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The Noble Birth of Rasulullah
Praise be to Allah the Glorified
Infinitely He doth abide
And salawat upon His Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
On his Family: the Purified
And those who saw and testified
In the Messengership of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
And the scholars who became qualified
And the teachers by whom they were certified
A sacred link to our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
And may the secret be sanctified
Of Imam al-Habshi who versified
The mawlid of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
In pure loins he would reside
And the noor shone far and wide
Shimmering from the Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Bibi Amina became the bride
Of `Abdullah Quraysh's pride
The parents of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
With sijjeel birds were supplied
And that year would coincide
The blessed birth of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam
Virtuous women at her bedside
Blessed souls and those wide-eyed
And Angels to welcome the Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
An uncle on his father's side
Freed a slave when notified
Of the delivery of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
The fire of Fars it did subside
And the Lake of Sawa dried
At the coming of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Strikes against the jinn that spied
At heaven's gates they were denied
At the advent of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Palace walls shook petrified
And an army would forever divide
At the arrival of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
There's more accounts one could provide
But all these signs they signified
The status of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Sent with truth and verified
With wonders that left the norms defied
The miracles of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Some mocked with words both mean and snide
They winked and mockery was implied
Towards AllahÃs most Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
But he was patience personified
With two stones around his stomach tied
To quell the hunger of a Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
With the Sacred Law his deeds complied
With Ihsan his deeds were beautified
The divinely selected Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
The white Buraq would be his ride
When introduced it humbly shied
Before the Beloved Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
The horizon was its every stride
With the stars that night he vied
To the Lote Tree went our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
To dissuade the faithful, opponents tried
As-Siddiq said - the Prophet never lied
And he remained true to the Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Then a brotherhood was solidified
And how the hearts were unified!
Under the banner of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Then against oppression he turned the tide
On his Lord he constantly relied
The Chosen One: our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
He made the people dignified
And their love for him intensified
May our love grow for the Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Just like the palm trunk that sighed
The Companions wept as it cried
In longing for the Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
He cleansed the Ka'bah from inside
From idols of those who belied
The Prophethood of our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
On a Day when there's nowhere to hide
Some will say I wish that I'd
Taken a path with the Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Their case the Reckoner will decide
The pens have been lifted, the ink has dried
We seek the shafa`ah of our Noble Guide (Amin!)
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Was it not for our sake he cried?
To which his Lord Most High replied
He would not disappoint His Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
When over the Judgement God will preside
With the praiseworthy station identified
Will be our leader and Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
With whom God is pleased and satisfied
May our hearts and tongues keep occupied
With salawat upon our Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
May Allah's blessings be multiplied
On the one whose character exemplified
The Book He revealed to His Noble Guide
Muhammad Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Irshaad Ahmad Rashid
April 2014
Toronto, Canada