Ar-Raa Aydwan · الرَّاءُ أَيْضًا

بِالْمُصْطَفَى الْمُجْتَبَى الْمُخْتَارِ مِنْ مُضَرِ
تَعَلُّقِي وَهْــــوَ لِي فِي الْبَــدْوِ وَالْحَضَـرِ

Bil-Muṣṭafā al-Mujtabā al-Mukhtāri min Muḍari
Ta‘alluqī wa-huwa lī fī al-badwi wal-ḥaḍari

With the Chosen, the Elect, the Selected one of Mudar is my attachment; he is my [refuge] in the desert and the city.

قَدْ دَارَ بِي الشَّوْقُ فِي كُلِّ الْبِلاَدِ وَطَـ
ــهَ مَطْلَبِي وَإِلَيْـــهِ مُنْتَهَــى سَفَــرِي

Qad dāra bī al-shawqu fī kulli al-bilādi wa-Ṭā-
hā maṭlabī wa-ilayhi muntahā safarī

Longing has circled me through every land; Taha is my quest and to him is the end of my journey.

نَادَيْتُهُ يَا رَسُـــــولَ اللّٰهِ ضَيْفُـــكَ يَــرْ
جُو الْفَيْضَ وَالْعَوْنَ وَالْأَهْلُونَ فِي كَدَرِ

Nādaytuhu yā Rasūla Allāhi ḍayfuka yar-
jū al-fayḍa wal-‘awna wal-ahlūna fī kadari

I called to him: "O Messenger of Allah! Your guest hopes for the Flood and help, for his family is in distress."

إِنِّي فَقِيـــرٌ وَقِيـــــرٌ ضَـــارِعٌ وَجِــلٌ
مَا لِي سِوَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ مِنْ وَزَرِ

Innī faqīrun waqīrun ḍāri‘un wajilun
Mā lī siwā al-Muṣṭafā al-Mukhtāri min wazarī

Indeed, I am poor, burdened, pleading, and fearful; I have no shelter besides the Chosen, Selected one.

فَارْزُقْ لِيَ الْعَوْدَ مَنْصُورًا لَدَيكَ وَتَقْ
ـضِي كُلَّ مَا كَانَ لِي فِي اللّٰهِ مِنْ وَطَرِ

Far-zuq liya al-‘awda manṣūran ladayka wa-taq-
ḍī kulla mā kāna lī fī Allāhi min waṭari

Grant me a return with victory from you, and fulfill every need I have in Allah.

أَنْتَ الَّذِي مَا أَتَاكَ الدَّهْرَ مُنْتَصِــرٌ
إِلاَّ وَفَازَ بِنَصْرٍ غَيْــــرِ مُنْحَصِــرِ

Anta al-ladhī mā atāka al-dahra mun-taṣirun
Illā wa-fāza bi-naṣ-rin ghayri mun-ḥaṣiri

You are the one whom no seeker of victory ever approached without winning an unrestricted triumph.

وَذَاكَ سَارَ بِهِ الرُّكْبَانُ عَنْـكَ فَـــلاَ
أُرَى أَخِيبُ وَخَيْرُ الْخَلْقِ لِي وَزَرِي

Wa-dhāka sāra bi-hi al-rukbānu ‘anka falā
Urā akhību wa-khayru al-khal-qi lī wazarī

The riders have traveled spreading this news about you, so I do not see myself failing while the Best of Creation is my shelter.

إِنْ أُبْتُ لَمْ أُنْصَرَنْ مِنْ عِنْدِ طَــهَ فَمَا
أَقُــــولُ يَا سَيِّــــدَ الْأَكْــــوَانِ لِلزُّمَــرِ

In ubtu lam un-ṣaran min ‘indi Ṭāhā famā
Aqūlu yā sayyida al-akwāni liz-zumari

If I return without being helped by Taha, what shall I say, O Master of the Universes, to the groups [of followers]?

إِمَّا تَجُودُ بِنَصْــرٍ خَـــارِقٍ وَكَفَــى
أَوْ يَرْجِعُ الْجَارُ مِنْكَ غَيْرَ مُنْتَصِرِ

Immā tajūdu bi-naṣ-rin khāriqin wa-kafā
Aw yar-ji‘u al-jāru minka ghayra mun-taṣiri

Either you grant a miraculous victory—and that is sufficient—or the neighbor [the seeker] returns from you without triumph.

يَا فَاتِحًا خَاتِمًا لِلرُّسْــــلِ نَاصِرَ دِيــ
ــنِ الْحَقِّ تَرْفَعُ مَا بِالْعَبْدِ مِنْ ضَرَرِ

Yā fātiḥan khātiman lil-rusuli nāṣira dī-
ni al-ḥaqqi tar-fa‘u mā bil-‘abdi min ḍarari

O Opener and Sealer of the Messengers! Helper of the religion of Truth! You remove whatever harm afflicts the servant.

حَاشَاكَ تُرْجِعُ جَارًا شَاعِرًا وَخَدِيـ
ــمًا قَدْ أَتَاكَ لِأَمْـــــرٍ نَالَــهُ خَطِــرِ

Ḥāshāka tur-ji‘u jāran shā‘iran wa-khadī-
man qad atāka li-amrin nālahu khaṭari

Far be it from you to send back a neighbor, a poet, and a servant who came for a matter that has become dangerous.

يَضِيقُ صَدْرِيَ طَوْرًا يَا أَمِينُ وَتَا
رَاتٍ أَعِيشُ بِمَا أَرْجُو مِنَ الْوَزَرِ

Yaḍīqu ṣadrī ya-ṭawran yā Amīnu wa-tā-
rātin a‘īshu bi-mā arjū mina al-wazari

My chest becomes constricted at times, O Trustworthy One, and at times I live by the shelter I hope for.

تُحَوِّلُ الْحَالَ حَالاً يَا كَرِيـــمُ وَيَا
بَابَ الْإِلَــهِ وَمَنْ عَادَاكَ فِي سَقَرِ

Tuḥawwilu al-ḥāla ḥālan yā Karīmu wa-yā
Bāba al-ilāhi wa-man ‘ādāka fī Saqari

You transform conditions, O Generous One! O Door to God! Whoever opposes you is in the Blazing Fire.

عَلَيْـكَ صَلَّــى إِلَــهُ النَّاسِ قَاطِبَـةً
يَا سَيِّدَ النَّاسِ جُدْ لِي مِنْكَ بِالْوَطَرِ

‘Alayka ṣallā ilāhu al-nāsi qāṭibatan
Yā sayyida al-nāsi jud lī minka bil-waṭari

May the God of all people bless you; O Master of people, grant me my need from you.

مُحَمَّـدًا خَيْرَ خَلْــقِ اللّٰهِ أَجْمَعِهِــمْ
عَبْدَ الْإِلَــهِ الَّذِي قَدْ جَا عَلَى قَدَرِ

Muḥammadan khayra khal-qi Allāhi aj-ma‘ihim
‘Abda al-ilāhi al-ladhī qad jā’a ‘alā qadari

Muhammad, the best of all Allah's creation; the servant of God who came by a Divine decree.

هَادِي الْبَرَايَا إِلَى النَّهْجِ الْقَوِيمِ أَغِثْ
يَا مَنْ تُرَى ءَايُهُ فِي الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ

Hādī al-barāyā ila al-nah-ji al-qawīmi aghith
Yā man turā āyuhu fī al-shamsi wal-qamari

O Guide of all beings to the straight path, come to my rescue! You whose signs are seen in the sun and the moon.

وَفِي الْعَنَاصِرِ قَدْ بَانَــتْ عَجَائِبُــهُ
وَفِي الْبَهَائِمِ وَالْأَشْجَــارِ وَالْحَجَــرِ

Wa-fī al-‘anāṣiri qad bānat ‘ajā’ibuhu
Wa-fī al-bahā’imi wal-ash-jāri wal-ḥajari

His wonders are manifest in the elements, in the animals, in the trees, and in the stones.

وَفِي السَّمَــاوَاتِ وَالْآفَاقِ أَجْمَعِهَــا
وَأَنْفُسِ النَّاسِ مِنْ آيٍ وَمِـــنْ عِبَـرِ

Wa-fī al-samāwāti wal-āfāqi aj-ma‘ihā
Wa-an-fusi al-nāsi min āyin wa-min ‘ibari

In the heavens and all horizons, and in the souls of people, are signs and lessons [reflecting him].

وَلْتَذْكُـــــرَنَّ أَبَابَكْـــــرٍ وَتَالِيَــــــهُ
وَتِلْــــوَهُ جَامِـــعَ الْآيَاتِ وَالسُّــوَرِ

Wal-tadh-kuran Aba Bakrin wa-tāliyahu
Wa-til-wahu jāmi‘a al-āyāti wal-suwari

And remember Abu Bakr and the one who followed him (Umar), and the one after him (Uthman), the collector of the Verses and Chapters.

وَاذْكُرْ عَلِيًّا وَسَعْدًا طَلْحَـةً وَأَبَــا
عُبَيْدَةَ وَابْنَ عَوْفٍ قُرَّةَ الْبَصَـــرِ

Wadh-kur ‘Aliyyan wa-Sa‘dan Ṭal-ḥatan wa-Abā
‘Ubaydata wa-bna ‘Awfin qurrata al-baṣari

And remember Ali, Sa'd, Talha, and Abu 'Ubayda, and the son of 'Awf—the delight of the eyes.

وَجَابِـرًا وَسَعِيــدًا وَالزُّبَيْـــرَ بِهِــمْ
أَرْجُو قَضَاءَ شُؤُونٍ أَتْعَبَتْ فِكَرِي

Wa-Jābiran wa-Sa‘īdan wal-Zubayra bi-him
Arjū qaḍā’a shu’ūnin at-‘abat fikarī

And Jabir, Sa'id, and al-Zubayr; through [their rank], I hope for the fulfillment of affairs that have exhausted my thoughts.

صَلَّى الْإِلَــهُ عَلَى مَنْ ظَلْتُ سَائِلَهُ
مَنْ ظَلَّ يُعْطِي بِــلاَ مَنٍّ وَلاَ كَـدَرِ

Ṣallā al-ilāhu ‘alā man ẓultu sā’ilahu
Man ẓalla yu‘ṭī bilā mannin wa-lā kadari

May God bless the one I continue to ask; the one who gives without reminder or causing distress.

مَا آبَ بِالْمُقْتَضَــى مَــــنْ قَــالَ مُمْتَدِحًا
بِالْمُصْطَفَى الْمُجْتَبَى الْمُخْتَارِ مِنْ مُضَرِ

Mā āba bil-muq-taḍā man qāla mum-tadiḥan
Bil-Muṣṭafā al-Mujtabā al-Mukhtāri min Muḍari

He who says in praise has surely returned with his needs fulfilled: "With the Chosen, the Elect, the Selected one of Mudar..."