Harful Faa · حَرْفُ الْفَاءِ

لَقَدْ عَادَنِي شَـــوْقٌ لِأَحْمَــدَ مُدْنِــفُ
فَشَوْقِي لِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ شَوْقٌ مُضَعَّفُ

Laqad ‘ādani shawqun li-Aḥmada mudnifu
Fa-shawqī li-khayri al-nāsi shawqun muḍa‘‘afu

An emaciating longing for Ahmad has returned to me; my yearning for the best of mankind is a doubled yearning.

وَلِمْ لاَ وَخَيْــــرُ النَّاسِ أَكْبَــرُ وَاهِــبٍ
وَأَحْسَنُ مَنْ يَمْشِي وَأَفْضَلُ مَنْ يَصْفُو

Wa-lim lā wa-khayru al-nāsi akbaru wāhibin
Wa-aḥsanu man yamshī wa-afḍalu man yaṣfū

And why not, when the best of mankind is the greatest giver, the finest to walk the earth, and the best to achieve purity.

رَسُــــولٌ مِــنَ اللّٰهِ الْمُهَيْمِنِ عَبْــدُهُ
وَذَا وَأَبِــي أَعْلَـى مَقَــامٍ وَأَشْـرَفُ

Rasūlun mina Allāhi al-Muhaymini ‘abduhu
Wa-dhā wa-abī a‘lā maqāmin wa-ashrafu

A Messenger from Allah, the All-Dominant, His servant; and this, by my father, is the highest and noblest station.

أَتَانَا وَحَسْبُ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ مَجِيئُــهُ
فَأَحْمَدُ بَحْرُ الْجُودِ وَالْكُلُّ يَغْـرِفُ

Atānā wa-ḥasbu al-‘ālamīna majī’uhu
Fa-Aḥmadu baḥ-ru al-jūdi wal-kullu yagh-rifu

He came to us, and his coming alone is sufficient for the worlds; for Ahmad is the ocean of generosity from which everyone scoops.

فَالْإِيجَــادُ وَالْإِمْــدَادُ لِلْكَــوْنِ مَكْسَــبٌ
مِنَ الْمُصْطَفَى فَلْتَعْرِفُوا الْأَصْلَ فَاعْرِفُوا

Fal-ījādu wal-imdādu lil-kawni mak-sabun
Mina al-Muṣṭafā fal-ta‘rifū al-aṣla fa-’rifū

Existence and spiritual support for the universe are a gain from the Chosen One; so know the Origin, and truly recognize it!

صَـــلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيـــــــمٌ مِــــنَ اللّٰهِ دَائِمًـــا
عَلَى الْمُصْطَفَى مَنْ حِبُّهُ الدَّهْرَ يَشْرُفُ

Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun mina Allāhi dā’iman
‘Alā al-Muṣṭafā man ḥibbuhu al-dahra yash-rufu

May prayer and peace from Allah be forever upon the Chosen One, whose lover is honored throughout all time.