# Harful Laami · حرف اللام

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.** لَئِنْ صَدَّنِي عَنْ قَبْرِ أَحْمَدَ سَرْبَــــخُ / فَمَا صَدَّنِي عَنْ شَوْقِهِ الدَّهْرَ فَرْسَخُ

_La’in saddanī ‘an qabri Aḥmada sarbakh / Fa-mā saddanī ‘an shawqihi al-dahra farsakh_

Even if a desolate desert bars me from the grave of Ahmad, no distance of leagues has ever barred me from longing for him.

**2.** وَمَا صَدَّنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِهِ عَذْلُ عَاذِلٍ / فَقَدْ زَادَنِي تَذْكَارَ طَــــهَ الْمُوَبِّــــخُ

_Wa-mā saddanī ‘an dhikrihi ‘azlu ‘ādhilin / Faqad zādani tadhkāra Ṭāha al-muwabbikhu_

The blame of the censurer has not barred me from mentioning him; rather, the one who rebukes me only increases my remembrance of Taha.

**3.** لِسَانِي وَقَلْبِي الدَّهْرَ ذِكْرُ مُحَمَّــــــدٍ / وَمَنْ حَالُهُ حَالِي مَدَى الدَّهْرِ يَشْمَخُ

_Lisānī wa qalbī al-dahru dhikru Muḥammadin / Wa man ḥāluhu ḥālī madā al-dahri yashmakh_

My tongue and my heart are forever occupied with the remembrance of Muhammad, and whoever's state is like mine shall remain exalted throughout time.

**4.** فَإِنَّ قَرِينَ الْمَرْءِ حَقًّا حَبِيبُــــــــهُ / وَلَوْ كَانَ بُعْدٌ بَيْنَ ذَيْنِ فَيُفْسَــــخُ

_Fa-inna qarīna al-mar’i ḥaqqan ḥabībuhu / Wa law kāna bu‘du bayna dhayni fayufskh_

For a person's true companion is indeed his beloved, even if there is a physical distance between them that suggests a separation.

**5.** وَإِنَّ إِلَــــهَ الْخَلْقِ أَدْرَجَ حُبَّـــــــهُ / عَلَى حُبِّ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ يَا مَنْ يُوَبِّخُ

_Wa inna ilāha al-khalqi adrāja ḥubbahu / ‘Alā ḥubbi khayri al-khalqi yā man yuwabbikhu_

The God of creation has integrated His own love into the love of the Best of Creation, O you who rebuke me.

**6.** كَذَا طَاعَـــةُ الْـهَادِي كَطَاعَةِ رَبِّهِ / وَتَذْكَارُهُ تَذْكَارُهُ وَهْوَ مُصْـــــرِخُ

_Ka-dhā ṭā‘atu al-hādī ka-ṭā‘ati rabbihi / Wa tadhkāruhu tadhkāruhu wa huwa muṣrikh_

Likewise, obedience to the Guide is like obedience to his Lord, and remembering him is remembering Him, and he is a savior.

**7.** فَمَنْ بَايَعَ الْمُخْتَــــارَ فَهْوَ مُبَايِــــعٌ / لِرَبِّــــهِ إِلَــــهِ الْعَرْشِ ذَلِكَ أَشْمَخُ

_Fa-man bāya‘a al-mukhtāra fahuwa mubāyi‘un / Li-rabbihi ilāhi al-‘arshi dhālika ashmakh_

Whoever pledges allegiance to the Chosen One has indeed pledged allegiance to my Lord, the God of the Throne; that is the loftiest station.

**8.** كَفَانِي وِدَادُ الْخَتْمِ طَـــــــــهَ مُحَمَّدٍ / مَوَدَّتُهُ عِنْدِي مِنَ الصُّمِّ أَرْسَـــــخُ

_Kafānī widādu al-khatmi Ṭāha Muḥammad / Mawaddatuhu ‘indī mina al-ṣummi arsakhu_

The affection of the Seal, Taha Muhammad, is enough for me; my love for him is more firmly rooted than the solid mountains.

**9.** وَرُتْبَةُ كُلِّ الْمَادِحِيــــنَ قَصِيــــرَةٌ / عَنْ إِدْرَاكِ مَا عِنْدِي فَسَبْقِيَ يَرْسَخُ

_Wa rutbatu kulli al-mādiḥīna qaṣīratun / ‘An idrāki mā ‘indī fasabqiyu yarsakh_

the rank of all other praisers falls short of perceiving what I possess, for my precedence in this is firmly established.

**10.** فَبَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الْمَادِحِينَ سَرَابِـــــــخٌ / وَعُورٌ فَمَا جِيبَتْ لِمَدْحِيَ سَرْبَـــخُ

_Fa-baynī wa bayna al-mādiḥīna sarābikh / Wa ‘ūrun fa-mā jībat li-madḥī sarbakh_

Between me and other praisers are vast deserts and rugged terrains; no desert has been traversed that matches the depth of my praise.

**11.** فَشِعْرِيَ أَوْصَافُ الْأَمِينِ وَإِنَّهَـــــا / عَدِيمَةُ كُفْءٍ فَهْوَ أَحْمَدُ مُصْــــرِخُ

_Fa-shi‘riyā awṣāfu al-amīnī wa innahā / ‘Adīmatun kuf’in fahuwa Aḥmadu muṣrikh_

For my poetry consists of the attributes of the Trustworthy one, and they are without equal; he is Ahmad, the one who answers the cry for help.

**12.** صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عَلَى طَــــــهَ أَحْمَدٍ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ مِثْلَ طِيبٍ يُضَمَّخُ

_Ṣalātun wa taslīmun ‘alā Ṭāha Aḥmadin / Wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin mithla ṭibin yuḍammakh_

Blessings and peace be upon Taha Ahmad, and the family and companions, like a fragrance that is richly applied.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/691f2ae9c02b144934a4ec28/chapter/692e0036b40625902f887979