The Shimmering Light - Chapter 4

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ وَبَارِكْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهْ
لَمَّا دَنَا وَقْتُ الْبُرُوزِ لِأَحْمَدٍ
عَنْ إِذْنِ مَنْ مَاشَاءَهُ قَدْ كَانَا
حَمَلَتْ بِهِ الْأُمُّ الْأَمِيْنَةُ بِنْتُ وَهْـــ
ـــــــبٍ مَنْ لَهَا أَعْلَى الْإِلَهُ مَكَانَا
مِنْ وَالِدِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ بِنْ
عَبْدٍ لِمُطَّلِبٍ رَأَى الْبُرْهَانَا
قَدْ كَانَ يَغْمُرُ نُورُ طَهَ وَجْهَهُ
وَسَرَى إِلَى الْإِبْنِ الْمَصُونِ عَيَانَا
وَهُوَ ابْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْكَرِيمِ الشَّهْمِ بْنِ
عَبْدِ مَنَافِ ابْنِ قُصَيٍّ كَانَا
وَالِدُهُ يُدْعَى حَكِيْمًا شَأْنُهُ
قَدِ اعْتَلَى أَعْزِزْ بِذَلِكَ شَانَا
وَاحْفَظْ أُصُولَ الُمُصْطَفَى حَتَّى تَرَى
فِيْ سِلْسِلَاتِ أُصُولِهِ عَدْنَانَا
فَهُنَاكَ قِفْ وَاعْلَمْ بِرَفْعِهِ إِلَى اسْــ
ــــمَاعِيْلَ كَانَ لِلْأَبِ مِعْوَانَا
وَحِينَمَا حَمَلَتْ بِهِ آمِنَةٌ
لَمْ تَشْكُ شَيْئًا يَأْخُذُ النِّسْوَانَا
وَبِهَا أَحَاطَ اللُّطْفُ مِنْ رَبِّ السَّمَا
أَقْصَى الْأَذَى وَالْهَمَّ وَالْأَحْزَانَا
وَرَأَتْ كَمَا قَدْ جَاءَ مَا عَلِمَتْ بِهِ
أَنَّ الْمُهَيْمِنَ شَرَفَّ الْأَكْوَانَا
بِالطُّهْرِ مَنْ فِيْ بَطْنِهَا فَاسْتَبْشَرَتْ
وَدَنَا الْمَخَاضُ فَأُتْرِعَتْ رِضْوَانَا
سُبْحَانَ اللّٰه، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ، وَاللّٰهُ أَكْبَرْ – ٤
وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ
فِي كُلِّ لَحْظَةٍ أَبَدًا عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ
وَتَجَلَّتِ الْأَنْوَارُ مِنْ كُلِّ الْجِهَا
ــتِ فَوَقْتُ مِيلَادِ الْمُشَفَّعِ حَانَا
وَقُبَيْلَ فَجْرٍ أَبْرَزَتْ شَمْسَ الْهُدَى
ظَهَرَ الْحَبِيبُ مُكَرَّمًا وَمُصَانَا

Allāhumma ṣalli wa sallim wa bārik ʿalayhi wa ʿalā ālih
Lammā danā waqtul burūzi li-Aḥmadin
ʿAn idhni mam mā shā-ahu qad kānā
Ḥamalat bihil ummul Amīnatu bintu Wah
Bin man lahā aʿlal ilāhu makānā
Min wālidil mukhtāri ʿAbdil-lāhi bin
ʿAbdin liMuṭṭalibin ra-āl bur-hānā
Qad kāna yaghmuru nūru Ṭāhā wajhahu
Wa sarā ilal ibnil maṣūni ʿayānā
Wa huwabnu Hāshiminil Karīmish-shahmibni
ʿAbdi Manāfibni quṣayyin kānā
Wāliduhu yudʿā ḥakīman sha’ nuhu
Qadiʿ talā aʿziz bidhālika shānā
Waḥfaẓ uṣūlal Muṣṭafā ḥattā tarā
Fī silsilāti uṣūlihi ʿAdnānā
Fahunāka qif waʿlam biraf ʿihi ilas
Mā-ʿīla kāna lil-abi miʿwānā
Wa ḥīnamā ḥamalat bihi Āminatun
Lam tashku shay-an ya’ khudhun niswānā
Wa bihā aḥāṭal luṭfu mir-Rabbis samā
Aqṣal adhā wal hamma wal aḥzānā
Wa ra-at kamā qad jā-a mā ʿalimat bihi
Annal muhaymina sharrafal akwānā
Biṭ-ṭuhri man fī baṭnihā fas tabsharat
Wa danal makhāḍu fa-utri-ʿat riḍwānā
Sub ḥānallāhi wal ḥamdu lillāhi wa lā ilāha illallāhu wal-lāhu akbar (x4)
Wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhil ʿaliy-yil ʿa’ẓīm
Fī kulli laḥẓatin abadān ʿadada khalqihi, wa riḍa Nafsihi, wa zinata ʿarshihi, wa midāda kalimātih
Wa tajallatil anwāru min kullil jihā
Ti fa waqtu mīlādil mushaf-faʿi ḥānā
Wa qubayla fajrin abrazat shamsal hudā
Ẓaharal ḥabību mukarraman wa muṣānā

O Allāh, send your mercy, peace and blessings upon him and his family
When the time drew close for the emergence of Aḥmad
By the permission of Him Who wills whatever He wants into existence.
The faithful mother, the daughter of Wahb, became pregnant with him
The one who’s station has been elevated by the Divine.
From the chosen father, Abdullah, the son
of Abdul Muṭṭalib Who saw the evident sign of what was to come.
His face overflowed with the light of Tāhā
Then it was transferred to the protected son Abd’Allah for all to see.
And he (‘Abd al-Muttalib) was the son of Hashim, the generous, the noble
Who is the son of ‘Abdu Manaf, the son of Qusayy’
And his father was named ‘The Wise’, his status
Indeed has been elevated, how tremendous is that as a status.
Commit to memory the ancestry of the Chosen one
Until you recognize in the chain of his origin, ʿAdnān.
There, halt, and know that the lineage now rises to Prophet Ismaʿīl
Who was a devoted helper to his father.
And when Aminah carried him in her womb
She did not complain of anything that usually befalls women
Gentleness from the Lord of the heavens surrounded her
And distanced from her injury, distress and sorrow.
She saw as was narrated to us, what she had come to know,
the guardian had honoured the universe
Through the pure one who was in her womb, so she rejoiced
As the time for labour drew near, she was filled with happines
Glory be to Allāh, all praise to Allāh, There is no deity except Allāh and Allāh is the greatest
And there is no power and no might except with Allāh the Most High, the Supreme;
For every glance ever taken, the amount equal to His creations; what satisfies Him, The weight of His Throne and the amount of ink (used to write) His words
The lights emanated from all directions
For the appointed birth of the One of accepted intercession had now arrived
Moments before dawn, the Sun of Guidance manifested
The Beloved appeared, honoured and protected.