Rabiulawal Playlist: Qasidah Burdah with English Translation
Mawla ya salli wa sallim daa’iman abadann
‘Ala habeebika khayril khalqi kullihimi
O Allah, send prayers and peace always and forever
Upon Your beloved (pbuh), the best from all creations
Muhammadun sayyidul kawnayni wath-thaqalayn
Wal fareeqayni min ‘urbiw-wa min ‘ajami
Muhammad is the leader of the two worlds
and the two beings (men and jinn); the Arabs and the non-Arabs
Nabiyyunal amirun-nahi fala ahadun,
Abarra fi qawli la minhu wa la na’ami
He is our Prophet, commanding the right and forbidding the wrong, and there is none,
More true in word, saying “Yes” or “No”
Huwal habeebul-ladhee turja shafaa’atuhu
Li kulli hawlim-minal ahwali muqutahimi
He is the beloved of the One, from whom we have hopes of intercession
In (from) all the woes that have descended upon the humans
Da’a ilallahi fal mustamsi koona bihi
Mustamsi koona bi hablin ghayri munfasimi
He called us to the path of Allah, and those who cling to him
Have held the rope of Allah so tight, that it would never break
Faqan nabiyyina fi khalqiw-wa fi khuluqin
Wa lam yudaanuhu fi ‘ilmiw-wa la karami.
He surpasses all the Prophets in khalq (creation/external appearance) and in khuluq (characters/internal apprearance)
None could reach his rank in knowledge (ilm) and in generosity (karam)
Famablaghul ‘ilmi feehi annahu basharun
Wa annahu khayru khalqillahi kullihimi.
Our utmost knowledge about him says that he is a bashar (human being)
He is the most distinguished and the best, out of all of Creation.