Harful Laam · حَرْفُ اللَّامِ

لَئِنْ أَحْزَنَ الْأَقْوَامَ هَمٌّ وَأَسْنَتُوا
فَشَمْلُ هُمُومِي بِالْأَمِينِ مُشَتَّتُ

La’in aḥzana al-aqwāma hammun wa-asnatū
Fa-shamlu humūmī bil-Amīni mushattatu

If people are saddened by anxiety and fall into famine, the assembly of my worries is scattered by the Trustworthy One.

لَقَدْ جَاءَ خَيْرُ الْخَلْقِ وَالْجَدْبُ شَامِلٌ
فَأَخْصَبَتِ الدُّنْيَا فَعَاشُــوا وَقُوِّتُــوا

Laqad jā’a khayru al-khalqi wal-jadbu shāmilun
Fa-akhṣabati al-dunyā fa-‘āshū wa-quwwitū

The Best of Creation came while the drought was universal, so the world became fertile, and they lived and were nourished.

فَقَــادَ الْبَرَايَـــــا لِلْهِدَايَـــةِ نَاصِحًــا
وَقَدْ سَمِعُوا الْقُرْآنَ يُتْلَى وَأَنْصَتُوا

Fa-qāda al-barāyā lil-hidāyati nāṣiḥan
Wa-qad sami‘ū al-Qur’āna yutlā wa-anṣatū

He led the beings toward guidance as a sincere advisor, and they heard the Quran being recited and listened in silence.

فَعَمَّ هُـــدَى الْـهَـــادِي الْبَسِيطَـــةَ كُلَّهَــا
وَسَلَّ سُيُوفَ النَّصْرِ صَحْبٌ وَأَصْلَتُوا

Fa-‘amma huda al-Hādī al-basīṭata kullahā
Wa-salla suyūfa al-naṣri ṣaḥbun wa-aṣlatū

The guidance of the Guide encompassed the entire earth, and the companions drew the swords of victory and unsheathed them.

إِلَيْكَ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ أَشْكُــــو فَإِنَّ تِــي
قُرُونٌ مَحَوْا أَنْوَارَ دِينٍ وَأَشْمَتُوا

Ilayka Rasūla Allāhi ashkū fa-innatī
Qurūnun maḥaw anwāra dīnin wa-ashmatū

To you, O Messenger of Allah, I complain, for these are generations who have erased the lights of religion and gloated.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا كُلُّ الْوَرَى لَكَ أَخْبَتُوا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā kullu al-warā laka akhbatū

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which all of humanity humbles itself before you.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
نَكُونُ بِعَيْشٍ حَيْثُـمَا الْقَوْمُ أَسْنَتُوا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Nakūnu bi-‘ayshin ḥaythumā al-qawmu asnatū

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may we be in a state of prosperous life whenever the people face famine.

عَلَيْكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أَبْقَـــى لِرَبِّــيَ أَقْنُــتُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā abqā li-rabbiya aqnutu

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I remain standing in devotion to my Lord.

عَلَيْــكَ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَمُلْكٌ لِغَيْرِ الْمُسْلِمِيــــنَ مُفَتَّــتُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-mulkun li-ghayri al-muslimīna mufattatu

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; and may the kingdom of the non-believers be crumbled.

عَلَيْكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ لِلْأَبَاطِيلِ شَتَّتُوا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin lil-abāṭīli shattatū

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who scattered all falsehoods.