Ar-Rabbu ṣallā dāʾiman wa-sallam
الرَّبُّ صَلَّى دَائِمًا وَسَلَّمْ
By Habib Ali bin Muhammad al-Habashi
Arabic text
الرَّبُّ صَلَّى دَائِمًا وَسَلَّمْ
عَلَى الْمُكَرَّمْ
مَا زَمْزَمَ الْحَادِي وَمَا تَرَنَّمْ
فِي اللَّيْلِ الْأَظْلَامْ
بِذِكْرِ طَهَ الْمُجْتَبَى انْجَلَى الْهَمّ
وَالْأُنْسُ خَيَّمْ
ذِكْرُه لِأَدْوَاءِ الْقُلُوبِ مَرْهَمْ
يَشْفِي مِنَ السَّمّ
صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ مَغْنَمْ
تُنْجِي مِنَ الْغَمّ
عَلَيْهِ رَبِّـي فِي القُرْآنِ الأَقْدَمْ
صَلَّى وَسَلَّمْ
مَدْحُه وَذِكْرُه فِي الْكِتَابِ يُــتْـلَى
عَلَيْهِ صَلَّى
وَفِي الرِّسَالَةْ قِدْحُهُ المُعَلَّى
مَجْلَاهْ مَحْلَى
يَبْلَى الزَّمَان وَالْوَاصِف لَيْسَ يَبْلَى
هَيْهَاتَ مَهْلَا
وَالله مَا حَد عَنْ عُلَاهُ تَرْجَمْ
كَلَّا وَلَا شَمّ
يَا بَهْجَتِي يَا طِبَّ كُلِّ الْأَجْرَاحْ
يَا نُورَ الْأَرْوَاحْ
يَا مَنْ لِأَبْوَابِ الْفَلَاحِ مِفْتَاحْ
يَا عَيْنَ الْأَرْبَاحْ
يَا مَنْ لَنَا ذِكْرُه سُرُور وَأَفْرَاحْ
وَالْهَمُّ يَنْزَاحْ
وَصْلُك جِنَانِي وَالْجَفَا جَهَنَّمْ
وَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمْ
لِي رُوح تَحْيَا عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ طَهَ
هَذَا دَوَاهَا
أَسْمَى الْبَرَايَا رُتْبَةً وَجَاهَا
لَا تَتَضَاهَى
عَبْدٌ بِهِ امْـلَاكُ السَّمَا تَبَاهَى
حَاشَا يُضَاهَى
هَيْهَات أَنْ يُحْصِي مَنَاقِبُه فَم
فَالْأَمْرُ أَعْظَمْ
سَالَك بِطَهَ خِيْرَةِ الْخِيَارِ
يَا خَيْرَ بَارِي
اسْمَعْ دُعَائِي وَاقْبَلِ اعْتِذَارِي
وَأَقِلْ عِثَارِي
إِنِّي بِحِلْمِك عَنْ قَبِيحِ عَارِي
زَادَ اغْتِرَارِي
فَعَادَتُك لِمَنْ أَسَاء وَأَجْرَمْ
تَغْفِرْ وَتَرْحَمْ
حَاشَاك تَحْرَمْ مَنْ بِهِ تَشَفَّعْ
فَضْلَك وَتَمْنَعْ
جِينَاكَ رَاجِينَ الْقَبُول خُضَّعْ
وَالْجُودُ أَوْسَعْ
ضَفَا عَلَى كُلِّ الْوَرَى مُنُوَّعْ
فِي الْكَوْنِ أَجْمَعْ
فَفِيهِ قَدْ عَاشُوا فَصِيح وَأَعْجَمْ
وَاللهُ أَعْلَمْ
Transliteration
Ar-Rabbu ṣallā dāʾiman wa-sallam
ʿAlā-l-mukarram
Mā zamzama-l-ḥādī wa-mā tarannam
Fī-l-layli-l-aẓlām
Bi-dhikri Ṭāhā-l-mujtabā-njalā-l-hamm
Wa-l-unsu khayyam
Dhikruhu li-adwāʾi-l-qulūbi marham
Yashfī mina-s-samm
Ṣallū ʿalayhi inna-ṣ-ṣalāta maghnam
Tunjī mina-l-ghamm
ʿAlayhi Rabbī fī-l-Qurʾāni-l-aqdam
Ṣallā wa-sallam
Madḥuhu wa-dhikruhu fī-l-kitābi yutlā
ʿAlayhi ṣallā
Wa-fī-r-risālah qidḥuhu-l-muʿallā
Majlāh maḥlā
Yablā-z-zamān wa-l-wāṣif laysa yablā
Hayhāta mahlā
Wa-llāhi mā ḥad ʿan ʿulāhu tarjam
Kallā wa-lā shamm
Yā bahjatī yā ṭibba kulli-l-ajrāḥ
Yā nūra-l-arwāḥ
Yā man li-abwābi-l-falāḥi miftāḥ
Yā ʿayna-l-arbāḥ
Yā man lanā dhikruhu surūr wa-afrāḥ
Wa-l-hammu yanzāḥ
Waṣluka jinānī wa-l-jafā jahannam
Wa-anta taʿlam
Lī rūḥ taḥyā ʿinda dhikri Ṭāhā
Hādhā dawāhā
Asmā-l-barāyā rutbatan wa-jāhā
Lā tataḍāhā
ʿAbdun bihi amlāku-s-samā tabāhā
Ḥāshā yuḍāhā
Hayhāta an yuḥṣī manāqibahu fam
Fa-l-amru aʿẓam
Sālak bi-Ṭāhā khīrati-l-khiyāri
Yā khayra Bārī
Ismaʿ duʿāʾī wa-qbali-ʿtidhārī
Wa-aqil ʿithārī
Innī bi-ḥilmika ʿan qabīḥi ʿārī
Zāda-gh-tirārī
Fa-ʿādatuka liman asāʾa wa-ajram
Taghfir wa-tarḥam
Ḥāshāka taḥram man bihi tashaffaʿ
Faḍlaka wa-tamnaʿ
Jīnāka rājīna-l-qabūla khuḍḍaʿ
Wa-l-jūdu awsaʿ
Ḍafā ʿalā kulli-l-warā munawwaʿ
Fī-l-kawni ajmaʿ
Fa-fīhi qad ʿāshū faṣīḥ wa-aʿjam
Wa-Allāhu aʿlam
English translation
The Lord has sent His blessings and peace eternally,
Upon the Honored One.
As long as the caravan singer chants and sings,
Amidst the darkness of the night.
By the mention of Taha, the Chosen, anxiety is dispelled,
And comforting joy settles within.
His remembrance is a balm for the hearts' disease,
A cure that purges poison.
Send blessings upon him! For verily it is a treasure,
That rescues the soul from sorrow.
Upon him, my Lord, in the ancient Qur’an,
Has sent blessings and peace.
His praise and remembrance are recited in the Book;
Upon him, He has prayed.
In the Message, his rank is the most exalted,
How sweet is his clear manifestation!
Time wears away, but the one who describes him never tires,
Far from it—wait and see!
By Allah, none has truly expressed his heights,
No, nor even caught a scent.
O my Delight! O Healer of every wound!
O Light of the spirits!
O you who are the key to the doors of success,
O Essence of all gain.
O you whose mention brings us happiness and cheer,
And drives away our care.
Union with you is my Paradise; estrangement is Hellfire,
And you know this well.
I have a soul that comes to life at the mention of Taha,
This is its only cure.
The highest of creation in station and prestige,
He cannot be rivaled.
A servant of whom the angels of heaven boast,
Far be it that he be equaled.
It is impossible for a mouth to count his virtues,
For the matter is far greater.
I beseech You by Taha, the Best of the Chosen,
O Best of Creators!
Hear my plea, accept my apology,
And lift me from my falls.
Truly, because of Your forbearance despite my shameful sin,
My audacity has grown.
For it is Your custom, toward those who sin and stray,
To forgive and show mercy.
Far be it from You to deny one who intercedes through him,
Or to withhold Your grace.
We come to You hoping for acceptance, humbled,
And Your generosity is most vast.
It flows over all creation in every variety,
Throughout the whole cosmos.
Within it, both the Arabs and non-Arabs have lived,
And Allah knows best.
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