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W I T H S I D E - B Y - S I D E E N G L I S H T R A N S L AT I O N
 MALIKI SCHOOL
P U B L I S H I N G

FIRST EBOOK EDITION

1445 AH | 2024
A L L R I G H T S R E S E RV E D

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EDITED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL QASIDAH AL - BURDAH AL - SHARIFAH

TRANSLATION PUBLISHED BY SALAWATHUB . COM .

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 CONTENTS

THE SANAD I
CHAPTER 1 - O N WO R D S O F L OV E A N D T H E
I N T E N S E S U F F E R I N G O F PA S S I O N 1
CHAPTER 2 - A CAUTION ABOUT THE
WHIMS OF THE SELF 1
C H A P T E R 3 - P R A I S E O F T H E P RO P H E T 2
C H A P T E R 4 - O N T H E B E S T B I RT H 4
C H A P T E R 5 - O N T H E M I R AC L E S T H AT
C A M E AT H I S B L E S S E D H A N D 4
CHAPTER 6 - ON THE NOBILITY OF THE
QUR’AN AND ITS PRAISE 5
CHAPTER 7 - ON HIS ISRĀ’ & MI’RĀJ 6
C H A P T E R 8 - O N T H E M A RT I A L S T RU G G L E
O F T H E P RO P H E T 7
C H A P T E R 9 - O N S E E K I N G I N T E RC E S S I O N
T H RO U G H T H E P RO P H E T 8
C H A P T E R 1 0 - O N I N T I M AT E
C O N V E R S AT I O N A N D C H E R I S H E D H O P E S 9
 ‫‪THE SANAD‬‬

‫أﺟﺎزﺎﻧ ﻓﻀﻴﻠﺔ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﳏﻤﻮد ﺑﻦ أﰊ اﺠﻤﻟﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺷﺒﻴﺐ اﳌﺎﻟﻜﻲ اﻷزﻫﺮي ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ‬

‫ﺧﺎﻟﺪ اﳌﻜﻲ ﲜﻤﻴﻊ ﻣﺮوﺎﻳﺗﻪ ﻋﻦ ﺷﻴﺨﻪ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﺎﻳﺳﲔ اﻟﻔﺎداﱐ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﳏﻤﺪ ﻋﻠﻲ‬
‫اﳌﺎﻟﻜﻲ ﻋﻦ أﺧﻴﻪ ﳏﻤﺪ ﻋﺎﺑﺪ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺴﻴﺪ أﲪﺪ زﻳﲏ اﻟﺪﺣﻼن ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﻋﺒﺪ ﷲ ﺑﻦ‬
‫ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﺮﲪﻦ اﻟﺴﺮاج اﳌﻜﻲ ﻋﻦ ﳏﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﻫﺎﺷﻢ اﻟﻔﻼﱐ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﺻﻼح اﻟﻔﻼﱐ‬
‫اﻟﻌﻤﺮي اﳌﺪﱐ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ أﲪﺪ ﺑﻦ ﳏﻤﺪ اﻟﺪردﻳﺮ اﻟﻌﺪوي ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﻧﻮر اﻟﺪﻳﻦ ﻋﻠﻲ‬
‫ﺑﻦ أﲪﺪ اﻟﻌﺪوي اﻟﺼﻌﻴﺪي ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﻋﺒﺪ ﷲ اﳌﻐﺮﰊ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﳏﻤﺪ اﻟﺰرﻗﺎﱐ ﻋﻦ‬
‫واﻟﺪﻩ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﺒﺎﻗﻲ اﻟﺰرﻗﺎﱐ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ إﺑﺮاﻫﻴﻢ اﻟﻠﻘﺎﱐ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﺳﺎﱂ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻨﻬﻮري ﻋﻦ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ اﻟﻨﺠﻢ اﻟﻐﻴﻄﻲ ﻋﻦ ﺷﻴﺦ اﻹﺳﻼم زﻛﺮﺎﻳ اﻷﻧﺼﺎري ﻋﻦ ﺣﺎﻓﻆ‬
‫اﻟﻌﺼﺮ اﻹﻣﺎم اﺑﻦ ﺣﺠﺮ اﻟﻌﺴﻘﻼﱐ ﻋﻦ اﻹﻣﺎم اﺠﻤﻟﺘﻬﺪ اﻟﺴﺮاج اﻟﺒﻠﻘﻴﲏ ﻋﻦ اﻟﻌﺰ ﺑﻦ‬
‫ﲨﺎﻋﺔ ﻋﻦ ﺎﻧﻇﻤﻬﺎ اﻹﻣﺎم ﺷﺮف اﻟﺪﻳﻦ أﰊ ﻋﺒﺪ ﷲ ﳏﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺳﻌﻴﺪ ﺑﻦ ﲪﺎد‬
‫اﻟﺼﻨﻬﺎﺟﻲ اﻟﺒﻮﺻﲑي اﳌﺎﻟﻜﻲ‬

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 QAṣĪDAH AL-BURDAH AL-SHARĪFAH SIDE BY SIDE TANSLATION

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Then prayers be upon the one
) '&!%#$!
chosen !
since pre-eternity
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Praise be to Allah, Originator of Creation from non-existence !
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That has left your eyes so red with tears?! Is it the memory of !
neighbours in Dhu Salam

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And the lightning flashing in the black night from Mount I!am? Or is it the wind blowing from the direction of Ka"ima

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And
it
your
only
heart - when
becomes
you try
more
to rouse it,
bewildered ! What is the matter with
tell them to refrain,
your
they
eyes, that when you
only weep more? !
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Between pouring tears and a blazing heart? Does the one in love suppose his love can be concealed

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Nor
the
would
willow
you
tree
be
and
sleepless
the
remembering
mountain ! If not
over
for love,
traces
your
left
tears
by
would not
your
pour forth
beloved, !
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as weeping and looking gaunt have testified to it against you? ! So how can you deny this love when such honest witnesses, !
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Upon your cheeks, pale as bah!r and red as ‘anam ! The agony of love has inscribed two lines of tears and grief !
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Oh,
of
how
delight
love
with
hinders
its
the tasting
suffering! ! Yes,
by
a vision
night,
of the
and
one
I
I love
could
came
not
to me
sleep, !
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If you
reproach
were truly
me
fair, you
at
would not
all ! O
pure
you who
love,
would
accept
rebuke me
my
for this
excuse !
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From
ever
my
be an
detractors,
end
nor
to
will
my
there
malady ! May
My
you be
secret
spared a
cannot
state
be
such as mine!
concealed !
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The lover
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is quite deaf to those who blame him !
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You gave me sincere good counsel, but I did not hear it,
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!
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When I knew the counsel of old age and grey hair to be above I even suspected the counsel of my own grey hairs rebuking me,
suspicion

! !

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Heralded by the onset of grey hair and old ! age My foolish reckless self-refused to heed the ! warning

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his guest who had turned upon my head unannounced! And it had not prepared any good deeds to properly welcome !
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I would have hidden my secret from him with dye If I had known that I could not receive him with honour,

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 QAṣĪDAH AL-BURDAH AL-SHARĪFAH SIDE BY SIDE TANSLATION

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Just
and
as wild horses are restrained with bridles
reins? ! Who
soul
can
from
hold
the
back
error of
my
its !
headstrong
ways?

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The glutton’s greed is only increased by [the sight of] food ! Do not aim to break the desires by plunging further into sin, !
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It will grow up still loving to suckle; until it is once weaned The nafs is like an infant, if you neglect its proper care, !
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For
it
when
will
passion
either kill
gets
or
the upper
bring
hand,
dishonour ! So
letting
dismiss its
them
passions,
take
beware
! of
over,

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And
do
if
not
it finds
let
the
it
pasture
graze
too delightful,
unchecked ! Keep
grazes
a
in
watchful
the
eye
field
on it
of
as
! it
actions,

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To one who does not know there may be poison in the fat ! How often a pleasure that is in fact deadly has seemed good, !
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For an empty stomach may be worse than over-eating ! Beware the snares of hunger and !
satiety,

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And
be
henceforth let your only diet
regret ! Dry
their
the tears
fill
from
of
eyes that
forbidden
have
! had
things,

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If they try to offer you advice, treat it with suspicion ! Oppose the nafs and shaytan - and defy them,

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For you know by now the tricks of them both opponents ! Never obey them, whether they oppose or come to arbitrate,

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As though I were ascribing progeny to one who was barren I beg Allah’s forgiveness for saying things I do not do,

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I was not myself upright, so what of my telling you, ‘Be upright!’ I ordered you to be good, but then didn’t heed my own advice,

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Neither have I prayed nor fasted more than was obligatory. I have not made much of voluntary prayer

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before death comes to take me,

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m '&!$û4;%9%* * * * * *%U!> $ * * * * 10%.%á!
Until his feet complained of pain and swelling I have done injustice to the path of the one who prayed at night

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Hiding his delicate skin beneath the stone While he bound up his insides against the
tied round his waist extremity of his hunger,

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% %%
But he showed them in return the true meaning of elevation The high mountains of gold sought to entice him,

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% !4* * * * * * * * Z%eà!$û9%* * * * * * * * Ü0$ !p
For even
impeccable
dire need cannot assail such
virtue ! His situation
indifference
of austerity
to
and need only
worldly
confirmed his
concerns,

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When were it not for him, the world would never have emerged How could the dire need of such a person draw him
from non-existence? towards the world,

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and [men] master of the two groups, Arabs and non-Arabs Mu ammad is the master of the two worlds, master of the jinn

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There is no one truer to his word, whether it be ‘yes’ or ‘no’ Our Prophet, who commands the good and forbids the wrong,

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Against all the terrifying things that take us by storm He is the beloved one, whose intercession is hoped for

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Are clinging
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He has called people to Allah, so those who cling to him !
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He surpassed the other prophets both in form and noble
generosity! character,!

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From his ocean, or a draught from his never-ending rain
å They all petition the Messenger for just a handful of water
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As diacritical points upon his knowledge, or vowel marks upon They all come to a halt before him according to
his wisdom their measure,

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And then the One who created all He is the one in whom meaning
mankind chosehim as His beloved and form were perfected,

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For in him, the essence of perfection is indivisible He is far from having any equal in his virtues,

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Beyond that you may say whatever you wish in praise of him Abandon what the Christians have claimed about their Prophet,

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And to his rank, whatever you wish of greatness You may ascribe whatever you wish of nobility to his essence,

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0 %à!T)6õ* * * * * *%à!
Which could be expressed by the tongue of a human being Indeed, the high merit of All h’s Messenger has no furthest limit

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% * * * *ê!$_* * * $*ò0&!4* * * *%eê0%I! ٤٦ 4* * * * * * 1A%M-!$_* * * * * *$xï% !$û5%90* * * * * *%U!> 0 %R* * * * * * V% % !v0* * * * * *%'!
Just the sound of his name would bring dead bones to life Were his miracles to be as mighty as his rank,

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Out of concern for us, so we did not fall into doubt or He did not test us with things that would exhaust our
bewilderment intellects,

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Near and far, they are dumbfounded Mankind is unable to comprehend his true essence,

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Whereas up close, it would dim and dazzle the vision Like the sun, which from afar appears small to the naked eye,

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world, while they are distracted from him by their dreams? How can people who are asleep perceive his true reality in this

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And that he is the best of all All h’s creation The extent of the knowledge we have of him is that he is a man,

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Was only connected to them through his light Every miracle brought by the Noble Messengers

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Manifesting their lights for people in the darkness Surely he is a sun of bounty and they are its planets,

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excellent character! So graced with beauty, and radiant of face How generous the creation of a Prophet adorned with !

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Like an ocean in pure generosity and like time itself in strength Like a flower in freshness and a full moon
of resolution in eminence,

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% * * * * * *ê!BFã%* * * * * ]0-%!76! ٥٦ _* * * * * * * 3%'+%=%!D0* * * * * * * ;!?åB0* * * * * * * *%à!v%* * * * * * * Ü0H%!$_* * * * * * *)w%îd%!
He seemed as if amongst a great army and entourage Just from his majestic bearing, even when he was alone,

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Emerged from both his speech and his radiant smile It was as if shining pearls, protected in their shells,

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What bliss for the one who smells that blessed earth or kisses it! No perfume could ever match that of the earth that holds his
noble form,

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O how pure his beginning and
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his end! His birth made clear the purity of his !
origin,

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Of the onset of misery and disasters! On that day, the Persians realised they had been warned !
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Just as the unity and cohesion of his people was forever lost
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That very night a crack appeared in the Arch of Chosroes,
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And the river was distracted from its course
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And the one who came to drink from it returned raging thirsty ! Saw ’ was troubled as the waters of its lake receded,!
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And water took on the blazing dryness of the fire It was as though, from grief, the fire took on water’s wetness, !
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As the truth was made manifest in both meaning and word ! The jinn were shrieking, and the lights were flashing out, !
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Neither did they see the flash of warning signs ! But blind and deaf, the Persians did not hear the happy tidings, !
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That their crooked old religion could not last ! Even after the people’s own soothsayers had told !
them

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F Z$* * *y$!D0* * *;!X6* * 0à$r0&!76!&v$\%*Y4* * *-%!4* * *;%!9%* * @0%*GH!
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Falling from the heavens, just as the idols were falling on earth ! And after they had seen shooting stars away on the horizon,

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the path of revelation, Following after others as they fled Until even the devils were routed, fleeing from

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scattered by pebbles thrown from the Prophet’s own hand ! They were fleeing just like Abrah ’s warriors, Or like the army !
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As the one who glorified his Lord was thrown out from the belly Thrown by him after glorifying God in the palm of his hand,
of the whale

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Walking towards him on trunks that had no feet ! Trees came to him when he called, prostrating, !
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0 * * * * * %R*%3d%!4* * * * * 1%'!&BA0a* * * * * V%!p 0 B%%a* * * * * V%!4* * * * *%)%îd%!
With their branches all along the path! As though they had written lines of beautiful calligraphy !
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Protecting him from the fierce oven of the midday heat ! Like the cloud that moved with him wherever he went, !
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Surely it has a connection with his heart, a true and blessed oath ! I swear by the [Lord of the] moon that was split in two, !
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While every glance of the unbelievers was quite blind to it ! And by the excellence and nobility encompassed in the cave, !
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0 % %% $% 0 $ % % % 0 $ u u '&H%!564* * * * % 0'&!76!L$90* * * * ( u '4%à!
Those outside said to one another, ‘There is no one in this cave.’ ! The True One and the Truthful One remained in the cave, !
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Or that a spider would spin its web to help the Best of Creation ! They did not suspect that a dove would hover giving protection, !
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% ;$!D0* * * * * * * -%!> 0 * * * * * * * %\ö0%I! !$E* * * * * * *%Y4%UH6!
To coats of armour and fortresses for his protection ! All h’s solicitude and shelter freed him from the need to resort !
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For refuge, I always found security with him, unharmed ! Whenever the times treated me unjustly, and I turned to him !
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The valley was flowing with water from the open sea, or from The clouds poured down rain,
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Clearly visible like beacons lit at night on the high hills to Allow me to describe to you the signs that
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Its value is not lessened when alone, Although a pearl’s beauty is increased when strung among
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Of doing justice to its noble traits and qualities? What hope can the one who tries to praise it have

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Yet Eternal - the attribute of the Pre-eternal One Verses of truth from the Merciful - revealed in time,

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Brought by other prophets, which came, but did not last They have lasted to our time, and outstripped every miracle

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For the wrangler, nor do they require any judge Verses so clear that no obscurity can remain

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Without retreating at last from the battle, begging for peace No implacable enemy has ever attacked them

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As an honourable man wards off the assailants hand from what Their very eloquence refutes the claim of one
is sacred opposing them,

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And go far beyond its jewels in their beauty and value They contain meanings like the sea’s never-ending waves,

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constant repetition ever result in weariness or boredom Their wonders are numberless and incalculable, Nor does their

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have extinguished the heat of the blaze by their cool sweet water If you recite them fearing the heat of the blazing Fire, You

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When they had arrived with faces black as coal Like the aw , which makes bright the faces of the disobedient,

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True justice among men cannot be established from any other Like the ir! , and like the Balance Scales in justice,

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Affecting ignorance, even though perfectly able to Do not be surprised if an envious person refuses to acknowledge
understand them

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taste of sweet water.!!
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!! For the eye
when it is inflamed,
may reject the sun’s light

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blessings,!On foot and on the backs of laden camels! O best of those to whose courtyards repair the seekers of!

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And the most sublime blessing for the one desiring benefit! O you who are the greatest sign for the one able to perceive,!

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Just as the full moon travels across the pitch-black sky! You travelled by night from one sacred place to yet another,!

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Only two bows-lengths distant, a station never before attained or That night you ascended until you reached a!
even hoped for! station of nearness!

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The precedence of a master over those who serve him! Thus all the Prophets and Messengers gave precedence to you,!

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And you were the standard bearer - leading their procession!
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with them,!

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proximity,!Nor any higher station for the one seeking elevation! Until you left no greater goal for the seeker of eminence and!

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Since you were proclaimed in the highest terms - the unique one! All other stations seemed lower in comparison with yours!

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from the eyes, and obtain a secret concealed from all creation! So that you would achieve a station of perfect proximity, Hidden!

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And you passed alone through every station, far from all others! So you attained to every excellence without equal!

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Beyond comprehension the blessings bestowed upon you! Sublime is the measure of the ranks you have been granted,!

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a pillar of support and solicitude that can never be destroyed! Glad tidings for us, O assembly of Muslims, For truly we have!

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The noblest of Messengers, henceforward we became the noblest When All h named the one who called us to obey
of peoples Him

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Until they were cut to pieces by spears, like meat upon a He continued to meet them on every
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The corpses carried off by the eagles and vultures They were longing to flee, almost envying

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Except if they were the nights of the Sacred Months The nights passed, without them being able to keep count,

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With every brave chieftain ready to rend the flesh of their As if the religion were a guest that had arrived at their!
enemies courtyards,

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Hurling forth waves of brave warriors in clashing tumult Bringing in its wake a sea of armed men upon fast horses,

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Mounting a fierce assault, to fear out unbelief by its roots Each responding to All h’s summons, seeking His good pleasure,

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from her homeland was once
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again unified with her kin Until the religion of Islam, thanks to them, After banishment
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husband, so that she was neither orphaned Ever protected from her enemies by the best father.
nor widowed And most excellent

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Just what they saw of them on every battlefield They were mountains - ask those who fought against them

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and destruction more calamitous for them than fatal epidemics Ask unayn, ask Badr, ask Uhud - seasons of death

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After drinking deep beneath black locks on their enemies’ heads Their burnished swords returned quenched and bloody,

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Their pens left no part of the bodies unpointed or unmarked Like writers wielding reed pens for spears,

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Just as a rose differs by a certain perfumed quality Bristling with arms, yet a special quality
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So that you imagine each valiant one of them to be a beautiful The winds of victory would present to you
flower in bud their fragrance,

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Held there not by the tautness of their saddles, rather by the As if, riding their steeds, they were flowers blooming upon a
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As the lion settles down with its cubs in its lair He established his community within the fortress of his religion,

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How often has the Clear Proof defeated his opponents in How often have the words of Allah thrown down those who
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refinement in an orphan! !
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For the sins of a life spent in poetry and the service of others I have served him with my praise, seeking pardon

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dread. It is as
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though I were now a sacrificial animal Garlanded with these two sins, the consequences of which I

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youth achieving nothing in the end but wrong action and regret In both these errors I followed only the reckless delinquency of

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It did not use this world to help secure the Next, nor even to Alas for a soul that has met with only loss
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discovers he has been cheated, both in present and future gains Whoever sells his Hereafter in exchange for this world, soon

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with the Prophet, nor cut off my connection to him If I were to commit a sin, it would not break my contract

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Mu ammad, and he is the most faithful of all mankind in For I have a covenant of protection from him by
keeping trusts my being named

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Out of pure kindness, then just say, ‘What a terrible end!’ On the Day of Rising, if he does not take me by the hand

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Or to turn back someone seeking refuge without treating him Far be it from him to ever deprive the
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I have found him to be the best guarantor of my salvation For ever since I have devoted all my thoughts to his praise,

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Glad tidings for us, O assembly of Muslims, For truly we have His bounty will not fail even a hand that is dusty and poor,

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Like those gathered in by the hands of Zuhayr for his praise of Indeed, I have no more desire for the flowers of this world,

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Harim

!!

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But yours, when the Great Catastrophe overtakes us? O most Noble of all Creation, whose protection can I seek,

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And part of your knowledge is knowledge of the Preserved For surely this world and its companion the Next are from your
Tablet and of the Pen generosity

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For surely even grave sins, with divine forgiveness O my soul, do not despair over an error which may appear
are more like minor lapses immense,

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Will be apportioned in accordance with the magnitude of sins It may be that my Lord’s mercy, when He distributes it,

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Nor let my firm conviction be thrown into disarray O my Lord, let not my hopes in You be cast back unfulfilled,

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patience, when called upon by dreadful fears, just disappears Be kind to Your servant, both in this world and the Next, For his

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Upon the Prophet, raining down unceasingly And let a cloud
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And the caravan leader urges on his white camels, delighting As long as the easterly breezes sway
them with his songs the willow boughs,

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The following seven verses were not in the original Qaṣīdah al-Burdah al-Sharīfah, but were added at a later date:

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And to ‘Al and ‘Uthm n, the noble and generous And grant Your good pleasure to Ab Bakr and ‘Umar
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For they are the people of true mindfulness of God and of purity, And to the Family and
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forbearance and generosity! Companions and Followers,

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And pardon us for what has passed, O my Lord, by the Chosen One, let us attain
O Boundlessly Generous One all that we are hoping for,

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By that which they recite in the Masjid al-Aqsa and al- aram And, O All h, forgive all the Muslims their wrong actions, !
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And whose very name is one of the greatest of oaths !
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By the rank of the one whose dwelling is a sanctuary in
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aybah !
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Praise be to All h for its beginning and for its end This Burdah of the Chosen One is now complete,

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Ease, by them, all of our difficulties, O Boundlessly Generous
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verses number one hundred and sixty,

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‫داﺋﻤﺎ أﺑ ًﺪا ﻋﻠﻰ ﺣﺒﻴﺒﻚ ﺧﲑ اﳋﻠﻖ ﻛﻠّﻬﻢ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﻣﻮﻻي‬
ً ‫ﺻﻞ وﺳﻠّﻢ‬
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