Harful Baa · حَرْفُ الْبَاءِ

بَرِئْتُ مِنَ الْإِشْرَاكِ وَالشَّكِّ وَالْعُجْبِ
بِحُبِّ رَسُــولِ اللّٰهِ فِي الْبُعْدِ وَالْقُـرْبِ

Bari’tu mina al-ishrāki wash-shakki wal-‘ujbi
Bi-ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi fī al-bu‘di wal-qurbi

I have been cleared of polytheism, doubt, and vanity, through the love of the Messenger of Allah in both distance and proximity.

سَلِمْتُ مِنَ الْأَغْرَاضِ أَخْلَصْتُ وِجْهَتِي
لِرَبِّي وَعَنِّي زَالَ غَيْبِــي مَـعَ الْحُجْـبِ

Salimtu mina al-aghrāḍi akhlaṣtu wijhatī
Li-rabbī wa-‘annī zāla ghaybī ma‘a al-ḥujbi

I have been saved from personal motives; I have made my direction sincere toward my Lord, and my "unseen" [distractions] and veils have vanished from me.

وَأَمْـــدَحُ خَيْـــرَ الْخَلْـــقِ خَادِمَ بَابِــهِ
وَيَذْكُرُهُ رُوحِي وَسِرِّي كَـذَا قَلْبِــي

Wa-amdaḥu khayra al-khalqi khādima bābihi
Wa-yadhkuruhu rūḥī wa-sirrī kadhā qalbī

I praise the Best of Creation as a servant at his door; my soul, my secret, and my heart all remember him.

كَفَانِـيَ كَوْنِي شَاعِــرَ الْبَابِ خَــادِمًا
بِخِدْمَةِ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ فَارَقَنِي عَيْبِــي

Kafāniya kawnī shā‘ira al-bābi khādimā
Bi-khidmati khayra al-khalqi fāraqanī ‘aybī

It is enough for me to be the poet of the Door, as a servant; through the service of the Best of Creation, my flaws have departed from me.

فَكَعْـــبٌ وَحَسَّـــانٌ أُنِيـــلاَ كَرَامَــةً
بِمَدْحِكَ يَا مَامُونُ فِي الْجَهْرِ وَالْغَيْبِ

Fa-Ka‘bun wa-Ḥassānun unīlā karāmatan
Bi-madḥika yā māmūnu fī al-jahri wal-ghaybi

For Ka‘b and Hassan were granted miracles through praising you, O Trustworthy One, in public and in private.

وَإِنِّـيَ فِي عَصْرِ الْجَهَالَةِ وَالْهَــوَى
لَمَادِحُهُ فِي حَالَةِ الْبَسْطِ وَالْكَـرْبِ

Wa-inniya fī ‘aṣri al-jahālati wal-hawā
La-mādiḥuhu fī ḥālati al-basṭi wal-karbi

And indeed, in this age of ignorance and passion, I am his praiser in states of both expansion and distress.

يُفَرِّجُ عَنِّي كُــــــلَّ كَــرْبٍ وَأَنْثَنِي
بِجَائِزَةٍ عَنْ عَدِّهَــــــا يَنْثَنِي لُبِّــي

Yufar-riju ‘annī kulla karbin wa-anthanī
Bi-jā’izatin ‘an ‘addihā yanthanī lubbī

He relieves every distress for me, and I return with a reward so great that my intellect fails to count it.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً تُرَقِّينَا إِلَى الذِّكْرِ وَالْحُـــبِّ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan turaqqīnā ila al-dhikri wal-ḥubbi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer that elevates us to [the stations of] remembrance and love.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــهُ
وَيَذْكُرُنِي الْمُخْتَارُ : يَا خَادِمِي حِبِّي

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-yadhkurunī al-Mukhtāru: yā khādimī ḥibbī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may the Chosen One mention me: "O my servant, my beloved."

عَلَيْـــــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يُطَهِّرُ آلِــــي ثُـــمَّ نَسْلِي كَذَا تُرْبِــي

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Yuṭah-hiru ālī thumma naslī kadhā turbī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it purify my family, my progeny, and my very soil.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَيَشْكُرُ سَعْيِي وَالْمُهَيْمِنُ لِي يُرْبِي

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-yash-kuru sa‘yī wal-Muhayminu lī yurbī

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may he thank my effort, and may the All-Preserving Lord increase it for me.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَيَسْقِينِيَ الْمَحْمُودُ بِالْمَنْهَلِ الْعَذْبِي

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-yasqīniya al-Maḥmūdu bil-manhali al-‘adhbi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may the Praiseworthy One give me to drink from the sweet watering-place.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا نَبْقَى مَعَ الْيُمْنِ وَالْخِصْبِ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā nabqā ma‘a al-yumni wal-khiṣbi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which we remain in prosperity and fertility.

عَلَيْـــــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
مِنَ الْعَبْــــدِ إِبْرَاهِيـــمَ لِلنَّاصِــرِ الرَّبِّ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Mina al-‘abdi Ibrāhīma lin-nāṣiri al-rabbi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; from the servant Ibrahim to the Helper, the Lord.

عَلَيْــــــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مَعَ الْأَهْلِ وَالْأَوْلاَدِ وَالْآلِ وَالصَّحْـــبِ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ma‘a al-ahli wal-awlādi wal-āli waṣ-ṣaḥbi

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, along with the family, the children, the kin, and the companions.