Harfuz Za'y · حَرْفُ الزَّايِ

زَمَانِــــي رَمَانِـــي وَالْأَمِينُ بِهِ الْفَــوْزُ
وَهُو مَرْكَزِي مَا ضَرَّنِي الْـهَمْزُ وَللَّمْـزُ

Zamānī ramānī wal-Amīnu bihi al-fawzu
Wa-huwa markazī mā ḍarranī al-hamzu wal-lamzu

My time has afflicted me, but in the Trustworthy One is triumph; he is my Center, so the whispering and slandering [of enemies] do not harm me.

أَحَـــــاطَ بِسِـــرِّ الْحَـــقِّ أَيَّ إِحَاطَــةٍ
بِكُلِّ فُهُومٍ وَالْمَعَانِـــــي وَهُـــو الْكَنْــزُ

Aḥāṭa bi-sirri al-ḥaqqi ayya iḥāṭatin
Bi-kulli fuhūmin wal-ma‘ānī wa-huwa al-kanzu

He has encompassed the secret of the Truth with a total encompassing, in every understanding and meaning—for he is the Treasure.

فَنُورٌ بِهِ الْأَنْوَارُ فِـــي الْكَـــوْنِ كُلِّــهِ
وَآدَمُ مِنْ ذَا النُّـــورِ بَانَ لَهُ الرَّمْــزُ

Fa-nūrun bi-hi al-anwāru fī al-kawni kullihi
Wa-Ādamu min dhā al-nūri bāna lahu al-ramzu

He is a light by which all other lights in the universe exist; and from this light, the symbolic reality of Adam became manifest.

مَتَى سَطَعَ الْبَــرْقُ الْوَمِيضُ مُحَمَّـــدٌ
تَدَلَّتْ مُزُونُ الرِّبْحِ وَاسْتَوْطَــنَ الْعِزُّ

Matā saṭa‘a al-barqu al-wamīḍu Muḥammadu
Tadallat muzūnu al-ribḥi was-tawṭana al-‘izzu

Whenever the flashing lightning—Muhammad—shines, the rain-clouds of profit descend and glory takes up its residence.

تَعَرَّضَ لِلسَّيْبِ الْبُحُــــورُ وَقَدْ مَــلاَ
كَذَاكَ الْأَوَانِي عِنْــدَ ذَا عَمَّنَــا الْفَــوْزُ

Ta‘arraḍa lis-saybi al-buḥūru wa-qad malā
Kadhalika al-awānī ‘inda dhā ‘ammanā al-fawzu

The oceans exposed themselves to his pouring bounty and were filled; likewise were the vessels, and at that moment, triumph encompassed us all.

وَقَدْ لَمَــعَ النُّــورُ الْمُحِيـــطُ لِكَوْنِنَــا
بِكُلِّ مَكَانٍ مَنْ أُذِلُّوا وَمَـــنْ عَــزُّوا

Wa-qad lama‘a al-nūru al-muḥīṭu li-kawninā
Bi-kulli makānin man udhillū wa-man ‘azzū

The "Encompassing Light" of our universe has shimmered in every place—for those who were humbled and those who were honored.

فَـعَيْنُكَ عَيْنُ الْحَقِّ عَـــرْشُ حَقِيقَـةٍ
بِهِ يُجْتَلَى الْعِرْفَانُ وَالسِّرُّ وَالْمَيْزُ

Fa-‘aynuka ‘aynu al-ḥaqqi ‘arshu ḥaqīqatin
Bi-hi yujtalā al-‘irfānu was-sirru wal-mayzu

For your eye is the "Eye of the Truth" and the "Throne of Reality"; through it, Gnosis, the Secret, and Distinction are made clear.

قِفَا نُسْقَ مِنْ عَيْـــــنِ الْمَعَــارِفِ أَحْمَــدٍ
فَيَا وَيْحَ مَنْ عَاصَاهُ يَا وَيْحَ مَنْ يَغْــزُوا

Qifā nus-qa min ‘ayni al-ma‘ārifi Aḥmada
Fa-yā wayḥa man ‘āṣāhu yā wayḥa man yaghzū

Stop! Let us be given to drink from the spring of Gnosis, Ahmad; woe to the one who disobeys him, and woe to the one who attacks him.

صِرَاطٌ إِلَى رَبِّ الْبَرِيَّةِ مَـــنْ يَحِــــدْ
يُخَيَّبْ ، وَيَنْحُو نَحْوَهُ الْخِزْيُ وَالْبَـزُّ

Ṣirāṭun ila rabbi al-bariyyati man yaḥid
Yukhayyab, wa-yanḥū naḥwahu al-khizyu wal-bazzu

He is the path to the Lord of creation; whoever deviates from it is disappointed, and disgrace and stripping-away turn toward him.

كَمَــالُ اعْتِدَالٍ لاَاعْوِجَـــاجَ يَشِينُــهُ
وَطَلْعَةُ وَجْهِ الْحَقِّ وَالْفَيْضُ وَالْكَنْــزُ

Kamālu-‘tidālin lā-‘wijāja yashīnuhu
Wa-ṭal‘atu waj-hi al-ḥaqqi wal-fayḍu wal-kanzu

He is the perfection of uprightness, marred by no crookedness; the appearance of the Face of Truth, the Spiritual Flood, and the Treasure.

إِفَاضَتُـــــهُ مِنْـــــهُ إِلَيْـــهِ وَإِنَّــهُ
لَسِرٌّ لَدَى أَهْلِ الْحَقَائِـــقِ وَاللُّغْــزُ

Ifāḍatuhu minhu ilayhi wa-innahu
La-sirrun lada ahli al-ḥaqā’iqi wal-lughzu

His "Overflowing" (Ifada) is from him and back to him; and indeed, this is a secret and a riddle to the People of Realities.

وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ مِنْــــهُ بَـــدْءًا وَمَخْتَمًــا
صَلاَةً عَلَى الْهَادِي بِهَا اتَّضَحَ الرَّمْــزُ

Wa-ṣallā ‘alayhi minhu bad-’an wa-makhtaman
Ṣalātan ‘ala al-Hādī bihā-ttaḍaḥa al-ramzu

He (Allah) has sent blessings upon him from the beginning to the end; a prayer upon the Guide through which the symbols have become clear.