Salawaat Sent: 3,508

Qaṣīdat al-Burdah · Chapter 8

The Striving of the Messenger ﷺ

الْفَصْلُ الثَّامِنُ فِي جِهَادِهِ ﷺ

The courage, resolve and leadership of the Messenger ﷺ and his Companions.

VERSE 1
رَاعَتْ قُلُوبَ الْعِدَا أَنْبَاءُ بِعْثَتِهِ
كَنَبْأَةٍ أَجْفَلَتْ غُفْلاً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ
English translation

The hearts of enemies were troubled by the news of his mission, like a piece of news that startles a flock of sheep.

VERSE 2
مَا زَالَ يَلْقَاهُمُ فِي كُلِّ مُعْتَرَكٍ
حَتَّى حَكَوْا بِالْقَنَا لَحْمًا عَلَى وَضَمِ
English translation

He continued to meet them in every battle, until they touched flesh on flesh.

VERSE 3
وَدُّوا الفِرَارَ فَكَادُوا يَغْبِطُونَ بِهِ
أَشْلاَءَ شَالَتْ مَعَ الْعِقْبَانِ وَالرَّخَمِ
English translation

They wanted to flee, but they almost became happy with it
Body parts fell apart with the eagles and the marble.

VERSE 4
تَمْضِي اللَّيَالِي وَلاَ يَدْرُونَ عِدَّتَهَا
مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنْ لَيَالِي الأَشْهُرِ الْحُرُمِ
English translation

The nights pass and they do not know their number
unless they are among the nights of the sacred months

VERSE 5
كَأَنَّمَا الدِّينُ ضَيْفٌ حَلَّ سَاحَتَهُمْ
بِكُلِّ قَرْمٍ إِلَى لَحْمِ العِدَا قَرِمِ
English translation

It is as if religion were a guest who had settled in their courtyard
with every bite to the flesh of the enemy.

VERSE 6
يَجُرُّ بَحْرَ خَمِيسٍ فَوْقَ سَابِحَةٍ
يَرْمِى بِمَوْجٍ مِنَ الأَبْطَالِ مُلْتَطِمِ
English translation

He drags the Khamis Sea over a swimmer
throws a crashing wave of heroes

VERSE 7
مِنْ كُلِّ مُنْتَدَبٍ لِلهِ مُحْتَسِبٍ
يَسْطُو بِمُسْتَأْصِلٍ لِلكُفْرِ مُصْطَلِمِ
English translation

From every one who delegates to God one who seeks reward
He strikes with a certain method that eradicates disbelief.

VERSE 8
حَتىَّ غَدَتْ مِلَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ وَهْيَ بِهِمْ
مِنْ بَعْدِ غُرْبَتِهَا مَوْصُولَةَ الرَّحِمِ
English translation

Until she adopted the religion of Islam while she was with them
after her sojourn, connected by family ties

VERSE 9
مَكْفُولَةً أَبَدًا مِنْهُمْ بِخَيْرِ أَبٍ
وَخَيْرِ بَعْلٍ فَلَمْ تَيْتَمْ وَلَمْ تَئِمِ
English translation

Guaranteed forever among them by the best father/and the best Baal. Then she was not orphaned or followed.

VERSE 10
هُمُ الجِبَالُ فَسَلْ عَنْهُمْ مُصَادِمَهُمْ
مَاذَا رَأَى مِنْهُمُ فِي كُلِّ مُصْطَدَمِ
English translation

They are the mountains, so he left behind them their collisions
What did he see of them in every collision?

VERSE 11
وَسَلْ حُنَيْنًا وَسَلْ بَدْرًا وَسَلْ أُحُدًا
فُصُولَ حَتْفٍ لَهُمْ أَدْهَى مِنَ الوَخَمِ
English translation

Ask Hunayn, ask Badr, and ask Uhud
seasons for whom death is worse than calamity.

VERSE 12
المُصْدِرِي البِيضِ حُمْرًا بَعْدَ مَا وَرَدَتْ
مِنَ العِدَا كُلَّ مُسْوَدٍّ مِنَ اللِّمَمِ
English translation

The white nouns turned red after they came
from the black ones, except for all the black ones.

VERSE 13
وَالكَاتِبِينَ بِسُمْرِ الخَطِّ مَا تَرَكَتْ
أَقْلاَمُهُمْ حَرْفَ جِسْمٍ غَيْرَ مُنَعَجِمِ
English translation

And those who write with dark handwriting do not leave behind their pens a single, unaccented letter.

VERSE 14
شَاكِي السِّلاَحِ لَهُمْ سِيمَا تُمَيِّزُهُمْ
وَالوَرْدُ يَمْتَازُ بِالسِّيمَا عَنِ السَّلَمِ
English translation

Those who carry weapons have a mark that distinguishes them
and the rose is distinguished by its mark from the peace

VERSE 15
تُهْدِي إِلَيْكَ رِيَاحُ النَّصْرِ نَشْرَهُمُ
فَتَحْسَبُ الزَّهْرَ فِي الأَكْمَامِ كُلَّ كَمِي
English translation

The winds of victory will be guided to you, spread them
so you will count the flowers on your sleeves, each sleeve

VERSE 16
كَأَنَّهُمْ فِي ظُهُورِ الخَيْلِ نَبْتُ رُبًا
مِنْ شِدَّةِ الحَزْمِ لاَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الحُزُمِ
English translation

It is as if they were on the backs of horses growing ribs
from the strength of the firmness, not from the intensity of the firmness

VERSE 17
طَارَتْ قُلُوبُ العِدَا مِنْ بَأْسِهِمْ فَرَقًا
فَمَا تُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ البَهْمِ وَالبُهُمِ
English translation

The hearts of the enemy fled from their strength in division/so there is no difference between the ignorant and the foolish.

VERSE 18
وَمَنْ تَكُنْ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ نُصْرَتُهُ
إِنْ تَلْقَهُ الأُسْدُ فِي آجَامِهَا تَجِمِ
English translation

And whoever is supported by the Messenger of God
If the lion meets him in its dens, it will be crushed.

VERSE 19
وَلَنْ تَرَى مِنْ وَليٍّ غَيْرِ مُنْتَصِرٍ
بِهِ وَلاَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ غَيْرِ مُنْقَصِمِ
English translation

You will not see a guardian who is not victorious through him, nor an enemy who is not divided.

VERSE 20
أَحَلَّ أُمَّتَهُ فِي حِرْزِ مِلَّتِهِ
كَاللَّيْثِ حَلَّ مَعَ الأَشْبَالِ فِي أَجَمِ
English translation

He made his nation dwell in the forest of his religion
like a lion, he settled with lions in a thicket.

VERSE 21
كَمْ جَدَّلَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللهِ مِنْ جَدَلٍ
فِيهِ وَكَمْ خَصَمَ البُرْهَانُ مِنْ خَصِمِ
English translation

How many arguments have been made in the words of God, and how many opponents have disputed the proof.

VERSE 22
كَفَاكَ بِالْعِلْمِ فِي الأُمِّيِّ مُعْجِزَةً
فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَالتَّأْدِيبِ فِي اليُتُمِ
English translation

Enough of the miracle of knowledge in the illiterate
in pre-Islamic times and discipline in the orphan.