# Harful Kaaf · حَرْفُ الْكَاف

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.** كِلِينِيَ سَلْمَــى سَلِّمِينِـــي لِمَالِكِــي / سَأَمْشِي لِطَـــهَ خَيْرِ فِهْرٍ وَمَالِكِ

_Kilīniya Salmā sallimīnī li-mālikī / sa-amshī li-Ṭāhā khayri Fihrin wa Mālikī_

Leave me, O Salma, and surrender me to my Owner; I shall walk toward Taha, the best of Fihr and Malik.

**2.** إِلَى خَيْرِ نَاسٍ خَيْرِ مَنْ وَطِئَ الثَّرَى / وَخَيْرِ نِـزَارٍ خَيْــرِ حَــيٍّ وَهَالِـــكِ

_Ilā khayri nāsin khayri man waṭi’a-th tharā / wa khayri Nizārin khayri ḥayyin wa hāliki_

Toward the best of people, the best of those who trod the earth, and the best of Nizar, the best of the living and the deceased.

**3.** مُحَمَّـــدُ مَأْمُونُ السَّمَــاءِ رَسُولُنَا / وَهَبْتُ لَــهُ نَفْسِي وَكُلَّ مَمَالِكِي

_Muḥammadun ma’mūnu-s samā’i rasūlunā / wahabtu lahu nafsī wa kulla mamālikī_

Muhammad, the trusted one of heaven, is our Messenger; I have gifted to him my soul and all my possessions.

**4.** يُؤَرِّقُنِــي ذِكْـــرَى سُــرَاهُ بِمَكَّــــةٍ / وَقَدْ كِدْتُ أَسْرِي أَوْ سَرَيْتُ كَذَلِكِ

_Yu’arriqunī dhikrā surāhu bi-Makkatin / wa qad kidtu asrī aw saraytu kadhaliki_

The memory of his nocturnal journey in Mecca keeps me awake; and I almost traveled by night, or rather I did travel likewise.

**5.** سَرَيْتُ بِرُوحِي أَقْتَفِي جِسْمَ أَحْمَدٍ / فَتَمَّ لِقَـــــاءٌ بَيْـــنَ ذَيْـــنِ هُنَالِــكِ

_Saraytu bi-rūḥī aqtafī jisma Aḥmadin / fa-tamma liqā’un bayna dhayni hunāliki_

I traveled with my spirit, following the body of Ahmad; thus a meeting between those two was completed there.

**6.** هُنَاكَ تَلاَشَى الرُّوحُ بِالْجِسْمِ فَانِيًا / صَفَا لِيَ وَقْتِي فِيهِ بَعْــــدَ تَهَالُــكِ

_Hunāka talāshā-r rūḥu bi-l jismi fāniyā / ṣafā liya waqtī fīhi baʿda tahāluki_

There, the spirit vanished into the body in annihilation; my time became pure within it after my exhaustion.

**7.** نَبِــيٌّ كَـــرِيمٌ أَكْـــرَمَ اللّٰهُ خَلْقَهُ / بِبِعْثَتِهِ رُحْمَى لِنَاسٍ وَنَاسِـــكِ

_Nabiyyun karīmun akrama-llāhu khalqahu / bi-biʿthatihi ruḥmā li-nāsin wa nāsiki_

A noble Prophet whose character Allah honored; through his mission, he was a mercy for all people and worshippers.

**8.** مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْإِشْرَاكِ حَــرَّرَ دَاعِيًا / إِلَى الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ هَادِي الْمَنَاسِكِ

_Mina-l kufri wa-l ishrāki ḥarrara dāʿiyā / ila-l wāḥidi-l qahhāri hādī-l manāsiki_

From disbelief and polytheism he liberated us, calling toward the One, the Subduer, the Guide of the rites.

**9.** مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْإِشْرَاكِ حَــرَّرَ دَاعِيًا / إِلَى الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ هَادِي الْمَنَاسِكِ

_Mina-l kufri wa-l ishrāki ḥarrara dāʿiyā / ila-l wāḥidi-l qahhāri hādī-l manāsiki_

From disbelief and polytheism he liberated us, calling toward the One, the Subduer, the Guide of the rites.

**10.** وَأَدَّبَــهُ إِذْ صَيَّرَ الذِّكْـــرَ خُلْقَــهُ / وَشَفَّعَهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ رَبُّ الْمَلاَئِــكِ

_Wa addabahu idh ṣayyara-dh dhikra khulqahu / wa shaffaʿahu fī-l khalqi rabbu-l malā’iki_

And He (Allah) disciplined him, making the Remembrance (Qur'an) his character; and the Lord of the angels granted him intercession for creation.

**11.** فَكُنْ لِي شَفِيعًا يَا رَسُولُ فَإِنَّنِــي / خَدِيمُكَ أَدْعُو دَارِكِ الْعَبْدَ دَارِكِ

_Fa-kun liy shafīʿan yā rasūlu fa-innanī / khadīmuka adʿū dāriki-l ʿabda dāriki_

So be my intercessor, O Messenger; for I am your servant calling out: Reach your servant, reach him!

**12.** أَرَانِي لَدَى الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ وَإِنَّنِي / مُنَايَ لِقَا مَــنْ جَاءَنَا بِالْمَنَاسِــكِ

_Arānī ladā-l Bayti-l Ḥarāmi wa innanī / munāya liqā man jā’anā bi-l manāsiki_

I see myself at the Sacred House, and indeed my desire is to meet the one who brought us the rites.

**13.** وَبَثِّي وَحُزْنِي أَشْتَكِيهِ لِخَالِقِي / بِيُمْنِ الْمُقَفَّى مُقْتَفَى كُلِّ سَالِــكِ

_Wa bath-thī wa ḥuznī ashtakīhi li-khāliqī / bi-yumni-l muqaffā muqtafā kulli sāliki_

My grief and sorrow I complain of to my Creator, through the blessing of the Final Prophet, the one followed by every wayfarer.

**14.** تَكَاتَلَ أَجْنَادُ الضَّلاَلَــةِ صَوْبَنَـــا / لِرَبِّيَ شَكْوَى فَهْوَ خَيْرُ مُـــدَارِكِ

_Takātala ajnādu-ḍ ḍalālati ṣawbanā / li-rabbī shakwa fahuwa khayru mudāriki_

The armies of misguidance have gathered against us; to my Lord is my complaint, for He is the best of rescuers.

**15.** كَدَأْبِكَ رَبِّي حَقِّقِ النَّصْرَ عَاجِـلاً / فَقَدْ بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى فَلْتُــدَارِكِ

_Ka-da’bika rabbī ḥaqqiqi-n naṣra ʿājilā / fa-qad balagha-s saylu-z zubā faltudāriki_

As is Your custom, my Lord, grant victory swiftly; for the flood has reached the heights, so rescue us!

**16.** بِهَزْمِــكَ أَحْزَابَ الضَّلاَلَةِ قَبْلَنَـا / تُبَدِّدُهُــــــمْ تَرْمِيهِـــمُ لِلْمَهَالِـــكِ

_Bi-hazmika aḥzāba-ḍ ḍalālati qablanā / tubaddiduhum tarmīhim li-l mahāliki_

By Your defeating the parties of misguidance before us; disperse them and cast them into destruction.

**17.** نَصَرْتَ إِلَهِــي يَشْكُرًا وَحَمَيْتَــهُ / وَبَرَّدْتَ نِيرَانَ الْخَلِيلِ الْمُبَــارَكِ

_Naṣarta ilāhī Yashkuran wa ḥamaytahu / wa barradta nīrāna-l Khalīli-l mubāraki_

You supported, O my God, (the people of) Yashkur and protected them; and You cooled the fires for the blessed Friend (Ibrahim).

**18.** فَلَقْتَ لِمُوسَى الْبَحْرَ وَالرُّوحُ بَعْدَهُ / عَلَوْتَ بِهِ يَحْيَـــى حَيَاةَ الْمَلاَئِـــكِ

_Falaqta li-Mūsā-l baḥra wa-r rūḥu baʿdahu / ʿalawta bihi Yaḥyā ḥayāta-l malā’iki_

You split the sea for Moses, and the Spirit (Jesus) after him; You elevated John (Yahya) to the life of the angels.

**19.** بِحَقِّكَ فَانْصُرْ ضَارِعًــــا مُتَشَبِّثًــا / بِأَذْيَالِ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ نَجْلِ الْعَوَاتِــكِ

_Bi-ḥaqqika fanṣur ḍāriʿan mutashabbithā / bi-adhyāli khayri-l khalqi najli-l ʿawātiki_

By Your right, support a pleading one who clings to the hems of the best of creation, the descendant of the noble women (al-Awātik).

**20.** عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / بِمَكَّةَ أَدْعُــو خَيْرَ رَبٍّ وَمَالِــــكِ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / bi-Makkata adʿū khayra rabbin wa māliki_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; in Mecca I call upon the best Lord and Owner.

**21.** بِجَنْــبِ قُبَيْسٍ مِنْ حِرَاءٍ وَإِنَّنِــي / أُنَادِي مُجِيبًا بَاسِطًا غَيْرَ مَاسِـــكِ

_Bi-janbi Qubaysin min Ḥirā’in wa innanī / unādī mujīban bāsiṭan ghayra māsiki_

Beside Mount Qubays from Hira’, I call out to One who answers, who is generous and never withholds.

**22.** فَهَبْلِي حَيَاةً مَـــا حَيِيتُ كَرِيمَـــةً / وَمِنْ بَعْدُ لِلْفِرْدَوْسِ فَوْقَ الْأَرَائِــكِ

_Fa-hab lī ḥayātan mā ḥayītu karīmatan / wa min baʿdu li-l firdawsi fawqa-l arā’iki_

So grant me a noble life as long as I live, and thereafter the Paradise upon elevated couches.

**23.** فَتَكْفِينِيَ الْبَلْوَى بِتِلْــكَ وَهَـــــذِهِ / وَتُتْحِفُنِي فِي الْعِلْمِ كُلَّ الْمَـــدَارِكِ

_Fa-takfīniya-l balwā bi-tilka wa hādhihi / wa tut-ḥifunī fī-l ʿilmi kulla-l madāriki_

Suffice me against trials in this world and the next, and gift me with all the insights of knowledge.

**24.** وَتَكْفِي شُرُورَ الْإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ كُلِّهِــمْ / تُضِيءُ بِيَ الظَّلْمَاءَ مِنْ كُلِّ حَالِــــكِ

_Wa takfī shurūra-l insi wa-l jinni kullihim / tuḍī’u biya-ẓ ẓalmā’a min kulli ḥāliki_

And suffice me against the evils of all humans and jinn; illuminate the darkness for me from every gloom.

**25.** حَيَاتِيَ تَحْلُــــو بِالْمَحَبَّـــةِ وَالتُّقَــى / وَمَوْتِيَ يَحْلُو بِالشُّهُـــودِ كَذَلِـــــكِ

_Ḥayātiya taḥlū bi-l maḥabbati wa-t tuqā / wa mawtī yaḥlū bi-sh shuhūdi kadhalika_

My life becomes sweet through love and piety; and my death becomes sweet through witnessing (the Truth) likewise.

**26.** أَسِيرُ مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ بِالْجَذْبِ سَالِكًــا / سَبِيلَ الْمُقَفَّى بَيْنَ سُبْــــلٍ حَوَالِــكِ

_Asīru maʿa-l abrāri bi-l jadhibi sālikā / sabīla-l muqaffā bayna sublin ḥawāliki_

I journey with the righteous through spiritual attraction, following the path of the Final Prophet among dark paths.

**27.** فَهَلْ يَا تُـــرَى أَنَّا نَسِيـــرُ بِطَيْبَــةٍ / وَنَمْشِي بِجِدٍّ بَيْــنَ تِلْــكَ الْمَبَارِكِ

_Fa-hal yā turā annā nasīru bi-Ṭaybatin / wa namshī bi-jiddin bayna tilka-l mabāriki_

Shall we, perchance, journey through Tayba (Medina) and walk with diligence among those blessed places?

**28.** عَلَيْكَ صَــــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / تَمَلَّكْتَ قَلْبِي الدَّهْرَ غَيْرَ مُشَـــارَكِ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / tamallakta qalbī-d dahra ghayra mushāraki_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; you have possessed my heart for all of time without any partner.

**29.** دَعَوْتَ إِلَى الدِّينِ الْقَوِيــمِ مُقَوِّمًا / طُغَاةً بُغَاةً بِالظُّبَى وَالْمَعَـــارِكِ

_Daʿawta ila-d dīni-l qawīmi muqawwimā / ṭughātan bughātan bi-ẓ ẓubā wa-l maʿāriki_

You called to the upright religion, straightening tyrants and transgressors with swords and battles.

**30.** فَجِئْتُ لِبَـــــدْرٍ مَوْهِنًــا وَشَبِيبَتِــي / نَخُوضُ غِمَارَ اللَّيْلِ مِنْ كُلِّ حَالِــكِ

_Fa-ji’tu li-Badrin mawhinan wa shabībatī / nakhūḍu ghimāra-l layli min kulli ḥāliki_

I came to Badr in the late night with my youth, traversing the depths of the night from every darkness.

**31.** جَــزَاهُمْ إِلَهِــي كُلَّ خَيْرٍ وَإِنَّــهُ / سَيَعْصِمُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قِتْلٍ وَفَاتِـكَ

_Jazāhum ilāhī kulla khayrin wa innahu / sa-yaʿṣimuhum min kulli qitlin wa fātiki_

May my God reward them (the people of Badr) with every good; and indeed He will protect them from every killing and assassin.

**32.** عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَقَدْ طِبْتُ نَفْسًا فِي رُبُوعِ ابْنِ مَالِــكِ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / fa-qad ṭibtu nafsan fī rubūʿi-bni Mālikī_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for I have found peace of soul in the dwellings of (Anas) ibn Malik.

**33.** عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / فَقَدْ طِبْتُ نَفْسًا فِي رُبُوعِ ابْنِ مَالِــكِ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / fa-qad ṭibtu nafsan fī rubūʿi-bni Mālikī_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; for I have found peace of soul in the dwellings of (Anas) ibn Malik.

**34.** عَلَيْهِ مـــعَ الْآلِ الْكِـرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ / كِلِينِيَ سَلْمَــــى سَلِّمِينِـــي لِمَالِكِــي

_ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi / kilīniya Salmā sallimīnī li-mālikī_

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions; leave me, O Salma, and surrender me to my Owner.

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