O shaykh of ours, your separation burns
Tonight, grief has descended into every home
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O shaykh of ours, your separation burns
Tonight, grief has descended into every home
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O Allah, O Sattar¹, O Creator of (your) servants; protect Him from the Fire
Forgive him, O Ghaffar²; Sheikh Nurayn has gone, leaving minds in disarray
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
? by the Chosen One, the glorious Prophet, be for his flaws a cover
On the Day that nations will be bewildered, may Allah the Magnificent deliver us from the Fire
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
Nurayn has passed forever – how sad!
O Lord, bestow upon us deliverance
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
Have mercy upon him O Allah, by the right of "Lam yakun..." and Surah al-Ikhlaas³
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O shaykh of ours, your separation burns
Tonight, grief has descended into every home
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
(He who) was always reciting the Qur'an, and was ? to his neighbours
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O Lord, O Rahman, honour his people and cause his sons to meet safety
قالو عم الحزن فالسودان They said "Sudan is full of grief"
فقلت بل عم في كل مكان I replied to them "No, (grief for Shaykh Nurayn) is spread in every place"
وبال أخص في قلوب اهل الإيمان "And especially in the hearts of the people of faith."
كيف لا وأزاءُن اليوم في اهل القران How can I not dispute today with the people of the Qur'an?
O Dakhru⁴ my friend, I cry and have no doubt this poem will be above your brother in Jannah
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O Shaykh of ours, O al-Makki⁵, I pray that Shaykh Nurayn will be in your company
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O shaykh of ours, your separation burns
Tonight, grief has descended into every home
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
Gone is the people's favourite; O sweet and kind-hearted, soft you were to the people
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
They lost everyone in the last third⁶, and our Nurayn was sensitive
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
Hassan Jad Al-Sayyid is broken-hearted⁷
Lost is the kindness of hearts and all tenderness
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
In salvation, I swear the time of Shaykh Nurayn will be everlasting; our salaams and hugs to you
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O shaykh of ours, your separation burns
Tonight, grief has descended into every home
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
Al-Farajabi⁸ weeps for you, the mosques weep for you They lost their ?
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
With anguish in our hearts, we weep for you O sweetest of the sweet, ?
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
Omar the Caliph⁹ would constantly pray behind you in Ramadhan
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
With your glistening voice ?
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O shaykh of ours, your separation burns
Tonight, grief has descended into every home
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
O full moon of the wilderness! Unique among people, you would never find fault
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
With Zahra¹⁰ and the Qutbs¹¹ in the highest heaven, you will be amongst your friends
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
Send my prayers, O Tawwaab¹², and abundant peace on the sincerely repentant one
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn
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And cause his prayers to be answered
[He completed hifdh of the Qur'an at age 17]
[He graduated from the University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences in Omdurman, Sudan]
[He was known to be one of the most famous Sudanese reciters in the Arab world]
[Becoming famous for being able to recite the Qur'an in many riwayas¹³]
[His reverent voice drew thousands of people in Ramadhan]
[He represented Sudan in many international Qur'an competitions]
[The International Union of Muslim Scholars' eulogy for the Shaykh...]
[...describes him as "A luminary of the sciences of Qur'anic recitation, da'wah and guidance in Sudan"]
[The Turkish Embassy in Khartoum posted of the Sudanese reciter on its Facebook page:]
[With great sadness and sorrow, we received the news of the death of His Eminence, Sheikh Qari Nurayn Muhammad Siddiq, in a traffic accident on their way back from a da'wah mission. We ask Allah for His mercy and forgiveness on him. Our sincere condolences to his family, fans, students and all the people of Sudan.]
O shaykh of ours, your separation burns
Tonight, grief has descended into every home
Beautiful Shaykh Nurayn