Harful Miim · حَرْفُ الْمِيم

مَدِينَةُ مَاحِي الْكُفْرِ وَالْعَارِ وَالرِّجْسِ
مَدَى الدَّهْرِ فِيهَا قُرَّةُ الْعَيْنِ وَالنَّفْـسِ

Madīnatu māḥi-l kufri wa-l ʿāri wa-r rijsi
madā-d dahri fīhā qurratu-l ʿayni wa-n nafsi

The city of the Eraser of disbelief, shame, and impurity; throughout time, in it is the delight of the eye and the soul.

تَذَكَّرْتُهَــــــا وَالْحَــــالُ أَنِّـــي مُخَيِّــمٌ
بِبَارِيسَ أَنْحُوهَا لِأَمْحُو بِهَا رِجْسِــي

Tadhakkartuhā wa-l ḥālu annī mukhayyimun
bi-Bārīsa anḥūhā li-amḥū bihā rijsī

I remembered it while I was staying in Paris, heading toward it to erase my impurity through it.

أَرَانِي إِذَا مَا جِئْتُ طَيْبَةَ زَائِــرًا
يُقَرِّبُنِي قُرْبًا يَتِــــمُّ بِـــهَا أُنْسِــي

Arānī idhā mā ji’tu Ṭaybata zā’irā
yuqarribunī qurban yatimmu bihā unsī

I see that if I ever come to Tayba (Medina) as a visitor, he (the Prophet) brings me so near that my intimacy becomes complete.

أَ أَكْرَمَ خَلْـــقِ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَــــدَ مَا تَــرَى
لِزَوْرٍ خَلاَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَعْنًى وَمِنْ حِسِّ

A-akrama khalqi-llāhi Aḥmada mā tarā
li-zawrin khalā min kulli maʿnan wa min ḥissi

O most noble of Allah's creation, Ahmad, what do you see for a visitor who is void of all meaning and spiritual sense?

وَإِنَّكَ مُخْتَـــــارُ الْإِلَــــهِ وَمَلْجَــأُ
الْعَوَالِمِ مِنْ جِنٍّ خَفِيٍّ وَمِنْ إِنْــسِ

Wa innaka mukhtāru-l ilāhi wa malja’u
al-ʿawālimi min jinnin khafiyyin wa min insi

Indeed, you are the chosen of God and the refuge of the worlds, of the hidden jinn and of mankind.

عَظِيمٌ عَظِيمُ الْخُلْقِ وَالْجُودِ وَالْعَطَا
بِهِ زَالَ هَمِّي ثُمَّ كَسْرِي كَذَا بُؤْسِي

ʿAẓīmun ʿaẓīmu-l khulqi wa-l jūdi wa-l ʿaṭā
bihi zāla hammī thumma kasrī kadhā bu’sī

Great, great in character, generosity, and giving; through him, my worry, my brokenness, and my misery vanished.

وَإِنْ دَهِشَ الْأَقْطَابُ يَوْمًا بِمَشْهَـــدٍ
أَرَاهُ فَيُعْلِينِي إِلَى أَعْظَــمِ الْكُرْسِــي

Wa in dahi-sha-l aqṭābu yawman bi-mashhadin
arāhu fa-yuʿlīnī ilā aʿẓami-l kursī

Even if the spiritual poles (Aqtab) were to be dazed one day by a station I witness, he elevates me to the greatest throne.

وَهَبْتَ لِكُــــــلِّ الْمَادِحِيـــنَ شَفَاعَـةً
وَهَلْ يَقْبَلُ الْمَحْمُودُ تَشْفِيعَهُمْ لَيْسِي

Wahabta li-kulli-l mādiḥīna shafāʿatan
wa hal yaqbalu-l maḥmūdu tashfīʿahum laysī

You granted intercession to all the praisers; and would the Praiseworthy one (the Prophet) ever reject their intercession for me?

عَلَى عِوَجِي أَرْجُو عُمُومَ شَفَاعَـــةِ
الْأَمِينِ لِمَنْ يَهْوَى الْعُبَيْدَ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ

ʿAlā ʿiwajī arjū ʿumūma shafāʿati
al-amīni li-man yahwa-l ʿubayda mina-l insi

Despite my crookedness, I hope for the general intercession of the Trustworthy one for those among mankind who love this humble servant.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَأَمْرُكَ مَقْبُولٌ عَلَى الْعَيْنِ وَالــرَّأْسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-amruka maqbūlun ʿala-l ʿayni wa-r ra’si

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for your command is accepted with utmost honor and respect.

دَعَوْتَ إِلَــى التَّوْحِيـــــدِ لِلَّهِ وَحْــدَهُ
فَكُلٌّ سِوَاهُ فِي انْمِحَاءٍ وَفِي طَمْسِ

Daʿawta ila-t tawḥīdi lillāhi waḥdahu
fa-kullun siwāhu fī-nmḥā’in wa fī ṭamsi

You called to the Monotheism of Allah alone; for everything besides Him is in a state of vanishing and erasure.

هُوَ الْكُلُّ مِنْهُ الْكُــــلُّ لاَ رَبَّ غَيْــرُهُ
فَمَا ثَمَّ مِنْ كُفْءٍ وَلاَ ثَمَّ مِنْ عَكْـــسِ

Huwa-l kullu minhu-l kullu lā rabba ghayruhu
fa-mā thamma min kuf’in walā thamma min ʿaksi

He is the All, and from Him is the all; there is no Lord but Him, and there is no equal, nor any opposite.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
تُحَرِّرُنَا مِنْ كُلِّ بَطْشٍ وَمِنْ حَبْسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
tuḥarrirunā min kulli baṭshin wa min ḥabsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may they liberate us from every oppression and from imprisonment.

عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
لِأُصْبِحَ مَيْمُونًا حَيَاتِي كَذَا أُمْسِـــي

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
li-uṣbiḥa maymūnan ḥayātī kadhā umsī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; so that my life becomes blessed, both by day and by night.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
تَجَافَيْتُ عَنْ أَهْلِي وَصَحْبِي وَعَنْ جِنْسِي

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
tajāfaytu ʿan ahlī wa ṣaḥbī wa ʿan jinsī

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I have distanced myself from my family, my companions, and my kin for you.

عَلَيْــــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَتِمُّ الشِّفَا مِنْ كُلِّ بَأْسٍ وَمِنْ طَمْـــسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
yatimmu-sh shifā min kulli ba’sin wa min ṭamsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; through which healing from every hardship and erasure is completed.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
سَرَيْنَا وَوَافَيْنَاكَ خَيْرَ بَنِي حُمْــسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
saraynā wa wāfaynāka khayra banī ḥumsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; we traveled by night and reached you, O best of the brave.

عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَمِنْكَ عِلاَجِي مَرْهَمَ الْقَلْبِ وَالنَّفْــسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-minka ʿilājī marhama-l qalbi wa-n nafsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for from you is my cure, the ointment of the heart and the soul.

عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَمِنْكَ عِلاَجِي مَرْهَمَ الْقَلْبِ وَالنَّفْــسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-minka ʿilājī marhama-l qalbi wa-n nafsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for from you is my cure, the ointment of the heart and the soul.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أُحِبُّكَ حُبًّا لاَ يَزَالُ إِلَى الرَّمْـــسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
uḥibbuka ḥubban lā yazālu ila-r ramsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I love you with a love that shall remain until the grave.

عَلَيْــــــــكَ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَكُلِّي لِخَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَالْأَمْسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-kullī li-khayri-l khalqi fī-l yawmi wa-l amsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for my whole self belongs to the best of creation, today and yesterday.

عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَبُرْهَانُ حُبِّي فِيكَ أَوْضَحُ مِنْ شَمْسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
fa-burhānu ḥubbī fīka awḍaḥu min shamsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for the proof of my love for you is clearer than the sun.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
وَتَطْرُدُ إِشْكُولَ اللَّعِينَ مِنَ الْقُـــدْسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa taṭrudu Eshkūla-l laʿīna mina-l Qudsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; and may you expel the cursed Eshkol (Levi Eshkol) from Jerusalem.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ الْخُبْثَ الْيَهُودَ مِنَ الْأُسِّ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa tasta’ṣilu-l khubtha-l Yahūda mina-l ussi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; and may you uproot the evil of the Jews from the very foundation.

وَتُهْلِكُ دَجَّالَ الْيَهُـــودِ وَتُهْلِكَــنْ
إِبَانًــا وَدَيَّانًا فَيَكْمُــلُ لِي أُنْسِــي

Wa tuhliku dajjāla-l Yahūdi wa tuhlikan
Ebāna wa Dayyāna fa-yakmulu liy unsī

And destroy the Dajjal of the Jews, and destroy Eban and Dayan, so that my intimacy may be complete.

لِتُهْلِـــــكْ أُجُوكُـــو قَبْلَهُـــمْ وَتُنِيلُنَــا
بِفَضْلِكَ نَصْرًا شَامِلاً مُثْمِرَ الْغَـرْسِ

Li-tuhlik Ujūkū qablahum wa tunīlunā
bi-faḍlika naṣran shāmilan muthmira-l gharsi

And destroy Ojukwu before them, and grant us by Your grace a comprehensive victory, a fruitful harvest.

عَلَيْـــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ
أَتَيْنَا لِكَشْفِ الْكَرْبِ وَالْهَمِّ وَاللَّبْـــسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
ataynā li-kashfi-l karbi wa-l hammi wa-l labsi

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; we have come for the removal of distress, worry, and confusion.

عَلَيْــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ ذَوِي الْفَضْلِ وَالْبَأْسِ

ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu
wa ālin wa aṣḥābin dhawī-l faḍli wa-l ba’si

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; and upon the Family and Companions, people of merit and strength.

عَلَيْكَ مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَـــــا قَــالَ خَــادِمٌ
مَدِينَةُ مَاحِي الْكُفْرِ وَالْعَارِ وَالرِّجْسِ

ʿAlayka madā-l ayyāmi mā qāla khādimun
madīnatu māḥi-l kufri wa-l ʿāri wa-r rijsi

Upon you throughout the days as long as a servant says: The city of the Eraser of disbelief, shame, and impurity.