صلى عليك الله — Hassan Alhadary

ماذا هنالِك قد سَرَى بِزِنَادِها

نُورٌ تألَّقَ فوق تلِّ رمادِها

What has coursed there through its flint?

A light has gleamed above the mound of its ashes.

فأضاءَ بين المَشْرِقَين بهاؤه

والمَغْرِبَين وجَدَّ في إسعادِها

Its splendor shone between the two easts

and the two wests, striving earnestly to bring it joy.

يا رحمةً أهداكَ ربُّكَ للورى

لتقيمَ شرعَ الحقِّ بعد فسادِها

O mercy, your Lord bestowed you upon all creation

to establish truth's law after the world's corruption.

أنتَ الإمامُ البَرُّ خاتمُ رُسْلِهِ

وأميرُ مَن سلكَ الهُدَى بِمهادِها

You are the righteous leader, the seal of His messengers,

and commander of those who followed guidance across its expanse.

إن كذَّبوكَ فإنَّ ربَّك ناصرٌ

أو ناصَروكَ فأنتَ رأسُ ودادِها

If they call you a liar, your Lord will give you aid;

or if they support you, you are foremost in its love.

جمَّعتَ شمْلَ العالمين برايةٍ

قامت بأمرِ الحقِّ مِن أوتادِها

You united all peoples beneath a banner

that rose at truth's command from its anchoring pegs.

وتركتَ باطلَ عيشِهم ودَعَوتَهم

للباقياتِ الصَّالحاتِ وزادِها

You forsook the falsehood of their lives and called them

to enduring righteous deeds and the provision they afford.

لو شئتَ مُلِّكتَ الخزائنَ دُونَهم

لكنْ سَمَوْتَ فَرُمْتَ خيرَ جهادِها

Had you wished, you would have been granted the treasuries instead of them;

but you rose above that, seeking its noblest struggle.

لا الأقربونَ يَرونَ منكَ تعصُّبًا

أو خذَّلَ القاصِينَ فَقْدُ رشادِها

Neither do those nearest you see partiality in you,

nor has the lack of its guidance left those far away unaided.

لكنْ بِعدلِ اللهِ قُمتَ لديهمُ

فَجَمَعتَ آيَ الشُّكرِ مِن وُفَّادِها

Rather, you stood among them with God's justice,

and gathered signs of gratitude from its visiting delegations.

صلَّى عليكَ اللهُ في عليائه

وملائكُ الرَّحمنِ في أشهادِها

May God bless you in His heights,

and the All-Merciful's angels bless you among its witnesses.

تدعو بِقولِ الفصلِ مِن آياتِه

وتقومُ بالشُّورى لصُلْبِ عمادِها

You call with the decisive word from His signs,

and uphold consultation to make its supporting pillar firm.

إيوانُ كسرَى خرَّ في رجفاتِه

والجنُّ قد دُحِرتْ بِثَقْبِ فؤادِها

Kisra's palace hall fell amid its tremors,

and the jinn were driven back by the piercing of their hearts.

والنُّورُ أشرَقَ في الدُّنَا مستقبِلًا

وحيَ الهدايةِ بعد طولِ سُهادِها

And light shone in the world, welcoming

the revelation of guidance after its long sleeplessness.

والمارقونَ الحاقدونَ أذَلَّهم

شيطانُهم بالغيِّ في أصفادِها

And the spiteful renegades were abased

by their devil through error, within its shackles.

ظَلموا وعَقُّوا والهُدَى مِن حولِهم

لكنَّهم هاموا بطُرْقِ عنادِها

They did wrong and disobeyed, with guidance all around them,

yet they wandered lost along the paths of its obstinacy.

قُلْ للذين أبَوْا سِوَى إعطابِها

ستَرَونَ كيف الخَطبُ يومَ حصادِه

Say to those who would accept nothing but its ruin:

You will see how grave the calamity is on the day of its harvest.

قُلْ ليس بالأحقادِ تُدرَكُ غايةٌ

فاترُكْ سبيلَ الغيِّ مِن حُسَّادِها

Say: No goal is attained through hatred;

so leave the path of error taken by those who envy it.

اللهُ يقْسِمُ فضلَه، سُبحانَه

وهو العليمُ بِزَيْغِها وسِدادِها

God apportions His bounty—glory be to Him—

and He knows well its deviation and its rectitude.

أفَغَيرَ شرعِ اللهِ تُرجَى شِرعةٌ

فاصبِرْ لربِّكَ واصطبِرْ لِجِلادِها

Is any law other than God's law to be sought?

So be patient for your Lord, and stand firm through its battles.

وقلِ استقيموا للَّذي فطرَ العُلَى

مِن غيرِ ما عَمَدٍ لِرَفْعِ نِجادِها

And say: Stand upright before Him who created the heights,

without any pillars to raise their lofty reaches.

فإذا تولَّوْا فاعلموا أنَّ الذي

شَرَعَ الهُدَى أعماهُمُ بِطِرادِها

Then, if they turn away, know that He who

ordained guidance has blinded them through their pursuit of the world.

علموا بأنَّ الحقَّ تحتَ لوائه

لكنَّهم زاغوا بسوءِ عتادِها

They knew that truth lay beneath his banner,

yet they strayed through its evil arsenal.

فسيعلمون غدًا إذا ما كُبِّلوا

بسلاسلِ النِّيرانِ يومَ معادِها

They will know tomorrow, when they are fettered

with chains of fire on the day of its return.

لو أنَّهم عَقِلوا حنينَ الجذعِ أو

كَلِمَ الحَصَى ألقَوْا زمامَ قيادِها

Had they understood the trunk's yearning cry, or

the speech of pebbles, they would have surrendered the reins of its command.

لمَّا وقفتَ بهِم تنادي إنَّني

مِن ربِّكم أهدِي سبيلَ رشادِها

When you stood among them, proclaiming: I

show, from your Lord, the path to its right guidance.

جحَدُوكَ ثم تقلَّبوا في غيظِهم

وكأنما يَسْعَوْنَ فوقَ قتادِها

They denied you, then writhed in their rage,

as though they were running over its thornbushes.

وافيتَهم بالمَكْرُماتِ متمِّمًا

لِمَنِ استقامَ وسارَ تحتَ بجادِها

You came to them with noble virtues, perfecting them

for whoever stood upright and walked beneath their striped cloak.

ووقفتَ يومَ الفتحِ تَصفحُ عنهمُ

لا فرْقَ بين ضِعافِها وشِدادِها

And on the day of conquest you stood, pardoning them,

with no distinction between its weak and its strong.

لو شئتَ أعمَلْتَ السُّيوفَ وإنما

لِيكونَ سيفُ الحِلْمِ خيرَ مُفادِها

Had you wished, you would have wielded swords; but it was

so that the sword of forbearance might be its greatest gain.

فدفعتَهم للحقِّ دَفْعَةَ صادقٍ

هادٍ إلى الخيراتِ مِن أطوادِها

Thus you urged them toward truth with the urging of one sincere,

a guide to good deeds, one of its towering mountains.

لا يعلمُ التَّاريخُ يومًا مِثلَه

فانظُرْ إلى قرطاسِها ومِدادِها

History knows no day like it;

so look at its parchment and its ink.

علَّمتَهم في كلِّ يومٍ آيةً

تتلو طريفَ المجدِ خلفَ تِلَادِها

Each day you taught them a sign,

reciting newly won glory after its inherited legacy.

لو أنهم سلكوا سبيلَكَ لاتَّقَوْا

عثراتِها فَلَبِئْسَ سُبْلُ حِرادِها

Had they followed your path, they would have avoided

its pitfalls—how wretched are the paths of its rancor!

لم تَدْعُ إلا للنَّجاءِ فآثَرُوا

سُبُلَ الرَّدَى فانظُرْ مآلَ عنادِها

You called only to salvation, but they preferred

the ways of destruction; see the outcome of its obstinacy.

دستورُكَ القرآنُ في آياتِه

لهُمُ شفاءٌ شدَّ مِن مُنْآدِها

Your constitution is the Quran; in its verses

is healing for them that braced its sagging frame.

يهدِي به الرَّحمنُ قومًا بادَرُوا

بعزيمةٍ زجَرتْ عَتِيَّ رُقادِها

Through it the All-Merciful guides a people who hastened forward

with a resolve that banished its obstinate slumber.

شهدتْ لكَ النُّبَآءُ حينَ عهودِهِم

واستوثَقَ الرَّحمنُ في إشهادِها

The prophets bore witness for you at the time of their covenants,

and the All-Merciful secured their attestation.

وهُمُ جميعًا خَلْفَ خاتَمِهم بما

أمَرَ المليكُ فَأَنْعِمَنْ بمُرادِها

All of them stand behind their seal, in keeping with what

the Sovereign commanded—how excellent its intended end!

وأراكَ بالمعراجِ مِن آياتِه

ما يَحْطِمُ الأضغانَ في أكبادِها

And through the Ascension He showed you among His signs

what shatters the rancor deep within its hearts.

هل بعدَ ذلك آيةٌ لمؤمِّلٍ

يَبغي سبيلَ الرُّشْدِ مِن قُصَّادِها

Is there, beyond that, any sign for one who hopes,

who seeks the path of right guidance among those who pursue it?

هدَّمتَ صَرْحَ الشِّركِ في ظَلْمائه

لِمَنِ استضاءَ وجَدَّ في إخفادِها

You demolished the edifice of idolatry in its darkness

for whoever sought light and strove to hasten its course.

ووقفتَ تَبنِي الحقَّ في عليائه

شمسًا تطلُّ على رُبوعِ بلادِها

And you stood building truth in its heights,

a sun shining over the regions of its lands.

هل جئتَ تأمرُهم بغيرِ صلاحِهم

أم جئتَ تحدوهم لِسُوءِ طَوَادِها

Did you come to command them anything but their welfare,

or did you come to drive them toward its wretched ruin?

بل جئتَ بالحقِّ المبينِ، مَنِ اهتدَى

فلنفسِهِ يسعى إلى إسعادِها

Rather, you came with manifest truth; whoever finds guidance

strives for his own soul, to bring it happiness.

ومَنِ ابتغَى سُبلَ الضَّلالةِ والهوى

فكذلك الدُّنيا لدى عُبَّادِها

And whoever seeks the paths of error and desire—

such is the world to those who worship it.