مَقَامُ أَبِي نَافِعٍ نَافِعُ

مَقَامُ أَبِي نَافِعٍ نَافِعُ

لِمَنْ زَارَهُ وَالْهُدَى شَافِعُ

لِمَنْ زَارَهُ وَالْهُدَى شَافِعُ

The shrine of Abu Nafiʿ brings benefit

The sanctuary of Abu Nafi is truly beneficial,

To whoever visits it, and guidance intercedes.

For the one who visits it, with true guidance as an intercessor;

وَلاَ سَيَّمَا مَنْ بَنَى قُبَّةً

وَلاَ سَيَّمَا مَنْ بَنَى قُبَّةً

بِهِ نُورُ بَهْجَتِهَا سَاطِعُ

بِهِ نُورُ بَهْجَتِهَا سَاطِعُ

And especially whoever built a dome

And most especially for the one who built a dome,

There, with the light of its splendor shining.

From which the light of its radiant splendor shines forth.

فَذَاكَ الذِي يَرْتَوِي عَلَلاً

فَذَاكَ الذِي يَرْتَوِي عَلَلاً

بِكَأْسِ مُنىً بِرُّهُ نَاقِعُ

بِكَأْسِ مُنىً بِرُّهُ نَاقِعُ

So he is the one who drinks his fill, draught after draught,

For he is the one who quenches his thirst, draught after draught,

From a cup of wishes—his beneficence quenches thirst.

From a cup of aspirations whose pure goodness is deeply satisfying;

وَيَحْظَى بِأَرْغَبِ مَرْغُوبِهِ

وَيَحْظَى بِأَرْغَبِ مَرْغُوبِهِ

وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ عُلاً مَانِعُ

وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ عُلاً مَانِعُ

And gains the dearest object of his desire,

He shall attain the most coveted of all his desires,

And nothing bars him from lofty rank.

With no obstacle to restrain him from reaching eminence.

وَيَعْلُو بِحَوْلِ الإِلَهِ على

وَيَعْلُو بِحَوْلِ الإِلَهِ على

حَسُودٍ لَهُ طَرْفُهُ دَامِعُ

حَسُودٍ لَهُ طَرْفُهُ دَامِعُ

And by God's might he rises above

And he shall ascend, by the might of God, high above

An envier of him, whose eye sheds tears.

Every envier whose eyes are brought to resentful tears;

ضَمِنْتُ لَهُ عَنْ أَبِي نَافِعٍ

ضَمِنْتُ لَهُ عَنْ أَبِي نَافِعٍ

مِنَ النَّفْعِ مَا يَرْتَجِي النَّافِعُ

مِنَ النَّفْعِ مَا يَرْتَجِي النَّافِعُ

I have guaranteed him, on Abu Nafiʿ's behalf,

I guarantee him, on behalf of Abu Nafi,

The benefit the benefactor hopes for.

All the benefit that a seeker of good could ever hope for.

وَأَهْوِنْ بِذَاكَ عَلَى جَاهِ مَنْ

وَأَهْوِنْ بِذَاكَ عَلَى جَاهِ مَنْ

تَجَلَّى لَنَا سِرُّهُ الرَّائِعُ

تَجَلَّى لَنَا سِرُّهُ الرَّائِعُ

And how easy that is, given the stature of one

And how easily granted is this, by the high rank of the one

Whose wondrous secret has been revealed to us,

Whose awe-inspiring secret has been made manifest to us;

وَآيَاتُهُ كُتِبَتْ لِلْوَرَى

وَآيَاتُهُ كُتِبَتْ لِلْوَرَى

عَلَى الْبَدْرِ فَهْوَ بِهَا طَالِعُ

عَلَى الْبَدْرِ فَهْوَ بِهَا طَالِعُ

And whose signs were inscribed for humankind

Whose sacred signs were inscribed for all mankind

Upon the full moon; thus it rises bearing them.

Upon the full moon, so that it rises radiant with them.