# Harful Qaaf · حَرْفُ الْقَافِ

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.** قَدِيمًا فَـــــرَبِّي الْمُصْطَفَى عَبْــــدُهُ الْحَـــقُّ / وَلِي فِي جَنَابِ الْمُصْطَفَى الْحُبُّ وَالشَّوْقُ

_Qadīman fa-rabbī al-Muṣṭafā ‘abduhu al-ḥaqqu / Wa-lī fī janābi al-Muṣṭafā al-ḥubbu wal-shawqu_

From eternity, my Lord is [God], and the Chosen One is His true servant; and in the presence of the Chosen One, I possess love and longing.

**2.** يُصَلِّــي عَلَيْـــــهِ رَبُّهُ وَهْــــوَ عَبْـــدُهُ / وَأُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ حَالَتِي الْحُــبُّ وَالْعِشْـــقُ

_Yuṣallī ‘alayhi rabbuhu wa-huwa ‘abduhu / Wa-uthnī ‘alayhi ḥālatī al-ḥubbu wal-‘ishqu_

His Lord sends blessings upon him while he is His servant; and I extol him, my state being one of love and passionate infatuation.

**3.** وَمَدْحِيَ مَقْبُــــــولٌ وَإِنِّــي خَدِيمُـــهُ / وَإِذْ كُنْتُ مَقْبُولاً تَبَيَّــــنَ لِي الْعِتْـــقُ

_Wa-mad-ḥiya maqbūlun wa-innī khadīmuhu / Wa-idh kuntu maqbūlan tabayyana liva al-‘itqu_

My praise is accepted, for I am his servant; and since I am accepted, my liberation [from the fire] has become clear to me.

**4.** يَهِيمُونَ شَوْقًــــا بِالرَّبَابِ وَفَرْتَنَــى / وَجَمْعِي حَبَانِي حُبَّ أَحْمَدَ وَالْفَرْقُ

_Yahīmūna shawqan bir-Rabābi wa-Fartanā / Wa-jam‘ī ḥabānī ḥubba Aḥmada wal-farqu_

Others wander ecstatically out of longing for [worldly lovers like] Rabab and Fartana; but my gathering has granted me the love of Ahmad and the "Differentiation."

**5.** وَهَلْ يَتَأَتَّــى حُــــــبُّ غَيْــــرِ مُحَمَّــدٍ / فَحُبُّ سِوَى الْمَاحِي الْعَمَايَةُ وَالْفِسْـــقُ

_Wa-hal yata’attā ḥubbu ghayri Muḥammadin / Fa-ḥubbu siwā al-Māḥī al-‘amāyatu wal-fisqu_

How could the love of anyone other than Muhammad be possible? For the love of anyone besides the Eraser is but blindness and transgression.

**6.** سِوَى حُبِّ آلِ الْمُصْطَفَـــى وَصِحَابِــهِ / وَمَنْ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا مَتَى حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّ

_Siwā ḥubbi āli al-Muṣṭafā wa-ṣiḥābihi / Wa-man kāna ṣiddīqan matā ḥaṣ-ḥaṣa al-ḥaqqu_

Except for the love of the family of the Chosen One and his companions, and whoever was truthful when the Truth became manifest.

**7.** وَقَوْمٌ قَفَوْا مِنْهَاجَ أُولاَءِ سَرْمَــــدًا / فَأَمْرُهُــمُ صِـــدْقٌ وَحُبُّهُمُ صِــدْقُ

_Wa-qawmun qafaw minhāja ulā’i sarmadan / Fa-amruhumu ṣidqun wa-ḥub-buhumu ṣidqu_

And those people who followed their path eternally; their affair is truth and their love is truth.

**8.** فَمَالِكُ وَالنُّعْمَــــــانُ أَحْمَــــدُ كُلُّهُــمْ / كَذَا الشَّافِعِي لَوْ لاَهُمُ أَظْلَمَ الْأُفْــــقُ

_Fa-Māliku wan-Nu‘mānu Aḥmadu kulluhumu / Kadhā al-Shāfi‘ī law lāhumu aẓlama al-ufqu_

Malik, al-Nu'man (Abu Hanifa), and Ahmad [ibn Hanbal]—all of them; likewise al-Shafi'i—were it not for them, the horizons would be dark.

**9.** كَذَاكَ أَبُو الْعَبَّـــاسِ أَحْمَـــدَ سَيِّــدِي / كَذَاكَ الْجُنَيْدُ السَّالِكُ الْعَيْلَمُ الْخِرْقُ

_Kadhāka Abū al-‘Abbāsi Aḥmada sayyidī / Kadhāka al-Junaydu al-sāliku al-‘aylamu al-khirqu_

Likewise Abu al-Abbas Ahmad [al-Tijani], my master; and likewise al-Junayd, the wayfarer, the vast ocean of knowledge, the noble leader.

**10.** وَكَمْ بَيْنَهُمْ أَوْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِنْ مُحَمَّــدٍ / وَعَبْدٍ بِنُورٍ مِنْهُمُ يَهْتَدِي الْخَلْــقُ

_Wa-kam baynahum aw ba‘dahum min Muḥammadin / Wa-‘abdin bi-nūrin minhumu yahtadī al-khalqu_

And how many there are between them or after them named Muhammad, or servants through whose light creation is guided!

**11.** قَدِ اقْتَبَسُوا مِنْ ضَوْءِ أَحْمَدَ فَارْتَقَــوْا / ذُرَى قُنَنٍ فِي الْمَجْدِ مَا فَوْقَهَا فَـــوْقُ

_Qadi-qtabasū min ḍaw’i Aḥmada far-taqaw / Dhura qunanin fī al-majdi mā fawqahā fawqu_

They kindled [their lights] from the light of Ahmad, and thus they ascended the peaks of glory, above which there is no higher peak.

**12.** فَيَا رَبِّ هَـــــبْ لِي حُبَّهُمْ وَاقْتِفَاءَهُــمْ / وَفُكَّ وَثَاقِي وَلْيُـــــــزَلْ عَنِّيَ الــرِّقُّ

_Fa-yā rabbi hab lī ḥubbahum wa-qtifā’ahum / Wa-fukka withāqī wal-yuzal ‘anniya al-riqqu_

O my Lord, grant me their love and the ability to follow them; and break my bonds, and let my slavery [to other than You] be removed.

**13.** وَعَنْ كُلِّـهِمْ هَـــبْ لِي تَمــــامَ وِرَاثَـــةٍ / بِفِعْلٍ يُحَـــــــاكِي فِعْلَهُــــمْ وَكَذَا خُلْــقُ

_Wa-‘an kullihim hab lī tamāma wirāthatin / Bi-fi‘lin yuḥākī fi‘lahum wa-kadhā khulqu_

And from all of them, grant me a complete inheritance, with actions that mimic their actions and a character like theirs.

**14.** بِجَـــــاهِ رَسُـــــولِ اللّٰهِ أَحْمَـــــدَ سَيِّــدِي / وَزِينَةِ كُلِّ النَّاسِ مَنْ خُلْقُـــــهُ الرِّفْـــقُ

_Bi-jāhi Rasūli Allāhi Aḥmada sayyidī / Wa-zīnati kulli al-nāsi man khulquhu al-rifqu_

By the rank of the Messenger of Allah, Ahmad, my master, the ornament of all people, whose character is gentleness.

**15.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / صَلاَةً بِهَــــا مِنِّـــي إِلَى الْعَالَــمِ الرِّزْقُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Ṣalātan bihā minnī ila al-‘ālami al-rizqu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which sustenance flows from me to the world.

**16.** عَلَيْــــــهِ مَــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ / صَــلاَةً بِهَا يَبْقَــــى لِيَ الدَّكُّ وَالْمَحْـــقُ

_‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi / Ṣalātun bihā yabqā liya al-dak-ku wal-maḥ-qu_

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions; a prayer through which my ego is crushed and annihilated.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69ad21f8989b57497c135f9f/chapter/69ad2364989b57497c136003