Harfud Dwaad · حَرْفُ الضَّادِ

ضَرِيحٌ لَدَى الْعَذْرَا بِهِ اهْتَزَّتِ الْأَرْضُ
فَمِنْ دُونِهِ الْكُرْسِيُّ وَالْعَرْشُ وَالْحَوْضُ

Ḍarīḥun lada al-‘Adhrā bihi-htazzati al-arḍu
Fa-min dūnihi al-Kursiyyu wal-‘Arshu wal-Ḥawḍu

Upon the tomb near the Virgin [Aisha's chamber], the earth has shaken; for compared to it, the Footstool, the Throne, and the Basin are secondary.

ضَرِيحٌ بِــــهِ أَمْسَـــى مُحَمَّـــدُ رَاقِــدًا
بِهِ الْعِلْمُ وَالتَّقْوَى بِهِ الْكَرَمُ الْمَحْــضُ

Ḍarīḥun bihi amsā Muḥammadu rāqidan
Bihi al-‘ilmu wal-taqwā bihi al-karamu al-maḥ-ḍu

A tomb in which Muhammad has come to rest; in it lies knowledge, God-consciousness, and pure generosity.

ضَرِيحٌ بِــــهِ أَمْسَـــى النَّبِيُّ وَحَوْلَــهُ
وَزِيرَاهُ هَلْ ضَمَّتْ لِأَشْبَاهِهِمْ أَرْضُ

Ḍarīḥun bihi amsā al-nabiyyu wa-ḥawlahu
Wazīrāhu hal ḍam-mat li-ashbāhihim arḍu

A tomb in which the Prophet resides, and around him are his two Viziers [Abu Bakr and Umar]; has the earth ever embraced the likes of them?

وَمِنْبَرُهُ مَـــــا بَيْنَـــهُ وَضَرِيحِــهِ
جِنَانٌ لِقَلْبِي عِنْدَهُ مَرْبَــــعٌ خَفْــضُ

Wa-minbaruhu mā baynahu wa-ḍarīḥihi
Jinānun li-qalbī ‘indahu marba‘un khaf-ḍu

And his pulpit—the space between it and his tomb is a Garden; for my heart, it is a place of descent and lowliness [in humility].

إِلَى أَهْلِهَا أُهْــــدِي التَّحَايَـــا تَشَوُّقًــا
وَقَدْ حَالَ دُونِي مَهْمَهٌ قُذُفٌ عَرْضُ

Ila ahlihā uhdī al-taḥāyā tashaw-wuqan
Wa-qad ḥāla dūnī mahma-hun qudhufun ‘ar-ḍu

To its people, I send my greetings of longing; though a vast and perilous desert stands as a barrier between us.

فَمَا عَيْشُ مَنْ أَمْسَــــى بِكَـوْلَـخَ ثَاوِيًــا
وَجِيرَتُهُ حَوْلَ النَّقَا ضَمَّهَا الــرَّوْضُ

Famā ‘ayshu man amsā bi-Kawlakha thāwiyan
Wa-jīratuhu ḥawla al-Naqā ḍam-mahā al-Raw-ḍu

What is the life of one who resides in Kaolack, while his neighbors are gathered around the plain of al-Naqa in the Garden (Rawdah)?

نَبِيٌّ لَــــــهُ حَـــلَّ الْغَنَائِـــمُ وَهْـــوَ مَــنْ
غَزَا أُرْعِبُوا نَصْرًا وَمَسْجِدُهُ الْأَرْضُ

Nabiyyun lahu ḥal-la al-ghanā’imu wa-huwa man
Ghazā ur‘ibū naṣran wa-masjiduhu al-ar-ḍu

A Prophet for whom the spoils of war were made lawful; he is the one who, when he campaigned, was aided by terror [in the hearts of enemies], and for whom the whole earth was made a mosque.

عَلَيْــــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
صَلاَةً بِهَا يَبْقَى لِيَ النَّفْــلُ وَالْفَــرْضُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣalātan bihā yabqā liya al-naf-lu wal-far-ḍu

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which my voluntary and obligatory deeds remain preserved.

عَلَيْــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــهُ
بِعَيْنِ الرِّضَى سَعْيِي وَصَحْبِي مَتَـى نَمْضُوا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Bi-‘ayni al-riḍā sa‘yī wa-ṣaḥbī matā nam-ḍū

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may my efforts and my companions be viewed with the eye of pleasure whenever we pass on.

عَلَيْــــــــهِ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ عَلَى الدِّينِ قَدْ حَضُّوا

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin ‘ala al-dīni qad ḥaḍ-ḍū

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; and upon the family and companions who urged others toward the religion.

عَلَيْــــــهِ مَــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
صَــلاَةً بِهَا يَبْقَــــى لِيَ الدَّكُّ وَالْمَحْـــقُ

‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi
Ṣalātun bihā yabqā liya al-dak-ku wal-maḥ-qu

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions; a prayer through which my ego is crushed and annihilated.