Remembering our Beloved Prophet

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Illustration taken from a "Falnameh," a sixteenth century Persian book of prophesies. Artist unknown; watercolor painting; Mohammed is the veiled figure on the right. Currently housed in The Saxon State Library, Dresden, Germany, part of an exhibition that was displayed at The Library of Congress in 1996.

Illustration taken from a "Falnameh," a sixteenth century Persian book of prophesies. Artist unknown; watercolor painting; Mohammed is the veiled figure on the right. Currently housed in The Saxon State Library, Dresden, Germany, part of an exhibition that was displayed at The Library of Congress in 1996.

 

Nur al-Huda, our Prophet, the Light of Guidance

Prophetic Family Tree

The Light of guidance has come!/His splendor, it revives us/His meeting, it honors us/Lord lavish blessings on him/Welcome and great ease to him!/Through him great bounties reached us/With his presence comes our care/Lord, lavish blessings on him/His was a momentous birth/This is the kind and the caring/He came with a wholesome heart/Lord lavish blessings on him/O you Mercy to the Worlds/O you Unending Grace/Intercessor, Trustworthy/Lord lavish blessings on him/You act as if you love him/but love demands constancy/if you want to be near him/Lord lavish blessings on him/Our Ahmad, the Chosen One/An ocean, pure and faithful/In praising you is healing/Lord lavish blessings on him

 

Follow along in Arabic or English with al-Kauthar’s rendition of Nur al-Huda/The Light of Guidance

ahlan bihi wa-sahlan/Welcome and great ease to him!

ahlan bihi wa-sahlan/Welcome and great ease to him!

qad taba fihi-l-majla/Through him great bounties reached us

halla’l-hana mudh halla/With his presence comes our care

salla alayh Mawlana/Lord lavish blessings on him

Nur ul-Huda wafana/The Light of Guidance has come!

Nur ul-Huda wafana/The Light of Guidance has come!

bi-husnihi ahyana/His splendor, it revives us

wa-bil-liqa hayana/His meeting, it honors us

salla alayh mawlana/Lord lavish blessings on him

 

hadha’l-milad ul-ʿazhim/His was a momentous birth

hadha’l-milad ul-ʿazhim/His was a momentous birth

hadha ar-raʾuf ur-rahim/This is the kind and the caring

hadha ar-raʾuf ur-rahim/This is the kind and the caring

hadha ar-raʾuf ur-rahim/This is the kind and the caring

ata bi-qalbi salim/He came with a wholesome heart

ata bi-qalbi salim/He came with a wholesome heart

salla alayh Mawlana/Lord lavish blessings on him

Nur ul-Huda wafana/The Light of Guidance has come!

Nur ul-Huda wafana/The Light of Guidance has come!

bi-husnihi ahyana/His splendor, it revives us

wa-bil-liqa hayana/His meeting, it honors us

salla alayh Mawlana/Lord lavish blessings on him

 

Ahmadna-l-mustafa/Our Ahmad, the Chosen One

Ahmadna-l-mustafa/Our Ahmad, the Chosen One

baharu-s-safa wal-wafa/An ocean, pure and faithful

baharu-s-safa wal-wafa/An ocean, pure and faithful

baharu-s-safa wal-wafa/An ocean, pure and faithful

 

fi’l-madhu fihi shifa/In praising you is healing

fi’l-madhu fihi shifa/In praising you is healing

salla alayh Mawlana/Lord lavish blessings on him

Nur ul-Huda wafana/The Light of Guidance has come!

Nur ul-Huda wafana/The Light of Guidance has come!

bi-husnihi ahyana/His splendor, it revives us

wa-bil-liqa hayana/His meeting, it honors us

salla alayh Mawlana/Lord lavish blessings on him

salla alayh Mawlana/Lord lavish blessings on him