# Harful Khaa · حَرْفُ الْخَاءِ

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.** خَيَالٌ سَرَى أَمْ حَلَّ طَيْبَةَ كَوْلَــخُ / شَمَمْتُ أَرِيجَ الْهَاشِمِيِّ فَأَرِّخُـــوا

_Khayālun sarā am ḥalla Ṭaybata Kawlakhu / Shamamtu arīja al-Hāshimiyyi fa-ar-rikhū_

Was it a passing vision, or did Kaolack settle within Medina? I have smelled the fragrance of the Hashemite, so record this date.

**2.** خِتَامَ نُبُووَّاتِ النَّبِيِّيــــنَ لاَ تَـــرَى / بُعَيْدَ الْمُقَفَّى وَهْوَ بِالْمِسْكِ يَضْمَخُ

_Khitāma nubuwwāti al-nabiyyīna lā tarā / Bu‘ayda al-Muqaffā wa-huwa bil-miski yaḍ-makhu_

He is the Seal of the Prophethood of all Prophets; you shall see none after the "Followed One," who is drenched in musk.

**3.** خَلِيلِي خَلِيلِي أَحْمَدُ الْخَاتِمُ الَّــذِي / أَتَانَا بِدِينٍ ثَابِـــتِ الْأُسِّ يَرْسَـــخُ

_Khalīlī khalīlī Aḥmadu al-Khātimu al-ladhī / Atānā bi-dīnin thābiti al-ussi yar-sakhu_

My intimate friend, my intimate friend is Ahmad, the Final One, who brought us a religion with a firm and deep-rooted foundation.

**4.** فَأَرْكَانُهُ التَّوْحِيدُ هَلْ مَانَ قَائِلٌ / بِأَنَّ إِلَهِي بَارِئِي مَــــنْ يُوَبِّــخُ

_Fa-arkānuhu al-tawḥīdu hal māna qā’ilun / Bi-anna ilāhī bāri’ī man yuwab-bikhu_

Its pillars are Divine Unity; can any speaker lie by saying my God and Creator is one who deserves reproach?

**5.** كَذَاكَ نُصَلِّي مَــــا دَرَيْنَا شَرِيعَـــةً / خَلَتْ مِنْ صَلاَةٍ قَطُّ فَالشَّأْنُ أَشْمَخُ

_Kadhāka nuṣallī mā daraynā sharī‘atan / Khalat min ṣalātin qaṭṭu fal-sha’nu ash-makhu_

Likewise, we pray; for we have never known a Sacred Law that was ever devoid of prayer—indeed, its status is most lofty.

**6.** نَصُومُ كَمَـــا صَامَ النَّبِيئُــونَ قَبْلَنَـــا / وَهَلْ عَابَ صَوْمًا عَاقِلٌ أَوْ مُؤَرِّخُ

_Naṣūmu kamā ṣāma al-nabiyyūna qablanā / Wa-hal ‘āba ṣawman ‘āqilun aw mu’ar-rikhu_

We fast just as the Prophets fasted before us; has any rational person or historian ever found fault in fasting?

**7.** كَــــــــذَاكَ زَكَـــاةٌ ثُـــــمَّ حَـــجٌّ فَكُلُّهَــا / مِنَ الشَّمْسِ أَضَوَا بَلْ مِنَ الشُّمِّ أَرْسَخُ

_Kadhāka zakātun thumma ḥajjun fa-kulluhā / Mina al-shamsi aḍwā bal mina al-shummi ar-sakhu_

Likewise Zakat and then Hajj; all of them are brighter than the sun, nay, more firmly established than the high mountains.

**8.** وَلَوْ مُنِعَ التَّزْوِيجُ مَا كَانَ عَابِــدٌ / وَلاَ عُمِّرَ الدَّارَانِ أَيْنَ الْمُوَبِّــــخُ

_Wa-law muni‘a al-tazwīju mā kāna ‘ābidun / Wa-lā ‘ummira al-dārāni ayna al-muwab-bikhu_

If marriage were forbidden, there would be no worshipper, nor would the two abodes (this world and the next) be populated—so where is the critic?

**9.** وَتَعْدَادُ زَوْجِ الشَّرْعِ جَاءَ لِحِكْمَةٍ / تَعُـــــودُ لِنِسْـــوَانٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ يُنْفَــخُ

_Wa-ta‘dādu zawji al-shar‘i jā’a li-ḥikmatin / Ta‘ūdu li-niswānin ila yawmi yunfakhu_

The plurality of wives in the Sacred Law came for a wisdom that benefits women until the Day the Trumpet is blown.

**10.** فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ تُلْفِي جُمُوعًا عَوَانِسًا / تُخَالِفُ أَحْكَامًا وَكَيْــــفَ تُوَبِّــخُ

_Fa-in lam yakun tulfī jumū‘an ‘awānisan / Tukhālifu aḥkāman wa-kayfa tuwab-bikhu_

For if it were not so, you would find crowds of unmarried women violating the laws—so how then can you reproach [this wisdom]?

**11.** نَعَمْ وَغَزَا رَدَّ اعْتِدَاءً وَمَـــا عَـــدَا / فَطَــهَ عَلَى الْأَكْوَانِ يَسْمُو وَيَشْمَخُ

_Na‘am wa-ghazā radda i‘tidā’in wa-mā ‘adā / Fa-Ṭāhā ‘ala al-akwāni yasmū wa-yash-makhu_

Yes, and he fought only to repel aggression and never transgressed; for Taha rises and towers above all the universes.

**12.** عَلَيْهِ صَـــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ مَا الْمُحِبُّ يُــؤَرِّخُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥbin mā al-muḥibbu yu’ar-rikhu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions, as long as the lover records his history.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69af5e49ac75299f9a62926a/chapter/69af5e4eac75299f9a62928d