Sayyiduna Khuraym bin Aws bin Harithah bin Lam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "O Messenger of Allah! I wish to say something in your praise." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say it; may Allah never close your mouth." So al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) recited these verses:
Before this, too, you were pure in the shades and in that safe place where leaves are layered one upon another,
Then you descended to the earth, while you were (at that time) neither a human being, nor a lump of flesh, nor a clinging clot,
Rather, a drop of fluid that boarded the Ark (of Nuh, peace be upon him), when (the Flood) bridled even the idol 'Nasr' and drowned its worshippers,
You were transferred from one loin to another womb; whenever one age passed, a new generation appeared,
Until your lofty household settled in the high lineage of Khindif, beneath which were (eloquent) tongues,
And when you were born, the earth shone and the horizon glowed with your light,
So we are in radiance and light, and are traversing the paths of guidance.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الخاء / 4152