Harful Jiimi · حرف الجيم

جَمِيعُ شُؤُونِ الْخَلْقِ مِنْ شَأْنِ فَيْلَقِ
فَعَيْنِي وَكَلْكَالِي وَطِرْسِي وَلَقْلَقِي

Jamī‘u shu’ūni l-khalqi min sha’ni faylaqin
Fa-‘aynī wa kalkālī wa ṭirsī wa laqlaqī

All the affairs of creation stem from the affair of the Leader (the Prophet); thus, my eyes, my chest, my parchment, and my speech are all for him.

قِلاَمِي وَنِفْسِي قَدْ خَدَمْتُ لِذِكْرِهِ
بِذِكْرِ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ أَعْلُو وَأَرْتَقِي

Qilāmī wa nifsī qad khadamtū li-dhikrihī
Bi-dhikri Rasūli llāhi a‘lu wa artaqī

My pens and my ink have I dedicated to his service; through the remembrance of the Messenger of Allah, I ascend and rise.

جَلِيلٌ جَمِيلٌ خُلْقُهُ ذِكْرُ رَبِّـــــهِ
بَشِيرٌ نَذِيرٌ رَبُّ صِدْقٍ مُصَدَّقِ

Jalīlun jamīlun khulquhū dhikru Rabbihī
Bashīrun nadhīrun Rabbu ṣidqin muṣaddaqī

Magnificent and beautiful is his character, and his speech is the remembrance of his Lord; a bringer of glad tidings, a warner, a truthful master who is himself confirmed as true.

خَلِيلَيَّ مُرَّابِي عَلَى حَضْرَةِ الثِّنَا
أُقَضِّ لُبَانَاتِ الْفُــؤَادِ الْمُمَــــزَّقِ

Khalīlayya murrābī ‘alā ḥaḍrati th-thanā
Uqaḍḍī lubānāti l-fu’ādi l-mumazzaqī

O my two companions, lead me to the Presence of Praise, so that I may fulfill the longings of a torn heart.

أَلاَ لَيْتَ شِعْرِي كَيْفَ عَهْدِيَ عِنْدَهُ
فَإِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدِي لَعَهْـــــــــدَ مُوَثِّــــقِ

Alā layta shi‘rī kayfa ‘ahdī ‘indahū
Fa-inna lahū ‘indī la-‘ahdan muwaththaqī

O, I wish I knew: how is my covenant regarded by him? For indeed, I hold a firmly established covenant with him.

حَلَفْتُ لَهُ بِالذَّاتِ إِنِّـــــــي أُحِبُّــــهُ
وِدَادًا صَفِيًّا فَهْوَ نَهْجِي وَمَوْدِقِــي

Ḥalaftu lahū bi-dh-dhāti innī uḥibbuhū
Widādan ṣafiyyan fahuwa nahjī wa mawdiqī

I have sworn to him by the Divine Essence that I love him with a pure affection; for he is my path and my place of refuge.

فَإِنَّكَ مِحْرَابُ الْوُجُودِ وَوَجْهُـــــهَا
وَإِنَّكَ بَابُ الْوَصْـــــلِ لِلْمُتَحَقِّـــقِ

Fa-innaka miḥrābu l-wujūdi wa wajhuhā
Wa-innaka bābu l-waṣli lil-mutaḥaqqiqī

For you are the prayer-niche (Mihrab) of existence and its face; and you are the Door of Union for the one seeking realization.

وَإِنَّكَ خَتْمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَلاَ يُــــــــرَى
نَبِيٌّ بُعَيْدَ الْمُصْطَفَى الْقَرْمِ فَيْلَقِــي

Wa-innaka khatmu l-anbiyā’i fa-lā yurā
Nabiyyun bu‘ayda l-muṣṭafā l-qarmi faylaqī

And you are the Seal of the Prophets, so no Prophet shall ever be seen after the Chosen One, the noble Leader.

مُسَيْلَمَةُ الْكَذَّابُ حَــــــــاوَلَ كَوْنَـــهُ
شَرِيكًا لَهُ فِي الْأَمْرِ مَحْضَ تَمَشْدُقِ

Musaylamatu l-kadhdhābu ḥāwala kawnahū
Sharīkan lahū fī l-amri maḥḍa tamashduqī

Musaylimah the Liar attempted to become a partner with him in the matter through mere boastful chatter.

وَرَبِّي يُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ يُبْطِلُ ضِدَّهُ
وَلَوْ سَاءَ نُورُ الْحَقِّ أَهْلَ تَزَنْدُقِ

Wa Rabbī yuḥiqu l-ḥaqqa yubṭilu ḍiddahū
Wa law sā’a nūru l-ḥaqqi ahla tazandiqī

But my Lord establishes the Truth and nullifies its opposite, even if the Light of Truth displeases the people of heresy.

فَقَدْ جَدَّ فِي تَحْقِيقِ دَعْوَاهُ جُهْدَهُ
وَلَكِنَّ رَبِّي غَالِبٌ كُلَّ فَيْلَـــــقِ

Faqad jadda fī taḥqīqi da‘wāhū juhdahū
Wa lākinna Rabbī ghālibun kulla faylaqī

He (Musaylimah) exerted all his effort to validate his claim, but my Lord is the Vanquisher of every army.

فَهُو زَبَدٌ قَدْ زَحْزَحَ اللّٰهُ كَيْدَهُ
وَتَبْقَى مَنَافِعُ الْخَلاَئِقِ تَرْتَقِي

Fahūwa zabdun qad zaḥzaḥa llāhu kaydahū
Wa tabqā manāfi‘u l-khalā’iqi tartaqī

He was but foam whose plot Allah swept away, while the benefits for all creation remain and continue to rise.

وَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا كَذَّبُوهُ وَقَاتَلُـــوا
فَمَزَّقَ سَيْفُ الْحَقِّ أَهْلَ تَفَسُّقِ

Wa inna Qurayshan kadhdhabūhū wa qātalū
Fa-mazzaqa sayfu l-ḥaqqi ahla tafassuqī

Indeed, the Quraysh denied him and fought him, but the Sword of Truth tore apart the people of depravity.

أَبَادَ جُمُوعًا كَذَّبُوهُ وَحَارَبُوا
أَفَادَ عُلُومَ الْحَقِّ كُلَّ مُصَدِّقِ

Abāda jumū‘an kadhdhabūhū wa ḥārabū
Afāda ‘ulūma l-ḥaqqi kulla muṣaddiqī

He annihilated the throngs who denied and warred against him, while providing the sciences of Truth to every believer.

قَلَوْهُ وَآذَوْهُ عُتُوًّا فَلَمْ يَـــــزَلْ
بِرِفْقٍ وَلِينٍ مُرْشِدًا كُلَّ مُوبِقِ

Qalawhū wa ādhawhū ‘utūwwan fa-lam yazal
Bi-rifqin wa līnin murshidan kulla mūbiqī

they detested him and harmed him out of arrogance, yet he remained gentle and kind, guiding every soul on the brink of ruin.

فَيَا رَبِّ فَاسْلُكْ بِي صِرَاطَ مُحَمَّــدٍ
وَيَا رَبِّ فَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى كُلِّ مُبْرِقِ

Fa-yā Rabbī fasluk bī ṣirāṭa Muḥammadin
Wa yā Rabbī fanṣurnī ‘alā kulli mubriqī

O Lord, make me travel the path of Muhammad; O Lord, grant me victory over every deceptive person.

وَيَا رَبِّ حَقِّقْنِي وَبَصِّـــرْ قُلُوبَنَـــا
وَصَحْبِي وَأَحْبَابِي وَكُلَّ مُوَفَّــــقِ

Wa yā Rabbī ḥaqqiqnī wa baṣṣir qulūbanā
Wa ṣaḥbī wa aḥbābī wa kulla muwaffaqī

O Lord, grant me realization and give insight to our hearts, as well as to my companions, my loved ones, and every successful soul.

بِجَاهِ نَبِيِّ الْحَقِّ ثُـــــــمَّ صِحَابِــــــهِ
عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةٌ دَائِمًــــــا لَــــمْ تُفَتَّـــــقِ

Bi-jāhi Nabiyyil-ḥaqqi thumma ṣiḥābihī
‘Alayhi ṣalātun dā’iman lam tufattaqī

By the rank of the Prophet of Truth and his companions; upon him be prayers eternally, never to be severed.