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Salli Ya Salam

Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Yellis

يَا هَنَانَا بِمُحَمَّدْ

What Joy for Us in Muḥammad ﷺ

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Translation

يَا هَنَانَـــا يَا هَنَانَـــا 

يَا هَنَانَـــا يَا هَنَانَـــا 

yā hanānaā yā hanānaā 

yā hanānaā yā hanānaā 

What Joy for Us in Muḥammad! ﷺ 

What Joy for Us in Muḥammad ﷺ 

ظَهَرَ الدِّينُ الـمُؤَيَّدْ

بِظُهُورِ النَّبِـي أَحْمَدْ

ẓaharad dīnul muayyad

biẓuhūrin nabiī aḥmad

Divinely Aided religion

appeared with the Prophet Aḥmad ﷺ 

يَا هَنَانَـــا بـِمُـحَمَّدْ

ذَلِكَ الفَضْلُ مِنَ الله

yā hanānaā bimuḥammad

dhalikal faḍlu mina Allah

What Joy for Us in Muḥammad! ﷺ 

That is a blessing from Allah .......... Allah!

خُصَّ بِالسَّبْعِ الـمَثَانِي 

وَحَوَى لُطْفَ الـمَعَانِي

khuṣṣa bis sabʿil mathānī 

wa ḥawā luṭfal maʿānī

Favored with the Oft-Repeated Seven,

he embraced their subtle meanings

مَا لَهُ فِي الخَلْقِ ثَانِي 

وَعَلَيْهِ أَنْـزَلَ الله

mā lahu fīl khalqi thānī 

wa ʿalayhi anzala Allah

He has no match in Creation,

and to him Allah sent down (the Qur'ān) ........ Allah!

مِن مَكَّةَ لَـمَّا ظَهَرْ 

لِأَجْلِهِ انْشَقَّ القَمَرْ

min makkata lammā ẓahar 

liajlihi ānshaqqal qamar

When he appeared in Mecca,

the moon split for his sake

وَافْتَخَرَتْ آلُ مُضَرْ 

بِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ الأَنَامِ

wa ftakharat ālu muḍar 

bihi ʿalā kullil anāmi

The clan of Muḍar gloried 

in him above all mankind ........ Allah!

أَطْيَبُ النَّاسِ خَلْقاً 

وَأَجَلُّ النَّاسِ خُلْقاً

aṭyabun nāsi khalqāan 

wa ajallun nāsi khulqāan

Purest of mankind in form,

and greatest in character

ذِكْرُهُ غَرْبًا وَشَرْقًا 

سَائِرٌ وَالـحَمْدُ لِلّه

dhikruhu gharban wa sharqan 

sā'irun wal ḥamdu lillh

In West and East, remembrance of him

endures; and all praise be to Allah ........ Allah!

صَلُّوا عَلَى خَيْرِ الأَنَامِ 

الـمُصْطَفَى بَدْرِ التَّمَامِ

ṣallū ʿalā khayril anāmi 

almuṣṭafā badrit tamāmi

Invoke blessings on the Best of Mankind,

the Chosen One, the Full Moon

صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا 

يَشْفَعْ لَنَا يَومَ الزِّحَامِ

ṣallū ʿalayhi wa sallimū 

yashfaʿ lanā yawmaz ziḥāmi

Invoke blessings and peace upon him,

he will intercede for us on the Day of Crowding ........ Allah!

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