# Harful Kaaf · حَرْفُ الْكَافِ

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.** كَتَبْتُ وَلِي اهْتَــــزَّ الْعَوَالِـــمُ وَالْمَلَــكْ / سُرُورًا بِمَا أُثْنِي عَلَى الْعَبْــدِ وَالْمَلِــكْ

_Surūran bimā uthnī ‘ala al-‘abdi wal-malik / Wa-amdḥuhu bil-ḥaqqi ghayra mufannadin_

I wrote, and for my sake the universes and the angels were shaken with joy for the praise I offer to the Servant and the King.

**2.** وَأَمْدَحُـــــهُ بِالْحَــــقِّ غَيْـــــــرَ مُفَنَّــدٍ / مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرُ الْخَلْقِ لاَ تَثْنِ مِـــــنْ مَلَــكْ

_Muḥammadu khayru al-khalqi lā tathni min malak / Laqad ‘abada al-mawlā wa-mā thamma ‘ābidun_

I praise him with the truth without any error; Muhammad is the best of creation, not to be compared to any angel.

**3.** لَقَدْ عَبَــــدَ الْمَــــوْلَى وَمَا ثَــــمَّ عَابِــدٌ / سِوَاهُ فَمِنْ أَنْـــوَارِهِ الْعَـــرْشُ وَالْفَلَــكْ

_Siwāhu fa-min anwārihi al-‘arshu wal-falak / Wa-waḥḥada ḥaqqan dhākiran mutanassikan_

He worshipped the Master when there was no other worshipper besides him, and from his lights the Throne and the celestial spheres were formed.

**4.** وَوَحَّــــــدَ حَقًّــــــــا ذَاكِـــرًا مُتَنَسِّكًــا / لَدَى الْحَضْرَةِ الْعُلْيَا وَمَا ثَمَّ مَنْ نَسَكْ

_Lada al-ḥaḍrati al-‘ulyā wa-mā thamma man nasak / Fa-a‘ṭāhu mā a‘ṭāhu dūna munāzi‘in_

He affirmed Divine Unity truly, remembering and devout in the High Presence when there was no one else to perform devotion.

**5.** فَأَعْطَـــــاهُ مَا أَعْطَـــاهُ دُونَ مُنَــازِعٍ / يُنَازِعُهُ عِنْـــــــدَ الْجَلِيـــلِ وَمَا مَلَــكْ

_Yunāzi‘uhu ‘inda al-jalīli wa-mā malak / Fa-kāna nabiyyan ḥīna Ādamu ṭīnatun_

So Allah gave him what He gave him without any contender to dispute with him before the Majestic, nor any who possessed what he possessed.

**6.** فَكَـــــــانَ نَبِيًّـــــــا حِيــــنَ آدَمُ طِينَــةٌ / سَبِيلُ سَـــــلاَمٍ فِـــي تَتَبُّـــعِ مَا سَلَــكْ

_Sabīlu salāmin fī tatabbu‘i mā salak / Fa-dhāka wa-Nūḥun wal-khalīlu wa-Ṣāliḥun_

He was a Prophet while Adam was still between water and clay; the path of peace lies in following the way he traversed.

**7.** فَذَاكَ وَنُــــــوحٌ وَالْخَلِيــلُ وَصَالِــحٌ / وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى قَدْ قَفَوْهُ كَذَا الْمَلَــكْ

_Wa-Mūsā wa-‘Īsā qad qafawhu kadhā al-malak / Fa-akmalu khalqi Allāhi khulqan wa-khilqatan_

For he is the one whom Noah, the Friend, Salih, Moses, and Jesus followed, as did the angels.

**8.** فَأَكْمَـــــــلُ خَلْــــقِ اللّٰهِ خُلْقًـــا وَخِلْقَــةً / مُحَمَّــــدٌ الْمَاحِي الضَّـــلاَلاَتِ وَالْحُلَـكْ

_Muḥammadu al-māḥī al-ḍalālāti wal-ḥulak / Jawādun shujā‘un munfiqun mutawāḍi‘un_

He is the most perfect of Allah’s creation in character and form; Muhammad, the eraser of misguidances and darkness.

**9.** جَــــــــوَادٌ شُجَــــاعٌ مُنْفِـــقٌ مُتَوَاضِــعٌ / عَلِيمٌ حَلِيــــــمٌ يَـــأْلَفُ الْقَـــوْمَ وَالنُّسُــكْ

_‘Alīmun ḥalīmun ya’lafu al-qawma wan-nusuk / Yujālisuhum fī ḥālihim in takallamū_

Generous, brave, charitable, and humble; knowledgeable, clement, and intimate with the people and their devotions.

**10.** يُجَالِسُهُــــمْ فِـــي حَالِــهِــــمْ إِنْ تَكَلَّمُــوا / تَكَلَّمَ مَعْهُمْ وَهْوَ إِنْ ضَحِكُــوا ضَحِـــكْ

_Takallama ma‘hum wa-huwa in ḍaḥikū ḍaḥik / Wa-yajma‘uhum bil-Lāhi fī dhāka kullihi_

He would sit with them in their various states; if they spoke, he spoke with them, and if they laughed, he laughed.

**11.** وَيَجْمَعُهُـــــمْ بِـــــــاللّٰهِ فِـــي ذَاكَ كُلِّــهِ / فَلَمْ يَشْقَ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْـهُدَى غَيْرُ مَنْ هَلَكْ

_Falam yashqa min ba‘di al-hudā ghayru man halak / ‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu_

He would unite them with Allah in all of that; none has been wretched after receiving guidance except for the one who perished.

**12.** عَلَيْـــــــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / أَكُونُ بِهَا رَأْسًا لَدَى حَضْـــرَةِ الْمَلِكْ

_Akūnu bihā ra’san lada ḥaḍrati al-malik / ‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which I become a leader in the Presence of the King.

**13.** عَلَيْـــــــــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / بِهَا الْعَبْدُ بِالدِّيـــــنِ الْحَنِيفِيِّ قَــــدْ مَسَــكْ

_Bihā al-‘abdu bid-dīni al-ḥanīfiyyi qad masak / ‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; through which the servant has held fast to the Upright Religion.

**14.** عَلَيْـــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / تُخَالِطُ لَحْمِي وَالْعُــرُوقَ كَــذَا الْمَسَـــكْ

_Tukhāliṭu laḥmī wal-‘urūqa kadhā al-masak / ‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it mingle with my flesh and my veins like musk.

**15.** عَلَيْـــهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِــــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ / صَلاَةٌ بِهَا اهْتَــــزَّ الْعَوَالِــمُ وَالْمَلَــكْ

_Ṣalātun bihā-htazza al-‘awālimu wal-malak_

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions; a prayer through which the universes and the angels are shaken.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69ad21f8989b57497c135f9f/chapter/69ad235f989b57497c135fdb