Harful Qaaf · حرف القاف

طَوَيْتُ وَسَهَّلْتُ الطَّرِيقَ إِلَى الْحَقِّ
لِكُلِّ مُرِيدِ الْوَصْلِ لِلْحَــــقِّ بِالْحَــقِّ

Ṭawaytu wa-sahhaltu al-ṭarīqa ilā al-ḥaqqi
li-kulli murīdi al-waṣli lil-ḥaqqi bi-l-ḥaqqi

I have folded up and made easy the path to the Truth for every seeker of union who desires the Truth through the Truth.

طَوَيْتُ عِبَـــــــادَاتِ الْعَوَالِــمِ كُلِّهَــا
بِحُبِّ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَــــدَ ذِي الْخُلْـقِ

Ṭawaytu ʿibādāti al-ʿawālimi kullihā
bi-ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi Aḥmada dhī al-khulqi

I have folded up the ritual worship of all the worlds through the love of the Messenger of Allah, Ahmad, the possessor of noble character.

طَوَيْتُ عُلُــــومَ الْعَارِفِيـــنَ بِأَسْرِهَـــا
بِشَمِّيَ رَيَّا الْمُصْطَفَى صَاحِبِ الصِّدْقِ

Ṭawaytu ʿulūma al-ʿārifīna bi-asrihā
bi-shammiya rayyā al-Muṣṭafā ṣāḥibi al-ṣidqi

I have folded up all the sciences of the Gnostics by inhaling the fragrance of the Chosen One, the master of sincerity.

طَوَيْتُ مَدِيحَ الْمَادِحِيـــنَ جَمِيعِهِــمْ
بِعَيْنٍ لِهَاءِ رُوحِ ذِي الْأَمْرِ وَالْخَلْقِ

Ṭawaytu madīḥa al-mādiḥīna jamīʿihim
bi-ʿaynin li-hā’i rūḥi dhī al-amri wa-l-khalqi

I have folded up the praises of all praisers by looking into the essence of the soul of the Master of Command and Creation.

أَلاَ فَسْقِنِــي جَهْــرًا مُــدَامَ مَحَبَّـــةِ
الْأَمِينِ الَّذِي يَمْضِي بِعَقْلِي فَلَمْ يُبْقِ

Alā fa-sqinī jahran mudāma maḥabbati
al-Amīni alladhī yamḍī bi-ʿaqlī falam yubqi

Oh, give me to drink openly the wine of the love of the Trustworthy One, who has carried away my intellect and left nothing of it.

رَسُــــولٌ أَمِيــنٌ أَكْــــرَمُ الْخَلْـــقِ كُلِّـــهِ
لَدَى حَضْرَةِ الرَّحْمَانِ ذِي الرَّتْقِ وَالْفَتْقِ

Rasūlun Amīnun akramu al-khalqi kullihi
ladā ḥaḍrati al-Raḥmāni dhī al-ratqi wa-l-fatqi

A Trustworthy Messenger, the most noble of all creation in the presence of the Most Merciful, the Lord of joining and cleaving.

جَلِيـــــلٌ جَمِيــــــــلٌ كَامِــــلٌ وَمُبَشِّـــرٌ
نَذِيرٌ مُطَاعٌ عِنْــدَ ذِي الْهَـــدْيِ وَالْوَفْـــقِ

Jalīlun jamīlun kāmilun wa-mubashshirun
nadhīrun muṭāʿun ʿinda dhī al-hadyi wa-l-wafqi

Majestic, beautiful, perfect, a bearer of glad tidings, a warner, and obeyed by the One who grants guidance and success.

إِمَــــامٌ لِرُسْلِ اللّٰهِ وَهْــــوَ مُمِدُّهُـــمْ
فَقَدْ فَاقَ مَنْ قَدْ جَاءَ بِالْحَقِّ لِلْخَلْــقِ

Imāmun li-rusli Allāhi wahwa mumidduhum
faqad fāqa man qad jā’a bi-l-ḥaqqi lil-khalqi

The Imam of the Messengers of Allah and their sustainer, for he has surpassed all who brought the Truth to mankind.

لَعَمْرِي وَمَا عَمْرِي عَلَــيَّ بِهَيِّــــنٍ
لَنِعْمَ الْمُقَفَّى هَادِيًا وَعَلِـــي الْخُلْـقِ

La-ʿamrī wa-mā ʿamrī ʿalayya bi-hayyinin
la-niʿma al-muqaffā hādiyan wa-ʿaliyyi al-khulqi

By my life—and my life is not a small thing to me—what an excellent guide he is, followed and lofty in character.

دَعَانِي وَأَبْلاَنِــــي مُحَيَّـــاهُ كُلَّمَــا
تَبَدَّى سَبَانِي نَحْوَهُ الرِّبْقُ بِالــرِّقِّ

Daʿānī wa-ablānī muḥayyāhu kullamā
tabaddā sabānī naḥwahu al-ribqu bi-l-riqqi

His countenance called me and consumed me; whenever it appears, the bond of devotion enslaves me toward him.

فَمَا كَجَبِينِ الْـهَاشِمِـــــيِّ مُحَمَّـــدٍ
وَمَا كَمُحَيَّاهُ مِنَ الْحُسْنِ وَالرِّفْــقِ

Famā ka-jabīni al-Hāshimiyyi Muḥammadin
wa-mā ka-muḥayyāhu min al-ḥusni wa-l-rifqi

For there is nothing like the forehead of the Hashemite Muhammad, and nothing like his face in beauty and kindness.

يُنَسِّيكَ عَنْ جَيْـــــدَاءَ لَمْيَـــاءَ سَاجِيـــاً
لَهَا الطَّرْفُ كَالْبُرْغُوزِ وَالثَّغْرُ كَالْبَرْقِ

Yunassīka ʿan jaydā’a lamyā’a sā jiyan
lahā al-ṭarfu ka-l-burghūzi wa-l-thaghru ka-l-barqi

He makes you forget the slender, dark-lipped maiden whose eyes are like a gazelle's and whose smile is like lightning.

فَلِــي كُـلَّ وَقْــتٍ زَفْـــرَةٌ بَعْـــدَ زَفْـــرَةٍ
فَبُرْهَانُ هَذَا الصَّدْرِ كَالشَّمْسِ فِي الْأُفْقِ

Falī kulla waqtin zafratun baʿda zafratin
fa-burhānu hādhā al-ṣadri ka-l-shamsi fī al-ufqi

In every moment I heave sigh after sigh, for the proof within this chest is as clear as the sun upon the horizon.

طَوِيلُ الْبُكَا بَادِي الضَّنَى مُضْرَمُ الْحَشَا
فَيُنْسِيكَ مَا بِي حَالَةَ السَّحْـــقِ وَالْمَحْــقِ

Ṭawīlu al-bukā bādī al-ḍanā muḍramu al-ḥashā
fa-yunassīka mā bī ḥālata al-saḥqi wa-l-maḥqi

Long in weeping, showing signs of exhaustion, with an ignited heart, his state makes you forget my own state of crushing and annihilation.

بَكَيْتُ فَأَفْنَيْتُ الدُّمُــوعَ فَمَـــا الْبُكَـــا
سِوَى حَالَةٍ لِلْقَلْبِ مِنْ حُرْقَةِ الشَّوْقِ

Bakaytu fa-afnaytu al-dumūʿa famā al-bukā
siwā ḥālatin lil-qalbi min ḥurqati al-shawqi

I wept until I exhausted my tears, for weeping is but a state of the heart born from the burning heat of longing.

أَلاَ جَالِسِ الْمُخْتَارَ بِالْحُبِّ مُعْرِضًا
عَنِ الْغَيْرِ تَأْتِ لِلْمَطَالِبِ مِنْ فَـوْقِ

Alā jālisi al-Mukhtāra bi-l-ḥubbi muʿriḍan
ʿan al-ghayri ta’ti lil-maṭālibi min fawqi

So sit with the Chosen One in love, turning away from all others, and your needs will be met from on high.

فَتَعْلَــمُ أَنْ مَـــا كُـــلُّ بَيْضَــاءَ شَحْمَـــةً
وَصَهْبَاءَ خَمْرًا عِنْدَ ذِي الْمَيزِ وَالْفَرْقِ

Fa-taʿlamu an mā kullu bayḍā’a shaḥmatan
wa-ṣahbā’a khamran ʿinda dhī al-mayzi wa-l-farqi

Then you shall know that not everything white is fat, nor is every red liquid wine, to the one who possesses discernment and distinction.

أُسَائِلُ رَبِّـي سَائِـــلاً بِجَلاَلِـــهِ اقْــ
ــتِفَاءَ مَلاَذِي حَالَةَ الْجَمْعِ وَالْفَرْقِ

Usā’ilu Rabbī sā’ilan bi-jalālihi q-
-tifā’a malādhī ḥālata al-jamʿi wa-l-farqi

I ask my Lord, pleading by His Majesty, to allow me to follow my Refuge in the states of spiritual union and separation.

وَيُسْلِكُنِــي وَالْمُنْتَمِيـــنَ لِحِزْبِنَـــا
مَسَالِكَ تُنْجِينَا مِنَ الْجَهْلِ وَالْفِسْقِ

Wa-yuslikunī wa-l-muntamīna li-ḥizbinā
masālika tunjīnā min al-jahli wa-l-fisqi

May He lead me and those belonging to our group along paths that save us from ignorance and transgression.

وَبَدَّلَ فِينَــا كُــلَّ سُـــوءٍ مَحَاسِنـــاً
بِجَاهِ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ ذِي اللُّطْفِ وَالرِّفْقِ

Wa-baddala fīnā kulla sū’in maḥāsinan
bi-jāhi Rasūli Allāhi dhī al-luṭfi wa-l-rifqi

And may He change all our evil deeds into virtues by the rank of the Messenger of Allah, the possessor of gentleness and kindness.

وَيُتْحِفُنَا فَـوْقَ الْمُنَى الدَّهْرَ بَاسِطـاً
لَنَا كُلَّ فَيْضٍ مِنْ عُلُومٍ وَمِنْ رِزْقِ

Wa-yutḥifunā fawqa al-munā al-dahra bāsiṭan
lanā kulla fayḍin min ʿulūmin wa-min rizqi

May He gift us beyond our hopes for all time, spreading for us every overflow of knowledge and provision.

وَيَرْزُقُنَا سَتْرًا وَرُشْدًا وَرَحْمَــةً
وَمَغْفِرَةً مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ وَمِنْ خُلْقِ

Wa-yarzuqunā satran wa-rushdan wa-raḥmatan
wa-maghfiratan min kulli dhanbin wa-min khulqi

May He grant us protection, right guidance, mercy, and forgiveness for every sin and every character flaw.

صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عَلَى خَيْرِ هَاشِـــمٍ
تُسَاوِي صَلاَةَ الدَّائِمِينَ مِنَ الْخَلْـقِ

Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun ʿalā khayri Hāshimin
tusāwī ṣalāta al-dā’imīna min al-khalqi

Blessings and peace be upon the best of Hashim, equal to the prayers of all those in creation who pray eternally.