# Harful Laam · حَرْفُ اللَّامِ

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.** لَكَ اللّٰهُ يَـــا خَيْــــرَ الْبَرِيَّـــةِ لَــمْ أَزَلْ / عَلَى الْعَهْدِ وَالْمِيثَاقِ عُمْرِي وَلَمْ أَحُلْ

_Laka Allāhu yā khayra al-bariyyati lam azal / ‘Alā al-‘ahdi wal-mīthāqi ‘umrī wa-lam aḥul_

Allah is yours, O Best of Creation! I have never ceased—and for all my life shall not turn—from the covenant and the pledge.

**2.** أُحِبُّكَ مَا دَامَتْ حَيَاتِي وَإِنْ أَمُــــتْ / أُرَجِّي بَقَاءَ الْحُبِّ عِنْدِي وَلاَ حِــوَلْ

_Uḥibbuka mā dāmat ḥayātī wa-in amut / Urajjī baqā’a al-ḥubbi ‘indī wa-lā ḥiwal_

I shall love you as long as I live, and if I die, I hope for the permanence of this love within me, without any change.

**3.** مُرَادُ حَجِيجِ الْبَاخِــــرَاتِ جَمِيعِهِــمْ / جِنَانٌ وَأَزْوَاجٌ مِنَ الْحُورِ وَالْخَوَلْ

_Murādu ḥajīji al-bākhirāti jamī‘ihim / Jinānun wa-azwājun mina al-ḥūri wal-khawal_

The desire of all those pilgrims on the steamships is for Gardens, spouses from the Hoor, and servants.

**4.** وَحَسْبِــي أَرَى شَيْئًـــا رَآهُ مُحَمَّــدٌ / وَأَنْزِلُ أَرْضًا كَــانَ فِيهَا وَذَا بَجَلْ

_Wa-ḥasbī arā shay’an ra’āhu Muḥammadun / Wa-anzilu arḍan kāna fīhā wa-dhā bajal_

But it is enough for me to see something that Muhammad saw, and to alight upon a land where he stayed—and that is a great matter.

**5.** أَتَيْتُ لِبَيْـــتِ اللّٰهِ وَالْبِئْــرِ وَالصَّفَــــــا / لِأَسْعَى وَقَصْدِي أَنْ أَرَى مَنْزِلاً نَزَلْ

_Ataytu li-bayti Allāhi wal-bi’ri wal-Ṣafā / Li-as‘ā wa-qaṣdī an arā manzilan nazal_

I came to the House of Allah, to the Well (Zamzam), and to Safa to perform the Sa'y; but my true intent was to see the place where he alighted.

**6.** وَأَمْنَيْتُ لاَ أَبْغِي سِوَى الْخَيْفِ إِنَّــهُ / مَحَطُّ حَبِيبِي فِيهِ دَهْرًا وَلَـــمْ يَــزَلْ

_Wa-amnaytu lā abghī siwā al-Khayfi innahu / Maḥaṭṭu ḥabībī fīhi dahran wa-lam yazal_

I wished for nothing but [Masjid] al-Khayf, for it is the stopping place of my beloved, forever and always.

**7.** وَقُمْتُ إِلَى الصَّخْرَاتِ وَالْحَالُ هَكَـــذَا / وَكُــــلٌّ وَلَيْــــلاَهُ وَلَمْ أَقْبَـــلِ الْبَــدَلْ

_Wa-qumtu ila al-ṣakhrāti wal-ḥālu hākadhā / Wa-kullun wa-Laylāhu wa-lam aqbali al-badal_

I stood at the rocks [of Arafat] in this state; everyone has their "Layla," and I would accept no substitute for mine.

**8.** وَجِئْـــتُ قُبَـــاءً وَالْبَقِيـــعَ وَمَنْزِلِــي / لَدَى حَرَمِ الْـهَادِي أَرَى الْكُلَّ مُبْتَهِـــلْ

_Wa-ji’tu Qubā’an wal-Baqī‘a wa-manzilī / Lada ḥarami al-Hādī arā al-kulla mubtahil_

I came to Quba, to al-Baqi, and to my dwelling in the Sanctuary of the Guide; I saw everyone there in earnest supplication.

**9.** أَرَى الْحُجُـــــرَاتِ الْخَالِدَاتِ كَأَنَّمَــا / حَبِيبِي حَبِيــبُ اللّٰهِ لاَ زَالَ مَا انْتَقَــلْ

_Arā al-ḥujurāti al-khālidāti ka-annamā / Ḥabībī ḥabību Allāhi lā zāla mā-ntaqal_

I see the eternal chambers as if my beloved, the Beloved of Allah, has never moved or passed away.

**10.** كَــأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ فِي الْبَيْتِ حَاضِـــرٌ / يُسَامِرُهُ الشَّيْخَانِ وَالْوَصْـــلُ مُبْتَــذَلْ

_Ka-anna Rasūla Allāhi fī al-bayti ḥāḍirun / Yusāmiruhu al-shaykhāni wal-waṣlu mubtadhal_

It is as if the Messenger of Allah is present in the house, conversed with by the two Shaykhs (Abu Bakr and Umar), and union is freely available.

**11.** تَرَانِي مَعَ الزُّوَّارِ أَبْغِـــــي وِصَالَــهُ / فَمَنْ لِي بِوَصْلٍ لَسْتُ أَبْغِي بِهِ بَـــدَلْ

_Tarānī ma‘a al-zuwwāri abghī wiṣālahu / Faman lī bi-waṣlin lastu abghī bihi badal_

You see me among the visitors seeking union with him; who will grant me a union for which I seek no substitute?

**12.** تَرَانِي مَـــعَ الْعِــــلاَّتِ يَقْبَـــلُ أَحْمَــدٌ / وِصَالِي أَوْ أَنِّــي بِالْكَبَائِـــرِ مُنْفَصِــلْ

_Tarānī ma‘a al-‘illāti yaqbalu Aḥmadun / Wiṣālī aw annī bil-kabā’iri munfaṣil_

You see me with all my flaws; will Ahmad accept my union, or am I separated [from him] by my major sins?

**13.** أَرَى أَنَّ أَوْسَاخَ الذُّنُـــــوبِ بِبَحْـــرِهِ / إِذَا قُصِدَ الْمَحْمُودُ تُمْحَى وَتَنْغَسِــــلْ

_Arā anna awsākha al-dhunūbi bi-baḥrihi / Idhā quṣida al-Maḥmūdu tumḥā wa-tanghasil_

I see that the filth of sins, in his ocean—if the Praiseworthy One is sought—is erased and washed away.

**14.** فَصِرْتُ طَهُــورًا مَادِحًا خَادِمًــا لَــهُ / مُحِبًّا وَزَوْرًا مَا الَّذِي يَمْنَعُ الْوَصَلْ

_Fa-ṣirtu ṭahūran mādiḥan khādiman lahu / Muḥibban wa-zawran mā al-ladhī yamna‘u al-waṣal_

So I became pure, a praiser and a servant to him, a lover and a visitor; what then could prevent the union?

**15.** عَلَيْــــــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / عَطَائِي لِأَصْحَابِي كَــذَا رُفْقَتِي شَمِلْ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / ‘Aṭā’ī li-aṣ-ḥābī kadhā ruf-qatī shamil_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may my gift encompass my companions and my fellow travelers.

**16.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / وَآلٍ وَأَصْحَابٍ نُجُومٍ عَلَى السُّبُــلْ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-asḥābin nujūmin ‘alā al-subul_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions—stars upon the paths.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69af5e49ac75299f9a62926a/chapter/69af5e59ac75299f9a6292dd