الْفَصْلُ السَّادِسُ فِي شَرَفِ الْقُرْآنِ وَمَدْحِهِ
Chapter Six: The Nobility of the Qur’an and its Merit
Praising the everlasting living miracle: the Holy Quran. Al-Busiri illustrates how previous miracles ended with their prophets, whereas the Holy Quran remains fresh, timeless, and unconquerable across every century, soothing hearts and answering every spiritual doubt.
Chapter Six: The Nobility of the Qur’an and its Merit
الْفَصْلُ السَّادِسُ فِي شَرَفِ الْقُرْآنِ وَمَدْحِهِ
Theme & Spiritual Context • The Nobility of the Holy Quran
Praising the everlasting living miracle: the Holy Quran. Al-Busiri illustrates how previous miracles ended with their prophets, whereas the Holy Quran remains fresh, timeless, and unconquerable across every century, soothing hearts and answering every spiritual doubt.
مَوْلَايَ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًا أَبَدًا عَلَى حَبِيبِكَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمِ
“Mawlāya ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman abadā 'Alā ḥabībika khayril khalqi kullihimi”
O my Master! Send blessings and peace continually and eternally Upon Your Beloved, the best of all creation.
The sacred refrain traditionally chanted between verses across the Muslim world.
دَعْنيِ وَوَصْفِي آيَاتٍ لَهُ ظَهَرَتْ ظُهُورَ نَارِ القِرَى لَيْلاً عَلَى عَلَمِ
Transliteration
Daʿnī wa waṣfī āyātin lahu ẓaharat Ẓuhūra nāril qirā laylan ʿalā ʿalami
English Meaning
Let me describe to you the signs that were manifested for him, Visible like the village beacons lit atop hills at night.
فَالدُّرُّ يَزْدَادُ حُسْنًا وَهْوَ مُنْتَظِمٌ وَلَيْسَ يَنْقُصُ قَدْرًا غَيْرَ مُنْتَظِمِ
Transliteration
Fad durru yazdādu ḥusnan wa huwa muntaẓimun Wa laysa yanquṣu qadran ghayra muntaẓimi
English Meaning
Though a pearl is more lovely when strung [with others], Its value is not diminished when alone and unstrung.
فَمَا تَطَاوُلُ آمَالِ المَديحِ إِلَى مَا فِيهِ مِنْ كَرَمِ الأَخْلاَقِ وَالشِّيَمِ
Transliteration
Famā taṭāwulu āmālil madīḥi ilā Mā fīhi min karamil akhlāqi wash shiyami
English Meaning
To what hope can the giver of praise aspire Of doing justice to his noble qualities and traits?
آيَاتُ حَقٍّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَانِ مُحْدَثَةٌ قَدِيمَةٌ صِفَةُ المَوْصُوفِ بِالقِدَمِ
Transliteration
Āyātu ḥaqqin minar raḥmāni muḥdathatun Qadīmatun ṣifatul mawṣūfi bil qidami
English Meaning
Signs of truth from the All-Merciful—revealed within time Yet pre-eternal; the attribute of Him who is pre-eternal.
لَمْ تَقْتَرِنْ بِزَمِانٍ وَهْيَ تُخْبِرُنَا عَنْ المَعَادِ وَعَنْ عَادٍ وَعَنْ إِرَمِ
Transliteration
Lam taqtarin bizamānin wa hيya tukhbirunā ʿAnil maʿādi wa ʿan ʿādin wa ʿan irami
English Meaning
They are not connected with time, yet they inform us About the Resurrection, and about ʿĪd and Iram.
دَامَتْ لَدَيْنَا فَفَاقَتْ كُلَّ مُعْجِزَةٍ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ إِذْ جَاءَتْ وَلَمْ تَدُمِ
Transliteration
Dāmat ladaynā fafāqat kulla muʿjizatin Minan nabiyyīna idh jāʾat wa lam tadumi
English Meaning
They remained with us, thus surpassing every miracle Of the other Prophets, which came but did not last.
مُحْكَّمَاتٌ فَمَا تُبْقِيْنَ مِنْ شُبَهٍ لِذِي شِقَاقٍ وَمَا تَبْغِيْنَ مِنْ حَكَمِ
Transliteration
Muḥkamātun famā tubqīna min shubahin Lidhī shiqāqin wa mā tabghīna min ḥakami
English Meaning
Unequivocal verses leaving no doubt to remain in dissenters, and requiring no arbiter.
مَا حُورِبَتْ قَطُّ إِلاَّ عَادَ مِنْ حَرَبٍ أَعْدَى الأَعَادِي إِلَيْهَا مُلْقِيَ السَّلَمِ
Transliteration
Mā ḥūribat qaṭṭu illā ʿāda min ḥarabin Aʿdal aʿādī ilayhā mulqiyas salami
English Meaning
No implacable foe has attacked them But that he retreated from battle and sued for peace.
رَدَّتْ بَلاَغَتُهَا دَعْوَى مُعَارِضِهَا رَدَّ الغَيُورِ يَدَ الجَانِي عَنِ الْحُرَمِ
Transliteration
Raddat balāghatuhā daʿwā muʿāriḍihā Raddal ghayūri yadal jānī ʿanil ḥurami
English Meaning
Their sheer eloquence refutes the claim of their opponent, As a jealous man wards off an assailant’s hand from his wife.
لَهَا مَعَانٍ كَمَوْجِ البَحْرِ فِي مَدَدٍ وَفَوْقَ جَوْهَرِهِ فِي الْحُسْنِ وَالقِيَمِ
Transliteration
Lahā maʿānin ka mawjil baḥri fī madadin Wa fawqa jawharihi fīl ḥusni wal qiyami
English Meaning
They contain meanings like the sea’s bountiful waves, And surpass the sea’s jewels in beauty and value.
فَمَا تُعَدُّ وَلاَ تُحْصَى عَجَائِبُهَا وَلاَ تُسَامُ عَلَى الإِكْثَارِ بِالسَّأَمِ
Transliteration
Famā tuʿaddu wa lā tuḥṣā ʿajāʾibuhā Wa lā tusāmu ʿalal ikthāri bis saʾami
English Meaning
Their marvels can neither be counted nor numbered, And frequent repetition never gives rise to tedium.
قَرَّتْ بِهَا عَيْنُ قَارِيْهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَقَدْ ظَفِرْتَ بِحَبْلِ اللهِ فَاعْتَصِمِ
Transliteration
Qarrat bihā ʿaynu qārīhā fa qultu lahu Laqad ẓafirta bi ḥabliLlāhi faʿtaṣimi
English Meaning
They delighted the one who recited them, so I told him, ‘You have the Rope of Allah, so hold fast to it!’
إِنْ تَتْلُهَا خِيفَةً مِنْ حَرَّ نَارِ لَظَى أَطْفَأْتَ حَرِّ لَظَىَ مِنْ وِرْدِهَا الشَّبِمِ
Transliteration
In tatluhā khīfatan min ḥarri nāri laẓā Aṭfaʾta ḥarra laẓā min wirdihash shabimi
English Meaning
If you recite them out of fear of a blazing fire’s heat from their cool wells they will quench the blazing heat
كَأَنَّهَا الحَوْضُ تَبْيَضُّ الوُجُوهُ بِهِ مِنَ العُصَاةِ وَقَدْ جَاءُوهُ كَالحُمَمِ
Transliteration
Ka annahal ḥawḍu tabyaḍḍul wujūhu bihi Minal ʿuṣāti wa qad jāʾūhu kal ḥumami
English Meaning
Like the Pool, they brighten the faces of the sinful, Though they had come to it as black as charcoal.
وَكَالصِّرَاطِ وَكَالمِيزَانِ مَعْدِلَةً فَالقِسْطُ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا فِي النَّاسِ لَمْ يَقُمِ
Transliteration
Wa kaṣṣirāṭi wa kalmīzāni maʿdalatan Falqisṭu min ghayrihā fin nāsi lam yaqumi
English Meaning
Like the Traverse and like Scales in justice; True justice amongst men cannot be upheld from any other source.
لاَ تَعْجَبَنْ لِحَسُودٍ رَاحَ يُنْكِرُهَا تَجَاهُلاً وَهْوَ عَيْنُ الحَاذِقِ الفَهِمِ
Transliteration
Lā taʿjaban liḥasūdin rāḥa yunkiruhā Tajāhulan wa huwa ʿaynul ḥādhiqil fahimi
English Meaning
Do not be amazed at an envious person who denies them Feigning ignorance, though he has perception and understanding.
قَدْ تُنْكِرُ الْعَيْنُ ضَوْءَ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ رَمَدٍ وَيُنْكِرُ الفَمُ طَعْمَ المَاءِ مِنْ سَقَمِ
Transliteration
Qad tunkirul ʿaynu ḍawʾash shamsi min ramadin Wa yunkirul famu ṭaʿmal māʾi min saqami
English Meaning
For the eye, when inflamed, may be averse to the sun’s light; And the mouth, when ailing, may loathe water’s taste.