Salawaat Sent: 15,713

Qaṣīdat al-Burdah · Chapter 10

Intimate Discourse and Supplication

الْفَصْلُ الْعَاشِرُ فِي الْمُنَاجَاةِ وَعَرْضِ الْحَاجَاتِ

Repentance, hope, supplication and the celebrated closing prayer.

VERSE 1
يَا أَكْرَمَ الخَلْقِ مَالَي مَنْ أَلُوذُ بِهِ
سِوَاكَ عِنْدَ حُلُولِ الحَادِثِ العَمِمِ
English translation

O most generous of creation, I have no one to take refuge with except you when a major accident occurs.

VERSE 2
وَلَنْ يَضِيقَ رَسُولَ اللهِ جَاهُكَ بيِ
إِذَا الكَرِيمُ تَجَلَّى بِاسْمِ مُنْتَقِمِ
English translation

And the Messenger of God will not be offended by your disdain for me
When the Generous One appears in the name of the Avenger

VERSE 3
فَإِنَّ مِنْ جُودِكَ الدُّنْيَا وَضَرَّتَهَا
وَمِنْ عُلُومِكَ عِلْمَ اللَّوْحِ وَالقَلَمِ
English translation

For among your goodness is the world and its harm
and among your knowledge is the knowledge of the tablet and the pen

VERSE 4
يَا نَفْسُ لاَ تَقْنَطِي مِنْ زَلَّةٍ عَظُمَتْ
إَنَّ الكَبَائِرَ فِي الغُفْرَانِ كَاللَّمَمِ
English translation

O soul, do not despair over a great transgression
Forgiveness of great sins is like a sign.

VERSE 5
لَعَلَّ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّي حِينَ يَقْسِمُهَا
تَأْتِي عَلَى حَسَبِ العِصْيَانِ فِي الْقِسَمِ
English translation

Perhaps the mercy of my Lord when He divides it will come according to disobedience in the oath.

VERSE 6
يَا رَبِّ وَاجْعَلْ رَجَائِي غَيْرَ مُنْعَكِسٍ
لَدَيْكَ وَاجْعَلْ حِسَابِي غَيْرَ مُنْخَرِمِ
English translation

O Lord, make my hope not detract from You, and make my account not exhausted.

VERSE 7
وَالْطُفْ بِعَبْدِكَ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ إَنَّ لَهُ
صَبْرًا مَتَى تَدْعُهُ الأَهْوَالُ يَنْهَزِمِ
English translation

And be kind to Your servant in both worlds. Indeed, he has patience when terrors cause him to be defeated.

VERSE 8
وَأْذَنْ لِسُحْبِ صَلاَةٍ مِنْكَ دَائِمَةٍ
عَلَى النَّبِيِّ بِمُنْهَلٍّ وَمُنْسَجِمِ
English translation

And permission to withdraw from you a perpetual blessing/upon the Prophet in a manner and harmony.

VERSE 9
مَا رَنَّحَتْ عَذَبَاتِ الْبَانِ رِيحُ صَبًا
وَأَطْرَبَ الْعِيسَ حَادِي الْعِيسِ بِالنَّغَمِ
English translation

The sweet winds of milk have never swayed in the morning
nor has the mourning harp swayed with melody

VERSE 10
ثُمَّ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعَنْ عُمَرٍ
وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَنْ عُثْمَانَ ذِي الْكَرَمِ
English translation

Then satisfaction on the authority of Abu Bakr and on the authority of Omar/and on the authority of Ali and on the authority of Uthman Dhul-Karam

VERSE 11
وَالآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ ثُمَّ التَابِعِيَن فَهُمْ
أَهْلُ التُّقَى وَالنَّقَا وَالحِلْمِ وَالْكَرَمِ
English translation

And his family and companions, then the followers, so they are the people of piety, purity, forbearance, and generosity.

VERSE 12
يِا رَبِّ بِالمُصْطَفَى بَلِّغْ مَقَاصِدَنَا
وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا مَا مَضَى يَا وَاسِعَ الكَرَمِ
English translation

O Lord, through the Chosen One, achieve our goals
and forgive us what has passed, O Most Generous

VERSE 13
وَاغْفِرْ إِلَهِي لِكُلِ المُسْلِمِينَ بِمَا
يَتْلُونَ فِي المَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى وَفِي الحَرَمِ
English translation

And forgive, my God, all Muslims for what they recite in Al-Aqsa Mosque and in the Sacred Mosque.

VERSE 14
بِجَاهِ مَنْ بَيْتُهُ فِي طَيْبَةٍ حَرَمٌ
وَاسْمُهُ قَسَمٌ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْقَسَمِ
English translation

In the name of someone whose house is in Taybah, a sanctuary
and its name is one of the greatest parts.

VERSE 15
وَهَذِهِ بُرْدَةُ المُخْتَارِ قَدْ خُتِمَتْ
وَالحَمْدُ للهِ فِي بَدْءٍ وَفِي خَتَمِ
English translation

And this garment of the chosen one has been sealed, and praise be to God, at the beginning and at the end.

VERSE 16
أَبْيَاتُهَا قَدْ أَتَتْ سِتِّينَ مَعْ مِائَةٍ
فَرِّجْ بِهَا كَرْبَنَا يَا وَاسِعَ الْكَرَمِ
English translation

Its verses have come sixty and one hundred
Rejoice in them, our Lord, O Most Generous