Harfut Twaai · حرف الطاء

طَوَيْتُ طَرِيقَ الْقَوْمِ بِالْمُصْطَفَى الْكَنْزِ
وَطَــهَ أَمِينِي فَهْوَ لِي مُخْلِــــدٌ فَوْزِي

Ṭawaytu ṭarīqa al-qawmi bi-al-Muṣṭafā al-kanzi
Wa Ṭāhā amīnī fahuwa lī mukhlidun fawzī

I folded the path of the folk through the Chosen Treasure, and Taha is my guardian who makes my success eternal.

حَمَانِي عَنِ الدَّهْرِ الْمُسِيءِ وَإِنَّنِــــي
عَلَى سُنَنِ الْـهَادِي الَّذِي اللّٰهُ لاَ يُخْزِي

Ḥamānī ‘ani al-dahri al-musī’i wa innanī
‘Alā sunani al-hādī alladhī Allāhu lā yukhzī

He protected me from the ill-fortunes of time, and I am upon the way of the Guide whom Allah shall never disgrace.

يَحُوزُ مُحِبُّ الْمُصْطَفَى مَا يَرُومُـــهُ
وَلاَ تَتَرَبَّصْ رَيْبَ دَهْرٍ لِذَا الْكَنْــــزِ

Yaḥūzu muḥibbu al-Muṣṭafā mā yarūmuhu
Wa lā tatarabbaṣ rayba dahrin li-dhā al-kanzi

The lover of the Chosen One attains whatever he seeks; do not wait for the calamities of time to affect this Treasure.

إِلَـــهٌ شَكُورٌ وَاسِــــــــعٌ مُتَفَضِّـــــلٌ
عَزِيزٌ فَلاَ يُلْفَى سِـــوَاهُ عَلَى عِــــزِّ

Ilāhun shakūrun wāsi’un mutafaḍḍilun
‘Azīzun fa-lā yulfā siwāhu ‘alā ‘izzī

A God who is Grateful, Vast, and Bestowing; Mighty, and none besides Him is found in true glory.

مَتِينٌ غَنِيٌّ وَهْــــــوَ كَافٍ عَبِيــــدَهُ
عَلَى أَمَلِ الدَّارَيْنِ حَوْزًا عَلَى حَوْزِ

Matīnun ghanīyyun wahuwa kāfin ‘abīdahu
‘Alā amala al-dārayni ḥawzan ‘alā ḥawzī

The Firm, the Rich, and He is sufficient for His servants regarding the hopes of both worlds, attainment after attainment.

يَكِلُّ قِلاَمِي عِنْدَ وَصْفِ إِلَـهِنَــــا
فَفِيهِ سَوَاءٌ مُكْثِرٌ وَأَخُــو رَمْــــزِ

Yakillu qilāmī ‘inda waṣfi ilāhinā
Fa-fīhi sawā’un mukthirun wa akhū ramzī

My pens grow weary when describing our God, for in this, the one who speaks much and the one who speaks in symbols are equal.

كَذَلِــــكَ أَوْصَـــافُ الْأَمِينِ لِأَنَّــهُ
كَأَوْصَافِهِ مِنْ دُونِ فَرْقٍ وَلاَ مَيْزِ

Kadhālika awṣāfu al-amīni li-annahū
Ka-awṣāfihi min dūni farqin wa lā mayzī

Such are the attributes of the Trustworthy One, for he is like His attributes without separation or distinction.

بِهِ أَسْتَجِيرُ الدَّهْرَ حِبًّا وَخَادِمًا
فَلاَ نَالَنِي مِنْ مُبْغِضِي بَطْشَةُ الْبَـزِّ

Bihi astajīru al-dahra ḥibban wa khādiman
Fa-lā nālanī min mubghiḍī baṭshatu al-bazzī

In him I seek refuge throughout time as a lover and a servant, so the assault of the plunderer from my haters never reaches me.

وَلاَ ضَرَّنِي غَدْرُ الْغَدُورِ وَقَدْحُــهُ
بِطَهَ اعْتِلاَئِي دُونَ ضَرْبٍ وَلاَ وَكْزِ

Wa lā ḍarranī ghadru al-ghadūri wa qadḥuhu
Bi-Ṭāhā i‘tilā’ī dūna ḍarbin wa lā wakzī

The treachery of the traitor and his slander shall not harm me; through Taha is my elevation without need for blow or strike.

نَفَى عَنِّيَ الْأَشْرَارَ طَهَ وَسَاقَ لِي
رِجَالَ التُّقَى وَالرُّشْدِ وَالْعِلْمِ وَالْفَوْزِ

Nafā ‘anniya al-ashrāra Ṭāhā wa sāqa lī
Rijāla al-tuḳā wa al-rushdi wa al-‘ilmi wa al-fawzī

Taha banished the wicked from me and brought toward me the men of piety, rectitude, knowledge, and success.

صَلاَحُ أَحِبَّائِي يَلُوحُ لِمُبْصِــــــرٍ
بِطَهَ حَبِيبِ اللّٰهِ فَوْزًا عَلَى فَــــوْزِ

Ṣalāḥu aḥibbā’ī yalūḥu li-mubṣirin
Bi-Ṭāhā ḥabībi Allāhi fawzan ‘alā fawzī

The righteousness of my loved ones is apparent to the one with sight through Taha, the Beloved of Allah—victory upon victory.

طَرِبْتُ بِذِكْرِ الْمُصْطَفَـى تِيَهًا بِـــهِ
فَلِي عِزَّةٌ بِالْمُصْطَفَى دُونَ مَا غَمْزِ

Ṭaribtu bi-dhikri al-Muṣṭafā tīhānbihī
Fa-lī ‘izzatun bi-al-Muṣṭafā dūna mā ghamzī

I have become ecstatic through the remembrance of the Chosen One, for I possess a might through him beyond any insinuation.

وَلِـيِّي صَفِيِّي مَلْجَئِي وَهْوَ مَرْكَزِي
عَلِيٌّ صَفِيٌّ دُونَ عَيْبٍ وَلاَ لَمْــــزِ

Walīyyī ṣafiyyī malja’ī wahuwa markazī
‘Alīyyun ṣafiyyun dūna ‘aybin wa lā lamzī

My protector, my pure friend, my refuge, and he is my center; exalted and pure, without fault or reproach.

فَحَسْبِي إِلَـهِي وَالْأَمِينُ فَمَنْ يَكُــــنْ
بِرَبِّي فَمُكْفٍ شَرَّ ذِي اللَّمْزِ وَالْـهَمْزِ

Fa-ḥasbī ilāhī wa al-amīnu fa-man yakun
Bi-rabbī fa-mukfin sharra dhī al-lamzi wa al-hamzī

My God and the Trustworthy one are sufficient for me; for whoever is with my Lord is protected from the slanderer and backbiter.

أَيَا رَبِّ فَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى كُلِّ مَارِدٍ
فَيَنْدَمَ ذُو مَيْلٍ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَالْعِـــــزِّ

Ayā Rabbī fanṣurnī ‘alā kulli māridin
Fayandama dhū maylin ‘ani al-ḥaqqi wa al-‘izzī

O Lord, grant me victory over every rebel, so that the one who swerves from the Truth and Glory may feel regret.

صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عَلَى خَيْــــرِ مُرْسَــــلٍ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ ذَوِي الْفَضْلِ وَالْحَوْزِ

Ṣalātun wa taslīmun ‘alā khayri mursalīn
Wa ālin wa aṣḥābin dhawī al-faḍli wa al-ḥawzī

Blessings and peace be upon the best of those sent, and upon the family and the companions, the people of virtue and attainment.