Harfut Taa · حرف الطاء

ثَقِفْتُ اعْوِجَاجَ الْخَلْقِ وَالْكُـلُّ يَغْبِـــطُ
مَقَامِي لَدَى الْمَاحِي وَبِالْفَيْضِ يَبْسُطُ

Thaqiftu ‘iwijāja al-khalqi wal-kullu yaghbiṭu
Maqāmī lada al-Māḥī wa-bil-fayḍi yabsuṭu

I have straightened the crookedness of creation, and everyone envies my station with the Eraser (the Prophet), who spreads grace through the divine overflow.

فَهُو صِفَةٌ وَاسْـــــمٌ وَذَاتٌ وَغَـيْبُهَــا
وَهُو قَاسِمٌ عَدْلٌ كَرِيـــــمٌ وَمُقْسِـــطُ

Fa-huwa ṣifatun wa-smun wa-dhātun wa-ghaybuhā
Fa-huwa qāsimun ‘adlun karīmun wa-muqsiṭu

For he is the Attribute, the Name, the Essence, and their Unseen; he is the just distributor, generous and equitable.

تَنَوَّرْتُــــهُ فِـي حَالَتَيـــــهِ فَهَالَنِـــــي
كَمَالُ جَمَــــــالٍ لِلْمَدِيــــحِ يُنَشِّــــطُ

Tanawwartuhu fī ḥālatayhi fa-hālanī
Kamālu jamālin lil-madīḥi yunashshiṭu

I perceived his light in both of his states, and I was awestruck by a perfection of beauty that invigorates one to sing his praises.

أُنَادِيهِ يَا طَــــهَ الْأَمِينُ وَعَاقِــــبٌ
وَحَاشِرُ وَالْـهَادِي وَأَحْمَدُ أَخْبِـــطُ

Unādīhi yā Ṭāhā al-amīnu wa-‘āqibun
Wa-ḥāshiru wal-Hādī wa-Aḥmadu akhbiṭu

I call upon him: O Taha, the Trustworthy, the Final Successor, the Gatherer, the Guide, and Ahmad—as I travel through the spiritual paths.

مُحَمَّدُ يَاسِينٌ وَحَامِدُ مُصْطَفًىــى
كَرِيمُ السَّجَايَا وَصْفُهُ لَيْسَ يُضْبَطُ

Muḥammadu Yāsīnun wa-ḥāmidu muṣṭafā
Karīmu al-sajāyā waṣfuhu laysa yuḍbaṭu

Muhammad, Yasin, the Praiser, the Chosen One; noble in character, his description cannot be fully encompassed.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
بِهَا يَرْتَقِي مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَرَّطُوا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā yartaqī man kāna min qablu farraṭū

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, through which those who previously fell short may ascend.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــــهُ
بِهَا أَقْتَنِي مَا لاَ يُشَــابُ فَيُحْبَــــطُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā aqtanī mā lā yushābu fa-yuḥbaṭu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, through which I acquire that which is pure and cannot be frustrated or spoiled.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
بِهَا أَسْبِقُ الْأَقْطَابَ طُرًّا وَأَفْرُطُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā asbiqu al-aqṭāba ṭurran wa-afruṭu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, through which I surpass all the spiritual "Poles" and lead the way.

عَلَيْهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
صَلاَةً تُرَبِّي الْعَالَمِينَ وَتُنْشِطُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan turabbī al-‘ālamīna wa-tunashshiṭu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace—a prayer that nurtures the worlds and revitalizes them.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
مَعَ الْآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الَّذِينَ قَدْ أُغْبِطُوا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ma‘a al-āli wa-ṣ-ṣaḥbi alladhīna qad ughbiṭū

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, along with the family and the companions who were rightfully envied for their rank.