Harfus Swaad · حَرْفُ الصَّادِ

صَفَا وَقْتُ هَذَا الْعَبْدِ حِينَ تَخَلَّصَا
وَفُكَّ مِنَ الْأَغْيَارِ وَالْحُبَّ أَخْلَصَا

Ṣafā waqtu hādhā al-‘abdi ḥīna takhal-laṣā
Wa-fukka mina al-aghyāri wal-ḥubba akhlaṣā

The time of this servant became pure when he attained liberation; he was freed from all others and made his love sincere.

وَذَاكَ بِحُبِّي لِلْأَمِيــــنِ وَذِكْـــرِهِ
وَقَدْ خَجِلَ الْوَاشُونَ مِمَّنْ تَرَبَّصَا

Wa-dhāka bi-ḥubbī lil-Amīni wa-dhikrihi
Wa-qad khajila al-wāshūna mim-man tarab-baṣā

That was through my love for the Trustworthy One and his remembrance; while the slanderers who were lying in wait have been shamed.

وِقَايَةُ رَبِّي أَغْنَتِ الْعَبْدَ سَرْمَــدًا
إِلَى جَانِبِي مَنْ كَادَ لَنْ يَتَخَلَّصَـا

Wiqāyatu rabbī aghnati al-‘abda sarmadan
Ila jānibī man kāda lan yatakhal-laṣā

The protection of my Lord has sufficed this servant forever; those at my side who plotted shall never find a way out.

كَذَا حَرْبُهُ تَكْفِـــــي الْعِــدَى فَتَرَاهُــمُ
بِسَاحَتِهِمْ صَرْعَى جَزَاءً لِمَنْ عَصَـا

Kadhalika ḥarbuhu takfī al-‘idā fa-tarāhumu
Bi-sāḥatihim ṣar‘ā jazā’an li-man ‘aṣā

Likewise, his battle is sufficient against the enemies, so you see them fallen in their own courtyards—a recompense for those who disobeyed.

أَرَانِـيَ مَنْصُورًا بِسِرِّ مُحَمَّـــدٍ
عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةٌ قَدْ تَعُمُّ مُخَصَّصَا

Arāniya manṣūran bi-sirri Muḥammadin
‘Alayhi ṣalātun qad ta‘ummu mukhaṣ-ṣaṣā

I see myself victorious through the secret of Muhammad; upon him be a prayer that encompasses both the general and the specific.

عَلَيْــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً وَتَسْلِيمًا يُوَافِيــهِ مُخْلَصَــا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan wa-taslīman yuwāfīhi mukhlaṣā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer and salutation that reaches him in pure sincerity.

عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
يَنَالُ عَدُوِّي مِنْهُ دَهْرًا تَنَقُّصَــا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Yanālu ‘aduwwī minhu dahran tanaq-quṣā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may my enemy suffer a perpetual diminishing through him.

عَلَيْـــــــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
أَرَى الدَّهْرَ قِرْطَاسِي لِمَدْحِكَ بَصْبَصَا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Arā al-dahra qirṭāsī li-madḥika baṣ-baṣā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; I see time itself acting as my paper, eager for your praise.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
مَلاَبِسَ تَقْــوَى اللّٰهِ كَيْ أَتَقَمَّصَـــا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Malābisa taqwa Allāhi kay ataqam-maṣā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; [grant me] the garments of God-consciousness that I may clothe myself in them.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ وَمَنْ قَدْ تَخَصَّصَا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin wa-man qad takhaṣ-ṣaṣā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family, the companions, and whoever has become specialized [in his love].