نور النبي على العوالم أسفرا

فأبان أسباب الرشاد وأظهرا

The Prophet's light shone upon the worlds

Revealing the ways of guidance and making them apparent

وبحسن طلعته الشريفة قد بدا

نور السعادة والسيادة مقمرا

With his noble and auspicious appearance

The light of prosperity and sovereignty dawned radiantly

وشريعة الإسلام راق رواوّها

والكفر اصبح جيشه متقهقرا

The law of Islam, its recitation is pleasant

And disbelief, its army became defeated

لما أتى خير الأنام بدينه

وانحل ما عقد الغواة من الفرى

When the best of mankind came with his religion

And false beliefs woven by the misguided unraveled

هاموا جميعا بالنبي ودينه

والكفر بعد العرف صار منكرا

Together they became enthralled by the Prophet and his religion

And disbelief after awareness became denounced

واستبشروا بالمصطفى وبنوره

والكل صاح مهللا ومكبرا

They rejoiced at the Chosen One and his light

And all exclaimed: Hallelujah and Allahu Akbar

والأمن بعد الخوف أصبح ضاربا

أطنابه بين المهامه والقرى

And security after fear became widespread

Its ropes extending between encampments and villages

والخصب قد عم الأنام فوجه

قد كان ميمون النقيبة أنضرا

And prosperity has encompassed the people, so the land's face

Has become blessed, verdant and fresh

كم ىية ظهرت لمولده وكم

خرت إلى الأذقان أصنام الورى

How many miracles appeared at his birth and how many

Idols of mankind fell prostrate to the chins

وارتج إيوان لكسرى رجّة

جعلته من بعد الثبات مكسرا

Kisra's palace was shaken with tremors

After stability turning it shattered

نيرانهم خمدت وزال لهيبها

وغدت هباء في القضاء مبعثرا

Their fires were extinguished and their flames vanished

Becoming dispersed dust in fate's judgment

وغدت ملوك الأرض تخشى بأسهُ

وأخاف كسرى ما رآه وقيصرا

The kings of earth became fearful of his might

And Kisra dreaded what he saw, as did Caesar

وتخوف الرهبان يوم ولاده

إذ عزهم بعد التقدم أدبرا

The monks were frightened the day of his birth

As their glory after advancement retreated

لله ليلة مولد فيها بدا

من كان في نفس العوالم مضمرا

To God belongs the night in which appeared

One who had remained concealed within the cosmos

فالكون ما ست بالهنا أعطافه

فرحا وأصبح بالعبير معطرا

So the universe did not resist bowing to him happily

And became fragrant with perfume

هذا النبي المصطفى من معشر

كانوا الأفق المجد بدرا نيرا

This chosen Prophet from a line

Who made the horizon of glory radiant moons

سادوا الأنام فكل فرد دونهم

في المكرمات ولو رقى أعلى الذرا

They surpassed all people so every individual beneath them

Though he reached the highest rank, has deficient virtues

سبحان من أسرى به ليلا إلى

حرم بأرض الشام ظل مطهرا

Glory to Him who took him on a night journey to

A sanctified region in Damascus' land

صلى بكل الأنبياء جماعة

إن الوفود يقدمون الأكبرا

He prayed with all the prophets in congregation

As the Greatest led those sent

ثم ارتقى نحو السماء لمستوى

فيه رأى المجد الأثيل موفرا

Then he ascended to the heavenly realm's station

Where he saw abundant and everlasting glory

فحباه مولاه بأكبر نعمة

وأمده كرما بأنواع القرى

So his Master granted him the greatest blessing

And extended generosity to him with all sustenance

ورأى الإله جماله وجلاله

أما سواه فقد أجيب بلن ترى

And saw His Beauty and Majesty

While no one else was answered when asked: Do you see?

وعليه قد فرض الصلاة وبعد ذا

آوى الفراش كأنه ما قد سرى

Upon him prayer was made obligatory and after that

He returned to his bedding as if he never journeyed

قد كان هذا السر أكبر آية

كانت لخير الخلق أكبر مظهرا

This was the greatest sign for the Best of Mankind

It was his greatest and clearest miracle

كم معجزات أفحمت أعداءه

حاشى علاها أن يعد ويحصرا

How many miracles silenced his enemies!

But to count and enumerate them is impossible

في الغار قد نسجت عليه عناكبٌ

والورق عشّش والعدوّ تحيرا

In the cave, spiders wove veils over him

Leaves nested and enemies were confused

قد ظللته في الهجير سحابة

والجزع حن لبعده وتأثرا

A cloud shaded him during his emigration

And hearts grieved when he left, saddened

والضب سلم والبعير قد اشتكى

تعبا وجوعا منهما الجسم انبرى

The wolf was submissive, the camel complained

Of exhaustion and bodily pain, so it knelt

وبه استجارت في الفلاة غزالة

فأجاره وأجارها مما جرى

In the wilderness, a doe sought refuge through him

So he granted it refuge from what transpired

وأشار للأشجار جاءت سجدا

ودنا له العرجون شوقا مثمرا

He gestured to the trees, and they came prostrating

While the lame approached him yearning and fruitful

والماء فاض زلاله من كفه

فسقى المئين بل الألوف فأكثرا

And water gushed pure from his palm

Quenching the hundreds, nay thousands and more

وانشق بدر في السماء وقدرا

الناس في شرق وغرب نيرا

The full moon split in the sky, astonishing

People in East and West with its dazzling light

وأجلّ معجزة هي القرآن إذ

بقيت مدى الأزمان لن تتغيرا

His greatest miracle is the Quran, which

Remained unchanged through ages, never altering

خرّوا إلى الأذقان طرا سجدا

لما رأوه معجزا ومحيرا

They fell to their chins, prostrating humbly

When they saw it, amazed and baffled

هذا النبي له الفخار فدينه

لمكارم الأخلاق جاء مقررا

This Prophet, pride is his, his religion

Came confirming the virtues and morals

نسخ الشرائع قبله فجميعها

بشريعة الإسلام صار مدهورا

Abrogating previous laws, so they entirely

Succumbed to the law of Islam, demolished

يا سيد الرسل الكرام وخير من

ركب البراق وخير من وطىء الثرى

O Master of the honored Messengers and best of those who

Rode Al-Buraq and best who tread upon the earth

امنن علينا بالشفاعة في غد

واجعل لنا عزّا يدوم ومظهرا

Bless us with your intercession tomorrow

And grant us enduring honor and prominence

يا ربّ ممتنا برؤية نوره

والطف بنا في كل أمر قدّرا

O Lord, let us delight in seeing his light

And be kind to us in all matters ordained

واجعل ختام المسلمين جميعهم

مسكا يفوح شذا شذاه وعنبرا

And make the end for all Muslims altogether

Musk, diffusing its fragrance and ambergris

وأدم صلاتك والسلام على الذي

ختم الرسالة منذرا ومبشرا

And continue your prayers and peace upon the one

Who concluded the Message, warning and giving glad tidings