Harfun Nuun · حَرْفُ النُّونِ

إِنَّ سِــــــرِّي كَــلاَمُ رَبِّـــي الْمُبِيــنُ
أَيْ إِلَـــهِـــي الَّـــذِي بِـــــهِ نَسْتَعِيـنُ

Inna sirrī kalāmu rabbī al-mubīnu
Ay ilāhī al-ladhī bi-hi nasta‘īnu

My secret is the manifest speech of my Lord, the God from whom we seek help.

فَاجْعَــلِ الرُّوحَ وَاللِّسَـــانَ دَوَامًــا
وَفُــؤَادِي مَتَــى تَلَـــــــوْتُ يَلِيــنُ

Faj-‘ali al-rūḥa wal-lisāna dawāman
Wa-fu’ādī matā talawtu yalīnu

Make my spirit and my tongue perpetual [in its mention], and let my heart soften whenever I recite.

تَقْشَعِرُّ الْجُلُــــودُ وَالرُّوحُ يَسْمُــو
عِنْدَ ذِكْـــرِ الْحَكِيـــمِ أَوْ يَسْتَبِيــنُ

Taq-sha‘irru al-julūdu wal-rūḥu yasmū
‘Inda dhikri al-ḥakīmi aw yastabīnu

The skins shiver and the spirit rises at the mention of the Wise One, or it becomes enlightened.

أَسْلُـــكُ النَّهْـــــجَ بِالشَّرِيعَـــةِ نَحْــوَ
الْحَقِّ خَلْفَ الْمَصْدُوقِ وَهْوَ الْأَمِينُ

As-luku al-nahja bish-sharī‘ati naḥwa
Al-Ḥaqqi khalfa al-Maṣ-dūqi wa-huwa al-Amīnu

I walk the path by the Sacred Law toward the Truth, behind the "Truthful One" (the Prophet), and he is the Trustworthy.

نَبْتَــدِي عِنْــــدَ حَمْــدِهِ ثُــمَّ نَمْضِـي
نَشْهَدُ الْحَــقَّ وَهْـــوَ جَــلَّ الْمُبِيــنُ

Nab-tadī ‘inda ḥamdihi thumma namḍī
Nash-hadu al-Ḥaqqa wa-huwa jalla al-mubīnu

We begin with His praise, then we proceed, witnessing the Truth, and He is the Sublime, the Manifest.

ثُـــــمَّ تَذْكَارُ وَعْـــدِهِ وَهْــوَ وَعْــدٌ
مِنْ كَرِيمٍ وَهْـــوَ الْجَلِيــلُ الْمُعِيــنُ

Thumma tadh-kāru wa‘dihi wa-huwa wa‘dun
Min karīmin wa-huwa al-Jalīlu al-mu‘īnu

Then the remembrance of His promise—and it is a promise from a Generous One, the Majestic, the Helper.

وَنَخَـــافُ الْوَعِيــدَ أَيْضًــا نُرَجِّــي
عَفْــــــوَهُ فَالْغُفْـــرَانُ حَقًّا يَكُــونُ

Wa-nakhāfu al-wa‘īda ayḍan nurajjī
‘Afwahu fal-ghuf-rānu ḥaqqan yakūnu

We fear the threat [of judgment] and also hope for His pardon, for forgiveness truly occurs.

حَيْــثُ كُنَّــا لَــهُ سَجَدْنَـا وَإِنَّـــا
قَدْ عَدِمْنَا سِـــوَى الْإِلَــهِ يُعِيــنُ

Ḥaythu kunnā lahu sajadnā wa-innā
Qad ‘adimnā siwa al-ilāhi yu‘īnu

Wherever we were, we prostrated to Him; for we found none besides God to help.

فَاهْدِ قَلْبَ الْمُحِبِّ نَحْوَ صِــرَاطٍ
مُسْتَقِيــــمٍ تَرْضَاهُ وَهْـوَ مَكِيــنُ

Fah-di qalba al-muḥibbi naḥwa ṣirāṭin
Mustaqīmin tar-ḍāhu wa-huwa makīnu

Guide the heart of the lover toward a straight path which You are pleased with, and it is firmly established.

وَهْوَ نَهْجُ الرَّسُولِ لاَ نَهْجَ قَوْمٍ
أَغْضَبُوهُ وَالْكُلُّ مِنْهُـــمْ لَعِيــنُ

Wa-huwa nahju al-Rasūli lā nahja qawmin
Agh-ḍabūhu wal-kullu minhum la‘īnu

It is the path of the Messenger, not the path of a people who angered him and are all accursed.

بَلْهَ دِينَ الْأُلَى أَضَلُّوا الْبَرَايَـــا
ثَلَّثُــــوا ثُــــمَّ بَدَّلُـــوا فَأُهِينُــوا

Bal-ha dīna al-ulā aḍallū al-barāyā
Thallathū thumma baddalū fa-uhīnū

Far be it from the religion of those who misled creation, made "three" (the Trinity), then changed [the scripture] and were disgraced.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي هَــذَا الْكِتَابَ وَهَبْ لِي
سِــــرَّهُ إِذْ مَــا لِــي سِـــوَاهُ مُعِيــنُ

Rabbi hab lī hādhā al-kitāba wa-hab lī
Sirrahu idh mā lī siwāhu mu‘īnu

My Lord! Grant me this Book and grant me its secret, for I have no helper besides it.

كُـنْ نَصِيرِي وَكُنْ طَبِيبِي وَهَبْ لِي
رَشَـــــدًا أَنْـــتَ بِالرَّشَــادِ قَمِيــــنُ

Kun naṣīrī wa-kun ṭabībī wa-hab lī
Rashadan anta bir-rashādi qamīnu

Be my supporter and be my physician; grant me right guidance, for You are worthy of guiding.

دَارِكَنِّــــي وَدَارِكِ الْقَـــرْنَ مَــوْلاَ
يَ أُصِبْنَــــا بِصَدْمَـــةٍ يَــا مَتِيــنُ

Dārikan-nī wa-dāriki al-qar-na mawlā
Ya uṣibnā bi-ṣad-matin yā Matīnu

Rescue me and rescue the generation, O Master! We have been struck by a shock, O Firm One.

سَكِّـــنِ الرَّوْعَ يَـــا لَطِيــفُ فَإِنَّا
قَدْ عَدِمْنَا سِوَاكَ مَـــنْ نَسْتَعِيــنُ

Sakkini al-raw‘a yā Laṭīfu fa-innā
Qad ‘adimnā siwāka man nasta‘īnu

Calm the fear, O Gentle One! For we have found none besides You from whom to seek help.

وَاشْفِنِي ثُمَّ عَافِنِي وَاعْــفُ عَنِّـي
وَاحْصِنَنِّي فَالْحِصْنُ مِنْكَ حَصِينُ

Wash-finī thumma ‘āfinī wa‘-fu ‘annī
Waḥ-ṣinannī fal-ḥiṣnu minka ḥaṣīnu

Heal me, grant me well-being, pardon me, and fortify me, for the fortress from You is impenetrable.

أَعْطِنِـــي مُنْيَتِــي وَبُغْيَــةَ قَلْبِــي
بِأَبِـــي الْأَنْبِيَـــا بِكُـــنْ فَيَكُــونُ

A‘ṭinī munyatī wa-bugh-yata qalbī
Bi-abi al-anbiyā bi-Kun fa-yakūnu

Give me my desire and the quest of my heart, by the "Father of the Prophets" (Muhammad), through [the command] "Be" and it is.

بِالْمُقَفَّــــى بِــــآدَمٍ وَبِعِيسَـــــى
وَبِمُوسَى وَهْوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْأَمِيــنُ

Bil-Muqaffā bi-Ādama wa-bi-‘Īsā
Wa-bi-Mūsā wa-huwa al-qawiyyu al-Amīnu

By the "Followed One," by Adam, and by Jesus; and by Moses, the strong and trustworthy.

وَبِنُـــوحٍ وَيُوسُــــفٍ وَبِيَعْقُـــو
بَ أَبِيــــهِ فَعَزْمُهُـــمْ لاَ يَلِيــنُ

Wa-bi-Nūḥin wa-Yūsufa wa-bi-Ya‘qū-
Ba abīhi fa-‘az-muhum lā yalīnu

By Noah, Joseph, and Jacob his father; their resolve never softens.

وَبِيَحْيَـــى وَيُونُــــسٍ وَسُلَيْمَــا
نَ فَهَبْ لِي عَيْشًا يَطِيبُ يَهُونُ

Wa-bi-Yaḥyā wa-Yūnusa wa-Sulaymā-
Na fahab lī ‘ayshan yaṭību yahūnu

By John, Jonah, and Solomon; grant me a life that is good and easy.

بِأَبِي بَكْـــرٍ الْعَتِيــــقِ أَنِلْنِــي
مَطْلَبِي إِنِّي بَائِــسٌ مُسْتَكِيــنُ

Bi-Abī Bakrin al-‘Atīqi anilnī
Maṭ-labī innī bā’isun mustakīnu

By Abu Bakr al-'Atiq, grant me my quest; for I am a wretched, humble one.

وَبِعُثْمَانَ جَامِعِ الذِّكْرِ مِـنْ بَعْـ
ـدِ أَبِي حَفْصٍ السِّرَاجُ الْمُبِينُ

Wa-bi-‘Uthmāna jāmi‘i al-dhikri min ba‘-
Di Abī ḥaf-ṣin al-sirāju al-mubīnu

And by Uthman, the collector of the Remembrance, after Abu Hafs (Umar), the manifest lamp.

وَوَلِـيِّي مَوْلاَيَ وَهْـــوَ عَلِــيٌّ
وَالِدُ السِّبْطِ وَالْقَرِيبُ الْقَرِينُ

Wa-waliyyī mawlāya wa-huwa ‘Aliyyun
Wālidu al-sib-ṭi wal-qarību al-qarīnu

And my guardian, my master, and he is Ali; the father of the grandson, the close companion.

وَبِزَهْرَا خَيْرِ النِّسَــاءِ جَمِيعًــا
وَبَنِيهَـــــا هُـــمْ لِلنَّبِــيِّ بَنُــونُ

Wa-bi-Zahrā khayri al-nisā’i jamī‘an
Wa-banīhā hum lin-nabiyyi banūnu

And by Zahra (Fatima), the best of all women, and her sons who are sons to the Prophet.

بِالْحَوَامِيمِ بِالطَّوَاسِيـــمِ بِالْكَــا
فِ وَيَتْلُو مِنْ بَعْدُ يَاءٌ وَسِيــنُ

Bil-ḥawāmīmi biṭ-ṭawāsīmi bil-kā-
Fi wa-yat-lū min ba‘du yā’un wa-sīnu

By the Ha-Meem chapters, by the Ta-Seen chapters, by the Kaf, followed by the Ya and the Seen.

جَازِ صَحْبِي وَرِفْقَتِي كُــلَّ خَيْرٍ
سَلِّمَنْهُمْ يَـــوْمَ الْجَمِيــعُ رَهِيــنُ

Jāzi ṣaḥ-bī wa-rif-qatī kulla khayrin
Salliman-hum yawma al-jamī‘u rahīnu

Reward my companions and my associates with every good; keep them safe on the Day when everyone is held hostage [by their deeds].

وَاجْزِيَنْ فَالَ أَيْ مُنِيلُ وَتَجْزِي
مِثْلَ ذَا بَاوَ فَالطَّبِيــبُ الْمُزِيـــنُ

Wajziyan Fāl ay munīlu wa-tajzī
Mithla dhā Bāwa fal-ṭabību al-muzīnu

Reward Fall [a specific disciple], O Giver! And reward likewise Bawa, the beautifying physician.

وَكَذَاكَ الْإِبْنُ الْكَبِيـــرُ خَدِيمِــي
بَارِكَنْ فِي الْجَمِيعِ يَا مَنْ يُعِينُ

Wa-kadhalika al-ibnu al-kabīru khadīmī
Bārikan fī al-jamī‘i yā man yu‘īnu

And likewise the eldest son, my servant; bless them all, O You who helps.

وَكَذَا الزَّائِرُونَ مِــــنْ كُلِّ أُفْــقٍ
وَجَدُوا وَعْدَ صَــادِقٍ لاَ يَمِيــنُ

Wa-kadhalika al-zā’irūna min kulli ufuqin
Wajadū wa‘da ṣādiqin lā yamīnu

And likewise the visitors from every horizon; they found the promise of a truthful one, not a lie.

وَكَذَا مَنْ بَقَواْ مُوَالِيـــــنَ طُــرًّا
بَقِـــيَ الْكُـلُّ بِالْكِتَـــابِ يَدِيــنُ

Wa-kadhalika man baqaw muwālīna ṭurran
Baqiya al-kullu bil-kitābi yadīnu

And likewise all those who remained loyal; may everyone remain adhering to the Book.

وَصَلاَةٌ عَلَــى إِمَــــامِ الْبَرَايَــا
مُصْطَفَى الْخَلْقِ مِثْلُهُ لاَ يَكُونُ

Wa-ṣalātun ‘alā imāmi al-barāyā
Muṣ-ṭafa al-khal-qi mith-luhu lā yakūnu

And a prayer be upon the Imam of creation; the Chosen of creation, like whom there is none.

وَعَلَى الْآلِ وَالصَّحَابَةِ طُـــرًّا
دَوْمَ سِرِّي كَلاَمُ رَبِّي الْمُبِيــنُ

Wa-‘ala al-āli wal-ṣaḥābata ṭurran
Dawma sirrī kalāmu rabbī al-mubīnu

And upon the family and companions entirely; as long as my secret remains the manifest speech of my Lord.