Harful Jeem · حرف الجيم

ضِيَاؤُكَ مِنْهُ الْكَــــوْنُ قَــــدْ يَتَبَلَّـــجُ
وَمِنْ فَيْضِكَ الْجَارِي الْبِحَارُ تَمَوَّجُ

Ḍiyā’uka minhul kawnu qad yataballaju
Wa min fayḍikal jāril biḥāru tamawwaju

Your light causes the entire universe to shine, And from your flowing abundance, the seas surge in waves.

أَأَحْمَدُ يَا طَــــهَ الْأَمِينُ مُحَمَّـــدُ
عَلَيْكَ سَلاَمٌ دُونَهُ الْمِسْكُ يَـأْرَجُ

A-Aḥmadu yā Ṭāhāl amīnu Muḥammadun
‘Alayka salāmun dūnahul misku ya’raju

O Ahmad, O Taha, the Trustworthy, O Muhammad, Upon you be peace, compared to which even musk loses its fragrance.

فَمِنْ طِيبِهِ طِيبُ الْجِنَانِ وَنَشْرُهُ
بِهِ فَاحَ مِسْكٌ وَالْكِبَـا وَالْبَنَفْسَــجُ

Fa min ṭībihī ṭībul jināni wa nashruhū
Bihī fāḥa miskun wal kibā wal banafsaju

From his scent comes the fragrance of the Gardens, and its spreading— By it, musk, agarwood, and violets diffuse their aroma.

وَمِنْ حُسْنِهِ حُورُ الْجِنَانِ تَزَيَّنَتْ
وَمِنْهُ جَــــــلاَلٌ نَـــارُهُ تَتَأَجَّـــجُ

Wa min ḥusnihī ḥūrul jināni tazayyanat
Wa minhu jalālun nāruhū tata’ajjaju

From his beauty, the maidens of Paradise are adorned, And from him comes a Majesty whose fire blazes brightly.

وَمِنْ عِلْمِهِ لَوْحُ الْعَلِـيِّ وَجُودُهُ
بِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ يُنْسَجُ

Wa min ‘ilmihī lawḥul ‘aliyyi wa jūduhū
Bihī wa ‘alayhil khalqu wal amru yunsaju

From his knowledge is the Preserved Tablet of the Most High, and his existence; Through him and upon him, creation and the Divine Command are woven.

لِذَاكَ سَرَى وَالْكُلُّ مَوْطِئُ نَعْلِـــهِ
فَأَكْرِمْ بِخَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ مَنْ هُوَ أَبْـهَجُ

Lidhāka sarā wal kullu mawṭi’u na‘lihī
Fa’akrim bikhayril khalqi man huwa abhaju

For this, he journeyed [on the Night Flight] while everything was beneath his sandal; How noble is the best of creation, he who is the most radiant.

وَشُقَّ لَهُ الْبَدْرُ الْمُنِيرُ وَأَسْبَلَتْ
غَمَامٌ بِوَدْقٍ دَائِمًــــــا يَتَثَجْثَـــجُ

Wa shuqqa lahul badrul munīru wa asbalat
Ghamāmun biwadqin dā’iman yatathajthaju

For him, the illuminating full moon was split, and clouds Let down a heavy rain that continuously poured forth.

عَلَيْهِ صَـلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
بِهَا فَازَ أَحْبَابِي وَضِدِّيَ مُزْعَجُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātullāhi thumma salāmuhū
Bihā fāza aḥbābī wa ḍiddiya muz‘aju

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace; By which my loved ones triumph, while my enemies are unsettled.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
تَحُلُّ لِسَانِي الدَّهْرَ لاَ أَتَلَجْلَــــجُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātullāhi thumma salāmuhū
Taḥullu lisānid-dahra lā atalajlaju

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace; It loosens my tongue for all time so that I never stammer.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا كُلُّ الْكُرُوبِ تُفَــــرَّجُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātullāhi thumma salāmuhū
Ṣalātan bihā kullul kurūbi tufarraju

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace; A prayer by which all distress is relieved.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً لَنَــــا أَنْوَارُهَــــا تَتَبَلَّـــجُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātullāhi thumma salāmuhū
Ṣalātan lanā anwäruhā tataballaju

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace; A prayer through which our lights begin to shine.

عَلَيْهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِهِ
صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ مِنَ الطِّيبِ أَأْرَجُ

‘Alayhi ma‘al ālil kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihī
Ṣalātun wa taslīmun minaṭ-ṭībi a’raju

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions, Be blessings and peace more fragrant than the finest perfume.