# Harfun Nuun · حَرْفُ النُّونِ

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.** نَعَمْ مُصْطَفَى الْأَكْوَانِ لَيْسَ يَمِينُ / وَحَقِّ تَجَلِّي الذَّاتِ وَهْـوَ يَمِيــنُ

_Na‘am Muṣṭafā al-akwāni laysa yamīnu / Wa-ḥaqqi tajallī al-dhāti wa-huwa yamīnu_

Yes, he is the Chosen One of the universes, there is no lie in this; by the truth of the manifestation of the Essence, he is the certain truth.

**2.** وَقَدْ جَاءَنَا بِالذِّكْرِ يَنْسَخُ كُلَّ مَا / أَتَـــى قَبْلَــــهُ فَالْكَرْدِنَــالُ يَمِيـنُ

_Wa-qad jā’anā bidh-dhikri yansakhu kulla mā / Atā qablahu fal-Kardinālu yamīnu_

He came to us with the Remembrance (Quran) that abrogates all that came before it; thus the Cardinal is but a liar.

**3.** كَذَا شَيْخُهُ بَابَا الْمُضَلِّلُ يَفْتَـــرِي / إِلَـهًا سِوَى الْبَارِي وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ

_Kadhā shaykhuhu Bābā al-muḍallilu yaftarī / Ilāhan siwā al-Bārī wa-kayfa yakūnu_

Likewise his master Baba, the misleader, invents a god besides the Creator—how can that be?

**4.** غَبِيٌّ جَهُولٌ قَاسِطٌ غَيْرُ مُنْصِــفٍ / يُكَذِّبُ طَـــهَ الْهَاشِمِــي وَيُهِيـــنُ

_Ghabiyyun jahūlun qāsiṭun ghayru munṣifin / Yukadh-dhibu Ṭāhā al-Hāshimiyya wa-yuhīnu_

Stupid, ignorant, unjust, and unfair; he denies Taha the Hashemite and insults him.

**5.** وَهَلْ أَخْبَرَ الْهَــادِي بِغَيْـــرِ حَقِيقَــةٍ / مَضَى قَوْلُ صَخْرٍ وَالْحَدِيثُ شُجُونُ

_Wa-hal akhbara al-Hādī bi-ghayri ḥaqīqatin / Maḍā qawlu ṣakhrin wal-ḥadīthu shujūnu_

Did the Guide ever report anything other than the truth? The speech of the stubborn has passed, but the Prophetic tradition remains deeply moving.

**6.** سَبِيــلَ سَــــلاَمٍ فِي اتِّبَـــاعِ مُحَمَّــدٍ / رَسُــــولٌ كَرِيــمٌ مُقْتَفًـــى وَأَمِيــنُ

_Sabīla salāmin fī-ttibā‘i Muḥammadin / Rasūlun karīmun muqtafan wa-amīnu_

The path of peace lies in following Muhammad; a noble Messenger, followed and trustworthy.

**7.** لَــهُ عِصْمَةٌ وَالْغَيْـرُ يُخْطِئُ تَـارَةً / وَطَوْرًا يُصِيبُ مَـــا لَدَيْهِ يَقِيــنُ

_Lahu ‘iṣmatun wal-ghayru yuk-hṭi’u tāratan / Wa-ṭawran yuṣību mā ladayhi yaqīnu_

He possesses infallibility (‘Isma), while others err at times, and at times hit the mark without certainty.

**8.** خَوَارِقُهُ كَالشُّهْبِ وَالْقَطْرِ وَالْحَصَى / إِمَــــامٌ نَزِيــــهٌ كَامِـــلٌ وَمَصُــونُ

_Khawāriquhu kash-shuhbi wal-qaṭri wal-ḥaṣā / Imāmun nazīhun kāmilun wa-maṣūnu_

His miracles are like stars, rain, and the pebbles; an Imam who is pure, perfect, and protected.

**9.** وَمَنْ بَايَعَ الْمَحْمُودَ فَهْوَ مُبَايِــعٌ / لِرَبِّي فَهَــذَا كَالْحَبِيــــبِ يَمِيـــنُ

_Wa-man bāya‘a al-Maḥmūda fahuwa mubāyi‘un / Li-rabbī fa-hādhā kal-ḥabībi yamīnu_

Whoever pledges allegiance to the Praised One has pledged allegiance to my Lord; for this, like the Beloved, is a certain oath.

**10.** وَحَيْثُ رَمَاهُمْ قَدْ رَمَاهُمْ بِكَفِّــهِ / إِلَهِــي فَهَلْ تُغْنِي هُنَاكَ حُصُونُ

_Wa-ḥaythu ramāhum qad ramāhum bi-kaffihi / Ilāhī fa-hal tughnī hunāka ḥuṣūnu_

When he threw at them, it was the hand of my God that threw; so can any fortresses avail there?

**11.** مُحَمَّــدُ عَبْـــدُ اللّٰهِ سَيِّـــدُ خَلْقِــهِ / فَالْآبَاءُ طُـــرًّا لِلْأَمِيـــنِ بَنُــونُ

_Muḥammadu ‘abdu Allāhi sayyidu khalqihi / Fal-ābā’u ṭurran lil-Amīni banūnu_

Muhammad is the servant of Allah and the master of His creation; all fathers are but children to the Trustworthy One.

**12.** فَقَدْ كَانَ مَبْعُوثًـــا وَآدَمُ طِينَــةٌ / نَبِـــيٌّ لِكُـــلِّ الْأَنْبِيَــا وَمُبِيــنُ

_Fa-qad kāna mab‘ūthan wa-Ādamu ṭīnatun / Nabiyyun li-kulli al-anbiyā wa-mubīnu_

He was commissioned as a Prophet while Adam was yet clay; a Prophet to all the prophets, and a clarifier.

**13.** لِمَا أَنْزَلَ الْبَـــارِي أَتَانَا مُبَيِّنًـــا / فَصِيحٌ نَصُوحٌ مُشْفِقٌ وَمُعِيـنُ

_Limā anzala al-Bārī atānā mubayyinan / Faṣīḥun naṣūḥan mush-fiqun wa-mu‘īnu_

He came to clarify what the Creator sent down; eloquent, sincere, compassionate, and a helper.

**14.** جَــوَادٌ شُجَــاعٌ لَيِّـــنٌ مُتَوَاضِــعٌ / حَلِيمٌ رَحِيمٌ ذُو صَفًــــا وَمَتِيــنُ

_Jawādun shujā‘un layyinun mutawāḍi‘un / Ḥalīmun raḥīmun dhū ṣafan wa-matīnu_

Generous, brave, gentle, and humble; clement, merciful, pure, and firm.

**15.** كَرِيمٌ عَفِيـــــفٌ زَاهِدٌ مُتَمَسِّـــكٌ / بِعُرْوَةِ دِينٍ إِصْطَفَتْـــهُ قُـــرُونُ

_Karīmun ‘afīfun zāhidun mutamassikun / Bi-‘urwati dīnin iṣ-ṭafat-hu qurūnu_

Noble, chaste, ascetic, and holding fast to the handle of a religion chosen across the centuries.

**16.** يُصَدِّقُــــهُ فِيمَـــا أَتَـــاهُ جَهَابِــذٌ / عَتِيقٌ وَفَارُوقٌ لِذَيْنِ شُـــؤُونُ

_Yuṣaddiquhu fīmā atāhu jahābidhu / ‘Atīqun wa-Fārūqun li-dhayni shu’ūnu_

Great masters believe in him and what he brought: ‘Atiq (Abu Bakr) and al-Faruq (Umar)—what great matters they possess!

**17.** وَعُثْمَانُ ذُو النُّورَيْنِ وَالصِّنْوُ سَيِّدِي / عَلِيٌّ أَبُــــو السِّبْطَيْـــنِ فَهْــوَ مَكِيــنُ

_Wa-‘Uthmānu dhū al-nūrayni wal-ṣinwu sayyidī / ‘Aliyyun abū al-sib-ṭayni fahuwa makīnu_

And Uthman of the Two Lights, and my master, the cousin Ali, father of the two grandsons—he is firmly established.

**18.** وَطَلْحَةُ سَعْــدٌ وَالزُّبَيْـــرُ سَعِيدُهُــمْ / فَذَا الدَّهْرُ عَنْ شِبْهِ الرِّجَالِ ضَنِيــنُ

_Wa-Ṭalḥatu Sa‘dun wal-Zubayru Sa‘īduhum / Fa-dhā al-dahru ‘an shib-hi al-rijāli ḍanīnu_

And Talha, Sa‘d, al-Zubayr, and their Sa‘id; this age is stingy in producing the likes of such men.

**19.** وَنَجْلٌ لِعَوْفٍ قَدْ تَسَامَى إِلَى الْعُلاَ / وَنَجْـلُ جَـــرَاحٍ لِلْقُـــرُونِ أَمِيــنُ

_Wa-najlun li-‘Awfin qad tasāmā ila al-‘ulā / Wa-najlu Jarāḥin lil-qurūni amīnu_

And the son of ‘Awf (Abd al-Rahman) who rose to the heights; and the son of Jarrah (Abu Ubayda), the trustworthy one of the generations.

**20.** كَذَا أَهْلُ بَدْرٍ قَبْلَ أُحْدٍ وَخَنْــدَقٍ / وَفَتْــحٍ فَكُـــلٌّ بِالْمَدِيـــحِ قَمِيــنُ

_Kadhā ahlu Badrin qabla Uḥudin wa-Khandaqin / Wa-fat-ḥin fa-kullun bil-madīḥi qamīnu_

Likewise the People of Badr, then Uhud and the Trench and the Conquest; everyone is worthy of praise.

**21.** فَيَا رَبِّ هَبْ لِي بِالْأَمِينِ وَصَحْبِهِ / حَيَاتِي عَلَى دِيــنِ الْأَمِيـــنِ أَدِيــنُ

_Fa-yā rabbi hab lī bil-Amīni wa-ṣaḥbihi / Ḥayātī ‘alā dīni al-Amīni adīnu_

O my Lord! Grant me, by the Trustworthy One and his companions, a life lived according to the religion of the Trustworthy One.

**22.** وَتُعْلِي أُمُورِي وَاكْفِنِي كُلَّ مَاكِرٍ / وَيُعْطِي مُرَادِي خَالِقِي وَيُعِيـنُ

_Wa-tu‘lī umūrī wak-finī kulla mākirin / Wa-yu‘ṭī murādī khāliqī wa-yu‘īnu_

Exalt my affairs and protect me from every plotter; may my Creator grant my desire and help me.

**23.** يُقَوِّي يَقِينِي لاَ أَرَى نَفْعَ غَيْــرِهِ / وَلاَ ضُرَّهُ عَبْدًا لَدَيْـــهِ يَصُــونُ

_Yuqawwī yaqīnī lā arā naf‘a ghayrihi / Wa-lā ḍurrahu ‘abdan ladayhi yaṣūnu_

Strengthen my certainty so I see no benefit in any besides Him, nor any harm; He protects the servant who stays with Him.

**24.** عَلَى الْمُنْحَمِنَّا كُلَّ بَدْءٍ وَمَخْتَـــمٍ / صَلاَةٌ بِهَا يُخْزِي الْعِدَى وَيُهِينُ

_‘Alā al-Munḥaminnā kulla bad-’in wa-makhtami / Ṣalātun bi-hā yukh-zī al-‘idā wa-yuhīnu_

Upon the Bestower be a prayer, at every beginning and end, through which He disgraces and humbles the enemies.

**25.** تَذَكَّرْتُهُ وَالْجِسْـــمُ يَوْمِي بِكَوْلَــخٍ / وَقَلْبِي لَدَى طَــهَ الْحَبِيبِ رَهِينُ

_Tadhakkartuhu wal-jis-mu yawmī bi-Kawlakhu / Wa-qalbī lada Ṭāhā al-ḥabībi rahīnu_

I remembered him while my body is today in Kaolack, but my heart is a hostage with Taha the Beloved.

**26.** فَمَا لَذَّ عَيْشِي فِي سِوَى أَرْضِ طَيْبَةٍ / بِهَا شَخْصُ خَيْـــرِ الْعَالَمِيــنَ دَفِيـــنُ

_Famā ladhdha ‘ayshī fī siwā arḍi Ṭaybatin / Bi-hā shakh-ṣu khayri al-‘ālamīna dafīnu_

My life is not sweet in any land but the land of Medina (Tayba), where the person of the Best of the Worlds is buried.

**27.** فَقَبْرٌ بِهَا سَـــادَ الْقُبُـــورَ جَمِيعَهَــا / وَسَادَ الَّــذِي فِيهِ وَقَــرَّ عُيُـــونُ

_Fa-qabrun bi-hā sāda al-qubūra jamī‘ahā / Wa-sāda al-ladhī fīhi wa-qarra ‘uyūnu_

For there is a grave there that has mastered all graves; and the one within it has mastered all, bringing peace to the eyes.

**28.** تَذَكَّرْتُــــهُ أَقْنَـــى أَزَجَّ مُفَخَّمًــا / يُنَاجِي إِلَهِــي بِالْكِتَــابِ يَدِيــنُ

_Tadhakkartuhu aqnā azaj-ja mufakh-khaman / Yunājī ilāhī bil-kitābi yadīnu_

I remembered him: with a fine nose, arched eyebrows, and magnificent stature; whispering to my God, following the Book.

**29.** تَذَكَّرْتُ وَجْهًا أَخْجَلَ الشَّمْسَ نُورُهُ / عَظِيمٌ عَظِيمُ الْخُلْـــقِ وَهْــوَ يَلِيــنُ

_Tadhakkartu wajhan akh-jala al-shamsa nūruhu / ‘Aẓīmun ‘aẓīmu al-khul-qi wa-huwa yalīnu_

I remembered a face whose light put the sun to shame; magnificent in character, yet he is gentle.

**30.** تَذَكَّرْتُ عَرْفًا أَخْجَلَ الْمِسْـــكَ بَاسِمًـــا / بِثَغْـــــرٍ كَبَـــــــرْقٍ لاَ تَــــرَاهُ يَكُــونُ

_Tadhakkartu ‘arfan akh-jala al-mis-ka bāsiman / Bi-thaghrin ka-bar-qin lā tarāhu yakūnu_

I remembered a fragrance that put musk to shame; smiling with a mouth like lightning that you cannot miss.

**31.** تَذَكَّرْتُ جُودًا أَخْجَلَ الْوَبْلَ طَلُّهُ / فَكُلُّ جَوَادٍ عِنْـــدَ طَــهَ ضَنِيـــنُ

_Tadhakkartu jūdan akh-jala al-wab-la ṭalluhu / Fa-kullu jawādin ‘inda Ṭāhā ḍanīnu_

I remembered a generosity that put the heavy rain to shame; every other generous one is stingy compared to Taha.

**32.** تَذَكَّرْتُهُ مَا كَانَ فَظًّا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ / غَلِيظًا وَيُلْفِيهِ الْبُغَاةُ يَهُــــونُ

_Tadhakkartuhu mā kāna faẓ-ẓan wa-lam yakun / Ghalīẓan wa-yul-fīhi al-bughātu yahūnu_

I remembered him: he was not coarse, nor was he harsh; even the transgressors found him easy to approach.

**33.** وَلَمْ يَكُ صَخَّابًا وَدَامَ مُوَقَّــرًا / عَفُوًّ عَــنِ الزَّلاَّتِ وَهْوَ مَتِينُ

_Wa-lam yaku ṣakh-khāban wa-dāma muwaqqaran / ‘Afūwwun ‘an al-zallāti wa-huwa matīnu_

He was never clamorous; he remained always dignified, forgiving of slips, yet he is firm.

**34.** عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ مَا اسْتَهَلَّ هَتُونُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-ālin wa-ṣaḥ-bin mā-stahalla hatūnu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace, and upon the family and companions, as long as the heavy rain falls.

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