# Harful Ba · حَرْفُ الْبَاء

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.** بِصَوْمِي وَحَجِّي لَمْ أَثِقْ فَالْوَثَائِــقُ / بِفَضْلِ كَرِيمٍ يَــوْمَ تُبْلَــى الْحَقَائِــقُ

_Bi-ṣawmī wa ḥajjī lam athiq fa-l wathā’iqu / bi-faḍli karīmin yawma tublā-l ḥaqā’iqu_

In my fasting and pilgrimage I do not trust, for the true reliability is in the grace of the Generous One on the day when inner realities are tested.

**2.** أُصَلِّي امْتِثَالاً أَذْكُــــرُ اللّٰهَ تَالِيًــا / وَمَا ثَمَّ شَيْءٌ إِنْ تَبَصَّـــرَ ذَائِــقُ

_Uṣallī-mtithālan adhkuru-llāha tāliyan / wa mā thamma shay’un in tabaṣṣara dhā’iqu_

I pray in obedience and remember Allah while reciting, yet there is nothing else if a true perceiver looks deeply.

**3.** تَغَمَّدْ بِفَضْلٍ عَبْدَ سُوءٍ مُقَصِّـــرًا / فَتُنْقِذُهُ ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْـــهِ الطَّرَائِــقُ

_Taghammad bi-faḍlin ʿabda sū’in muqaṣṣiran / fa-tunqidhu-hu ḍāqat ʿalayhi-ṭ ṭarā’iqu_

Envelop with grace a sinful and falling servant, and rescue him for the paths have become narrow for him.

**4.** فَكَمْ ضَاقَ سُبْلُ الْعَبْدِ بِالْكَرْبِ وَالْأَسَى / وَوَافَى وَإِذْ وَافَـــاكَ زَالَ الْمُضَايِــقُ

_Fa-kam ḍāqa sublu-l ʿabdi bi-l karbi wa-l asā / wa wāfā wa idh wāfāka zāla-l muḍāyiqu_

How often has the servant's way been constricted by distress and sorrow, but when he came to you, the difficulties vanished.

**5.** فَقَدْ جِئْتَ بِالدِّينِ الْحَنِيــــفِ مُهَــدِّدًا / وَدَافَعْتَ عَنْهُ وَالسُّيُــوفُ بَــوَارِقُ

_Fa-qad ji’ta bi-d dīni-l ḥanīfi muhaddidan / wa dāfaʿta ʿanhu wa-s suyūfu bawāriqu_

You came with the primordial religion as a warner, and you defended it while the swords were flashing.

**6.** فَآلَ الْعِدَى مِنْ بِأْسِهِمْ قَدْ تَقَهْقَـــرُوا / وَبَيَّنْتَ نَهْجًا فَازَ مِنْـــهُ الْخَلاَئِــقُ

_Fa-āla-l ʿidā min ba’sihim qad taqahqarū / wa bayyanta nahjan fāza minhu-l khalā’iqu_

So the enemies retreated due to their might being broken, and you clarified a path through which all creation attained success.

**7.** وَإِنِّي مُحِــبٌّ شَــــاعِرٌ خَــادِمٌ لَكُــمْ / وَشَرْحُ وِدَادِي ضَاقَ عَنْهُ الْمَهَارِقُ

_Wa innī muḥibbun shāʿirun khādimun lakum / wa sharḥu widādī ḍāqa ʿanhu-l mahāriqu_

Indeed I am a lover, a poet, and a servant to you, and the description of my affection is too vast for any scrolls to contain.

**8.** تَسَمَّى رِجَــــالٌ بِالْخَدِيــمِ وَإِنَّنِــي / أُسَـــاجِلُهُـــمْ لاَ أَنْثَنِـــي وَأُسَابِــقُ

_Tasammā rijālun bi-l khadīmi wa innanī / usājiluhum lā anthanī wa usābiqu_

Men have named themselves "The Servant," but I shall compete with them, never turning back and always racing ahead.

**9.** أُسَابِقُهُمْ مَا عِشْتُ فِيكَ وَإِنْ أَمُـــتْ / يُسَاجِلُهُمْ فَرْعِــــي وَفِيــكَ يُسَابِــقُ

_Usābiquhum mā ʿishtu fīka wa in amut / yusājiluhum farʿī wa fīka usābiqu_

I will outrace them as long as I live for you, and if I die, my progeny will continue the competition and race for your sake.

**10.** لِحُبِّــكَ يَدْعُونِـــي دَوَاعٍ عَدِيــــدَةٌ / جَمَالٌ وَإِحْسَانٌ وَطَبْــعٌ مُوَافِــقُ

_Li-ḥubbika yadʿūnī dawāʿin ʿadīdatun / jamālun wa iḥsānun wa ṭabʿun muwāfiqu_

Many reasons call me to your love: beauty, excellence, and a nature that is perfectly agreeable.

**11.** شَجَاعَةُ نَفْسٍ ثُمَّ عَــزْمٌ وَعِفَّــــةٌ / وَحِلْمٌ وَجُودٌ حَارَ فِيهِ الطَّوَارِقُ

_Shajāʿatu nafsin thumma ʿazmun wa ʿiffatun / wa ḥilmun wa jūdun ḥāra fīhi-ṭ ṭawāriqu_

Courage of the soul, then determination and chastity, with forbearance and a generosity that leaves even the nightly visitors bewildered.

**12.** وَعَقْلٌ وَزُهْدٌ ثُمَّ حَزْمٌ وَحِكْمَــةٌ / وَصَبْرٌ مَتَى شَاءَ الْبَلِيَّاتِ خَالِــقُ

_Wa ʿaqlun wa zuhdun thumma ḥazmun wa ḥikmatun / wa ṣabrun matā shā’a-l baliyyāti khāliqu_

Intelligence and asceticism, then resolve and wisdom, and patience whenever the Creator decrees trials.

**13.** وَآيَاتُ صِدْقٍ بَــانَ جَهْــرًا بِأَنَّهَا / مِنَ اللّٰهِ كُلُّ الْأَمْرِ رَاقٍ وَرَائِـــقُ

_Wa āyātu ṣidqin bāna jahran bi-annahā / mina-llāhi kullu-l amru rāqin wa rā’iqu_

Signs of truthfulness appeared openly, proving that all your affairs from Allah are sublime and pure.

**14.** إِذْ أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَدْ جِئْتَ بِالصِّدْقِ صَادِقًا / فَإِنَّــــــكَ مَصْـــــدُوقٌ وَإِنَّكَ صَــادِقُ

_Idh anta-l ladhī qad ji’ta bi-ṣ ṣidqi ṣādiqan / fa-innaka maṣdūqun wa innaka ṣādiqu_

Since you are the one who brought the truth truthfully, you are indeed the one whose truth is confirmed and you are the truthful one.

**15.** عَلَيْـــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَبَرْهَـــامُ حِبٌّ عَاشِقٌ فِيـــكَ وَامِـقُ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / fa-Barhāmu ḥibbun ʿāshiqun fīka wāmiqu_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and His peace, for Barham is a lover, infatuated and devoted to you.

**16.** أَتَعْرِفُ مَنْ أَهْــــوَاهُ حَقًّا مُحَمَّـــدٌ / نَبِيٌّ لِكُـــلِّ الْأَنْبِيَا وَهْــــوَ سَابِــقُ

_A-taʿrifu man ahwāhu ḥaqqan Muḥammadun / nabiyyun li-kulli-l anbiyā wa huwa sābiqu_

Do you know the one I truly love? It is Muhammad, the Prophet of all prophets and he is the foremost.

**17.** أَتَعْرِفُـــــهُ ذَاكَ الشَّفِيـــــعُ وَإِنَّــهُ / لِوَا الْحَمْدِ فِي كَفَّيْهِ وَالْكُلُّ رَامِــقُ

_A-taʿrifuhu dhāka-sh shafīʿu wa innahu / liwā-l ḥamdi fī kaffayhi wa-l kullu rāmiqu_

Do you know him? He is that Intercessor, and the Banner of Praise is in his hands while everyone looks on longingly.

**18.** أَتَعْرِفُ طَـــهَ مَــنْ يَلُـــوذُ بِحِقْوِهِ / أَبُو الْبَشَرِ الْعَالِي وَبَرْهَامُ لاَحِقُ

_A-taʿrifu Ṭāhā man yalūdhu bi-ḥiqwihi / Abū-l bashari-l ʿālī wa Barhāmu lāḥiqu_

Do you know Taha, the one at whose waist-wrap the exalted Father of Mankind seeks refuge, and Barham follows behind.

**19.** وَنُوحٌ وَمُوسَى ثُـــمَّ عِيسَى وَكُلُّهُمْ / يَـــرَى أَنَّ هَـــذَا بِالشَّفَاعَــةِ لاَئِــــقُ

_Wa Nūḥun wa Mūsā thumma ʿĪsā wa kulluhum / yarā anna hādhā bi-sh shafāʿati lā’iqu_

Noah, Moses, and then Jesus—all of them see that he is the one worthy of the station of intercession.

**20.** فَيَشْفَـــعُ مَحْمُـــودُ الْمَقَـــامِ مُشَفَّعًــا / وَمُعْطًا سُؤَالاً وَهْوَ بِالْحَقِّ وَاثِــقُ

_Fa-yashfaʿu Maḥmūdu-l maqāmi mushaffaʿan / wa muʿṭan su’ālan wa huwa bi-l ḥaqqi wāthiqu_

So the one of the Praised Station intercedes and his intercession is accepted, and he is granted his request as he trusts in the Truth.

**21.** أَرَانِي مَـــعَ الْعِلاَّتِ أَرْمُقُ نَحْــوَهُ / أُرَجِّي الْتِفَاتًا مِنْهُ تَبْدُ الْخَـــــوَارِقُ

_Arānī maʿa-l ʿillāti armuqu naḥwahu / urajjī-ltifātan minhu tabdu-l khawāriqu_

I see myself, despite my flaws, gazing toward him, hoping for a glance from him through which miracles appear.

**22.** إِذَا الْتَفَـــتَ الْهَــــدِي إِلَـــيَّ فَـــإِنَّهُ / يُغَطِّي ظَلاَمِــي نُورُهُ وَالْحَقَائِــــقُ

_Idha-ltafata-l hadī ilayya fa-innahu / yughaṭṭī ẓalāmī nūruhu wa-l ḥaqā’iqu_

If the Guidance (the Prophet) glances toward me, his light and the ultimate realities will cover my darkness.

**23.** وَيُلْحِقُنِــــي بِالسَّابِقِيـــنَ تَكَرُّمًــا / يُبَاسِطُنِي فِي جَمْعِــــهِ وَيُعَانِــقُ

_Wa yulḥiqunī bi-s sābiqīna takarruman / yubāsiṭunī fī jamʿihi wa yuʿāniqu_

He will join me to the foremost ones as an act of nobility; he will be informal with me in his gathering and embrace me.

**24.** وَيَسْمَـــعُ مِنِّــي ذِكْــرَهُ وَمَدِيحَهُ / يُفَاخِرُ بِي فِـــي الْأَنْبِيَا وَيُرَافِــقُ

_Wa yasmaʿu minnī dhikrahu wa madīḥahu / yufākhiru bī fī-l anbiyā wa yurāfiqu_

He will hear from me his remembrance and his praise; he will boast of me among the prophets and keep my company.

**25.** أَقُـــولُ لَـــهُ صَحْبِي وَأَهْلَ مَوَدَّتِي / فَقَالَ ادْخُلُوا صَحْبَ الْخَدِيمِ تَسَابَقُوا

_Aqūlu lahu ṣaḥbī wa ahla mawaddatī / fa-qāla-dukhulū ṣaḥba-l khadīmi tasābaqū_

I say to him, "My companions and the people of my affection," and he replies, "Enter, O companions of the Servant, and race ahead."

**26.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ سَاجَلُوا وَتَسَابَقُوا

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin sājalū wa tasābaqū_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace, and upon the Family and Companions who competed and raced toward him.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c5363e6441e1c596212e61/chapter/69c536a86441e1c596212e6f