في التوسل بالنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
Begging The Lord using the prophet (Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam)
| Chapter Nine في التوسل بالنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم Begging The Lord using the prophet (Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam) |
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| I served him with praise, through which I hope to be pardoned the sins |
خدْمتُه بمديحٍ استقيلُ به ذنوبَ |
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| of a lifetime that passed in writing poetry and in serving others, | عمرٍ
مضى في الشعر والخدَمِ |
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| which have both marked me to profound feared consequences | إذْ
قلّدانيَ ما تُخْشي عواقبه |
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| as though due to them I am an animal marked for sacrifice. | كأنَّني بهما هدْيٌ من النَّعمِ | ||
| I obeyed the recklessness of youth in them both and I did not | أطعتُ غيَّ الصبا في الحالتين وما | 142 | |
| achieve anything except more sin and regret, | حصلتُ إلاّ على الآثام والندمِ | ||
| O what a great loss my soul had in its trading | فيا خسارةَ نفسٍ في تجارتها | 143 | |
| for it did not purchase religion with its world nor did it try to |
لم تشترِ الدين بالدنيا ولم تَسمِ |
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| and he who sells his future graces for his present | ومن
يبعْ آجلاً منه بعاجلهِ |
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| will find out the sale and the purchase to be fruitless and in vain. | يَبِنْ
له الْغَبْنُ في بيعٍ وفي سلمِ |
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| If I commit a sin, my pledge will not be annulled, | إنْ
آتِ ذنباً فما عهدي بمنتقض |
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| with the prophet, and neither will my rope be broken, | من
النبي ولا حبلي بمنصرمِ |
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| for I have a pact with him due to my having been named | فإنّ
لي ذمةً منه بتسميتي |
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| Mohammed, and he is the most faithful of mankind to honoring a pact. | محمداً
وهو أوفى الخلق بالذِممِ |
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| If he is not, at my resurrection, taking me by my hand | إن
لّم يكن في معادي آخذاً بيدى |
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| out of grace, then say O what a stumble and fall. | فضلاً
وإلا فقلْ يا زلةَ القدمِ |
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| He is more gracious than to deprive a hopeful one of his graces | حاشاه
أن يحرمَ الراجي مكارمه |
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| or that the one seeking his asylum return without being honored. |
أو يرجعَ الجارُ منه غير محترمِ |
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| And ever since I committed my thoughts to praising him | ومنذُ
ألزمتُ أفكاري مدائحه |
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| I found him to be the best means and the best to commit to for my salvation. | وجدتُهُ
لخلاصي خيرَ مُلتزِمِ |
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| His riches will not bypass a hand that has been soiled | ولن
يفوتَ الغنى منه يداً تَرِبتْ |
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| for rain grows flowers even on mountains, | إنّ
الحيا يُنْبِتُ الأزهارَ في الأكَمِ |
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| and I did not seek the worldly flowers like the ones which were plucked | ولمْ
أردْ زهرةَ الدنيا التي اقتطفتْ |
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| by the hands of Zuhair (the poet) through his praising the aged king. |
يدا زُهيرٍ بما أثنى على هرمِ |
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