يا سِدرةَ المُنتَهى اللَهُ رقَّاكِ

يا سِدرةَ المُنتَهى اللَهُ رقَّاكِ

طُوباكِ يا مُنتَهى الآمالِ طُوباكِ

طُوباكِ يا مُنتَهى الآمالِ طُوباكِ

O lote tree of the utmost boundary, God has raised you.

O Sidrat al-Muntaha, may Allah exalt you,

Blessed are you, O ultimate goal of hopes, blessed are you!

Blessed are you, o culmination of hopes, blessed are you,

يا نُورَ عرش الهٍ انتِ صُفوتُهُ

يا نُورَ عرش الهٍ انتِ صُفوتُهُ

وخيرَ خلقٍ يُرَجَّى نَيلُ جَدواكِ

وخيرَ خلقٍ يُرَجَّى نَيلُ جَدواكِ

O light of God's throne, you are His chosen one,

O light of the divine throne, you are His quintessence,

and best of creatures, whose bounty one hopes to gain.

And the best of creations hoped for is to attain your bounty,

كأَنَّ مرآكِ مِرآةُ الالهِ تُرى

كأَنَّ مرآكِ مِرآةُ الالهِ تُرى

أَسنى بواهرهِ في حُسن مرآكِ

أَسنى بواهرهِ في حُسن مرآكِ

As though your appearance were God's mirror, there are seen

As if your reflection is the mirror of God that is seen,

His brightest splendors in the beauty of your appearance.

In the beauty of your reflection is the most beautiful of His splendors,

لن تنتهي قُدرة اللَهِ العظيمِ ولكنَّ

لن تنتهي قُدرة اللَهِ العظيمِ ولكنَّ

انتهت مذ نهت إِبداع مَعناكِ

انتهت مذ نهت إِبداع مَعناكِ

The power of God the Great will never end, and yet

The great power of God will never end, but

it reached its limit when it completed the wondrous creation of your essence.

It ended when your perfections ended,

ان كان يتَّلدُ ابنُ اللَه ثانيةً

ان كان يتَّلدُ ابنُ اللَه ثانيةً

يُرى شبيهُكِ بل حاشاكِ حاشاكِ

يُرى شبيهُكِ بل حاشاكِ حاشاكِ

If the Son of God were to be born a second time,

If the Son of God were to be born again,

your equal would appear—but no, far be it, far be it!

One would see your likeness, nay far from you, far from you,

رَقِيتِ مهروزة الأنوارِ تَرفَعُها

رَقِيتِ مهروزة الأنوارِ تَرفَعُها

إلى فسيح العُلَى أَعضادُ املاك

إلى فسيح العُلَى أَعضادُ املاك

You ascended, [unclear epithet] in radiance, borne aloft

You have risen glittering with lights, upheld

to the spacious heights by the arms of angels.

To the vast sublime by the shoulders of angels,

لقد حكمت بامر اللَه في نِعمٍ

لقد حكمت بامر اللَه في نِعمٍ

لم يُؤتَها بَشَرٌ الَّا بنُعماكِ

لم يُؤتَها بَشَرٌ الَّا بنُعماكِ

You have indeed ruled, by God's command, over blessings

You have ruled by God's command with blessings

granted to no mortal except through your grace.

That no human was given except through your bounty,

وصوتُ ربكِ يدعوكِ بكل رِضىً

وصوتُ ربكِ يدعوكِ بكل رِضىً

أَلا ادخُلي بسَلامٍ دارَ مَثواكِ

أَلا ادخُلي بسَلامٍ دارَ مَثواكِ

And your Lord's voice calls you with full approval:

And the voice of your Lord calls you in all pleasure,

Behold, enter in peace your dwelling-place.

"Enter in peace my dwelling,” o dwelling of you,

لكِ الكَرامةُ في دار الكَرامةِ من

لكِ الكَرامةُ في دار الكَرامةِ من

ربّ الكَرامةِ وَهيَ الآن مأواكِ

ربّ الكَرامةِ وَهيَ الآن مأواكِ

Honor is yours in the house of honor, from

For you is honor in the Abode of Honor, from

the Lord of honor, and it is now your home.

The Lord of Honor, and it is now your abode,

لكِ الملائكُ تعنو وَهيَ خاضعةٌ

لكِ الملائكُ تعنو وَهيَ خاضعةٌ

اذ أنتِ مولاتُهم يا أُمَّ مولاكِ

اذ أنتِ مولاتُهم يا أُمَّ مولاكِ

The angels bow before you in submission,

For you the angels yield, submissive to you,

for you are their mistress, O mother of your Lord.

As you are their mistress, o mother of their master,

من لم تَسَعهُ السمواتُ الرِحابُ غدا

من لم تَسَعهُ السمواتُ الرِحابُ غدا

بمُعجِزِ اللَهِ موسوعاً بأَحشاكِ

بمُعجِزِ اللَهِ موسوعاً بأَحشاكِ

He whom the spacious heavens could not contain became

He whom the heavens' expanse could not contain

contained within your womb through God's miracle.

Became, by God’s miracle, encompassed by your enclosure,

ومانحٌ شعبهُ من صخرةٍ عَسَلا

ومانحٌ شعبهُ من صخرةٍ عَسَلا

ومُمطِرُ المَنِّ قد غذَّاهُ ثدياكِ

ومُمطِرُ المَنِّ قد غذَّاهُ ثدياكِ

And He who gave His people honey from a rock,

And the One who gave His people drink from a rock of honey

and rained down manna, was nourished by your breasts.

And rained down manna, feeding them from your breasts,

حُزتِ الخِلالَ التي ما حازَها بَشَرٌ

حُزتِ الخِلالَ التي ما حازَها بَشَرٌ

فاللَهُ مع ذاتِه بالمجد ساواكِ

فاللَهُ مع ذاتِه بالمجد ساواكِ

You attained virtues no mortal ever attained;

You attained the perfections that no human attained,

so God made you equal to Himself in glory.

So God equaled you to Himself in glory,

ان كان مدحٌ ففيكِ المدحُ أَجوَدُهُ

ان كان مدحٌ ففيكِ المدحُ أَجوَدُهُ

او كان نظمٌ فلا يقضيهِ الاكِ

او كان نظمٌ فلا يقضيهِ الاكِ

If there is praise, its finest is praise of you;

If there is praise, in you is its utmost,

or if there is verse, none but you can bring it to completion.

Or if there is verse, none fulfills it but you.