Harfur Raa · حَرْفُ الرَّاء

رَفَعْتُ لِوَاءَ الدِّيـــنِ بِالذِّكْـــرِ صَارِخَــا
وَذِكْرِي وَوُدِّي كَانَ فِي الْقَلْبِ رَاسِخَا

Rafaʿtu liwā’a-d dīni bi-dh dhikri ṣārikhan
wa dhikrī wa wuddī kāna fī-l qalbi rāsikhā

I raised the banner of the religion, crying out with the Remembrance; and my remembrance and my love were firmly rooted in the heart.

فَيَا مَا أُحَيْلَى ذِكْرُ طَـــهَ مُحَمَّــــــدٍ
رَسُولٍ أَتَى بِالذِّكْرِ لِلْغَيْرِ نَاسِخَــــا

Fa-yā mā uḥaylā dhikru Ṭāhā Muḥammadin
rasūlin atā bi-dh dhikri li-l ghayri nāsikhā

O how sweet is the mention of Taha Muhammad, a Messenger who brought the Remembrance as an abrogator for others.

أَلاَ اعْتَصِمُوا بِالْحَبْلِ حَبْلِ مُحَمَّــدٍ
رِجَالاً وَأَطْفَالاً نِسًا وَمَشَايِخَــــا

Alā-ʿtaṣimū bi-l ḥabli ḥabli Muḥammadin
rijālan wa aṭfālan nisan wa mashāyikhā

Verily, cling to the rope—the rope of Muhammad—men and children, women and elders.

تَفُوقُوا رِجَالاً مُدْلِجِينَ قَدَ ادْمَنُــــوا
مَسِيرًا وَجَابُوا فَدْفَدًا وَسَرَابِخَــا

Tafūqū rijālan mudlijīna qadi-dmanū
masīran wa jābū fadfadan wa sarābikhā

You shall surpass men traveling by night who have made a habit of the journey and crossed wastelands and empty deserts.

بِخَيْرِ نَبِيٍّ جَاءَ مِــنْ خَيْــرِ مَالِــــكٍ
بِبَرْزَخِ أَقْطَابٍ قَدْ أَمْسَوْا بَرَازِخَـــا

Bi-khayri nabiyyin jā’a min khayri mālikin
bi-barzakhi aqṭābin qad amsaw barāzikhā

By the best of Prophets who came from the best of Owners, through the isthmus (barzakh) of spiritual poles who themselves became isthmuses.

عَلَيْــــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُوَاصِلُنِي مَا جُبْـــتُ حِسًّا فَرَاسِخَـا

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
tuwāṣilunī mā jubtu ḥissan farāsikhā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may they reach me across every league of distance I physically traverse.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَأَعْلُو بِهَادِي الْخَلْــــقِ شُمًّــا شَوَامِخَا

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa aʿlū bi-hādī-l khalqi shumman shawāmikhā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may I rise through the Guide of creation to the loftiest of heights.

عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
أَهُــدُّ بِذِكْـــرَاهُ الْجِبَـــالَ الرَّوَاسِخَــا

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
ahuddu bi-dhikrāhu-l jibāla-r rawāsikhā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may I demolish the firmly rooted mountains with his remembrance.

عَلَيْهِ مَـــعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِـــهِ
وَكُلُّهُمُ بِالذِّكْرِ قَــــدْ كَانَ صَارِخَــا

ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi
wa kulluhumu bi-dh dhikri qad kāna ṣārikha

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions; and every one of them was crying out with the Remembrance.