Harful Baa · حَرْفُ الْبَاءِ

مَا أَقْدَرَ اللّٰهَ أَنْ يُعْطِي بِلاَ سَبَــبٍ
مَا شَاءَهُ دُونَ كَيْدٍ لاَ وَلاَ نَصَــبِ

Mā aq-dara Allāha an yu‘-ṭiya bi-lā sababin
Mā shā’ahu dūna kaydin lā wa-lā naṣabi

How Capable is Allah to give without any cause, whatever He wills, without scheme or exhaustion.

يُعْطِي وَيَمْنَعُ لَمْ يُسْأَلْ وَلَيْسَ لَــهُ
مُعَانِدٌ جَلَّ عَنْ شِرْكٍ وَعَنْ عَقِبِ

Yu‘-ṭī wa-yam-na‘u lam yus-’al wa-laysa lahu
Mu‘ānidun jalla ‘an shir-kin wa-’an ‘aqibi

He gives and He withholds—He is not questioned, and He has no opponent; Exalted is He above partners or progeny.

يَا لَيْتَهُ صَبَّ وَبْلاً مِنْ عَطَـاهُ عَلَـى
ذَا الْعَبْدِ بَرْهَامَ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِي كُرَبِي

Yā laytahu ṣabba wab-lan min ‘aṭā-hu ‘alā
Dhā al-‘abdi Bar-hāma ḥattā yan-qaḍī kurabī

Oh, if only He would pour a drenching rain of His gifts upon this servant, Barham (Ibrahim), until my distress is ended.

يَا مَالِـــكَ النَّــاسِ يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا صَمَــدًا
هَبْ لِي انْكِشَافَ كُرُوبِي وَانْقِضَا خَبَبِي

Yā mālika al-nāsi yā mawlāya yā ṣamadan
Hab lī-n-kishāfa kurūbī wa-n-qiḍā khababī

O King of Mankind! O my Master! O Eternal Refuge! Grant me the uncovering of my griefs and the end of my agitation.

أَنْتَ الْإِلَــهُ وَأَنْتَ الْحَقُّ أَنْتَ غِيَـــا
ثِي أَعْطِنِي رَاحَتِي وَلْتَكْفِنِي تَعَبِي

Anta al-ilāhu wa-anta al-ḥaqqu anta ghiyā-
thī a‘-ṭinī rāḥatī wal-tak-finī ta‘abī

You are the God, You are the Truth, You are my Rescue; give me my rest and suffice me against my weariness.

وَكُنْ نَصِيرِي وَكُنْ حِصْنِي الْقَوِي وَكَفَى
مَوْلَـى الْبَرِيَّةِ فِــــي الْعَادَاتِ وَالْكُــرَبِ

Wa-kun naṣīrī wa-kun ḥiṣnī al-qawiyyi wa-kafā
Mawla al-bariyyati fī al-‘ādāti wal-kurabi

Be my Helper and be my strong Fortress; sufficient is the Master of creation in times of ease and distress.

وَصَلِّ رَبِّ عَلَى طَـــهَ الْمُشَفَّعِ يَــا
مَوْلاَيَ وَالصَّحْبِ ثُمَّ الْآلِ ثُمَّ أَبِـــي

Wa-ṣalli rabbi ‘alā Ṭāhā al-mushaffa‘i yā
Mawlāya wal-ṣaḥ-bi thumma al-āli thumma abī

O my Lord! Bless Taha, the Intercessor, and the companions, the family, and my father.

وَسَلِّمَـــنْ رَبَّنَــا وَلْتُعْــطِ كَاتِبَــــهُ
بَرْهَامَ مَا رَامَ حِينًا دُونَمَا سَبَــبِ

Wa-salliman rabbanā wal-tu‘-ṭi kātibahu
Bar-hāma mā rāma ḥīnan dūnamā sababi

And grant peace, our Lord, and give the writer of these words, Barham, what he desires, in an instant—without any cause.