Ya Hanana
Ya Hanana (Arabic: يا حنانا; “O Our Bliss!”) is...
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Ya Hanana (Arabic: يا حنانا; “O Our Bliss!”) is a qasida that praises the arrival of the Prophet ﷺ as a mercy to the world.
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ظَهَرَ الدِّينُ الْمُؤَيَّدْ ❁
بِظُهُورِ النَّبِيِّ أَحْمَدْ ❁
بِظُهُورِ النَّبِيِّ أَحْمَدْ ❁
Ẓahara d-dīnu l-mu'ayyad,
bi-ẓuhūri n-nabiyyi Aḥmad.
bi-ẓuhūri n-nabiyyi Aḥmad.
The divinely supported religion was manifested,
with the appearance of the Prophet Ahmad.
with the appearance of the Prophet Ahmad.
يَا هَنَانَا بِمُحَمَّدْ ❁
ذَلِكَ الفَضْلُ مِنَ اللَّهْ ❁
ذَلِكَ الفَضْلُ مِنَ اللَّهْ ❁
Yā hanānā bi-Muḥammad,
dhālika l-faḍlu mina Llāh.
dhālika l-faḍlu mina Llāh.
We are in bliss due to Muhammad,
that bounty is from Allah.
that bounty is from Allah.
خُصَّ بِالسَّبْعِ المَثَانِي ❁
وَحَوَى لُطْفَ المَعَانِي ❁
وَحَوَى لُطْفَ المَعَانِي ❁
Khuṣṣa bi-s-sabʿi l-mathānī,
wa-ḥawā luṭfa l-maʿānī.
wa-ḥawā luṭfa l-maʿānī.
He was uniquely granted the seven oft-repeated verses,
and he encompassed the subtleties of meaning.
and he encompassed the subtleties of meaning.
مَا لَهُ فِي الخَلْقِ ثَانِي ❁
وَعَلَيْهِ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهْ ❁
وَعَلَيْهِ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهْ ❁
Mā lahu fī l-khalqi thānī,
wa-ʿalayhi anzala Llāh.
wa-ʿalayhi anzala Llāh.
There is none like him in all creation,
and upon him Allah revealed [the Qur’an].
and upon him Allah revealed [the Qur’an].
مِنْ مَكَّةٍ لَمَّا ظَهَرْ ❁
لِأَجْلِهِ انْشَقَّ القَمَرْ ❁
لِأَجْلِهِ انْشَقَّ القَمَرْ ❁
Min Makkatin lammā ẓahar,
li-ajlihi nshaqqa l-qamar.
li-ajlihi nshaqqa l-qamar.
From Makkah he emerged,
and for his sake, the moon was split in two.
and for his sake, the moon was split in two.
وَافْتَخَرَتْ آلُ مُضَرْ ❁
بِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ الْأَنَامِ ❁
بِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ الْأَنَامِ ❁
Wa-ftakharat ālu Muḍar,
bihi ʿalā kulli l-anāmi.
bihi ʿalā kulli l-anāmi.
The descendants of Mudar took pride in him
above all creation.
above all creation.
صَلُّوا عَلَى خَيْرِ الْأَنَامِ ❁
الْمُصْطَفَى بَدْرِ التَّمَامِ ❁
الْمُصْطَفَى بَدْرِ التَّمَامِ ❁
Ṣallū ʿalā khayri l-anāmi,
al-Muṣṭafā badri t-tamāmi.
al-Muṣṭafā badri t-tamāmi.
Send prayers upon the best of creation,
the Chosen One, the full moon in perfection.
the Chosen One, the full moon in perfection.
صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا ❁
يَشْفَعْ لَنَا يَوْمَ الزِّحَامِ ❁
يَشْفَعْ لَنَا يَوْمَ الزِّحَامِ ❁
Ṣallū ʿalayhi wa-sallimū,
yashfaʿ lanā yawma z-ziḥāmi.
yashfaʿ lanā yawma z-ziḥāmi.
Send prayers and peace upon him,
for he will intercede for us on the Day of crowding.
for he will intercede for us on the Day of crowding.
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