Harful Jiim · حَرْفُ الْجِيمِ

جَزَى اللّٰهُ عَنِّي ظُلْمَةَ اللَّيْلِ وَالدُّجَى
فَفِيهَــا يَنَالُ الصَّــبُّ لِلْحُبِّ مَخْرَجَا

Jaza Allāhu ‘annī ẓulmata al-layli wad-dujā
Fa-fīhā yanālu al-ṣabbu lil-ḥubbi makhrajā

May Allah reward on my behalf the darkness of the night and the gloom; for in it, the lover finds an exit for his love.

يَبِيتُ يُرَاعِي النَّجْـــمَ وَالْكُــلُّ رَاقِــدٌ
يُنَظِّـــمُ دُرًّا بَـــــلْ يُنَظِّــمُ أَبْهَجَـــــــا

Yabītu yurā‘ī al-najma wal-kullu rāqidun
Yunāẓẓimu durran bal yunāẓẓimu abhajā

He spends the night watching the stars while everyone else is asleep; arranging pearls—nay, arranging that which is most joyful.

تَذَكَّرَ خَيْرَ الْخَلْــــــقِ طَـــهَ مَحَمَّـــدًا
جَمِيلَ الْمُحَيَّـــــا أَبْلَجًا كَـانَ أَدْعَجَــا

Tadhakkara khayra al-khalqi Ṭāhā Muḥammadan
Jamīla al-muḥayyā ablajan kāna ad‘ajā

He remembered the Best of Creation, Taha Muhammad; the one of beautiful countenance, radiant with deep black eyes.

عَظِيمٌ عَظِيمُ الْخُلْقِ وَالْجُودِ وَالْعَطَـــا
شَفِيقٌ شَفِيعٌ مِنْ دُجَى الْكُفْــرِ أَخْرَجَا

‘Aẓīmun ‘aẓīmu al-khulqi wal-jūdi wal-‘aṭā
Shafīqun shafī‘un min dujā al-kufri akhrajā

Magnificent! Magnificent in character, generosity, and giving; compassionate, an intercessor who brought [us] out of the gloom of disbelief.

وَذَاكَ الَّذِي لَـــوْلاَهُ مَا كَــانَ كَائِـنٌ
وَلَوْلاَهُ لَمْ نَسْلُكْ إِلَى الْحَقِّ مَنْهَجَــا

Wa-dhāka al-ladhī lawlāhu mā kāna kā’inun
Wa-lawlāhu lam nasluk ila al-ḥaqqi manhajā

That is the one without whom nothing would have existed; and without whom we would not have followed a path to the Truth.

دَعَا الْخَلْقَ لِلْمَــــوْلَى بِكُـــلِّ فِعَالِــهِ
وَفِي حَقِّهِ يَغْـــدُو وَرَاحَ وَأَدْلَجَـا

Da‘ā al-khalqa lil-mawlā bi-kulli fi‘ālihi
Wa-fī ḥaqqihi yaghdū wa-rāḥa wa-adlajā

He called the creation to the Master with all his actions; and for His sake, he went out in the morning, the evening, and the deep night.

قَلَــــــوْهُ وَآذَوْهُ بِكُـــلِّ إِذَايَـــــــةٍ
فَقَادَ الْبَرَايَـــا لِلْحَنِيفَــــةِ مُولِجَـــا

Qalawhu wa-ādhawhu bi-kulli idhāyatin
Fa-qāda al-barāyā lil-ḥanīfati mūlijā

They hated him and harmed him with every kind of injury; yet he led the beings into the Upright Faith, making them enter it.

وَجَاهَدَهُمْ فِـي اللّٰهِ حَــقَّ جِهَــادِهِ
وَنَوَّرَ أَقْطَارَ الْبِـــلاَدِ وَأَسْرَجَــا

Wa-jāhadahum fī Allāhi ḥaqqa jihādihi
Wa-nawwara aqṭāra al-bilādi wa-asrajā

He strove against them for the sake of Allah with the truest striving; he illuminated the regions of the lands and lit the lamps.

أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ مَا قَــــدْ لَقَـــوْهُ بِبَـــدْرِهِ
وَقَدْ بَزَغَ الدِّيــنُ الْحَنِيفِيُّ أَبْلَجَــا

Alam ya’tihim mā qad laqawhu bi-Badrihi
Wa-qad bazagha al-dīnu al-ḥanīfiyyu ablajā

Did there not come to them what they encountered at his [battle of] Badr? When the Upright Religion dawned, shining brightly.

كَذَا أُحُدًا جَاؤُوا وَبَاؤُوا بِصَدْمَــــةٍ
فَوَلَّوْا فِرَارًا حَيْثُمَا الرُّعْبُ أَزْعَجَـا

Kadhalika Uḥudan jā’ū wa-bā’ū bi-ṣadmatin
Fa-wallaw firāran ḥaythumā al-ru‘bu az‘ajā

Likewise at Uhud, they came and returned with a shock; they turned in flight wherever terror disturbed them.

وَقَدْ قَادَ لِلْبَطْحَــاءِ جَيْشًــا عَرَمْرَمًـا
فَذَلُّوا وَقَدْ دَانُوا مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالرَّجَا

Wa-qad qāda lil-Baṭḥā’i jayshan ‘aramraman
Fa-dhallū wa-qad dānū mina al-khawfi war-rajā

And he led toward Makkah (Al-Baṭḥā’) a vast, thundering army; so they were humbled, submitting out of both fear and hope.

فَيَا رَبِّ هَبْ لِي بِالْأَمِينِ وَصَحْبِهِ
كَمَالَ مُـــــرَادِي لِلسَّعَـــادَةِ مُنْتِجَــا

Fa-yā rabbi hab lī bil-Amīni wa-ṣaḥbihi
Kamāla murādī lis-sa‘ādati muntijā

O my Lord, grant me—by the Trustworthy One and his companions—the perfection of my desire, producing true happiness.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
مَعَ الْآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الْكِرَامِ وَمَنْ نَجَا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ma‘a al-āli waṣ-ṣaḥbi al-kirāmi wa-man najā

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; along with the family, the noble companions, and whoever is saved.