إذاif أمّلتyou hope منfrom مولاكyour Lord قرباًcloseness
إذا أمّلت من مولاك قرباً
فجدِّدthen renew ذكرremembrance of خيرthe best of الأنبياءthe prophets
فجدِّد ذكر خير الأنبياء
If you hope for nearness to your Lord,
If you hope for closeness to your Lord,
renew the remembrance of the best of prophets.
then renew remembrance of the best of the prophets.
وصلِّand invoke blessings عليهupon him أولat the beginning of كلّevery قولutterance
وصلِّ عليه أول كلّ قول
وآخرهand at its end بصبحat dawn والمساءand in the evening
وآخره بصبح والمساء
Invoke blessings upon him at the start of every utterance
And invoke blessings upon him at the beginning of every utterance
and at its end, morning and evening.
and at its end, at dawn and in the evening.
فإنfor indeed محمداًMuhammad أعلىthe highest of البراياall creatures
فإن محمداً أعلى البرايا
محلاَّin rank فيin السيادةpreeminence والعلاءand glory
محلاَّ في السيادة والعلاء
For Muhammad stands highest among all creation
For Muhammad is the highest of all creatures
in rank, sovereignty, and exalted glory.
in rank, in preeminence and glory.
لواءthe banner of الحمدpraise فيin يمنىthe right of يديهhis two hands
لواء الحمد في يمنى يديه
وكلُّand all الناسpeople منfrom دونbeneath اللواءthe banner
وكلُّ الناس من دون اللواء
The Banner of Praise shall be in his right hand,
The banner of praise is in his right hand,
with all humanity beneath the banner.
and all people are beneath the banner.
فحدِّثso speak عنabout دلائلهhis signs ففيهاfor in them
فحدِّث عن دلائله ففيها
شفاءa cure للنُّهىfor intellects منfrom كلِّevery داءailment
شفاء للنُّهى من كلِّ داء
So speak of the proofs of his prophethood: in them lies
So speak of his signs, for in them
a cure for discerning minds from every malady.
is a cure for every ailment of the intellect.
ولستand you are not بناقلone who recounts للعشرa tenth منهاof them
ولست بناقل للعشر منها
وهلand can تفنىbe exhausted الزواخرthe brimming seas بالدلاءwith buckets
وهل تفنى الزواخر بالدلاء
Yet I shall not recount even ten of them—
And you cannot recount a tenth of them;
can brimming seas be emptied with buckets?
and can brimming seas be drained with buckets?
فقلso say للسامعينto the listeners قفواstop, all of you فهذاfor this
فقل للسامعين قفوا فهذا
محالimpossible ليسis not يحصرbounded بانتهاءby an end
محال ليس يحصر بانتهاء
So tell the listeners, “Pause, for this
So tell the listeners: Stop! For this
is a domain no endpoint can encompass.”
is impossible—it cannot be bounded by any end.
براهينthe proofs of البسيطةthe earth ليسare not تحصىcounted
براهين البسيطة ليس تحصى
فدونكُمُso take, all of you براهينthe proofs of السماءheaven
فدونكُمُ براهين السماء
The proofs spread across the earth cannot be numbered;
The proofs of the earth cannot be counted,
so here before you are the proofs of heaven.
so consider the proofs of heaven.