Al-Miim Aydwan · الْمِيمُ أَيْضًا

وَثِقْتُ بِمَاحٍ قَدْ مَحَـــا كُلَّ ظَالِــمِ
مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُخْتَارِ نُـــــورِ الْعَوَالِــمِ

Wathiqtu bi-Māḥin qad maḥā kulla ẓālimi
Muḥammadin al-Mukhtāri nūri al-‘awālimi

I have trusted in the Eraser who has erased every oppressor: Muhammad the Chosen, the Light of the Worlds.

أُفَوِّضُ أَمْــــرِي لِلْإِلَـــهِ مُتَابِعًــــا
لِمِنْهَاجِ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ بَحْرِ الْمَكَارِمِ

Ufaw-wiḍu amrī lil-ilāhi mutābi‘an
Li-minhāji khayri al-khalqi baḥri al-makārimi

I entrust my affairs to God while following the path of the Best of Creation, the Ocean of Noble Traits.

فَشُغْلِي مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَــدْحُ جَنَابِــهِ
وَأَسْمُو بِهِ فَوْقَ السُّهَا وَالنَّعَائِـــمِ

Fa-shughlī madā al-ayyāmi madḥu janābihi
Wa-asmū bihi fawqa al-suhā wan-na‘ā’imi

My occupation throughout the days is the praise of his Presence; through him, I rise above the stars of Suha and Na'aim.

وَثِقْتُ بِهِ فِــــي حَالَتَـــيَّ وَإِنَّنِـــي
عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ خَــادِمٌ لاِبْنِ هَاشِــمِ

Wathiqtu bihi fī ḥālatayya wa-innanī
‘Alā kulli ḥālin khādimun li-bni Hāshimi

I have trusted in him in both my states; and I am, in every circumstance, a servant of the Son of Hashim.

ضَمِنْتُ لَهُ مَا عِشْتُ سَــرْدَ مَدَائِــحٍ
بِهَا تَعْتَلِي مِصْرِي عَلَى مُدْنِ سَالُـمِ

Ḍamintu lahu mā ‘ishtu sarda madā’iḥi
Bihā ta‘talī miṣrī ‘alā mudni sālimi

I have pledged for him, as long as I live, a continuous stream of praises, through which my land shall rise above the cities of Salum.

أَبَى اللّٰهُ مَهْمَا كُنْتُ خَادِمَ أَحْمَــــدٍ
مَسَاءَةَ قَلْبِي أَوْ خُضُوعِي لِظَالِـمِ

Abā Allāhu mahmā kuntu khādima Aḥmada
Masā’ata qalbī aw khuḍū‘ī li-ẓālimi

God has refused—so long as I am a servant of Ahmad—the sorrow of my heart or my submission to an oppressor.

مَتَى نَابَنِي أَمْرٌ مَدَحْتُ مُحَمَّـــدًا
فَيُتْحِفُنِي مَا فَاتَ أَفْكَـــارَ عَالِــمِ

Matā nābanī amrun madaḥtu Muḥammadan
Fa-yut-ḥifunī mā fāta afkāra ‘ālimi

Whenever a matter afflicts me, I praise Muhammad; then he gifts me insights that even the thoughts of a scholar have missed.

رَمَيْـــتُ بِهِ وَجْـــهَ الْعَــدُوِّ وَخِزْبَهُ
وَأَسْطُو بِسَيْفِ الْمُصْطَفَى خَيْرِ خَاتِمِ

Ramaytu bihi wajha al-‘aduwwi wa-ḥizbihi
Wa-asṭū bi-sayfi al-Muṣṭafā khayri khātimi

Through him, I have struck the face of the enemy and his party; I attack with the sword of the Chosen One, the best Seal.

يَسُومُونَ خَسْفًا لِلْجَنَابِ جَنَابِـــهِ
وَعِزَّتُـــــــهُ بِاللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَوَالِــمِ

Yasūmūna khasfan lil-janābi janābihi
Wa-‘izzatuhu bil-lāhi rabbi al-‘awālimi

They seek to humiliate his high station, yet his glory is through Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

إِلَيْكَ رَسُــــولَ اللّٰهِ أَشْكُو فَإِنَّنِــي
فَرِيدٌ حَقِيرٌ فِي عُيُونِ الْمُسَاخِــمِ

Ilayka Rasūla Allāhi ashkū fa-innanī
Farīdun ḥaqīrun fī ‘uyūni al-musākhimi

To you, O Messenger of Allah, I complain, for I am solitary and small in the eyes of the arrogant.

لَمَــــا وَجَدُوا عِنْـدِي جُيُوشًا وَعُدَّةً
وَلاَ نَاصِرًا عِنْدِي سِوَى ذِكْرِ هَاشِمِ

Lammā wajadū ‘indī juyūshan wa-‘uddatan
Wa-lā nāṣiran ‘indī siwā dhikri Hāshimi

They found no armies or equipment with me, and no helper except for the remembrance of Hashim.

أَتَتْرُكُنِي مَنْ شَاءَ ضَـــــامَ جَوَانِبِـي
وَلَمْ أُحْتَرَمْ مِنْ حُبِّ خَيْرِ الْأَكَارِمِ

A-tatrukunī man shā’a ḍāma jawānibī
Wa-lam uḥtaram min ḥubbi khayri al-akārimi

Would you leave me so that whoever wills can oppress my sides, while I am not respected despite my love for the best of the noble?

أُنَادِيهِ يَا طَـــهَ أَ أَحْمَدُ عَــــاقِبٌ
لِتُنْقِذْ عُبَيْدًا مِــنْ عَدُوٍّ وَغَاشِـمِ

Unādīhi yā Ṭāhā a-Aḥmadu ‘āqibun
Li-tunqidh ‘ubaydan min ‘aduwwin wa-ghāshimi

I call upon him: O Taha, O Ahmad, the Successor—rescue a little servant from an enemy and an oppressor.

لَجَأْتُ إِلَيْهِ لَــمْ أَرُمْ غَيْرَ عَوْنِــهِ
يَقِينِي شُرُورًا مِنْ جَمَادٍ وَآدَمِي

Laja’tu ilayhi lam arum ghayra ‘awnihi
Yaqīnī shurūran min jamādin wa-ādamī

I have taken refuge in him, seeking none other than his help; he protects me from the evils of both the inanimate and the human.

لَهُ سَطْوَةٌ تَسْتَأْصِلُ الْكُفْرَ مَنْ لَنَا
بِسَطْوَتِهِ تَنْحُو لِأَهْــــلِ الْمَظَالِــمِ

Lahu saṭwatun tasta’ṣilu al-kufra man lanā
Bi-saṭwatihi tanḥū li-ahli al-maẓālimi

He possesses a strike that uproots disbelief; through his power, He turns toward the people of injustices for our sake.

هَدَمْتُ الَّذِي شَادُوا بِمَدْحِ مُحَمَّـــدٍ
فَصَارَ الَّذِي رَامُوا كَأَحْلاَمِ نَائِـــمِ

Hadamtu alladhī shādū bi-madḥi Muḥammadin
Fa-ṣāra alladhī rāmū ka-aḥlāmi nā’imi

I have demolished what they built through the praise of Muhammad; what they aimed for has become like the dreams of a sleeper.

إِلَـــهَ الْبَرَايَا الْعَدْلَ ذَا الْبَطْشِ فَاقْهَرَنْ
جَمِيعَ الْعِدَى وَلْتَكْفِنِي ، خَيْرَ رَاحِـــمِ

Ilāha al-barāyā al-‘adla dhal-baṭshi faq-haran
Jamī‘a al-‘idā wal-takfinī khayra rāḥimi

O God of creation, the Just, the One of Great Strike—subdue all the enemies and suffice me, O Best of those who show mercy.

نَعَمْ نَقَمُوا مِنَّا اقْتِفَــــاءً لِنَهْجِ مَــــنْ
بَعَثْتَ بِنُورِ الْحَقِّ غَيْرَ مُزَاحَمِ

Na‘am naqamū minnā iqtifā’an li-nahji man
Ba‘athta bi-nūri al-ḥaqqi ghayra muzāḥami

Yes, they resented us for following the path of the one whom You sent with the Light of Truth without rival.

نَبِيُّ الْـهُدَي لَيْثُ الْعِدَى بَاذِلُ النَّدَى
أَبَانَ لِأَهْلِ الرُّشْدِ كُــــــلَّ الْمَعَالِــمِ

Nabiyyu al-hudā laythu al-‘idā bādhilu al-nadā
Abāna li-ahli al-rushdi kulla al-ma‘ālimi

The Prophet of guidance, the lion against enemies, the giver of bounty; he made manifest all the landmarks for the people of right-guidance.

أَرَانَا سَبِيلَ الْحَقِّ جِــــدَّ مُنَاصِــحٍ
عَلَيْهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ أَهْلِ الْمَرَاحِــمِ

Arānā sabīla al-ḥaqqi jidda munāṣiḥin
‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi ahli al-marāḥimi

He showed us the path of Truth as a most sincere advisor; upon him be the prayer of Allah, the Source of Mercies.

لَئِنْ غَابَ عَنَّا ، دِينُهُ غَيْرُ غَائِبٍ
وَنَاصِرُهُ يَرْقَى لِأَقْصَى السَّلاَلِمِ

La’in ghāba ‘annā dīnuhu ghayru ghā’ibin
Wa-nāṣiruhu yarqā li-aqṣā al-salālimi

Though he is hidden from us, his religion is not absent; and its helper rises to the highest of ladders.

لَقَدْ حَازَ أَنْصَارُ الْحَنِيفَــــةِ رُتْبَــةً
وَخَادِمُهَا يَعْلُو عَلَـــى كُلِّ خَــادِمِ

Laqad ḥāza anṣāru al-ḥanīfati rutbatan
Wa-khādimuhā ya‘lū ‘alā kulli khādimi

The supporters of the primordial faith have attained a high rank; and its servant rises above every other servant.

هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَالنُّورُ الْمُبِينُ وَإِنَّنِي
دَرَجْتُ عَلَيْهِ رَغْمَ أَنْفِ الْبَهَائِمِ

Huwa al-ḥaqqu wan-nūru al-mubīnu wa-innanī
Darajtu ‘alayhi raghma anfi al-bahā’imi

He is the Truth and the Manifest Light; and I have walked upon his path despite the resistance of the ignorant.

بَدَا لِيَ أَنَّ الْأَمْــــــرَ لِلّٰهِ وَحْـــدَهُ
مَتَى شَاءَ حَازَ الْعَبْدُ كُلَّ الْغَنَائِمِ

Badā lī anna al-amra lillāhi waḥdahu
Matā shā’a ḥāza al-‘abdu kulla al-ghanā’imi

It has become clear to me that the matter belongs to Allah alone; whenever He wills, the servant captures all the spoils.

صَبَرْتُ لِمَا أَلْقَى وَرَبِّيَ كَاشِــفٌ
جَمِيعَ كُرُوبِي يَا تُرَى رُبَّ نَادِمِ

Ṣabartu limā alqā wa-rabbī kāshifun
Jamī‘u kurūbī yā turā rubba nādimi

I have been patient with what I encountered, and my Lord is the One who removes all my distresses—perhaps there will be many who regret.

يُحَوِّلُ حَالِي وَهْوَ سَهْـــلٌ مُيَسَّــرٌ
إِلَـــهُ الْبَرَايَا ثُمَّ أَحْــــوَالَ ظَالِــمِ

Yuḥawwilu ḥālī wa-huwa sahlun muyas-sarun
Ilāha al-barāyā thumma aḥwāla ẓālimi

The God of creation transforms my state—for it is easy and made simple—and then He transforms the states of the oppressor.

رَقِيبٌ عَلَيْهِمْ خَالِقِــــي وَمُدَبِّــرِي
إِذَا شَرَعُوا بِالظُّلْمِ مَنْ لِي بِفَاهِــمِ

Raqībun ‘alayhim khāliqī wa-mudabbirī
Idhā shara‘ū bil-ẓulmi man lī bi-fāhimi

My Creator and Disposer is a Watcher over them; if they begin their injustice, who else do I have who understands?

بَصِيرٌ خَبِيرٌ قَـــــادِرٌ وَانْتِقَامُـــهُ
شَدِيدٌ عَلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَظَالِمِ

Baṣīrun khabīrun qādirun wa-ntiqāmuhu
Shadīdun ‘ala al-a‘dā’i ahli al-maẓālimi

All-Seeing, Expert, Powerful—and His vengeance is severe against the enemies and the people of injustice.

أُصَلِّي عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعِبَـــادِ مُحَمَّــدٍ
عَلَيْهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ مِــنْ كُلِّ قَائِـمِ

Uṣallī ‘alā khayri al-‘ibādi Muḥammadin
‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi min kulli qā’imi

I pray upon the best of servants, Muhammad; upon him be the prayer of Allah from every standing worshiper.

لَـــهُ مِنْ إِلَـهِـي كُلَّ طَرْفٍ صَلاَتُهُ
عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةٌ لاَ تُعَـــــدُّ لِرَاقِــمِ

Lahu min ilāhī kulla ṭarfin ṣalātuhu
‘Alayhi ṣalātun lā tu‘addu li-rāqimi

To him, from my God, in every blink, be His prayer; upon him be a prayer that cannot be counted by any scribe.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
مَعَ الْآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الْبُحُورِ الْخَضَارِمِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ma‘a al-āli wal-ṣaḥbi al-buḥūri al-khaḍārimi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, along with the family and companions, the surging oceans of generosity.

بِــــهِ وَإِلَيْـــهِ مِنْــهُ عَنْــــهُ عَلَيْهِـــــمُ
وَمَنْ يَقْتَفِيهِمْ مِــنْ مُصَــلٍّ وَصَائِــمِ

Bihi wa-ilayhi minhu ‘anhu ‘alayhim
Wa-man yaqtafīhim min muṣallin wa-ṣā’imi

Through him, toward him, from him, about him, and upon them—and upon whoever follows them in prayer and fasting.

أَجِبْ يَا إِلَـهِـي دَعْوَتِـــي ثُـــمَّ صَلِّيَـــنْ
عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ مُعْطِي الْمَغَانِمِ

Ajib yā ilāhī da‘watī thumma ṣalliyan
‘Alā al-Muṣṭافā al-Mukhtāri mu‘ṭī al-maghānimi

Answer, O my God, my supplication, and then send prayers upon the Chosen, the Elect, the Giver of spoils.

دَعْوَتُ إِلَـهِي لَيْسَ لِي الدَّهْرَ غَيْرُهُ
وَهُو الْوَاهِبُ الْمُعْطِي لِبَرٍّ وَظَالِـــمِ

Da‘awtu ilāhī laysa lī al-dahra ghayruhu
Wa-huwa al-wāhibu al-mu‘ṭī li-barrin wa-ẓālimi

I have called upon my God, for I have none other throughout time; and He is the Giver, the Granter to both the righteous and the oppressor.