Harful Kaaf · حَرْفُ الْكَافِ

كَفَيْتُ صِحَابِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ عَنَاءَا
فَكُلُّهُــــمُ بِالْجَــــذْبِ نَـــالَ مُنَــاءَا

Kafaytu ṣiḥābī fī al-ṭarīqi ‘anā’ā
Fa-kulluhumu bil-jadhbi nāla munā’ā

I have spared my companions the exhaustion of the path; for all of them, through spiritual attraction, attained their desires.

وَلَمْ يَكُ لِلْأَقْطَابِ قَبْلِيَ مِثْلَ مَـــا
لِذَا الْعَبْدِ مِنْ فَيْضٍ يَرُوقُ سَنَـاءَا

Wa-lam yaku lil-aqṭābi qablī mithla mā
Li-dhā al-‘abdi min fayḍin yarūqu sanā’ā

None of the spiritual Poles before me possessed the likes of the overflow of grace that this servant has—radiant in its brilliance.

وَأَشْكُرُ رَبِّي لَيْسَ سِرِّيَ عَاقِــرًا
فَأَصْغَـــرُ أَتْبَاعِـــي أُنِيــلَ فَنَــاءَا

Wa-ashkuru rabbī laysa sirrī ‘āqiran
Fa-asgharu atbā‘ī unīla fanā’ā

I thank my Lord that my secret is not barren; for even the smallest of my followers has been granted Annihilation.

وَذَلِكَ مِنْ حُبِّ الرَّسُولِ وَسِرِّهِ
بِسَرْدِي لَهُ الْأَمْدَاحَ حُزْتُ لِوَاءَا

Wa-dhālika min ḥubbi al-rasūli wa-sirrihi
Bi-sardī lahu al-amdāḥa ḥuztu liwā’ā

That is due to the love of the Messenger and his secret; by my constant recitation of his praises, I have seized the banner.

فَإِكْسِيرُ هَــذَا الْعَبْدِ حُبُّ مُحَمَّــدٍ
وَكَنْزِيَ أَنْ أُثْنِي عَلَيْـــهِ ثَنَــاءَا

Fa-iksīru hādhā al-‘abdi ḥubbu Muḥammadin
Wa-kanziya an uthniya ‘alayhi thanā’ā

The alchemy of this servant is the love of Muhammad; and my treasure is to offer him praise upon praise.

وَذَلِكَ جَيْشِي وَهْوَ دِرْعِي وَمِغْفَرِي
وَإِنْ مَسَّنِــــي دَاءٌ أَجِـــــــــدْهُ دَوَاءَا

Wa-dhālika jayshī wa-huwa dir‘ī wa-mighfarī
Wa-in massanī dā’un ajid-hu dawā’ā

That is my army, my shield, and my helmet; if any disease touches me, I find it to be my medicine.

وَذَا طَاعَتِي دَهْرِي وَصَوْمِي وَحَجَّتِي
وَفِيهِ صَلاَتِـــــي مِنْــهُ نِلْــــتُ غِنَـــاءَا

Wa-dhā ṭā‘atī dahrī wa-ṣawmī wa-ḥajjatī
Wa-fīhi ṣalātī minhu niltu ghinā’ā

This is my lifelong obedience, my fasting, and my pilgrimage; in it is my prayer, and from him, I attained sufficiency.

وَذَلِكَ حَرْثِي وَهْوَ بَيْعِي وَثَرْوَتِي
وَأَكْلِي وَشُرْبِي مِنْهُ نِلْــتُ رِوَاءَا

Wa-dhālika ḥarthī wa-huwa bay‘ī wa-tharwatī
Wa-aklī wa-shurbī minhu niltu riwā’ā

This is my harvest, my trade, and my wealth; my food and my drink, from which I attained quenching.

فَلَمْ أَرْجُ مَخْلُوقًا سِوَى الْبَدْرِ سَيِّـدِي
مُحَمَّـــــــدٍ الْمَـاحِــي الْمُنِيــلِ وَلاَءَا

Fa-lam arju makhlūqan siwā al-badri sayyidī
Muḥammadin al-māḥī al-munīli walā’ā

I have placed no hope in any creature except the Full Moon, my master Muhammad, the Eraser, who grants proximity.

وَقَدْ شَدَّ فَقْرِي وَاغْتِرَابِي وَفَاقَتِي
وَلَمْ أَطْمَعَنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ طَـهَ عَطَاءَا

Wa-qad shadda faqrī wa-ghtirābī wa-fāqatī
Wa-lam aṭma‘an min ghayri Ṭāhā ‘aṭā’ā

My poverty, estrangement, and destitution have become severe; yet I have not craved a gift from anyone other than Taha.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أَجْنِي جَنًــى وَجَــدَاءَا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā ajnī janan wa-jadā’ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I gather fruits and bounty.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا يُعْطِي الْأَمِيــنُ حِبَاءَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā yu‘ṭī al-amīnu ḥibā’ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which the Trustworthy One grants gifts.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَــــا لَمْ أَلْــقَ بَعْـدُ عَنَاءَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā lam alqa ba‘du ‘anā’ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I shall never encounter exhaustion again.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً يَنَالُ الْقَلْـــبُ مِنْهَـا جِلاَءَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan yanālu al-qalbu minhā jilā’ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which the heart attains its polishing.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
لِسُقْمِي وَأَمْرَاضِي تَكُونُ شِفَاءَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Li-suqmī wa-amrāḍī takūnu shifā’ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it be a cure for my ailments and my diseases.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً عَلَى الْهَادِي تَكُونُ جَزَاءَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan ‘ala al-hādī takūnu jazā’ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may the prayer upon the Guide be my recompense.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَـــلاَةً بِهَا رُوحِي يَنَــالُ غِذَاءَا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā rūḥī yanālu ghidhā’ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which my soul receives its nourishment.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ مُصْطَفِينَ صَفَاءَا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin muṣṭafayna ṣafā’ā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and the companions, chosen in their purity.