# Harfun Noon · حرف النون

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.** هَدَانِـي إِلَــى حُـبِّ الْأَمِيــنِ إِلَـهُـنَــا / قَدْ أَوْصَلَنِي مَوْلَى الْبَرَايَا إِلَى هُنَا

_Hadānī ilā ḥubbi al-Amīni ilāhunā / qad awṣalanī mawlā al-barāyā ilā hunā_

Our God guided me to the love of the Trustworthy One; the Lord of all beings has brought me to this very point.

**2.** فُــــؤَادِيَ مَرْهُـــونٌ بِحُــبِّ مُحَمَّــدٍ / فَلاَطِفْ مُحِبًّا صَارَ لِلْقَلْــبِ رَاهِنَـا

_Fu’ādī marhūnun bi-ḥubbi Muḥammadin / fa-lāṭif muḥibban ṣāra lil-qalbi rāhinā_

My heart is held in mortgage by the love of Muhammad; so be gentle with a lover who has pawned his heart.

**3.** جُبِلْتُ بِحُبِّ الْـهَاشِمِيِّ وَزِدْتَنِــــي / لِمَا حُزْتَ يَا خَيْرَ الْأَنَامِ مَحَاسِنَـا

_Jubiltu bi-ḥubbi al-Hāshimiyyi wa-zidtanī / limā ḥuzta yā khayra al-anāmi maḥāsinā_

I was fashioned with the love of the Hashemite, and you increased my love because of the beauties you possess, O Best of Mankind.

**4.** فَسَكَّتَنِي ذَاكَ الْجَمَـــــالُ وَرُبَّمَـا / أَطَالَ لِسَانِــي فِيــهِ لِلْمَدْحِ وَازِنَا

_Fa-sakkatanī dhāka al-jamālu wa-rubbamā / aṭāla lisānī fīhi lil-madḥi wāzinā_

That beauty struck me silent, yet at times it made my tongue lengthy in composing measured praise.

**5.** فَحُبِّبَ ذَاتُ الْمُصْطَفَى وَصِفَاتُهُ / لِقَلْبِي وَقَلْبِي قَـدْ يُسَرُّ بِمَـا جَنَـا

_Fa-ḥubbiba dhātu al-Muṣṭafā wa-ṣifātuhu / li-qalbī wa-qalbī qad yusarru bi-mā janā_

The essence and attributes of the Chosen One were made beloved to my heart, and my heart rejoices in what it has harvested.

**6.** فَتُنْزِلُ أَمْرًا كُلَّ حِينٍ لِمَنْ بَغَـى / لِحِبِّكَ شُغْلاً مُسْتَكِنًّا وَظَاعِنَــا

_Fa-tunzilu amran kulla ḥīnin liman baghā / li-ḥibbika shughlan mustakinnan wa-ẓāʿinā_

You (O Allah) send down a decree at every moment against whoever seeks to distract Your beloved, whether they are stationary or traveling.

**7.** لِتَكْفِ وَتَرْدُدْ مَكْـــرَ خِبٍّ بِنَحْرِهِ / فَيُمْسِي كَمَنْ قَدْ جَذَّ بِالْكَفِّ مَارِنَا

_Li-takfi wa-tardud makra khibbin bi-naḥrihi / fa-yumsī ka-man qad jadhdha bi-l-kaffi mārinā_

To suffice him and turn the plot of the deceiver back upon his own throat, so he becomes like one who severed his own nose with his hand.

**8.** وَكَالْمُحْتَسِي السُّمَّ النَّقِيـعَ وَبَاحِثٍ / بِظِلْفٍ لَـهُ حَتْفًا فَيُرْدَى بِمَا جَنَى

_Wa-ka-l-muḥtasī al-summa al-naqīʿa wa-bāḥithin / bi-ẓilfin lahu ḥatfan fa-yurdā bi-mā janā_

Or like one who drinks soaked poison, or like the animal digging with its hoof for its own death, only to be struck down by what it wrought.

**9.** فَعَبْدٌ مُقِــرٌّ بِالْقُصُـــورِ وَبِالْوَنَــى / وَلَـكِنَّهُ عَـنْ حُـبِّ أَحْمَدَ مَـا وَنَى

_Fa-ʿabdun muqirrun bi-l-quṣūri wa-bi-l-wanā / wa-lākinnahu ʿan ḥubbi Aḥmada mā wanā_

Here is a servant admitting to his shortcomings and lethargy, yet regarding the love of Ahmad, he has never tired.

**10.** وَالْأُمَّةُ قَصْدِي فِيهِــمُ أَنْ أَسُوقَهُــمْ / إِلَى حَضْرَةِ الْبَــرِّ الرَّحِيــمِ إِلَهِنَـا

_Wa-l-ummatu qaṣdī fīhimu an asūqahum / ilā ḥaḍrati al-Barri al-Raḥīmi ilāhinā_

My goal regarding the community is to lead them to the presence of the Benign and Merciful, our God.

**11.** وَتَعْلَمُ هَلْ فِي الْخَلْقِ أَحْنَى عَلَيْهِمُ / مَدَى الدَّهْرِ مِنِّي وَالْبَعِيـدُ كَمَنْ دَنَـا

_Wa-taʿlamu hal fī al-khalqi aḥnā ʿalayhimu / madā al-dahri minnī wa-l-baʿīdu ka-man danā_

And You know: is there anyone in all creation more compassionate toward them throughout time than I, for whom the distant is as the near?

**12.** وَمَا فِيكَ مِمَّا فِيكَ يَبْدُو مُفَصَّحًــا / وَطَــهَ حَدِيثِــي لِلسَّمِيــرِ مُثَافِنَــا

_Wa-mā fīka mimmā fīka yabdu mufaṣṣaḥan / wa-Ṭāhā ḥadīthī lil-samīri muthāfinā_

Not all that is within you can be expressed eloquently, but Taha is my constant discourse with every companion who sits with me.

**13.** لَــهُ الرَّأْسُ مِنِّـي وَالْمُحَيَّـا وَكَلْكَلِـي / وَبَطْنِي وَرِجْلِي وَالْفُؤَادُ وَمَا هُنَا

_Lahu al-ra’su minnī wa-l-muḥayyā wa-kalkalī / wa-baṭnī wa-rijlī wa-l-fu’ādu wa-mā hunā_

To him belongs my head, my face, and my chest; my stomach, my legs, my heart, and all that is within.

**14.** وَسَالِفَتِي أَوْ كَــاهِلِي ثُــمَّ جَانِبِــي / فَكُلِّي لِخَيْـــرِ الْخَلْقِ بَلْــهَ الْمُدَاهِنَـا

_Wa-sālifatī aw kāhilī thumma jānibī / fa-kullī li-khayri al-khalqi balha al-mudāhinā_

My neck, my shoulders, and my sides; my entirety belongs to the Best of Creation, far from any mere flattery.

**15.** وَالْأَهْلُونَ وَالْأَوْلاَدُ وَالصَّحْبُ ثُمَّ مَا / حَوَى أَنْمُلِي مُلْكًا وَمَـا كَانَ دَاجِنَـا

_Wa-l-ahlūna wa-l-awlādu wa-l-ṣaḥbu thumma mā / ḥawā anmulī mulkan wa-mā kāna dājinā_

My family, my children, my companions, and all that my fingers possess of property or livestock.

**16.** تَسَتَّرْتُ عَـنْ دَهْـرِي بِطَــهَ مُحَمَّــدٍ / وَمَـنْ كَانَ لِلْمُخْتَـارِ مَا انْفَـكَّ آمِنَـا

_Tasattartu ʿan dahrī bi-Ṭāhā Muḥammadin / wa-man kāna lil-Mukhtāri mā n-fakka āminā_

I have veiled myself from the vicissitudes of time through Taha Muhammad; and whoever belongs to the Chosen One remains forever secure.

**17.** فَمَا عَرَفَ الْأَيَّامُ رَبْعِي وَمَا دَرَتْ / سُمَاتِيَ مُذْ سَاكَنْـــتُ أَحْمَــدَ قَاطِنَـا

_Famā ʿarafa al-ayyāmu rabʿī wa-mā darat / sumātī mudh sākantu Aḥmada qāṭinā_

The days no longer recognize my dwelling, nor do they know my features, since I took up residence with Ahmad as my neighbor.

**18.** وَأَحْمَدُ سِرُّ الذَّاتِ وَالذَّاتُ سِرُّهَــا / تَقَاصَرَ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهِ الْجَلْـــدُ وَاهِنَا

_Wa-Aḥmadu sirru al-dhāti wa-l-dhāti sirruha / taqāṣara ʿan idrākihi al-jaldu wāhinā_

Ahmad is the secret of the Divine Essence, and the Essence is his secret; even the strongest mind falls short and weak in perceiving him.

**19.** بِكَنْزِيَّـــةٍ أَوْ كُنْــتُ قَبْــلَ تَعَــارُفٍ / تَحَرَّكَ مِنْ ذَا السِّرِّ مَا كَانَ سَاكِنَا

_Bi-kanziyyatin aw kuntu qabla taʿārufin / taḥarraka min dhā al-sirri mā kāna sākinā_

Through the "Hidden Treasure," or before our worldly recognition, that which was still within this secret began to move.

**20.** بِذَاكَ بَدَا التَّشْتِيــتُ مِنْ نَحْوِ سِـرِّهِ / وَعُلِّقْتُ مِنْ ذَاكَ الزَّمَانِ إِلَى هُنَا

_Bi-dhāka badā al-tashtītu min naḥwi sirrihi / wa-ʿulliqtu min dhāka al-zamāni ilā hunā_

Through that, the outward manifestation began from his hidden reality, and I have been suspended in that love from that time until now.

**21.** عَلَى بَاطِنِ الْأَسْرَارِ أَزْكَى صَلاَتِهِ / مَعَ الْآلِ أَوْ مَنْ كَانَ لِلْبَــدْرِ كَائِنَــا

_ʿAlā bāṭini al-asrāri azkā ṣalātihi / maʿa al-āli aw man kāna lil-badri kā’inā_

Upon the inward reality of secrets be His purest prayers, along with the Family and all those who belong to that full moon.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/691f2b03c02b144934a4ec2e/chapter/69a96b56c82b14b38a434c9a