أنت باب الله والقصر المشيد — Ahmed Al Mohseni

أنت بابُ الله والقصر المشيد

أنت غوث الله تبدي وتعيد

You are God's gate and the lofty palace.

You are God's succor; you bring forth and restore.

أنت مَن بالله تأتي ما تُريد

أنت للجنات والنار قسيم

You are the one who, through God, brings about all you desire.

You are the apportioner of the Gardens and the Fire.

أنتَ بالله ومنه ولَهُ

وإليه لستَ تعدو قولَه

Through God you are, from Him and for Him,

And unto Him; you do not overstep His word.

أنتَ مَن لم يك شيءٌ قبلَهُ

ما خلا الله الذي يحيى الرَّميم

You are he before whom nothing existed,

Except God, who revives decayed bones.

فيك آياتٌ عظيماتٌ جِسام

باهراتٌ هيَ للأعدا سمام

In you are mighty, momentous signs,

Dazzling signs, deadly poison to enemies,

ولَمن والاكَ كهفٌ واعتصام

ومَنال الفوز جنّات النّعيم

And a cave of refuge and protection for those loyal to you,

And the attainment of triumph: the Gardens of Bliss.

في جلندي آية كبرى لِمَن

لم يُرد إلاَّ الهدى يابا الحسن

In Julandi is a great sign for whoever

Seeks only guidance, O Abu al-Hasan.

قولك الحق وحاشاكَ بأن

قد يُسَاوَى كفّارٌ أثيم

Your word is truth; far be it from you that

An inveterate, sinful unbeliever should be made your equal.

لكَ ردَّ الشمسَ في غير مقام

ذو العُلى يا خير مَن ينمى لسام

For you the sun was turned back on more than one occasion,

By the Lord of Sublimity, O best of Shem's descendants.

قد روى ذا دو ولاءٍ وخصام

عالماً أنكَ ذو القلب السَّليم

Both friend and foe have recounted this,

Knowing that yours is a sound heart.

وبما جئتَ به يومَ القليب

عجبٌ أعجبُ مِن كُلِّ عجيب

In what you brought about on the day of the well

Is a wonder more wondrous than every marvel.

والوروى قد كظّهم حَرُّ اللّهيب

حيث لا ماء لدى اليوم الصَّميم

People were stifled by the blaze's heat,

With no water on that scorching day.

أنتَ مَن كلّمه ماءُ الفرات

والورى تشهد من كُلّ الجهات

You are he to whom the waters of the Euphrates spoke,

While people witnessed it from every side,

عندما قلتَ له تبدي السمات

مَن أنا يا أيّها الوداى الكريم

When you said to it, revealing the signs,

'Who am I, O noble valley?'

أنتَ مَن كلَّمه حوت النَّهر

ورأى الناس من الحوت العبر

You are he to whom the river's fish spoke,

And people saw lessons in the fish.

واثنتي عشرة منكَ الما انفجر

كلّ فرقٍ منه كالطّود العظيم

And from you the water burst forth in twelve streams,

Each parted mass of it like a mighty mountain.

جئتَ في صفينَ بالأمر العجب

وجميع الجيش أمسى في شغب

At Siffin you brought about a wondrous deed,

While the whole army had fallen into turmoil,

حيث لا ميرةَ يَلقى ونصب

أزمةٌ زاغَ بها الحبر الحَليم

Finding no provisions, and suffering exhaustion—

A crisis in which the forbearing scholar faltered.

قلتَ طيبوا أنفساً يأتيكمُ

في غدٍ يا قوم ما يكفيكمُ

You said, 'Take heart; there will come to you

Tomorrow, O people, what will suffice you:

من حشيشٍ وطعامٍ لكمُ

فدعوتَ الله والبَرّ الرَّحيم

Fodder and food for you.'

Then you called upon God, the Benevolent, the Merciful.

وبتركيبكَ زنداً مَعَ كفّ

معجزٌ فيه لِذي الحقّ نصَف

In your joining a forearm to a hand

Lies a miracle, a vindication for the upholder of truth.

ولديكَ الناس صفّاً بعد صف

شهدوا ذلك يا شافي السقيم

Before you, people stood row after row,

And witnessed it, O healer of the sick.

والدُ السبطين خير الأوصياء

حجة الله ومولى الأتقياء

Father of the two grandsons, best of the legatees,

God's proof and patron of the God-fearing,

مَن به عُزّز خيرُ الأنبياء

سَيف رب العرش ذو القلب السّليم

Through whom the best of prophets was strengthened,

Sword of the Lord of the Throne, possessor of a sound heart,

مَظهر القدرة مِن ربّ العباد

حجة الله على مَن في البلاد

Manifestation of power from the Lord of all servants,

God's proof against those throughout the lands,

آية الرّحمن يدعو للرَّشاد

بالذي كان وما يأتي عليم

A sign of the All-Merciful, calling to right guidance,

Knowing what has been and what is to come.

لو جَميع الأبحر السبعة في

مثِلها كانت مِداداً لم تفِ

If all seven seas, multiplied by

Their like, were ink, they would not suffice

بعشير العشر من سِرٍّ خفي

فيكَ يا مَن هو لله كليم

For a tenth of a tenth of the hidden mystery

Within you, O you who converse with God.

أنت كتفَ المصطفى الطهر رَقيت

وبما لم يأته الغير أتيت

You climbed upon the shoulder of the pure Chosen One,

And accomplished what no other had accomplished.

والهدى والدّين والحق حميت

ووضعت السيف في كل أثيم

You defended guidance, religion, and truth,

And struck every sinner with the sword.

وبدت منك أمورٌ هائلة

وجموع الشرك تبدو صائلة

Awesome deeds appeared through you,

While the hosts of polytheism charged,

وبكَ المختارُ نالَ النائلة

أنت للأسلابِ في الحرب قسيم

And through you the Chosen One attained his prize.

You apportion the spoils in war.

بك باهى الله أرباب الوفى

وبكَ الهادي النبيّ المصطفى

God boasted of you before the faithful,

And concerning you the Guide, the chosen Prophet,

قال أقوالاً عظاماً وكفى

بكَ جاء الذكر والأمر الحكيم

Spoke mighty words—and that suffices.

Concerning you came the Reminder and the wise command.

لم تزل فيكَ أعاجيبٌ صعاب

وعليه نزل الرّوحُ الكريم

Formidable wonders have never ceased to dwell in you.

Upon him descended the noble Spirit,

قال أن الله يقريك السلام

فاختر الأملاك نصراً واعتصام

Saying, 'God sends you greetings of peace;

Choose the angels for aid and protection,

أو علياً فهو للأعدا سمام

وهو سيف الله في الخطب الجسيم

Or Ali, for he is deadly poison to foes,

And God's sword in grave calamity.'

قال أختارُ علياً فدعاه

وهو في طيبة قد طال نواه

He said, 'I choose Ali,' and called him,

While he was in Tayba, far distant.

فأجاب الطّهر لّيبكَ فجاه

في خطىً عشرٍ وخمس كالظليم

The pure one answered, 'At your service,' and came to him

In fifteen strides, like a male ostrich.

فترى الكفّار من بعد الظهور

حُمراً من خلفها ليث هصورٌ

Then you saw the unbelievers, once he appeared,

Asses, with a fierce lion behind them:

بين من فرَّ بغيطانٍ وقور

وطريحٍ هو للأرض أديم

Some fleeing through hollows and hills,

Others fallen, like hides upon the earth.

وأقر الله عين المرسَل

في تبوكٍ بالفتى الندب عليّ

God gladdened the Messenger's eye

At Tabuk through the valiant youth Ali,

مُظهر الدين بحدِّ المنصل

وشهاب الله في العاتي الرجيم

Who made religion manifest with the blade's edge,

God's meteor against the insolent, accursed foe.

اسد الله الذي ما فرَّ قَط

ضربُه للشوسِ والأسادِ قطّ

God's lion, who never once fled,

His blow cleaves fierce warriors and lions.

من إذا ما قال ما قال غلط

صُنعُ ذي القدرة والمولى الحكيم

He who, whenever he speaks, says nothing in error,

The handiwork of the Lord of Power, the wise Master.

ما له لا وآلهِ العرش جلّ

ما عدى المختار في الخلق مَثل

He has none—by the exalted God of the Throne—

To equal him among creation, save the Chosen One.

فلهذا عنه لا يغني بدل

حار في أوصافه الحبر الحليم

Therefore no substitute can serve in his place.

The forbearing scholar is bewildered by his attributes.

ذَر هو الله وقل ما شئِتَ فيه

هو عبدالله والمولى النبيه

Do not say, 'He is God'; say what else you will of him.

He is God's servant and the distinguished master.

ما يشا يفعل بالله وجيه

ليس في أخلاقه خُلقٌ ذميم

Through God he does what he wills, held in high esteem.

There is no blameworthy trait in his character.

يا إماماً جلَّ أن يحصيَ ما

فيه من حمدٍ مقالُ العلما

O Imam, whose greatness defies the reckoning

Of your praises by the words of scholars,

والسما والأرض مع ما فيهما

قلتُ إلاّ الله والهادي العليم

Or by heaven and earth and all within them—

I say: except God and the all-knowing Guide.

أيّها المولى الذي الهادى انتجاه

واجتباه وارتضاه وهداه

O master whom the Guide took into his confidence,

Chose, approved, and guided

لصراطٍ مستقيم وكفاه

شرَّ من عاداه ناءٍ وحميم

To a straight path, shielding him

From the evil of his foes, distant or close,

يا أبا الأطهار والقوم الأولى

حبُّهمُ فرضٌ على كلِّ الملا

O father of the pure ones, and of those

Whose love is a duty upon all people,

آيةُ الرحمن فيهم أنزلا

كلُّهم هادٍ وللدين مقيم

The All-Merciful revealed a verse concerning them;

Each is a guide and an upholder of religion.

حكماء علماء حُلَما

خلفاءُ الله أرضاً وسما

Wise, learned, forbearing,

God's deputies on earth and in heaven,

حججُ الجبَّار قومٌ عُظما

سادةٌ غُرٌّ بهم كلٌّ كريم

Proofs of the Almighty, a mighty people,

Radiant masters, through whom all are ennobled.

أنتم القوم الهداة البررة

شفعاءٌ شهداءٌ سَفَرة

You are the guiding, righteous people,

Intercessors, witnesses, emissaries.

ما لِمَن جانبكم من معذرة

لا ورب البيت والذّكر الحكيم

Those who shun you have no excuse,

None, by the Lord of the House and the wise Reminder.

لعن الله أمرءً مال وحاد

عنكُم واختار ما يُردي العباد

May God curse anyone who inclines and strays

Away from you, choosing what brings His servants to ruin,

وبغى الخلق على علمٍ فساد

وتولّى كلَّ شيطانٍ رَجيم

And knowingly seeks corruption for mankind,

And takes every accursed devil as his ally.

لُعن القوم الاُولى قد كفروا

وبأهل البيت حقاً غدروا

Cursed are those people who disbelieved,

And truly betrayed the People of the House,

واستحلوا ظلمَهم واستكبروا

عن مواليهم أولي الفضل العَميم

Deemed oppressing them lawful, and turned in arrogance

From their masters, possessors of boundless excellence.

يا لقومي ولأمثالهمُ

لاُناسٍ صُدَّ من فعلهم

Alas for my people and those like them—

For people whose deeds have turned

كلُّ هذا الخلق عن دينهمُ

ما خلا الكيّس ذي العقل السليم

All this creation away from their religion,

Except the discerning one of sound mind.