الحمد للهِ إِرغاماً لمن كفرا

الحمد للهِ إِرغاماً لمن كفرا

وبعدهُ لطبيبٍ فضلهُ غمرا

وبعدهُ لطبيبٍ فضلهُ غمرا

Praise be to God, to humble whoever disbelieved,

Praise be to Allah, compelling the unbelievers,

And after Him, to a physician whose kindness overflowed.

And after Him praise a doctor whose kindness has flooded,

شهمٌ بهِ أرسلَ اللهُ الكريمُ إلى

شهمٌ بهِ أرسلَ اللهُ الكريمُ إلى

عبادهِ رحمةً يحيى بها البشرا

عبادهِ رحمةً يحيى بها البشرا

A noble man through whom God, the Generous, sent to

Courageous is he, with him Allah the Generous has sent

His servants a mercy through which He gives life to humankind.

To His servants as a mercy with which He gives life to mankind,

هو الطيبُ الذي أحيت عنايتهُ

هو الطيبُ الذي أحيت عنايتهُ

لنا الخليلَ الذي بالبُرءِ قد طفرا

لنا الخليلَ الذي بالبُرءِ قد طفرا

He is the kind man whose care revived

He is the benevolent one whose care has revived

Our Khalil, who has attained recovery.

For us the friend who with wellness has bounced,

سليمُ قلبٍ يلبّي المستجيرَ بهِ

سليمُ قلبٍ يلبّي المستجيرَ بهِ

فوراً ويجبرُ قلباً منهُ منكسرا

فوراً ويجبرُ قلباً منهُ منكسرا

Pure of heart, he answers whoever seeks refuge in him

Of a serene heart that responds to the one seeking refuge in him

At once, and mends that seeker's broken heart.

Quickly and mends a heart broken from it,

يغني المريضَ إذا ما جآءَ عائدَهُ

يغني المريضَ إذا ما جآءَ عائدَهُ

عن الدوآءِ بلطفٍ منهُ قد بهرا

عن الدوآءِ بلطفٍ منهُ قد بهرا

He frees the patient, whenever he comes to visit him,

He entertains the sick when his recurrence comes to him

From needing medicine, through his dazzling kindness.

With gentleness from him that has dazzled,

يا مفردَ اللطفِ في خَلقٍ وفي خُلُقٍ

يا مفردَ اللطفِ في خَلقٍ وفي خُلُقٍ

وجامعَ الفضلِ عقداً فاخَرَ الدُّرَرا

وجامعَ الفضلِ عقداً فاخَرَ الدُّرَرا

O you unequaled in grace, in form and character,

O singular in kindness in creation and in manners

And gatherer of excellence into a necklace that rivals pearls!

And collector of virtues a necklace so elite pearls,

شمائلٌ لو تلاها الواصفونَ على

شمائلٌ لو تلاها الواصفونَ على

من عُدِّدَت فيه أنواعُ السقام برا

من عُدِّدَت فيه أنواعُ السقام برا

Such qualities—if describers recited them over

Attributes if described by the describers for

One afflicted with many kinds of illness, he would recover.

Those who were enumerated in him kinds of illnesses flocked,

حمَّلتنا ثقلَ فضلٍ لا نقومُ بهِ

حمَّلتنا ثقلَ فضلٍ لا نقومُ بهِ

ولا يفيهِ ثنآءٌ طالَ أم قصرا

ولا يفيهِ ثنآءٌ طالَ أم قصرا

You have laid on us a weight of kindness we cannot bear,

Would have burdened us weight of kindness we cannot withstand

Nor can praise do it justice, whether long or short.

And no praise is sufficient long or short,

جبرتَ قلباً كسيراً إذ دعاكَ فلم

جبرتَ قلباً كسيراً إذ دعاكَ فلم

يَخِب لهُ أملٌ من فضلكَ انتُظِرا

يَخِب لهُ أملٌ من فضلكَ انتُظِرا

You mended a broken heart when it called on you, and no

You have mended a broken heart when he called you and no

Hope it held for your kindness went unfulfilled.

Hope in your kindness has disappointed him when he awaited,

نثني عليكَ بطيبِ الشكرِ ما طلعت

نثني عليكَ بطيبِ الشكرِ ما طلعت

شمسٌ وما البدرُ في جنحِ الظلام سرى

شمسٌ وما البدرُ في جنحِ الظلام سرى

We praise you with sweet gratitude so long as there rises

We praise you with the goodness of gratitude as long as the

The sun, and so long as the full moon journeys under cover of darkness.

Sun has risen and as the moon has wandered in the darkness of the night.