الــصُّــبْــحُ بَــدَا مِــنْ طَــلْــعَــتِــهِ
وَ الــلَّــيْــلُ دَجَــى مِــنْ وَفْــرَتِــهِ
aṣ ṣubḥu badā min ṭalʿatihi
wal laylu dajā min wa fratihi
The light of dawn is from the radiance of your face
The sparkle of the night is from the glimmer of your blessed strands of hair
كَــنْــزُ الــكَــرَمِ مَــوْلَا الــنِّــعَــمِ
هَــادِي الأُمَــمِ لِــشَــرِيــعَــتِــهِ
kanzul karami mawlān niʿami
hādīl umami lisharīʿatihi
Our master is a treasure of grace. He is a treasure of mercy
He is the guide of the entire nation, showing us the way of the sacred law
سَــاعَــةِ الــشَّــجَــرُ نَــطَــقَ الــحَــجَــرُ
شَــقَّ الــقَــمَــرُ بِــإِشَــارَتِــهِ
sāʿatish shajaru naṭaqal ḥajaru
shaqqal qamaru biishāratihi
On the command of your blessed finger, the trees began to walk, the stones began to speak through your greatness.
The moon was split into two upon gesture of your blessed finger
جِــبْــرِيــلُ أَتَــى لَــيْــلَــةَ أَسْــرَى
وَ الــرَّبُّ دَعَــاهُ لِــحَــضْــرَتِــهِ
jibrīlu atā laylata asrā
war rabbu daʿāhu liḥaḍratihi
Angel Gabriel came with glad tidings from Allah on the Night of Ascension
Allah invited you to the heavens and bestowed upon you the honor of intimacy
فَــمُــحَــمَّــدُنَــا هُــوَ سَــيِّــدِنَــا
فَــالْــعِــزُّ لَــنَــا لِإِجَــابَــتِــهِ
famuḥammadunā hūa sayyidinā
fal ʿizzu lanā liijābatihi
Muhammad is our benefactor and our leader
Our dignity is in responding to his call