Sol 6.1

  1. مهلاً أراك بليغ الشعر تحْتشدُ

    لوصفِ كون بنَى أوصافَه الصَمدُ

    Wait, eloquent poet: I see you mustering

    to describe a being whose qualities the Self-Sufficient fashioned.

  2. اللهُ يمدحهُ في آية ٍنُسجتْ

    باعظمِ المدح فاخْجلْ أيّها الحَشدُ

    God praises him in a verse woven

    with the greatest praise—so blush, O throng.

  3. لن توفيَ الدهرَ من أوْصافِه صِفة ً

    ولو لغات الورى جمعاً لك المَددُ

    You will not, in all time, do justice to a single quality of his,

    even if all humanity's languages together came to your aid.

  4. فردٌ من الخلقِ لم يُولدْ له كفُؤٌ

    ولا النساءُ شبيها بعدهُ تَلدُ

    He is unique among creation; no equal to him has been born,

    nor shall women bear his like after him.

  5. بأجملِ الخَلْقِ موْصوْف ومتّصفٌ

    وبالأمانةِ والأخلاقِ مُنفردُ

    He is described as creation's fairest, and is truly so,

    and unmatched in trustworthiness and character.

  6. اضحتْ مناقبه من قبلِ مبعثه

    للعالمين سِراجاً دام يتّقدُ

    Before his mission, his virtues had already become

    a lamp for all the worlds that kept on burning.

  7. وجهٌ مضيءٌ تعالى والسما غَسقٌ

    والخَلْقُ بدرٌ به والكونُ والأمدُ

    A radiant face rose high while the sky lay dark,

    and through him creation is a full moon, as are the cosmos and time.

  8. إذا دناهُ عظيمٌ أو دنا مَلَكٌ

    فمنْ مَهَابتهِ الأوْصالُ ترتَعدُ

    When a great man approaches him, or an angel draws near,

    then, in awe of him, their limbs tremble.

  9. له فمٌ من كلامِ الله منْطقه

    وحْياً تجلّى إليه الحرْفُ والعددُ

    He has a mouth whose speech comes from the word of God;

    as revelation, letter and number became manifest to him.

  10. أحيا النفوسَ بقرآن السما ورقى

    بها من الرّق حتى كُسّر الصَفدُ

    He revived souls with heaven's Quran and lifted

    them from bondage until the fetter was shattered.

  11. بغيرهِ الخلقُ لم تَأمنْ ولو صدقوا

    ولا الفطاحلُ في آرائه زهَدوا

    With anyone else, people felt no safety, even if they spoke truly,

    nor did the great minds turn away from his counsel.

  12. في ذاتهِ رحمةٌ من وسعِها وسعتْ

    كلّ العبادِ وفيها الصفحُ منعقدُ

    Within his being is a mercy so vast it embraces

    all servants, and within it forgiveness is firmly bound.

  13. به الشجاعةُ لا بطشٌ وانْ بطشوا

    ولا انتقامٌ ولا غدرٌ وانْ مَردوا

    In him is courage, not brutality, even if they act brutally,

    and no vengeance or treachery, even if they rebel.

  14. اختاره اللهُ نوراً يُستنار به

    وقدوةً لعلوّ النفسِ تُستندُ

    God chose him as a light by which to be illumined,

    and an example to lean upon for the soul's ascent.

  15. عاشَ الحياةَ وأحياهُ الردى أبداً

    فالموتُ يُحيي لمن منه الحيا تلدُ

    He lived life, and death made him live forever;

    for death gives life to one from whom life springs.

  16. يُطهّر اللهُ أهل َالبيتِ همْ دمه

    والذكرُ للدين والدنيا وهمْ عمدّ

    God purifies the People of the House; they are his blood,

    and remembrance for faith and this world; they are pillars.

  17. هو الكمالُ إذا قيسَ الكمال به

    فكيف ذاك العلا يسعى به جسدُ

    He is perfection, when perfection is measured against him;

    how, then, can a body walk bearing that sublimity?

  18. هو المكارمُ حتّى يوم مسغَبَةٍ

    وإذ يعوزُ على الأهلين يقتصدُ

    He is nobility itself, even on a day of famine,

    and when in want, he is frugal with his household.

  19. كالوالدين حنونٌ كلّه كرمٌ

    للمؤمنين وحصنٌ ما له بددُ

    Tender as both parents, he is all generosity

    toward believers, and a fortress that knows no ruin.

  20. للمؤمنين صلاةُ المصطفى سكنٌ

    به الشفاعة ُ عند الله تُعتمدُ

    For believers, the Chosen One's prayer is solace;

    through him, intercession before God is relied upon.

  21. اللهُ ارسلهُ للعالمين هدىً

    يتلو عليهم كتاباً بالحيا يَعدُ

    God sent him as guidance to all the worlds,

    reciting to them a Book that promises life.

  22. تكالبَ الشركُ في ايذاءهِ ظُلَماً

    حتّى احاطت به الأوزارُ والشددُ

    Polytheism massed to harm him unjustly,

    until burdens and hardships surrounded him.

  23. قومٌ قلوبهمُ صخرٌ بشركهمُ

    والمعولُ الذكرُ والأصرارُ والجَلُدُ

    A people whose hearts were stone through their polytheism,

    and the pickaxe was the Reminder, persistence, and fortitude.

  24. كغابةٍ كانت الدنيا وهم هَمجٌ

    حتّى إذا ولدتْ أنثى لهم وَأدوا

    The world was like a jungle, and they were savages,

    so much so that, when a girl was born to them, they buried her alive.

  25. قد أوجدَ اللهُ منهم أمّةً بلغتْ

    كلّ البقاع وما لم يبْلغ الرَعدُ

    God indeed brought forth from them a nation that reached

    every land, and places thunder had not reached.

  26. يا صاحب القبّة الخضراءِ شاهقة

    عبرَ الزمان مع الافلاكِ تتّحدُ

    O master of the towering Green Dome,

    which across time unites with the celestial spheres.

  27. هذا المديح ُمن الأشواقِ منبعه

    وفي الجوارح فاقبلْ حينما أفدُ

    This praise has its source in yearning

    and in my limbs; so accept it when I arrive.

  28. إليك جئتُ أبا الزهراءِ معتذراً

    عمّا قدمت وعفواً حين اجتَهدُ

    To you I have come, father of al-Zahra, apologizing

    for what I have offered; pardon me as I strive.