Harful Hhaa · حَرْفُ الْهَاءِ

هُوَ الْهَدْيُ هَدْيُ الْمُصْطَفَى وَسِوَاهُ
هَــوًى وَضَـــلاَلٌ لاَ تُقَـــدْ بِبُــرَاهُ

Huwa al-hadyu hadyu al-Muṣṭafā wa-siwāhu
Hawan wa-ḍalālun lā tuqad bi-burāhu

He is the guidance—the guidance of the Chosen One—and anything else is but a whim and misguidance; do not be led by its halters.

فَوَحْيٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْجَلِيــــلِ جَلاَلُــهُ
عَلَى أَكْمَلِ الرُّسْلِ الْأَمِينُ تَـلاَهُ

Fa-waḥ-yun mina Allāhi al-jalīli jalāluhu
‘Alā akmali al-rusuli al-Amīnu talāhu

It is a Revelation from Allah, the Majestic—Exalted is His Majesty—upon the most perfect of Messengers; the Trustworthy One (Gabriel) recited it.

وَبَيَّنَــــــــهُ إِذْ لاَ مُبِيـــنَ شَرِيعَـــــةٍ
لِذَا الْوَحْيِ غَيْرُ الْمُصْطَفَـــى وَهُــدَاهُ

Wa-bayyanahu idh lā mubīna sharī‘atin
Lidhā al-waḥ-yi ghayru al-Muṣṭafā wa-hudāhu

And he (the Prophet) clarified it, for there is no clarifier of the Sacred Law for this Revelation except the Chosen One and his guidance.

أُحِبُّ الرَّسُولَ الْمُصْطَفَى الْقَرْمَ إِنَّهُ
تَشَـــــرَّبَ قَلْبِــــي حُبَّـــهُ وَهَــوَاهُ

Uḥibbu al-Rasūla al-Muṣṭafā al-qarma innahu
Tasharraba qalbī ḥubbahu wa-hawāhu

I love the Chosen Messenger, the noble master; indeed, my heart has drunk deeply of his love and passion.

وَلِمْ لاَ وَعَيْنِي قَدْ رَأَتْهُ بِحَيِّ مَنْ
أُحِبُّ وَأَهْـــــوَى عَيْنَـــهُ وَثِنَــاهُ

Wa-lim lā wa-‘aynī qad ra’at-hu bi-ḥayyi man
Uḥibbu wa-ahwā ‘aynahu wa-thināhu

And why not, when my eye has seen him in the "neighborhood" of the One I love, and I adore his essence and his second?

تَجَلَّتْ لَهُ الذَّاتُ الْعَلِيَّةُ قَبْلَ مَــا
رَأَتْ غَيْرَهُ إِذْ مَا هُنَاكَ عَــدَاهُ

Tajallat lahu al-dhātu al-‘aliyyatu qabla mā
Ra’at ghayrahu idh mā hunāka ‘adāhu

The High Essence (Allah) manifested to him before It saw any other, for there was nothing there besides him.

فَأَوَّلُ مَحْبُــــوبٍ وَأَوَّلُ ذَاكِــرٍ
وَأَوَّلُ مَذْكُـــورٍ أُنِيـــلَ لِقَـــاهُ

Fa-awwalu maḥbūbin wa-awwalu dhākirin
Wa-awwalu madhkūrin unīla liqāhu

So he is the first beloved, the first rememberer [of God], and the first remembered [by God] who was granted the Meeting.

فَقَامَ يَذُودُ الْغَيْرَ حُبًّا وَغَيْــرَةً
يَقُولُ فَمَا غَيْرِي يَشُـــمُّ شَــذَاهُ

Fa-qāma yadhūdu al-ghayra ḥubban wa-ghayratan
Yaqūlu famā ghayrī yashummu shadhāhu

He stood repelling "others" out of love and protective jealousy, saying: "None besides me shall smell His fragrance."

فَمَنْعٌ عَطًا بُعْدٌ وَقُرْبٌ حِجَابُهُ
زَوَالُ حِجَابٍ فَاسْتَنِــرْ بِسَنَــاهُ

Fa-man‘un ‘aṭan bu‘dun wa-qurbun ḥijābuhu
Zawālu ḥijābin fas-tanir bi-sanāhu

Withholding and giving, distance and nearness—all are his veils; once the veil is removed, seek illumination from his brilliance.

فَمَهْمَا يَقُلْ لاَ لاَ سَبِيلَ لِوَصْلِ مَنْ
تُحِــــبُّ فَقُـــلْ لاَ لاَ أَرَاكَ سِــوَاهُ

Famahmā yaqul lā lā sabīla li-waṣ-li man
Tuḥibbu fa-qul lā lā arāka siwāhu

So whenever it is said: "No, no, there is no way to reach the One you love," say: "No, no, I see none but him (the Prophet)."

فَأَنْتَ مُرَادُ الْكُلِّ وَالْكُـــلُّ وَاصِــلٌ
فَمَهْمَا دَرَاكَ الْعَبْــــدُ نَـــالَ مُنَــاهُ

Fa-anta murādu al-kulli wal-kullu wāṣilun
Famahmā darāka al-‘abdu nāla munāhu

For you are the goal of all, and everyone is reaching [the goal through you]; whenever the servant knows you, he attains his desire.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَــابٍ عَلَـــوْا بِعُــلاَهُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin ‘alaw bi-‘ulāhu

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who rose high through his loftiness.