# Harful Faa · حَرْفُ الْفَاءِ

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.** شَكَـــرْتُ الْقَدِيــرَ الْمَالِــــكَ الْمُتَصَرِّفَــا / عَلَى حُبِّ مَحْبُوبِ الْجَلِيلِ الَّذِي اصْطَفَى

_Shakartu al-Qadīra al-Mālika al-Mutaṣarrifā / ‘Alā ḥubbi maḥbūbi al-Jalīli al-ladhī-ṣṭafā_

I thanked the Powerful, the King, the Disposer of affairs, for the love of the Beloved of the Majestic, the Chosen One.

**2.** تَطَوَّفْتُ فِي الْآفَاقِ وَالْحَالُ إِنَّنِــي / أُكَابِدُ شَوْقًـــا مِنْــهُ نَوْمِي تَخَوَّفَــا

_Taṭawwaftu fī al-āfāqi wal-ḥālu innanī / Ukābidu shawqan minhu nawmī takhawwafā_

I wandered the horizons while I was enduring a longing that made sleep fear me.

**3.** لَقَدْ أَسْهَرَ الْحُـــبُّ الْقَدِيـمُ أَسِيـرَهُ / وَعَـــذَّبَ قَلْبًــا لَمْ يَــزَلْ مُتَشَوِّفَـا

_Laqad ashara al-ḥubbu al-qadīmu asīrahu / Wa-‘adhdhaba qalban lam yazal mutashawwifā_

An ancient love has kept its captive awake and tormented a heart that remains ever-yearning.

**4.** يُخَيِّلُ دُورَ الْحِبِّ سَلْعًا وَطَيْبَــةً / وَسَلْ عَنْ أَرِيسٍ لاَ دِيَارٍ بِأَوْجَفَا

_Yukhayyilu dūra al-ḥibbi Sal‘an wa-Ṭaybatan / Wa-sal ‘an Arīsin lā diyārin bi-Awjafā_

He imagines the dwellings of the Beloved at Sal' and Medina; ask about Aris, not the houses at Awjafa.

**5.** وَوَادِي عَقِيــقٍ وَالنَّقَا وَرُبُوعِهَــا / وَكَاظِمَةٍ وَانْحُ الْبَقِيـــعَ الْمُشَرَّفَــا

_Wa-wādī ‘Aqīqin wal-Naqā wa-rubū‘ihā / Wa-Kāẓimatin wan-ḥu al-Baqī‘a al-musharrafā_

And Wadi al-Aqiq, al-Naqa, and their quarters; and Kazima, and head toward the honored Baqi.

**6.** خَلِيلَيَّ قُولاَ لِي إِذَا مَا صَدَقْتُمَــا / قِفَا نَبْكِ تِلْكَ الدُّورَ خَلِّ قِفَنْ قِفَا

_Khalīlayya qūlā lī idhā mā ṣadaqtumā / Qifā nabki tilka al-dūra khalli qifan qifā_

My two companions, tell me if you are truthful; "Stand and let us weep over those dwellings," leave aside "Stop, let us stop."

**7.** قِفَا وَاذْكُرَاهَا قَدْ سَبَانِي جَمَالُـهَا / وَلَمْ يُسْلِنِي مَنْ قَدْ جَفَا أَوْ تَلَطَّفَا

_Qifā wadh-kurāhā qad sabānī jamāluhā / Wa-lam yuslinī man qad jafā aw talaṭṭafā_

Stand and remember them, for their beauty has captivated me; neither those who were harsh nor those who were kind made me forget.

**8.** فَتِلْكَ دِيَـــارٌ حَلَّهَا النُّورُ أَحْمَـدٌ / فَطَابَتْ بِمَنْ كُلَّ الْخَلاَئِقِ شَرَّفَا

_Fatilka diyārun ḥallahā al-nūru Aḥmadu / Fa-ṭābat bi-man kulla al-khalā’iqi sharrafā_

Those are the dwellings where the Light, Ahmad, settled; they became pleasant through the one who honored all of creation.

**9.** فَذَاكَ بِهِ أَصْلُ الْوُجُودِ وَجُــودُهُ / مَعَ الْكُلِّ إِذْ أَعْطَى وَزَادَ وَنَيَّفَــا

_Fadhāka bi-hi aṣlu al-wujūdi wa-jūduhu / Ma‘a al-kulli idh a‘ṭā wa-zāda wa-nayyafā_

Through him is the origin of existence, and his generosity is with everyone, as he gave, increased, and excelled.

**10.** عَلَيْــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـهُ / أَنَالُ مُرَادِي عِنْدَ أَحْمَدَ مَنْ صَفَا

_‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu / Anālu murādī ‘inda Aḥmada man ṣafā_

Upon him be the prayer of Allah and then His peace; I attain my desire with Ahmad, the one who is pure.

**11.** عَلَيْهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِــرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ / صَــلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيــمٌ وَكُلِّ الَّــذِي قَفَـا

_‘Alayhi ma‘a al-āli al-kirāmi wa-ṣaḥbihi / Ṣalātun wa-taslīmun wa-kulli al-ladhī qafā_

Upon him, along with the noble family and his companions, be prayer and peace, and upon all who followed.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69b00a42aa434fce2ef80af0/chapter/69b00a49aa434fce2ef80b2c