Harful Faai · حرف الفاء

فَأَهْلاً بِشَهْرٍ قَدْ أَتَى بِالْمُخَصَّصِ
مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ سِرِّ الْمُمَهَّـــــصِ

Fa-ahlan bi-shahrin qad atā bi-al-mukhaṣṣaṣi
Muḥammadin ‘Abdu Allāhi sirru al-mumahḥaṣi

Welcome to the month that brought the Specially Designated One, Muhammad the servant of Allah and the Secret of the Purifier.

لَقَدْ جَالَ قَبْلَ الْكَوْنِ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَحْدَهُ
بِعِزٍّ وَتَشْرِيفٍ وَسِرٍّ مُخَصَّـــــصِ

Laqad jāla qabla al-kawni fi al-ghaybi waḥdahu
Bi-‘izzi wa tashrīfin wa sirrin mukhaṣṣaṣi

He roamed alone within the Unseen before the existence of the universe, with might, honor, and a specific secret.

تَسَتَّرَ فِي الْأَلْبَاسِ فَالْكَوْنُ كُلُّهُ
مَظَاهِرُ أَلْبَاسٍ لِـهَـذَا الْمُخَصَّصِ

Tasattara fi al-albāsi fa-al-kawnu kulluhu
Mazāhiru albāsin li-hādhā al-mukhaṣṣaṣi

He veiled himself in various garments, for the entire universe is but the manifest appearances of the garments of this Specially Designated One.

تَطَوَّرَ فِي الْأَطْوَارِ إِذْ كَانَ وَحْدَهُ
تَنَكَّرَ عَنْ عَيْنِ الْبَصِيرِ الْمُفَحِّصِ

Taṭawwara fi al-aṭwāri idh kāna waḥdahu
Tanakkara ‘an ‘ayni al-baṣīri al-mufaḥḥiṣi

He evolved through the stages while he was alone, remaining hidden even from the eye of the scrutinizing observer.

فَأَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً مَرْحَبًــــــا ثُــــمَّ مَرْحَبًـــا
مَتَى جَاءَنَا الْمَخْصُوصُ سِرِّي وَمُخْلِصِي

Fa-ahlan wa sahlan marḥaban thumma marḥaban
Matā jā’anā al-makhuṣuṣu sirrī wa mukhliṣī

So welcome, and thrice welcome, whenever this Special One—my secret and my savior—comes to us.

أُهَنِّئُ نَفْسِي ثُمَّ يَوْمِــــي وَشَهْــــرَهُ
كَـــــــذَا بَلَدًا قَدْ مَسَّهُ خَيْرُ أَخْمَــــــصِ

Uhanni’u nafsī thumma yawmi wa shahrahu
Kadhā baladan qad massahu khayru akhmaṣi

I congratulate myself, my day, and his birth month, as well as the land touched by the best of footsteps.

وَفِهْرًا وَعَبْدَ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــــمَّ عَقِيلَـــــةً
أَتَتْ قَوْمَهَا بِالرُّوحِ عَيْنَ تَشَخُّـــصِ

Wa fīhran wa ‘Abdu Allāhi thumma ‘Aqīlah
Atat qawmuhā bi-al-rūḥi ‘ayna tashakhkhuṣi

And I congratulate Fihr (the tribe), Abdullah (the father), and the noble mother (Aminah) who brought the Spirit itself to her people in physical form.

صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيـــــــمُ الْإِلَـــــهِ بِقَـــــدْرِهِ
عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى وَالْآلِ بَلْ كُلِّ مُخْلِصِ

Ṣalātun wa taslīmu al-Ilāhi bi-qadrihi
‘Alā al-Muṣṭafā wa al-āli bal kulli mukhliṣi

The prayer and peace of God be upon him according to his immense worth, and upon the family and every sincere follower.