Harful Hhaa · حَرْفُ الْهَاءِ

هَوِيـــتُ رَسُــــولَ اللّٰهِ طَـــهَ الْمُشَفَّعَـــا
لَدَى الْحَقِّ مَنْ قَصْرَ الضَّلاَلَةِ زَعْزَعَا

Hawītu Rasūla Allāhi Ṭāhā al-mushaffa‘ā
Lada al-ḥaqqi man qaṣra al-ḍalālati za‘za‘ā

I am in love with the Messenger of Allah, Taha the Intercessor—the one who, in the presence of Truth, shook the palace of misguidance.

وَشَتَّتَ شَمْلَ الْكُفْرِ أَمْسَتْ رُبُوعُـهُ
يَبَابًا وَنُورُ الْحَــقِّ قَهْرًا تَشَعْشَعَــا

Wa-shattata shamla al-kufri amsat rubū‘uhu
Yabāban wa-nūru al-ḥaqqi qahran tasha‘sha‘ā

He scattered the assembly of disbelief until its dwellings became ruins, while the Light of Truth shone forth with overwhelming power.

أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ جَـــلَّ جَلاَلُــهُ
مِنْ إِمْسَاكِ دِينٍ حَبْلُــهُ قَدْ تَقَطَّعَــا

A‘ūdhu bi-rabbi al-‘arshi jalla jalāluhu
Min imsāki dīnin ḥabluhu qad taqaṭ-ṭa‘ā

I take refuge in the Lord of the Throne—Majestic is His Glory—from holding onto a "religion" whose rope has been severed.

أَعُوذُ بِـــرَبِّ النَّاسِ مَالِــكِ سِرِّهِــمْ
مِنَ السَّلْبِ أَوْ أَنْ لِلْعِدَى أَتَضَعْضَعَا

A‘ūdhu bi-rabbi al-nāsi māliki sirrihim
Mina al-salbi aw an lil-‘idā ataḍaḍ-ḍa‘ā

I take refuge in the Lord of Mankind, the Owner of their secrets, from having [faith] snatched away or from humbling myself before enemies.

أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْأَمْرِ أَنْ أَرَى
بِعَيْنَيَّ رُكْنَ الدِّينِ يَوْمًا تَصَدَّعَـــا

A‘ūdhu bi-rabbi al-khalqi wal-amri an arā
Bi-‘aynayya rukna al-dīni yawman taṣad-da‘ā

I take refuge in the Lord of Creation and Command from ever seeing, with my own eyes, the pillar of religion cracked.

وَأَسْــأَلُ يَا قَيُّـــومُ يَـا حَيُّ رَبَّنَـا
بِأَنْ تَنْصُرَ الدِّينَ الْقَوِيمَ الْمُوَسَّعَا

Wa-as’alu yā Qayyūmu yā Ḥayyu rabbanā
Bi-an tanṣura al-dīna al-qawīma al-muwas-sa‘ā

And I ask, O Ever-Sustaining, O Ever-Living, our Lord, that You grant victory to the upright and expansive religion.

بِجَاهِ رَسُــــولِ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَــدَ مُقْتَفًــى
أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْمَاحِي ضَلاَلاً مُشَيَّعَا

Bi-jāhi Rasūli Allāhi Aḥmada muqtafan
Abī al-Qāsimi al-Māḥī ḍalālan mushay-ya‘ā

By the high standing of the Messenger of Allah, Ahmad the Followed; Abul Qasim, the Eraser of misguidance, the Honored.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا ذَا الْعَبْدُ دَهْرًا تَمَتَّعَـــا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā dhā al-‘abdu dahran tamat-ta‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which this servant [the poet] may find enjoyment forever.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا ذَا الْعَبْدُ يُلْفَـى مُتَبَّعَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā dhā al-‘abdu yulfā mutab-ba‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which this servant may be found followed [by others in guidance].

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَـــلاَةً تُصِيرُ الْعَبْدَ دَهْرًا مُتَرَّعَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan tuṣīru al-‘abda dahran mutar-ra‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer that makes the servant filled [with grace] throughout time.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَــلاَةً بِهَا أُمْسِي كَرِيمًا مُوَسَّعَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā umsī karīman muwas-sa‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I become noble and expanded [in means and spirit].

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَـــلاَةً بِهَا أُلْفِي فُــؤَادِي مُقَنَّعَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā ulfī fu’ādī muqan-na‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I find my heart content (muqanna‘ā).

عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً أُرَى دَهْرِي بِهَا مُتَدَرِّعَـا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan urā dahrī bihā mutadar-ri‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I am seen armored [against trials] all my days.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
بِهَا يُرْزَقُ الْأَحْبَابُ حِصْنًا مُمَنَّعَـا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā yurzaqu al-aḥbābu ḥiṣnan muman-na‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which the beloved ones are granted an impenetrable fortress.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
بِهَا نَدَمٌ لِمَنْ لِذَا الْفَيْــــضِ شَنَّعَــا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā nadamun li-man li-dhā al-fayḍi shan-na‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which there is regret for whoever slandered this spiritual Flood (Fayda).

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
بِهَا سُخِّرَ الْجِرْمَانُ إِنْ حَلَّ مَرْبَعَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bihā sakh-khira al-jirmāni in ḥalla marba‘ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which the "two bodies" (heaven and earth/physical and spiritual) are subjected [to the servant] wherever he settles.

عَلَيْـــهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِـهِ
وَمَنْ سَلَكُوا نَهْجَ الْأَمِينِ تَطَوُّعَـا

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Wa-man salakū nahja al-Amīni taṭaw-wu‘ā

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, and whoever freely followed the path of the Trustworthy One.