Harfut Taa · حَرْفُ التَّاءِ

تَكَدَّرَتِ الدُّنْيَـــــا وَزُلْزِلَــتِ الْأَرْضُ
وَغَيْرُكَ رَبَّ الْمُصْطَفَى عَدَمٌ مَحْضُ

Takaddarati al-dunyā wa-zulzilati al-arḍu
Wa-ghayruka rabba al-Muṣṭafā ‘adamun maḥḍu

The world has become murky and the earth has been shaken; yet other than You, O Lord of the Chosen One, all is sheer non-existence.

عَسَى الْمُصْطَفَــى بَابُ الْإِلَهِ بِفَضْلِــهِ
يُنِيلُ لَنَــــــا بَسْطًا بِهِ يُرْفَـــعُ الْقَبْــضُ

‘Asa al-Muṣṭafā bābu al-ilāhi bi-faḍlihi
Yunīlu lanā basṭan bihi yurfa‘u al-qabḍu

Perhaps the Chosen One, the Gate of God, through his grace, will grant us an expansion through which our constriction is lifted.

هُوَ الْبَحْرُ وَهْوَ الْمُصْطَفَى الْقَرْمُ جُودُهُ
بِهِ فَاضَتِ الْأَنْـــوَارُ وَاتَّسَـــعَ الْفَيْــضُ

Huwa al-baḥru wa-huwa al-Muṣṭafa al-qarmu jūduhu
Bihi fāḍati al-anwāru wat-tasa‘a al-fayḍu

He is the ocean, and he is the Chosen, the noble chief in his generosity; through him the lights overflowed and the spiritual flood expanded.

وَقَـــــدْ آنَ مِنْــــهُ أَنْ يَجُــــودَ بِنَظْــرَةٍ
فَمَا السُّودُ تَرْجُو غَيْرَ طَــهَ وَلاَ الْبِيضُ

Wa-qad āna minhu an yajūda bi-naẓratin
Fa-mā al-sūdu tarjū ghayra Ṭāhā walā al-bīḍu

The time has come for him to be generous with a single glance; for neither the black people nor the white seek anyone other than Taha.

وَقَـــدْ جَاءَنَـــا مِنَّـــــا رَؤُوفًـــا بِكُلِّنَــا
رَحِيمًا حَرِيصًا حَقَّهُ الدَّهْرَ لَنْ نَقْضُوا

Wa-qad jā’anā minnā ra’ūfan bi-kullinā
Raḥīman ḥarīṣan ḥaqqahu al-dahra lan naqḍū

He came to us from among ourselves, being kind to us all; merciful and concerned for us—a debt we can never fully repay throughout time.

وَقَدْ بَلَّـــغَ الْمُخْتَـــارُ أَدَّى أَمَانَــــةً
وَنَاصَحَنَا كُلاًّ وَمَا سَعِدَ الْبَعْــضُ

Wa-qad ballagha al-Mukhtāru adda amānatan
Wa-nāṣaḥanā kullan wa-mā sa‘ida al-ba‘ḍu

The Chosen One conveyed the message and fulfilled the trust; he advised us all, though some did not find happiness [in his guidance].

وَقَدْ سَادَ سُـــــودَانٌ بِحُـــبِّ نَبِيِّنَــا
وَقَدْ ذَلَّ بِيضٌ فِي سَرَائِرِهِمْ بُغْضُ

Wa-qad sāda sūdānun bi-ḥubbi nabiyyinā
Wa-qad dhalla bīḍun fī sarā’irihim bughḍu

Black people have attained mastery through the love of our Prophet; while white people who held hatred in their hearts have been humbled.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً نُرَى فِي حِصْنِهَا حَيْثُمَا نَمْضُوا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan nurā fī ḥiṣnihā ḥaythumā namḍū

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer in whose fortress we are seen wherever we go.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تَجُودُ لَنَا الْأَنْوَاءُ وَالنَّبْـــتُ وَالْأَرْضُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tajūdu lanā al-anwā’u wan-nabtu wal-arḍu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; [through which] the rain-stars, the plants, and the earth become generous to us.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ عَلَى الدِّينِ قَدْ حَضُّوا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin ‘alā al-dīni qad ḥaḍḍū

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who urged others toward the religion.