Salawaat Sent: 15,713

Qaṣīdat al-Burdah · Chapter 6

The Noble Qur’an

الْفَصْلُ السَّادِسُ فِي شَرَفِ الْقُرْآنِ

Reflection on the lasting miracle, guidance and eloquence of the Qur’an.

VERSE 1
دَعْنيِ وَوَصْفِي آيَاتٍ لَهُ ظَهَرَتْ
ظُهُورَ نَارِ القِرَى لَيْلاً عَلَى عَلَمِ
English translation

Let me describe His signs that appeared
The appearance of the fire of the villages at night according to knowledge

VERSE 2
فَالدُّرُّ يَزْدَادُ حُسْنًا وَهْوَ مُنْتَظِمٌ
وَلَيْسَ يَنْقُصُ قَدْرًا غَيْرَ مُنْتَظِمِ
English translation

The value increases in beauty when it is regular
and does not decrease by an irregular amount

VERSE 3
فَمَا تَطَاوُلُ آمَالِ المَديحِ إِلَى
مَا فِيهِ مِنْ كَرَمِ الأَخْلاَقِ وَالشِّيَمِ
English translation

How high are the hopes of praise for
the generosity of morals and good character in it?

VERSE 4
آيَاتُ حَقٍّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَانِ مُحْدَثَةٌ
قَدِيمَةٌ صِفَةُ المَوْصُوفِ بِالقِدَمِ
English translation

True verses from the Most Gracious, new/old, the description of what is described as ancient.

VERSE 5
لَمْ تَقْتَرِنْ بِزَمِانٍ وَهْيَ تُخْبِرُنَا
عَنْ المَعَادِ وَعَنْ عَادٍ وَعَنْ إِرَمِ
English translation

It is not associated with a time, but it tells us about the appointed time, and about Ad, and about Iram.

VERSE 6
دَامَتْ لَدَيْنَا فَفَاقَتْ كُلَّ مُعْجِزَةٍ
مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ إِذْ جَاءَتْ وَلَمْ تَدُمِ
English translation

It lasted with us and surpassed every miracle from the prophets when it came but did not last.

VERSE 7
مُحْكَّمَاتٌ فَمَا تُبْقِيْنَ مِنْ شُبَهٍ
لِذِي شِقَاقٍ وَمَا تَبْغِيْنَ مِنْ حَكَمِ
English translation

Arbitrated rulings, so what semblance do you leave behind
You are dissenting and you do not seek any ruling.

VERSE 8
مَا حُورِبَتْ قَطُّ إِلاَّ عَادَ مِنْ حَرَبٍ
أَعْدَى الأَعَادِي إِلَيْهَا مُلْقِيَ السَّلَمِ
English translation

It was never besieged but that it returned from war/enemies came back to it, offering peace.

VERSE 9
رَدَّتْ بَلاَغَتُهَا دَعْوَى مُعَارِضِهَا
رَدَّ الغَيُورِ يَدَ الجَانِي عَنِ الْحُرَمِ
English translation

Her eloquence refuted the claim of her opponent/the jealous person turned the hand of the offender away from the sanctuary.

VERSE 10
لَهَا مَعَانٍ كَمَوْجِ البَحْرِ فِي مَدَدٍ
وَفَوْقَ جَوْهَرِهِ فِي الْحُسْنِ وَالقِيَمِ
English translation

It has meanings like the waves of the sea in extent
and beyond its essence in beauty and values

VERSE 11
فَمَا تُعَدُّ وَلاَ تُحْصَى عَجَائِبُهَا
وَلاَ تُسَامُ عَلَى الإِكْثَارِ بِالسَّأَمِ
English translation

Its wonders cannot be counted, nor can its wonders be counted, nor can it be tolerated in abundance.

VERSE 12
قَرَّتْ بِهَا عَيْنُ قَارِيْهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ
لَقَدْ ظَفِرْتَ بِحَبْلِ اللهِ فَاعْتَصِمِ
English translation

It brought joy to the eyes of its reader, so I said to him: “You have grasped the rope of God, so hold fast.”

VERSE 13
إِنْ تَتْلُهَا خِيفَةً مِنْ حَرَّ نَارِ لَظَى
أَطْفَأْتَ حَرِّ لَظَىَ مِنْ وِرْدِهَا الشَّبِمِ
English translation

If you follow it in fear of the heat of the fire of Lazha
the heat of Lazha has been extinguished by its waxy rose

VERSE 14
كَأَنَّهَا الحَوْضُ تَبْيَضُّ الوُجُوهُ بِهِ
مِنَ العُصَاةِ وَقَدْ جَاءُوهُ كَالحُمَمِ
English translation

It is as if it were the basin, with faces whitening in it
of the disobedient, and they came to him like lava.

VERSE 15
وَكَالصِّرَاطِ وَكَالمِيزَانِ مَعْدِلَةً
فَالقِسْطُ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا فِي النَّاسِ لَمْ يَقُمِ
English translation

And like the path and like the balance, it is equal
so justice has not been established among people other than it.

VERSE 16
لاَ تَعْجَبَنْ لِحَسُودٍ رَاحَ يُنْكِرُهَا
تَجَاهُلاً وَهْوَ عَيْنُ الحَاذِقِ الفَهِمِ
English translation

Do not be surprised at the envious person who began to deny it out of ignorance, while he was the eye of the wise and understanding person.

VERSE 17
قَدْ تُنْكِرُ الْعَيْنُ ضَوْءَ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ رَمَدٍ
وَيُنْكِرُ الفَمُ طَعْمَ المَاءِ مِنْ سَقَمِ
English translation

The eye may deny the light of the sun due to ophthalmia
and the mouth may deny the taste of water due to illness.