# Harfush Shiin · حَرْفُ الشِّينِ

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.** شَهِــــدْتُ وَلاَ أُلْفَــــى لِعَهْـــدِيَ أَنْكُــثُ / بِأَنِّـي عَلَـــى حُبِّـــي لِأَحْمـــدَ أَمْكُـــثُ

_Shahidtu wa-lā ulfā li-‘ahdiya ankuthu / Bi-annī ‘alā ḥubbī li-Aḥmada amkuthu_

I bear witness—and I shall never be found breaking my covenant—that I am staying firm in my love for Ahmad.

**2.** أُحِبُّكَ حُبًّــــــا لاَ يُكَيَّــــفُ أَمْـــرُهُ / وَكُلَّ الَّذِي يَهْوَاكَ أَوْ مَن يُحَـدِّثُ

_Uḥibbuka ḥubban lā yukay-yafu amruhu / Wa-kulla al-ladhī yahwāka aw man yuḥad-dithu_

I love you with a love whose nature cannot be described, and I love everyone who loves you or speaks of you.

**3.** فَلَيْتِيَ أَلْقَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْقَرْمَ لَيْتَــــهُ / عَلَى عِوَجِي دَهْرِي بِرَوْعِيَ يَنْفُـثُ

_Fa-laytiya alqā al-Muṣṭafa al-qarma laytahu / ‘Alā ‘iwajī dahrī bi-raw‘iya yanfuthu_

Would that I could meet the Chosen One, the noble chief; would that he would breathe into my soul to straighten my lifelong crookedness.

**4.** بِحُبِّ رَسُــــولِ اللّٰهِ سَـــادَتْ عَشِيرَتِي / وَنَسْلِي وَمَنْ يَرْعَى ذِمَامِي وَيَمْكُثُ

_Bi-ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi sādat ‘ashīratī / Wa-naslī wa-man yar‘ā dhimāmī wa-yamkuthu_

Through the love of the Messenger of Allah, my clan has attained mastery, as have my progeny and whoever observes my protection and stays with me.

**5.** بِحُـــبِّ رَسُــــولِ اللّٰهِ تَعْلُـــو مَدِينَتِــي / عَلَى الْمُدْنِ وَالْأَمْصَارِ وَالْخَيْرُ يَحْدُثُ

_Bi-ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi ta‘lū madīnatī / ‘Alā al-mudni wal-amṣāri wal-khayru yaḥduthu_

Through the love of the Messenger of Allah, my city rises above all other cities and metropolises, and goodness occurs within it.

**6.** بِحُبِّ رَسُــولِ اللّٰهِ تَعْلُـــو مَنَارَتِــي / مَنَارَاتِ مَلْكٍ عَهْدَكَ الدَّهْرَ يَنْكُــثُ

_Bi-ḥubbi Rasūli Allāhi ta‘lū manāratī / Manārāti malkin ‘ahdaka al-dahra yankuthu_

Through the love of the Messenger of Allah, my minaret rises above the minarets of any king who breaks your covenant.

**7.** عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / صَلاَةً تُضِيءُ الْقَبْرَ سَاعَةَ أُجْـــدَثُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Ṣalātan tuḍī’u al-qabra sā‘ata ujdathu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer that illuminates the grave at the hour I am buried.

**8.** عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ بِالْحَدِيثِ تَحَدَّثُــوا

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin bil-ḥadīthi taḥad-dathū_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions who spoke of his traditions.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69ac941f4282c6eb8e164f0c/chapter/69ac94344282c6eb8e164f98