Harful Waaw · حرف الواو

مَحَوْتُ بِمَاحٍ مُصْطَفًــى أَحْمَــدٍ أَسْــوَا
عَنِ الْعَبْدِ وَالْأَحْبَابِ طُرًّا وَلاَ غَرْوَى

Maḥawtu bi-māḥin Muṣṭafā Aḥmadin aswā
ʿani al-ʿabdi wa-l-aḥbābi ṭurran walā gharwā

I have erased all evils from this servant and all his loved ones through the Eraser (Al-Mahi), the Chosen Ahmad—and this is no surprise.

إِلَى غَيْرِنَا تَنْحُو الْمَصَائِبُ إِنْ عَدَا
عَلَيْنَا وَيَنْحُو نَحْوَهُ الضُّرُّ وَالْبَلْوَى

Ilā ghayrinā tanḥu al-maṣā’ibu in ʿadā
ʿalaynā wa-yanḥu naḥwahu al-ḍurru wa-l-balwā

Misfortunes turn away toward others if they ever attempt to strike us, and harm and trials are diverted from our path.

وَيَشْغَلُنَـــــا حُــــبُّ الْأَمِيـــــنِ وَذِكْــرُهُ
عَنِ الْقَتْلِ وَالْأَشْرَارِ فِي الْجَهْرِ وَالنَّجْوَى

Wa-yashghalunā ḥubbu al-Amīni wa-dhikruhu
ʿani al-qatli wa-l-ashrāri fī al-jahri wa-l-najwā

The love of the Trustworthy One and his remembrance distracts us from killings and the wicked, in both public and private discourse.

حَبِيـــــبِ إِلَــهِ الْعَـــرْشِ مَجْمَــعِ شَأْنِــهِ
فَتَذْكَـــارُهُ عِنْـــــدِي أَلَذُّ مِـــنَ الْحَلْـــوَى

Ḥabībi ilāhi al-ʿarshi majmaʿi sha’nihi
fa-tadhkāruhu ʿindī aladhdhu min al-ḥalwā

The beloved of the Lord of the Throne, the focal point of all honor; his remembrance to me is sweeter than any confection.

وَلِمْ لاَ وَأَنْـــــتَ الْعَبْــــدُ لِلَّهِ سَيِّـــدًا
لِسَادَاتِ هَــذَا الْخَلْقِ حَقًّا وَلاَ دَعْوَى

Wa-lim lā wa-anta al-ʿabdu lillāhi sayyidan
li-sādāti hadhā al-khalqi ḥaqqan walā daʿwā

And why not? For you are the servant of Allah and a master to the masters of this creation in truth, not just by claim.

حَبَــــاهُ إِلَـــهٌ وَاحِـــــدٌ مُتَفَضِّـــــلٌ
كَرِيمٌ فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْ لَـــهُ مُدْرِكٌ شَـأْوَا

Ḥabāhu ilāhun wāḥidun mutafaḍḍilun
karīmun falam yudrik lahu mudrikun sha’wā

A Single, Gracious, and Generous God bestowed upon him such rank that no pursuer could ever reach his heights.

فَمِنْــهُ نَـــوَالُ الْكُـــلِّ وَالْكُــلُّ دَائِمًــا
وَقَدْ تَرَكُــوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَا بَحْرَهُ رَهْوَا

Fa-minhu nawālu al-kulli wa-l-kullu dā’iman
wa-qad tarakū min baʿdi dhā baḥrahu rahwā

From him comes the bestowal for all, and all are forever in need of him, having left his "sea" as a vast, tranquil expanse.

عَلَيْـهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ مَـا حَــنَّ عَاشِـــقٌ
إِلَى طَيْبَةِ الْمُخْتَارِ مَنْ لاَ لَهُ شَرْوَى

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu Allāhi mā ḥanna ʿāshiqun
ilā Ṭaybati al-Mukhtāri man lā lahu sharwā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah as long as a lover yearns for the Tayba (Medina) of the Chosen One—he who has no equal.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
مَعَ الْآلِ مَنْ نَالُوا بِهِ الْغَايَةَ الْقُصْوَى

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
maʿa al-āli man nālū bihi al-ghāyata al-quṣwā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, along with the Family who reached the furthest goal through him.

مَدَى الْقَدْرِ وَالْمِقْدَارِ مِنْ خَيْرِ مُرْسَلٍ
مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَاحِي الَّـذِي رَكِبَ الْقَصْـوَى

Madā al-qadri wa-l-miqdāri min khayri mursalin
Muḥammadin al-māḥī alladhī rakiba al-Qaṣwā

According to his true measure and stature, from the best of messengers, Muhammad the Eraser, who rode Al-Qaswa (his noble she-camel).

وَهَبْ لِيَ بِالْمُخْتَارِ مَا اخْتَرْتُ دَائِمًا
لِدِينِي وَدُنْيَائِي عَلَى وَفْقِ مَا أَهْــوَى

Wa-hab lī bi-l-Mukhtāri mā khtartu dā’iman
li-dīnī wa-dunyā’ī ʿalā wafqi mā ahwā

And grant me through the Chosen One all that I have chosen forever, for my religion and my worldly life, in accordance with my heart’s desire.