Harful Miim · حَرْفُ الْمِيمِ

مَحَا حُبُّ خَيرِ الْخَلْقِ حُبَّ سِوَاهُ
بِقَلْبِــي الَّذِي أَحْيَـــاهُ سِـــرُّ سَنَـــاهُ

Maḥā ḥubbu khayri al-khalqi ḥubba siwāhu
Bi-qalbī alladhī aḥyāhu sirru sanāhu

The love of the Best of Creation has erased the love of all else from my heart, which has been brought to life by the secret of his brilliance.

فَلَسْتُ أَرُومُ الْوَصْلَ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَامِدٍ
فَدَعْ عَنْكَ مَحْبُوبًــا سِـــوَاهُ وَهَــاهُ

Fa-lastu arūmu al-waṣla min ghayri ḥāmidin
Fa-da‘ ‘anka maḥbūban siwāhu wa-hāhu

I do not seek union with anyone other than the Praiseworthy one; so leave aside any beloved other than him, and take him.

فَإِنَّ جَمَـــالاً غَيْـــرَ وَجْـــهِ مُحَمَّــدٍ
نَفَاهُ جَمَـــالُ الْمُصْطَفَـــى وَمَحَــاهُ

Fa-inna jamālan ghayra wajhi Muḥammadin
Nafāhu jamālu al-Muṣṭafā wa-maḥāhu

For indeed, any beauty other than the face of Muhammad has been negated and erased by the beauty of the Chosen One.

هُوَ الْحُسْنُ وَالنُّورُ الْمُبِينُ فَمَنْ نَحَا
لِحَضْرَتِـــــهِ بِالْحُـــبِّ نَـــالَ مُنَــاهُ

Huwa al-ḥusnu wal-nūru al-mubīnu fa-man naḥā
Li-ḥaḍratihi bil-ḥubbi nāla munāhu

He is beauty and the manifest light; whoever turns toward his presence with love has attained his desire.

هُوَ الْكُلُّ مِنْهُ الْكُّلُّ حَقًّا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ
أُجَسِّمُ مَعْنًـــى إِذْ قَصَــدْتُ ثَنَــاهُ

Huwa al-kullu minhu al-kullu ḥaqqan wa-lam akun
Ujassimu ma‘nan idh qaṣadtu thanāhu

He is the all, and from him is the all, in truth; and I am not anthropomorphizing a meaning when I intend his praise.

فَإِيَّاكَ وَالْإِعْرَاضَ عَنْ كُلِّ صُورَةٍ
إِذَا رُمْتَ مِنْ سِــرِّ الْوُجُــودِ لِقَــاهُ

Fa-iyyāka wal-i‘rāḍa ‘an kulli ṣūratin
Idhā rumta min sirri al-wujūdi liqāhu

So beware of turning away from any form, if you seek to meet him through the secret of existence.

فَصَلِّ وَصُمْ وَاشْرَبْ وَكُلْ وَانْكِحَنْ وَصِلْ
فَمَــا ثَـــمَّ غَيْـــرُ الْمُصْطَفَـى وَحُــلاَهُ

Fa-ṣalli wa-ṣum wa-shrab wa-kul wa-nkiḥan wa-ṣil
Fa-mā thamma ghayru al-Muṣṭafā wa-ḥulāhu

So pray, fast, drink, eat, marry, and maintain ties; for there is nothing there except the Chosen One and his qualities.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أُلْفَـــى لِوَسْـــطِ حِمَــاهُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā ulfā li-wasṭi ḥimāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I am found in the midst of his sanctuary.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـهُ
صَـلاَةً بِهَـــا أَجْنِــي ثِمَارَ جَنَــاهُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā ajnī thimāra janāhu

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

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا دَهْــــرِي أَنَالُ رِضَـاهُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā dahrī anālu riḍāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I attain his pleasure for all time.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَشُمُّ بِهَا عَـــرْفَ اللِّقَــا وَشَــذَاهُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ashummu bihā ‘arfa al-liqā wa-shadhāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which I smell the scent of the meeting and its fragrance.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ قَـدْ عَلَوْا بِعُــلاَهُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin qad ‘alaw bi-‘ulāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who rose high through his loftiness.