# Harfus Swaad · حَرْفُ الصَّاد

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.** صَفَا لِيَ وَقْتِي وَهْوَ قَدْ طَابَ لِي أُنْسِي / بِذِكْرِ الْمُقَفَّى مَرْهَمِ الْقَلْـــــبِ وَالنَّفْــسِ

_Ṣafā liya waqtī wa huwa qad ṭāba lī unsī / bi-dhikri-l muqaffā marhami-l qalbi wa-n nafsi_

My time has become pure and my intimacy has become pleasant through the remembrance of the Final Prophet, the ointment of the heart and the soul.

**2.** رَسُولٌ سَمَا فَــوْقَ السَّمَــــاءِ وَإِنَّــهُ / دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى وَهْوَ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْقُـــدْسِ

_Rasūlun samā fawqa-s samā’i wa innahu / danā fa-tadallā wa huwa fī ḥaḍrati-l qudsi_

A Messenger who rose above the heavens, and indeed he drew near and descended while in the Holy Presence.

**3.** عَلَى حِينَ لاَ عَبْدٌ وَلاَ شَـيْءَ غَيْـــرُهُ / فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ مَعْنًى وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ حِسِّ

_ʿAlā ḥīna lā ʿabdun walā shay’a ghayruhu / fa-lam yabqa min maʿnan wa lam yabqa min ḥissi_

At a time when there was no servant nor anything else, so no meaning remained and no physical sense remained.

**4.** وَذَلِــكَ أَنَّ الْحَــــقَّ وَهْـــوَ إِلَـهُـنَــــا / هُوَ الْحَقُّ لاَ تُلْفِي سِوَاهُ إِلَى الرَّمْــسِ

_Wa dhālika anna-l ḥaqqa wa huwa ilāhunā / huwa-l ḥaqqu lā tulfī siwāhu ila-r ramsi_

That is because the Truth, and He is our God, is the Truth; you shall find none besides Him until the grave.

**5.** سِوَى الْجَهْلِ وَالْوَهْمِ الْكَذُوبِ فَخَلِّصَنْ / فُؤَادًا مِنَ الْأَغْيَارِ وَالْوَهْمِ وَالْحَــــدْسِ

_Siwā-l jahli wa-l wahmi-l kadhūbi fa-khalliṣan / fu’ādan mina-l aghyāri wa-l wahmi wa-l ḥadsi_

Everything else is ignorance and lying illusion, so purify the heart from others, from illusion, and from conjecture.

**6.** وَأَيْنَ سِوَى الْقُــــــدُّوسِ أَيْنَ سِــوَاؤُهُ / دَعِ الْأَيْنَ وَابْنِ الْعِلْمَ مِــنْ ذَلِــكَ الْأُسِّ

_Wa ayna siwā-l quddūsi ayna siwā’uhu / daʿi-l ayna wa-bni-l ʿilma min dhālika-l ussi_

Where is there besides the All-Holy? Where is His other? Leave the "where" and build your knowledge upon that foundation.

**7.** وَلَيْسَ يُرَى الْقُــدُّوسُ بِالْعَيْـــــنِ إِنَّمَـــا / بِعَيْنِ الْعَمَى وَالسَّحْقِ وَالْمَحْقِ وَالطَّمْسِ

_Wa laysa yurā-l quddūsu bi-l ʿayni innamā / bi-ʿayni-l ʿamā wa-s saḥqi wa-l maḥqi wa-ṭ ṭamsi_

The All-Holy is not seen with the physical eye, but rather with the eye of blindness (to the self), crushing, annihilation, and effacement.

**8.** فَتَسْكَــــرُ مَهْمَا قَـــدْ هَمَمْـــتَ وَلَمْ تَــذُقْ / مُدَامًا وَلاَ صَوْتًا سِوَى الرِّكْزِ وَالْـهَـمْسِ

_Fa-taskaru mahmā qad hamamta wa lam tadhuq / mudāman walā ṣawtan siwā-r rikzi wa-l hamsi_

So you become intoxicated whenever you have intended, even if you have not tasted any wine, nor heard any sound except a low murmur and a whisper.

**9.** وَإِنْ رَقَصَ السَّكْرَانُ أَوْ طَارَ مُنْشِــدًا / فَذَلِـكَ مِـــنْ وَجْدٍ تَقَدَّسَ عَـــــنْ لَبْــسِ

_Wa in raqaṣa-s sakrānu aw ṭāra munshidan / fa-dhālika min wajdin taqaddasa ʿan labsi_

And if the intoxicated one dances or flies while chanting, that is from an ecstasy that is sanctified above any confusion.

**10.** وَمَهْمَـــا تَحَدَّثْنَــا لِسُكْـــرٍ فَعِنْدَنَــا / عُلُومٌ تَعَالَتْ أَنْ تُقَيَّدَ فِــي طِــرْسِ

_Wa mahmā taḥaddathnā li-sukrin fa-ʿindanā / ʿulūmun taʿālat an tuqayyada fī ṭirsi_

And however much we speak due to intoxication, we possess sciences that are too exalted to be restricted to a scroll.

**11.** لِكُـــلِّ مَقَـــامٍ إِنْ دَرَيْـــــتَ مَقَالَــةٌ / فَلَيْسَا سَــوَاءً عَاقِــلٌ وَأَخُو مَــسِّ

_Li-kulli maqāmin in darayta maqālatun / falaysā sawā’an ʿāqilun wa akhū massi_

For every spiritual station, if you but knew, there is a fitting discourse; a sane man and one possessed by spiritual attraction are not the same.

**12.** ضَـــلاَلٌ بِـــذَاتِ اللّٰهِ عَيْنُ هِدَايَــــةٍ / فَإِيَّاكَ وَالنَّقْدَ الْمُــــؤَدِّي إِلَى الْبَــأْسِ

_Ḍalālun bi-dhāti-llāhi ʿaynu hidāyatin / fa-iyyāka wa-n naqda-l mu’addī ila-l ba’si_

Becoming "lost" in the Essence of Allah is the very essence of guidance, so beware of the criticism that leads to misery.

**13.** فَيُنْصِفُ ذُو عِلْــمٍ وَمَنْ هُــوَ جَاهِــلٌ / فَيُنْكِرُ شَيْئًا وَهْوَ أَوْضَحُ مِنْ شَمْـــسِ

_Fa-yunṣifu dhū ʿilmin wa man huwa jāhilun / fa-yunkiru shay’an wa huwa awḍaḥu min shamsi_

The possessor of knowledge acts with fairness, while he who is ignorant denies something that is clearer than the sun.

**14.** عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ هُمْ أُنْسِي

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin fī-l ḥaqīqati hum unsī_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the Family and Companions; in reality, they are my intimacy.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c5363e6441e1c596212e61/chapter/69c536b26441e1c596212eb0