إن رجالا زينوا الحليه — Abn Zakur

إِنَّ رِجَالاً زَيَّنُوا الْحِلْيَهْ

حَلاَّهُمُ الزَّمَانُ بِالْحِلْيَهْ

Indeed, men have adorned the Hilya;

time adorned them with adornment—

حِلْيَةِ يَاقُوتِ الرَّشَادِ وَنَا

هِيكَ بِهَا مِنْ حِلْيَةِ الْعِلْيَهْ

an adornment of guidance's rubies—and how

splendid it is, an adornment of the exalted!

كَسَاهُمُ اللهُ لَبُوسَ هُدىً

لَمَّا الْتَقَى أَلْحَفَهُمْ زِيَّهْ

God clothed them in a garment of guidance

when piety wrapped them in its attire.

وَمِنْ سُلاَفِ الْوُدِّ أَلْهَمَهُمْ

فَأَصْبَحُوا قَدْ أَخْمَدُوا رِيَّهْ

And He inspired them with the pure wine of love,

and so they had extinguished its satiety.

ناَهِيكَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ حَوَوْا شَرَفاً

إِذْ رَفَضُوا الدُّنْيَا كَمَا الزِّنْيَهْ

What a people, who attained nobility,

when they rejected this world as they rejected fornication!

وَسَلَّمُوا الأَمْرَ لِخَالِقِهِمْ

وَاتَّخَذُوا مَرْضَاتِهِ قِنْيَهْ

And they entrusted the matter to their Creator

and made His pleasure their treasured possession.

وَبَذَلُوا فِي الأَمْرِ طَاقَتَهُمْ

إِذْ فَاتَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَبُوا نُهْيَهْ

And they expended their strength on the command,

for they never came near a forbidden thing.

غِذَاؤُهُمْ ذِكْرُ حَبِيبِهِمُ

وَرُبَّمَا قَامَتْ بِهِ الْبِنْيَهْ

Their nourishment is remembrance of their Beloved,

and often the body is sustained by it.

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ سَقَاهُمُ كََرماً

مِنْ فَضْلِهِ مَا اسْتَعْذَبُوا سَقْيَهْ

Glory be to Him who generously gave them drink

from His bounty, a draught they found sweet!

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ بِالزُّهْدِ صَدَّهُمْ

عَنْ عَرَضِ الدُّنْيَا بِلاَ مِرْيَهْ

Glory be to Him who, through renunciation, turned them

from this world's fleeting goods, beyond all doubt!

فَعَرَضُ الدُّنْيَا قَلَوْهُ وَفِي

زَخَارِفِ الأُخْرَى لَهُمْ غُنْيَهْ

For this world's fleeting goods they hated; and in

the next world's splendors they have all they need.

فَعَرَضُ الدُّنْيَا بِأَعْيُنِهِمْ

كَعَقْرَبٍ تَلْدَغُ أَوْ حَيَّهْ

For this world's fleeting goods, in their eyes,

are like a stinging scorpion or a snake.

خُطُورُهُ وَقْتاً بِبَالِهِمُ

مُسْتَوْجِبٌ فِي عُرْفِهِ فِدْيَهْ

Its passing through their minds for a moment

requires, in his reckoning, a ransom.

حِنَّ إِلَى أَطْلاَلِ حُبِّهِمُ

حَنِينَ غَيْلاَنٍ إِلَى مَيَّهْ

Yearn for the ruined traces of their love

as Ghaylan yearned for Mayya.

فَمَنْ يَحُمْ حَوْلَ مَحَبَّتِهِمْ

يَنَالُ مِنْ طَعْمِ الرَّدَى حِمْيَهْ

Whoever hovers about love for them

gains protection from the taste of death.

سَلْ بِهِمُ الرَّحْمَانَ تَقْطِفُ مِنْ

رَحْمَتِهِ الآمَالَ وَالْبُِغْيَهْ

Ask the All-Merciful through them; you will pluck from

His mercy your hopes and your desired aim.

وَاطْلُبْ رِضَا اللهِ بِجَاهِهِمْ

تَحْظَ بِهِمْ إِنْ كُنْتَ ذَا نِيَّهْ

And seek God's pleasure through their standing;

you will find favor through them, if you have intent.

مَنْ سَأَلَ اللهَ بِجَاهِهِمُ

تُقَبَّلَ اللهُ بِهِمْ سَعْيَهْ

Whoever asks God through their standing,

God accepts his striving through them.

إِنَّ سُؤَالاً بِجَلاَلَتِهِمْ

يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْقَطْعِ وَالْمُدْيَهْ

Indeed, a petition through their majesty

stands between the cutting and the knife.

إِنَّ سُؤَالاً بِمَكَانَتِهِمْ

يَكُونُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَسىً رًقْيَهْ

Indeed, a petition through their rank

serves as a healing charm against every grief.

وَاسْمَعْ أَحَادِيثَ كَرَامَتِهِمْ

مَرْوِيَّةً عَمَّنْ لَهُ دِرْيَهْ

And hear the accounts of their miraculous gifts,

related by one who has knowledge.

إِنَّ سَمَاعاً لِمَفَاخِرِهِمْ

يَكْسُو قُلُوباً قَدْ قَسَتْ خِشْيَهْ

Indeed, hearing of their glorious deeds

clothes hearts grown hard in reverent fear.

إِنَّ سَمَاعاً لِمَنَاقِبِهِمْ

يَصِيرُ الْمَنْكُوبُ ذَا نَشْيَهْ

Indeed, hearing of their virtues

makes the afflicted one joyful.

إِنَّ الْتِذَاذاً بِحَدِيثِهِمُ

وَحَقِّهِمْ مِنْ أَشْرَفِ الْمُنْيَهْ

Indeed, delighting in accounts of them

is—by their due honor—among the noblest desires.

بِجَاهِهِمْ رَبِّي لَدَيْكَ وَمَنْ

طَوَّقَهُمْ إِذْ شِئْتَهُمْ حِلْيَهْ

By their standing with You, my Lord, and by him

who, when You willed them, garlanded them with adornment—

نَبِيِّنَا خَيْرِ الْوَرَى مَنْ أَتَى

إِلَيْهِ جِبْرِيلٌ كَمَا دِحْيَهْ

our Prophet, the best of creation, to whom

Gabriel came in Dihya's likeness—

أَزْكَى صَلاَةٍ مِنْكَ دَائِمَةٍ

عَلَيْهِ مَا أَهْدَى لَنَا هَدْيَهْ

may the purest, everlasting blessing from You

be upon him as long as he bestows his guidance upon us.

جَازَ الذِي أَبْدَى شَمَائِلَهُمْ

بِجَنَّةِ الْفِرْدَوْسِ فِي حِلْيَهْ

Reward the one who set forth their qualities

in the Hilya with the garden of Firdaws:

أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ مَنْ سَمَا وَعَلاَ

أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ نَاعِمُ النِّيَّهْ

Abu Nuʿaym, who rose and was exalted;

Abu Nuʿaym, gracious in intent;

أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ مَنْ غَدَا حَسَناً

مُذْ حَسَّنَ اللهُ بِهِمْ وَشْيَهْ

Abu Nuʿaym, who became fair

since God beautified his embroidery through them;

أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ مَنْ حَوَى شَرَفاً

نَعَّمَهُ الرَّحْمَانُ بِالرُّؤْيَهْ

Abu Nuʿaym, who attained nobility—

may the All-Merciful grant him bliss through the vision.

وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا اللَّهُمَّ خَالِقَنَا

مَا قَدْ جَنَاهُ الْبَغْيُ وَالْفِرْيَهْ

And forgive us, O God, our Creator,

what transgression and slander have wrought,

وَمَا اَقْتَرَفْنَا بِبَطَالتَنِاَ

وَلَهْوِنَا بِالْجَهْرِ وَالْخُفْيَهْ

and what we have committed through our idleness

and our frivolity, openly and in secret.

وَانْصُرْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى

مَنْ رَامَ أَنْ يُوسِعَهُمْ بَغْيَهْ

And grant the Commander of the Faithful victory over

whoever seeks to overwhelm them with his aggression.

وَأَدِمِ اللَّهُ مَحَاسِنَهُ

إِذْ هِيَ مِنْ رَأْسِ الْهُدَى نِقْيَهْ

And perpetuate his virtues, O God,

for they are a choice selection from the source of guidance.

وَاحْفُفْهُ يَارَبِّ بِكُلِّ سَنىً

وَاسْقِهِ مِنْ حَوْضِ الْمُنَى أَرْيَهْ

And surround him, my Lord, with every radiance,

and let him drink the honey of the pool of wishes.

وَوَفِّقِ اللَّهُ بِطَانَتَهُ

وَسَدِّدَنْ يَا رَبَّنَا رَأْيَهْ

And guide his inner circle to success, O God,

and firmly set his judgment aright, our Lord.

وَأَصْلِحِ الأَشْرَافَ سَادَتَنَا

إِنَّ لَنَا فِِي رُشْدِهِمْ بِغْيَهْ

And set right the nobles, our masters;

for we desire their right guidance.

وَأَسْنِدِ اللهُ لَهَمْ هِمَماً

مَا أُسْنِدَ الْحُسْنُ إِلَى الظَّبْيَهْ

And grant them high aspirations, O God,

as long as beauty is ascribed to the gazelle.

وَقَارِئِ الْحِلْيَةِ ذَا نَغَمٍ

تُزِيلُ عَنْ قَلْبِ صَدٍ غَيَّهْ

And the melodious reciter of the Hilya,

whose tones remove error from a thirsty heart,

وَرَاقِمِ الشِّعْرِ بِمَجْدِهِمُ

أَصْلِحْهُمَا وَالأَهْلَ وَالصِّبْيَهْ

and the inscriber of verse on their glory—

set them both right, and their kin and children.

وَمَنْ حَمَى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ أَسىً

فَاقْصُرْ عَلَيْهِ رَبَّنَا حِمْيَهْ

And whoever kindles sorrow for the Muslims,

confine its heat to him alone, our Lord.

وَمَنْ غَثَى مِنْ حِقْدِهِمْ وَغَلاَ

طَوِّقْهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعُلاَ غَثْيَهْ

And whoever is sickened by hatred of them and boils over,

collar him, O Lord of the heights, with nausea.

وَاجْعَلْ أَذَى الْمُؤْذِي بِلَبَّتِهِ

وَسَقِّهِ مِنْ بَأْسِهِ شَرْيَهْ

And place the injurer's harm at his own throat,

and make him drink the colocynth of his own violence.

بِجَاهِ شَمْسِ الْخَلْقِ سَيِّدِنَا

مُحَمَّدٍ أَزْكَى الْوَرَى نَهْيَهْ

By the standing of creation's sun, our master

Muhammad, the purest of creation in intellect.

صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ اللهُ مَا هَطَلَتْ

دُمُوعُ أَقْوَامٍ مِنَ الْخِشْيَهْ

May God bless him as long as there rain down

the tears of peoples out of reverent fear,

وَالآلِ وِالصِّحْبِ وَتَابِعِهِمْ

وَمَنْ حَوَتْهُ كُتُبُ الْحِلْيَهْ

and his family, companions, and their followers,

and all whom the books of the Hilya embrace.