Harful Kaafi · حرف الكاف

كَفَانِي هُمُومِي مَنْ كَفَى ظُلْمَةَ الشِّرْكِ
وَبَدَّدَ أَبْطَـــــالَ الْبَطَالَــــةِ وَالشَّــــكِّ

Kafānī humūmī man kafā ẓulmata al-shirki
Wa baddada abṭāla al-baṭālatī wa al-shakki

The one who sufficed the darkness of polytheism has sufficed me in my worries and scattered the champions of falsehood and doubt.

كَفَانِي جَمِيعَ الْهَمِّ صِرْتُ مُحَرَّرًا
بِفَكِّ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ قَلْبِي مِنَ الشِّرْكِ

Kafānī jamī‘a al-hammi ṣirtu muḥarraran
Bi-fakki Rasūli Allāhi qalbī mina al-shirki

He sufficed me in all my grief so that I became liberated by the Messenger of Allah freeing my heart from association.

إِذَا حَلَّ جَيْشُ الْهَمِّ بَدَّدَ شَمْلَهُ
بِنُورِ يَقِينٍ لاَ يَرِيمُ فَيَا مُلْكِي

Idhā ḥalla jayshu al-hammi baddada shamlahu
Bi-nūri yaqīnin lā yarīmu fayā mulkī

Whenever the army of worry descends, he scatters its ranks with a light of certainty that never leaves, O my Sovereign.

وَأَذْكُرُ بَيْتًا قِيلَ قَبْلِـــــــــي وَإِنَّــــهُ
مَقَالِي وَحَالِي حَالَةَ الضِّيقِ وَالضَّنْكِ

Wa adhkurū baytan qīla qablī wa innahu
Maqālī wa ḥālī ḥālat al-ḍīqi wa al-ḍanki

I remember a verse said before me, and indeed it is my own speech and state in times of constriction and hardship.

"إِذَا كَانَتِ الْأَقْدَارُ مِنْ مَالِكِ الْمُلْكِ
فَسِيَّانِ عِنْدِي مَا يَسُرُّ وَمَا يُبْكِي"

“Idhā kānat al-aqdāru min māliki al-mulki
Fasiyyān ‘indī mā yasurru wa mā yubkī”

"If the decrees are from the Owner of the Kingdom, then what pleases me and what makes me weep are both the same to me."

أَلاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ يَا خَيْـــــرَ مُرْسَـــلٍ
سَمَوْتَ عَنِ الْأَكْوَانِ فَضْلاً مِنَ الْمَلْكِ

Alā yā Rasūla Allāhi yā khayra mursalin
Samawta ‘ani al-akwāni faḍlan mina al-malki

O Messenger of Allah, O best of those sent, you have transcended all universes by a grace from the King.

وَيَسْمُو بِكَ الْمَدَّاحُ فَوْقَ قُرُونِــهِ
وَلَوْ قَصَّرَتْ أَعْمَالَهُ قِلَّةُ النُّسْــكِ

Wa yasmū bika al-maddāḥu fawqa qurūnihi
Wa law qaṣṣarat a‘mālahu qillat al-nuski

Through you, the praiser rises above his peers, even if a lack of devotion has caused his deeds to fall short.

رَفَعْتُ إِلَى طَــهَ الْأَمِينِ شِكَايَتِـــي
وَلَمْ يُلْقَ ذُو شَكْـوَى إِلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يُشْكِ

Rafa‘tu ilā Ṭāha al-amīnī shikāyatī
Wa lam yulqa dhū shakwā ilayhi fa-lam yushki

I raised my complaint to the trustworthy Taha, and never was a possessor of a grievance found turning to him without being relieved.

فَقَدْ كَانَ يُشْكِي لِلْجَمَــــــالِ وَإِنَّـــهُ
لَأَشْكَى غَزَالاً قَدْ شَكَى خِيفَةَ الْفَتْكِ

Faqad kāna yushkī lil-jamāli wa innahu
La-ashkā ghazālan qad shaka khīfata al-fatki

He used to remove the grievances of the camels, and indeed he relieved the gazelle who complained out of fear of being slaughtered.

وَذَا النُّونِ قَدْ أَشْكَاهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ يُوسُفٍ
وَآبَائِهِ طُرًّا مِنَ الْفَتْكِ وَالْهَتْكِ

Wa dhā al-nūni qad ashkāhu min ba‘di Yūsufi
Wa ābā’ihi ṭurran mina al-fatki wa al-hatki

He relieved the "Person of the Fish" (Jonah) just as he did Joseph and all his forefathers from destruction and violation.

وَحَاصِلُ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ أَنَّـــكَ رَحْمَـــةٌ
مِنَ اللّٰهِ مَوْلَى الْخَلْقِ فِي الْـبَرِّ وَالْفُلْكِ

Wa ḥāṣilu hādhā al-qawli annaka raḥmatun
Mina Allāhi mawlā al-khalqi fī al-barri wa al-fullki

The sum of this speech is that you are a mercy from Allah, the Master of creation on land and at sea.

فَلَمْ يَخْشَ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيـــــتَ ضَيَاعَـــهُ
وَلَمْ يَخشَ أَهْلُ الْحَقِّ كَيْدَ ذَوِي الْإِفْكِ

Fa-lam yakhsha ‘abdun mā baqīta ḍayā‘ahu
Wa lam yakhsha ahlu al-ḥaqqi kayda dhawī al-ifikki

No servant fears being lost as long as you remain, and the people of truth do not fear the plots of the people of falsehood.

وَأَشْكُرُ رَبًّا أَلْهَمَ الْعَبْـــــدَ رُشْـــدَهُ
فَأَصْغَرُ أَتْبَاعِي بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ

Wa ashkuru rabbān alhama al-‘abda rushdahu
Fa-aṣgharu atbā‘ī barī’un mina al-shirki

I thank a Lord who inspired the servant with his rectitude, for even the least of my followers is free from polytheism.

وَذَلِكَ فَضْلُ اللّٰهِ فَالْعَبْدُ عَاجِزٌ
عَلَى وَصْلِ حَقٍّ أَوْ مُجَانَبَةِ الشَّكِّ

Wa dhālika faḍlu Allāhi fa-al-‘abdu ‘ājizun
‘Alā waṣli ḥaqqin aw mujānabat al-shakki

That is the grace of Allah, for the servant is incapable of reaching the Truth or avoiding doubt on his own.

صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عَلَى طَــــــهَ أَحْمَدٍ
وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ سَرَاةٍ عَلَى الْبُنْكِ

Ṣalātun wa taslīmun ‘alā Ṭāha Aḥmadin
Wa ālin wa aṣḥābin sarātin ‘alā al-bunki

Blessings and peace be upon Taha Ahmad, and the family and companions, the noble leaders upon the high thrones.