Harfus Siin · حَرْفُ السِّينِ

سَلاَمٌ عَلَى طِــــــبٍّ وَخَيْرِ مُــــوَاسِ
لِكُـــــلِّ مُعَــــــانٍ حُبَّـــــهُ وَمُقَـــاسِ

Salāmun ‘ala ṭibbin wa-khayri muwāsī
Li-kulli mu‘ānin ḥubbahu wa-muqāsī

Peace be upon the medicine and the best of consolers for every sufferer of love and every struggler.

عَلَى خَيْرِ نَاسٍ خَيْرِ مَنْ وَطِئَ الثَّرَى
فَخَيْــــــرُ رَسُــــولٍ جَاءَ خَيْرَ أُنَــاسِ

‘Ala khayri nāsin khayri man waṭi’a al-tharā
Fa-khayru rasūlin jā’a khayra unāsī

Peace be upon the best of people, the best who ever trod the earth; the best Messenger who came to the best of nations.

وَأَفْضَلُ مَنْ يُدْعَــــــى لِدَفْعِ نَوَائِــبٍ
وَأَفْضَلُ مَنْ يُسْدِي الْعَطَا وَيُوَاسِـي

Wa-afḍalu man yud‘ā li-daf‘i nawā’ibi
Wa-afḍalu man yusdī al-‘aṭā wa-yuwāsī

He is the most excellent one called upon to repel calamities, and the most excellent to bestow gifts and offer comfort.

وَأَفْضَلُ مَنْ يَقْرِي وَيَقْرَأُ خَيْرَ مَـنْ
أَتَـــــــاهُ مِـــنَ الْأَمْـــدَاحِ كُلُّ جِنَــاسِ

Wa-afḍalu man yaqrī wa-yaqra’u khayra man
Atāhu mina al-amdāḥi kullu jināsī

The most excellent to host guests and to recite; the best of those to whom every kind of poetic praise has come.

مُحَمَّدُ عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَـــــدُ خَيْرُ مَــنْ
يُحَمَّلُ كَـــلاًّا فَهْـــوَ خَيْرُ مُــوَاسِ

Muḥammadu ‘abdu Allāhi Aḥmadu khayru man
Yuḥam-malu kallan fahuwa khayru muwāsī

Muhammad, the servant of Allah, Ahmad; the best of those who carry the burdens of others, for he is the best consoler.

وَأَفْضَلُ مَمْدُوحٍ يُنِيلُ مَثُوبَــــةً
وَبَذْلاً وَلاَنَتْ مِنْ ثَنَاهُ قَـــوَاسِ

Wa-afḍalu mamdūḥin yunīlu mathūbatan
Wa-badh-lan wa-lānat min thanāhu qawāsī

The most excellent of the praised who grants rewards and generosity; even the hardest hearts softened from his praise.

غَرَسْتُ بِأَمْــــــدَاحِ النَّبِيِّ سَعَادَتِي
فَيَا طِيبَ أَمْدَاحِي وَطِيبَ غِرَاسِي

Gharastu bi-amdāḥi al-nabiyyi sa‘ādatī
Fa-yā ṭība amdāḥī wa-ṭība ghirāsī

I have planted my happiness through the praises of the Prophet; oh, how sweet are my praises and how sweet is my planting!

لِبَاسِي وَحِصْنِي مَدْحُ أَحْمَدَ سَيِّدِي
فَأَمْنَعُ حِصْــــنٍ وَهْــوَ خَيْرُ لِبَــاسِ

Libāsī wa-ḥiṣnī mad-ḥu Aḥmada sayyidī
Fa-am-na‘u ḥiṣnin wa-huwa khayru libāsī

My garment and my fortress is the praise of Ahmad, my master; the most impregnable of fortresses and the best of garments.

إِذَا خَمَدَتْ فِكْرِي مَدَحْـــــتُ مُحَمَّــدًا
فَصِـــــرْتُ ذَكَـــاءً أَزْدَرِي بِإِيَــاسِ

Idhā khamadat fikrī madaḥtu Muḥammadan
Fa-ṣirtu dhakā’an azdarī bi-Iyāsī

Whenever my intellect grows dull, I praise Muhammad; and I become so sharp that I surpass the intelligence of Iyās.

تُضِيءُ لِيَ الْآفَاقُ حَتَّــــى كَأَنَّنِـــي
أُشَاهِدُ غَيْبَ الْغَيْــــبِ دُونَ نُعَـــاسِ

Tuḍī’u liya al-āfāqu ḥattā ka-annanī
Ushāhidu ghayba al-ghaybi dūna nu‘āsī

The horizons light up for me until it is as if I am witnessing the Unseen of the Unseen without any drowsiness.

عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى فِي كُلِّ بَدْءٍ وَمَخْتَمٍ
صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيــــــمٌ بَقَــــاءَ رَوَاسِــي

‘Ala al-Muṣṭafā fī kulli bad’in wa-makhtami
Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun baqā’a rawāsī

Upon the Chosen One, in every beginning and conclusion, be prayer and peace as enduring as the firm mountains.

مَعَ الْآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الْكِرَامِ قَدِ اهْتَدَوْا
فَكُلُّهُــــــــمُ يَهْـــــدِي لِخَيْـــرِ أُنَــاسِ

Ma‘a al-āli wal-ṣaḥbi al-kirāmi qad ihtadaw
Fa-kul-luhumu yahdī li-khayri unāsī

Along with the noble family and companions who were guided; for every one of them guides toward the best of people.