Harful Laam · حرف اللام

وَثِقْتُ بِـرَبٍّ جَــــادَ لِي بِالْمُؤَمَّـــلِ
وَسَرَّحَ طَرْفِي فِي جَمَالِ الْمُزَمِّلِ

Wathiqtu bi-rabbin jāda lī bi-l-mu’ammali
wa-sarraḥa ṭarfī fī jamāli al-Muzammili

I have placed my trust in a Lord who granted me my utmost hope and allowed my eyes to wander through the beauty of the Enwrapped One (Al-Muzammil).

أُحَسِّنُ طِرْسِــــي بِامْتِدَاحِ نَبِيِّنَـــا
لِكُلِّ فَصِيحٍ مِــــنْ بَلِيـغٍ وَمِزْيَــلِ

Uḥassinu ṭirsī bi-mtidāḥi nabiyyinā
li-kulli faṣīḥin min balīghin wa-mizyali

I beautify my parchment by praising our Prophet for every eloquent, articulate, and discerning person to see.

وَأُسْنِدُهُ بِالصِّدْقِ مَقْصُورَ هِمَّــةٍ
بِإِنْشَاءِ مَدْحٍ مُوصَــلٍ لَمْ يُفَصَّــلِ

Wa-usniduhu bi-ṣ-ṣidqi maqṣūra himmatin
bi-inshā’i madḥin mwaṣalin lam yufaṣṣali

I support this praise with sincerity, limiting my ambition to composing an unbroken, continuous eulogy.

وَأَوْجَزْتُ لَوْ أَطْنَبْتُ فِي حَقِّ سَيِّدٍ
فَرِيدٍ عَدِيـــمِ الشِّبْـــهِ خَيْرِ مُؤَمَّــلِ

Wa-awjaztu law aṭnabtu fī ḥaqqi sayyidin
farīdin ʿadīmi al-shibhi khayri mu’ammali

I have been brief even if I were to speak at length regarding the right of a Master who is unique, peerless, and the best of those hoped for.

فَبَحْرٌ بَسِيطٌ كَامِلُ الْمَـــدِّ وَافِــرٌ
طَوِيلُ عُبَابٍ مَدْحُ طَـهَ الْمُفَضَّلِ

Fa-baḥrun basīṭun kāmilu al-maddi wāfirun
ṭawīlu ʿubābin madḥu Ṭāhā al-mufaḍḍali

The praise of the preferred Taha is a vast sea, perfect in its extension, abundant, and long in its waves.

أُحَسِّنُ مَدْحًا صَحَّ مَتْنًـا مُسَلْسَلاً
لِأَحْسَنِ مَمْدُوحٍ وَأَفْضَلِ مُرْسَلِ

Uḥassinu madḥan ṣaḥḥa matnan musalsalan
li-aḥsani mamdūḥin wa-afḍali mursali

I refine a praise that is authentic in its text and linked in its chain for the best of those praised and the most excellent of messengers.

تَوَاتَــرَ قَطْعًا أَنَّ طَــهَ مُحَمَّــــدًا
إِمَامُ جَمِيـعِ الرُّسْلِ خَيْرُ مُكَمِّــلِ

Tawātara qaṭʿan anna Ṭāhā Muḥammadan
imāmu jamīʿi al-rusli khayru mukammili

It is definitely established by multiple concurrent reports (tawatur) that Taha Muhammad is the leader of all messengers and the best of perfecters.

وَهُو فَاتِحٌ وَالْخَتْمُ أَحْمَدُ نَاصِرِي
هَدَانِي إِلَى ذَاكَ الْجَمَالِ الْمُجَمَّلِ

Wa-huwa fātiḥun wa-l-khatmu Aḥmadu nāṣirī
hadānī ilā dhāka al-jamāli al-mujammali

He is the Opener and the Seal; Ahmad is my helper who guided me to that beautified beauty.

أُحِبُّ وَرَبِّ الْبَيْتِ أَحْمَـــــدَ سَيِّــدِي
وَزِينَةَ رُوحِي وَهْوَ كَهْفِي وَمَوْئِـلِي

Uḥibbu wa-rabbi al-bayti Aḥmada sayyidī
wa-zīnata rūḥī wa-huwa kahfī wa-maw’ilī

I love—by the Lord of the House—Ahmad, my master and the adornment of my soul, for he is my cave and my refuge.

وَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفِي مِنَ الْحُبِّ وَهْوَ فِي
أَبِي الْكَوْنِ وَالْأَرْوَاحِ أَجْـــــوَدِ مُجْـــزِلِ

Wa-man dhā alladhī yashfī min al-ḥubbi wa-huwa fī
abi al-kawni wa-l-arwāḥi ajwadi mujzili

And who can be cured of love when that love is for the Father of the Universe and souls, the most generous bestower?

وَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفِي مِنَ الْحُبِّ وَهْوَ فِي
حَبِيــــبِ إِلَـــــهِ الْعَـالَمِـيــــنَ الْمُبَـجَّــــلِ

Wa-man dhā alladhī yashfī min al-ḥubbi wa-huwa fī
ḥabībi ilāhi al-ʿālamīna al-mubajjali

And who can be cured of love when that love is for the exalted Beloved of the God of the worlds?

لَهُ خُطَّتَا لَوْلاَكَ سَـــلْ تُعْـــطَ وَاشْفَعَـــنْ
تُشَفَّعْ وَعَمْـــــرِي ذَاكَ أَرْفَـــعُ مَنْـــزِلِ

Lahu khuṭṭatā lawlāka sal tuʿṭa wa-shfaʿan
tushaffaʿ wa-ʿamrī dhāka arfaʿu manzili

To him belong the two stations: "Were it not for you..." and "Ask, you shall be given; intercede, your intercession shall be accepted"—by my life, that is the highest of ranks.

وَحَازَ لِوَاءَ الْحَمْــــدِ وَالْفَخْـــرِ سَيِّــــدًا
لِلْآبَـــــــاءِ وَالْآبْنَــــاءِ أَفْضَــــلُ مَوْئِـــلِ

Wa-ḥāza liwā’a al-ḥamdi wa-l-fakhri sayyidan
li-l-ābā’i wa-l-abnā’i afḍalu maw’ili

He has gained the Banner of Praise and Glory as a master and the best refuge for both ancestors and descendants.

فَبَرْهَــــامُ هَـــذَا الْعَبْـــدُ فِيـــهِ تَشَفَّعَــــنْ
وَفِي صَحْبِـــهِ فِـــي عَاجِــلٍ وَمُؤَجَّــلِ

Fa-Barhāmu hādhā al-ʿabdu fīhi tashaffaʿan
wa-fī ṣaḥbihi fī ʿājilin wa-mu’ajjali

So Barham, this servant, seeks intercession through him and through his companions, in the immediate present and the future.

فَبَرْهَامُ هَـــــذَا الْعَبْــــدُ فِيـــــهِ تَشَفَّعَـــنْ
فَلَمْ يَرْجُ غَيْرَ الْمُصْطَفَى مِــــنْ مُؤَمَّـــلِ

Fa-Barhāmu hādhā al-ʿabdu fīhi tashaffaʿan
falam yarju ghayra al-Muṣṭafā min mu’ammali

So Barham, this servant, seeks intercession through him, for he hopes for no one other than the Chosen One.

وَصَـــلِّ أَيَـا مَــوْلاَيَ مِقْــــدَارَ قَــــدْرِهِ
عَلَـــى مَـــنْ هَدَانِــي لِلْجَمِيلِ الْمُجَمِّـــلِ

Wa-ṣalli ayā mawlāya miqdāra qadrihi
ʿalā man hadānī lil-jamīli al-mujammili

O my Protector, send blessings according to the measure of his worth upon the one who guided me to the Beautiful One who beautifies.

وَصَــلِّ أَيَا مَـــوْلاَيَ مِقْــــدَارَ قَــــدْرِهِ
عَلَى مَــنْ هَدَانِـــي لِلْكَمِيلِ الْمُكَمِّـــلِ

Wa-ṣalli ayā mawlāya miqdāra qadrihi
ʿalā man hadānī lil-kamīli al-mukammili

O my Protector, send blessings according to the measure of his worth upon the one who guided me to the Perfect One who perfects.

وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَـــابٍ كِــــــــرَامٍ أَمَاجِــــدٍ
وَمَنْ سَلَكُوا نَهْــــجَ الْأَمِيــنِ الْمُزَمِّــــلِ

Wa-ālin wa-aṣḥābin kirāmin amājidi
wa-man salakū nahja al-Amīni al-Muzammili

And upon the noble and glorious Family and Companions, and all those who followed the path of the Trustworthy Enwrapped One.