al-Qasida al-Muhammadiyyah

القصيدة المحمدية

By Imam al-Busiri

Arabic text

مُحَمَّدٌ أَشْرَفُ الْأَعْرَابِ وَالْعَجَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ خَيْرُ مَنْ يَمْشِي عَلَى قَدَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ بَاسِطُ الْمَعْرُوفِ جَامِعُهُ
مُحَمَّدٌ صَاحِبُ الْإِحْسَانِ وَالْكَرَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ تَاجُ رُسْلِ اللهِ قَاطِبَةً
مُحَمَّدٌ صَادِقُ الْأَقْوَالِ وَالْكَلِمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ ثَابِتُ الْمِيثَاقِ حَافِظُهُ
مُحَمَّدٌ طَيِّبُ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَالشِّيَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ رُوِيَتْ بِالنُّورِ طِينَتُهُ
مُحَمَّدٌ لَمْ يَزَلْ نُورًا مِنَ الْقِدَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ حَاكِمٌ بِالْعَدْلِ ذُو شَرَفٍ
مُحَمَّدٌ مَعْدِنُ الْإِنْعَامِ وَالْحِكَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ خَيْرُ خَلْقِ اللهِ مِنْ مُضَرٍ
مُحَمَّدٌ خَيْرُ رُسْلِ اللهِ كُلِّهِمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ دِينُهُ حَقٌّ نَدِينُ بِهِ
مُحَمَّدٌ مُجْمِلًا حَقًّا عَلَى عَلَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ ذِكْرُهُ رَوْحٌ لِأَنْفُسِنَا
مُحَمَّدٌ شُكْرُهُ فَرْضٌ عَلَى الْأُمَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ زِينَةُ الدُّنْيَا وَبَهْجَتُهَا
مُحَمَّدٌ كَاشِفُ الْغُمَّاتِ وَالْظُلَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ سَيِّدٌ طَابَتْ مَنَاقِبُهُ
مُحَمَّدٌ صَاغَهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ بِالنِّعَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ صَفْوَةُ الْبَارِي وَخِيرَتُهُ
مُحَمَّدٌ طَاهِرٌ مِنْ سَائِرِ التُّهَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ ضَاحِكٌ لِلضَّيْفِ مُكْرِمُهُ
مُحَمَّدٌ جَارُهُ وَاللهِ لَمْ يُضَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ طَابَتِ الدُّنْيَا بِبِعْثَتِهِ
مُحَمَّدٌ جَاءَ بِالْآيَاتِ وَالْحِكَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ يَوْمَ بَعْثِ النَّاسِ شَافِعُنَا
مُحَمَّدٌ نُورُهُ الْهَادِي مِنَ الظُّلَمِ
مُحَمَّدٌ قَائِمٌ لِلّٰهِ ذُو هِمَمٍ
مُحَمَّدٌ خَاتَمٌ لِلرُّسْلِ كُلِّهِمِ

Transliteration

Muḥammadun ashrafu al-a‘rābi wa-al-‘ajami
Muḥammadun khayru man yamshī ‘alā qadamī
Muḥammadun bāsitu al-ma‘rūfi jāmi‘uhu
Muḥammadun ṣāḥibu al-iḥsāni wa-al-karami
Muḥammadun tāju rusuli Allāhi qāṭibatan
Muḥammadun ṣādiqu al-aqwāli wa-al-kalami
Muḥammadun thābitu al-mīthāqi ḥāfiẓuhu
Muḥammadun ṭayyibu al-akhlāqi wa-al-shiyami
Muḥammadun rūwiyat bi-al-nūri ṭīnatuhu
Muḥammadun lam yazal nūran mina al-qidami
Muḥammadun ḥākimun bi-al-‘adli dhū sharafin
Muḥammadun ma‘dinu al-in‘āmi wa-al-ḥikami
Muḥammadun khayru khalqi Allāhi min Muḍari
Muḥammadun khayru rusuli Allāhi kullihimi
Muḥammadun dīnuhu ḥaqqun nadīnū bihi
Muḥammadun mujmilun ḥaqqan ‘alā ‘alami
Muḥammadun dhikruhu rūḥun li-anfusinā
Muḥammadun shukruhu farḍun ‘alā al-umami
Muḥammadun zīnat al-dunyā wa-bahjatuhā
Muḥammadun kāshifu al-ghummāti wa-al-ẓulami
Muḥammadun sayyidun ṭābat manāqibuhu
Muḥammadun ṣāghahu al-Raḥmān bi-al-ni‘ami
Muḥammadun ṣafwatu al-Bāri wa-khiratuhu
Muḥammadun ṭāhirun min sā’iri al-tuhami
Muḥammadun ḍāḥikun lil-ḍayfi mukrimuhu
Muḥammadun jāruhu wa-Allāhi lam yuḍami
Muḥammadun ṭābat al-dunyā bi-bi‘thatihi
Muḥammadun jā’a bi-al-āyāti wa-al-ḥikami
Muḥammadun yawma ba‘thi al-nāsi shāfi‘unā
Muḥammadun nūruhu al-hādī mina al-ẓulami
Muḥammadun qā’imun li-Allāhi dhū himami
Muḥammadun khātamun li-al-rusuli kullihimi

English translation

Muhammad - noblest of the Arabs and the non-Arabs
Muhammad - best of all those who walk upon two feet
Muhammad - most expansive giver of all good things
Muhammad - the master of excellence and generosity
Muhammad - crown of the Messengers of God without exception
Muhammad - in speech and word the one most true
Muhammad - utterly reliable in keeping trusts
Muhammad - whose character and qualities are excellent indeed
Muhammad - his substance watered by light
Muhammad - a light still shining from before eternity
Muhammad - fair and wise in judgement, the noble one,
Muhammad - source of kindness and wisdom
Muhammad - finest of God’s creation, who came from Mudar
Muhammad - of all God’s Messengers the best
Muhammad - his creed is true, by it we profess our faith
Muhammad - eminent, the embodiment of truth
Muhammad - to mention him brings refreshment to our souls
Muhammad - praising him is a duty upon all peoples
Muhammad - the beauty of the world and its splendour
Muhammad - who lifts the veils of darkness and distress
Muhammad - a master, whose virtues bring delight
Muhammad - the Most Merciful fashioned him from grace
Muhammad - the flower of the Creator and His elect
Muhammad - pure beyond all suspicion
Muhammad - smiling and cheerful with his guest to honour him,
Muhammad - by God, no neighbour of his was ever wronged!
Muhammad - this world was made delightful by his being sent
Muhammad - he came with signs and with wisdom
Muhammad - our intercessor on the Day mankind is resurrected
Muhammad - whose light is the guide out of darkness
Muhammad - dedicated to God, he of the highest aspiration
Muhammad - the Seal of the Messengers, every one of them.

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