# Harful Jiim · حَرْفُ الْجِيمِ

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.** جَعَلْتُ رَجَائِي فِي الَّذِي هُوَ حَاضِــرِي / أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلَ وَنَاصِرِي

_Ja‘altu rajā’ī fī alladhī huwa ḥāḍirī / Abā al-Qāsimi al-Māḥī al-ḍalāla wa-nāṣirī_

I have placed my hope in the one who is present with me; Abul Qasim, the eraser of misguidance and my helper.

**2.** بِقَبْضٍ وَبَسْطٍ لاَ أُأَمِّلُ غَيْــرَهُ / وَنِعْمَ سِلاَحِي لِلْعَدُوِّ الْمُكَابِـــرِ

_Bi-qabḍin wa-basṭin lā u’ammilu ghayrahu / Wa-ni‘ma silāḥī lil-‘aduwwi al-mukābiri_

In times of spiritual constriction (qabḍ) and expansion (basṭ), I hope in none but him; he is my best weapon against the arrogant enemy.

**3.** إِذَا حَازَ غَيْرِي عُـــدَّةً وَعَرَمْرَمًـــا / فَحَسْبِي رَسُــولُ اللّٰهِ عَنْ كُلِّ نَاصِـرِ

_Idhā ḥāza ghayrī ‘uddatan wa-‘aramramā / Fa-ḥasbī Rasūlu Allāhi ‘an kulli nāṣiri_

If others possess equipment and a massive army, the Messenger of Allah is sufficient for me against every other helper.

**4.** أَلَمْ يَرْفَعَنْ عُرْبَ الْجَزِيرَةِ بَعْـــدَ مَا / حَجَوْا فَارِسًا تَعْلُو الْوَرَى بِالْأَكَاسِرِ

_Alam yarfa‘an ‘urba al-jazīrati ba‘da mā / Ḥajaw fārisan ta‘lū al-warā bil-akāsiri_

Did he not raise the Arabs of the Peninsula after they had thought the Persian knights and their Caesars to be supreme over all creation?

**5.** وَتَحْسِبُ بِالرُّومِ الْقَيَاصِــــرُ أَنَّهَــا / تَسَامَى عَلَى أَهْلِ الْعُلاَ وَالْمَعَاشِــــرِ

_Wa-taḥsabu bir-Rūmi al-qayāṣiru annahā / Tasāmā ‘alā ahli al-‘ulā wal-ma‘āshiri_

And the Roman Caesars thought they were higher than the people of loftiness and all communities.

**6.** فَصَارُوا مُلُوكَ الْأَرْضِ وَالْكُلُّ تَحْتَهُمْ / وَقَدْ أَرْشَــدُوا الْأَقْيَالَ فَــوْقَ الْمَنَابِــرِ

_Fa-ṣārū mulūka al-arḍi wal-kullu taḥtahum / Wa-qad arshadū al-aqyāla fawqa al-manābiri_

Yet they (the Arabs) became the kings of the earth, with everyone beneath them; and they guided the chieftains from atop the pulpits.

**7.** وَفَلُّوا شَبَاةَ الْمَارِدِينَ وَزَعْزَعُـــوا / حُصُونًا وَأَرْكَانَ الْبُغَاةِ الْجَمَاهِـــرِ

_Wa-fal-lū shabāta al-māridīna wa-za‘za‘ū / Ḥuṣūnan wa-arkāna al-bughāti al-jamāhiri_

They broke the edge of the rebellious ones and shook the fortresses and pillars of the transgressing masses.

**8.** أَلَمْ تُعْــــطِ لِلْجَيْلِـــيِّ فَوْقَ مُــرَادِهِ / بِــــلاَ كُلْفَـــةٍ إِذْ جِئْتَـــهُ بِالْبَشَائِــرِ ؟

_Alam tu‘ṭi lil-Jayliyyi fawqa murādihi / Bilā kulfatin idh ji’tahu bil-bashā’iri?_

Did you not give to the "Jilani" (Sheikh Abdul Qadir) above his desire, without effort, when you came to him with glad tidings?

**9.** أَلَمْ تَنْصِبِ الشَّيْخَ التِّجَانِيَّ خَاتِمًا / وَأَعْلَيْتَهُ فَوْقَ الشُّيُـوخِ الْأَكَابِــرِ ؟

_Alam tanṣibi al-Shaykha al-Tijāniyya khātiman / Wa-a‘laytahu fawqa al-shuyūkhi al-akābiri?_

Did you not appoint the "Tijani" (Sheikh Ahmad) as a Seal, and raise him above the greatest of masters?

**10.** فَهَلْ لَكَ فِي ذَا الْعَبْــــدِ دُونَ تَأَهُّــلٍ / مَنَالٌ فَيُمْسِــــي عَـــدُّهُ بِالْخَنَاصِــرِ

_Fa-hal laka fī dhā al-‘abdi dūna ta’ah-hulin / Manālun fa-yumsī ‘adduhu bil-khanāṣiri_

So, is there for this servant—without any merit of his own—an attainment such that he would be counted among the elite?

**11.** فَهَلْ لَكَ فِي بَرْهَامَ يَا خَيْرَ مُرْسَلٍ / مُسَاعَدَةٌ فِي كُلِّ بَطْـــنٍ وَظَــاهِرِ

_Fa-hal laka fī Barhāma yā khayra mursalin / Musā‘adatun fī kulli baṭnin wa-ẓāhiri_

Is there for "Barham," O best of messengers, assistance in every inward and outward state?

**12.** فَهَلْ لَكَ فِيهِ وَهْـــوَ أَصْغَرُ خَــادِمٍ / تُسَوِّدُهُ فَـــوْقَ الْمُلُــوكِ الْأَوَاخِــرِ

_Fa-hal laka fīhi wa-huwa aṣgharu khādimin / Tusaw-widuhu fawqa al-mulūki al-awākhiri_

Is there for him—and he is the smallest servant—a lordship that makes him master over the latter-day kings?

**13.** فَهَلْ لَكَ فِيهِ وَهْوَ عَبْــــــدٌ مُتَيَّــمٌ / عَطَاءٌ فَيُرْوِي كُلَّ آتٍ وَصَـادِرِ

_Fa-hal laka fīhi wa-huwa ‘abdun mutayyamun / ‘Aṭā’un fa-yurwī kulla ātin wa-ṣādiri_

Is there for him—and he is a lover enslaved by passion—a gift through which he may quench the thirst of all who come and go?

**14.** فَأَنْتَ أَمِيــــــنُ اللّٰهِ خَازِنُ سِـــرِّهِ / وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي أَوْلاَكَ كُـلَّ الذَّخَائِــرِ

_Fa-anta amīnu Allāhi khāzinu sirrihi / Wa-anta alladhī awlāka kulla al-dhakhā’iri_

For you are the Trustworthy one of Allah, the treasurer of His secret; and you are the one whom He endowed with all treasures.

**15.** فَإِنَّكَ يَــــا يَاسِيـنُ عَاقِـــبُ حَاشِـــرُ / الْمُقَفَّى مَلاَذِي فِي الْخُطُوبِ الدَّوَائِرِ

_Fa-innaka yā Yāsīnu ‘āqibu ḥāshiru / Al-Muqaffā malādhī fī al-khuṭūbi al-dawā’iri_

Indeed you, O Yasin, are the Successor, the Assembler; the Final One is my refuge in the face of circling calamities.

**16.** فَإِنَّكَ يَـــــا خَيْــــرَ الْأَنَـــامِ مُحَمَّــدًا / رَجَائِي وَسِرِّي فِي جَمِيعِ الْمَظَاهِرِ

_Fa-innaka yā khayra al-anāmi Muḥammadan / Rajā’ī wa-sirrī fī jamī‘i al-maẓāhiri_

For you, O best of mankind, Muhammad, are my hope and my secret in all outward manifestations.

**17.** وَأَوْلَيْتَنِي مَا لَسْتُ أَهْــــلاً لِبَعْضِــهِ / عَلَيْـــكَ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ يَا خَيْــرَ حَاشِـرِ

_Wa-awlaytanī mā lastu ahlan li-ba‘ḍihi / ‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi yā khayra ḥāshiri_

And you have endowed me with that of which I am not worthy even a part; upon you be the prayer of Allah, O best of assemblers.

**18.** عَلَيْــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / مَعَ الْآلِ وَالْأَصْحَابِ أُولِي الْبَصَائِــرِ

_‘Alayka ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Ma‘a al-āli wal-asḥābi ulī al-baṣā’iri_

Upon you be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, along with the family and the companions, the possessors of insight.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69ac941f4282c6eb8e164f0c/chapter/69ac94214282c6eb8e164f1b