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Qaṣīdat al-Burdah · Chapter 5

The Miracles

الْفَصْلُ الْخَامِسُ فِي مُعْجِزَاتِهِ ﷺ

Verses recalling miracles granted to the Prophet ﷺ.

VERSE 1
جَاءَتْ لِدَعْوَتِهِ الأَشْجَارُ سَاجِدَةً
تَمْشِي إِلَيْهِ عَلَى سَاقٍ بِلاَ قَدَمِ
English translation

The trees came to call him, bowing down
walking to him on a leg without feet.

VERSE 2
كَأَنَّمَا سَطَرَتْ سَطْرًا لِمَا كَتَبَتْ
فُرُوعُهَا مِنْ بَدِيعِ الْخَطِّ بِاللَّقَمِ
English translation

As if it had written line by line as it was written
its branches from the brilliant handwriting with the morsel

VERSE 3
مِثْلَ الغَمَامَةِ أَنَّى سَارَ سَائِرَةً
تَقِيهِ حَرَّ وَطِيسٍ لِلْهَجِيرِ حَمِي
English translation

Like a cloud, how he walked
pious, free and warm to the desert, hot

VERSE 4
أَقْسَمْتُ بِالْقَمَرِ المُنْشَقِّ إِنَّ لَهُ
مِنْ قَلْبِهِ نِسْبَةً مَبْرُورَةَ القَسَمِ
English translation

I swore by the split moon that he/she has a part of his heart that is justified by the oath.

VERSE 5
وَمَا حَوَى الغَارُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَمِنْ كَرَمِ
وَكُلُّ طَرْفٍ مِنَ الكُفَّارِ عَنْهُ عَمِي
English translation

And the cave contained no goodness and generosity
and every party of the unbelievers is blind to it.

VERSE 6
فَالصِّدْقُ فِي الغَارِ وَالصِّدِّيقُ لَمْ يَرِمَا
وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا بِالْغَارِ مِنْ أَرِمِ
English translation

So truthfulness is in the cave, and the truthful one does not blame
And they say, “There is no blame in the cave.”

VERSE 7
ظَنُّوا الحَمَامَ وَظَنُّوا الْعَنْكَبُوتَ عَلَى
خَيْرِ الْبَرِيَّةِ لَمْ تَنْسُجْ وَلَمْ تَحُمِ
English translation

They mistook the dove and the spider for
the best of the wild, it did not weave and did not protect

VERSE 8
وِقَايَةُ اللهِ أَغْنَتْ عَنْ مُضَاعَفَةٍ
مِنَ الدُّرُوعِ وَعَنْ عَالٍ مِنَ الأُطُمِ
English translation

God’s protection is of no use to a double load of armor and a heavy load of sand.

VERSE 9
مَا سَامَنِي الدَّهْرُ ضَيْمًا وَاسْتَجَرْتُ بِهِ
إِلاَّ وَنِلْتُ جِوَارًا مِنْهُ لَمْ يُضَمِ
English translation

Time has never afflicted me with affliction and I have sought refuge in it, except that I have received from it a protection that has not been

VERSE 10
وَلاَ الْتَمَسْتُ غِنَى الدَّارَيْنِ مِنْ يَدِهِ
إِلاَّ اسْتَلَمْتُ النَّدَى مِنْ خَيْرِ مُسْتَلَمِ
English translation

And I did not seek the wealth of the two worlds from His hand, except that I received dew from the best recipient.

VERSE 11
لاَ تُنْكِرِ الْوَحْيَ مِنْ رُؤْيَاهُ إِنَّ لَهُ
قَلْبًا إِذَا نَامَتِ العَيْنَانِ لَمْ يَنَمِ
English translation

Do not deny the revelation from his visions. Indeed, he has a heart that when the eyes sleep, he does not sleep.

VERSE 12
وَذَاكَ حِينَ بُلُوغٍ مِنْ نُبَوَّتِهِ
فَلَيْسَ يُنْكَرُ فِيهِ حَالُ مُحْتَلِمِ
English translation

That was when he attained the fulfillment of his prophecy, so the condition of a pubescent person is not to be denied.

VERSE 13
تَبَارَكَ اللهُ مَا وَحَيٌ بِمُكْتَسَبٍ
وَلاَ نَبيُّ عَلَى غَيْبٍ بِمُتَّهَمِ
English translation

Blessed be God. He has not revealed anything acquired
nor is there a prophet who is unseen with an accusation.

VERSE 14
كَمْ أَبْرَأَتْ وَصِبًا بِاللَّمْسِ رَاحَتُهُ
وَأَطْلَقَتْ أَرِبًا مِنْ رِبْقَةِ اللَّمَمِ
English translation

How she healed a wound by touching his comfort
and freed a bunch of knots from the sea

VERSE 15
وَأَحْيَتِ السَّنَةَ الشَّهْبَاءَ دَعْوَتُهُ
حَتَّى حَكَتْ غُرَّةً فِي الأَعْصُرِ الدُّهُمِ
English translation

And the martyred years revived his call
until it covered the dawn of the ancient ages.

VERSE 16
بِعَارضٍ جَادَ أَوْ خِلْتَ البِطَاحَ بِهَا
سَيْبًا مِنَ اليَمِّ أَوْ سَيْلاً مِنَ العَرِمِ
English translation

By a serious accident, or by a storm, or by a torrent of rain or a torrent of bitterness.