# Harfur Raa · حرف الراء

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.** جَعَلْتُكَ يَا خَيْرَ الْأَنَـــــــامِ سَفِيـــرَا / وَكُلَّ زَمَانٍ قَــــــدْ أَرَاكَ مُجِيـــرَا

_Ja‘altuka yā khayra al-anāmi safīrā / Wa-kulla zamānin qad arāka mujīrā_

I have made you, O Best of Mankind, my emissary; and in every time, I see you as my protector.

**2.** بِكَفَّيْكَ رِبْحُ الْخَلْقِ طُرًّا وَخُسْرُهُ / وَغَيْرُكَ لَمْ يُلْفُوا لَدَيْهِ نَقِيــــــــرَا

_Bi-kaffayka ribḥu al-khalqi ṭurran wa-khusruhu / Wa-ghayruka lam yulfū ladayhi naqīrā_

In your hands lie the profit and loss of all creation; and beside you, they find not even a speck of worth elsewhere.

**3.** وَأَنْتَ حَبِيبُ اللّٰهِ وَالْمُلْكُ مُلْكُـــهُ / أَرَاكَ أَمِينًــا لِلْإِلَـــــهِ وَزِيـــــرَا

_Wa-anta ḥabību Allāhi wal-mulku mulkuhu / Arāka amīnan lil-ilāhi wazīrā_

You are the Beloved of Allah, and the Kingdom is His; I see you as the trustworthy minister of the Divine.

**4.** فَبَرْهَامُ هَـــذَا الْعَبْدُ بِالْحِقْوِ لاَئِذٌ / فَلَمْ يَكُ يَخْشَى مِنْ سِوَاكَ أَمِيرَا

_Fa-Barhāmu hādhā al-‘abdu bil-ḥiqwi lā’idhun / Fa-lam yaku yakhshā min siwāka amīrā_

Barham, this servant, is seeking refuge in your protection; thus he fears no leader other than you.

**5.** يَزِيدُ أَمَانِي مُذْ عَكَفْتُ بِبَابِـــــهِ / رُعُودُ عَدُوٍّ إِذْ أَرَاهُ حَسِيـــــرَا

_Yazīdu amānī mudh ‘akaftu bi-bābihi / Ru‘ūdu ‘aduwwin idh arāhu ḥasīrā_

My sense of security increases since I remained at his door, while the enemy’s threats leave them exhausted and weak.

**6.** فَهَلْ يَخْشِيَنْ يُوحٌ لَدَى كَبِدِ السَّمَا / نُبَاحًا لِمَغْلُولِ الْكِلاَبِ ضَرِيرَا

_Fa-hal yakhshiyan yūḥun ladā kabidi as-samā / Nubāḥan li-maghlūli al-kilābi ḍarīrā_

Does the sun at the heart of the sky fear the barking of a shackled, blind dog?

**7.** فَحُبُّ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ غُـنْـمٌ وَرَاحَــةٌ / وَحِصْنٌ أَرَاهُ لِلْمُحِبِّ مَصِيـرَا

_Fa-ḥubbu Rasūli Allāhi ghunmun wa-rāḥatun / Wa-ḥiṣnun arāhu lil-muḥibbi maṣīrā_

Love for the Messenger of Allah is a great gain and rest; it is a fortress that I see as the destination for the lover.

**8.** تَخِذْتُ وِدَادَ الْمُصْطَفَى وَمَدِيحَهُ / جَوَادِي وَسَيْفِي وَالْقَنَا وَخَفِيـرَا

_Takhadhtu widāda al-Muṣṭafā wa-madīḥahu / Jawādī wa-sayfī wal-qanā wa-khafīrā_

I have taken the love and praise of the Chosen One as my steed, my sword, my spear, and my guard.

**9.** وَذَا الْجَيْشُ وَالزَّادُ الْمُبَلِّغُ لِلْمُنَى / وَذَاكَ لَعَمْرُ اللّٰهِ نِعْمَ نَصِيــــرَا

_Wa-dhā al-jayshu wal-zādu al-muballigha lil-munā / Wa-dhāka la-‘amru Allāhi ni‘ma naṣīrā_

This is my army and the provision that delivers me to my hopes; and that, by Allah, is the most excellent helper.

**10.** وَهُو خَاتِمٌ لِلرُّسْلِ وَهْوَ إِمَامُهُـمْ / فَأَوَّلُ تِلْكَ الرُّسْلِ جَاءَ أَخِيــرَا

_Wa-huwa khātimun lil-rusli wa-huwa imāmuhum / Fa-awwalu tilka ar-rusli jā’a akhīrā_

He is the Seal of the Messengers and their leader; the very first of those Messengers who appeared last in time.

**11.** وَبَاطِنُهُمْ حَقًّا وَذَلِكَ ظَاهِرٌ / فَجَاءَ بَشِيرًا لِلْجُمُوعِ نَذِيرَا

_Wa-bāṭinuhum ḥaqqan wa-dhālika ẓāhirun / Fa-jā’a bashīran lil-jumū‘i nadhīrā_

He is their inner reality in truth, and that is manifest; he came as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner to the multitudes.

**12.** فَـآلَيْتُ لاَ أَنْفَكُّ أَنْسِجُ مَدْحَـــــهُ / وَكُنْتُ لِشُرْبِ الْعَاشِقِينَ مُدِيرَا

_Fa-ālaytu lā anfakku ansiju madḥahu / Wa-kuntu li-shurbi al-‘āshiqīna mudīrā_

I have sworn never to cease weaving his praise; for I have become the cupbearer for the circle of lovers.

**13.** فَأَسْقَيْتُهُمْ نَـهْلاً وَعَـــــلاًّ وِدَادَهُ / وَبَلْهَ مُدَامَ الْغَافِلِيــــنَ حَقِيـــرَا

_Fa-asqaytuhum nahlan wa-‘allan widādahu / Wa-balhi mudāma al-ghāfilīna ḥaqīrā_

I gave them to drink of his love, time and again; disregarding the wretched wine of the heedless.

**14.** سُكَارَى بِلاَ إِثْـمٍ وَغَوْلٍ فَيَا لَهُمْ / صَفَا وَقْتُهُمْ وَالْمُلْكُ كَانَ كَبِيـرَا

_Sukārā bilā ithmin wa-ghawlin fa-yā lahum / Ṣafā waqtuhum wal-mulku kāna kabīrā_

They are intoxicated without sin or headache; how pure is their time, and how vast is their spiritual kingdom.

**15.** بِمَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ جَالِسِينَ جَلِيسُهُـمْ / مَلِيكُ جُمُوعِ الْمَالِكِينَ قَدِيـــرَا

_Bi-maq‘adi ṣidqin jālisīna jalīsuhum / Malīku jumū‘i al-mālikīna qadīrā_

They sit in a seat of truth, and their companion is the King of all kings, the All-Powerful.

**16.** يَسِيرُونَ سَيْرًا فِي الْمَجَالِسِ فَاعْجَبَـنْ / لِسَيْرِ جُلُوسٍ يُشْبِهُـــــونَ صُخُـــورَا

_Yasīrūna sayran fī al-majālisi fa-’ajaban / Li-sayri julūsin yushbihūna ṣukhūrā_

They travel a spiritual journey while in their sittings—how wondrous is the journey of those who sit as still as rocks!

**17.** وَقَدْ رَتَعُوا فِي تِلْكَ رَوْضَ مَعَارِفٍ / تَرَاهُمْ سُكُــوتًا وَالْمَقَـــــامَ مُشِيـــرَا

_Wa-qad rata‘ū fī tilka rawḍa ma‘ārifin / Tarāhum sukūtan wal-maqāma mushīrā_

They have grazed in the gardens of gnosis; you see them silent, yet their spiritual station speaks volumes.

**18.** كَــــلاَمٌ قَدِيمٌ لاَ يُمَــــــلُّ سَمَاعُــــهُ / يَكُونُ عَلَى الْجَمْعِ الْقَدِيمِ خُمُــــورَا

_Kalāmun qadīmun lā yumallu samā‘uhu / Yakūnu ‘alā al-jam‘i al-qadīmi khumūrā_

It is the Ancient Speech, whose hearing never tires; it acts as wine for that primordial gathering.

**19.** خَدِيمُكَ هَـــــذَا أَسْقِهِ كُلَّ بُرْهَــــةٍ / وَأَحْيِ بِهِ طُــــولَ الزَّمَانِ قُبُورَا

_Khadīmuka hādhā asqihi kulla burhatin / Wa-aḥyi bihi ṭūla az-zamāni qubūrā_

This servant of yours—give him to drink at every moment, and through him, revive the "graves" (the spiritually dead) for all time.

**20.** خَدِيمُكَ مَلِّكْهُ الْمُلُوكَ وَأَمْرَهَا / خَدِيمُكَ مَخْدُومُ الْمُلُوكِ أَمِيرَا

_Khadīmuka mallik-hu al-mulūka wa amrahā / Khadīmuka makhdūmu al-mulūki amīrā_

Make this servant of yours a master over kings, so that your servant is seen as the leader served by kings.

**21.** مُطَاعًا أَمِينًا فِي الْعَوَالِمِ كُلِّهَا / فَيُرْشِدُهُمْ نَحْوَ الْإِلَهِ بَصِيرَا

_Muṭā‘an amīnan fī al-‘awālimi kullihā / Fa-yurshiduhum naḥwa al-ilāhi baṣīrā_

One obeyed and trusted in all worlds, guiding them toward God with clear insight.

**22.** رَجَائِي وَظَنِّي فِي الْحَبِيبِ وَحُبِّهِ / كَبِيـــــــرٌ أُلَقَّــــاهُ كَبِيــرُ كَبِيـــرَا

_Rajā’ī wa-ẓannī fī al-ḥabībi wa-ḥubbihi / Kabīrun ulaqqāhu kabīra kabīrā_

My hope and expectation in the Beloved and his love are immense; I shall meet a greatness that is grand beyond measure.

**23.** بِجَاهِ عَظِيمِ الْجَــاهِ أَحْمَدَ سَيِّــــدِي / وَمَنْ هَاجَرُوا أَوْ مَنْ رَآهُ نَصِيرَا

_Bi-jāhi ‘aẓīmi al-jāhi Aḥmada sayyidī / Wa-man hājarū aw man rāhu naṣīrā_

By the rank of the one of magnificent standing, my master Ahmad, and those who migrated or saw him as a helper.

**24.** عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةٌ إِذْ يُفَضُّ خِتَامُهَــــا / تَفُوحُ لِمَنْ قَدْ كَانَ مِنْكَ عَشِيرَا

_‘Alayhi ṣalātun idh yufaḍḍu khitāmuhā / Tafūḥu li-man qad kāna minka ‘ashīrā_

Upon him be a prayer which, when its seal is broken, wafts its fragrance to whoever has become your close companion.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/691f2b03c02b144934a4ec2e/chapter/69a96b4cc82b14b38a434c4a