Harfud Daal · حَرْفُ الدَّالِ

دُجَى الْكُفْــــرِ جَلاَّهُ الْإِمَـــامُ مُحَمَّـــدُ
أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلاَتِ أَحْمَــدُ

Dujā al-kufri jallāhu al-Imāmu Muḥammadu
Abū al-Qāsimi al-māḥī al-ḍalālāti Aḥmadu

The darkness of disbelief was cleared away by the Imam, Muhammad; Abul Qasim, the eraser of misguidances, Ahmad.

فَـيَشْكُرُهُ طِرْسِي وَنِقْسِي وَلَقْلَقِــي
مَدَى الدَّهْرِ فَهْوَ الْمُنْتَقَى وَالْمُمَجَّــدُ

Fa-yashkuruhu ṭirsī wa-niqsī wa-laqlaqī
Madā al-dahri fahuwa al-muntaqā wal-mumajjadu

My parchment, my ink, and my tongue all thank him throughout time; for he is the Selected and the Glorified.

وَيَشْكُرُهُ قَالِي وَحَــــالِي لَعَلَّنِــي
عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ يَصْطَفِينِي مُحَمَّــدُ

Wa-yashkuruhu qālī wa-ḥālī la‘allanī
‘Alā kulli ḥālin yaṣṭafīnī Muḥammadu

My words and my spiritual state thank him, in the hope that in every circumstance, Muhammad might choose me.

شِفَائِي لِأَمْرَاضِي مَدِيحِي جَنَابَــهُ
وَذَاكَ سِلاَحِي وَهْوَ سَيْفِي الْمُهَنَّدُ

Shifā’ī li-amrāḍī madīḥī janābahu
Wa-dhāka silāḥī wa-huwa sayfī al-muhannadu

My healing for my diseases is my praise of his presence; that is my weapon and my Indian steel sword.

نَبِيٌّ بِهِ قَــــــدْ فَـــازَ كُــــلُّ مُقَــرَّبٍ
لَدَى الْحَضْرَةِ الْعَلْيَا فَذَاكَ الْمُصَمَّدُ

Nabiyyun bihi qad fāza kullu muqarrabin
Lada al-ḥaḍrati al-‘ulyā fa-dhāka al-muṣammadu

A Prophet through whom every near-one attained success in the High Presence; for he is the one turned to in all needs.

فَسَعْدِي وَآبَائِي وَنَسْلِي بِذِكْــرِهِ
وَذَاكَ بِلاَ فَخْرٍ عَلَى الْكُلِّ سَيِّـــدُ

Fa-sa‘dī wa-ābā’ī wa-naslī bi-dhikrihi
Wa-dhāka bilā fakhrin ‘ala al-kulli sayyidu

My happiness, my fathers, and my progeny are all through his remembrance; and he—without boast—is the master over all.

فَمَا فَخْرُهُ إِلاَّ الْعُبُودَةُ لَــمْ يَــرُمْ
سِوَاهَا وَذَاكَ الْفَخْرُ فَخْرٌ مُخَلَّدُ

Fa-mā fakhruhu illā al-‘ubūdatu lam yarum
Siwāhā wa-dhāka al-fakhru fakhrun mukhal-ladu

His pride was nothing but servanthood; he sought nothing else, and that pride is an eternal pride.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
لِذَاكِرِهَا دَهْرًا عَــلاَءٌ وَسُــؤْدَدُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Li-dhākiri-hā dahran ‘alā’un wa-su’dadu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; for the one who recites it, there is forever loftiness and sovereignty.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَنَالُ بِهَا مَــــا لَــمْ يَنَلْــهُ مُسَــوَّدُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Anālu bihā mā lam yanal-hu musaw-wadu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which I attain what no worldly leader has attained.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَـــلاَةً بِهَا عَهْدِي لَدَيْهِ مُؤَكَّــدُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā ‘ahdī ladayhi mu’ak-kadu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which my covenant with him is confirmed.

عَلَيْهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا ذَا الْعَبْدُ دَهْـرًا مُؤَيَّــدُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā dhā al-‘abdu dahran mu’ay-yadu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which this servant is forever supported.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا يُسْقَى ظِمَاءٌ وَوُرَّدُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā yusqā ẓimā’un wa-wur-radu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which the thirsty and those arriving at the well are given to drink.

عَلَيْهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا شَمْلُ الْعَــدُوِّ مُبَــدَّدُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā shamlu al-‘aduw-wi mubad-dadu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which the assembly of the enemy is scattered.

عَلَيْــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا أَنْوَارُهَا الدَّهْرَ تُوقَدُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā anwāru-hā al-dahra tūqadu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which its lights are ignited throughout time.

عَلَيْــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَيَقْبَلُنِي طَــهَ الْأَمِينُ وَيَقْصِدُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-yaqbalunī Ṭāhā al-Amīnu wa-yaqṣidu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; and may Taha the Trustworthy accept me and intend [to favor] me.

عَلَيْـــــهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِــرَامِ وَصَحْبِـــهِ
وَمَنْ سَلَكُـوا نَهْجَ الْأَمِيـنِ وَوَحَّـــدُوا

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Wa-man salakū nahja al-Amīni wa-waḥ-ḥadū

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, and those who followed the path of the Trustworthy One and affirmed Divine Unity.