النبي خير الأنام

النبي خير الأنام

صاحب الجاه المكين

صاحب الجاه المكين

The Prophet, best of all creation,

The Prophet is the best of all creation,

Possessor of firmly established eminence,

Possessor of firmly established prestige,

أكرم الخلق الكرام

أكرم الخلق الكرام

وأجلّ المرسلين

وأجلّ المرسلين

Noblest of all noble creatures,

The noblest of noble creatures,

And most exalted of the messengers.

And the most exalted of the messengers.

يده فاضت كما اليمّ

يده فاضت كما اليمّ

والحصا فيه تكلّم

والحصا فيه تكلّم

His hand overflowed like the sea,

His hand overflowed like the sea,

And within it the pebbles spoke;

And the pebbles spoke in it;

وله بدر تقسّم

وله بدر تقسّم

مُرغماً للجاحدين

مُرغماً للجاحدين

For him the full moon split apart,

And for him a full moon split apart,

To the humiliation of the deniers.

Humbling the deniers.

وجهه بدر وأنور

وجهه بدر وأنور

قدّه غصن وأزهر

قدّه غصن وأزهر

His face is a full moon—yet more radiant;

His face is a full moon, and brighter;

His stature, a bough—yet more flourishing.

His stature is a bough, and more radiant.

إن يقل اللَه أكبر

إن يقل اللَه أكبر

جاءه الفتح المبين

جاءه الفتح المبين

If he says, “God is greatest,”

If he says, "God is greatest,"

Manifest victory comes to him.

Manifest victory comes to him.

حبّه روحي وراحي

حبّه روحي وراحي

وسروري وانشراحي

وسروري وانشراحي

Love of him is my soul and my wine,

Love for him is my soul and my wine,

My joy and my gladness,

And my joy and my delight,

وشقائي وارتياحي

وشقائي وارتياحي

وسروري وانشراحي

وسروري وانشراحي

My misery and my relief,

And my misery and my ease,

My joy and my gladness,

And my joy and my delight,

وشقائي وارتياحي

وشقائي وارتياحي

وهو لي دُنيا ودين

وهو لي دُنيا ودين

My misery and my relief;

And my misery and my ease,

And he is my world and my faith.

And he is my world and my faith.

مَن به يوماً توسّل

مَن به يوماً توسّل

نال ما قد كان يسأل

نال ما قد كان يسأل

Whoever one day seeks recourse through him

Whoever one day sought intercession through him

Attains whatever he had asked for.

Obtained what he had been asking for.

فبه الرحمة أرسل

فبه الرحمة أرسل

رحمة للعالمين

رحمة للعالمين

Through him mercy was sent forth—

So through him He sent mercy,

A mercy to all the worlds.

A mercy to all worlds.

يا رسول اللَه يا مَن

يا رسول اللَه يا مَن

في حماه القلب يأمهن

في حماه القلب يأمهن

O Messenger of God, O you

O Messenger of God, O you

Within whose shelter the heart feels safe,

In whose protection the heart finds safety,

بابك المقصود مأمن

بابك المقصود مأمن

لقلوب الخائفين

لقلوب الخائفين

Your door—the one sought—is a refuge

Your sought-out door is a refuge

For the hearts of those who fear.

For the hearts of the fearful.

ابن سودون المُعنّى

ابن سودون المُعنّى

قلبه للذنب مُضنى

قلبه للذنب مُضنى

Ibn Sudun, the tormented one,

Ibn Sudun, the tormented—

His heart worn down by sin,

His heart worn down by sin—

يرتجي بالمدح أمناً

يرتجي بالمدح أمناً

يا شفيع المذنبين

يا شفيع المذنبين

Hopes through praise to find safety—

Hopes for safety through praise,

O intercessor for sinners.

O intercessor for sinners.