Sol 6

  1. O most exalted of messengers and prophets,

    O master of masters and intercessors,

  2. O chosen one of God, whose majesty is great,

    O gift of the Lord, magnificent in giving,

  3. O mercy of the Merciful to all creation,

    And truly their intercessor on the Day of Recompense,

  4. O you who are the light from which were formed

    The eyes of humankind and creation, without doubt.

  5. He was a prophet before Adam existed,

    While Adam was still between clay and water.

  6. His Lord sent him to all creation

    As a bearer of glad tidings, a warner, and the last of the prophets.

  7. And He supported him with miracles as proofs

    Of his true mission, without fabrication.

  8. Among them is the Book of God, the greatest of them,

    Ancient speech that confounds the eloquent.

  9. They were unable to produce its like,

    Though they were then among the most eloquent speakers.

  10. At God's command he rose to call people to His religion

    And brought this religion into the open after its concealment.

  11. O you whom God took by night

    To the Farthest Mosque, and indeed to heaven,

  12. To the highest rafraf, and likewise to the appointed station,

    To the throne of the Lord of might and majesty,

  13. To the presence of the Merciful, His holy presence;

    He came as near as the span of a bow, without dispute.

  14. He addressed his Lord, whose perfection is great,

    And praised his Lord with the highest praise.

  15. He beheld his Lord and fell prostrate,

    And his Lord called to him with the most exalted call.

  16. He said to him, 'Ask and you shall be given; intercede, Muhammad,

    And your intercession shall be accepted'; He granted him the fulfillment of his hope.

  17. He graciously granted him the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses

    And granted him an exalted remembrance, without doubt.

  18. He favored him with the banner; thus Adam

    And those after him are beneath that banner.

  19. He returned with honor, might, and joy,

    And his Lord clothed him with a crown of splendor.

  20. O noblest and best of the honored messengers,

    And finest of them, O master of the chosen ones,

  21. You are God's messenger, the noblest one sent,

    And you are the beloved of God, Lord of heaven.

  22. You are God's messenger, the healing of our hearts,

    And for them, my master, you are the best remedy,

  23. And health for bodies afflicted by every illness;

    For them, by God, you are the finest cure.

  24. For us, by God, you are a support and a refuge

    When distress grows severe among us after sudden calamity.

  25. Dark troubles have struck us all at once,

    And an onrush of affliction has taken us by surprise.

  26. For us you are aid, a fortress, and a shelter;

    To you, by God, we make our hopeful appeal.

  27. Who besides you is sought as an intercessor today or tomorrow?

    You are an intercessor, the noblest of intercessors.

  28. You are a vast sea of intercession,

    Truly stretching far, without end.

  29. After you, my master, there are streams of it

    On the Day of Recompense and Gathering, such as the saints.

  30. Who would come thirsty to the mighty sea

    And return, far be it, without having drunk his fill?

  31. Intercede for us, Messenger of God, for

    The hand of disobedience has clothed us in the garment of exhaustion.

  32. The burden of sins has weighed down our shoulders,

    And through them we have become captives in the shackles of hardship.

  33. At your lofty door we have set down our baggage,

    Offering, my master, our hopeful expectation.

  34. It will not be turned away, for you, my master,

    Are surely the most generous of all creation.

  35. May God's blessings and then His peace be upon you

    Every morning and every evening,

  36. For all time, whenever the daytime sun appears

    And clothes the horizons in a garment of light.

  37. Whatever al-Fath, my master, has expressed in his praise

    Of you, most exalted of messengers, with fair acclaim,

  38. He calls to you at every moment, saying:

    O most exalted of messengers and prophets!

Sol 6