Harful Hhaa · حَرْفُ الْهاء

هُوَ الْحِبُّ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَدْ جَاءَ زَائِرَا
لِأَحْمَدَ خَيْرِ الْعَالَمِينَ وَشَاكِـــرَا

Huwa-l ḥibbu Ibrāhīmu qad jā’a zā’irā
li-Aḥmada khayri-l ʿālamīna wa shākirā

He is the lover, Ibrahim, who has come as a visitor to Ahmad, the best of the worlds, and as one who is grateful.

فَمَنْ كَانَ يَنْحُو لِلْمَدِينَــةِ زَائِــرًا
سِوَاهُ فَإِنِّي جِئْتُ أَحْمَدَ زَائِــــرَا

Fa-man kāna yanḥū li-l madīnati zā’iran
siwāhu fa-inniya ji’tu Aḥmada zā’irā

Whoever heads toward Medina visiting someone else—as for me, I have come to visit Ahmad.

لَهُ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَعْلَى فَطَــهَ مُشِيدُهُ
وَأَقْطَعَهُ رَوْضَ الْجِنَانِ مُجَاوِرَا

Lahu-l masjidu-l aʿlā fa-Ṭāhā mushīduhu
wa aqṭaʿahu rawḍa-l jināni mujāwirā

To him belongs the highest mosque; Taha is its builder, and he (Allah) granted him a garden of Paradise as a neighbor.

يُذَكِّرُنِي دَهْــــرًا مَضَــى وَنَبِيُّنَــا
يَرُوحُ وَيَغْدُو يُبْلِغُ الْوَحْيَ ذَاكِـرَا

Yudhakkirunī dahran maḍā wa nabiyyunā
yarūḥu wa yaghdu yublighu-l waḥya dhākirā

It reminds me of an age that passed, when our Prophet would go and come, conveying the revelation and remembering God.

يَبِيــــتُ يُنَاجِـــي رَبَّـــهُ وَنَهَــارَهُ
يُعَاشِرُنَا يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ نَاصِــرَا

Yabītu yunājī rabbahu wa nahārahu
yuʿāshirunā yahdī ila-l ḥaqqi nāṣirā

He spends the night in intimate prayer to his Lord, and by day he lives among us, guiding to the Truth as a helper.

فَآثَـــارُهُ دَلَّــتْ عَلَيْـــهِ تَبَصَّــــرَنْ
بِمَكَّةَ أَمْرَ الْهَاشِمِي الدَّهْرَ ظَاهِـرَا

Fa-āthāruhu dallat ʿalayhi tabaṣṣaran
bi-Makkata amra-l hāshimiyyi-d dahra ẓāhirā

His traces have pointed to him; look closely in Mecca—the matter of the Hashemite has always been manifest.

وَتِي طَيْبَةٌ هَــاذَاكَ بَدْرٌ وَخَنْــدَقٌ
وَذَا أُحُدٌ تُنْسِيكَ بَدْوًا وَحَاضِــرَا

Wa tī Ṭaybatun hādhāka Badrun wa khandaqun
wa dhā Uḥudun tunsīka badwan wa ḥāḍirā

And this is Tayba (Medina), that is Badr and the Trench, and this is Uhud; they make you forget all nomads and city-dwellers.

فَبَرْهَــامُ يَأْتِــي زَائِــــــرًا مُتَوَسِّـــــلاً
وَمُسْتَشْفِعًا أَرْجُوكَ فِي الْقَبْرِ حَاضِرَا

Fa-Barhāmu ya’tī zā’iran mutawassilā
wa mustashfiʿan arjūka fī-l qabri ḥāḍirā

So Barham (Ibrahim) comes as a visitor, seeking a means, and seeking intercession; I hope for your presence in the grave.

فَكُنْ لِي شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ زَاغَتْ وَأَذْعَنَتْ
وُجُوهٌ وَأَبْصَارٌ تَرَى الْكُلَّ حَائِـــرَا

Fa-kun liy shafīʿan yawma zāghat wa adhʿanat
wujūhun wa abṣārun tarā-l kulla ḥā’irā

So be my intercessor on the day when faces and eyes turn away and submit, and you see everyone in confusion.

وَقَدْ شَابَ وِلْــدَانٌ وَخَافَ مُؤَمَّــنٌ
وَقَدْ بَلَغَتْ كُلُّ الْقُلُوبِ الْحَنَاجِــــرَا

Wa qad shāba wildānun wa khāfa mu’ammanun
wa qad balaghati kullu-l qulūbi-l ḥanājirā

When children's hair turns gray, and the one once safe becomes afraid, and all hearts reach the throats.

وَكُلُّ بَرِيءٍ قَالَ نَفْسِي وَقَدْ جَثَا
الْجَمِيعُ فَلاَ تُلْفِـــي هُنَاكَ أَكَابِــرَا

Wa kullu barī’in qāla nafsī wa qad jathā
al-jamīʿu falā tulfī hunāka akābirā

And every innocent soul says "myself, myself," and everyone has knelt; you shall find no "great ones" there.

وَلاَ مَلِكًــــا إِلاَّ الْإِلَـــــــهَ وَشَافِعًــــــا
سِوَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ بَدْءًا وَآخِرَا

Walā malikan illa-l ilāha wa shāfiʿā
siwā-l muṣṭafā-l mukhtāri bad’an wa ākhirā

Nor any king except God, nor any intercessor except the chosen Mustafa, from the beginning to the end.

فَمُعْتَمَــــدِي حَقًّـــا عَطَاءُ مُحَمَّــدٍ
وَهَلْ يَتَحَدَّانِي الزَّمَانُ مُكَابِـــرَا

Fa-muʿtamadī ḥaqqan ʿaṭā’u Muḥammadin
wa hal yataḥaddānī-z zamānu mukābirā

My true reliance is on the gift of Muhammad; can time ever challenge me with arrogance?

لِنَفْسِي وَآبَائِي وَنَسْلِي وَرُفْقَتِــي
شَفَاعَتُهُ وَالْحَقُّ أَبْـــدَى السَّرَائِــرَا

Li-nafsī wa ābā’ī wa naslī wa rufqatī
shafāʿatuhu wa-l ḥaqqu abdā-s sarā’irā

For myself, my fathers, my lineage, and my companions is his intercession; and the Truth has revealed the secrets.

رِضَى اللّٰهِ عَنْ شَيْخِي وَأَصْلِي وَمُرْشِدِي
وَقَدْ عَاشَ يَهْدِينَا إِلَــى الدِّينِ نَاصِــرَا

Riḍā-llāhi ʿan shaykhī wa aṣlī wa murshidī
wa qad ʿāsha yahdīnā ila-d dīni nāṣirā

May the pleasure of Allah be upon my Shaykh, my origin, and my guide; he lived guiding us to the religion as a helper.

بِغَـــــزْوٍ وَتَعْلِيـــمٍ وَحَـــجٍّ وَهِجْــرَةٍ
وَعَاشَ شَكُورًا وَهْوَ قَدْ عَاشَ صَابِرَا

Bi-ghazwin wa taʿlīmin wa ḥajjin wa hijratin
wa ʿāsha shakūran wa huwa qad ʿāsha ṣābirā

Through striving, teaching, pilgrimage, and migration; he lived as a grateful one, and he lived as a patient one.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَتَيْتُـــــكَ بَــرًّا ثُــمَّ بَحْـــرًا وَطَائِــرَا

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
ataytuka barran thumma baḥran wa ṭā’irā

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I came to you by land, then by sea, and by air.

بِنَفْسِي وَأَوْلاَدِي وَصَحْبِي وَأُسْرَتِي
فَأَتْحِفْ لَنَا الرِّضْوَانَ بَطْنًا وَظَاهِـرَا

Bi-nafsī wa awlādī wa ṣaḥbī wa usratī
fa-atḥif lanā-r riḍwāna baṭnan wa ẓāhirā

With my soul, my children, my companions, and my family; so gift us with Divine Pleasure, inwardly and outwardly.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَزْوَاجٍ وَمَـنْ كَانَ عَاشَــرَا

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa ālin wa azwājin wa man kāna ʿāsharā

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family, the wives, and whoever was his companion.