Harful Kaaf · حَرْفُ الْكَاف

كِلِينِيَ سَلْمَــى سَلِّمِينِـــي لِمَالِكِــي
سَأَمْشِي لِطَـــهَ خَيْرِ فِهْرٍ وَمَالِكِ

Kilīniya Salmā sallimīnī li-mālikī
sa-amshī li-Ṭāhā khayri Fihrin wa Mālikī

Leave me, O Salma, and surrender me to my Owner; I shall walk toward Taha, the best of Fihr and Malik.

إِلَى خَيْرِ نَاسٍ خَيْرِ مَنْ وَطِئَ الثَّرَى
وَخَيْرِ نِـزَارٍ خَيْــرِ حَــيٍّ وَهَالِـــكِ

Ilā khayri nāsin khayri man waṭi’a-th tharā
wa khayri Nizārin khayri ḥayyin wa hāliki

Toward the best of people, the best of those who trod the earth, and the best of Nizar, the best of the living and the deceased.

مُحَمَّـــدُ مَأْمُونُ السَّمَــاءِ رَسُولُنَا
وَهَبْتُ لَــهُ نَفْسِي وَكُلَّ مَمَالِكِي

Muḥammadun ma’mūnu-s samā’i rasūlunā
wahabtu lahu nafsī wa kulla mamālikī

Muhammad, the trusted one of heaven, is our Messenger; I have gifted to him my soul and all my possessions.

يُؤَرِّقُنِــي ذِكْـــرَى سُــرَاهُ بِمَكَّــــةٍ
وَقَدْ كِدْتُ أَسْرِي أَوْ سَرَيْتُ كَذَلِكِ

Yu’arriqunī dhikrā surāhu bi-Makkatin
wa qad kidtu asrī aw saraytu kadhaliki

The memory of his nocturnal journey in Mecca keeps me awake; and I almost traveled by night, or rather I did travel likewise.

سَرَيْتُ بِرُوحِي أَقْتَفِي جِسْمَ أَحْمَدٍ
فَتَمَّ لِقَـــــاءٌ بَيْـــنَ ذَيْـــنِ هُنَالِــكِ

Saraytu bi-rūḥī aqtafī jisma Aḥmadin
fa-tamma liqā’un bayna dhayni hunāliki

I traveled with my spirit, following the body of Ahmad; thus a meeting between those two was completed there.

هُنَاكَ تَلاَشَى الرُّوحُ بِالْجِسْمِ فَانِيًا
صَفَا لِيَ وَقْتِي فِيهِ بَعْــــدَ تَهَالُــكِ

Hunāka talāshā-r rūḥu bi-l jismi fāniyā
ṣafā liya waqtī fīhi baʿda tahāluki

There, the spirit vanished into the body in annihilation; my time became pure within it after my exhaustion.

نَبِــيٌّ كَـــرِيمٌ أَكْـــرَمَ اللّٰهُ خَلْقَهُ
بِبِعْثَتِهِ رُحْمَى لِنَاسٍ وَنَاسِـــكِ

Nabiyyun karīmun akrama-llāhu khalqahu
bi-biʿthatihi ruḥmā li-nāsin wa nāsiki

A noble Prophet whose character Allah honored; through his mission, he was a mercy for all people and worshippers.

مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْإِشْرَاكِ حَــرَّرَ دَاعِيًا
إِلَى الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ هَادِي الْمَنَاسِكِ

Mina-l kufri wa-l ishrāki ḥarrara dāʿiyā
ila-l wāḥidi-l qahhāri hādī-l manāsiki

From disbelief and polytheism he liberated us, calling toward the One, the Subduer, the Guide of the rites.

مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْإِشْرَاكِ حَــرَّرَ دَاعِيًا
إِلَى الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ هَادِي الْمَنَاسِكِ

Mina-l kufri wa-l ishrāki ḥarrara dāʿiyā
ila-l wāḥidi-l qahhāri hādī-l manāsiki

From disbelief and polytheism he liberated us, calling toward the One, the Subduer, the Guide of the rites.

وَأَدَّبَــهُ إِذْ صَيَّرَ الذِّكْـــرَ خُلْقَــهُ
وَشَفَّعَهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ رَبُّ الْمَلاَئِــكِ

Wa addabahu idh ṣayyara-dh dhikra khulqahu
wa shaffaʿahu fī-l khalqi rabbu-l malā’iki

And He (Allah) disciplined him, making the Remembrance (Qur'an) his character; and the Lord of the angels granted him intercession for creation.

فَكُنْ لِي شَفِيعًا يَا رَسُولُ فَإِنَّنِــي
خَدِيمُكَ أَدْعُو دَارِكِ الْعَبْدَ دَارِكِ

Fa-kun liy shafīʿan yā rasūlu fa-innanī
khadīmuka adʿū dāriki-l ʿabda dāriki

So be my intercessor, O Messenger; for I am your servant calling out: Reach your servant, reach him!

أَرَانِي لَدَى الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ وَإِنَّنِي
مُنَايَ لِقَا مَــنْ جَاءَنَا بِالْمَنَاسِــكِ

Arānī ladā-l Bayti-l Ḥarāmi wa innanī
munāya liqā man jā’anā bi-l manāsiki

I see myself at the Sacred House, and indeed my desire is to meet the one who brought us the rites.

وَبَثِّي وَحُزْنِي أَشْتَكِيهِ لِخَالِقِي
بِيُمْنِ الْمُقَفَّى مُقْتَفَى كُلِّ سَالِــكِ

Wa bath-thī wa ḥuznī ashtakīhi li-khāliqī
bi-yumni-l muqaffā muqtafā kulli sāliki

My grief and sorrow I complain of to my Creator, through the blessing of the Final Prophet, the one followed by every wayfarer.

تَكَاتَلَ أَجْنَادُ الضَّلاَلَــةِ صَوْبَنَـــا
لِرَبِّيَ شَكْوَى فَهْوَ خَيْرُ مُـــدَارِكِ

Takātala ajnādu-ḍ ḍalālati ṣawbanā
li-rabbī shakwa fahuwa khayru mudāriki

The armies of misguidance have gathered against us; to my Lord is my complaint, for He is the best of rescuers.

كَدَأْبِكَ رَبِّي حَقِّقِ النَّصْرَ عَاجِـلاً
فَقَدْ بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى فَلْتُــدَارِكِ

Ka-da’bika rabbī ḥaqqiqi-n naṣra ʿājilā
fa-qad balagha-s saylu-z zubā faltudāriki

As is Your custom, my Lord, grant victory swiftly; for the flood has reached the heights, so rescue us!

بِهَزْمِــكَ أَحْزَابَ الضَّلاَلَةِ قَبْلَنَـا
تُبَدِّدُهُــــــمْ تَرْمِيهِـــمُ لِلْمَهَالِـــكِ

Bi-hazmika aḥzāba-ḍ ḍalālati qablanā
tubaddiduhum tarmīhim li-l mahāliki

By Your defeating the parties of misguidance before us; disperse them and cast them into destruction.

نَصَرْتَ إِلَهِــي يَشْكُرًا وَحَمَيْتَــهُ
وَبَرَّدْتَ نِيرَانَ الْخَلِيلِ الْمُبَــارَكِ

Naṣarta ilāhī Yashkuran wa ḥamaytahu
wa barradta nīrāna-l Khalīli-l mubāraki

You supported, O my God, (the people of) Yashkur and protected them; and You cooled the fires for the blessed Friend (Ibrahim).

فَلَقْتَ لِمُوسَى الْبَحْرَ وَالرُّوحُ بَعْدَهُ
عَلَوْتَ بِهِ يَحْيَـــى حَيَاةَ الْمَلاَئِـــكِ

Falaqta li-Mūsā-l baḥra wa-r rūḥu baʿdahu
ʿalawta bihi Yaḥyā ḥayāta-l malā’iki

You split the sea for Moses, and the Spirit (Jesus) after him; You elevated John (Yahya) to the life of the angels.

بِحَقِّكَ فَانْصُرْ ضَارِعًــــا مُتَشَبِّثًــا
بِأَذْيَالِ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ نَجْلِ الْعَوَاتِــكِ

Bi-ḥaqqika fanṣur ḍāriʿan mutashabbithā
bi-adhyāli khayri-l khalqi najli-l ʿawātiki

By Your right, support a pleading one who clings to the hems of the best of creation, the descendant of the noble women (al-Awātik).

عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
بِمَكَّةَ أَدْعُــو خَيْرَ رَبٍّ وَمَالِــــكِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
bi-Makkata adʿū khayra rabbin wa māliki

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; in Mecca I call upon the best Lord and Owner.

بِجَنْــبِ قُبَيْسٍ مِنْ حِرَاءٍ وَإِنَّنِــي
أُنَادِي مُجِيبًا بَاسِطًا غَيْرَ مَاسِـــكِ

Bi-janbi Qubaysin min Ḥirā’in wa innanī
unādī mujīban bāsiṭan ghayra māsiki

Beside Mount Qubays from Hira’, I call out to One who answers, who is generous and never withholds.

فَهَبْلِي حَيَاةً مَـــا حَيِيتُ كَرِيمَـــةً
وَمِنْ بَعْدُ لِلْفِرْدَوْسِ فَوْقَ الْأَرَائِــكِ

Fa-hab lī ḥayātan mā ḥayītu karīmatan
wa min baʿdu li-l firdawsi fawqa-l arā’iki

So grant me a noble life as long as I live, and thereafter the Paradise upon elevated couches.

فَتَكْفِينِيَ الْبَلْوَى بِتِلْــكَ وَهَـــــذِهِ
وَتُتْحِفُنِي فِي الْعِلْمِ كُلَّ الْمَـــدَارِكِ

Fa-takfīniya-l balwā bi-tilka wa hādhihi
wa tut-ḥifunī fī-l ʿilmi kulla-l madāriki

Suffice me against trials in this world and the next, and gift me with all the insights of knowledge.

وَتَكْفِي شُرُورَ الْإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ كُلِّهِــمْ
تُضِيءُ بِيَ الظَّلْمَاءَ مِنْ كُلِّ حَالِــــكِ

Wa takfī shurūra-l insi wa-l jinni kullihim
tuḍī’u biya-ẓ ẓalmā’a min kulli ḥāliki

And suffice me against the evils of all humans and jinn; illuminate the darkness for me from every gloom.

حَيَاتِيَ تَحْلُــــو بِالْمَحَبَّـــةِ وَالتُّقَــى
وَمَوْتِيَ يَحْلُو بِالشُّهُـــودِ كَذَلِـــــكِ

Ḥayātiya taḥlū bi-l maḥabbati wa-t tuqā
wa mawtī yaḥlū bi-sh shuhūdi kadhalika

My life becomes sweet through love and piety; and my death becomes sweet through witnessing (the Truth) likewise.

أَسِيرُ مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ بِالْجَذْبِ سَالِكًــا
سَبِيلَ الْمُقَفَّى بَيْنَ سُبْــــلٍ حَوَالِــكِ

Asīru maʿa-l abrāri bi-l jadhibi sālikā
sabīla-l muqaffā bayna sublin ḥawāliki

I journey with the righteous through spiritual attraction, following the path of the Final Prophet among dark paths.

فَهَلْ يَا تُـــرَى أَنَّا نَسِيـــرُ بِطَيْبَــةٍ
وَنَمْشِي بِجِدٍّ بَيْــنَ تِلْــكَ الْمَبَارِكِ

Fa-hal yā turā annā nasīru bi-Ṭaybatin
wa namshī bi-jiddin bayna tilka-l mabāriki

Shall we, perchance, journey through Tayba (Medina) and walk with diligence among those blessed places?

عَلَيْكَ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
تَمَلَّكْتَ قَلْبِي الدَّهْرَ غَيْرَ مُشَـــارَكِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
tamallakta qalbī-d dahra ghayra mushāraki

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; you have possessed my heart for all of time without any partner.

دَعَوْتَ إِلَى الدِّينِ الْقَوِيــمِ مُقَوِّمًا
طُغَاةً بُغَاةً بِالظُّبَى وَالْمَعَـــارِكِ

Daʿawta ila-d dīni-l qawīmi muqawwimā
ṭughātan bughātan bi-ẓ ẓubā wa-l maʿāriki

You called to the upright religion, straightening tyrants and transgressors with swords and battles.

فَجِئْتُ لِبَـــــدْرٍ مَوْهِنًــا وَشَبِيبَتِــي
نَخُوضُ غِمَارَ اللَّيْلِ مِنْ كُلِّ حَالِــكِ

Fa-ji’tu li-Badrin mawhinan wa shabībatī
nakhūḍu ghimāra-l layli min kulli ḥāliki

I came to Badr in the late night with my youth, traversing the depths of the night from every darkness.

جَــزَاهُمْ إِلَهِــي كُلَّ خَيْرٍ وَإِنَّــهُ
سَيَعْصِمُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قِتْلٍ وَفَاتِـكَ

Jazāhum ilāhī kulla khayrin wa innahu
sa-yaʿṣimuhum min kulli qitlin wa fātiki

May my God reward them (the people of Badr) with every good; and indeed He will protect them from every killing and assassin.

عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَقَدْ طِبْتُ نَفْسًا فِي رُبُوعِ ابْنِ مَالِــكِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-qad ṭibtu nafsan fī rubūʿi-bni Mālikī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for I have found peace of soul in the dwellings of (Anas) ibn Malik.

عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَقَدْ طِبْتُ نَفْسًا فِي رُبُوعِ ابْنِ مَالِــكِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-qad ṭibtu nafsan fī rubūʿi-bni Mālikī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for I have found peace of soul in the dwellings of (Anas) ibn Malik.

عَلَيْهِ مـــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ
كِلِينِيَ سَلْمَــــى سَلِّمِينِـــي لِمَالِكِــي

ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi
kilīniya Salmā sallimīnī li-mālikī

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions; leave me, O Salma, and surrender me to my Owner.