# Harful Yaa · حرف الياء

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.** زَمَانِيَ لاَ أَنْفَكُّ أُهْـــدِي الْقَوَافِيَـا / لِمَنْ قَدْ صَفَا لِلْحَقِّ بِالْحَـقِّ وَافِيَا

_Zamāniya lā anfakku uhdī al-qawāfiyā / li-man qad ṣafā lil-ḥaqqi bi-l-ḥaqqi wāfiyā_

Throughout my life, I never cease to offer these rhymes to him who was pure for the Truth and faithful to the Truth.

**2.** أُجَالِسُهُ دَهْرِي بِرُوحِــي وَرُوحِـــهِ / وَهَلْ مَجْلِسُ الْأَشْبَاحِ قَدْ حَانَ تَالِيَا

_Ujālisuhu dahrī bi-rūḥī wa-rūḥihi / wa-hal majlisu al-ashbāḥi qad ḥāna tāliyā_

I sit with him all my days, soul to soul; for has the time not come for the gathering of spirits to follow the gathering of bodies?

**3.** أَرَانِي إِذَا وَافَيْـــتُ أَحْمَـــدَ زَائِـــرًا / سَأَقْضِــــي لُبَانَـاتِ الْفُــؤَادِ مَثَانِيَــا

_Arāniya idhā wāfaytu Aḥmada zā’iran / sa-aqḍī lubānāti al-fu’ādi mathāniyā_

I see that when I reach Ahmad as a visitor, I shall fulfill the deep yearnings of my heart again and again.

**4.** فَشَحِّذْ لِذَاكَ الْعَزْمَ وَارْكَـبْ شِمِلَّــةً / فَتُدْنِيكَ مِنْ بَطْحَاءِ مَا كَانَ قَاصِيَا

_Fa-shaḥḥidh li-dhāka al-ʿazma wa-rkab shimillatan / fa-tudnīka min baṭḥā’i mā kāna qāṣiyā_

So sharpen your resolve for that journey and mount a swift camel; it will bring you near to the valley that once seemed so distant.

**5.** وَيُدْنِيكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبِيبِ رَسِيمُهَا / تُمَــــرِّغُ خَـــدًّا بِالضَّرِيــحِ مُنَاجِيَــا

_Wa-yudnīka min arḍi al-ḥabībi rasīmuhā / tumarrighu khaddan bi-ḍ-ḍarīḥi munājiyā_

Its rhythmic pace will bring you closer to the land of the Beloved, where you may press your cheek against the tomb in intimate prayer.

**6.** فَصِدْقٌ وَصِدِّيقٌ جَلِيسَاكَ بَعْـــدَ ذَا / شَهِيدٌ فَطِبْتَ النَّفْسَ لِلنَّفْــسِ شَافِيَــا

_Fa-ṣidqun wa-ṣiddīqun jalīsāka baʿda dhā / shahīdun fa-ṭibta al-nafsa lil-nafsi shāfiyā_

Sincerity and the Siddiq (Abu Bakr) shall be your companions there, along with the Martyr (Umar); so be of good cheer, for the soul has found its healer.

**7.** فَقَدِّرْ لِبَرْحِ الشَّوْقِ وَالْحُبِّ قَــــدْرَهُ / فَتَبْكِي بِمَا يُزْرِي الْمُزُونَ الْبَوَاكِيَـا

_Fa-qaddir li-barḥi al-shawqi wa-l-ḥubbi qadrahu / fa-tabkī bi-mā yuzrī al-muzūna al-bawākiyā_

Measure the intensity of your longing and love truly, and you will weep with tears that put the pouring rain clouds to shame.

**8.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَى رَوْضِ الْحَبِيبِ وَبَعْدَهُ / سَلاَمٌ عَلَى رَوْضِ الَّذِي كَانَ ثَانِيَا

_Salāmun ʿalā rawḍi al-ḥabībi wa-baʿdahu / salāmun ʿalā rawḍi alladhī kāna thāniyā_

Peace be upon the Garden (Rawda) of the Beloved, and after that, peace be upon the Garden of the one who was his Second.

**9.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَى رَوْضِ الشَّهِيدِ سِرَاجِنَـــا / سَلاَمٌ عَلَى الْأَحْبَابِ حَازُوا الْمَعَالِيَـا

_Salāmun ʿalā rawḍi al-shahīdi sirājinā / salāmun ʿalā al-aḥbābi ḥāzū al-maʿāliyā_

Peace be upon the Garden of the Martyr, our lamp; peace be upon the loved ones who attained the highest ranks.

**10.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَى زَوْجِ الْبَتُولِ وَزَوْجِــهِ / وَثَالِـثِ أَرْكَــانِ الْخِلاَفَــةِ سَامِيَــا

_Salāmun ʿalā zawji al-batūli wa-zawjihi / wa-thālithi arkāni al-khilāfati sāmiyā_

Peace be upon the husband of the Virgin (Ali) and his wife (Fatima), and the third of the pillars of the Caliphate (Uthman), the exalted.

**11.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَى أَهْـــلِ الْبَقِيـعِ جَمِيعِهِـمْ / يُحَيِّيهِــــــمُ تَيْــــمٌ بِأَفْـــرِكَ ثَاوِيَــا

_Salāmun ʿalā ahli al-Baqīʿi jamīʿihim / yuḥayyīhimu Taymun bi-Afrika thāwiyā_

Peace be upon all the inhabitants of Al-Baqi' (the cemetery of Medina); a servant (Teym) greets them while residing in Africa.

**12.** رِيَاضٌ أَرِيضَـــةٌ دِيَـــارُ أَحِبَّتِـــي / وَأَذْكَتْ نِيَارَ الشَّوْقِ لِلْقَلْبِ صَالِيَا

_Riyāḍun arīḍatun diyāru aḥibbatī / wa-adhkat niyāra al-shawqi lil-qalbi ṣāliyā_

The homes of my beloved ones are lush, fertile gardens; they have kindled the fires of longing to burn within my heart.

**13.** وَقَى اللّٰهُ سُفْنًـــا بَلَّغَتْنِــي بِلاَدَهُــمْ / بِعَامِي فَدَتْهَا النُّوقُ تَمْلاَ السَّوَاقِيَا

_Waqā Allāhu sufnan ballaghatnī bilādahum / bi-ʿāmī fadat-hā al-nūqu tamla al-sawāqiyā_

May Allah protect the ships that carried me to their lands in my year; may they be ransomed by camels that fill the paths.

**14.** مُحَمَّدُ يَاسِيــــنٌ وَأَحْمَـــدُ حَاشِـــرٌ / وَعَاقِبُ وَالْهَادِي نَفَى الْكُفْرَ مَاحِيَا

_Muḥammadu Yāsīn wa-Aḥmadu Ḥāshirun / wa-ʿĀqibu wa-l-Hādī nafā al-kufra māḥiyā_

Muhammad, Yasin, Ahmad the Gatherer, the Final One (Aqib), and the Guide who erased disbelief as the "Eraser."

**15.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ مِـــنْ كُـــلِّ ذَرَّةٍ / كَـــــذَاكَ سَــلاَمٌ لِلصَّــلاَةِ مُحَاكِيَــا

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu Allāhi min kulli dharratin / kadhālika salāmun li-ṣ-ṣalāti muḥākiyā_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah from every atom, and likewise a peace that mirrors those blessings.

**16.** عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ فِــــي كُلِّ لَحْظَــةٍ / عَدِيدَ أَسَامِي الْإِسْمِ إِذْ كَانَ عَالِيَا

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu Allāhi fī kulli laḥẓatin / ʿadīda asāmī al-ismi idh kāna ʿāliyā_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah in every moment, as numerous as the names of the Divine Name, for it is most high.

**17.** عَلَيْكَ صَلاَةٌ مِنْكَ نَحْوَكَ سَيِّـــدِي / كَــذَاكَ سَلاَمٌ لِلصَّــــلاَةِ مُسَاوِيَــا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātun minka naḥwaka sayyidī / kadhālika salāmun li-ṣ-ṣalāti musāwiyā_

Upon you be a prayer from You (Allah) toward you, my Master; and likewise a peace equal to that prayer.

**18.** عَلَيْكَ صَلاَةُ الْغَيْبِ بِالْغَيْبِ دَائِمًا / كَــذَاكَ سَــلاَمٌ لِلصَّلاَةِ مُجَارِيَــــا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu al-ghaybi bi-l-ghaybi dā’iman / kadhālika salāmun li-ṣ-ṣalāti mujāriyā_

Upon you be the prayer of the Unseen through the Unseen eternally; and likewise a peace that flows alongside that prayer.

**19.** وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ غَيْــبُ غَيْبٍ بِغَيْبِــهِ / وَأَسْرَارِهِ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا وَخَافِيَا

_Wa-ṣallā ʿalayhi ghaybu ghaybin bi-ghaybihi / wa-asrārihi sirran wa-jahran wa-khāfiyā_

The "Unseen of the Unseen" prayed upon him through His Unseen, and His secrets—secretly, openly, and hidden.

**20.** وَصَلَّى جَمِيعُ الْكَائِنَـاتِ بِأَسْرِهَـــا / عَلَى أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْمُودِ مَنْ جَاءَ هَادِيَا

_Wa-ṣallā jamīʿu al-kā’ināti bi-asrihā / ʿalā Aḥmada al-maḥmūdi man jā’a hādiyā_

All created beings in their entirety prayed upon Ahmad the Praised, the one who came as a guide.

**21.** وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ مَدَى قَــوْلِ خَــادِمٍ / زَمَانِيَ لاَ أَنْفَــــكُّ أُهْـــدِي الْقَوَافِيَا

_Wa-ālin wa-aṣḥābin madā qawli khādimin / Zamāniya lā anfakku uhdī al-qawāfiyā_

And upon the Family and Companions, as long as a servant says: "Throughout my life, I never cease to offer these rhymes."

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/691f2b03c02b144934a4ec2e/chapter/69a96b57c82b14b38a434ca9