الْفَصْلُ الثَّامِنُ فِي جِهَادِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
Chapter Eight: The Prophet’s Jihad
Chronicling the holy courage of the Prophet ﷺ and his noble Companions in defending truth against tyranny. Al-Busiri depicts the battles of Badr and Hunayn, where angels descended to fight alongside the Muslims, demonstrating that divine assistance accompanies sincere devotion.
Chapter Eight: The Prophet’s Jihad
الْفَصْلُ الثَّامِنُ فِي جِهَادِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
Theme & Spiritual Context • Courage, Struggles & Divine Support
Chronicling the holy courage of the Prophet ﷺ and his noble Companions in defending truth against tyranny. Al-Busiri depicts the battles of Badr and Hunayn, where angels descended to fight alongside the Muslims, demonstrating that divine assistance accompanies sincere devotion.
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.
رَاعَتْ قُلُوبَ الْعِدَا أَنْبَاءُ بِعْثَتِهِ كَنَبْأَةٍ أَجْفَلَتْ غُفْلاً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ
Transliteration
Rāʿat qulūbal ʿidā anbāʾu biʿthatihi Kanabʾatin ajfalat ghuflan minal ghanami
English Meaning
The news of his being sent had cast fear into the hearts of foes as heedless sheep are startled by sudden noise.
مَا زَالَ يَلْقَاهُمُ فِي كُلِّ مُعْتَرَكٍ حَتَّى حَكَوْا بِالْقَنَا لَحْمًا عَلَى وَضَمِ
Transliteration
Mā zāla yalqāhumu fī kulli muʿtarakin Ḥattā ḥakaw bil qanā laḥman ʿalā waḍami
English Meaning
He continued to meet them on every battleground Until spears cut them, like meat on a butcher’s block.
وَدُّوا الفِرَارَ فَكَادُوا يَغْبِطُونَ بِهِ أَشْلاَءَ شَالَتْ مَعَ الْعِقْبَانِ وَالرَّخَمِ
Transliteration
Waddul firāra fakādū yaghbiṭūna bihi Ashlāʾa shālat maʿal ʿiqbāni war rakhami
English Meaning
They longed to flee, almost jealous of The dead flesh carried off by hawks and vultures.
تَمْضِي اللَّيَالِي وَلاَ يَدْرُونَ عِدَّتَهَا مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنْ لَيَالِي الأَشْهُرِ الْحُرُمِ
Transliteration
Tamḍil layālī wa lā yadrūna ʿiddatahā Mā lam takun min layālil ash-huril ḥurumi
English Meaning
The nights passed with them unaware of their number, Apart from the nights of the Sacred Months.
كَأَنَّمَا الدِّينُ ضَيْفٌ حَلَّ سَاحَتَهُمْ بِكُلِّ قَرْمٍ إِلَى لَحْمِ العِدَا قَرِمِ
Transliteration
Ka annamad dīnu ḍayfun ḥalla sāḥatahum Bi kulli qarmin ilā laḥmil ʿidā qarimi
English Meaning
As if the religion were a guest that had arrived at their courtyard, With every honoured chieftain eager for the flesh of their foes.
يَجُرُّ بَحْرَ خَمِيسٍ فَوْقَ سَابِحَةٍ يَرْمِى بِمَوْجٍ مِنَ الأَبْطَالِ مُلْتَطِمِ
Transliteration
Yajurru baḥra khamīsin fawqa sābiḥatin Yarmī bi mawjin minal abṭāli multaṭimi
English Meaning
Bringing forth a sea of soldiers on swift steeds, Tossing wave upon wave of onrushing heroes.
مِنْ كُلِّ مُنْتَدَبٍ لِلهِ مُحْتَسِبٍ يَسْطُو بِمُسْتَأْصِلٍ لِلكُفْرِ مُصْطَلِمِ
Transliteration
Min kulli muntadibin liLlāhi muḥtasibin Yasṭū bimustaʾṣilin lil kufri muṣṭalimi
English Meaning
All responding to Allah’s call and anticipating reward, Boldly charging on, and uprooting disbelief.
حَتىَّ غَدَتْ مِلَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ وَهْيَ بِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ غُرْبَتِهَا مَوْصُولَةَ الرَّحِمِ
Transliteration
Ḥatta ghadat millatul islāmi wahya bihim Min baʿdi ghurbatihā mawṣūlatar rahimi
English Meaning
Until the religion of Islam was, through them, Reunited in kinship after being in exile.
مَكْفُولَةً أَبَدًا مِنْهُمْ بِخَيْرِ أَبٍ وَخَيْرِ بَعْلٍ فَلَمْ تَيْتَمْ وَلَمْ تَئِمِ
Transliteration
Makfūlatan abadan minhum bi khayri abin Wa khayri baʿlin fa lam taytam wa lam taʾimi
English Meaning
Forever protected from [foes] by the best of fathers and husbands, So that she was no longer an orphan or a widow.
هُمُ الجِبَالُ فَسَلْ عَنْهُمْ مُصَادِمَهُمْ مَاذَا رَأَى مِنْهُمُ فِي كُلِّ مُصْطَدَمِ
Transliteration
Humul jibālu fasal ʿanhum muṣādimahum Mādhā raʾā minhumu fī kulli muṣṭadami
English Meaning
They were mountains! Ask those who came to blows with them What they saw from them on every field of battle.
وَسَلْ حُنَيْنًا وَسَلْ بَدْرًا وَسَلْ أُحُدًا فُصُولَ حَتْفٍ لَهُمْ أَدْهَى مِنَ الوَخَمِ
Transliteration
Wa sal ḥunaynan wa sal badran wa sal uḥudan Fuṣūla ḥatfin lahum adʾhā minal wakhami
English Meaning
Ask Ḥunayn, ask Badr, ask Uḥud— Seasons of death, more disastrous for them than the plague!
المُصْدِرِي البِيضِ حُمْرًا بَعْدَ مَا وَرَدَتْ مِنَ العِدَا كُلَّ مُسْوَدٍّ مِنَ اللِّمَمِ
Transliteration
Almuṣdiril bīḍi ḥumran baʿda mā waradat Minal ʿidā kulla muswaddin minal limami
English Meaning
White swords returned, dripping red after taking drink From beneath the black heads of all their enemies.
وَالكَاتِبِينَ بِسُمْرِ الخَطِّ مَا تَرَكَتْ أَقْلاَمُهُمْ حَرْفَ جِسْمٍ غَيْرَ مُنَعَجِمِ
Transliteration
Wal kātibīna bi sumril khaṭṭi mā tarakat Aqlāmuhum ḥarfa jismin ghayra munʿajimi
English Meaning
Like scribes with wielded spears for pens, Leaving no letter of a body unmarked with dots.
شَاكِي السِّلاَحِ لَهُمْ سِيمَا تُمَيِّزُهُمْ وَالوَرْدُ يَمْتَازُ بِالسِّيمَا عَنِ السَّلَمِ
Transliteration
Shākis silāḥi lahum sīmā tumayyizuhum Wal wardu yamtāzu bis sīmā ʿanis salami
English Meaning
Well-armed, they were distinguished by a clear sign, as a rose differs from an acacia tree in its features.
تُهْدِي إِلَيْكَ رِيَاحُ النَّصْرِ نَشْرَهُمُ فَتَحْسَبُ الزَّهْرَ فِي الأَكْمَامِ كُلَّ كَمِي
Transliteration
Tuhdī ilayka riyāḥun naṣri nashrahumu Fataḥsabuz zahra fīl akmāmi kulla kamī
English Meaning
The winds of victory bring you their scent as a gift; You would think each armed hero a flower in bud!
كَأَنَّهُمْ فِي ظُهُورِ الخَيْلِ نَبْتُ رُبًا مِنْ شِدَّةِ الحَزْمِ لاَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الحُزُمِ
Transliteration
Ka annahum fī ẓuhūril khayli nabtu ruban Min shiddatil ḥazmi lā min shiddatil ḥuzumi
English Meaning
As if, riding their steeds, they were flowers on a hill-top Held firm not by strong stirrups, but by strength of resolve.
طَارَتْ قُلُوبُ العِدَا مِنْ بَأْسِهِمْ فَرَقًا فَمَا تُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ البَهْمِ وَالبُهُمِ
Transliteration
Ṭārat qulūbul ʿidā min baʾsihim faraqan Famā tufarriqu baynal bahmi wal buhami
English Meaning
Their forceful onslaught so put their foes’ hearts to flight that you could not have told a herd from a warrior.
وَمَنْ تَكُنْ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ نُصْرَتُهُ إِنْ تَلْقَهُ الأُسْدُ فِي آجَامِهَا تَجِمِ
Transliteration
Wa man takun birasūliLlāhi nuṣratuhu In talqahul usdu fī ājāmihā tajimi
English Meaning
For the one whose help comes from the Emissary of Allah Even lions finding him in their dens will be loth to face him.
وَلَنْ تَرَى مِنْ وَليٍّ غَيْرِ مُنْتَصِرٍ بِهِ وَلاَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ غَيْرِ مُنْقَصِمِ
Transliteration
Wa lan tarā min waliyyin ghayri muntaṣirin Bihi wa lā min ʿaduwwin ghayri munqasimi
English Meaning
You will not see one saint who is not victorious through him; Or a single foe of his who is not dealt mortal blows.
أَحَلَّ أُمَّتَهُ فِي حِرْزِ مِلَّتِهِ كَاللَّيْثِ حَلَّ مَعَ الأَشْبَالِ فِي أَجَمِ
Transliteration
Aḥalla ummatahu fī ḥirzi millatihi Kal laythi ḥalla maʿal ashbāli fī ajami
English Meaning
He gave his nation sanctuary in the stronghold of his faith, As a lion settles in with its cubs in a thicket.
كَمْ جَدَّلَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللهِ مِنْ جَدَلٍ فِيهِ وَكَمْ خَصَمَ البُرْهَانُ مِنْ خَصِمِ
Transliteration
Kam jaddalat kalimātuLlāhi min jadilin Fīhi wa kam khaṣamal burhānu min khaṣimi
English Meaning
How often have Allah’s words felled his opponents, And how often the Qur’an has defeated its enemies!
كَفَاكَ بِالْعِلْمِ فِي الأُمِّيِّ مُعْجِزَةً فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَالتَّأْدِيبِ فِي اليُتُمِ
Transliteration
Kafāka bil ʿilmi fīl ummiyyi muʿjizatan Fīl jāhiliyyati wat taʾdībi fīl yutumi
English Meaning
The erudition of an unlettered one is miracle enough in an Age of Ignorance, as is an orphan’s education.