# Harful Qaaf · حَرْفُ الْقَاف

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.** قَضَى لِيَ قَاضِي الْحُبِّ قِدْماً مَتَى قَضَى / مَحَبَّةَ طَــــهَ الْهَاشِمِــــيِّ وَقَــدْ مَضَــى

_Qaḍā liya qāḍī-l ḥubbi qidman matā qaḍā / maḥabbata Ṭāhā-l hāshimiyyi wa qad maḍā_

The Judge of Love decreed for me long ago—whenever He decrees—the love of Taha the Hashemite, and that decree has come to pass.

**2.** فَأَحْبَبْتُ طَـــهَ الْمُصْطَفَـى بِطَبِيعَتِـــي / وَقَدْ زَادَ حُبِّي أَنْ بَــدَا كَامِلاً رِضَــى

_Fa-aḥbabtu Ṭāhā-l muṣṭafā bi-ṭabīʿatī / wa qad zāda ḥubbī an badā kāmilā riḍā_

So I loved Taha the Chosen one by my very nature, and my love increased as his perfect pleasure became manifest.

**3.** وَأَحْبَبْتُــــهُ مَـــا دُمْـــتُ حَيّاً وَإِنَّنِــي / لِيَ الْحُبُّ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ الْجَفْنُ مُغْمَضَا

_Wa aḥbabtuhu mā dumtu ḥayyan wa innanī / liya-l ḥubbu ḥattā yumsī-l jafnu mughmaḍā_

And I have loved him as long as I have lived, and indeed, this love is mine until my eyelids are closed (in death).

**4.** وَلِمْ لاَ وَرَبُّ النَّاسِ طُرًّا يُحِبُّـــهُ / وَأَعْطَاهُ حَتَّى عَادَ عَنْــهُ مُفَوَّضَـا

_Walim lā wa rabbu-n nāsi ṭurran yuḥibbuhu / wa aʿṭāhu ḥattā ʿāda ʿanhu mufawwaḍā_

And why not? Since the Lord of all mankind loves him, and He gave to him until he became His authorized representative.

**5.** فَمَنْ بَايَعَ الْمُخْتَــارَ بَايَــعَ رَبَّنَـــــا / وَذَلِكَ حُكْمٌ فِي الْأَوَامِــرِ وَالْقَضَـا

_Fa-man bāyaʿa-l mukhtāra bāyaʿa rabbanā / wa dhālika ḥukmun fī-l awāmiri wa-l qaḍā_

For whoever pledges allegiance to the Chosen one has pledged allegiance to our Lord; and that is a ruling among the commands and the Divine Decree.

**6.** تَذَكَّرْتُ مُخْتَـــارَ الْخَلاَئِــقِ مَوْهِنــاً / لَدَى لِيبِيَا الْغَرَّا وَأَرْضَى بِمَا قَضَى

_Tadhakkartu mukhtāra-l khalā’iqi mawhinā / ladā Lībiyā-l gharrā wa arḍā bi-mā qaḍā_

I remembered the Chosen one of creation in the late night, while in noble Libya, and I am satisfied with what He has decreed.

**7.** بِلَيْلَــةِ مِعْرَاجِ الرَّسُــــولِ فَهَــاجَ لِي / دَفَائِنَ مِنْهَا أَرْتَجِي الْفَوْزَ وَالرِّضَـى

_Bi-laylati miʿrāji-r rasūli fa-hāja lī / dafā’ina minhā artajī-l fawza wa-r riḍā_

On the night of the Prophet’s Ascension, hidden yearnings were stirred within me, through which I hope for triumph and pleasure.

**8.** وِدَادُكَ يُلْهِينِـــــي أَبِيـــــتُ مُؤَرَّقــــــاً / وَقَدْ شَابَ فَوْدِي وَهْوَ لِي الْحُبُّ مَا انْقَضَى

_Widāduka yulhīnī abītu mu’arraqā / wa qad shāba fawdī wa huwa liy al-ḥubbu mā-nqaḍā_

Your affection occupies me; I spend the night awake, and though the hair at my temples has turned gray, my love for you has never ended.

**9.** لَـــكَ اللّٰهُ لاَ أُلْفَى لِعَهْدِكَ نَاسِيــــاً / فَعَهْدَ أَمِينِ اللّٰهِ رَبِّي لَنَا ارْتَضَـى

_Laka-llāhu lā ulfā li-ʿahdika nāsiyā / fa-ʿahda amīni-llāhi rabbī lanā-rtaḍā_

By Allah, I shall never be found forgetting your covenant; for the covenant of the Trustworthy one of Allah is what my Lord has approved for us.

**10.** جَزَى اللّٰهُ شَيْخـــاً قَــادَنِي لِــوِدَادِهِ / جَزَاءَ كَرِيمٍ نِعْمَ شَيْخاً وَمُرْتَضَى

_Jazā-llāhu shaykhan qādanī li-widādihi / jazā’a karīmin niʿma shaykhan wa murtaḍā_

May Allah reward the Shaykh who led me to his affection—the reward of a Generous One; what an excellent and pleasing Shaykh he is.

**11.** عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ / وَآلٍ وَصَحْبٍ كُلُّهُـــمْ قُدْوَةٌ رِضَـا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa ālin wa ṣaḥbin kulluhum qudwatun riḍā_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, and upon the Family and Companions, all of whom are pleasing role models.

**12.** عَلَيْـــــكَ مَـــدَى الْأَيَّامِ مَـــا قَالَ مُغْــرَمٌ / قَضَى لِيَ قَاضِي الْحُبِّ قِدْماً مَتَى قَضَى

_ʿAlayka madā-l ayyāmi mā qāla mughramun / qaḍā liya qāḍī-l ḥubbi qidman matā qaḍā_

Upon you throughout the days, as long as an infatuated one says: The Judge of Love decreed for me long ago.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c537196441e1c596212efe/chapter/69c5383e6441e1c596212f61