Al-Uqud al-Durriyya - Ibn Abd al-Hadi - (الكتاب/462)

And Majd al-Dīn won true majesty in days gone by, unrivalled in jarḥ and taʿdīl (narrator critique and accreditation) and in forceful proof.
For a station such as this the people of piety hastened, and so they gained the highest rank and lasting security.

In a Garden whose lights already shine, whose clusters hang low, close to the hand of any who would pick them(1);
Where goblets are set in place and lofty canopies of pearl rise high upon their pillars;
Light envelops its inhabitants as they recline upon those couches, content and secure;
Their garments are of fine brocade, their pavilions resplendent, and the fairest diadems rest upon their brows.
For its people is whatever they desire, yet their preoccupation is with Allah, not with houris or youthful attendants.(2)

Among them is Taqī al-Dīn—he triumphed through his renunciation and by his steadfast obedience to the All-Merciful.

Blessings, then, upon the Prophet Muḥammad, the best of mankind and the very mine of beneficence,(3)
A guide, the first to intercede and the one whose intercession is accepted; for him is al-wasīlah, the manifest sign of faith—
Whenever a yearning soul longs for the valley of Minā and circles the Sacred House and its precincts.

⦗139⦘ Here the poem ends,(4) comprising thirty-one verses.

(1) MS F reads "li-l-taʾiin" (for the obedient), whereas MS K has "li-l-taʾifin" (for those who circumambulate). (2) MS F adds "wa-l-wildan" (and the youths). (3) In the base manuscript the word is pointed twice—once with a fatḥa and once with a kasra on the letter dāl—and the scribe has written above it "maʿan" (together). (4) MSS F and K conclude with: "Completed; praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and its total is one …"

والمَجْدُ حَاز المَجْدَ في عَصْرٍ مَضَى ... في الجَرْحِ والتَّعدِيلِ والبُرْهَان ولِمثْلِ هذا سارَعُوا أَهْلُ التُّقَى ... فَازُوا بِأَرْفَعِ رُتْبَةٍ وَأَمَان في جَنَّةٍ أنْوارُهَا قدْ أشْرقت ... وَقُطُوفُها لِلقاطِفِيْن (١) دَوَاني أكْوابُها مَوْضُوعَةٌ وَقِبَابُهَا ... مِن لؤلؤٍ مَرْفُوعةُ البُنْيَان والنُّورُ يَغْشَى أَهْلَهَا وَهُمُ عَلَى ... تِلْكَ الأسِرَّةِ في رضًى وَأَمَان وَلِبَاسُهُم مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وخِيَامُهُم ... قَدْ أُلْبِسُوا مِنْ أَحْسَنِ التِّيْجَان [ق ١٣٩] ولأهلها مَا يَشْتَهُونَ وشُغْلُهُم ... باللهِ لا بالحُورِ والغِلْمَانِ (٢) منهم تقيُّ الدين فازَ بزهده ... وبصبره في طاعة الرحمن ثم الصلاةُ على النبيِّ محمدٍ ... خيرِ الأنامِ ومَعْدَنِ (٣) الإحسان هادٍ وأول شافعٍ ومشفَّعٍ ... وله الوسيلةُ مُظهر الإيمان ما حنَّ مشتاقٌ إلى وادي منى ... وتطوَّفوا بالبيت والأركان آخرها (٤)، وهي أحدٌ وثلاثون بيتًا. * * * *

(١) (ف): «للطائعين»، (ك): «للطائفين». (٢) (ف): «والولدان». (٣) ضبطها في الأصل بفتح الدال وكسرها وكتب فوقها «معًا». (٤) (ف، ك): «تمت والحمدلله رب العالمين، وعدتها أحد ... ».