Sol 6.1

  1. Praise Abu Abd al-Ila—

    —h, creation's champion in his forbearance.

  2. Grandson of the Prophet Muhammad,

    a cord that branched from his cords.

  3. Gazing eyes grow dim

    when they rise toward his majesty.

  4. His sea has sweet watering places;

    it quenches all creatures' thirst from its full buckets.

  5. A sea towering above the seas;

    the dew of his bounty replenishes them.

  6. His right hand has given mankind drink,

    and the dew of his left hand has watered the lands.

  7. His right hand resembles the clouds,

    and rain comes forth from its midst.

  8. The earth is his inheritance,

    and all people are among his dependents.

  9. O proof of God the Sublime—

    —and his eye, and leader of his household,

  10. and son of the chosen successor,

    and Ahmad's likeness in his perfection.

  11. You are the son of Muhammad's daughter;

    you were created exactly in his likeness.

  12. So the radiance of your light is his light,

    and the shadows of your spirit are from his shadows.

  13. In you is deliverance from perdition,

    and through you, guidance out of its error.

  14. I offer praise, yet do not reach

    a tenth of a single peerless virtue of his.

Sol 6.1