# Harfuth Thaa · حَرْفُ الثَّاءِ

From [Ad-Dawaawiinu s-Sitta · الدواوين الست](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f) by [Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/authors/69172463686829cc1d041df5)

**1.** ثَنَائِي رَسُـــــولَ اللّٰهِ دَهْرِيَ أُحْــدِثُ / وَذَلِكَ عَهْـــــدٌ دَائِمًا لَسْـــتُ أَنْكُــثُ

_Thanā’ī Rasūla Allāhi dahrī uḥ-dithu / Wa-dhālika ‘ahdun dā’iman lastu ankuthu_

I renew my praise of the Messenger of Allah throughout time, and that is a lasting covenant I shall never break.

**2.** بِقَبْضٍ وَبَسْطٍ لاَ أُعَمِّلُ فِكْرَتِــي / لِمَدْحِ سِوَى الْمَاحِي بِذَا أَتَحَنَّــثُ

_Bi-qab-ḍin wa-bas-ṭin lā u‘ammilu fikratī / Li-mad-ḥi siwā al-Māḥī bi-dhā ata-ḥannathu_

In states of spiritual contraction and expansion, I do not employ my thoughts for the praise of anyone but the Eraser; in this, I perform my devotion.

**3.** وَمَا لِيَ زَادٌ فِــــي الْمَعَــادِ سِــوَاؤُهُ / فَلَيْتِي بِقَلْبِي رُوحُكَ الْقُدْسُ يَنْفُـــثُ

_Wa-mā liya zādun fī al-ma‘ādi siwā’uhu / Fa-laytī bi-qalbī rūḥuka al-qud-su yan-futhu_

I have no provision for the Return (Hereafter) other than him; so I wish that your Holy Spirit would breathe into my heart.

**4.** أَلاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ فَارْثِ لِحَالَتِـــي / خَدِيمٌ عَلَى سَــرْدِ الْمَدَائِـحِ يَمْكُـثُ

_Alā yā Rasūla Allāhi far-thi li-ḥālatī / Khadīmun ‘ala sar-di al-madā’iḥi yam-kuthu_

O Messenger of Allah, have pity on my condition; a servant who remains occupied in the continuous flow of odes.

**5.** يُزَاحِــمُ حَسَّانًا وَكَعْبًـــا لِمَدْحِكُــمْ / فَلَيْتِي أُرَى فِـــــي سِلْكِهِــمْ فَأُثَلِّــثُ

_Yuzā-ḥimu Ḥassānan wa-Ka‘ban li-mad-ḥikum / Fa-laytī urā fī silkihim fa-uthallithu_

He vies with Hassan and Ka'b in your praise; would that I be seen in their chain, making them a trio.

**6.** عَلَى عَرَجِي خَلْـــفَ الْجِيَادِ مُخَلَّفًــا / فَلَمْ أَرْضَ بِالسَّفْسَافِ وَقْتِيَ أُجْــدَثُ

_‘Ala ‘arajī khal-fa al-jiyādi mukhal-lafan / Fal-am ar-ḍa bis-saf-sāfi waq-tiya uj-dathu_

Despite my lameness, following behind the swift steeds and left behind—I have never been satisfied with trivialities while my time is passing.

**7.** وَأَنْتَ كَرِيـــمٌ جَابِـــرٌ ذُو مَكَانَــةٍ / أَغِثْنِي وَتُغْنِينِـــي فَفِيـــكَ أُحَــدِّثُ

_Wa-anta karīmun jābirun dhū makānatin / Aghith-nī wa-tugh-nīnī fa-fīka uḥad-dithu_

And you are generous, a mender of hearts, possessing high standing; aid me and make me independent, for it is of you that I speak.

**8.** عَلَيْــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَفِيكَ تِجَارَاتِي بِمَدْحِــــكَ أَحْــرُثُ

_‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Fa-fīka tijārātī bi-mad-ḥika aḥ-ruthu_

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; for in you is my commerce, and through your praise, I plow [my fields].

**9.** عَلَيْـــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / أَكُونُ خَدِيمًا عَهْدَهُ لَيْــسَ يَنْكُــثُ

_‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Akūnu khadīman ‘ahdahu laysa yan-kuthu_

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; that I may be a servant whose covenant is never broken.

**10.** عَلَيْكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ بَلَّغُوا وَتَحَدَّثُـــوا

_‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin bal-laghū wa-ta-ḥaddathū_

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who conveyed and spoke.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69ad21f8989b57497c135f9f/chapter/69ad2367989b57497c136017