Harful Miim · حَرْفُ الْمِيم

مُرَادِيَ عَيْنُ الْحَقِّ تَيْـــدَكَ لاَئِمِــي
فَلَيْسَ سِوَى الذِّكْرِ الْحَكِيمِ بِعَاصِــمِ

Murādī ʿaynu-l ḥaqqi taydaka lā’imī
fa-laysa siwā-dh dhikri-l ḥakīmi bi-ʿāṣimi

My desire is the essence of Truth, so go easy O my censurer, for there is no protector besides the Wise Remembrance.

تَلاَهُ الْفَتَى الْمَأْمُونُ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّــهِ
مِنِ امْلاَءِ جِبْرَائِيلَ أَكْبَــــرِ خَـادِمِ

Talāhu-l fatā-l ma’mūnu min ʿindi rabbihi
min imlā’i Jibrā’īla akbari khādimi

The trustworthy youth recited it from his Lord, through the dictation of Gabriel, the greatest of servants.

فَجَاءَ بِــهِ نُــــورًا دَعَانَــا لِرَبِّــهِ
وَأَبْلَغَنَا مَا فَاتَ كُـــــلَّ الْعَوَالِــمِ

Fa-jā’a bihi nūran daʿānā li-rabbihi
wa ablaghanā mā fāta kulla-l ʿawālimi

He brought it as a light and called us to his Lord, and conveyed to us what had escaped all the worlds.

وَصِرْنَا بِهِ خَيْرَ الْبَرَايَــا وَإِنَّنَــا
شُهُودٌ إِذَا يَقْضِي الْمُهَيْمِنُ رَاحِـمِي

Wa ṣirnā bihi khayra-l barāyā wa innanī
shuhūdun idhā yaqḍī-l muhayminu rāḥimī

Through him we became the best of creation, and we are witnesses when the All-Preserving Merciful One decrees.

لَنَا شَاهِدٌ عَـــــدْلٌ مُزَكًّــى مُبَــرَّزٌ
وَيَرْفَعُنَا فَـــــوْقَ السُّهَا وَالنَّعَائِــمِ

Lanā shāhidun ʿadlun muzakkan mubarrazun
wa yarfaʿunā fawqa-s suhā wa-n naʿā’imi

We have a just, purified, and prominent witness, and he raises us above the stars of Suha and Na'aim.

وَذَا الْمُنْحَمِنَّا مَلْجَأُ الْكُــــلِّ شَافِعًــا
لِوَا الْحَمْدِ فِي كَفَّيْهِ هَلْ مِنْ مُزَاحِمِ

Wa dhā-l munḥaminna malja’u-l kulli shāfiʿan
liwā-l ḥamdi fī kaffayhi hal min muzāḥimi

And this Bestower is the refuge of all as an intercessor; the Banner of Praise is in his hands, is there any contender?

وَذَا الْمُنْحَمِنَّا مَلْجَأُ الْكُــــلِّ شَافِعًــا
لِوَا الْحَمْدِ فِي كَفَّيْهِ هَلْ مِنْ مُزَاحِمِ

Wa dhā-l munḥaminna malja’u-l kulli shāfiʿan
liwā-l ḥamdi fī kaffayhi hal min muzāḥimi

And this Bestower is the refuge of all as an intercessor; the Banner of Praise is in his hands, is there any contender?

فَأَنْشُدُ أَمْدَاحِــــــي وَأَشْدُو بِذِكْــرِهِ
جِهَارًا عَلَى رَغْمِ الْعَدُوِّ الْمُسَاخِــمِ

Fa-anshuḍu amdāḥī wa ashdū bi-dhikrihi
jihāran ʿalā raghmi-l ʿaduwwi-l musākhimi

So I chant my praises and sing his remembrance openly, despite the begrudging enemy.

فَأَشْرَبُ مِــنْ كَفِّ الْأَمِينِ وَإِنَّنِـــي
أُسَاقِي بِيُمْنِ الْهَاشِمِـــــيِّ مُلاَئِمِــي

Fa-ashrabu min kaffi-l amīni wa innanī
usāqī bi-yumni-l hāshimiyyi mulā’imī

I drink from the hand of the Trustworthy one, and I serve my companions by the blessing of the Hashemite.

وَمَنْ قَالَ قَدْ أَضْلَلْتُ فَالْحَــقُّ شَاهِـــدٌ
عَلَى أَنَّنِي مَا حِدْتُ عَنْ نَهْجِ هَاشِمِي

Wa man qāla qad aḍlaltu fa-l ḥaqqu shāhidun
ʿalā annanī mā ḥidtu ʿan nahji hāshimī

Whoever says I have gone astray, the Truth is witness that I have not deviated from the Hashemite path.

وَذَا الدِّينُ مَوْرُوثٌ بِعِلْمٍ فَلَمْ يَــرِثْ
أَخُو الْجَهْلِ نِحْرِيرًا سَلِيلَ الْأَكَارِمِ

Wa dhā-l dīnu mawrūthun bi-ʿilmin fa-lam yarith
akhū-l jahli niḥrīran salīla-l akārimi

This religion is inherited through knowledge; the brother of ignorance does not inherit a master scholar of noble lineage.

وَإِنْ ضَلَّلَ الْجُهَّالُ ذَا الْعِلْمِ وَالْهُـدَى
فَتَفْسِيرُهُ : ذُو الْجَهْلِ لَيْــسَ بِعَالِــمِ

Wa in ḍallala-l juhhālu dhā-l ʿilmi wa-l hudā
fa-tafsīruhu: dhū-l jahli laysa bi-ʿālimi

If the ignorant ones declare the possessor of knowledge and guidance as astray, the explanation is: the ignorant one is not a scholar.

بِكَسْبٍ يَكُــــونُ الْإِرْثُ عِنْدَ نَبِيِّنَــا
عَلَيْـــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ عَــدَّ الْعَوَالِــمِ

Bi-kasbin yakūnu-l irthu ʿinda nabiyyinā
ʿalayhi ṣalātu-llāhi ʿadda-l ʿawālimi

Through striving, the inheritance is attained from our Prophet; upon him be the blessings of Allah to the count of the worlds.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ بُحُورٍ خَضَارِمِ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa ālin wa aṣḥābin buḥūrin khaḍārimi

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the Family and Companions, the vast oceans of generosity.