Harfun Nuun · حَرْفُ النُّونِ

نُوَحِّدُ مَوْلاَنَـــــــا بِأَحْمَـــــدَ نُومِـــنُ
وَبِالرُّسْلِ وَالْأَمْلاَكِ وَهْوَ الْمُهَيْمِـــنُ

Nuwah-ḥidu mawlānā bi-Aḥmada nu’minu
Wa-bir-rusli wal-amlāki wa-huwa al-Muhayminu

We affirm the Oneness of our Master, and through Ahmad (the Prophet) we believe, as we believe in the Messengers and the Angels, and He (Allah) is the All-Preserver.

وَنُحْجِمُ طَــــوْرًا عَــــنْ ثَنَــاءِ نَبِيِّنَــا
قُصُورًا وَطَــــوْرًا بِالْمَـــدَائِحِ نُعْلِــنُ

Wa-nuḥjimu ṭawran ‘an thanā’i nabiyyinā
Quṣūran wa-ṭawran bil-madā’iḥi nu‘linu

At times we hold back from the praise of our Prophet out of a sense of inadequacy, and at other times we proclaim his praises openly.

وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَمْ أُحْسِــــنْ مَدِيـــحَ مُحَمَّــدٍ
أُسَـــــــوِّدُ أَوْرَاقًـــا بِحُبِّـــكَ أُعْلِـــــــنُ

Wa-in kuntu lam uḥsin madīḥa Muḥammadin
Uswad-du awrāqan bi-ḥubbika u‘linu

Even if I have not mastered the art of praising Muhammad, I blacken these pages simply to proclaim my love for you.

وَإِنْ كَتَبُوا الْمُــدَّاحَ يَوْمًـــا وَأَثْبَتُــوا
سُمَاتِي أَكُنْ مِثْلَ الَّذِينَ قَــــدْ أَحْسَنُــوا

Wa-in katabū al-mud-dāḥa yawman wa-athbatū
Sumātī akun mithla al-ladhīna qad aḥsanū

If the names of the praisers are ever recorded and my attributes are affirmed among them, I would be like those who have done well.

فَيَا فَوْزَ إِبْرَاهِيـــــمَ إِنْ جَـــاءَ ذِكْــرُهُ
بِزُمْرَةِ مَنْ يُثْنِـــي عَلَيْـــكَ وَيُحْسِــنُ

Fa-yā fawza Ibrāhīma in jā’a dhikruhu
Bi-zumrati man yuthnī ‘alayka wa-yuḥsinu

O, the success of Ibrahim if his name is mentioned among the group of those who extol you with excellence!

وَتَرْكِي تَمَامًـــــــا لِلْقُصُـــورِ أَظُنُّــهُ
مُحَــــالاً فَرَبِّــــي اللّٰهُ لِلْكُــــلِّ مُحْسِــنُ

Wa-tarkī tamāman lil-quṣūri aẓun-nuhu
Muḥālan fa-rabbī Allāhu lil-kulli muḥsinu

I think that abandoning [this praise] entirely due to my shortcomings is impossible, for my Lord, Allah, is the Doer of Good to all.

عَسَى الْمُصْطَفَى يَوْمًا يَجُــودُ بِنَظْــرَةٍ
تُغَسِّـــــلُ أَوْزَارِي وَقَلْبِـــيَ تُسْمِــــــنُ

‘Asa al-Muṣṭafā yawman yajūdu bi-naẓratin
Tughas-silu awzārī wa-qalbī tus-minu

Perhaps the Chosen One will one day grant me a gaze that washes away my sins and nourishes my heart.

وَإِنْ شَـــــاءَ قَوَّانِـــي لِحَمْـــلِ خِلاَفَــةٍ
لِكَيْ أَرْفَعَ التَّوْحِيــدَ وَالْكُـلُّ مُومِــنُ

Wa-in shā’a qaw-wānī li-ḥamli khilāfatin
Li-kay arfa‘a al-tawḥīda wal-kullu mūminu

And if He wills, He will strengthen me to carry the Vicegerency (Khilafa), so that I may raise the banner of Tawhid until everyone is a believer.

لِيُسْلِمَ جُـــــلُّ النَّــــاسِ أَقْتُـــلُ بَعْضَهُــمْ
جِهَادًا وَإِنِّــــي مُومِــــنٌ بِـــكَ مُحْسِــنُ

Li-yuslima jullu al-nāsi aqtulu ba‘ḍahumu
Jihādan wa-innī mūminun bika muḥsinu

So that most people may submit—I would strive against some in Jihad—while I am a believer in you, acting with excellence.

فَأَرْفَــــعُ عِلْمًـــا لِلْجَهَالَــةِ وَاضِعًــــــــا
وَأُكْسِرُ رَايَـــــاتِ الصَّلِيـــبِ وَأَدْفِــنُ

Fa-arfa‘u ‘ilman lil-jahālati wāḍi‘an
Wa-uksiru rāyāti al-ṣalībi wa-ad-finu

Thus I would raise the banner of knowledge while putting down ignorance, and I would break the banners of the Cross and bury them.

فَبِي يُرْفَعُ الْجَوْرُ الْعَظِيــــمُ فَلاَ يُــرَى
سِوَى الْعِلْمِ وَالدِّيــــنِ الْحَنِيــفِ يُزَيِّـنُ

Fa-bī yurfa‘u al-jawru al-‘aẓīmu falā yurā
Siwā al-‘ilmi wad-dīni al-ḥanīfi yuzay-yinu

Through me, great injustice shall be lifted until nothing is seen but knowledge and the Upright Religion, beautifying the world.

فَتُمْسِي رِجَـــالُ اللّٰهِ فِي ظِـــلِّ رَاحَــةٍ
وَعِزٍّ وَتَمْجِيــــدٍ وَبِالْحَـــقِّ أَعْلَنُــوا

Fa-tumsī rijālu Allāhi fī ẓilli rāḥatin
Wa-‘izzin wa-tamjīdin wal-ḥaqqi a‘lanū

Then the Men of God will find themselves in the shade of rest, glory, and exaltation, having proclaimed the Truth.

يَكُــــونُ زِمَــــامُ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ جَمِيعِهِــمْ
بِأَيْــــــدِي رِجَـــالٍ بِالْعُلُـــومِ تَمَكَّنُــوا

Yakūnu zimāmu al-‘ālamīna jamī‘ihimu
Bi-aydī rijālin bil-‘ulūmi tamak-kanū

The leadership of all the worlds will be in the hands of men who have become firmly established in the sciences.

فَيَأْتِي مَسِيـــــحٌ وَالرِّجَـــالُ رِجَالُـــهُ
بِدِيــــنِ الْإِمَـــامِ الْـهَاشِمِـــي يَتَدَيَّــنُ

Fa-ya’tī Masīḥun wal-rijālu rijāluhu
Bi-dīni al-Imāmi al-Hāshimī yataday-yanu

Then the Messiah (Jesus) shall come, and the men will be his men, practicing the religion of the Hashemite Imam (Muhammad).

هُنَالِكَ عَمَّ الْفَيْــضُ لاَ شَكَّ لَنْ تَــرَى
سِوَى عَارِفٍ بِاللّٰهِ وَالشَّـــرْعُ مُتْقَــنُ

Hunālika ‘amma al-fayḍu lā shakka lan tarā
Siwā ‘ārifin bil-Lāhi wash-shar‘u mut-qanu

At that time, the Spiritual Flood (Fayda) will spread—without a doubt, you will see none but the Gnostics of Allah, and the Sacred Law will be perfected.

فَيَخْتِــــــمُ عِيسَــى لاَ تَكُــونُ وِلاَيَــةٌ
بُعَيْدَ مَمَـــاتِ الرُّوحِ فَالْخَيْــرُ يُدْفَــنُ

Fa-yakhtimu ‘Īsā lā takūnu wilāyatun
Bu‘ayda mamāti al-Rūḥi fal-khayru yud-fanu

Jesus shall be the Seal; there will be no Sainthood (Wilaya) after the death of the Spirit (Jesus), for all goodness will then be buried.

فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَـــنْ يَذْكُــرُ اللّٰهَ زَلْزَلَــتْ
زَلاَزِلُ سَاعَــــــاتٍ وَنَــادَى الْمُؤَذِّنُ

Fa-in lam yakun man yadhkuru Allāha zalzalat
Zalāzilu sā‘ātin wa-nādā al-mu’adh-dhinu

For if there is no longer anyone left to remember Allah, the earthquakes of the Final Hour will shake, and the Caller will cry out.

فَيَـــــا رَبِّ حَقِّــقْ بِالْأَمِيــنِ رَجَاءَنَــا
فَمَا لِي سِـــوَى أَنْ أَسْـــأَلَ اللّٰهَ مَعْــدِنُ

Fa-yā rabbi ḥaq-qiq bil-Amīni rajā’anā
Famā lī siwā an as’ala Allāha ma‘-danu

O my Lord, fulfill our hopes through the Trustworthy One, for I have no source to ask from but Allah.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــــــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَــا لِلدِّيــنِ قَصْــرِيَ مَأْمَــنُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā lid-dīni qaṣrī ma’manu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which my castle becomes a sanctuary for the religion.

عَلَيْــــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ وَالَّذِينَ قَــدْ أَحْسَنُـوا

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin wal-ladhīna qad aḥsanū

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family, the companions, and those who have acted with excellence.