حَبِيبَنَا الْمُصْطَفَى
Our Beloved, the Chosen One
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حَبِيبَنَا الْمُصْطَفَى صَلُّوا عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا
وَجْهُهُ مِثْلُ قَمَرٍا وَسِرَاجًا مُنِيرا
ḥabībanal muṣṭafā ṣallū ʿalā nabiyyinā
wajhuhu mithlu qamarinā wasirājan munīrā
Our Beloved, the Chosen One, send blessings upon our Prophet;
His face is like a moon and a radiant lamp
يَا مَنْ بُعِثْتَ لَنَا فِي الْوُجُودِ سَبِيلًا
يَا شِفَاءَ رُوحِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَقَلْبِي الْعَلِيلَ
yā man buʿithta lanā fīl wujūdi sabīlan
yā shifā’a rūḥī yā muḥammadu waqalbīl ʿalīla
O you who were sent to us as a path through existence,
O Muhammad, healing of my soul and of my ailing heart,
فَاضَ الْقَلْبُ شَوْقًا وَحُبًّا لَكَ يَا رَسُولًا
يَا رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ لِكُلِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
fāḍal qalbu shawqan waḥubban laka yā rasūlan
yā raḥmatan min ʿindillāhi likullil ʿālamīna
My heart overflows with longing and love for you, O Messenger,
O mercy from Allah for all the worlds.
أَحْسَنُ مِنْكَ لَمْ نَرَ فِي الْكَوْنِ مَثِيلًا
فَضَّلَكَ اللهُ عَنْ كُلِّ خَلْقِهِ أَعْظَمَ تَفْضِيلًا
aḥsanu minka lam nara fīl kawni mathīlan
faḍḍalaka Allahu ʿan kulli khalqihi aʿẓama tafḍīlan
None more beautiful than you have we ever seen in all creation;
Allah favored you above all His creation with the greatest favor
أَكْحَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ كُلُّ الْكَوْنِ رَآكَ انْحَنَى
مَشَيْتُ عَلَى هَدْيِ الْأَحْمَدِ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ مُحَمَّدًا
akḥalal ʿaynayni kullul kawni raākan ḥanā
mashaytu ʿalā hadyil aḥmadi wa anā uḥibbu muḥammadan
O you with kohl-darkened eyes, all creation bowed when it beheld you
I have walked upon the guidance of Aḥmad, and I love Muhammad
كَامِلِ الْأَوْصَافِ طه وَشَمْسٌ فِي ضُحَاهَا
سَالَتْ دُمُوعُ الْعَيْنِ اللهَ فِي مَدْحِ رَسُولِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدْ
kāmilil awṣāfi ṭh washamsun fī ḍuḥāhā
sālat dumūʿul ʿaynillāha fī madḥi rasūlillāhi muḥammad
Perfect in all his qualities is Ṭāhā, a sun in its morning splendor
Perfect in all his qualities is Ṭāhā, a sun in its morning splendor