you who enslave the one passionately in love Our Lord! Send Your Mercy and Peace perpetually
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My direction of prayer, the house of Allah, I'm patient
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I wonder, do you see me looking
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The source of the laws and wisdoms
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The choicest of the creator and His best
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The best one above the earth, a sign [of Allah]
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'Anta bābu Allahi muʿtamadī Indeed I have signaled towards the attributes of the one
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You are the Door to Allah and the one on whom I depend of yearning
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So in this world and in the hereafter
O Messenger of Allah take my hand However, it is a Love established deep in the heart
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Now that we have become fused with the love (of
Mā 'lmuʿāfā wa'ssaqīmu sawā
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Ḥubbi mawlā 'lʿurbi wa'lʿajami
So remove the two worlds from you with the exception of His chosen one, His beloved, His purest
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GHawthu 'ahli 'lbadwi walḥaḍari By the chosen one, accept us and answer our supplications
The Master of Masters from Mudar
The Helper of the Bedouins and the people of the City
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peace be upon you
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O helper of the stranger
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You were victorious with praise
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You have come with the Qur’an
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Fatimthāluhā ladayya 'aḥsanu ṣūrati And don’t hold us accountable if we err
If it became distant and difficult from me to visit
Then the image that I hold within me is the best of pictures
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I delight my eyes in its beautiful Rawdah
So my heart, innermost soul, and core become free from all
worries and grief Strengthen our bond with him (Muhammad) in every state
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'Uqabbiluhā shawqan l'ishfā'i ʿillatī pray for them
So here I am O head of all of creation
Kissing it in yearning to heal my illness
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assist in establishing gatherings
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Waṣalli ʿalā quṭbi 'lmujūdi Muḥammadin
Ṣalatān bihā tamḥū ʿannā kulla zallati Indeed we have Invoked You, So by Your Grace,
And send your mercy upon the head of creation, Muḥammad. Answer our requests Oh You who Hear our Prayers
A mercy that will wipe from us every slip
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Greetings of peace upon the one buried in the land of Ṭaybah
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O you riding towards Al-Madina intending
Convey my Salām to the beloved Muḥammad
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In his beautiful Rawdah is my hope and desire and in it is the
cure for my heart and spirit, and my comfort
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felicity
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Salāmun ʿlā qabrin yuzāru mina 'lbuʿdi
Salāmun ʿlā 'rrawḍat wafīhā Muḥammadi And take care of our affairs,
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Faballaghahu 'lmarghūba fī kulli maqṣadi (To gather us) With the Chosen One. And Send Your Mercy
Greetings of peace upon the one who visited his lord in the upon him
night So He gave him what is desired in every aspiration and upon his family so long as the eastern winds sway
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they attribute (unto Him)
Salāmun ʿlā man qala lilḍḍabbi man 'anā
Faqāla rasūlu Allahi 'anta Muḥammadi And peace be unto the messengers.
Greetings of peace upon the one who said to the lizard “Who
am I?” So he replied, “The Messenger of God, you are And praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.)
Muḥammad.”
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