Song Written Before the Prophet
Nahnu fi Rawdati Rasuli hudurun
We are present here together in the Meadow of the Prophet
Hoping for God's pleasure and acceptance
in this place.
We have come, O best of those to whom mankind turn for safe
refuge,
Broken and brought low and in a most bewildered
state.
Therefore ask Allah on our behalf for every form of kindness
So that at the Rising all our hopes may be fulfilled.
It is clear that you have magnitude of power beyond
comparing,
For, before your Message, every Messenger must
yield.
It is you who are the gateway to our God in every good
thing.
All who come to you win God's good pleasure and
arrive.
Every secret of the Prophets throughout time has only come
from
Your exalted station - as all true reports confirm.
I have sought for intercession in my business, O my God, with
One whose intercession You have promised to accept.
All of those who end their journey with an open-handed host
will
Gain their furthest wish along with all that they
desire.
So we give our thanks to God for every time that He has blessed
us
Granting us a visit to the
Messenger we love.
And for every chance to visit the inhabitants of Baqi,
All of the Companions and
the offspring of Batul.
And for every chance to visit all the wives and all the daughters,
And the son, of mankind's
rescuer on the Final Day.
And for every chance to visit those who fell at Uhud's battle,
All the noble martyrs and
the Prophet's uncle too.
We request from you, by means of them, complete and perfect
safety
On our homeward journey and
then after we arrive.
And we ask for rescue, on that Day when everyone will gather,
And for safety, from the
stupid ignorance of fools.
O our Lord pour down Your blessing on the Prophet and his family
And on his Companions and
on all who follow him.