Al-Munirah المنظومة المنيرة في مهم علم السيرة

بِحَمْدِ رَبِّي أَبْدَأُ الْمُنِيرَةْ * ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ السِّيرَةْ

With the praise of my Lord, I begin this radiant poem,
then blessings and peace upon the noble life and path

عَلَى نَبِيٍّ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدُ * أَبُوهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مِنْهُ مُفْرَدُ

Upon a Prophet whose name is Muhammad,
His father was Abdullah, and he was the only child born from him

وَجَدُّهُ شَيْبَةُ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبْ * مِنْ نَسْلِ عَدْنَانَ وَأَصْلُهُ الْعَرَبْ

His grandfather was Shaybah, known as Abdul-Muttalib,
from the lineage of Adnan, and his origin is Arab.

وَأُمُّهُ بِنْتٌ لِوَهْبٍ آمِنَةْ * أَجْدَادُهُ بَيْنَ قُرَيْشٍ كَائِنَةْ

And his mother was Aminah, daughter of Wahb,
his forefathers were among Quraysh.

مَوْلِدُهُ فِي الْبَلَدِ الْأَمِينِ * عَامَ قُدُومِ الْفِيلِ لِلتَّبْيِينِ

His birth was in the Secure City,
in the Year of the Elephant, as clarification.

فِي يَوْمِ الِاثْنَيْنِ رَبِيعَ الْأَوَّلِ * فِي ثَانِي عَشْرِهِ حِسَابًا عَوِّلِ

On a Monday, in Rabi Al-Awwal,
on its twelfth day, rely upon this reckoning.

مُسْتَرْضَعًا أَتَمَّ مَعْ حَلِيمَةْ * أَرْبَعَةَ الْأَعْوَامِ فِي غَنِيمَةْ

He was suckled and fully nursed with Halimah
for four complete years, with great blessing.

وَأُمُّهُ عَقِيبَ سِتٍّ مَاتَتْ * وَجَدُّهُ بَعْدَ ثَمَانٍ وَافَتْ

And his mother died after six (years of his age),
And his grandfather passed away after eight.

ثُمَّ أَبُو طَالِبِ عَمُّهُ كَفَلْ * وَزَارَ بُصْرَى الشَّامِ مَعْهُ وَارْتَحَلَ

Then his uncle Abu Talib took care of him,
And he travelled with him to Busra in Syria and journeyed there.

مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مُتَّجِرًا فِي مَالِ * خَدِيجَةٍ فَزَوْجُهُ فِي التَّالِي

After that, he worked as a merchant with the wealth
of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, then afterwards she became his wife.

وَفِي تَمَامِ أَرْبَعِينَ أُرْسِلَا * لِلنَّاسِ يَهْدِيهِمْ لِدِينٍ حُمِّلَا

And at the completion of forty years, he was sent (as a Messenger),
to the people, guiding them to a religion with which he was entrusted.

يَدْعُو إِلَى التَّوْحِيدِ جَوْفَ مَكَّةِ * ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ سِنِينًا تَمَّتِ

He called to Tawhid in the heart of Mecca,
For thirteen complete years.

وَبَعْدَهَا هِجْرَتُهُ تَعَيَّنَتْ * لِطَيْبَةٍ ثُمَّ السُّيُوفُ شُرِّعَتْ

And after that, his migration became necessary,
to Taybah (Medina), then the swords were legislated.

سَبْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ غَزَا بِالنُّصْرَةِ * وَمَوْتُهُ فِي حَادِي عَشْرَ الْهِجْرَةِ

He fought twenty seven battles with divine support,
And his death was in the eleventh year of Hijrah.

أَزْوَاجُهُ بَعْدَ خَدِيجٍ عَشَرَةْ * سَوْدَةُ ثُمَّ عَائِشُ الْمُطَهَّرَةْ

His wives after Khadijah were ten:
Sawdah bint Zam'ah, then Aisha bint Abi Bakr the purified one.

فَحَفْصَةٌ زَيْنَبُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةْ * وَبِنْتُ جَحْشٍ زَيْنَبُ الْمُكَرَّمَهْ

Then Hafsah, Zaynab, and Umm Salamah,
And Zaynab bint Jahsh, the honoured one.

ثُمَّ ابْنَةُ الْحَارِثِ ذِي جُوَيْرِيَةْ * أُمُّ حَبِيبَةٍ وَرَمْلَةٌ هِيَهْ

Then Juwayriyah, daughter of Al-Harith,
And Umm Habibah, whose name was Ramlah.

صَفِيَّةٌ مَيْمُونَةٌ وَالْجَامِعَةْ * مِنْ نَسْلِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ إِلَّا التَّاسِعَةْ

Safiyyah, Maymunah, and all were
from the descendants of Isma‘il except the ninth one.

أَوْلَادُهُ الْقَاسِمُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ * الطَّاهِرُ الطَّيِّبُ زَاكِي الْجَاهِ

His children were: al-Qasim, Abdullah,
The pure and the righteous one of noble and pure rank.

وَزَيْنَبٌ رُقَيَّةٌ وَفَاطِمَةْ * وَأُمُّ كُلْثُومِ ابْرَاهِيمُ الْخَاتِمَةْ

And Zaynab, Ruqayyah, and Fatimah,
And Umm Kulthum; and lastly Ibrahim.