Ar-Raa Aydwan · الرَّاءُ أَيْضًا

دَعَوْتُ رَسُـــولَ رَبِّ الْخَلْـــقِ طُرَّا
لِيَشْفَــــعَ فِــــي وَيَدْفَـــعَ مَا أَضَــرَّا

Da‘awtu Rasūla rabbi al-khal-qi ṭurrā
Li-yash-fa‘a fiyya wa-yad-fa‘a mā aḍarrā

I called upon the Messenger of the Lord of all creation, to intercede for me and repel what has caused me harm.

مُحَمَّـــــــدُ خَيْـــرُ خَلْــقِ اللّٰهِ طُــرًّا
مُمِـــــدُّ جَمِيعِهِــــمْ سِــرًّا وَجَهْــرَا

Muḥammadu khayru khal-qi Allāhi ṭurrā
Mumiddu jamī‘ihim sirran wa-jahrā

Muhammad is the best of Allah's creation, entirely; the provider of aid to all of them, secretly and openly.

بِأَحْمَدَ قَــــــدْ تَوَسَّـــلَ كُـــلُّ عَبْــدٍ
أَنَــــالَ مَرَامَـــــــهُ وَأَزَالَ ضُــرَّا

Bi-Aḥmada qad tawassala kullu ‘abdin
Anāla marāmahu wa-azāla ḍurrā

Through Ahmad, every servant has sought a means (Tawassul); attaining their goals and removing their afflictions.

فَــــآدَمُ قَــدْ تَوَسَّــــلَ بِالْمُقَفَّـــــى
وَنُـــــــــوحٌ بَعْــدَهُ وَهَلُـــمَّ جَــرَّا

Fa-Ādamu qad tawassala bil-Muqaffā
Wa-Nūḥun ba‘dahu wa-halumma jarrā

Even Adam sought a means through the "Followed One" (the Prophet), and Noah after him, and so on and so forth.

لِهَـــــذَا يَــا إِلَهِـــــي يَا إِلَهِــــــي
أَرُومُ بِهِ الْمَطَالِبَ وَهْـيَ تَتْــرَى

Li-hādhā yā ilāhī yā ilāhī
Arūmu bi-hi al-maṭāliba wa-hiya tatrā

For this reason, O my God, O my God! I seek my needs through him, and they come in succession.

وَقَدْ عَلِــــمَ الْخَلاَئِـــقُ أَنَّ طَـــهَ
الْوَسِيلَةُ لِي إِمَـامُ الْخَلْــقِ طُـرَّا

Wa-qad ‘alima al-khalā’iqu anna Ṭāhā
Al-wasīlatu lī imāmu al-khal-qi ṭurrā

The creation has known that Taha is my means—the Imam of all creation.

وَثِقْــــتُ بِــــهِ وَيَهْـــوَاهُ فُـؤَادِي
وَعَوَّدَنِي الْجَمِيـــلَ أَنَالُ فَخْــرَا

Wathiqtu bi-hi wa-yah-wāhu fu’ādī
Wa-‘awwadanī al-jamīla anālu fakhrā

I have placed my trust in him, and my heart loves him; he has accustomed me to beauty, such that I attain glory.

وَأَعْطَانِــي الْجَزِيــلَ بِكُــلِّ آنٍ
وَجَاوَرَنِي بِذَلِـــكَ نِلْــتُ سِــرَّا

Wa-a‘ṭānī al-jazīla bi-kulli ānin
Wa-jāwaranī bi-dhālika niltu sirrā

He has granted me abundantly at every moment, and he has neighbored me—through that, I attained a secret.

وَرَافَقَنِــــــــي بِبَحْــــرٍ أَوْ بِبَــرٍّ
وَأَعْلاَنِـي عَلَــى الْأَقْـــوَامِ بِـرَّا

Wa-rāfaqanī bi-baḥ-rin aw bi-barrin
Wa-a‘lānī ‘ala al-aqwāmi birrā

He accompanied me by sea and by land, and he elevated me above nations in righteousness.

مُحَمَّدُ وَهْوَ رُوحُ الْحَمْـــدِ سِــرُّ
الْوُجُودِ وَدَافِعُ الْأَصْنَامِ كَسْــرَا

Muḥammadun wa-huwa rūḥu al-ḥamdi sirru
Al-wujūdi wa-dāfi‘u al-aṣnāmi kasrā

Muhammad—and he is the Spirit of Praise—is the Secret of Existence, and the crusher who repels the idols.

مُحَمَّدُ مِدْفَعِي دَهْرِي وَدِرْعِي
وَفِي السَّـــرَّاءِ عُدَّتُنَا وَضَـرَّا

Muḥammadu mid-fa‘ī dahrī wa-dir‘ī
Wa-fī al-sarrā’i ‘uddatunā wa-ḍarrā

Muhammad is my cannon throughout time and my shield in times of ease and in times of distress, he is our preparation.

مُحَمَّدُ سَيِّدِي كَنْــــزِي وَغَوْثِــي
حَبَانِي بِالْمُـــــرَادِ وَزَادَ مَيْــرَا

Muḥammadu sayyidī kanzī wa-ghawthī
Ḥabānī bil-murādi wa-zāda mayrā

Muhammad is my master, my treasure, and my rescue; he endowed me with my desire and increased my provisions.

شِفَائِي عِنْدَ أَمْرَاضِي وَغَيْثِـــي
وَمُسْتَنَدِي لِدَهْرِي حِينَ غَــــرَّا

Shifā’ī ‘inda amrāḍī wa-ghaythī
Wa-mus-tanadī li-dahrī ḥīna gharrā

My healing during my illnesses and my rain, my support for my life when it becomes deceptive.

مُحَمَّدُ مَرْكَزِي وَمَدَارُ أَمْـــرِي
عَلَى الْمَحْمُودِ دُنْيَائِي وَأُخْرَى

Muḥammadu markazī wa-madāru amrī
‘Ala al-Maḥmūdi dunyā’ī wa-ukhrā

Muhammad is my center and the axis of my affairs; upon the "Praised One" (the Prophet) is my world and my hereafter.

مُحَمَّدُ قُدْوَتِـــي وَأَرَاهُ حَسْبِــي
فَلاَ زَيْدًا وَلاَ عَمْــــرًا وَبَكْــرَا

Muḥammadu qudwatī wa-arāhu ḥasbī
Falā Zaydan wa-lā ‘Amran wa-Bakrā

Muhammad is my role model and I find him sufficient for me; i need not Zayd, nor 'Amr, nor Bakr (anyone else).

نَدِيمِي سُنَّــــةُ الْمُخْتَــارِ لاَ لاَ
عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَدِيثِ أَرُومُ خَيْرَا

Nadīmī sunnatu al-Mukhtāri lā lā
‘Alā ghayri al-ḥadīthi arūmu khayrā

My intimate companion is the Sunnah of the Chosen One; no, indeed, I seek no good in anything other than the Hadith.

سَأَرْفَعُهَـا وَأَقْبِضُهَــــا جِهَــارًا
عَلَى ذَا فَلْيَلُمْنِــي النَّاسُ طُــرَّا

Sa-ar-fa‘uhā wa-aq-biḍuhā jihāran
‘Alā dhā fal-yalumnī al-nāsu ṭurrā

I shall raise it (the Sunnah) and hold fast to it openly; for this, let all the people blame me if they wish.

إِذَا رَضِـــيَ الْأَمِينُ فَــلاَ أُبَالِي
أَذَمَّ سِـــوَاهُ أَمْ أَطْــرَا وَأَطْــرَا

Idhā raḍiya al-Amīnu falā ubālī
A-dhamma siwāhu am aṭrā wa-aṭrā

If the "Trustworthy One" is pleased, I do not care whether others criticize or offer excessive praise.

إِذَا كَانَ النَّصِيبُ سِوَى الْمُقَفَّـى
فَإِنِّي لاَ أَرَى لِيَ الْحَظَّ دَهْــرَا

Idhā kāna al-naṣību siwā al-Muqaffā
Fa-innī lā arā liya al-ḥaẓ-ẓa dahrā

If my portion were to be anything other than the "Followed One," then I would consider myself to have no fortune at all.

صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ يَتْبَعُهَـــا سَــلاَمٌ
عَلَى عَبْدٍ بِــــهِ مَوْلاَهُ أَسْــرَى

Ṣalātu Allāhi yatba‘uhā salāmun
‘Alā ‘abdin bi-hi mawlāhu asrā

May the prayer of Allah be followed by His peace, upon the servant with whom his Lord traveled by night (Isra).

وَآلٍ ثُــــمَّ أَصْحَــابٍ كِــــــرَامٍ
نُجُومِ الْمُهْتَدِينَ وَلَــــوْهُ نَصْـرَا

Wa-ālin thumma aṣ-ḥābin kirāmin
Nujūmi al-muh-tadīna wa-law-hu naṣrā

And upon the family and noble companions, the stars of the guided ones who aided him.