Harfut Twaa · حَرْفُ الطَّاء

طَوَى لِي رَسُولُ للهِ وَهْوَ مُشَيِّعِـــي
وَقَدْ نَالَنِــي مَــا كَـانَ جِـــدَّ مُمَنَّــعِ

Ṭawā liy rasūlu-llāhi wa huwa mushayyiʿī
wa qad nālanī mā kāna jidda mumannaʿī

The Messenger of Allah folded the distances for me while he was my companion, and I attained what was once utterly forbidden.

طَوَى لِي رَسُولُ للهِ وَهْوَ مُشَيِّعِـــي
وَقَدْ نَالَنِــي مَــا كَـانَ جِـــدَّ مُمَنَّــعِ

Ṭawā liy rasūlu-llāhi wa huwa mushayyiʿī
wa qad nālanī mā kāna jidda mumannaʿī

The Messenger of Allah folded the distances for me while he was my companion, and I attained what was once utterly forbidden.

خَبَتْ كُـلُّ نَـــارٍ أَوْقَدُوهَا عَــدَاوَةً
لِخَادِمِـــــهِ فَالْكُــلُّ أَيُّ مُضَيَّـــــعِ

Khabat kullu nārin awqadūhā ʿadāwatan
li-khādimihi fa-l kullu ayyu muḍayyaʿī

Every fire they kindled in enmity against his servant has been extinguished, so all of them are utterly lost.

طَبَانِــي وِدَادُ الْمُنْحَمِنَّا وَقَادَنِــي
غَرَامِي لَــهُ وَالْخُلْقُ مِنْهُ مُشَجِّعِي

Ṭabānī widādu-l munḥaminna wa qādanī
gharāmī lahu wa-l khulqu minhu mushajjiʿī

The affection of the Bestower charmed me and my passion for him led me, and his noble character is my encourager.

طَبِيبٌ كَــرِيمٌ رَاحِمٌ وَهْــوَ نَافِــعٌ
وَسِيلَةُ كُلِّ النَّاسِ فِي كُلِّ مَوْقِــعِ

Ṭabībun karīmun rāḥimun wa huwa nāfiʿun
wasīlatu kulli-n nāsi fī kulli mawqiʿī

A generous, merciful, and beneficial physician; he is the means for all people in every situation.

طَوَائِفُـــهُ خَيْــــرُ الطَّوَائِـــفِ كُلِّهَــا
بِهِمْ ضَاءَتِ الْأَرْجَاءُ فِي كُلِّ مَرْبَــعِ

Ṭawā’ifuhu khayru-ṭ ṭawā’ifi kullihā
bihim ḍā’ati-l arjā’u fī kulli marbaʿī

His groups are the best of all groups; through them, the horizons shone in every quarter.

لَقَدْ هَاجَ شَوْقِي وَالْبَلاَبِلُ مَوْهِنًا
لَدَى جُوْسَ فِي قَوْمٍ رُقُودٍ وَهُجَّعِ

Laqad hāja shawqī wa-l balābilu mawninan
ladā Jūsa fī qawmin ruqūdin wa hujjaʿī

My longing and anxieties were stirred in the late night while at Jos, among people sleeping and slumbering.

فَشَخْصِي لَدَيْهِمْ وَالْفُـــؤَادُ بِطَيْبَــةٍ
بِجِيرَانِ صِدْقٍ سَاجِدِينَ وَرُكَّــعِ

Fa-shakhṣī ladayhim wa-l fu’ādu bi-Ṭaybatin
bi-jīrāni ṣidqin sājidīna wa rukkaʿī

So my physical self is with them while my heart is in Tayba (Medina), with neighbors of truth who are prostrating and bowing.

أَلاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ جُدْ لِي بِنَظْـرَةٍ
تَفُــكُّ بِهَا قَيْـــدِي بِتَيْهَــاءَ بَلْقَــعِ

Alā yā rasūla-llāhi jud liy bi-naẓratin
tafukku bihā qaydī bi-tayhā’a balqaʿī

O Messenger of Allah, grant me a glance through which You break my chains in a desolate wilderness.

وَتُلْحِقُنِي بِالسَّابِقِيــــنَ عَلِمْتُهُــمْ
أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْأَعْلَى الْوَزِيرِ الْمُتَبَّعِ

Wa tulḥiqunī bi-s sābiqīna ʿalimtuhum
Abī Bakrini-l aʿlā-l wazīri-l muttabaʿī

And join me to the foremost ones whom I have known: Abu Bakr the exalted, the followed minister.

وَكَالسَيِّدِ الْفَارُوقِ حِبِّيَ مَنْ غَــدَا
سِرَاجًا لَنَا وَسْطَ الْجِنَانِ السَّمَيْدَعِ

Wa ka-s sayyidi-l fārūqi ḥibbī man ghadā
sirājan lanā wasṭa-l jināni-s samaydaʿī

And like the master al-Faruq (Umar), my beloved who became a lamp for us in the midst of the noble gardens.

وَعُثْمَانَ ذِي النُّورَيْنِ وَاعِي كَلاَمِهِ
وَجَامِعِــــهِ إِذْ لاَتَ حِيــنَ مُجَمَّــعِ

Wa ʿUthmāna dhi-n nūrayni wāʿī kalāmihi
wa jāmiʿihi idh lāta ḥīna mujammaʿī

And Uthman of the Two Lights, the preserver of his words and its collector when it was the time for gathering.

وَكَالصِّنْوِ وَالصِّهْرِ الْمُفَخَّمِ بَابِــهِ
عَلِيٍّ وَلِيِّ الْحَقِّ حِصْنِي الْمُمَنَّــعِ

Wa ka-ṣ ṣinwi wa-ṣ ṣihri-l mufakhkhami bābihi
ʿAliyyin waliyyi-l ḥaqqi ḥiṣnī-l mumannaʿī

And like the peer and the magnificent son-in-law at his door, Ali, the friend of the Truth, my fortified fortress.

وَطَلْحَةَ سَعْدٍ وَالزُّبَيْـــرِ سَعِيدِنَــا
وَنَجْلِ جَرَاحٍ وَابْنِ عَوْفِ الْمُقَنَّعِ

Wa Ṭalḥata Saʿdin wa-z Zubayri Saʿīdinā
wa najli Jarrāḥin wa-bni ʿAwfi-l muqannaʿī

And Talha, Sa'd, al-Zubayr our prosperous one, the son of Jarrah, and the veiled son of Awf.

وَحَمْــزَةَ وَالْعَبَّاسِ وَاللَّيْثِ خَالِــدٍ
أُوْلَئِكَ قَوْمِي نَهْجُهُمْ خَيْــرُ مَهْيَــعِ

Wa Ḥamzata wa-l ʿAbbāsi wa-l laythi Khālidin
ulā’ika qawmī nahjuhum khayru mahyaʿī

And Hamza, al-Abbas, and the lion Khalid; those are my people, their path is the best of ways.

وَأَيُّ نَبِــــــيٍّ جَــــاءَ مِثْـــلُ مُحَمَّـــدٍ
وَمَنْ حَازَ وَحْيًا مِثْلَ ذِكْرِكَ فَاصْدَعِ

Wa ayyu nabiyyin jā’a mithlu Muḥammadin
wa man ḥāza waḥyan mithla dhikrika fa-ṣdaʿī

What Prophet has come like Muhammad? And who has possessed a revelation like Your remembrance? So proclaim it.

فَمُوسَى كَلِيمٌ قَـــدْ سَقَى اللّٰهُ قَوْمَــهُ
بِهِ فَاضَ مَاءٌ مِنْ رُخَـــامٍ مُرَبَّــعِ

Fa-Mūsā kalīmun qad saqā-llāhu qawmahu
bihi fāḍa mā’un min rukhāmin murabbaʿī

For Moses was the Speaker and Allah gave water to his people through him, as water overflowed from a square marble.

وَلَيْـــسَ يُحَاكِي مَا أَرَانَا مُحَمَّــدٌ
سَقَانَا بِمَاءٍ فَاضَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصْبُعِ

Wa laysa yuḥākī mā arānā Muḥammadun
saqānā bi-mā’in fāḍa min bayni aṣbuʿī

But it does not resemble what Muhammad showed us; he gave us drink with water that overflowed from between his fingers.

وَبَعْدَ انْفِلاَقِ الْبَحْرِ شَقَّ مُحَمَّـــدٌ
لَنَا قَمَرًا فَــوْقَ الْهَـــوَاءِ الْمُرَفَّــعِ

Wa baʿda-nfilāqi-l baḥri shaqqa Muḥammadun
lanā qamaran fawqa-l hawā’i-l muraffaʿī

And after the parting of the sea, Muhammad split the moon for us above the elevated air.

وَأَيُّ صِحَابٍ مِثْلُ مَنْ قَدْ ذَكَرْتُهُمْ
فَلَمْ تَرَ عَيْنٌ شِبْهَ قَوْمِي بِمَوْضِـــعِ

Wa ayyu ṣiḥābin mithlu man qad dhakartuhum
fa-lam tara ʿaynun shibha qawmī bi-mawḍiʿī

And what companions are like those I have mentioned? No eye has seen the like of my people in any place.

فَمَــــا النُّقَبَاءُ الْمُصْطَفَــــوْنَ بِشِبْهِهِــمْ
وَأَنْصَارُ عِيسَى دُونَ صَحْبِ الْمُشَفَّعِ

Fa-mā-n nuqabā’u-l muṣṭafawna bi-shibhihim
wa anṣāru ʿĪsā dūna ṣaḥbi-l mushaffaʿī

The chosen deputies are not like them, and the helpers of Jesus are below the companions of the Intercessor.

أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ الْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلَ مُحَمَّــدًا
أُحِبُّكَ حَقًّــا وَالشُّهُودُ أَجَـــلْ مَعِــي

Abā-l Qāsimi-l māḥī-ḍ ḍalāla Muḥammadan
uḥibbuka ḥaqqan wa-sh shuhūdu ajal maʿī

O father of Qasim, the eraser of misguidance, Muhammad, I truly love you and the witnesses are indeed with me.

عَلَى الْخَدِّ دَمْعِي أَكْتُبُ الشِّعْرَ مَوْهِنًا
عَلَى الطِّرْسِ فِي حَالٍ تَرَاهُ مُوَجِّـــعِ

ʿAlā-l khaddi damʿī aktubu-sh shiʿra mawninan
ʿalā-ṭ ṭirsi fī ḥālin tarāhu muwajjiʿī

Upon my cheek are my tears as I write poetry in the late night on the scroll, in a state you see as painful.

فَمَا لَذَّ عَيْشِي فِي سِوَى سَرْدِ مَدْحِــهِ
وَقَدْ شَابَ فَوْدِي وَهْوَ قَدْ عَزَّ مَرْجِعِي

Fa-mā ladhdha ʿayshī fī siwā sardi madḥihi
wa qad shāba fawdī wa huwa qad ʿazza marjaʿī

My life has no sweetness except in the narration of his praise; my hair has turned gray and my return has become dear to me.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَقَضَّــتْ جِنَايَاتِي حَبِيبِيَ مَضْجَعِــي

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
aqaḍḍat jināyātī ḥabībī maḍjaʿī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; my sins have made my bed restless, O my beloved.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُنِيرُ فُـؤَادِي ثُمَّ عَيْنِـــي وَمَسْمَعِــي

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
tunīru fu’ādī thumma ʿaynī wa masmaʿī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may they enlighten my heart, then my eye and my hearing.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَكُنْ فَيْئَتِي مَهْمَا جَزِعْتُ وَمَفْزَعِي

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-kun fay’atī mahmā jaziʿtu wa mafzaʿī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; so be my refuge whenever I am anxious and my place of safety.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَكُنْ لِي شَفِيعًا إِنْ طُرِحْـــتُ بِبَلْقَــعِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-kun liy shafīʿan in ṭuriḥtu bi-balqaʿī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; so be my intercessor if I am cast into a wasteland.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
قَدْ أَخْلَصْتُ حُبِّي فِيكَ دُونَ تَصَنُّــعِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
qad akhlaṣtu ḥubbī fīka dūna taṣannuʿī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I have purified my love for you without any pretension.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَلَمْ أَرَ غَيْرَ الْهَاشِمِي لِيَ مَجْزَعِي

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-lam ara ghayra-l hāshimī liy majzaʿī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for I have seen none other than the Hashemite as my refuge.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ كُلِّ أَتْقَى وَأَوْرَعِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin kulli atqā wa awraʿī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the Family and Companions, all most God-fearing and pious.