The Shimmering Light

In Mentioning the Birth of The Interceding Prophet

Compiled by the great scholar Al-abeeb !Umar bin Mu9mmad bin Saalim bin afeedh Ibn al-Shaykh Abee Bakr bin Saalim May Allah benefit us through him in both worlds, Amin

In The Name Of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad Your Beloved, The Intercessor, The one whose intercession is accepted My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad The highest and most exalted of mankind in station My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad the greatest and most sublime of creation in rank Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, 9abeebika ash-Shaafi! Al-Mushaffa!

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, A!lal-waraa Rutbatan wa Arfa!

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, Asmal-baraayaa jaahan wa awsa!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad Take us My Lord, down the (widest and) best of roads

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, wasluk binaa rabee khayra mahya!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad Give us well being, and cure every ailing person

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, wa !aafinaa washfi kulla mooja!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad Rectify the heart, overlook my faults and benefit me

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, wa Asli9il-qalba wa!fu wanfa!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad Restrain, divert and deter every aggressor

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, wakfil mu!aadee wasrifhu warda!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad Allow us to dwell in your impenetrable fortress

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, na9ullu fee 9iNnikal-mumanna!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad My Lord, be pleased with us with your Most Exalted of Pleasure

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, Rabbir+a !anaa ri+aakal-arfa!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad And grant for us, in paradise a place of gathering

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, waj!al lanaa fil-jinaani majma!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad Grant us all the company of the best of Your creation

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, raafiq binaa khayra khalqika ajma!

My Lord, Send Your Mercy upon Muhammad My Lord, Send Your Mercy and Peace upon him

Ya Rabee alee !alaa Muhammad, Ya Rabi alee !Alayhi Wa Sallim

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Oh Allah, Send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings upon Him and upon his Family
Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali

I seek refuge in Allah from the Accursed Shaytan In the Name of Allah, The Most Merciful and Compassionate
"(Oh Prophet) We have indeed given you a manifest victory. That Allah may forgive you of your sin that which is past and that which is to come, and may perfect His favour upon you, and guide you on a right path. And that Allah may support you with a mighty support."

"Indeed, There has come to you a Messenger from amongst yourselves, grievous to whom is your suffering, concerned for you, to the believers gentle and compassionate. Now if they turn away, say; 'Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. In Him I have put my trust, and He is the Lord of the Formidable Throne."

" Indeed, Allah and His angels bless the prophet, oh you who believe! Bless him and salute him with a worthy salutation," Inna-llaaha wa malaaikatahu yuNalloona !alan-nabee N Yaaayyuhal-ladheena aamanoo Nalloo !alayhi wa sallimoo tasleema

Oh Allah, send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings upon Him and upon his Family Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali Praise be to the One who guided us Through His chosen slave, who summoned us To Him (Allah) with authority, indeed he invited us At your service (Oh Prophet), Oh, you who guided and urged us forward Allah your Creator has sent His Mercy upon you Indeed, We have been distinguished and favoured through you Oh, possessor of Intercession (And Mercy) Upon your pure family, they are the treasure trove of your highest secret For they are the ships of salvation, (they are) our sanctuary

Never do they hear a mention of Ta-Ha, The Chosen One Except that by it, the corrosion (on their hearts) vanishes and they become revived

The souls have become excited, yearning for the meeting (with Muhammad) Longing and asking their Lord for His pleasure This is the state of the Lovers So listen closely to the life history of the one whose intercession is accepted

And lend an ear to the description of Ta-Ha the Elected one Make your heart present and it will be filled with ecstasy

Our Lord! Send Your Mercy and Peace perpetually Upon Your Beloved, The one who invited us to You Yaa rabbanaa Nalli daaiman !alaa 9abeebika man ilayka da!aanaa.

(And Mercy) Upon your noble companions, the defenders of your religion. They are models of loyalty to him (Muhammad) (And Mercy Upon) Those who follow them with truthfulness, so long as The camel singer urges forward the caravan of love (with songs of affection) igniting the fire of yearning By Allah, never is the Beloved mentioned in the presence of the lover Except that he becomes passionately overwhelmed with joy

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Where are the lovers who find ease In sacrificing their souls and every precious thing (for their beloved)?

send Oh Allah, send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings Upon Him and Upon His Family Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali Allah has announced to us (in the Qur'an) saying "Indeed a Light has come to you..." So glory be to the One who informed us

For I am the Best of the Best, I have come into existence through Marriages (no adultery in my lineage) My Lord has guarded it for me

Allah has purified, guarded, and chosen him Never has a human being been created of his like

He is the One who Bestowed upon us the Gift: His slave Ta-Ha, the light mentioned in the Reminder (Qur'an) Oh! How magnificent was His Gift!

To love, mention, give victory to, And respect him, the Lord of the Mighty Throne has ordered us

He is the Mercy of our Master, Reflect upon His words "Rejoice" So come and go in utter happiness because of him (Muhammad)!

Our Lord! Send Your Mercy and Peace perpetually Upon Your Beloved, The one who invited us to You Yaa rabbanaa Nalli wa Nallim daaiman !alaa 9abeebika man ilayka da!aanaa.

(Rejoice) While taking hold of the reliable grip and clinging to the Rope of Allah, our Originator

And experience the lights of the one, who when asked When were you a prophet? Replied, when Adam was

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Between earth and water! So awaken From your heedlessness concerning this and become enlightened!

And traverse to the secrets of My Lord preserved and continued to transfer me through the loins or the best!

Never did two lineages branch out except that I was in the better half until the time arrived for my emergence

send Oh Allah, send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings Upon Him and Upon His Family Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali Indeed The Divine has spread mention of his attributes in the revealed books, He has clearly announced them to us

Indeed Allah has woven (into your essence Oh, Muhammad) Compassion from Him

And your Lord will give you until you are Pleased, Exalted is the Giver! Our intellects will become incapable of comprehending the vastness of His bounty upon you

He took the covenant from the prophets (saying) I have given you Wisdom and goodness under condition that

By Allah, mention the attributes of Muhammad time and time again So that it may remove the corrosion from the hearts

If My Messenger (Muhammad) comes to you, then you must Believe, give victory to, and become helpers of him

Our Lord! Send Your Mercy and Peace perpetually Upon Your Beloved, The one who invited us to You Yaa rabbanaa Nalli wa Nallim daaiman !alaa 9abeebika man ilayka da!aanaa.

They announced to their people as good news the coming of the Chosen one, Oh how great is that station and rank!

Although he was sent last, he will be given precedence (on the day of Judgment) (All the Prophets) Will walk under the banner of the one who called us!

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Oh Ummah of Islam! The first Intercessor and the first one whose intercession is accepted is mine! I will not hold back

Until it will be said to me, Rise (from prostration), ask and you will be given Say and you will be heard, for the star of your Glory has become manifest And the banner of the Praise of Allah Most High will be in my hand And the first to enter Paradise will be me! And I am the Most honourable of creation to Allah

send Oh Allah, send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings Upon Him and Upon His Family Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali When the time drew near for the emergence of Ahmed And permission had been granted by the One who willed him into being

For Gentleness from the Lord of the heavens encompassed her And Barred from her all harm, worry, and sadness

She saw (in a vision), as was narrated to us That the Guardian (Allah) was going to Honour the Creation

The Truthful mother, the daughter of Wahb became pregnant with him The one who's station has been elevated by the Divine

Through the pure one who was in her womb, so she Rejoiced! And the time for labour drew near, so she was filled with pleasure!

(She bore him) By the chosen one, Abdullah the son of Abdul-Muttalib who saw the evident proof

And the lights emanated from all directions For the birth of the one given intercession had arrived

For the light of Ta-Ha (who was in his loins) was visible on his face It was then transferred into the protected son (Abdullah) for everyone to see

And before dawn, the Sun of Guidance emanated The Beloved became manifest, honoured and protected

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His (Qusayy's) father was labelled "The wise", His Affair had been elevated, Indeed the lineage has been strengthened by them

And memorize the lineage of the Chosen one Until you reach in his lineage Adam

At that point stop, and realize The lineage is traced back to Ishmael who was a helper to his father

And when Aminah was pregnant with him She did not complain about anything that befalls (pregnant) women

The Place of Standing (Al (Al Maqaam)

alla llahu !ala Muhammad, alla llahu !Alayhi wa sallam

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Yaa Nabee Salaamun !Alayka Ya Rasool Salaamun !Alayka Yaa 9abeeb Salaamun !Alayka (Yaa Rasool Allah) alaawatu Allah !Alayka

Allah has manifested the Intercessor The Possessor of the Elevated Station

Abraza Allaahul-mushaffa! a9iba Al-Qadril-muraffa!

And his light filled the horizons It encompassed the entire Universe

Famalan-noorun-nawaa9ee (Bi Rasoolillah) !Amma kulla al-kawni Ajma!

The icons of Idolatry have been torn down And the edifice of Idolatry has crumbled

Nukkisat Asnaamu Shirkin Wa binaash-shirki tasadda!

And the Time of Guidance has drawn near And the Fortress of Disbelief has violently shaken

Wa danaa waqtul Hidaayah (Bi Rasoolillah) Wa 9imaal kufri taza!za!

Greetings and a Welcoming To you, Oh possessor of the Ennobled rank

Mar9aban Ahlan wa Sahlan Bika yathal qadril arfa!

Oh master of the people of Revelation The one whom evil is repelled by

Ya Imaama Ahlir Risaalah (Ya Rasoolilah) Man bihil Aafaatu tudfa! Anta fil-9ashri malaadhun Laka Kullul-khalqi tafza!

You are a refuge on the day of gathering For all of creation (men and jinn) shall flee to you

And call out to you saying "Look at what has overcome us from atrocious terror"

Wa yunaadoona turaa maa (Ya Rasoolilah) Qad Dahaa min Hawlin Afdha!

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Welcome! Oh, light of my eyes, Welcome! Welcome! Oh grandfather of Hussein, Welcome! Mar9aban Mar9aban Yaa noora !Aynee 9 9 Mar9aban Mar9aban Jaddal-9usaynee 9 9 9

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And for it (the intercession) you will Prostrate And will be addressed, "Intercede, for your intercession is accepted"

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Mar9aban falahaa Anta Fatasjud Mar9aban wa tunaadaa ishfa! tushaffa! Mar9aban fa!layka Allaahu alaa Mar9aban ma badan-nuru wa Sha!Sha!

For Allah has sent Mercy upon you So long as light shines and disseminates

And by you, we ask the Most Merciful And the Lord of the Throne hears us

Mar9aban wa bikar Ra9maanu Nasal Mar9aban wa ilahul-!arshi yasma! Rabee Faghfeer lee dhunubee (Ya Allah) Bi Barakatil-Haadil-Mushaffa! (Ya Allah) !

My Lord! Forgive my sins. Oh Allah! By the blessing of the Interceding Guide. Oh Allah!

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Oh Possessor of great bounties, Oh Lord! Gather us all with the Chosen one

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Ya !Adheemal-mani Ya Rabb (Ya Allah) Shamlanaa bil-MuNUafaa Ajma! (Ya Allah)

And by him, Glance upon us And by him grant us all that we desire

Wa Bihi Fandhur ilaynaa (Ya Allah) Wa !Uinaa bihi Kulla maUma! (Ya Allah)

And avert from us all calamities And divert and raise all afflictions

Wak finaa Kullal-balaayaa (Ya Allah) Wad fa!il-aafaati warfa! (Ya Allah)

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alla llah !ala Muhammad, alla llah !Alayhi wa sallam And give us to drink Oh Lord! And come to our rescue With a life giving rain which pours down And culminate my life with excellence And beautify the return (to You) and end affair And may the Mercy of Allah enshroud The one who embodied all of beauty Ahmed, the Pure and (upon) his family And the Companions, so long as light shines

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alla llahu !ala Muhammad, alla llahu !Alayhi wa sallam Wasqinaa Ya Rabb Aghithnaa Bi 9ayyin haUUaali yahma! Wakh-tim-il !Umra bi 9usnaa Wa-a9sin-il !Uqbaa wa Marja! Wa alaatullahi Taghshaa Man lahul-9usnu Tajmma! A9mad aU-uhra Wa Aalan WaN-Na9aabah maas-sanaa sha!

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send Oh Allah, send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings Upon Him and Upon His Family Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali The beloved was conceived and he fell into Prostration To Allah, our Creator and Originator And the protection of the Lord encompasses Ahmed In every moment, hidden and manifest! The mother (!Aminah), then Thu-waibah nursed him Along with Halimah, the one whose felicity had appeared Thu-waibah, gave the good news (of Muhammads) birth to her master Abu Lahab, And he freed her out of happiness Our Creator didn't forget his happiness At (the birth of) the Chosen one, as the Hadith informs us That his punishment is alleviated on every Monday Because of his happiness (at the birth of) the one sent to us This is with kufr, so how about happiness (because of the birth of Muhammad), From a heart that is filled with Iman. And Halimah saw from the blessings of Muhammad That which bewilders the intellects Her breast became filled with milk for him (Muhammad) For her son used to go to bed weeping and hungry Yet the night the beloved came He (her son) went to bed fully content and satiated

Her camel's (udder) began to now with milk And her flock became healthy, as it was an affair Which bewildered her companions While the trees and the rocks saluted our Master Glory be to the one who made the trees and the rocks speak Saluting the Chosen One, Oh what a Glory!

Our Lord! Send Your Mercy and Peace perpetually Upon Your Beloved, The one who invited us to You Yaa rabbanaa Nalli wa Nallim daaiman !alaa 9abeebika man ilayka da!aanaa.

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send Oh Allah, send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings Upon Him and Upon His Family Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali Indeed the Beloved was raised in a pleasing manner Indeed he did not commit a sin Watching over him was the Eye of Allah, the One who refined him Indeed the Prophet was perfectly refined by Him He grew up truthful, and beneficent Possessing virtue, chivalry, and trustworthiness Possessing aspiration, bravery, and serenity And many noble attributes to many to count He was called the Trustworthy whilst in Heaven Extol him, the one protected by Allah His mother took him to visit his father in Taibah The place where his (Muhammad's father) death occurred While the Chosen one was still in her womb Yet now six years had passed from that time And death overcame her on her way back So Abdul Muttalib showed him affection Two years passed and death overcame him So his uncle whose heart had been fined with compassion embraced him The daughter of Khuwaylid engaged him when he was twenty-five She attained with the Intercessor a huge affair

Her hopes were granted by the Divine She received salutations (from Allah) and a high station And he solved a dispute over placing the black stone In the Ka 'bah. When he made clear to everyone The vastness of his understanding, and radiant sagaciousness Glory be to the One who taught and assisted him Our Lord! Send Your Mercy and Peace perpetually Upon Your Beloved, The one who invited us to You Yaa rabbanaa Nalli wa Nallim daaiman !alaa 9abeebika man ilayka da!aanaa.

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send Upon Oh Allah, send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings Upon Him and Upon His Family Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali Gabriel came to him with revelation from Allah As he was in the cave of Hira' worshipping the Most Merciful He embraced him thrice then Released him (with the words) "Read" and "Your Lord has taught man" So he invited secretly (to Islam) for three, Then revealed to him was "Proclaim what you have been ordered to" so he invited openly Affliction increased upon him, yet he is the forbearing for His Lord He showed gratefulness (To Allah), and he did not show weakness Khadijah and Abu-Talib died when he was fifty So the persecution increased manifold He came to Thaqeef as a caller (to Islam), And they chased him out with stones, after misleading the children concerning him The Angel of the Mountains came to him and asked "Shall i collapse the two mountains on them? he replied "No, for I have hope in their offspring! The Lord then took him on the night journey and all the Messengers Prayed behind him, and he witnessed The Barzakh and Paradise The Beloved then ascended into the highest heavens (Witnessing) the Throne, and Pedestal, He then gazed upon our Lord! Permission was granted to migrate to Yathrib Through him (Muhammad) the noble city illuminated and beautified

Our Lord! Send Your Mercy and Peace perpetually Upon Your Beloved, The one who invited us to You Yaa rabbanaa Nalli wa Nallim daaiman !alaa 9abeebika man ilayka da!aanaa.

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send Oh Allah, send Your Mercy, Peace and Blessings Upon Him and Upon His Family Alla9umma Nalli wa Nallim wa barik !alayhi wa !ala aali

Take us down the path of Ta-Ha the Chosen one And make firm our footsteps in treading behind the Beloved Through Your grace, show us the emergence of Ahmed with all of his splendour. As the Eye of Your satisfaction watches over us Strengthen our bond with him (Muhammad) in every state And (strengthen) the bond of those who love and support us And those who do goodness, and those who answered our call And those who have rights over us and those who asked us to pray for them And those who are present (in the gathering) and those who assist in establishing gatherings Here we are between Your hands (Oh, Allah), For truly, You see us Indeed we have Invoked You, So by Your Grace, Answer our requests Oh You who Hear our Prayers And use us in giving victory to the Sunnah of Ta-Ha throughout the earth And restrain every aggressor to us And Glance upon us, and give us to drink from the cup of felicity And quickly cure all of our sick And take care of our affairs, And beautify our last moments at the time of death, and rectify our end affair Oh Lord! And gather us and the beloved ones In your abode of Firdous (the highest place in Paradise) For we have hope in You

THE SUPPLICATION
Indeed I have signalled towards the attributes of the one Whose characteristics give life to the heart and ignite the fire of yearning And Allah Himself has praised him So what is our praise worth when compared (to Allah's praise of Muhammad)! However, it is a Love established deep in the heart Which motivated and called for the Praising of the purest of our Lord's (creation) Now that we have become fused with the love (of Muhammad) We lift our hands of poverty and hope To our Lord, The One, The Unique, The Most High Interceding by the one who called us to Him His chosen one, His beloved, His purest The beauty of existence, by him the Divine has favoured us Our Lord! Our Lord! Our Lord! By the chosen one, accept us and answer our supplications You are sufficient for us! You are sufficient for us, For You are our refuge In this world and in the Hereafter Rectify our states and forgive our sins, My Lord! And don't hold us accountable if we err

(To gather us) With the Chosen One. And send Your Mercy upon him and upon his family so long as the eastern winds sway branches

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Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of might, above all that they describe, and peace be upon the messengers, and praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Sub9aana rabbika rabbil-!izzati !ammaa yaNifoon 9 ! N Wa salaamun !alaal-mursaleen, wal-9amdu lillaahi rabbil-!aalameen 9 !

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