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Sabīl
Qaṣīdat al-Burdah

Chapter 7

الْفَصْلُ السَّابِعُ فِي إِسْرَائِهِ وَمِعْرَاجِهِ ﷺ
Scholarly review: pending

The text, transliteration and translations are qasidaburda.com’s, as they stood on Wednesday, 21 October 2026. Sabīl has not compared the Arabic with a manuscript and no scholar has reviewed it. The translations are the site’s, not Sabīl’s.

1
يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ يَمَّمَ العّافُونَ سَاحَتَهُ سَعْيًا وَفَوْقَ مُتُونِ الأَيْنُقِ الرُّسُمِ
Yā Khayra man yammamal ʿāfūna sāḥatahu Saʿyan wa fawqa mutūnil aynuqir rusumi
O best of those to whose courtyard seekers turn to Hastening on foot or the backs of strong camels!
2
وَمَنْ هُوَ الآيَةُ الكُبْرَى لِمُعْتَبِرٍ وَمَنْ هُوَ النِّعْمَةُ العُظْمَى لِمُغْتَنِمِ
Wa man huwal āyatul kubrā limuʿtabirin Wa man huwan niʿmatul ʿuẓmā limughtanimi
O Greatest Sign for those who contemplate! O Supreme Grace for those who seek to gain!
3
سَرَيْتَ مِنْ حَرَمٍ لَيْلاً إِلَى حَرَمٍ كَمَا سَرَى البَدْرُ فِي دَاجٍ مِنَ الظُّلَمِ
Sarayta min ḥaramin laylan ilā ḥaramin Kamā saral badru fī dājin minaẓ ẓulami
You journeyed by night, from Sanctuary to Sanctuary as the full moon travels through the pitch black sky.
4
وَبِتَّ تَرْقَى إِلَى أَنْ نِلْتَ مَنْزِلَةً مِنْ قَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ لَمْ تُدْرَكْ وَلَمْ تُرَمِ
Wa bitta tarqā ilā an nilta manzilatan Min qābi qawsayni lam tudrak wa lam turami
That night you ascended till you reached a station Of Two Bows’ Length—one never attained or hoped for!
5
وَقَدَّمَتْكَ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِهَا وَالرُّسْلِ تَقْدِيمَ مَخْدُومٍ عَلَى خَدَمِ
Wa qaddamatka jamīʿul anbiyāʾi bihā War rusli taqdīma makhdūmin ʿalā khadami
There all the Prophets and Emissaries gave you precedence, As a master is given precedence by those who serve him.
6
وَأَنْتَ تَخْتَرِقُ السَّبْعَ الطِّبَاقَ بِهِمْ فِي مَوْكِبٍ كُنْتَ فِيهِ الصَّاحِبَ العَلَمِ
Wa anta takhtariqus sabʿaṭ ṭibāqa bihim Fī mawkibin kunta fīhi ṣāhibal ʿalami
You traversed the seven heavens with them [behind you] In a procession wherein you were the standard-bearer.
7
حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ تَدَعْ شَأْوًا لِمُسْتَبِقٍ مِنَ الدُّنُوِّ وَلاَ مَرْقَى لِمُسْتَنِمِ
Ḥattā idhā lam tadaʿ shaʾwan limustabiqin Minad dunuwwi wa lā marqan li mustanimi
Until your proximity left no space for the avid seeker, Nor any higher summit for one seeking elevation.
8
خَفَضْتَ كُلَّ مَقَامٍ بِالإِضَافَةٍ إِذْ نُودِيْتَ بِالرَّفْعِ مِثْلَ المُفْرَدِ العَلَمِ
Khafaḍta kulla maqāmin bil iḍāfati idh Nūdīta bir rafʿi mithlal mufradil ʿalami
You surpassed all other stations in comparison When acclaimed on high as ‘The Matchless and Eminent’–
9
كَيْمَا تَفُوزَ بِوَصْلٍ أَيِّ مُسْتَتِرٍ عَنْ العُيُونِ وَسِرٍّ أَيِّ مُكْتَتَمِ
Kaymā tafūza biwaṣlin ayyi mustatirin ʿAnil ʿuyūni wa sirrin ayyi muktatami
So that you might triumph through a tryst hidden From sight. How hidden a secret that was!
10
فَحُزْتَ كُلَّ فَخَارٍ غَيْرَ مُشْتَرَكٍ وَجُزْتَ كُلَّ مَقَامٍ غَيْرَ مُزْدَحَمِ
Fa ḥuzta kulla fakhārin ghayra mushtarakin Wa juzta kulla maqāmin ghayra muzdaḥami
So you received every glory without rival And gained every station alone, unbeset.
11
وَجَلَّ مِقْدَارُ مَا وُلِّيتَ مِنْ رُتَبٍ وَعَزَّ إِدْرَاكُ مَا أُولِيْتَ مِنْ نِعَمِ
Wa jalla miqdāru wā wullīta min rutabin Wa ʿazza idrāku mā ūlīta min niʿami
How glorious is the worth of the ranks you were given How difficult it is to grasp the graces conferred!
12
بُشْرَى لَنَا مَعْشَرَ الإِسْلَامِ إِنَّ لَنَا مِنَ العِنَايَةِ رُكْنًا غَيْرَ مُنْهَدِمِ
Bushrā lanā maʿsharal islāmi inna lanā Minal ʿināyati ruknan ghayra munhadimi
Glad tidings for us, O people of Islam, For we have an indestructible pillar of divine care.
13
لَمَّا دَعَا اللهُ دَاعِينَا لِطَاعَتِهِ بِأَكْرَمِ الرُّسْلِ كُنَّا أَكْرَمَ الأُمَمِ
Lammā daʿāLlāhu dāʿīnā liṭāʿatihi Bi akramir rusli kunna akramal umami
When Allah named the one who called us to obey Him The Noblest of Emissaries, we became the noblest of nations!

English translation: Abu Zahra Foundation, as the site credits it.

Singable English translation: Mostafa Azzam, as the site credits it.

From qasidaburda.com, taken Wednesday, 21 October 2026. · Open qasidaburda.com