Harfudh Dhaal · حرف الذال

ذَكَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ مَنْ زَحْزَحَ الْـهَرْجَا
وَوَاصَلَنِي دَهْرِي فَصِرْتُ كَمَنْ حَجَّا

Dhakartu Rasūla Allāhi man zahzaha al-harjā
Wa wāṣalanī dahrī fa ṣirtu kam-man ḥajjā

I remembered the Messenger of Allah, the one who removed chaos, and my time reached such union that I became like one who has performed the Pilgrimage.

يُؤَرِّقُنِي ذِكْرُ الْأَمِيـــــــنِ فَلَيْلَتِــــي
كَعَامٍ وَخَيْرُ الْخَلْقِ قَدْ أَتْحَفَ الْفُلْجَا

Yu’arriqunī dhikru al-amīn fa-laylatī
Ka‘āmin wa khayru al-khalqi qad atḥafa al-fuljā

The remembrance of the Trustworthy one keeps me awake, so my night feels like a year, and the Best of Creation has gifted me with victory.

حَوَى عَقْرَبَ التِّذْكَارِ قَلْبِـــي وَإِنَّـــهُ
مَدَى الدَّهْرِ لاَ يُلْفَى يُفَارِقُ ذَا الْبُرْجَا

Ḥawā ‘aqraba al-tidhkāri qalbī wa innahu
Madā al-dahri lā yulfā yufāriqu dhā al-burjā

My heart has encompassed the "Scorpio" of remembrance, and indeed throughout time it is never found leaving this "Zodiac sign."

نَشَوْتُ بِذِكْرِ الْمُصْطَفَى قَبْلَ نَشْأَتِي
أَيَا عَاذِلِي دَعْنِي فَقَلْبِي بِــــهِ لَجَّـــا

Nashawtu bi dhikri al-muṣṭafā qabla nash’ātī
Ayā ‘ādhilī da‘nī fa qalbī bihi lajjā

I became intoxicated with the remembrance of the Chosen One before my own inception; O my censurer, leave me be, for my heart is deeply immersed in him.

حَلَفْتُ يَمِينًا إِنَّنِي الدَّهْـــرَ نَاسِـــجٌ
لِأَمْدَاحِ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ يَا نِعْمَهُ نَسْجَا

Ḥalaftu yamīnan innanī al-dahra nāsijun
Li-amdāḥi khayri al-khalqi yā ni‘mahu nasjā

I have sworn an oath that I am forever a weaver of the praises of the Best of Creation—and what an excellent weaving it is.

طَوَيْتُ بِهِ نَشْرَ الْعُلُـــومِ وَإِنَّنِــــي
مَرَجْتُ بِهِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَا حَبَّذَا مَرْجَا

Ṭawaitu bihi nashra al-‘ulūmi wa innanī
Marajtu bihi al-baḥrayni yā ḥabbadhā marjā

Through him, I folded the spreading of sciences, and through him, I merged the two oceans—what a wonderful merging.

يُمِدُّ جَمِيعَ الْكَوْنِ نُـــــورُ بَهَائِـــهِ
وَيَمْحُو جَلاَلاً كُلَّ بُطْلٍ مَتَى دَجَّا

Yumiddu jamī‘a al-kawni nūru bahā’ihi
Wa yamḥu jalālan kulla buṭlin matā dajjā

the light of his beauty sustains the entire universe and his majesty erases every falsehood whenever it grows dark.

بِبَدْرٍ وَأُحْــــدٍ قَدْ تَبَلَّـــجَ وَانْمَحَى
بِهِ بُطْلُ فِهْرٍ كَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ دَجَّا

Bi-badrin wa Uḥud qad taballaja wa inmaḥā
Bihi buṭlu Fihrin kāna min qablihi dajjā

At Badr and Uhud he shone brightly, and through him the falsehood of Fihr (the pagans) was erased after it had been dark.

كَذَا فِي حُنَيْنٍ قَبْلَـــــهُ فَتْــــحُ مَكَّـــةٍ
وَقَدْ دَوَّخَ الْأَحْزَابَ فَوْجًا يَـلِـي فَوْجَا

Kadhā fī Ḥunayn qablahu fatḥu Makkah
Wa qad dawwakha al-aḥzāba fawjan yalī fawjā

Likewise at Hunayn, and before it the Conquest of Mecca, and he defeated the Confederates (Al-Ahzab) group after group.

فَصَلَّى عَلَيْـــهِ اللّٰهُ فِــــي كُــــــلِّ طَرْفَـــةٍ
عَدِيدَ الْحَصَى وَالرَّمْلِ مَا زَحْزَحَ الْـهَرْجَا

Fa-ṣallā ‘alayhi Allāhu fī kulli ṭarfatin
‘Adīda al-ḥaṣā wa al-ramli mā zahzaha al-harjā

May Allah bless him in every blink of an eye, as numerous as the pebbles and the sand, as long as chaos is pushed away.

وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ اللّٰهُ فِـــــي كُــــلِّ ذَرَّةٍ
صَلاَةً تُحِيطُ الْبَحْرَ وَالْفُلْكَ وَالْمَوْجَا

Wa ṣallā ‘alayhi Allāhu fī kulli dharratin
Ṣalātan tuḥīṭu al-baḥra wa al-fulka wa al-mawjā

May Allah bless him in every atom, a prayer that encompasses the sea, the ships, and the waves.

وَيُعْطِي عُبَيْدًا مَا يَـــرُومُ وَفَوْقَــهُ
بِجَاهِ رَسُــولِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ عَلَّمَ الْحَجَّـــا

Wa yu‘ṭī ‘Ubaydan mā yarūmu wa fawqahu
Bi jāhi Rasūli Allāhi man ‘allama al-ḥajjā

And may He grant this little servant what he desires and more, by the rank of the Messenger of Allah, the one who taught the Pilgrimage.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ فِي كُــــــلِّ حَالَـــةٍ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ ثُمَّ مَنْ حَازَهُ زَوْجَا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi fī kulli ḥālatin
Wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin thumma man ḥāzahū zawjā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah in every state, and upon the family and companions, and those who attained the status of his wives.