# Harful Laam · حَرْفُ اللَّام

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.** لِطَـــــهَ نَبِـــيِّ الْأَنْبِيَـــاءِ ثَنَائِـــــي / بِوَقْتِ اقْتِرَابِي مِثْلَ وَقْــتِ تَنَائِــي

_Li-Ṭāhā nabiyyi-l anbiyā’i thanā’ī / bi-waqti-qtirābī mithla waqti tanā’ī_

For Taha, the Prophet of the prophets, is my praise; in the time of my proximity as well as in the time of my distance.

**2.** أَحِنُّ إِلَيْــهِ حَيْثُ كُنْتُ وَإِنْ دَنَــتْ / مَرَابِعُـــهُ زَخْرَفْــتُ فِيـــهِ ثَنَائِــي

_Aḥinnu ilayhi ḥaythu kuntu wa in danat / marābiʿuhu zakhraftu fīhi thanā’ī_

I long for him wherever I am, and if his dwellings draw near, I decorate my praise for him.

**3.** تَطَاوَلَ لَيْلِـــي فِي دَكَــارَ مُؤَرَّقًــا / حَنِينًا لِمَنْ بَيْـــــنَ النَّقَـــا وَقُبَــاءِ

_Taṭāwala laylī fī Dakāra mu’arraqā / ḥanīnan li-man bayna-n Naqā wa Qubā’ī_

My night in Dakar was long and sleepless, out of yearning for the one between al-Naqa and Quba.

**4.** بِبَارِيسَ لَيْلاً قَدْ أَرِقْــــتُ تَشَوُّقًــا / جَفَانِي مَنَامِي اللَّيْلَ كُــلَّ جَفَـــاءِ

_Bi-Bārīsa laylan qad ariqtu tashawwuqā / jafānī manāmī-l layla kulla jafā’ī_

In Paris by night, I remained awake out of longing; sleep shunned me at night with total avoidance.

**5.** بِبَارِيـــــسَ لَكِـــنِّي أَرُوحُ لِطَيْبَـــةٍ / قَدِ ازْدَدْتُ شَوْقًا عِنْدَ قُرْبِ لِقَــــاءِ

_Bi-Bārīsa lākinnī arūḥu li-Ṭaybatin / qadi-zdadtu shawqan ʿinda qurbi liqā’ī_

I am in Paris, yet I am heading toward Tayba (Medina); my longing increased as the meeting drew near.

**6.** إِلَى الْحَرَمِ الْعَالِي الرَّفِيـــعِ مَنَــارُهُ / إِلَى مَرْقَدِ الْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلِ رِوَائِي

_Ila-l ḥarami-l ʿālī-r rafīʿi manāruhu / ila marqadi-l māḥī-ḍ ḍalāli riwā’ī_

To the high Sanctuary whose minaret is elevated; toward the resting place of the Eraser of misguidance is my path.

**7.** إِلَى حُجُرَاتٍ عَظَّــمَ اللّٰهُ شَأْنَهَــا / بِـــذَمِّ مُنَـــــادٍ حَوْلَهَــــا بِجَفَــاءِ

_Ilā ḥujurātin ʿaẓ-ẓama-llāhu sha’nahā / bi-dhammi munādin ḥawlahā bi-jafā’ī_

To the chambers whose status Allah magnified by censuring those who call out around them with harshness.

**8.** إِلَى حُجُرَاتٍ طَهَّــــرَ اللّٰهُ أَهْلَهَـــــا / مِنَ الرِّجْسِ وَالْفَحْشَا وَكُلِّ طَخَاءِ

_Ilā ḥujurātin ṭah-hara-llāhu ahlahā / mina-r rijsi wa-l faḥshā wa kulli ṭakhā’ī_

To the chambers whose inhabitants Allah purified from impurity, indecency, and every darkness.

**9.** مَصَادِرُ آيَــــــاتٍ مَـــوَارِدُ رَحْمَــةٍ / بِهَا الرَّوْضُ فِيهَا حَلَّ وَحْيُ سَمَــاءِ

_Maṣādiru āyātin mawāridu raḥmatin / bihā-r rawḍu fīhā ḥalla waḥyu samā’ī_

Sources of verses, watering-places of mercy; in them is the Garden, and in them the revelation of heaven descended.

**10.** مَحَطَّةُ أَنْظَارِ السَّمَـــاءِ وَمُنْتَهَـــى / مَسِيرِ الْمَلاَ الْعَالِي شُرُوقَ ضِيَـاءِ

_Maḥaṭ-ṭatu anẓāri-s samā’i wa muntahā / masīri-l mala-l ʿālī shurūqa ḍiyā’ī_

The station where the sights of heaven gaze, and the end of the journey for the highest assembly in the rising of light.

**11.** فَلَأْيًــا صَفَا وَقْتِي وَبَاتَ مُؤَمَّلِـــي / قَرِيبًا وَحُــبُّ الْهَاشِمِـــيِّ غِذَائِــي

_Fa-la’yan ṣafā waqtī wa bāta mu’ammalī / qarīban wa ḥubbu-l hāshimiyyi ghidhā’ī_

With difficulty, my time became pure and my hope became near; and the love of the Hashemite is my nourishment.

**12.** تَرَى خَنْدَقَ الْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلِ بِهِ اخْتَفَى / دُجَى الْكُفْــــرِ وَالْأَهْـــوَا وَكُلُّ عَنَــاءِ

_Tarā khandaqa-l māḥī-ḍ ḍalāli bihi-khtafā / dujā-l kufri wa-l ahwā wa kullu ʿanā’ī_

You see the Trench (Khandaq) of the Eraser of misguidance, in which the darkness of disbelief, whims, and every toil vanished.

**13.** أَنَــالُ وُقُوفًا خَاضِعًــــا مُتَأَدِّبًــا / أَمَامَ الْإِمَامِ الْقَرْمِ وَهْوَ شِفَائِـــي

_Anālu wuqufan khāḍiʿan muta’addibā / amāma-l imāmi-l qarmi wa huwa shifā’ī_

I attain a standing, humble and disciplined, before the noble Imam, and he is my healing.

**14.** وَقَفْتُ أَمَامَ الْهَاشِمِيِّ مُصَلِّيًــا / لِرَبِّي فَوَافَانِي كَمَـــالُ هَنَــاءِ

_Waqaftu amāma-l hāshimiyyi muṣalliyā / li-rabbī fa-wāfānī kamālu hanā’ī_

I stood before the Hashemite, praying to my Lord, and complete bliss came to me.

**15.** أُصَلِّي أَمَامِي الْحَقُّ جَلَّ جَلاَلُــهُ / وَخَلْفِي إِمَامِي الْهَاشِمِي بِإِزَائِي

_Uṣallī amāmī-l ḥaqqu jalla jalāluhu / wa khalfī imāmī-l hāshimī bi-izā’ī_

I pray while before me is the Truth—majestic is His glory—and behind me is my Imam, the Hashemite, alongside me.

**16.** مَلاَذِيَ عَبْـــــدَ اللّٰهِ سَيِّـــدَ خَلْقِــهِ / أَتَيْتُ وَتَدْرِي مَا تَرَكْتُ وَرَائِي

_Malādhī ʿAbda-llāhi sayyida khalqihi / ataytu wa tadrī mā taraktu warā’ī_

My refuge is Abdullah, the master of His creation; I have come, and you know what I have left behind me.

**17.** فَسَلْ خَالِقِي تَفْرِيجَ كَرْبِي وَكَرْبَ مَنْ / تَعَلَّـــــقَ بِـــي إِنِّــــي بَرِيــــدُ رَجَــاءِ

_Fa-sal khāliqī tafrīja karbī wa karba man / taʿal-laqa bī innī barīdu rajā’ī_

So ask my Creator for the relief of my distress and the distress of those attached to me; for I am a messenger of hope.

**18.** رَسُولُ شُعُوبٍ يَنْتَمُـــونَ لِأَحْمَــدٍ / بِحُبٍّ وَإِخْلاَصٍ وَصِــدْقِ وَلاَءِ

_Rasūlu shuʿūbin yantamūna li-Aḥmadin / bi-ḥubbin wa ikhlāṣin wa ṣidqi walā’ī_

The messenger of peoples who belong to Ahmad with love, sincerity, and true loyalty.

**19.** تَحَدَّاهُمُ أَعْدَا الْحَنِيفَـــــــةِ جَهْــرَةً / إِلَى خَالِقِي شَكْوًى صَبَاحَ مَسَــاءِ

_Taḥad-dāhumu aʿdā-l ḥanīfati jahratan / ila khāliqī shakwā ṣabāḥa masā’ī_

The enemies of the upright faith challenged them openly; to my Creator is the complaint, morning and evening.

**20.** سَأَلْتُ إِلَهِي أَنْ يُـــــذِلَّ بِسُرْعَــةٍ / عِصَابَاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَهْـــلِ غَبَــاءِ

_Sa’altu ilāhī an yudhilla bi-surʿatin / ʿiṣābāti Isrā’īla ahla ghabā’ī_

I asked my God to swiftly humiliate the gangs of Israel, the people of foolishness.

**21.** وَطَهِّرْ لَنَا الْقُدْسَ الشَّرِيفَ وَأَهْلِكَنْ / إِبَانًــــــــا وَدَيَّانًـــــا رِقَــابَ إِمَــاءِ

_Wa ṭah-hir lanā-l Qudsa-sh sharīfa wa ahlikan / Ebāna wa Dayyāna riqāba imā’ī_

And purify for us the Noble Jerusalem, and destroy Eban and Dayan, those necks of slaves.

**22.** لَقَدْ حَارَبُوا عِيسَى وَيَحْيَى وَأَحْمَدًا / فَهَبْ لِيَهُــــودِ الْقُـــــدْسِ كُلَّ بَـــلاَءِ

_Laqad ḥārabū ʿĪsā wa Yaḥyā wa Aḥmadā / fa-hab li-Yahūdi-l Qudsi kulla balā’ī_

They fought Jesus, John, and Ahmad; so grant the Jews of Jerusalem every calamity.

**23.** وَحَرِّرْ لَنَا سِينَا بِمُوسَى وَأَحْمَدٍ / وَعِيسَى وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَهْلِ عَــلاَءِ

_Wa ḥarrir lanā Sīnā bi-Mūsā wa Aḥmadin / wa ʿĪsā wa Ibrāhīma ahla ʿalā’ī_

And liberate Sinai for us, by the right of Moses, Ahmad, Jesus, and Ibrahim—the people of high standing.

**24.** وَتَخْفِضُ جُنْسُونًا بِجَاهِ مُحَمَّـــدٍ / وَسِرِّ الَّذِي قَدْ جَا بِغَارِ حِــرَاءِ

_Wa takhfiḍu Junsūnan bi-jāhi Muḥammadin / wa sirri-l ladhī qad jā bi-ghāri Ḥirā’ī_

And bring down Johnson by the status of Muhammad and the secret of the one who came to the cave of Hira’.

**25.** وَبَعْدَ لَيَالٍ فِي سُرُورٍ وَغِبْطَــــةٍ / سَبَحْنَا إِلَى الْبَطْحَاءِ بَحْرَ فَضَـــاءِ

_Wa baʿda layālin fī surūrin wa ghibṭatin / sabaḥnā ila-l Baṭḥā’i baḥra faḍā’ī_

And after nights in joy and happiness, we swam to the Bathā’ (Mecca) through a sea of space.

**26.** فَمَكَّـةُ هَــــذِي ذَا الْمَقَامُ وَهَـــذِهِ / جِبَالُ ثَبِيرٍ فِي سَنًـــى وَسَنَــاءِ

_Fa-Makkatu hadhī dhā-l maqāmu wa hadhihi / jibālu Thabīrin fī sanan wa sanā’ī_

This is Mecca, this is the Station (Maqam), and these are the mountains of Thabir in radiance and splendor.

**27.** وَذِي عَرَفَاتٌ ذَاكَ جَمْعٌ وَمَشْعَـرٌ / بِهَا وَقَفَ الْمَاحِي لِمَحْـــوِ الشَّقَــاءِ

_Wa dhī ʿArafātun dhāka jamʿun wa mashʿaru / bihā waqafa-l māḥī li-maḥwi-sh shaqā’ī_

And this is Arafat, that is Jam' (Muzdalifa) and the Sanctuary; in them, the Eraser stood to erase all misery.

**28.** يَؤُمُّكَ وَفْدٌ قَدْ طَوَى الْأَرْضَ طَائِـــرًا / إِلَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ بَحْرِ عَطَـاءِ

_Ya’ummuka wafdun qad ṭawa-l arḍa ṭā’irā / ila-l muṣṭafa-l mukhtāri baḥri ʿaṭā’ī_

A delegation heads toward you, having traversed the earth flying, toward the chosen Mustafa, the sea of giving.

**29.** مَعِي صَاحِبِي حِبِّي وَصِهْرِي وَخَادِمِي / أَبُو حَرَمِي بَلْقِيسَ أَهْلُ وَفَاءِ

_Maʿī ṣāḥibī ḥibbī wa ṣihrī wa khādimī / Abū ḥaramī Balqīsa ahlu wafā’ī_

With me is my companion, my beloved, my son-in-law, and my servant; the father of my wife Balqis, a person of loyalty.

**30.** جَزَاهُمْ إِلَـــهِ كُلَّ خَيْرٍ وَيَعْلُــوَنْ / بِنَاؤُهُمُ فِـــــي الْمَجْـــدِ كُلَّ بِنَــاءِ

_Jazāhum ilāhī kulla khayrin wa yaʿluwan / binā’uhumu fī-l majdi kulla binā’ī_

May my God reward them with every good, and may their structure rise in glory above every structure.

**31.** فَهَبْ لِي وَهَبْ عَبْدَ الْمَلِيكِ مُرَادَهُ / بِلاَ سَبَـــــبٍ إِلاَّ صُـــدُورُ قَضَــاءِ

_Fa-hab lī wa hab ʿAbda-l Malīki murādahu / bi-lā sababin illā ṣudūru qaḍā’ī_

Grant me and grant Abdul Malik his desire, without any cause except the issuance of Divine Decree.

**32.** وَتَقْبَلُنَا هَـــبِ الْمُسِيئِينَ جُمْلَـــةً / لِمُحْسِنِنَا هَبْنِي لِعَيْـــنِ الصَّفَــاءِ

_Wa taqbalunā habi-l musī’īna jumlatan / li-muḥsininā habnī li-ʿayni-ṣ ṣafā’ī_

And accept us; grant the wrongdoers among us to the righteous, and grant me the essence of purity.

**33.** جَزَى اللّٰهُ عَنِّي وَالِدِي وَمُعَلِّمِــي / لَدَى حَضْـــرَةِ الْمَنَّانِ كُلَّ جَــزَاءِ

_Jazā-llāhu ʿannī wālidī wa muʿal-limī / ladā ḥaḍrati-l mannāni kulla jazā’ī_

May Allah reward my father and my teacher on my behalf, in the presence of the Bestower, with every reward.

**34.** بِلاَغُوسَ أَحْبَابٌ كِــرَامٌ أَجِلَّـــةٌ / فَأَذْكُرُهُمْ أُهْـــدِي لَهُــــمْ بِدُعَائِي

_Bi-Lāghūsa aḥbābun kirāmun ajil-latun / fa-adhkuruhum uhdī lahum bi-duʿā’ī_

In Lagos are beloved ones, noble and eminent; I remember them and gift them my prayers.

**35.** بِأَزْرِي بِكَانُو مِــنْ أُكَيْنَ لِكَوْلَــخٍ / فَتَذْكَارُهُمْ عِنْــدِي بِوَقْتِ صَفَــــاءِ

_Bi-Azrī bi-Kānū min Ukayna li-Kawlakha / fa-tadhkāruhum ʿindī bi-waqti ṣafā’ī_

In Azri, in Kano, from Ukayna to Kaolack; their memory is with me in times of purity.

**36.** عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / أَنَالُ لَــــدَى الْمَوْلَى كَمَالَ رِضَـــاءِ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / anālu ladā-l mawlā kamāla riḍā’ī_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; may I attain complete pleasure with the Lord.

**37.** عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَذَا سَيْرُ قَلْبِي وَهْوَ مَحْضُ عَطَاءِ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa dhā sayru qalbī wa huwa maḥḍu ʿaṭā’ī_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; and this is the journey of my heart, which is pure giving.

**38.** عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / وَتُلْحِقُنِـــي بِــالْآلِ أَهْــــلِ عَبَـــاءِ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa tulḥiqunī bi-l āli ahli ʿabā’ī_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; and join me with the Family, the people of the Cloak.

**39.** عَلَيْـــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / لِطَـــهَ مَسِيرِي وَهْوَ مِنْـــهُ حِبَائِــي

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / li-Ṭāhā masīrī wa huwa minhu ḥibā’ī_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; toward Taha is my journey, and from him is my gift.

**40.** أَسِيـــرُ بِـــهِ لِلَّهِ جَـــــلَّ جَــلاَلُهُ / وَفُزْتُ بِجَمْعٍ حِيــنَ تَــمَّ فَنَائِي

_Asīru bihi lillāhi jalla jalāluhu / wa fuztu bi-jamʿin ḥīna tam-ma fanā’ī_

I journey through him to Allah—majestic is His glory—and I triumphed in Union when my annihilation (of self) was complete.

**41.** فَخَيَّمَ قَلْبِي عِنْدَ أَحْمَـــدَ لاَ أُرَى / أَمِيلُ إِلَى الْأَغْيَارِ بَعْــــدَ بَقَــاءِ

_Fa-khay-yama qalbī ʿinda Aḥmada lā urā / amīlu ila-l aghyāri baʿda baqā’ī_

So my heart camped at Ahmad's; I am not seen inclining toward others after my permanence (with him).

**42.** أَرَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلاَ اللّٰهَ بَاطِــلاً / فَحَقَّ يَقِينِـــــي إِذْ أَمَــاطَ غِطَائِــي

_Arā kulla shay’in mā khalā-llāha bāṭilā / fa-ḥaq-qa yaqīnī idh amāṭa ghiṭā’ī_

I see everything besides Allah as falsehood; my certainty became true when He removed my veil.

**43.** عَلَيْـــــهِ صَــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / بِطَـــهَ سُرُورِي بِالْأَمِينِ غِنَائِــي

_ʿAlayhi ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / bi-Ṭāhā surūrī bi-l amīni ghinā’ī_

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; in Taha is my joy, and in the Trustworthy one is my wealth.

**44.** عَلَيْــــهِ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِهِ / صَــلاَةٌ وَتَسْلِيـــمٌ خِتَـــامَ ثَنَائِــي

_ʿAlayhi maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi / ṣalātun wa taslīmun khitāma thanā’ī_

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions, be blessings and peace as the conclusion of my praise.

**45.** مَدِينَةُ مَاحِي الْكُفْرِ وَالْعَارِ وَالرِّجْسِ / مَدَى الدَّهْرِ فِيهَا قُرَّةُ الْعَيْنِ وَالنَّفْـسِ

_Madīnatu māḥi-l kufri wa-l ʿāri wa-r rijsi / madā-d dahri fīhā qur-ratu-l ʿayni wa-n nafsi_

The city of the Eraser of disbelief, shame, and impurity; throughout time, in it is the delight of the eye and the soul.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c537196441e1c596212efe/chapter/69c538396441e1c596212f3e