Harful Khaa · حَرْفُ الْخَاء

خَلاَ اللّٰهَ لاَ أَرْجُو سِوَاكَ وَلَوْ خُصِــصْ
لِأَنِّيَ مَخْصُوصٌ وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي خَصَصْ

Khalā-llāha lā arjū siwāka wa-law khuṣiṣ
li-anniya makhṣūṣun wa anta-l ladhī khaṣaṣ

Except for Allah, I hope in none but you, even if I were singled out; for I am specially designated, and you are the one who designated.

فَمَا فِي سِوَى رَبِّ الْبَرِيَّـــــةِ مَطْمَــعٌ
وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ الْبَرَايَا الَّذِي حَرَصْ

Fa-mā fī siwā rabbi-l bariyyati maṭmaʿun
wa anta ʿalā kulli-l barāyā-l ladhī ḥaraṣ

There is no object of desire in other than the Lord of creation; and you are the one who has shown the most care for all of mankind.

فَأَحْمَــدُ بَــابُ اللّٰهِ وَالْقَصْــدُ نَحْـــوَهُ
وَبَلَّغَنَا التَّنْزِيلَ مَـــا زَادَ مَا نَقَــصْ

Fa-Aḥmadu bābu-llāhi wa-l qaṣdu naḥwahu
wa ballaghanā-t tanzīla mā zāda mā naqaṣ

For Ahmad is the door to Allah and the goal is toward him; and he conveyed the Revelation to us, neither increasing nor decreasing it.

وَمَا نَامَ حَتَّى جَاءَنَا الدِّينُ كَامِـــلاً
وَلِلَّهِ حَمْدٌ مَا يَعُـــمُّ وَمَــا يَخُــصْ

Wa mā nāma ḥattā jā’anā-d dīnu kāmilā
wa lillāhi ḥamdun mā yaʿummu wa mā yakhaṣ

He did not sleep until the religion came to us complete; and to Allah belongs praise, both general and specific.

لِرَبِّي عَلَيْــــهِ الْحَمْــــدُ رَبِّـــي وَإِنَّــهُ
لَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي هَادِي الْبَرِيَّةِ حِينَ خَصْ

Li-rabbī ʿalayhi-l ḥamdu rabbī wa innahu
lahu-l ḥamdu fī hādī-l bariyyati ḥīna khaṣ

To my Lord be praise for him—my Lord—and indeed, to Him belongs praise regarding the Guide of creation when He specifically chose him.

لَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي الْأُولَى وَالْأُخْرَى وَإِنَّـــــهُ
لَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي كُلِّ الشُّؤُونِ وَفِي الْقَصَصْ

Lahu-l ḥamdu fī-l ūlā wa-l ukhrā wa innahu
lahu-l ḥamdu fī kulli-sh shu’ūni wa fī-l qaṣaṣ

To Him belongs praise in the first life and the last, and indeed, to Him belongs praise in all affairs and in the stories.

تَنَـــوَّرْتُ أَسْــــرَارَ التَّجَلِّــي بِغَيْبِـــهِ
وَلَسْتُ كَسَكْـــرَانٍ تَغَـــرَّدَ أَوْ رَقَصْ

Tanawwartu asrāra-t tajallī bi-ghaybihi
wa lastu ka-sakrāna tagharrada aw raqaṣ

I was enlightened by the secrets of Divine Manifestation through his unseen; and I am not like a drunkard who chirps or dances.

وَلَمْ يَكُ فِي الْإِمْكَــانِ أَبْدَعَ مِنْــــكَ يَا
مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ مَنْ نُورُهُ خَلَـــصْ

Wa lam yaku fī-l imkāni abdaʿa minka yā
Muḥammadu khayra-n nāsi man nūruhu khalaṣ

There was never in the realm of possibility anyone more wonderful than you, O Muhammad, the best of people, whose light is pure.

عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تَقِينِي جَمِيعَ الشَّرِّ وَالسُّقْمِ وَالْبَـــرَصْ

ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
taqīnī jamīʿa-sh sharri wa-s suqmi wa-l baraṣ

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may they protect me from all evil, sickness, and vitiligo.

عَلَيْــــهِ مَـــعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِـــهِ
صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عُمُومًا وَمَا خَصَـــصْ

ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi
ṣalātun wa taslīmun ʿumūman wa mā khaṣaṣ

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions, be blessings and peace, generally and specifically.