Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1690

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1690
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنِ الْبُخَارِيِّ تَعْلِيقًا قَالَ: يَقْرَأُ الْحَسَنُ عَلَى الطِّفْلِ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا سلفا وفرطا وذخرا وَأَجرا

Translation

Al-Bukhari mentions in a suspended report: Al-Hasan recites the Opening of the Book over a child and says, ‘O Allah, make him a predecessor for us, one who goes ahead, a treasure, and a reward.’

Translation notes

  • The terms salaf and farat are rendered provisionally in their literal sense; the English witness offers more interpretive glosses.

  • سلفا وفرطا

    The paired terms salaf and farat have overlapping senses of a child gone ahead of the family and a forerunner; the source itself supplies no gloss.

    What English rendering best preserves the paired terms سلف and فرط in this supplication?