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ديوان حسان بن ثابت

Diwan Hassan ibn Thabit

Hassan ibn Thabit · d. 54 AH / 674 CE

Poetry

History of the Book

A pulpit was placed in the Prophet's mosque for Hassan, and the Prophet ﷺ prayed that the Holy Spirit support him as long as he defended the faith with verse. His lines are the earliest surviving praise of the Prophet composed by one who saw his face.

Passages of Light

وَأَحْسَنُ مِنْكَ لَمْ تَرَ قَطُّ عَيْنِي * وَأَجْمَلُ مِنْكَ لَمْ تَلِدِ النِّسَاءُ

Wa aḥsanu minka lam tara qaṭṭu 'aynī...

My eye has never seen one finer than you, and no woman has given birth to one more beautiful than you.

Praise

Hassan ibn Thabit

You were created free of every fault, as though you were created just as you wished to be.

Praise

Hassan ibn Thabit