Harfudh Dhaal · حَرْفُ الذَّال

ذَيَاكَ عُبَيْدٌ ظَــــــلَّ لِلْمَـــدْحِ نَاسِجَــا
يُرَجِّيكَ بَـــابَ اللَّهِ لِلْكَـــرْبِ فَارِجَــا

Dhayāka ʿubaydun ẓalla li-l madḥi nāsijā
yurajjīka bāba-llāhi li-l karbi fārijā

That is a humble servant who remained weaving praises, hoping in you as the door to Allah for the relief of distress.

عَسَى فَـرَجٌ يَأْتِي بِــــهِ اللّٰهُ حِينَمَــا
يُهَدِّدُ أَهْلَ الدِّيــنِ مَــنْ كَانَ خَارِجَـا

ʿAsā farajun ya’tī bihi-llāhu ḥīnamā
yuhaddidu ahla-d dīni man kāna khārijā

Perhaps a relief will come from Allah when those who have left the fold threaten the people of religion.

فَإِنْ ثَلَّثُـــوا أَوْ أَشْرَكُـــوا فَنَصِيبُنَــا
هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَالتَّوْحِيدُ بَلْـهَ الْمُمَازِجَــا

Fa-in thallathū aw ashrakū fa-naṣībunā
huwa-l ḥaqqu wa-t tawḥīdu bal-ha-l mumāzijā

If they believe in a trinity or associate partners with God, our portion is the Truth and Monotheism, let alone any mixing.

تَخَلَّصَ لِلتَّوْحِيدِ مَنْ قَـــالَ مُوقِنًــا
هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ الْمُقَـــدَّسُ سَاذَجَـا

Takhal-laṣa li-t tawḥīdi man qāla mūqinan
huwa-l maliku-l ḥaqqu-l muqaddasu sādhajā

He has devoted himself to Monotheism who says with certainty: He is the True King, the Holy, the Pure.

وَأَفْضَلُ خَلْـــقِ اللّٰهِ طَــــهَ مُحَمَّــدٌ
تَقَـــــرَّبَ بِالتَّقْدِيـــسِ لِلَّهِ عَارِجَــــا

Wa afḍalu khalqi-llāhi Ṭāhā Muḥammadun
taqarraba bi-t taqdīsi lillāhi ʿārijā

And the best of Allah’s creation is Taha Muhammad, who drew near through sanctification, ascending to Allah.

تَــــــرَاهُ إِذَا لَـــذَّ الْمَنَــــامُ مُجَافِيًــا
فِرَاشَ مَنَــــامٍ لِلْمَحَــــارِبِ وَالِجَــا

Tarāhu idhā ladhdha-l manāmu mujāfiyan
firāsha manāmin li-l maḥāribi wālijā

You see him, when sleep is sweet, shunning his bed and entering the prayer niches.

دَنَا فَتَـــدَلَّى بِالسُّجُـــــودِ تَـــذَلُّلاً
وَبِالْعِزِّ وَالتَّمْجِيدِ حَازَ الْمَعَارِجَــا

Danā fa-tadallā bi-s sujūdi tadhal-lulan
wa bi-l ʿizzi wa-t tamjīdi ḥāza-l maʿārijā

He drew near and descended in prostration with humility, and through might and glorification, he attained the heights of ascension.

خَرَجْنَا بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ وَكُرْبَـــةٍ
دَخَلْنَا مَفَازًا لاَ نَرَى الدَّهْرَ مَأْرَجَــا

Khara-jnā bihi min kulli ḍīqin wa kurbatin
dakhalnā mafāzan lā narā-d dahra ma’rajā

Through him, we emerged from every narrowness and distress; we entered a place of success where we see no way out of bliss.

يُهَيِّـجُ أَشْوَاقِـــي هِـــلاَلُ رَبِيعِـــهِ
أُهِلَّ بِيُمْــــنٍ لِلسُّــــرُورِ مُمَازِجَــا

Yuhayyiju ashwāqī hilālu rabīʿihi
uhilla bi-yumnin li-s surūri mumāzijā

The crescent of his month (Rabi' al-Awwal) stirs my longings; it appeared with blessings, mingled with joy.

تَبَصَّرْ تَجِـــدْ أَنَّ الْبَــلاَءَ بِشَهْـــرِهِ
تَلاَشَى وَوَلَّى كَالسَّحَائِبِ دَارِجَا

Tabaṣṣar tajid anna-l balā’a bi-shahrihi
talāshā wa wal-lā ka-s saḥā’ibi dārijā

Look closely and you will find that trials, in his month, vanished and passed away like drifting clouds.

وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ مِنْ فَضْلِ جُودِهِ
لَهُ نَفَحَاتٌ قَـــدْ تَفُــوقُ التَّعَالُجَـا

Wa dhālika anna-r rabba min faḍli jūdihi
lahu nafaḥātun qad tafūqu-t taʿālujā

That is because the Lord, out of the grace of His generosity, has breezes that surpass any medical treatment.

وَتَيْلِـــكَ خَيْرَاتُ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّـــدٍ
عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةٌ قَدْ تُنِيلُ الْحَوَائِجَـــا

Wa taylika khayrātu-n nabiyyi Muḥammadin
ʿalayhi ṣalātun qad tunīlu-l ḥawā’ijā

And those are the blessings of the Prophet Muhammad; upon him be a blessing that grants all needs.

عَلَيْـــهِ مَــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
وَمَنْ يَصْطَفِي هَذِي الْحَنِيفَةَ نَاهِجَا

ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi
wa man yaṣṭafī hādhihi-l ḥanīfata nāhijā

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions, and whoever chooses this primordial faith as a path.

عَلَيْهِ مَـــــدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَــا قَالَ خَــادِمٌ
ذَيَاكَ عُبَيْـــدٌ جَاءَ لِلْمَــــدْحِ نَاسِجَـــا

ʿAlayhi madā-l ayyāmi mā qāla khādimun
dhayāka ʿubaydun jā’a li-l madḥi nāsijā

Upon him throughout the days, as long as a servant says: That is a humble servant who came weaving praises.