Harful Wa'w · حَرْفُ الْوَاوِ

وُصُولُ جَمِيعِ الْمَاسِكِينَ بِحَبْلِيَا
تَحَقَّقَهُ مَـــنْ لَـــمْ يُكَــذِّبْ بِرَبِّيَــا

Wuṣūlu jamī‘i al-māsikīna bi-ḥabliyā
Taḥaq-qaqahu man lam yukadh-dhib bi-rabbiyā

The arrival [at the Divine Presence] of all those who hold onto my rope is a reality confirmed by anyone who does not deny my Lord.

وَجَوْبِي فَيَافٍ فِي الْمَعَارِفِ لَمْ تُرَمْ
فَقَدْ قَصُرَ الْأَقْطَابُ عَنْ دَرْكِ شَأْوِيَا

Wa-jawbī fayāfin fī al-ma‘ārifi lam turam
Fa-qad qaṣura al-aqṭābu ‘an darki sha’wiyā

My journeying through the vast deserts of Gnosis is a feat never before attempted; for the [spiritual] Poles fell short of reaching my pace.

بِفَضْلِ إِلَــهِ النَّاسِ جَـــــلَّ جَلاَلُــهُ
وَحُبِّ رَسُــولِ اللّٰهِ طَـــهَ نَبِيئِيَـــا

Bi-faḍli ilāhi al-nāsi jalla jalāluhu
Wa-ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi Ṭāhā nabiy-yiyā

This is by the grace of the God of Mankind—Majestic is His Glory—and the love of the Messenger of Allah, Taha my Prophet.

حَلَفْــــــتُ يَمِينًــــا أَنَّنِـــي لاَ يُحِبُّنِــي
سِوَى أَسْعَدٍ وَالْعَكْسُ فِي حَالِ بُغْضِيَا

Ḥalaftu yamīnan annanī lā yuḥibbunī
Siwā as‘adin wal-‘aksu fī ḥāli bughḍiyā

I have sworn a firm oath that none shall love me except the fortunate, and the opposite is true for the one who hates me.

وَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْأَقْوَامُ أَنِّــــــي خَدِيمُــهُ
فَوَصْلُ حَبِيبِ اللّٰهِ يُلْفَــى بِوَصْلِيَــا

Wa-qad ‘alima al-aqwāmu annanī khadīmuhu
Fa-waṣlu ḥabībi Allāhi yulfā bi-waṣliyā

People have already known that I am his servant; thus, union with the Beloved of Allah is found through union with me.

وَمَا قُلْتُ قَوْلِي شَاطِحًا مُتَبَجِّحًـــا
وَمَا مَسَّنِي سُكْــرٌ يُغَيِّـــبُ عَقْلِيَـا

Wa-mā qultu qawlī shāṭiḥan mutabaj-jiḥan
Wa-mā massanī sukrun yughay-yibu ‘aqliyā

I did not speak these words out of boastful self-importance (shath), nor have I been touched by a "drunkenness" that eclipses my intellect.

وَإِنَّ خُطُوطِي لِلْأَنَــــامِ سَعَــادَةٌ
فَلَمْ يَشْقَ يَوْمًا مَنْ رَآنِي وَخَطِّيَا

Wa-inna khuṭūṭī lil-anāmi sa‘ādatun
Fa-lam yashqa yawman man ra’ānī wa-khaṭ-ṭiyā

Indeed, my writings are a source of happiness for mankind; for no one who has seen me or my script shall ever be wretched.

وَمَا قُلْتُ هَـــذَا دُونَ إِذْنٍ وَإِنَّنِي
لَأَكْتُمُ سِـــــــرًّا لاَ يُبَــاحُ لِغَيْرِيَــا

Wa-mā qultu hādhā dūna idhnin wa-innanī
La-aktumu sirran lā yubāḥu li-ghayriyā

I did not say this without [Divine] permission; and indeed, I conceal a secret that is not permitted to be revealed to others.

وَذَا كُلُّهُ مِنْ حُـــبِّ سَيِّدِ مُرْسَــلٍ
عَلَيْهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ وَلْتُعْــلِ شَأْنِيَــا

Wa-dhā kulluhu min ḥubbi sayyidi mursalin
‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi wal-tu‘li sha’niyā

All of this stems from the love of the Master of Messengers; upon him be the prayer of Allah, and may it exalt my rank.

تَنَوَّرْتُهُ حَتَّـــى تَحَيَّــــرْتُ إِنَّمَــا
جَلاَلُ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ حَيَّــرَ فِكْرِيَــا

Tanaw-wartuhu ḥattā taḥay-yartu innamā
Jalālu Rasūli Allāhi ḥay-yara fikriyā

I became so filled with his light that I became bewildered; indeed, the majesty of the Messenger of Allah has bewildered my thoughts.

إِفَاضَتُــــــهُ مِنْـــــــهُ إِلَيْـــهِ مَحَبَّــةً
وَسُبْحَانَ رَبِّي دَكَّ رُوحِي تَجَلِّيَــا

Ifāḍatuhu minhu ilayhi maḥabbatan
Wa-subḥāna rabbī dakka rūḥī tajal-liyā

His overflow comes from him and returns to him out of love; and Glory be to my Lord, who crushed my soul with a [Divine] Manifestation.

وَمِنْ سِرِّ هَــذَا مِتُّ شَوْقًا وَمَغْرَمًا
أَزِيــــدُ اشْتِيَاقًا حِيـــنَ زِدْتُ تَدَلِّيَــا

Wa-min sirri hādhā mittu shawqan wa-maghraman
Azīdu-shtiyāqan ḥīna zidtu tadal-liyā

From the secret of this, I died of longing and infatuation; I increase in yearning even as I increase in my nearness and hanging [upon him].

فَمَنْ لِي بِوَصْلٍ لِلْحَبِيبِ وَلَيْتَنِي
أُجَـــاوِرُهُ فِـــي حَالَتَيْـــهِ تَمَنِّيَــا

Fa-man lī bi-waṣlin lil-ḥabībi wa-laytanī
Ujāwiruhu fī ḥālatayhi tamanniyā

Who will grant me union with the Beloved? If only I could be his neighbor in both his states (life and the hereafter), as I so wish.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُسَاوِي صَــلاَةَ الذَّاكِرِيـنَ قُبَيْلِيَا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tusāwī ṣalāta al-dhākirīna qubayliyā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer equal to the prayers of all the rememberers who came before me.

عَلَيْهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
وَمَنْ سَلَكُوا نَهْجَ الْمَحَبَّةِ قَبْلِيَا

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Wa-man salakū nahja al-maḥabbati qabliyā

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, and whoever walked the path of love before me.