Harful 'Ayni · حرف العين

عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ مِنْ مَعْشَرِ الْبِيضِ
صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ مِــنَ الْكُــلِّ وَالْبَعْــضِ

‘Alā al-Muṣṭafā al-mukhtāri min ma‘shari al-bayḍi
Ṣalātun wa taslīmun min al-kulli wa al-ba‘ḍi

Upon the Chosen One, the elect from the noble assembly, be prayers and peace from the whole and the part.

بُرُوزُ تَجَلِّي الذَّاتِ أَوَّلِ عَابِدٍ
وَوَاسِطَةِ الْأَحْوَالِ فِي الْبَسْطِ وَالْقَبْضِ

Burūzu tajallī al-ḏāti awwali ‘ābidin
Wa wāsiṭati al-aḥwāli fī al-basiṭi wa al-qabḍi

The manifestation of the Essence's epiphany, the first worshiper, and the intermediary of all states in spiritual expansion and contraction.

سَأُطْرِبُهُ بِالْمَــــدْحِ إِذْ زَحْـــزَحَ الْخَنَـــا
مَدَى الدَّهْرِ عَنْ قَوْلِي وَفِعْلِي وَعَنْ عِرْضِي

Sa-uṭribuhu bi-al-madḥi idh zaḥzaha al-khanā
Madā al-dahri ‘an qawlī wa fi‘lī wa ‘an ‘irḍī

I shall delight him with praise since he has banished obscenity from my speech, my actions, and my honor for all time.

نَبِيٌّ قُبَيْلَ الْكَــــوْنِ وَحَّـــــدَ رَبَّــــــهُ
فَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الذَّاتُ أَحْسِنْ بِذَا الْفَرْضِ

Nabiyyun qubaila al-kawni waḥḥada rabbahu
Fa-ṣallat ‘alayhi al-ḏātu aḥsin bi-hā al-farḍi

A Prophet who declared the Oneness of his Lord before the universe existed, so the Divine Essence itself blessed him—how excellent is this obligation.

نَبِيٌّ أَتَانَا فَاتِحًــــا وَهْـــوَ خَاتِـــــمٌ
عَلَيْهِ ثَنَائِي الدَّهْرَ كَيْمَا بِهِ أُرْضِي

Nabiyyun atānā fātiḥan wa-huwa khātimun
‘Alayhi thanā’ī al-dahri kaymā bihi urḍī

A Prophet who came to us as an opener while being the seal; upon him is my praise forever that I may please [God] through him.

نَبِيٌّ عَظِيمٌ لَمْ تَرَ الْعَيْــــــنُ مِثْلَــــهُ
وَيُبْعَثُ مَحْمُودَ الْمَقَامِ لَدَى الْعَرْضِ

Nabiyyun ‘aẓīmun lam tara al-‘aynu mithlahu
Wa yub‘athu Maḥmūda al-maqāmi ladā al-‘arḍi

A magnificent Prophet whose like the eye has never seen, and he shall be resurrected in the Praiseworthy Station during the Presentation.

نَبِيٌّ عَظِيمٌ خُلْقُهُ وَهْــــــوَ أَحْمَــــدٌ
عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةٌ مِنْ سَمَاءٍ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ

Nabiyyun ‘aẓīmun khulquhu wa huwa Aḥmadun
‘Alayhi ṣalātun min samā’in wa min arḍi

A magnificent Prophet of noble character, and he is Ahmad; upon him be prayers from the heavens and from the earth.

جَلِيلٌ جَمِيلٌ صَابِرٌ وَهْوَ شَاكِـــــــرٌ
أَتَى رَحْمَةً لِلْكَوْنِ مِنْ كَرَمٍ مَحْــضِ

Jalīlun jamīlun ṣābirun wa huwa shākirun
Atā raḥmatan lil-kawni min karamim maḥḍi

Exalted, beautiful, patient, and grateful; he came as a mercy to the universe out of pure generosity.

أَفَاضَ إِلَى كُلِّ الْخَلاَئِقِ فَيْضَـــــــهُ
فَأَكْرِمْ بِخَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ إِذْ عَمَّ بِالْفَيْضِ

Afāḍa ilā kulli al-khalā’iqi fayḍahu
Fa-akrim bi-khayri al-khalqi idh ‘amma bi-al-fayḍi

He poured his spiritual overflow onto all creatures; how noble is the Best of Creation as he encompassed everyone with that overflow.

وَمِنْ حُبِّهِ تَبْيَضُّ سُودٌ وَبُغْضُهُ
بِهِ اسْوَدَّ أَقْوَامٌ لِئَـامٌ مِنَ الْبِيضِ

Wa min ḥubbihi tabyaḍdu sūdun wa bughḍuhu
Bihi aswadda aqwāmun li’āmun min al-bayḍi

Through his love, the "black" become "white" (spiritually radiant), and through hatred of him, mean-spirited "white" people have become "black."

وَهَذَا بِحَمْــــــــدِ اللّٰهِ تَصْـــرِيفُ رَبِّنَــــا
لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَالتَّصْرِيفُ فِي الْحُبِّ وَالْبُغْضِ

Wa hādhā bi-ḥamdi Allāhi taṣrīfu rabbinā
Lahu al-ḥukmu wa al-taṣrīfu fī al-ḥubbi wa al-bughḍi

This, by the praise of Allah, is the disposal of our Lord; to Him belongs the judgment and the disposal over love and hatred.

عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى وَالْآلِ ثُــــمَّ صِحَابِـــــهِ
صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عَلَى حَالَــــــةٍ تُـــرْضِي

‘Alā al-Muṣṭafā wa al-āli thumma ṣiḥābihi
Ṣalātun wa taslīmun ‘alā ḥālatin turḍī

Upon the Chosen One, the family, and then his companions, be prayers and peace in a manner that is pleasing.