# Harful Haa · حَرْفُ الْحاء

From [Ad-Dawaawiinu s-Sitta · الدواوين الست](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f) by [Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/authors/69172463686829cc1d041df5)

**1.** حَبَانِيَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ بِرًّا وَلاَ غَــرْوَى / أَلَمْ يَكُ خَيْرَ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ وَلاَ شَــرْوَى

_Ḥabāniya khayru-n nāsi birran walā gharwā / alam yak khayra-l ʿālamīna walā sharwā_

The best of people endowed me with righteousness, and it is no wonder; for is he not the best of the worlds, without equal?

**2.** وَقَدْ جِئْتُهُ وَهْنًا وَشِبْلِي وَمَا جَثَا / سِوَانَا لَدَى أَعْتَابِهِ وَفْقَ مَا أَهْوَى

_Wa qad ji’tuhu wahnan wa shiblī wa mā jathā / siwānā ladā aʿtābihi wafqa mā ahwā_

I came to him in the late night, and my cub (son/young companion) and I were the only ones kneeling at his threshold, just as I desired.

**3.** فَخَاطَبْتُ مَحْبُوبِي وَكِدْتُ لِقُرْبِــهِ / إِخَالُ لِقَا خَيْرِ الْوَرَى نِلْتُهُ صَفْوَا

_Fa-khāṭabtu maḥbūbī wa kidtu li-qurbihi / ikhālu liqā khayri-l warā niltuhu ṣafwā_

I addressed my beloved, and due to his proximity, I almost imagined that I had attained the union with the best of mankind in purity.

**4.** فَقُلْـــــتُ وَإِنِّـــــي مُغْــــرَقٌ فِــي وِدَادِهِ / سَلاَمٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَرْكَبُ الطِّرْفَ وَالْقَصْوَا

_Fa-qultu wa inniya mughraqun fī widādihi / salāmun ʿalā man yarkabu-ṭ ṭirfa wa-l Qaṣwā_

I said, while I was immersed in his affection: Peace be upon the one who rides the noble horse and al-Qaswa (the she-camel).

**5.** تَوَهَّمْتُ أَنِّي قَــدْ مَسَسْـــتُ مُحَمَّــدًا / وَعَانَقَنِي جَهْرًا وَطَابَ لِيَ الْمَثْوَى

_Tawahhamtu annī qad masastu Muḥammadā / wa ʿānaqanī jahran wa ṭāba liya-l mathwā_

I felt as though I had touched Muhammad, and that he embraced me openly, and my final abode became pleasant for me.

**6.** صَلاَةٌ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْخَلاَئِــقِ مُصْطَفَى / الْبَرَايَا الَّذِي قَدْ حَطَّمَ الظُّلْمَ وَالْبَلْــوَى

_Ṣalātun ʿalā khayri-l khalā’iqi muṣṭafā / al-barāyā-l ladhī qad ḥaṭṭama-ẓ ẓulma wa-l balwā_

Blessings be upon the best of creation, the Chosen of all beings, who has shattered oppression and trials.

**7.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْــــــهِ مِــــنْ خَدِيــــــمٍ مُتَيَّـــمٍ / مِنْ أَقْصَى بِلاَدِ الْغَرْبِ لِلْمُصْطَفَى الْمَأْوَى

_Salāmun ʿalayhi min khadīmin mutayyamin / min aqṣā bilādi-l gharbi li-l muṣṭafa-l ma’wā_

Peace be upon him from an infatuated servant; from the furthest lands of the West, toward the Chosen one is the refuge.

**8.** عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / حَيَاتِــيَ لاَ تَأْثِيـــمَ فِيهَــا وَلاَ لَغْــوَا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / ḥayātiya lā ta’thīma fīhā walā laghwā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may my life contain no sin or idle talk.

**9.** عَلَيْــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَحُبِّي دَوَامًــــا لِلْأَمِيــنِ وَلاَ لَهْــوَا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / fa-ḥubbī dawāman li-l amīni walā lahwā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for my love is eternally for the Trustworthy one, without any diversion.

**10.** عَلَيْــــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَتَحْفَظُ نَسْلِي عَنْ ضَلاَلٍ وَعَنْ إِغْوَا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa taḥfaẓu naslī ʿan ḍalālin wa ʿan ighwā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may You preserve my lineage from misguidance and from seduction.

**11.** وَوَدَّعْتُــــهُ وَالدَّمْــــعُ يَجْرِي صَبَابَــةً / عَلَى حِينَ لاَ يُجْدِي بُكَاءُ الْفَتَى جَدْوَى

_Wa waddaʿtuhu wa-d damʿu yajrī ṣabābatan / ʿalā ḥīna lā yujdī bukā’u-l fatā jadwā_

I bid him farewell while tears were flowing out of intense longing, at a time when a youth's weeping is of no avail.

**12.** وَوَدَّعْتُــــــهُ أَسْتَـــوْدِعُ اللّٰهَ عِنْــــدَهُ / شَهَادَةَ حَقٍّ أَرْفُضُ الشِّرْكَ وَالْأَهْوَا

_Wa waddaʿtuhu astawdiʿu-llāha ʿindahu / shahādata ḥaqqin arfuḍu-sh shirka wa-l ahwā_

I bid him farewell, entrusting to Allah in his presence my testimony of Truth, rejecting polytheism and whims.

**13.** فَأَشْهَـــــــدُ أَنَّ اللّٰهَ لاَ رَبَّ غَيْـــــــــرَهُ / وَطَهَ إِمَامِي الْمُصْطَفَى سَنَدِي الْأَقْوَى

_Fa-ashhadu anna-llāha lā rabba ghayruhu / wa Ṭāhā imāmī-l muṣṭafā sanadi-l aqwā_

So I bear witness that Allah—there is no Lord but Him; and Taha is my Imam, the Chosen one, my strongest support.

**14.** فَمَا شَاقَنِــــــي رَبْـــعٌ بُعَيْــدَ فِرَاقِــهِ / وَلاَ شَاقَنِي نَجْدٌ وَلاَ شَاقَنِـــي أَرْوَى

_Famā shāqanī rabʿun buʿayda firāqihi / walā shāqanī najdun walā shāqanī Arwā_

No dwelling has moved me since departing from him; neither the highlands of Najd nor the beauty of Arwa.

**15.** وَمَا بِرِيَاضٍ مِنْ جَمَالٍ وَخُضْــــرَةٍ / وَطِيبِ هَوَاءٍ وَهْيَ فِي الرُّتْبَةِ الْقُصْوَى

_Wamā bi-riyāḍin min jamālin wa khuḍratin / wa ṭībi hawā’in wa hiya fī-r rutbati-l quṣwā_

Nor anything in gardens of beauty and greenery, or pleasant air, even if they were of the highest rank.

**16.** فَهَلْ هِيَ تُسْلِي عَنْ عَقِيقٍ وَخَنْدَقٍ / وَأُحْدٍ وَسَلْعٍ أَوْ أَرِيسٍ وَمَا أَرْوَى

_Fahal hiya tuslī ʿan ʿAqīqin wa khandaqin / wa Uḥudin wa Salʿin aw Arīsin wa mā arwā_

Can they ever console me for (the loss of) Aqiq, the Trench, Uhud, Sal', or the well of Aris and its waters?

**17.** وَطَابَ مُقَامِـــي بَعْـــدَ ذَاكَ بِمَكَّــةٍ / خَلاَ لِي حَطِيــمٌ وَالْمَقَامُ لَنَا أَقْـــوَى

_Wa ṭāba muqāmī baʿda dhālika bi-Makkatin / khalā liy Ḥaṭīmun wa-l maqāmu lanā aqwā_

And my stay in Mecca thereafter was pleasant; the Hatim and the Maqam became clear and strong for me.

**18.** حَلاَ لِي سُجُودٌ عِنْدَ بَابِكَ خَاشِعًــا / أُسَائِلُ رَبًّا جَـــلَّ شَأْنًا لَنَــا عَفْـوَا

_Ḥalā liy sujūdun ʿinda bābika khāshiʿā / usā’ilu rabban jalla sha’nan lanā ʿafwā_

Prostration at Your door became sweet for me while I was humble, asking a Lord whose status is majestic for His pardon.

**19.** أُقَبِّلُ يُمْنَــــــــى الْحَــــقِّ جَــــلَّ جَلاَلُــهُ / لِأَحْذُوَ سُبْلَ الْهَاشِمِي الْمُصْطَفَى حَــذْوَا

_Uqabbilu yumnā-l ḥaqqi jalla jalāluhu / li-aḥdhuwa subla-l hāshimiyyi-l muṣṭafā ḥadhwā_

I kiss the "Right Hand" of Truth—majestic is His glory—so that I may follow the paths of the Hashemite Chosen one exactly.

**20.** لِزَمْزَمَ لِلْمِيزَابِ لِلْحِجْــــرِ لِلصَّفَــا / صَفَا لِيَ أَوْقَاتِي بِجَهْرِيَ وَالنَّجْوَى

_Li-Zamzama li-l mīzābi li-l ḥijri li-ṣ Ṣafā / ṣafā liya awqātī bi-jahrī wa-n najwā_

At Zamzam, at the water-spout, at the Hijr, and at Safa; my times became pure in my open and secret prayers.

**21.** أُرَدِّدُ ذِكْــــــــرَ اللّٰهِ لاَ شَـــيْءَ غَيْـــرُهُ / أَمَامِي وَخَلْفِي مِثْلَ مَنْ حَقَّقَ الْمَحْوَا

_Uraddidu dhikra-llāhi lā shay’a ghayruhu / amāmī wa khalfī mithla man ḥaqqaqa-l maḥwā_

I repeat the Remembrance of Allah—there is nothing but Him—before me and behind me, like one who has achieved total annihilation (of self).

**22.** وَأَسْأَلُــــهُ سَتْـــرًا وَعَفْـــوًا وَتَوْبَــةً / وَهَدْيًا وَتَوْفِيقًا وَصَوْنًا عَنِ الْأَسْوَا

_Wa as’aluhu satran wa ʿafwan wa tawbatan / wa hadyan wa tawfīqan wa ṣawnan ʿani-l aswā_

I ask Him for concealment, pardon, and repentance; and for guidance, success, and protection from the worst.

**23.** وَنَيْلَ قَبُولٍ مِنْهُ وَالْفَوْزَ وَالرِّضَــى / وَرُؤْيَتَهُ وَسْطَ الْجِنَانِ كَمَا أَهْــوَى

_Wa nayla qabūlin minhu wa-l fawza wa-r riḍā / wa ru’yatahu wasṭa-l jināni kamā ahwā_

And for the attainment of acceptance from Him, triumph, and pleasure; and the vision of Him in the midst of the gardens as I desire.

**24.** وَإِنَّ الَّذِي قَــــــدْ رَدَّ طَـــهَ لِمَكَّـــةٍ / سَيُرْجِعُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِلْمُصْطَفَى الْمَأْوَى

_Wa inna-l ladhī qad radda Ṭāhā li-Makkata / sayurjiʿu Ibrāhīma li-l muṣṭafa-l ma’wā_

And indeed, the One who returned Taha to Mecca shall return Ibrahim to the Chosen one, the refuge.

**25.** عَلَى أَحْمَدَ الْمُخْتَارِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّهِ / صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ يَطِيبُ بِهَا الْمَثْوَى

_ʿAlā Aḥmada-l mukhtāri min ʿindi rabbihi / ṣalātun wa taslīmun yaṭību bihā-l mathwā_

Upon Ahmad, the Chosen one from his Lord, be blessings and peace through which the final abode becomes pleasant.

**26.** عَلَيْهِ مَــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ / صَــلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ يَفِيضُ بِهَا الْجَدْوَى

_ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi / ṣalātun wa taslīmun yafīḍu bihā-l jadwā_

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions, be blessings and peace through which the benefit overflows.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c537196441e1c596212efe/chapter/69c538366441e1c596212f2a