# Harful Baa · حَرْفُ الْبَاءِ

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.** بِحُبِّ الْإِمَـــــامِ الْهَاشِمِـــي أَتَقَـــرَّبُ / طَرِبْتُ لَهُ شَوْقًا وَذُو الشَّوْقِ يَطْرَبُ

_Bi-ḥubbi al-imāmi al-Hāshimiyyi ataqarrabu / Ṭaribtu lahu shawqan wa-dhū al-shawqi yaṭrabu_

Through the love of the Hashemite Imam, I draw near [to Allah]; I am filled with joy out of longing for him, for the one of longing is always joyful.

**2.** أُخَيِّلُــــهُ فِــــي خَاطِــــرِي وَكَأَنَّمَـــا / أَرَاهُ عِيَانًــــا وَهْــــوَ مِنِّـــيَ يَقْــرُبُ

_Ukhayyiluhu fī khāṭirī wa-ka’annamā / Arāhu ‘iyānan wa-huwa minnī yaqrubu_

I imagine him in my thoughts as if I see him clearly with my own eyes, and as if he is close to me.

**3.** فَإِنْ يَكُ جِسْمَانِــــي بِكُـــوسِ فَإِنَّنِــي / لِحَضْرَتِهِ الْعُلْيَــــا بِرُوحِــي مُقَــرَّبُ

_Fa-in yaku jismānī bi-Kūsi fa-innanī / Li-ḥaḍratihi al-‘ulyā bi-rūḥī muqarrabu_

Even if my physical body is in Kous (Senegal), my spirit is brought close to his sublime presence.

**4.** أَرِقْتُ وَقَـــــدْ نَامَ الْأَخِـــلاَّ وَطَالَمَــا / بِذِي الشَّوْقِ يَلْهُو الْإِشْتِيَـــاقُ وَيَلْعَـبُ

_Ariqtu wa-qad nāma al-akhillā wa-ṭālamā / Bi-dhī al-shawqi yal-hū al-ishtiyāqu wa-yal‘abu_

I stayed awake while friends slept; how often does intense yearning toy and play with the one who longs?

**5.** لِكَاظِمَـــةٍ وَالسَّلْــعِ شَوْقِـــي فَمَنْ لَنَــا / بِعَلٍّ مِــــنَ الزَّرْقَــا بِطَيْبَــةَ مَشْــرَبُ

_Li-Kāẓimatin wal-Sal‘i shawqī faman lanā / Bi-‘allin mina al-Zarqā bi-Ṭaybata mash-rabu_

My longing is for Kazima and mount Sal‘; who will grant us a drink of the "Blue Water" in Medina (Tayba)?

**6.** مَشَارِبُ خَيْرِ الْخَلْــقِ صَفْــوَةِ هَاشِـمٍ / وَمَـــنْ حُبُّــــهُ نَـــارٌ بِقَلْبِـــي تَلَهَّــبُ

_Mashāribu khayri al-khal-qi ṣafwati Hāshimin / Wa-man ḥubbuhu nārun bi-qalbi talahhabu_

The drinking-places of the Best of Creation, the elite of Hashim; whose love is a fire blazing within my heart.

**7.** رَسُـــولٌ أَتَانَــــا بِالْمَلاَحِـــمِ هَادِيًــا / جَمِيعَ الْوَرَى وَالْجُودُ فِيهِ مُحَبَّـــبُ

_Rasūlun atānā bil-malāḥimi hādiyan / Jamī‘a al-warā wal-jūdu fīhi muḥabbabu_

A Messenger who came to us with epic battles, guiding all of creation; and generosity was beloved within him.

**8.** بِبَـــدْرٍ أَرَاهُـــمْ عِبْـــرَةً وَأَبَادَهُــــمْ / وَسَلْهُمْ عَنِ الْأَحْزَابِ حِينَ تَحَزَّبُوا

_Bi-Badrin arāhum ‘ibratan wa-abādahum / Wa-sal-hum ‘an al-aḥzābi ḥīna taḥazzabū_

At Badr, he showed them a lesson and destroyed them; and ask them about the Confederates (Ahzab) when they gathered against him.

**9.** وَقَدْ قَادَ لِلْبَطْحَا الْحَـرَامِ عَرَمْرَمًــا / وَقَدْ لاَنَ صَخْرٌ حَيْثُمَا الْأُسْدُ تَرْعَبُ

_Wa-qad qāda lil-Baṭ-ḥā al-ḥarāmi ‘aramraman / Wa-qad lāna ṣakhrun ḥaythumā al-usdu tar‘abu_

He led a massive, surging army to the sacred Valley of Makkah (Al-Batha); where even the rocks softened while lions were terrified.

**10.** وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَــرَّقَ الْجَيْـــشَ وَحْــدَهُ / أَنَا الضَّيْغَمُ الشَّهْمُ الشُّجَاعُ الْمُدَرَّبُ

_Wa-yawma Ḥunaynin farraqa al-jay-sha waḥ-dahu / Anā al-ḍayghamu al-shahmu al-shujā‘u al-mudarrabu_

And on the day of Hunayn, he scattered the [enemy] army alone, [saying]: "I am the brave, noble, and trained lion!"

**11.** فَأَعْطَى أَبَا سُفْيَـــانَ مِائَـــةَ نَاقَــةٍ / وَصَفْوَانَ حَتَّى صَارَ مِمَّنْ تَقَرَّبُوا

_Fa-a‘ṭā Abā Sufyāna mi’ata nāqatin / Wa-Ṣafwāna ḥattā ṣāra mimman taqarrabū_

He gave Abu Sufyan a hundred camels, and he gave Safwan until he became one of those who drew near [to Islam].

**12.** وَمَالِـــكُ وَالْعَبَّـــاسُ أَقْرَعُ مِنْهُــمُ / عُيَيْنَةُ قَدْ نِيلُـــوا عَطَـاءً فَقُرِّبُــوا

_Wa-Māliku wal-‘Abbāsu Aqra‘u minhumu / ‘Uyayna-tu qad nīlū ‘aṭā’an fa-qurribū_

Malik, al-Abbas, and al-Aqra‘—among them was ‘Uyayna; they were all granted gifts and brought close.

**13.** فَكُلٌّ لَهُ مَا الْإِبْنِ حَــــرْبٍ وَإِنَّمَــا / يُغَيِّرُنِي مَنْ حَظُّـــهُ ذَا الْمُحَبَّــبُ

_Fa-kullun lahu ma al-ibni Ḥar-bin wa-innamā / Yughayyirunī man ḥaẓ-ẓuhu dhā al-muḥabbabu_

Everyone received what the son of Harb (Abu Sufyan) received; but what moves me is the one whose portion is this beloved [Prophet].

**14.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / صَـــلاَةً وَتَسْلِيمًـــا بِهَا أَتَقَــرَّبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Ṣalātan wa-taslīman bi-hā ataqarrabu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer and salutation through which I draw near.

**15.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / صَـــلاَةً بِهَا نَفْسُ الْعُبَيْدِ تُهَــذَّبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Ṣalātan bi-hā naf-su al-‘ubaydi tuhadh-dhabu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; a prayer through which the soul of this small servant is refined.

**16.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَيَصْفُو فُؤَادِي وَالْغَيَاهِبُ تَذْهَبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Wa-yaṣ-fū fu’ādī wal-ghayāhibu tadh-habu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; so that my heart becomes pure and the darkness disappears.

**17.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَمَا لِيَ إِلاَّ مَذْهَبَ الْحُبِّ مَذْهَـبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Famā liya illā madh-haba al-ḥubbi madh-habu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; for I have no path (madh-hab) except the path of love.

**18.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / تُبَشِّرُ خَيْرَ الْخَلْقِ مِنِّي وَتُطْرِبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Tubash-shiru khayra al-khal-qi minnī wa-tuṭ-ribu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it bring glad tidings from me to the Best of Creation and fill him with joy.

**19.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / تَسُوقُ لِأَصْحَابِي الْعَطَايَا وَتَجْلِبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Tasūqu li-aṣ-ḥābī al-‘aṭāyā wa-taj-libu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; may it drive and bring gifts to my companions.

**20.** عَلَيْـــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ الْمُدَّاحُ أَحْظَى وَأَغْلِبُ

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Idhā-j-tama‘a al-muddāḥu aḥ-ẓā wa-agh-libu_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; when the praisers gather, may I be the most fortunate and the victor.

**21.** عَلَيْـــهِ مَــعَ الْآلِ الْكِــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ / صَلاَةٌ كَأَزْكَى الطِّيبِ بَلْ هِيَ أَطْيَبُ

_‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥ-bihi / Ṣalātun ka-azkā al-ṭībi bal hiya aṭ-yabu_

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, be a prayer like the purest perfume—nay, it is even more fragrant.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69b00a42aa434fce2ef80af0/chapter/69b00a44aa434fce2ef80aff