An ode to Badr, full of clear proofs

An ode to Uhud, unique in its manifest secret

Gathered the names of those who rose in glory

To the high peak of firmness through noble companionship

Its ripe fruit reaped from the harvest of Badr and Uhud

– A yield most pure!

Watered in its harmony by its author Jaʿfar

Flowing through a ravine, picked and checked

However, from the famous arrangement, only the most essential have been extracted

To make it the briefest of abridgements

I have marked each name with a symbol

And included the father’s name to suffice the one that examines closely

I have marked the Migrants with a “mīm,”

And Aws with “aw” according to this pattern

And the Khazraji with “kha” and the martyr with “shīn”

Systematically above the poem

To Allah belongs a beloved folk granted a bounty

Beyond which others could only imagine

So good fortune to them! For Allah has indeed said:

“Do as you wish for your sins are forgiven”

A noble poem raised and elevated by the arrangement (of their names)

And I have called it Jāliyatul Kadr

A fortified fortress by which protection is granted to the

One filled with fear, seeking sanctuary in difficult times

Indeed, its recitation has been verified among people

And carried in travel and residence

By it, the one who calls in poverty is enriched

And the broken one is repaired

And I concluded it imploring through the remaining companions

And masters of good

And the followers and likewise the Imāms

Of the guiding glorified path, their ministers

Rise to it every day if you face difficulty

And adhere to it morn and eve

I begin with the first to intercede, ṬāHā,

The one hoped for, the chosen one, the best of humankind

Pour out exhortations of the Protector, salutations upon the Messenger

And recite them poetically like pearls

High rich metered verse¹ in the letter “rā”

From a perfect, sweet overflowing treasure

O my Lord! Upon our master Muhammad, most righteous

The best of humankind, the one who ennobled the tribe of Muḍar

Send him salutations like the abundant easterly wind

And the purest of unceasing prayers

And by his status — humankind’s intercessor on the Day of Return

When the great affair strikes

I beseech You — and he is the best I have implored through!

One who praised and thanked You

And also by the best of angels, our master that came with revelation

Delivered to the best of men

Likewise, our master Mīkāʾīl, the content one

Esteemed among angels

Likewise, our master Isrāfīl

Famed for blowing the Trumpet on Judgement Day

And our master, who received the high command

To take the souls of humankind when ordered

For they were with the Messenger Muhammad

On the Day of Badr and fought those who disbelieved

And his friend, the truthful one, our master

Abu Bakr, his foremost representative, as narrated

And by the one who opened cities through his conquest,

The lantern of the people of eternity, our master ʿUmar

Likewise, the possessor of two lights, our master

The youth about whom it is related the flutes sang praises

And likewise the door to the city of knowledge,

The storehouse (of goodness), the honourable youth, ʿAlī

And likewise by Ṭalḥa and Zubayr, who broke out the tumult

And also Ibn ʿAwf, ʿAbdul Raḥmān, the generous

And also by Saʿd and Saʿīd

And the truthful Abū ʿUbayda who called towards righteousness

And likewise the Prophet’s uncle, the elect lion,

Ḥamza who rose, charged and pounced

And by al-Ḥārith of Aws, then by Mālik and their Sālim

And Sālim, the reciter of Qurʾanic chapters

And by their Thaqaf, Jābir and Jubayr

And Jābir and Unays, all victorious lions

And by ʿĀmir and ʿĀidh and ʿĀmir

Who devoured the enemy filling their cups as ordered

And by al-Ḥārith of Aws and all their Ḥurūth

And al-Ḥārith the freed slave and ʿUtba who maimed

And by their Kaʿb and ʿĀṣim and Suhayb

And Bilāl, the caller to prayer at dawn

And by their Jubayr, ʿĀṣim, Khubayb,

Bashīr and Saʿd, most righteous

And their Tamīm, Sulaym, Tamīm

Also Rabīʿa and Saʿd who rode at the battle

And their Iyās, Aws and Arqam al-Badrī

Who welcomed with death those that attacked

Also by Ajalān, their ʿAdī and Saraqā

Whose wounds swelled up

And their Sinān, Sahl, Baṣīra

Heroes of bridle and bow

And Naḍr, Nuʿmān and Nuʿmān

The historic sites and remains bore witness to their presence

And their Zayd, Ziyād, Maʿbad

And Abū Khuzayma famed for his Indian sword

And Ziyād, Sahl and their martyr

Ṣafwān who eternally shines like the morning sun and dazzles

And Qatāda al-Awsī with Salma

Likewise Anas, ʿUqba and ʿUtba, the guard

And their Sahl, Khidāsh and Khirāsh

Who wore out and debased those who turned away

And ʿĀmr, Mālik, Murthid

Mālik and Muḥjā, ʿUmar’s freed slave

And Muʿatub, Maʿbad, Maʿqil

And Muʿātib and Muʿādh, men of heart

And likewise Qudāma with Rifāʿ who rose, Khālid and Thābit

Forever firm on the day of difficult terrain

And Maʿamr, Mālik, their Muʿādh

Muḥāriz and likewise Rifāʿ, the perceptive

Likewise, ʿAbdullāh with their Khallād

And ʿAbdullāh the elect

Likewise ʿAbdullāh, their Sulaym

Mallī, Mistah who were all certainly present

And al-Mundhir al-Awsī

Then their Zayd and Rāfiʿ who raised his sword

And Abū ʿAqīl with Abūʾl-Ḥasan

ʿAbdullāh then Abū Sulayṭ who overcame

And al-Ḥārith al-Awsī, then Rāfiʿ

And Dhī Shamalayn, the famed martyr

And likewise Ḥāritha, the weighty lion

With al-Barāʾ, likewise by Basbasa, the majestic and honoured

And the freed slave al-Akhnas, ʿIsma

With their Tamīm, Asʿad with Ubayya who severed

And Muḥammad, Muḥārar, Thābit

And Rukhayla, men of great authority, the nobles

And by their Zayd, Wahb and Yazīd

Who attained martyrdom, the most profitable trade

And likewise by Masʿūd, ʿUtba

Along with ʿUbayd and Khārija who spilt blood

And Thaʿlaba, the lion who also adopted armour

Also Miqdād and the purposeful Zayd

Likewise ʿUmāra, Ḥuṣayn, their Aws

And Abū Ḥudhayfa with ʿUmāra who stood proud

Likewise ʿUkāsha, elevated by glad tidings like the moon

Also by Khallād and Masʿūd

And by Ḥāṭib then al-Ḥubāb

And Ḥāṭib whose excuse was accepted by the Prophet

And likewise by Farwa with Yazīd and Thābit

Firm on the day the two armies met and disbelief was driven back

And their Sinān and al-Ḥārith al-Badrī

Then their Sawwād and Subayḥ who gathered victory

Likewise ʿUbāda with Khalīfa

And Abū Lubāba who broke the people of debauchery

And their ʿUmaym, Muʿawwadh, Sulayṭ

And Muʿādh who read the written book

And by their Saʿd, Zayd, Thābit

Raised men of town and desert

And then ʿUmayr, ʿIyāḍ, Jubayr

Likewise ʿAbda then ʿAmmār, the elect

Likewise by Shammās, Jabbār, who silenced the uproar

And Abū Liḥabba then their ʿAmr, most noble

And by their ʿAmr, Khunnays, Iyās

The Companion who captured seventy adversaries

And by their Zayd, Saʿd and Ziyād

Who went on to abase those who bleated (like lambs)

Likewise al-Mujādḥat then Ghannām

Together with Nuʿaymān, the young man of good disposition

Likewise al-Ḥārith al-Awsī then by ʿAqīl

Who in martyrdom found the most excellent resting place

Likewise by Bahāth, Libda with Abū Ayyūb

Then Muʿtab, men of strength

ʿAṭiyya al-Badrī with their Sayfī

Likewise Abū Dāwūd who were granted divine assistance

Likewise Abū Makhshī and ʿAbdullāh

Then Sawwād al-Badrī, men of sight

Also Abū Shaykh, likewise their Khuzayma

And likewise Khabbāb and Dhukwān the righteous

Likewise Abū Qays and ʿAbdullāh

Then al-Ḥārith who advanced on the day of fleeing

Likewise by ʿAbdullāh then Rifāʿ

And likewise by ʿAbdullāh, fierce but righteous

And Abū Sabāra, then ʿAbdullāh then Ḥamza

Who brought (the enemy) to the ground when the battle ignited

Likewise by Masʿūd, then ʿAbdullāh

With Your astute slaves who fervently prayed at night

And Abū Qatāda, then ʿAbdullāh

Then the freed slave al-Ḥārith and the most righteous slaves

Also Abū Salma, likewise their Muʿādh

And Wādiʿa who secured the sweet taste of magnificence

And Yazīd and Nuʿmān and their ʿUmayr

Likewise ʿAbdullāh who was accorded understanding

And Abū Kabsha and then by their Wahb

The lion who destroyed enemy lines once they split

And likewise by ʿAbdullāh then Wahb

And Fakīhī al-Badrī, men of prosperity

And by ʿĀmir, then al-Ṭufayl and ʿĀmir

Who destroyed the enemy transfixed on what was commanded

And ʿUṣayma al-Badrī with their Khallād

And Hilāl, likewise ʿAbs who overcame

And by Wāqid, Hānī and al-Ḥārith al-Awsī

Then Yazīd who shone and was delighted

And Yazīd with Daqa and ʿAbdullāh

Then al-Sāʾib, the freed slave, a fierce young man with contempt (for his enemy)

And by their Qays, ʿUmayr and Kaʿb

And Abū Sinān who fired up the heat of battle

And the freed slave, al-Ḥārith and ʿAbdullāh

Then their ʿUbayd and ʿUmayr who tore up (the enemy)

And likewise Abūl Ḥaytham, Khuʿbathina

And likewise by ʿAbdullāh, one of those who frowned

And Zayd with ʿAmr and ʿAbdullāh

Then al-Ḥārith of Aws who brought to the ground those who fled

And their ʿUmayr and ʿUbayd and ʿAbdullāh

With Salma who left them as a warning (to others)

Likewise by ʿAbdullāh then their ʿUbayd

Befriended by martyrdom and that is the best that could be attained

And Abūl Khārija who was presented with

All wealth which they enjoyed and then gave up

And by ʿAbdu Rabbihī and al-Ṭufayl

Likewise ʿUqba who expertly killed the enemy

And likewise Abūl ʿAwār and Qays among them

And Abū Marthad and ʿAmr who drove them back

Likewise Dhamra with Abū Khallād

The attacking, ravenous lion who roared

And by their Saʿd, Sahl, Saʿd

And by ʿĀmir and al-Ṭufayl who was granted divine assistance

Also al-Nuʿmān, al-Nuʿmān and al-Nuʿmān

With Salma who at Badr were victorious

And Abū Laḥna then ʿAbdullāh then Quṭba

The one who rose to You and took residence there

Likewise by ʿAbdullāh then ʿAmr and Abū Ṭalḥa

From there, they dampened (the enemy’s) high spirits

And likewise by ʿAbdullāh then their Muʿādh and ʿAmr

Who repeatedly on the day of disbelief put to flight

And by Mundhir al-Badrī then Mundhir bin Muḥammad

And by their Saʿd who indeed circled

And by their ʿAmr and ʿAbdullāh

Who brought Abū Jahl to the ground and sent him to hell

And every Badrī among them, Muṣʿab

And their Saʿd and Rafāʿ who helped

And likewise ʿUbayda then Thaʿlaba

Who, by the sharp sword, divided and shattered their army

And by Mālik then Rabīʿa and Mālik

And their Khulayid and Rāfiʿ who rose like the full moon

And by Masʿūd and Khowla and Khawwāt

And Masʿūd and Khabbāb the ragged

And by Thābit, Khālid and Mālik

Their Simmāk and likewise Khallād, sweet of voice

And Muʿawwiḍ and their Shārik and Shujāʿa

And also al-Ḍaḥḥāk, appearing like moons

Likewise ʿAbdullāh, then by their ʿAwf

Abū Mulīḥ with Ṭulayb who broke (the enemy)

And their Suhayl, Ḥarām and Saʿd

And Thaʿlaba, the famous lion

And ʿAbdul Raḥmān, likewise ʿAmr

And Surāqa al-Badrī who broke the iniquitous

And al-Ḥārith al-Badrī with their Midlāj

And their Suhayl and Sulaym who kept company of mountains

And by their ʿAmr, Suwayṭ and Saʿd

Likewise Abū Masʿūd, noble hunters

And Abū Ḥabīb, then ʿUqba and the youth ʿItbān

Who wrestled the assailants into the grave

And by Nawfal and Rashīd, likewise Abū Ḍiyāḥ

Who killed those who persisted

And Abū Ṣirma, then ʿAbdullāh

With Sufyān and ʿAmr who at Badr took revenge

And by their Maʿān, Sālim and Mālik

And their noblemen, Maʿān and Ḥabīb

And by ʿĀṣim, ʿĀmir and ʿĀṣim

Who loved blessing and reward and attained

Likewise Rifāʿ with Rabīʿa who rose

And their ʿUmayr and ʿAmr in his glory

And Abū Dujāna and the young Ḥāritha

And Abū ʿUqba who loved the beautiful Ḥūrīs

Likewise Masʿūd with Nuʿmān

Then their Ḥubayl, likewise ʿUthmān, most righteous

And Mubashir, their Saʿd and Bishr also

And al-Ḍaḥḥāk then Abūl Yāsir

And likewise by Farwa, then Wadqa,

Then Dhakwān bin ʿAbdul Qays who vanquished the troops

And likewise all the angels

Who attended the rising moon of Muṣṭafā, the guide of humankind