Laam-Alif · لام ألف

تَخِـــــذْتُ بِحَمْـــدِ اللّٰهِ طَــــهَ خَلِيـــلاَ
وَلَمْ أَتَّخِذْ غَيْـــرَ الرَّسُـــولِ سَبِيـــلاَ

Takhidhtu bi-ḥamdi Allāhi Ṭāhā khalīlā
wa-lam attakhidh ghayra al-Rasūli sabīlā

I have taken, by the praise of Allah, Taha as an intimate friend, and I have taken no path other than that of the Messenger.

وَلَــمْ أَرْجُ مَخْلُوقًـــا سِـــوَاهُ فَعَلَّـــهُ
إِذَا مَا جَفَــا جَـــافٍ يَكُـــونُ خَلِيــلاَ

Wa-lam arju makhluqan siwāhu fa-ʿallahu
idhā mā jafā jāfin yakūnu khalīlā

I have placed my hope in no created being besides him; perhaps when the world turns cold and distant, he will remain my true friend.

فَإِنِّي مَعَ الْعِــــلاَّتِ حِــبٌّ وَخَــادِمٌ
وَلَسْتُ أَرَى غَيْرَ الْحَبِيــبِ جَمِيـلاَ

Fa-innī maʿa al-ʿillāti ḥibbun wa-khādimun
wa-lastu arā ghayra al-ḥabībi jamīlā

For despite my many flaws, I am a lover and a servant, and I see none beautiful except for the Beloved.

وَمَا لِي إِذَا مَا حَـلَّ خَطْبٌ سِوَاؤُهُ
فَظِــــلُّ رَسُــولِ اللّٰهِ كَــانَ ظَلِيــلاَ

Wa-mā liyā idhā mā ḥalla khaṭbun siwa’uhu
fa-ẓillu Rasūli Allāhi kāna ẓalīlā

I have none but him when a calamity descends, for the shadow of the Messenger of Allah is the most protective shade.

أُنَادِيــهِ يَــا طَـــهَ الْأَمِيــنُ فَإِنَّنِــي
حَلِيفُ أَسًـى مَا إِنْ وَجَدْتُ فَتِيلاَ

Unādīhi yā Ṭāhā al-Amīnu fa-innanī
ḥalīfu asan mā in wajadtu fatīlā

I call upon him: "O Taha, the Trustworthy!" for I am an ally of grief and have found no other thread of hope.

فَقَدْ شَدَّ فَقْرِي وَاغْتِرَابِي وَذِلَّتِــي
وَأُلْفِي سِوَى الْـهَدِي الْكَرِيمِ بَخِيلاَ

Faqad shadda faqrī wa-ghtirābī wa-dhillatī
wa-ulfī siwā al-hadi al-karīmi bakhīlā

My poverty, my exile, and my lowliness have become intense, and I have found everyone besides the Noble Guide to be stingy.

فَكُنْ لِيَ فِي الْأَهْلِينَ كُنْ لِي بِغَيْبَتِي
وَكُــنْ وَزَرِي إِنِّـــي أَرَاكَ جَلِيــلاَ

Fakun liyā fī al-ahlīna kun liyā bi-ghaybatī
wa-kun wazarī innī arāka jalīlā

So be there for me among my family, and be there for me in my absence, and be my refuge, for indeed I see you as majestic.

فَإِنْ لَمْ تُدَارِكْ فِي شُؤُونِي بِعَطْفَةٍ
وَحَاشَاكَ مَا لِي مِنْ سِوَاكَ وَكِيلاَ

Fa-in lam tudārik fī shu’ūnī bi-ʿatfatin
wa-ḥāshāka mā liyā min siwāka wakīlā

If you do not intervene in my affairs with a touch of compassion—and far be it from you to refuse—I have no guardian other than you.

فَأَسْبِلْ عَلَيْنَا ذَيْلَ سَتْـرٍ وَعَطْفَــةٍ
وَأَسْدِ إِلَيْنَا مِـنْ عَطَــاكَ جَزِيــلاَ

Fa-asbil ʿalaynā dhayla satrin wa-ʿatfatin
wa-asdi ilaynā min ʿaṭāka jazīlā

So let the veil of protection and compassion fall over us, and grant us a generous portion of your bounty.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مَعَ الْآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الْكِرَامِ عُدُولاَ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
maʿa al-āli wa-l-ṣaḥbi al-kirāmi ʿudūlā

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, along with the Family and the noble, just Companions.