Harfur Raa · حَرْفُ الرَّاءِ

رَقِيتُ بِحُبِّ الْمُصْطَفَــى كُلَّ شَامِــخِ
مِنَ الْمَجْدِ يُزْرِي كُلَّ رَاسٍ وَرَاسِخِ

Raqītu bi-ḥubbi al-Muṣṭafā kulla shāmikhi
Mina al-majdi yuzrī kulla rāsin wa-rāsikhi

I ascended through the love of the Chosen One to every lofty peak of glory, surpassing every head and every established master.

بَلَى إِنَّمَا حُبُّ الْأَمِيـــنِ كَرَامَــــةٌ
وَقَدْ فُتُّ مُرْدَانًا وَكُلَّ الْمَشَايِــخِ

Balā innamā ḥubbu al-Amīni karāmatun
Wa-qad futtu murdānan wa-kulla al-mashāyikhi

Indeed, the love of the Trustworthy One is a miracle; and I have surpassed the youths and all the elders.

وَمَنْ يَشْتَغِلْ دَهْــــرًا بِحُبِّ مُحَمَّــدٍ
يَنَلْ كُلَّ مَا يَهْوَى مِنْ أَعْلَى الْبَرَازِخِ

Wa-man yashtaghil dahran bi-ḥubbi Muḥammadin
Yanal kulla mā yahwā min a‘lā al-barāzikhi

Whoever busies himself forever with the love of Muhammad shall attain all he desires from the highest of the intermediate realms.

وَقَدْ جَاءَنِي مِنْهُ الْبِشَارَاتُ أَنَّنِـــي
بِمَدْحِيَ أَسْمُو فَوْقَ كُــــلِّ الشَّوَامِخِ

Wa-qad jā’anī minhu al-bishārātu annanī
Bi-madḥiya asmū fawqa kulli al-shawāmikhi

Glad tidings have come to me from him that I, through my praise, shall rise above all lofty heights.

وَقَدْ فَرِحَتْ كُلُّ الْحُرُوفِ لِأَنَّهَا اكْــ
ــتَسَتْ حُلَلاً تُلْهِي لِنَــاسٍ وَنَاسِـــخِ

Wa-qad fariḥat kullu al-ḥurūfi li-annahā k-
--tasat ḥulalan tulhī li-nāsin wa-nāsikhi

All the letters have rejoiced because they have been clothed in garments that distract the forgetful and the scribe.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
لِتُطْوَى لَنَا الْبَيْدَا وَكُــلُّ الْفَرَاسِــخِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Li-tuṭwā lanā al-baydā wa-kullu al-farāsikhi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, so that the desert and all the distances may be folded for us.

عَلَيْـــــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً تُرِي مِصْرِي كَـإِحْدَى النَّوَاسِخِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan turī Miṣrī ka-iḥdā al-nawāsikhi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer that makes my land like one of the transformative centers.

عَلَيْهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَـــلاَةً بِهَا أُمْسِي غِيَاثًا لِصَارِخِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā umsī ghiyāthan li-ṣārikhi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which I become a helper to the one who cries for aid.

عَلَيْهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ قَدْ قَفَوْا شَرْعَ نَاسِخِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin qad qafaw shar‘a nāsikhi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who followed the law of the Abrogator.