Harful Hhaa · حَرْفُ الْهَاءِ

هُوَ الْمُصْطَفَى مَنْ لَمْ يَثِقْ بِعُــرَاهُ
هَوَى فِـي جَحِيمٍ إِذْ غَوَى بِهَــوَاهُ

Huwa al-Muṣṭafā man lam yathiq bi-‘urāhu
Hawā fī jaḥīmin idh ghawā bi-hawāhu

He is the Chosen One; whoever does not trust in his handles has fallen into a furnace, for he was led astray by his own passion.

سَبِيلُ سَلاَمٍ فِـي اقْتِفَــاءِ صِرَاطِـــهِ
هُوَ الْبَابُ لِلْمَوْلَــى وَلَيْـــسَ سِـوَاهُ

Sabīlu salāmin fī-qtifā’i ṣirāṭihi
Huwa al-bābu lil-mawlā wa-laysa siwāhu

The path of peace lies in following his way; he is the door to the Master, and there is no other.

دَعَا الْخَلْقَ لِلْمَوْلَى بِكُـــلِّ نَصِيحَــةٍ
فَلَبَّـــى الَّذِي قَـــدْ زَالَ عَنْـــهُ شَقَــاهُ

Da‘ā al-khalqa lil-mawlā bi-kulli naṣīḥatin
Fa-labbā al-ladhī qad zāla ‘anhu shaqāhu

He called the creation to the Master with every [sincere] advice; and he whose wretchedness had vanished responded to the call.

عَتِيقٌ وَهُو خَيْرُ الْوَرَى بَعْدَ رُسْلِهِــمْ
أَبُو حَفْــــــصٍ الْفَــارُوقُ بَعْــدُ تَــلاَهُ

‘Atīqun wa-huwa khayru al-warā ba‘da ruslihim
Abū Ḥafṣin al-Fārūqu ba‘du talāhu

[Abu Bakr] al-Atiq—he is the best of humanity after the Messengers—then Abu Hafs al-Faruq [Umar] followed him.

وَعُثْمَانُ ذُو النُّورَيْـنِ وَاللَّيْثُ سَيِّــدِي
أَبُــــو حَسَـــنٍ صِنْـــوُ النَّبِي وَثِنَـــاهُ

Wa-‘Uthmānu dhū al-nūrayni wal-laythu sayyidī
Abū Ḥasanin ṣinwu al-nabiyyi wa-thināhu

And Uthman of the Two Lights, and the Lion, my master—Abu Hasan [Ali], the peer of the Prophet and his second.

وَطَلْحَـــةُ سَعْـــدٌ وَالزُّبَيْـــرُ سَعِيــدُهُمْ
وَعَامِـــــرُ وَالْعَوْفِــيُّ زَيْــــنُ مَـــلاَهُ

Wa-Ṭalḥatu Sa‘dun wal-Zubayru Sa‘īduhum
Wa-‘Āmiru wal-‘Awfiyyu zaynu malāhu

And Talha, Sa‘d, and al-Zubayr, and Sa‘id—and [Abu Ubayda] 'Amir and [Abdurrahman] al-Awfi, the ornament of the world.

وَخَيْــــــرُ قُـــرُونٍ ثُمَّ قَـــرْنٌ يَلِيهِــمُ
وَقَـــــرْنٌ يَلِيهِـــــمْ فُضِّلُـــوا بِحِبَــاهُ

Wa-khayru qurūnin thumma qarnun yalīhimu
Wa-qarnun yalīhim fuḍ-ḍilū bi-ḥibāhu

And the best of generations, then the generation that followed them, then the generation that followed them—they were favored by his gifts.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَـــلاَ أَنْتَحِــــي إِلاَّ لِنَحْـــوِ رِضَــاهُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Fa-lā antaḥī illā li-naḥwi riḍāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; for I do not turn except toward his pleasure.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُفِيضُ لِـهَـذَا الْعَبْدِ فَيْـــضَ عَطَــاهُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tufīḍu li-hādha al-‘abdi fayḍa ‘aṭāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it overflow upon this servant with the flood of his giving.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَتَكْفِـــي لِهَــذَا الْعَبْـــدِ كُــلَّ عِــدَاهُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-takfī li-hādha al-‘abdi kulla ‘idāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; and may it suffice this servant against all his enemies.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صَـــلاَةً بِهَـــا نَـــالَ الْعُبَيْدُ مُنَــــاهُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā nāla al-‘ubaydu munāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which the little servant attained his desire.

عَلَيْـــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
تُسَخِّـــرُ لِي دَهْــــرِي لِيَـــوْمِ لِقَــاهُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Tusakh-khiru lī dahrī li-yawmi liqāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it subject my time to me until the Day of Meeting him.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَـــــابٍ عَلَــوْا بِعُــلاَهُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin ‘alaw bi-‘ulāhu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who rose high through his loftiness.