خير الشهور — Talaet Maghribi

رمـضـانُ بـالـخـيرِ العميمِ أتانا

هـو مـنـحـةُ الـرحمنِ فى دنيانا

Ramadan has come to us with all-embracing goodness.

It is the All-Merciful's gift in our world.

هـو نـفـحـةٌ مـن عند ربك للدنا

تـلـقـى الـوجـودَ إذا أتى مُزدانا

It is a breath of grace from your Lord to the world.

You find existence adorned when it arrives.

خـيـرُ الـشـهورِ ففيه أفضلُ ليلةٍ

اللهُ فــيـهـا نـزَّلَ الـقـرآنـا

The best of months: within it is the finest night,

in which God sent down the Quran.

فـيـه الـجـنـانُ تـفتحتْ أبوابُها

شـوقـاً وأغـلـقَ ربُـنـا النيرانا

In it, the gates of the Gardens have opened

in longing, and our Lord has closed the fires.

وتـرى الـنفوسَ وقد زكَتْ أخلاقُها

والـخـيـر يـمـلأ أرضَنا وسمانا

And you see souls whose character has grown pure,

while goodness fills our earth and our sky.

شـهـرٌ مـن الـبركاتِ جاءَ يظلُنا

رحـمـاتُ ربـى أنـزلـت تغشانا

A month of blessings has come to shade us;

my Lord's mercies have been sent down to enfold us.

اسـمـعْ مـقـالَ اللهِ جـلَّ جـلالُه

أقـوالُـه جـاءتْ لـنـا تـبـيانا

Hear God's word—exalted be His majesty;

His words have come to us as clarification.

كـتـبَ الـصـيـامُ عليكمو فلعلكمْ

بـالـصـومِ يـومـاً تـبلغونَ تقانا

Fasting has been prescribed for you, that you may

one day attain reverence for Us through fasting.

واللهُ في آي الـصـيـامِ يـدلُـنا

أن الإلـهَ سـيـسـتـجـيبُ دعانا

And God, in the verses on fasting, shows us

that He will answer our prayer.

فـإذا سُـئـلتَ أيا « محمدُ » من أنا

فـأنـا الـقـريـبُ أجيبُ من نادانا

If you are asked, O Muhammad, who I am,

then I am the Near One; I answer whoever calls upon Us.

« الصومُ نصفُ الصبرِ » قال حبيبُنا

والـصـبـرُ هـذا يـشْطرُ الإيمانا

“Fasting is half of patience,” our beloved said,

and this patience makes up half of faith.

« الـصومُ جُنَّةُ » من يصومُ وحافظٌ

مـن كـلِّ شـئٍ يـغـضب الديانا

“Fasting is a shield” for whoever fasts, and a safeguard

against everything that angers the Requiter.

مـن صـامَ هـذا الشهرَ محتسباً له

عـنـد الإلـهِ وقـامَـه إيـمـانـا

Whoever fasts this month, seeking its reward

with God, and spends its nights in prayer with faith,

غـفـرَ الإلـهُ لـهُ الذنوبَ جميعَها

سـبـحـانَ ربـى راحـماً رحمانا

God forgives all his sins.

Glory be to my Lord, merciful and all-merciful.

هـذا ويـفـرحُ كـل من قد صامَه

في هـذه الـدنـيـا ويـوم لـقانا

Moreover, everyone who has fasted it rejoices

in this world and on the day of meeting Us.

أعـمـالُـنـا فـيه تضاعفَ أجرُها

سـبـعـيـنَ ضـعـفاً ربُنا أعطانا

In it, the reward of our deeds is multiplied;

our Lord has given us seventyfold.

جـعـلَ الإلـهُ ثـوابَ نـافـلةٍ به

كـفـريـضـةٍ فيما سوى رمضانا

God has made the reward of a voluntary act within it

like that of an obligatory duty outside Ramadan.

الـصـومُ لي وأنا الذي أجزى به

سـبـحـان ربـى واهـبـاً مـنانا

Fasting is Mine, and I am the One who rewards it.

Glory be to my Lord, the Giver, the Bountiful.

فـلـقـد أطـاعوا واستجابوا أمرنا

صـامـوا وقـاموا أرغموا الشيطانا

For indeed they obeyed and heeded Our command;

they fasted and stood in prayer, humbling Satan.

هـجـروا حظوظ النفس إرضاءً لنا

تـركـوا الـحلالَ وكابدوا الحرمانا

They forsook the self's desires to please Us;

they left what was lawful and endured deprivation.

أعـددتُ لـلـصـوَّام عندي جنة ً

الـرَوْحُ فـيـهـا خـالـطَ الريحانا

I have prepared a garden with Me for those who fast,

where repose mingles with sweet basil.

وخـصـصـتُـهم فيها ببابٍ واحدٍ

مـن أجـلِـهـم سـمـيـتُه الريانا

And I have reserved for them there a single gate;

for their sake I named it al-Rayyan.

فـإذا هـمـو دخـلـوه أغلقَ دونهم

رأوا الـنـعـيـمَ بـه هـنا ألوانا

Once they enter it, it is closed behind them;

here within it, they behold bliss in many forms.

ظمئوا.. وهاهم يرتوون بعطفنا

فـجـزاءُ إحـسـانٍ غـدا إحـسانا

They thirsted; now they drink their fill through Our kindness.

Thus goodness is repaid with goodness.

فـكـلـوا هـنيئاً واشربوا أسلفتمو

فـى صـومِ نـافـلةٍ وفى رمضانا

So eat with enjoyment and drink, for what you sent ahead

in voluntary fasting and during Ramadan.

يـأتـى الـصيامُ مع الكتابِ ليشفعا

يـا ربـنـا فـاقـبـلْ إليك رجانا

Fasting comes with the Book so that both may intercede:

O our Lord, accept our plea to You.

الـصـوم مـانعهم تناول ما اشتهوا

قـرأوا الـكـتاب وأسهروا الأجفانا

Fasting kept them from consuming what they craved;

they read the Book and kept their eyelids wakeful.

فـيـشَـفَّـعـانِ بـفضلهِ وعطائه

فـازوا هـنـالـك جاوروا الرحمن

Both have their intercession accepted through His grace and generosity;

there they triumph, dwelling beside the All-Merciful.

خـسـئ العصاةُ المفطرونَ بما جَنَوا

ويـلٌ لـهـم إذْ حـالـفوا الشيطانا

Disgraced are the sinners who broke the fast, for what they committed;

woe to them, for they allied themselves with Satan.

سـتـطـولُ حسرتُهم إذا هم أقبلوا

ورأوا ثـوابَ الـصـائـمين عيانا

Their remorse will last long when they come

and see the reward of those who fast with their own eyes.

يـعـلـو صراخُ المفطرينَ إذا همو

فـى نـارِ ربـى يُـقـذفونَ هوانا

The cries of those who broke the fast rise when they

are cast in humiliation into my Lord's Fire.

يـا ربَّـنَـا مـا كـانَ هـذا حالُنا

لِـمَ أنـتَ تـحـشـرنا هنا عُميانا

O our Lord, this was not our condition;

why do You gather us here blind?

فـيـقـولُ ذكـرى جاءكم فنسيتمو

والـيـومَ نـنـسـى كلَّ من ينسانا

Then He says: My reminder came to you, but you forgot it;

and today We forget everyone who forgets Us.

فـجـزاءُ سـيـئـةٍ يـكونُ بمثلِها

عـدلُ الإلـهِ لـدى الـخـلائقِ بانا

Thus the recompense for an evil deed is its like;

God's justice has become clear before all creatures.

وجـزاءُ إحـسـانٍ يـكونُ مضاعفاً

اللهُ بـالـفـضـل الـعـظيم حبانا

And the reward of goodness is multiplied;

God has favored us with immense bounty.

فـاهـنأ بشهرِ الصومِ واعملْ صالحاً

مـنْ قـبـلِ تـأتـى خـائفاً ظمآنا

So rejoice in the month of fasting and act righteously,

before you come in fear and thirst.

واحـفـظْ لـسانَك لا تقلْ زوراً به

واحـفـظْ عـيـونَك واحفظِ الآذانا

And guard your tongue; speak no falsehood with it;

guard your eyes and guard your ears.

لا تـنـطـقـنَّ بغيبةٍ .. لا تنظرنَّ

لـسـوءةٍ قـم واسـمـعِ الـقرآنا

Never speak in backbiting; never look

upon nakedness; rise and listen to the Quran.

والـبـسْ ثـيـابَ العزَّ أنت بطاعةٍ

مـن قـبـلِ أن تـأتى أخى عُريانا

And wear the robes of honor through obedience,

before you come, my brother, naked.

واذرفْ دموعَ الخوفِ من ربِّ الورى

حـتـى تـلاقـى فى الحساب أمانا

And shed tears of fear of the Lord of all creation,

so that you may find safety at the Reckoning.

يـا رب وفـقـنـا لـخـير عبادةٍ

يـا رب نـرجـو مـن لدنك حنانا

O Lord, guide us to the best worship;

O Lord, we hope for tenderness from You.

ولـتـمـحُ يـا ربَّ الورى أخطاءنا

واغـفـرْ لـنـا يـا ربـنا ما كانا

And erase our errors, O Lord of all creation;

forgive us, O our Lord, for what has passed.

يـا رب فـاقبل من عبيدِكَ صومَهم

وكـذا الـصـلاةَ .. وثـقلِ الميزانا

O Lord, accept Your servants' fasting,

and their prayers as well, and make the balance heavy.

يـا رب واجـعـلهم بفضلك فى غدٍ

فـوقَ الأرائِـك سـيـدى إخـوانا

O Lord, by Your grace make them tomorrow

brothers upon couches, my Master.

وعـلـى الأسرةِ فى الجنان جلوسُهم

لا يـعـرفـون هـنـالِك الأحزانا

And on beds in the Gardens they sit;

they know no sorrows there.

لا يـعـرفـون الـغـلَّ فيما بينهم

فـلـقـد مـحـوتَ إلهَنا الأضغانا

They know no rancor among themselves,

for You, our God, have erased all grudges.

يـا رب أحـدقـتِ المصائبُ حولَنا

بـكَ أنـتَ ربـى نـسـتعيد قوانا

O Lord, calamities have hemmed us in;

through You alone, my Lord, we regain our strength.

نـارُ الـقـطـيعةِ أحرقت ما بيننا

يـا رب فـامـحُ بـفضلك الهجرانا

The fire of broken ties has burned the bonds between us;

O Lord, by Your grace erase estrangement.

يـا رب أمـتُـنـا بـعـينكَ سيدى

يـا رب فـاكـشفْ عنهمو الخذلانا

O Lord, our community is under Your watchful eye, my Master;

O Lord, deliver them from abandonment.

يـا رب وانـصـرنـا على أعدائنا

يـا رب فـرجْ هـمَـنـا وأسـانا

O Lord, grant us victory over our enemies;

O Lord, relieve our worry and sorrow.