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QASIDA AL-HAMZIYYA BY BŪSAYRĪ: ENGLISH TRANSLATION "EXCERPTS" FROM BOOK

QASIDA AL-HAMZIYYA BY SHAYKH MUHAMMAD BŪSAYRĪ: EXCERPTS

(Ancient Panegyric which contains the Biography & History of Prophet Muammad)


Translation & Commentary by Jafaru Ibrahim

 

Intro

The third most well-known qasida of Imam al-Busiri is the Hamziyya. A Hamziyya is a poem all of whose verses rhyme in the Arabic letter hamza. Busiri wrote it with more than 400 verses which contains the biography and history of Prophet Muammad. The Hamziyya is an ancient panegyric form.

 

THE EXALTED SPIRITUAL POSITION OF THE PROPHET [S.A.W]

Preamble

All the Prophets Allah sent are exalted, but the most exalted one among them is our Prophet [Salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam]. So here, Imam Busiri[RA] is going to establish the reason why the Prophet[S.a.w] is more exalted and loftier than all of the Prophets of Allah, so He said

 

COUPLET ONE

كَيْفَ تَرْقَى رُقِيَّكَ الأَنْبِيَاءُ

يَا سَمَاءً مَا طَاوَلَتْهَا سمَاءُ

How can the Prophets be able to rise to your ascendency

O a Sky that no sky surpassed!

 

COUPLET TWO

لَمْ يُسَاوُوكَ فِي عُلاَكَ وَقَدْ حَالَ

سَنىً مِنْكَ دُونَهُمْ وَسَنَاءُ

They were not at par with you in your elevation

Verily, a light and loftiness from you has constrain them

 

COUPLET THREE

إِنَّمَا مَثَّلُوا صِفَاتِكَ لِلنَّاسِ

كَمَا مَثَّلَ النُّجُومَ الْمَاءُ

Rather, they symbolized your attributes to mankind

Just as water symbolizes the stars

 

COUPLET FOUR

أَنْتَ مِصْبَاحُ كُلِّ فَضْلٍ فَمَا تَصْدُرُ

إِلاَّعَنْ ضَوْئِكَ الأَضْواءُ

You are the Lantern of every grace

For lights do not appear except from your Light

 

COUPLET FIVE

لَكَ ذَاتُ الْعُلُومِ مِنْ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ

وَمِنْهَا لآدَمَ الأَسْمَاءُ

With you are the real Knowledge’s from the Knower of the Unseen

Among it are the names for Adam

 

COUPLET SIX

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COUPLET SEVEN

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COUPLET EIGHT 

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 HIS BIRTH [UPON HIM BE BLESSINGS AND PEACE]

Preamble

The Prophet[S.a.w] was born in the year of Elephant. His Mother was Sayyada Aminah Bint Wahab[R.anha] and His Father was Sayaduna Abdullahi Ibn Abdul Mutallib[Ra]. Here Imam Busiri[Ra] is going to tell us the enormity and reverence of the Prophet’s Lineage. Thus, from Prophet Adam [As] to His Parents, Sayaduna Abdullahi and Nana Aminah and how Allah protected the Lineage from any form of Blemishes as reported in several hadiths. He will proceed to inform us about the several Miracles that occurred in the night the prophet was born and how Important that night is to the religion of Islam. So Imam Busiri[Ra] said.

 

COUPLET NINE

وَبَدَا لِلْوُجُودِ مِنكَ كَرِيمٌ

مِنْ كَرِيمٍ آبَاؤُهُ كُرَمَاءُ

Nobility from you appeared to Creation

From the Noble One, whose forefathers were Nobles

 

COUPLET TEN

نَسَبٌ تَحْسِبُ الْعُلاَ بِحُلاَهُ

قَلَّدَتْهَا نُجَومَهَا الْجَوْزَاءُ

A lineage you will presume greatness with its adornment,

Of which al- Jawza has beautified it with its star

 

COUPLET ELEVEN

حَبَّذَا عِقْدُ سُؤْدَدٍ وَفَخَارٍ

أَنْتَ فِيهِ الْيَتِيمَةُ الْعَصْمَاءُ

Yes! A Jewel of supremacy and nobility

In it, you are unparalleled and the most preserved!

 

COUPLET TWELVE

وَمُحَيّاً كَالشَّمْسِ مِنْكَ مُضِيءٌ

أَسْفَرَتْ عَنْهُ لَيْلَةٌ غَرَّاءُ

A face from you illuminate like the Sun

Of which a bright night lit with it

 

COUPLET THIRTEEN

COUPLET FOURTEEN

COUPLET FIFTEEN

COUPLET SIXTEEN

COUPLET SEVENTEEN

COUPLET EIGHTTEEN

COUPLE NINETEEN

COUPLET TWENTY

COUPLET TWENTY-ONE

COUPLET TWENTY-TWO

COUPLET TWENTY-THREE

COUPLET TWENTY-FOUR

COUPLET TWENTY-FIVE

COUPLET TWENTY-SIX

COUPLET TWENTY-SEVEN

 


HIS BREASTFEEDING [UPON HIM BE BLESSINGS AND PEACE]

COUPLET TWENTY EIGHT

وَبَدَتْ فِي رَضَاعِهِ مُعْجِزِاتٌ

لَيْسَ فِيهَاعَنِ الْعُيُونِ خَفَاءُ

Miracles became apparent in His breastfeeding

Which there was no concealing in them for the eyes

 

COUPLET TWENTY NINE

إِذْ أَبَتْهُ لِيُتْمِهِ مُرْضِعَاتٌ

قُلْنَ مَافِي الْيَتِيمِ عَنَّا غَنَاءُ

When Lactating Mothers refused Him for been an orphan

They said, ‘There is no benefit for us in an orphan’.

 

COUPLET THIRTY

فَأَتَتْهُ مِنْ آلِ سَعْدٍ فَتَاةٌ

قَدْ أَبَتْهَا لِفَقْرِهَا الرُّضَعَاءُ

Then a girl from the Family of Sa’ad came to Him

Foster Families have refused her because of her poverty

 

COUPLET THIRTY ONE

أَرْضَعَتْهُ لِبَانَهَا فَسَقَتْهَا

وَبَنِيهَا أَلْبَانهُنَّ الشَّاءُ

She Suckled Him her breast milk,

And the goats nourished her and her Children their Milk


COUPLET THIRTY TWO

COUPLET THIRTY THREE

COUPLET THIRTY FOUR

COUPLET THIRTY FIVE

COUPLET THIRTY SIX   


BRINGING HIM TO HIS GRAND FATHER BY HALIMATU SA’ADIYA

COUPLET THIRTY SEVEN

وَأَتَتْ جَدَّهُ وَقَدْ فَصَلَتْهُ

وَبِهَا مِنْ فِصَالِهِ الْبُرَحَاءُ

She went to His Grandfather verily she has weaned Him

And with her there was pain from His Separation

 

COUPLET THIRTY EIGHT

إِذْ أَحَاطَتْ بِهِ مَلاَئِكَةُ اللهِ

فَظَنَّتْ بِأَنَّهُمْ قُرَنَاءُ

When the angels of Allah encircled Him

And she thought they were devils

 

 ...................

 

COUPLET FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX
 
 
 Translation & Commentary by Jafaru Ibrahim
 

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