# Harful Hamza · حَرْفُ الْهَمْزَةِ

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.** أُرِيتُ بِخَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ خَيْرَ مَــــرَاءِ / نَفَى الشَّكَّ وَالْأَسْوَا وَكُــلَّ مِـرَاءِ

_Urītu bi-khayri al-khalqi khayra marā’ī / Nafā al-shakka wal-aswā wa-kulla mirā’ī_

I was shown the best of visions regarding the Best of Creation, which banished all doubt, evil, and dispute.

**2.** وَهَيَّجَ شَوْقِي وَالْمَحَبَّةَ وَالضَّنَـــى / وَأَرَّقَنِـــــي إِذْ نَامَ أَهْـــلُ خِبَائِــى

_Wa-hayyaja shawqī wal-maḥabbata wal-ḍanā / Wa-arraqanī idh nāma ahlu khibā’ī_

It stirred my longing, love, and illness; keeping me awake while the people of my tent slept.

**3.** يُؤَنِّسُنِي طِرْسِي وَنِقْسِي وَلَقْلَقِي / جِهَارًا وَقَلْبِي أُنْسُــــــهُ بِشِفَائِــي

_Yu’annisunī ṭirsī wa-niqsī wa-laqlaqī / Jihāran wa-qalbī unsuhu bi-shifā’ī_

My paper, my ink, and my moving pen keep me company openly, while my heart finds intimacy in its healing.

**4.** مُحَمَّــــــدُ مُخْتَارُ الْإِلَهِ نَبِيُّـــهُ / عَلَيْهِ أَتْــــــتَ آيَاتُــــهُ بِثَنَـــاءِ

_Muḥammadu mukhtāru al-ilāhi nabiyyuhu / ‘Alayhi atat āyātuhu bi-thanā’ī_

Muhammad is the Chosen One of God, His Prophet; the verses of God have come in his praise.

**5.** فَلَمْ أَقْفُ غَيْرَ الْمُصْطَفَى لَسْتُ تَالِيًا / سِوَى ذِكْرِهِ كُفُّــــوا الْمَلاَمَ مَلاَئِــي

_Falam aqfu ghayra al-Muṣṭafā lastu tāliyan / Siwā dhikrihi kuffū al-malāma malā’ī_

I follow none but the Chosen One, and I recite none but his mention—so cease your blame, O my companions.

**6.** هَلِ الدِّينُ غَيْرُ الذِّكْرِ وَالسُّنَّةِ الَّتِــي / عَنِ الْمُصْطَفَى صَحَّتْ فَتِلْكَ دَوَائِي

_Hal al-dīnu ghayru al-dhikri wal-sunnati al-latī / ‘An al-Muṣṭafā ṣاḥḥat fa-tilka dawā’ī_

Is religion anything other than the Remembrance and the Sunnah that is authentically established from the Chosen One? That is my medicine.

**7.** أَنَصْبَ خِلاَفٍ بَيْنَ طَــــهَ وَغَيْرِهِ / يَرَاهُ لَبِيـــــبٌ غَيْـــرَ عَيْنِ عَمَــاءِ

_A-naṣbu khilāfin bayna Ṭāhā wa-ghayrihi / Yarāhu labībun ghayra ‘ayni ‘amā’ī_

Does a wise person see the setting up of conflict between Taha and others as anything but total blindness?

**8.** أَيَا نَاسُ خَلُّوا الْـهَزْلَ وَاقْفُوا مُحَمَّدًا / وَإِلاَّ تَرَوْنِي الدَّهْرَ جِــــــدَّ بَــرَاءِ

_Ayā nāsu khallū al-hazla wa-qfū Muḥammadan / Wa-illā tarawnī al-dahra jidda barā’ī_

O people, leave aside triviality and follow Muhammad; otherwise, you will see me forever dissociated from you.

**9.** مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرُ الْعَالَمِيـــــنَ مُحَمَّـــدٌ / رَسُولٌ أَمِيـــنٌ ذُو سَنًــا وَسَنَاءِ

_Muḥammadu khayru al-‘ālamīna Muḥammadu / Rasūlun amīnun dhū sanan wa-sanā’ī_

Muhammad is the best of the worlds; Muhammad is a trustworthy Messenger, possessing brilliance and sublimity.

**10.** فَصِيحٌ بَلِيغٌ لَيْسَ يَنْطِقُ عَنْ هَوًى / بَلِ الْوَحْيِ وَالتَّنْزِيلِ وَحْــيِ سَمَاءِ

_Faṣīḥun balīghun laysa yanṭiqu ‘an hawan / Bal al-waḥyi wal-tanzīli waḥyi samā’ī_

He is eloquent and articulate, speaking not out of whim, but by Revelation and the Heavenly descent.

**11.** عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَبْلِ اللّٰهِ لِلْعَبْـــدِ وَاثِقًـــا / فَنَهْجٌ يُنَاوِي الذِّكْرَ نَهْجُ شَقَـــاءِ

_‘Alaykum bi-ḥabli Allāhi lil-‘abdi wāthiqan / Fa-nahjun yunāwī al-dhikra nahju shaqā’ī_

Hold fast to the Rope of Allah as a trustworthy servant; for a path that opposes the Remembrance is a path of wretchedness.

**12.** وَإِنْ قُلْتَ هَلْ ذَا الْوِرْدُ نَهْجُ مُحَمَّدٍ / أَقُولُ نَعَـــمْ وِرْدِي لِنَيْــــلِ صَفَــاءِ

_Wa-in qulta hal dhā al-wirdu nahju Muḥammadin / Aqūlu na‘am wirdī li-nayli ṣafā’ī_

If you ask: "Is this litany (Wird) the path of Muhammad?" I say: "Yes, my litany is for attaining purity."

**13.** فَمَا الْوِرْدُ إِلاَّ الذِّكْــــرُ لِلَّهِ وَحْــــدَهُ / تُصَلِّي عَلَى الْمُخْتَارِ خَيْرِ وَرَاءِ

_Famā al-wirdu illā al-dhikru lillāhi waḥdahu / Tuṣallī ‘ala al-Mukhtāri khayri warā’ī_

For the litany is nothing but the Remembrance of Allah alone, and sending blessings upon the Chosen One, the Best of Creation.

**14.** فَمَا فِيهِ ذِكْرُ الشَّيْخِ أَوْ ذِكْرُ غَيْرِهِ / فَوِرْدِي لِدَاءِ الْعَبْـــــدِ عَيْــنُ دَوَاءِ

_Famā fīhi dhikru al-shaykhi aw dhikru ghayrihi / Fa-wirdī li-dā’i al-‘abdi ‘aynu dawā’ī_

There is no mention of the Sheikh or anyone else in it; my litany is the very medicine for the servant's illness.

**15.** رُوَيْدَكُمُ لاَ تُنْكِرُوا عَــــنْ جَهَالَــةٍ / لِبَغْيٍ وَعُدْوَانٍ وَعَيْـــــنِ جَفَــاءِ

_Ruwaydakumu lā tunkirū ‘an jahālatin / Li-baghyin wa-‘udwānin wa-‘ayni jافā’ī_

Take it easy! Do not deny out of ignorance, transgression, enmity, or sheer harshness.

**16.** فَقَدْ بَلَّغَ الْـهَـــادِي وَأَدَّى أَمَانَـــةً / حَذَا حَذْوَهُ الْـهَادُونَ شُهْبُ دُجَــاءِ

_Fa-qad ballagha al-Hādī wa-addā amānatan / Ḥadhā ḥadhwahu al-hādūna shuhbu dujā’ī_

The Guide has conveyed the message and fulfilled the trust; and the guided ones have followed his footsteps like stars in the darkness.

**17.** وَالْأَعْلاَمُ قَادَاتٌ بِقَفْـــــوِ نَبِيِّنَـــا / لِتَقْفُو الَّذِي يَقْفُــــوهُ دُونَ مِـرَاءِ

_Wal-a‘lāmu qādātun bi-qafwi nabiyyinā / Li-taqfū al-ladhī yaqfūhu dūna mirā’ī_

The great scholars are leaders by following our Prophet, so that you may follow what he followed without dispute.

**18.** سَـوَاءٌ جَلِيلٌ أَوْ حَقِيرٌ فَمَا لَنَـــا / سِوَى قَفْوِهِ دَهْرًا صَبَاحَ مَسَاءِ

_Sawā’un jalīlun aw ḥaqīrun famā lanā / Siwā qafwihi dahran ṣabāḥa masā’ī_

Whether great or small, we have nothing but following him forever, morning and evening.

**19.** أَيَا رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ الْأَمِينِ فَثَبِّتَــنْ / عَلَى سُنَّةِ الْـهَادِي قُلُوبَ أُولاَءِ

_Ayā rabba Jibrīla al-Amīni fa-thabbitan / ‘Ala sunnati al-Hādī qulūba ulā’ī_

O Lord of the Trustworthy Gabriel, make firm the hearts of these people upon the Sunnah of the Guide.

**20.** وَلاَ يَبْتَلِينَا اللّٰهُ بِالزَّيغِ وَالْـهَـوَى / نَعِيشُ عَلَى الْبَيْضَا لِيَوْمِ لِقَاءِ

_Wa-lā yabtalīnā Allāhu bil-zayghi wal-hawā / Na‘īshu ‘ala al-bayḍā’i li-yawmi liqā’ī_

May Allah not test us with deviation or whim; may we live upon the Clear Path until the Day of Meeting.

**21.** وَلاَ يَكُ قِشْرُ الدِّيــــنِ حَظَّ مُحِبِّنَا / بَلِ اللُّبُّ لُبُّ اللُّبِّ مَحْضَ عَطَاءِ

_Wa-lā yaku qishru al-dīni ḥaẓ-ẓa muḥibbinā / Bal al-lubbu lubbu al-lubbi maḥḍa ‘aṭā’ī_

May the "husk" of religion not be the portion of our lover, but rather the "core of the core"—a pure gift.

**22.** سَرَى طَيْفُهُ وَهْنًا وَكِدْتُ لِحُبِّــهِ / أَطِيرُ اشْتِيَاقًا وَالْغَـــــرَامُ بَلاَئِــي

_Sarā ṭayfuhu wahnan wa-kidtu li-ḥubbihi / Aṭīru-shtiyāqan wal-gharāmu balā’ī_

His phantom passed by in the night, and out of love for him, I almost flew with longing; ecstatic passion is my trial.

**23.** وَكُلٌّ وَلَيْلاَهُ وَبَرْهَامُ مُبْتَلًــــى / بِأَحْمَدَ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ عَيْنِ بَهَــــاءِ

_Wa-kullun wa-Laylāhu wa-Bar-hāmu mubtalan / Bi-Aḥmada khayri al-nāsi ‘aynu bahā’ī_

Everyone has their "Layla," but Ibrahim (Bar-ham) is afflicted with Ahmad, the Best of Men, the source of beauty.

**24.** وَمِنْ حَسَدٍ جَارُوا عَلَيَّ وَإِنَّنِي / مُبَــــرَّزُ أَقْرَانِي أَوَانَ صِبَائِـــي

_Wa-min ḥasadin jārū ‘alayya wa-innanī / Mubarra-zu aqrānī awāna ṣibā’ī_

Out of envy they treated me unjustly, yet I was distinguished above my peers even in my youth.

**25.** وَقَد تَمَّ فَتْحِي عِنْدَ مَهْدِي وَقَدْ عَنَتْ / جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ الْغَيْبِ تَحْـتَ قَضَائِـــي

_Wa-qad tamma fat-ḥī ‘inda mahdī wa-qad ‘anat / Jamī‘u rijāli al-ghaybi taḥta qaḍā’ī_

Wa-qad tamma fat-ḥī ‘inda mahdī wa-qad ‘anat / Jamī‘u rijāli al-ghaybi taḥta qaḍā’ī.

**26.** فَمَا قَطَعُوا فِي الشَّرْقِ وَالْغَرْبِ فَدْفَدًا / إِلَـــــى مَكَّـــــةٍ إِلاَّ لِشَــــــمِّ شَذَائِــي

_Famā qaṭa‘ū fī al-sharqi wal-gharbi fad-fadan / Ila Makkatin illā li-shammi shadhā’ī_

They have not crossed a desert in the East or the West toward Makkah except to catch the scent of my fragrance.

**27.** وَلِمْ لاَ وَعَيْنِي الْيَوْمَ عَيْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ / سَرَى سِرُّهُ فِي هَيْكَلِي وَرُوَائِــي

_Wa-lim lā wa-‘aynī al-yawma ‘aynu Muḥammadin / Sarā sirruhu fī haykalī wa-ruwā’ī_

And why not, when my eye today is the eye of Muhammad? His secret has flowed into my frame and my appearance.

**28.** وَأَهْلُ زَمَانِي كُلُّهُـــمْ فَازَ رَاقِيًـــا / سِوَى مَنْ قَلاَ نَهْجِي أَسِيرَ هَــوَاءِ

_Wa-ahlu zamānī kulluhum fāza rāqiyan / Siwā man qalā nahjī asīra hawā’ī_

All the people of my time have triumphed by ascending—except for the one who hates my path, being a prisoner of his whim.

**29.** وَمَا قُلْتُهُ شَطْحًا وَدَعْوًى عَرِيضَةً / وَهَبْـتُ جَمِيــــعَ الْفَائِزِينَ وَلاَئِــي

_Wa-mā qultuhu shaṭ-ḥan wa-da‘wan ‘arīḍatan / Wahabtu jamī‘a al-fā’izīna walā’ī_

I have not said this as a "Sufi ecstatic claim" (Shaṭ-ḥ) or a broad pretension; I have granted my loyalty to all those who triumph.

**30.** وَبِي يُرْفَعُ الْجَوْرُ الْعَظِيمُ وَإِنَّهُ / بِفَيْضِي يَنَالُ الدِّينُ رَفْــــعَ لِوَاءِ

_Wa-bī yurfa‘u al-jawru al-‘aẓīmu wa-innahu / Bi-fayḍī yanālu al-dīnu raf-‘a liwā’ī_

Through me, great injustice shall be lifted; and through my "Flood" (Fayda), the religion shall attain the raising of its banner.

**31.** وَمَنْ شَاءَ يَأْتِيهِ قُبَيْــلَ مَمَاتِهِ / وَمَنْ شَاءَ نَاوَاهُ كَأَهْـلِ شَقَاءِ

_Wa-man shā’a ya’tīhi qubayla mamātihi / Wa-man shā’a nāwāhu ka-ahli shaqā’ī_

Whoever wishes may come to it before their death; and whoever wishes may oppose it like the people of wretchedness.

**32.** وَمَنْ رَامَ إِطْفَاءً لِنُورِ إِلَهِنَـــا / أَبَى اللّٰهُ أَنْ يُطْفِيهِ رَغْمَ عَدَاءِ

_Wa-man rāma iṭfā’an li-nūri ilāhinā / Abā Allāhu an yuṭfī-hu raghma ‘adā’ī_

Whoever seeks to extinguish the light of our God—Allah refuses to let it be extinguished, despite the enmity.

**33.** سَأُرْغِمُ بِالْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلَ أُنُوفَ مَنْ / يَرَى الشِّرْكَ وَالتَّثْلِيــثَ أَهْلِ قِــــلاَءِ

_Sa-urghimu bil-Māḥī al-ḍalāla unūfa man / Yarā al-shirka wal-tathlītha ahla qilā’ī_

I shall rub the noses of misguidance in the dust through the "Eraser"—those who see polytheism and the Trinity as the people of hatred.

**34.** هَدَمْتُ الَّذِي قَدْ أَسَّسُــــــوهُ وَإِنَّنِــي / بِسِـــرِّ الْمُقَفَّـــــى لاَ يُهَــــدُّ بِنَائِـــي

_Hadamtu al-ladhī qad assasūhu wa-innanī / Bi-sirri al-Muqaffā lā yuhaddu binā’ī_

I have demolished what they built; and through the secret of the "Followed One," my building shall not be demolished.

**35.** رَمَوْنِي وَمَا نَالُوا مُرَادًا وَإِنَّنِي / أُمَزِّقُ بِالْمَاحِي جُمُوعَ عِدَائِـــي

_Ramawnī wa-mā nālū murādan wa-innanī / Umaz-ziqu bil-Māḥī jumū‘a ‘idā’ī_

They shot at me but achieved nothing; I tear apart the gatherings of my enemies through the "Eraser."

**36.** سَيُهْزَمُ هَذَا الْجَمْعُ حَقًّا وَإِنَّهُمْ / يُوَلُّونَ أَدْبَارًا رِقَـــــابَ إِمَــاءِ

_Sa-yuh-zamu hādhā al-jam‘u ḥaqqan wa-innahum / Yuwallūna adbāran riqāba imā’ī_

This gathering (of enemies) shall truly be defeated; they shall turn their backs like the necks of slave-girls.

**37.** يَسُومُونَ ضَيْمًا لِلْخَدِيمِ وَإِنَّهُ / تَتَرَّسَ بِالْمُخْتَارِ قَبْلَ رِمَـــاءِ

_Yasūmūna ḍayman lil-khadīmi wa-innahu / Tatarrasa bil-Mukhtāri qabla rimā’ī_

They intended injustice for the servant, but he was shielded by the Chosen One before the arrows were shot.

**38.** أَيُخْشَى عَلَى جَارِ الْأَمِينِ خَدِيمِهِ / مَكَائِـــدُ أَبْنَــــاءٍ لِأَهْـــــلِ بَغَـــاءِ

_A-yukhshā ‘ala jāri al-Amīni khadīmihi / Makā’idu abnā’in li-ahli baghā’ī_

Is there any fear for the neighbor of the Trustworthy One—his servant—from the plots of the sons of the people of transgression?

**39.** وَقَدْ زَخْرَفَ الْأَقْوَامُ مَكْرًا بِنَدْوَةٍ / وَخَطُّوا كِتَابًا قَصْدَ دَفْــعِ ضِيَاءِ

_Wa-qad zakhrafa al-aqwāmu makran bi-nadwatin / Wa-khaṭ-ṭū kitāban qaṣda daf-‘i ḍiyā’ī_

The people decorated their plot in a meeting and wrote a book with the intent of repelling my light.

**40.** وَجَاؤُوا بِبَدْرٍ خَيْلُهُمْ وَرِجَالُهُمْ / وَبَاؤُوا بِخِزْيٍ ظَاهِرٍ وَوَبَـــاءِ

_Wa-jā’ū bi-Badrin khayluhum wa-rijāluhum / Wa-bā’ū bi-khiz-yin ẓāhirin wa-wabā’ī_

They came at Badr with their horses and men, and they returned with manifest disgrace and a plague.

**41.** وَهَلْ مَنَعُوا الْمَاحِي الطَّوَافَ بِبَيْتِهِ / بِمَكَّةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ وَقْـــــــتَ ضُحَـــاءِ

_Wa-hal mana‘ū al-Māḥī al-ṭawāfa bi-baytihi / Bi-Makkata yawma al-fat-ḥi waqta ḍuḥā’ī_

Did they prevent the "Eraser" from performing Tawaf at his House in Makkah on the Day of Victory at the time of forenoon?

**42.** وَهَلْ مَنَعُوا نَشْرَ الدِّيَانَةِ دَائِمًا / بِكُلِّ بِـــلاَدِ اللّٰهِ طُــــولَ بَقَـــاءِ

_Wa-hal mana‘ū nash-ra al-diyānati dā’iman / Bi-kulli bilādi Allāhi ṭūla baqā’ī_

Did they prevent the spreading of the religion forever in all the lands of Allah throughout time?

**43.** صَلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيـــمٌ عَلَيْهِ بِقَـــدْرِهِ / وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ وَأَهْــلِ وَلاَءِ

_Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun ‘alayhi bi-qadrihi / Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin wa-ahli walā’ī_

Prayer and peace be upon him according to his rank, and upon the family, the companions, and the people of loyalty.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69af5e49ac75299f9a62926a/chapter/69af5e4aac75299f9a62926f