One of my favorite poems in praise of the Prophetic Light:
Translation:
Prayers of God upon You, Light
Light of all the dwelling places
O you, best of all in spaces
Messenger of God, You are
You are light in form and shape
As “light upon light” you came
The Qur’an came down by the same
As a lamp, oil, and light
shining, you came well-arranged
The world does not exist until
it appears through you beautiful
In traditions you have said
that this world takes after you
You from the Holy Presence came
while you’ve never left the same
You were before the cosmos was
past-time is as before-time was
Absolute you were in full,
then took on limits beautiful
Nothing exists in any way
Save the Light, indeed I say
From the unseen, suddenly
It came down from heights, so lofty
God’s Messenger, you have attained
More than virtues can contain
God’s Messenger you have remained
And pliant to you I remain
So al-‘Alawi attends
by your grace, the desired end.
Original:
صلى الله عليكَ يا نـور يـا نــور كــل المـنـازِل
يا خيرَ من في المنازل
يــا رســولَ الـلَــهِ أنـتــا أنــتَ الـنـور المتـشـكّـل
نـورٌ عـلـى نــورٍ جئـتـا بــــه الــقــرآنُ تــنـــزّل
مشـكّـاةً نـــوراً وزيـتــاً ضـيـاءً جـئــتَ مـعـتـدِل
لا يكـونُ الـكـونُ حـتّـى يـظـهـر بــــكَ مـتـجَـمَّـل
أنــت فــي الآثــار قُلـتـا ذا الـكـونُ مـنـكَ تـمـثّـل
من حضرةِ القدس جئتا وأنــتَ فيـهـا لــم تـــزَل
كنـتَ قبـل الكـونِ كُنـتـا والأبـــــد مـــثـــلُ الأزَل
مطلـقـاً كـنــتَ فـصِـرتا بـالــقــيــودِ مـتــجــمّــل
ليسَ في الوجـودِ البتـه إلّا الـنـورُ قـلــتُ أجـــل
بــدا مــن الغـيـبِ بغـتَـه مـن أعلـى العـلا تـنـزّل
يــا رســولَ الـلَـهِ حُـزتـا فضل الفضلِ والفضائل
يــا رســولَ الـلَـهِ دمـتــا ودُمـــتُ لــــك مُـمـتـثِـل
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