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Sabīl
Qaṣīdat al-Burdah

Chapter 5

الْفَصْلُ الْخَامِسُ فِي مُعْجِزَاتِهِ 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
جَاءَتْ لِدَعْوَتِهِ الأَشْجَارُ سَاجِدَةً تَمْشِي إِلَيْهِ عَلَى سَاقٍ بِلاَ قَدَمِ
Jāʾat li daʿwatihil ashjāru sājidatan Tamshī ilayhi ʿalā sāqin bilā qadami
Trees came prostrating to him when he called, Walking towards him on trunks without feet
2
كَأَنَّمَا سَطَرَتْ سَطْرًا لِمَا كَتَبَتْ فُرُوعُهَا مِنْ بَدِيعِ الْخَطِّ بِاللَّقَمِ
Ka annamā saṭarat saṭran limā katabat Furūʿuhā min badīʿil khaṭṭi bil laqami
As though they had inscribed lines of splendid calligraphy With their branches along the path.
3
مِثْلَ الغَمَامَةِ أَنَّى سَارَ سَائِرَةً تَقِيهِ حَرَّ وَطِيسٍ لِلْهَجِيرِ حَمِي
Mithlal ghamāmati annā sāra sāʾiratan Taqīhi ḥarra waṭīsin lil hajīri ḥamī
Like the cloud that hovered over him wherever he went, Shielding him from the intense oven of the midday heat.
4
أَقْسَمْتُ بِالْقَمَرِ المُنْشَقِّ إِنَّ لَهُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ نِسْبَةً مَبْرُورَةَ القَسَمِ
Aqsamtu bil qamaril munshaqqi inna lahu Min qalbihi nisbatan mabrūratal qasami
I swear by the [Lord of the] moon that was split in two a true oath: it has truly a connection with his heart.
5
وَمَا حَوَى الغَارُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَمِنْ كَرَمِ وَكُلُّ طَرْفٍ مِنَ الكُفَّارِ عَنْهُ عَمِي
Wa mā ḥawal ghāru min khayrin wa min karamin Wa kullu ṭarfin minal kuffāri ʿanhu ʿamī
And by the goodness and nobility contained in the cave While the disbelievers’ every glance was blind to him.
6
فَالصِّدْقُ فِي الغَارِ وَالصِّدِّيقُ لَمْ يَرِمَا وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا بِالْغَارِ مِنْ أَرِمِ
Faṣ ṣidqu fīl ghāri waṣ ṣiddīqu lam yarimā Wa hum yaqūlūna mā bil ghāri min arimi
Truthfulness and the True One in the cave wavered not While they said ‘No one who breathes is in the cave!’
7
ظَنُّوا الحَمَامَ وَظَنُّوا الْعَنْكَبُوتَ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْبَرِيَّةِ لَمْ تَنْسُجْ وَلَمْ تَحُمِ
Ẓannul ḥamāma wa ẓannul ʿankabūta ʿalā Khayril bariyyati lam tansuj wa lam taḥumi
They supposed that a dove would never perch, Or a spider would spin its web, for the Best of Creation
8
وِقَايَةُ اللهِ أَغْنَتْ عَنْ مُضَاعَفَةٍ مِنَ الدُّرُوعِ وَعَنْ عَالٍ مِنَ الأُطُمِ
WiqāyatuLlāhi aghnat ʿan muḍāʿafatin Minad durūʿi wa ʿan ʿālin minal uṭumi
Their protection by Allah absolved them of need for additional armour or for lofty fortresses.
9
مَا سَامَنِي الدَّهْرُ ضَيْمًا وَاسْتَجَرْتُ بِهِ إِلاَّ وَنِلْتُ جِوَارًا مِنْهُ لَمْ يُضَمِ
Mā sāmanid dahru ḍayman wastajartu bihi Illā wa niltu jiwāran minhu lam yuḍami
Never, when fate oppressed me, have I sought refuge in him but that I found sanctuary with him and was oppressed no more.
10
وَلاَ الْتَمَسْتُ غِنَى الدَّارَيْنِ مِنْ يَدِهِ إِلاَّ اسْتَلَمْتُ النَّدَى مِنْ خَيْرِ مُسْتَلَمِ
Wa laltamastu ghinad dārayni min yadihi Illāstalamtun nadā min khayri mustalami
And never have I sought wealth in both worlds from his hand Without receiving largesse from the best of givers.
11
لاَ تُنْكِرِ الْوَحْيَ مِنْ رُؤْيَاهُ إِنَّ لَهُ قَلْبًا إِذَا نَامَتِ العَيْنَانِ لَمْ يَنَمِ
Lā tunkiril waḥya min ruʾyāhu inna lahu Qalban idhā nāmatil ʿaynāni lam yanami
Do not deny the revelations he received in his dreams; For though his eyes slept, he had a heart that slept not.
12
وَذَاكَ حِينَ بُلُوغٍ مِنْ نُبَوَّتِهِ فَلَيْسَ يُنْكَرُ فِيهِ حَالُ مُحْتَلِمِ
Wa dhāka ḥīna bulūghin min nubuwwatihi Fa laysa yunkaru fīhi ḥālu muḥtalimi
That was when he attained his Prophetic status; the night dreams of mature men cannot be denied!
13
تَبَارَكَ اللهُ مَا وَحَيٌ بِمُكْتَسَبٍ وَلاَ نَبيُّ عَلَى غَيْبٍ بِمُتَّهَمِ
Tabārak Allahu mā waḥyun bi muktasabin Wa lā nabiyyun ʿalā ghaybin bi muttahami
Blessed is Allah! Revelation is not something acquired! Nor can a Prophet’s knowledge of the Unseen be deemed suspect.
14
كَمْ أَبْرَأَتْ وَصِبًا بِاللَّمْسِ رَاحَتُهُ وَأَطْلَقَتْ أَرِبًا مِنْ رِبْقَةِ اللَّمَمِ
Kam abraʾat waṣiban bil lamsi rāḥatuhu Wa aṭlaqat ariban min ribqatil lamami
How many sick people were healed by the touch of his hand; how many released from the tight knots of madness!
15
وَأَحْيَتِ السَّنَةَ الشَّهْبَاءَ دَعْوَتُهُ حَتَّى حَكَتْ غُرَّةً فِي الأَعْصُرِ الدُّهُمِ
Wa aḥyatis sanatash shahbāʾa daʿwatuhu Ḥattā ḥakat ghurratan fīl aʿṣurid duhumi
His supplication brought life to a grey year [of drought] – Marked it out from dark years like [a horse’s] white blaze.
16
بِعَارضٍ جَادَ أَوْ خِلْتَ البِطَاحَ بِهَا سَيْبًا مِنَ اليَمِّ أَوْ سَيْلاً مِنَ العَرِمِ
Bi ʿāriḍin jāda aw khiltal biṭāḥa bihā Sayban minal yammi aw saylan minal ʿarimi
With generous rainclouds, so much that you would have thought That the valleys flowed with sea water or the flood of ʿArim.

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