# Harfus Siin · حَرْفُ السِّين

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.** سِفَـــارِي إِلَى الْهَادِي لِذَلِكَ أَفْــرَحُ / قِرَايَ لِقَا خَيْرِ الْوَرَى وَهْوَ أَفْــرَحُ

_Sifārī ila-l hādī li-dhālika afraḥu / qirāya liqā khayri-l warā wa huwa afraḥu_

My journey is toward the Guide, and for that I rejoice; my hospitality is the meeting with the best of creation, and that is most joyful.

**2.** يُبَشِّرُهُ الْبَارِي بِمَدْحِي وَزَوْرَتِي / أَسِيرُ مَعِي الْأَبْرَارُ ذَلِـــكَ أَفْلَــحُ

_Yubashshiruhu-l bārī bi-madḥī wa zawratī / asīru maʿiya-l abrāru dhālika aflaḥu_

The Creator gives him glad tidings of my praise and my visit; I journey with the righteous, and that is most successful.

**3.** دَوَاعِــي اشْتِيَاقِي لِلْمَدِينَةِ جَمَّـــةٌ / فَجَذْبٌ وَشَوْقٌ لاَ يَزَالُ مُبَــرِّحُ

_Dawāʿī-shtiyāqī li-l madīnati jammatun / fa-jadhbun wa shawqun lā yazālu mubar-riḥu_

The reasons for my longing for Medina are many; a spiritual attraction and a longing that is ever-afflicting.

**4.** فَطَبْعًا أُحِبُّ الْمُصْطَفَى فَإِشَارَتِي / إِلَيْهِ وَطَـــوْراً بِالْوِدَادِ أُصَــرِّحُ

_Fa-ṭabʿan uḥibbu-l muṣṭafā fa-ishāratī / ilayhi wa ṭawran bi-l widādi uṣar-riḥu_

By nature I love the Chosen one, so my indication is toward him, and at times I openly declare my affection.

**5.** فَيَا مَا أُحَيْلَى أَنْ أُقِيـــــمَ بِطَيْبَــةٍ / هُنَاكَ تَــرَى نُورَ النُّبُوَّةِ يَلْمَــــحُ

_Fa-yā mā uḥaylā an uqīma bi-Ṭaybatin / hunāka tarā nūra-n nubuwwati yalmaḥu_

O, how sweet it is to stay in Tayba (Medina); there you see the light of Prophethood gleaming.

**6.** بِمَرْقَدِ خَيْــــرِ الْعَالَمِيـــنَ مُحَمَّــدٍ / مَعِي صَفْوَةُ الْأَحْبَابِ ذَلِـكَ أَنْجَحُ

_Bi-marqadi khayri-l ʿālamīna Muḥammadin / maʿī ṣafwatu-l aḥbābi dhālika anjaḥu_

At the resting place of the best of the worlds, Muhammad; with me are the elite of beloveds, and that is most prosperous.

**7.** تَوَجَّهْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِي إِلَيْــهِ يَسُوقُنِــي / وَذَا شَرَفٌ جِبْرِيلُ وَالْقَلْبُ يَمْرَحُ

_Tawaj-jahtu min ahlī ilayhi yasūqunī / wa dhā sharafun Jibrīlu wa-l qalbu yamraḥu_

I turned away from my family toward him, driven by grace; and this is an honor—Gabriel is there and the heart is joyful.

**8.** إِلَى خَيْرِ هَادٍ خَيْرِ مَنْ وَطِئَ الثَّـرَى / وَخَيْرِ شَفِيـعٍ خَيْرِ مَنْ جَاءَ يُصْلِــحُ

_Ila khayri hādin khayri man waṭi’a-th tharā / wa khayri shafīʿin khayri man jā’a yuṣliḥu_

Toward the best guide, the best of those who trod the earth, and the best intercessor, the best of those who came to rectify.

**9.** يَقُولُــونَ لاَ تَخْـرُجْ لِسُقْــمٍ وَمَهْرَمٍ / فَعُذْرُكَ مِنْ شَمْسِ الظَّهِيرَةِ أَوْضَحُ

_Yaqūlūna lā takh-ruj li-suqmin wa mahramin / fa-ʿudhruka min shamsi-ẓ ẓahīrati awḍaḥu_

They say: "Do not set out because of illness and old age; for your excuse from the midday sun is most clear."

**10.** فَقُلْتُ شِفَا سُقْمِـــي الْوُقُـــوفُ بِبَابِــهِ / عَنِ الطِّبِّ يُغْنِينِي كَمَنْ ظَلَّ يَجْـرَحُ

_Fa-qultu shifā suqmī-l wuqufu bi-bābihi / ʿani-ṭ ṭibbi yughnīnī ka-man ẓalla yajraḥu_

But I said: The healing of my illness is standing at his door; it suffices me over medicine, like one who remains wounded.

**11.** أَ أَخْلُدُ لِلرَّاحَـــاتِ وَالنَّــاسُ كُلُّهُـمْ / يَرُوحُ وَيَغْدُو لِلْحَبِيـــبِ وَيُفْلِــحُ

_A-akh-ludu li-r rāḥāti wa-n nāsu kulluhum / yarūḥu wa yaghdu li-l ḥabībi wa yufliḥu_

Shall I settle for comforts while all the people are going and coming for the Beloved and finding success?

**12.** أَ أَتْرُكُ لَيْلَى لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهَــا / سِوَى لَيْلَةٍ مَنْ لِي بِذَلِكَ يَنْصَحُ ؟

_A-atruku Laylā laysa baynī wa baynahā / siwā laylatin man liy bi-dhālika yanṣaḥu_

Shall I leave Layla (the beloved) when there is only one night between me and her? Who would advise me to do that?

**13.** شَفَى السُّقْمَ بَلْ أَحْيَى بِدُونِ تَكَلُّــفٍ / بَلِ الْقُرْبُ وَالْمَسُّ الشِّفَاءُ الْمُـرَوِّحُ

_Shafa-s suqma bal aḥyā bi-dūni takal-lufin / bali-l qurba wa-l massu-sh shifā’u-l muraw-wiḥu_

He healed the sickness, rather he gave life without burden; indeed, proximity and touch are the refreshing healing.

**14.** أَلاَ يَا رَسُــولَ اللّٰهِ جِئْــتُ مُعَلِّقًــا / عَلَيْكَ شُؤُونَ الْمُنْتَمِينَ وَأَشْرَحُ

_Alā yā rasūla-llāhi ji’tu muʿal-liqā / ʿalayka shu’ūna-l muntamīna wa ashraḥu_

O Messenger of Allah, I have come attaching to you the affairs of those who belong to me, and I explain them.

**15.** فَــآخِرُ مَبْعُــوثٍ وَأَوَّلُ شَافِــعٍ / وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَعْلُو الْجِنَانَ فَتُفْتَــحُ

_Fa-ākhiru mabʿūthin wa aw-walu shāfiʿin / wa aw-walu man yaʿlu-l jināna fa-tuftaḥu_

For you are the last sent one and the first intercessor, and the first who ascends to the Gardens so they are opened.

**16.** وَإِنِّي مُحِبٌّ خَادِمُ الْبَــابِ شَاعِرٌ / وَأَرْجُو الْتِفَاتًــا لاَ أُذَلُّ وَأَكْلَــحُ

_Wa innī muḥibbun khādimu-l bābi shāʿirun / wa arjū-ltifātan lā udhal-lu wa aklaḥu_

I am a lover, a servant of the door, and a poet; I hope for a glance so I am not humiliated or gloomy.

**17.** وَإِنِّي مُحِبٌّ خَادِمُ الْبَــابِ شَاعِرٌ / وَأَرْجُو الْتِفَاتًــا لاَ أُذَلُّ وَأَكْلَــحُ

_Wa innī muḥibbun khādimu-l bābi shāʿirun / wa arjū-ltifātan lā udhal-lu wa aklaḥu_

I am a lover, a servant of the door, and a poet; I hope for a glance so I am not humiliated or gloomy.

**18.** إِذَا طُفْتَ حَوْلَ الْعَرْشِ وَالْحَقُّ فَوْقَهُ / وَقَدْ خَافَ كُلُّ الرُّسْــلِ كُـلٌّ يُسَبِّـحُ

_Idhā ṭufta ḥawla-l ʿarshi wa-l ḥaqqu fawqahu / wa qad khāfa kullu-r rusli kullun yusab-biḥu_

When you circumambulate the Throne and the Truth is above it, while all the Messengers are afraid and everyone is glorifying.

**19.** مَلاَئِكَــةُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالرُّسْلُ كُلُّهُــمْ / يَجُولُونَ بَحْثًا عَنْ شَفِيـعٍ يُرَشَّــحُ

_Malā’ikatu-r raḥmāni wa-r ruslu kulluhum / yajūlūna baḥthan ʿan shafīʿin yurash-shaḥu_

The angels of the Most Merciful and all the Messengers are wandering in search of an intercessor to be nominated.

**20.** إِلَى أَنْ أَقَــرُّوا بَيْــنَ نُــوحٍ وَآدَمٍ / وَمُوسَى وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالْحَقُّ أَوْضَحُ

_Ila an aqar-rū bayna Nūḥin wa Ādama / wa Mūsā wa Ibrāhīma wa-l ḥaqqu awḍaḥu_

Until they affirm among Noah, Adam, Moses, and Abraham—and the Truth is most clear.

**21.** وَعِيسَى الْمَسِيحِ وَهْوَ رُوحُ إِلَهِنَـا / وَكِلْمَتُهُ نَجْلُ الْبَتُــولِ وَأَفْصَحُـوا

_Wa ʿĪsa-l masīḥi wa huwa rūḥu ilāhinā / wa kilmatuhu najlu-l batūli wa afṣaḥū_

And Jesus the Messiah, who is the Spirit of our God and His Word, the son of the Virgin; and they spoke clearly—

**22.** بِـــأَنَّ حَبِيــــــبَ اللّٰهِ طَــــهَ مُحَمَّــدًا / شَفِيعُ الْوَرَى الْمَقْبُولُ يُنْجِي وَيَمْنَحُ

_Bi-anna ḥabība-llāhi Ṭāhā Muḥammadā / shafīʿu-l warā-l maqbūlu yunjī wa yamnaḥu_

That the Beloved of Allah, Taha Muhammad, is the accepted intercessor of creation who saves and bestows.

**23.** مَتَى قُمْتَ وَسْطَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مُشَفَّعًا / هُنَالِــكَ أَشْدُو بِالثَّنَــا وَأُلَــوِّحُ

_Matā qumta wasṭa-l anbiyā’i mushaf-faʿan / hunālika ashdū bi-th thanā wa ulaw-wiḥu_

When you stand among the prophets as an intercessor, there I shall sing with praise and signal.

**24.** هُنَــاكَ تَذَكَّرْ يَا شَفِيـــعُ مُقَصِّــرًا / أَسِيرَ غَــرَامٍ فِيكَ يَشْدُو وَيَمْدَحُ

_Hunāka tadhak-kar yā shafīʿu muqaṣ-ṣiran / asīra gharāmin fīka yashdū wa yamdaḥu_

There, O Intercessor, remember one who fell short, a prisoner of passion who sings and praises you.

**25.** فَإِنَّــكَ أَوْفَى النَّاسِ عَهْدًا وَذِمَّةً / وَأَكْمَلُهُمْ خُلْقًا وَأَسْخَى وَأَسْمَحُ

_Fa-innaka awfa-n nāsi ʿahdan wa dhimmatan / wa akmalahum khulqan wa askhā wa asmaḥu_

For you are the most fulfilling of people in covenant and protection, the most perfect in character, the most generous and clement.

**26.** وَهَبْتَ وَلَمْ تَخْشَ افْتِقَارًا وَفَاقَةً / فَمَا سَمَحَتْ نَفْسٌ بِمَا أَنْتَ تَسْمَــحُ

_Wahabta wa lam takh-sha-ftiqāran wa fāqatan / famā samaḥat nafsun bi-mā anta tasmaḥu_

You gave and did not fear poverty or need; no soul has ever been as generous as you are.

**27.** فَكَمْ عَكَرٍ كَمْ مِنْ قَنَاطِيــــرَ مَــرَّةً / وَهَبْتَ إِلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ وَالْكُلُّ يَفْــرَحُ

_Fa-kam ʿakarin kam min qanāṭīra marratan / wahabta ila-l aʿdā’i wa-l kullu yafraḥu_

How many herds and how many quintals at once you gave to the enemies while everyone rejoiced.

**28.** فَفِــي كُلِّ حَيٍّ قَـــدْ خَبَطْــتَ بِنِعْمَــةٍ / إِلَى كُلِّ أَقْصَى النَّاسِ جُودُكَ يُطْرَحُ

_Fa-fī kulli ḥayyin qad khabaṭta bi-niʿmatin / ila kulli aqṣa-n nāsi jūduka yuṭraḥu_

In every neighborhood you have descended with a blessing; to every furthest person your generosity is extended.

**29.** فَهَــــبْ لِي أَمَانًــا يَا رَسُــولُ وَأَسْقِنِــي / مِنَ الْحَوْضِ كَأْسًا لاَ أُرَى عَوْضُ أَكْدَحُ

_Fa-hab liy amānan yā rasūlu wa asqinī / mina-l ḥawḍi ka’san lā urā ʿawḍu akdaḥu_

So grant me safety, O Messenger, and give me to drink from the Pond a cup after which I shall never labor again.

**30.** وَذَا بَعْدَ تَعْمِيرٍ عَلَى نَهْجِ أَحْمَـــدٍ / وَأَتْبَاعِهِ اللَّائِينَ قَادُوا وَأَصْلَحُوا

_Wa dhā baʿda taʿmīrin ʿalā nahji Aḥmada / wa atbāʿihi-l lā’īna qādū wa aṣlaḥū_

And this after a long life upon the path of Ahmad and his followers who led and rectified.

**31.** وَسِتْرٍ جَمِيلٍ ثُمَّ عَفْـــوٍ وَرِفْعَـــةٍ / وَفَوْزٍ وَرِضْوَانٍ مِنَ الْخُلْدِ أَمْلَحُ

_Wa sitrin jamīlin thumma ʿafwin wa rifʿatin / wa fawzin wa riḍwānin mina-l khuldi amlaḥu_

And a beautiful concealment, then pardon and elevation, and triumph and pleasure from the eternal Paradise, most sweet.

**32.** فَدِينُكَ دِينُ الْحَقِّ قَدْ ضَلَّ سَعْيُ مَنْ / يُحَاوِلُ إِطْفَـــا نُورِهِ كَيْــفَ يَنْجَــحُ

_Fa-dīnuka dīnu-l ḥaqqi qad ḍal-la saʿyu man / yuḥāwilu iṭfā nūrihi kayfa yanjaḥu_

For your religion is the religion of Truth; the effort of whoever tries to extinguish its light has gone astray—how could he succeed?

**33.** رَمَوْا وَحْيَ مَوْلاَنَا وَكَادُوا وَزَخْرَفُوا / سَيَأْتِيهِـــمُ خِـــزْيٌ وَلاَ الدَّهْرَ يَبْـــرَحُ

_Ramaw waḥya mawlānā wa kādū wa zakhrafū / sa-ya’tīhimu khizyun walā-d dahra yabraḥu_

They pelted the revelation of our Master, plotted, and embellished; shame shall come to them and shall never leave them.

**34.** جُنُــونُ لَنِيــنٍ وَالْكَرَادِينِ ظَاهِــــرٌ / فَآمَنْتُ بِالْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلِ وَأُفْصِـحُ

_Junūnu Lanīna wa-l karādīni ẓāhirun / fa-āmantu bi-l māḥī-ḍ ḍalāli wa ufṣiḥu_

The madness of Lenin and the "Karadīn" (enemies) is manifest; so I believed in the Eraser of misguidance and I speak clearly.

**35.** لَدَى عَرَفَاتٍ قَــدْ تَطَهَّرْتُ صَافِيًا / لِمَلْقَـــى كَرِيـــمٍ بَابُـــــــهُ يَتَفَتَّـــحُ

_Ladā ʿArafātin qad taṭah-hartu ṣāfiyan / li-malqā karīmin bābuhu yatafat-taḥu_

At Arafat I have become purified and clear, for the meeting of a Generous One whose door is opened.

**36.** رَمَوْنِي لَدَى رَمْيِ الْجِمَارِ وَأَخْطَـأُوا / أَنَـــا ضِــدُّ إِبْلِيــسٍ وَلَــمْ أَكُ أَبْــرَحُ

_Ramawnī ladā ramyi-l jimāri wa akh-ṭa’ū / anā ḍiddu iblīsa wa lam aku abraḥu_

They pelted me during the stoning of the pillars and they missed; I am the opponent of Iblis and I shall never cease to be.

**37.** وَأَسْــــأَلُ مَوْلاَنَــا يَعُـــمُّ جَمِيعَهُــمْ / بِرَحْمَتِـــهِ كَيْمَــا يَفُـوزُوا وَيُفْلِحُوا

_Wa as’alu mawlānā yaʿummu jamīʿahum / bi-raḥmatihi kaymā yafūzū wa yufliḥū_

And I ask our Master to encompass them all with His mercy so that they may triumph and succeed.

**38.** نَــؤُوبُ بِسُــؤْلٍ كُلُّنَـــا وَسَلاَمَــــةٍ / كَعَادَةِ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ وَالْعُرْفُ أَصْلَحُ

_Na’ūbu bi-su’lin kullunā wa salāmatin / ka-ʿādati khayri-n nāsi wa-l ʿurfu aṣlaḥu_

We return with our requests, all of us, and in safety; as is the custom of the best of people, and the tradition is most righteous.

**39.** وَوَدَّعْتُــهُ لاَ أَسْتَطِيــعُ وَدَاعَـــهُ / جَرَى الدَّمْعُ مِنِّي وَالْفُؤَادُ مُجَرَّحُ

_Wa waddaʿtuhu lā astaṭīʿu wadāʿahu / jarā-d damʿu minnī wa-l fu’ādu mujarraḥu_

And I bid him farewell, though I cannot bear his farewell; my tears flowed and the heart is wounded.

**40.** وَإِنَّ الَّذِي رَدَّ الْكَلِيـــمَ لِأُمِّـــــهِ / سَيَرْجِعُنِي لِلْمُنْحَمِنَّـــا وَأَفْــرَحُ

_Wa inna-l ladhī radda-l kalīma li-ummihi / sa-yarjiʿunī li-l munḥaminnā wa afraḥu_

And indeed, the One who returned the Speaker (Moses) to his mother shall return me to our Bestower, and I shall rejoice.

**41.** وَعَوْدًا لِبَدْءٍ قَدْ عَلَـــوْتُ بِـلاَدَهُ / وَنَارُ اشْتِيَاقِي لِلْمَدِينَـــةِ تَلْفَــحُ

_Wa ʿawdan li-bad’in qad ʿalawtu bilādahu / wa nāru-shtiyāqī li-l madīnati talfaḥu_

Returning to the start, I have risen above his lands while the fire of my longing for Medina is scorching.

**42.** سَلاَمٌ عَلَى كَنْزِ الْبَرَايَا الَّــذِي غَـدَا / بِهِ الْكُلُّ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ يَنْجُو وَيَرْبَحُ

_Salāmun ʿalā kanzi-l barāyā-l ladhī ghadā / bihi-l kullu fī-d dārayni yanjū wa yarbaḥu_

Peace be upon the treasure of creation, through whom everyone in both worlds is saved and gains.

**43.** عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / أَؤُوبُ وَلاَ شَكْوَى وَطَــهَ الْمُسَرِّحُ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / a’ūbu walā shakwā wa Ṭāhā-l musar-rihu_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; I return without complaint, and Taha is the one who releases.

**44.** عَلَيْـــــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / مَدَى الدَّهْرِ طَـهَ الْهَاشِمِي لِيَ مَرْبَحُ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / madā-d dahri Ṭāhā-l hāshimiyyu liy marbaḥu_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; throughout time, Taha the Hashemite is my gain.

**45.** عَلَيْــــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / مِنْ آبَائِنَـا الشُّمِّ الَّذِينَ قَدْ أَوْضَحُوا

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / min ābā’ina-sh shummi-l ladhīna qad awḍaḥū_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace, from our noble fathers who made things clear.

**46.** عَلَيْــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ / وَنَغْرِفُ مِنْ بَحْرِ الرَّسُولِ وَنَنْزَحُ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / wa nagh-rifu min baḥri-r rasūli wa nanzahu_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; we scoop from the sea of the Messenger and draw out.

**47.** عَلَيْـــكَ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / إِلَيْكَ وَفِي بَحْرِ الْـهَـوَى لَـكَ نَسْبَحُ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / ilayka wa fī baḥri-l hawā laka nasbaḥu_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; toward you and in the sea of love for you we swim.

**48.** عَلَيْكَ مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِـرَامِ وَصَحْبِــهِ / بَقِيَّتُهُمْ خَيْـــرٌ بِــهِ الْوَزْنُ يَرْجَــحُ

_ʿAlayka maʿa-l āli-l kirāmi wa ṣaḥbihi / baqiyyatuhum khayrun bihi-l waznu yarjaḥu_

Upon him, along with the noble Family and his Companions; their remnant is good, by which the balance outweighs.

**49.** عَلَيْـــــكَ صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ / مَدَى كَوْنِنَا بِالْمُصْطَفَى الْقَرْمِ نَفْرَحُ

_ʿAlayka ṣalātu-llāhi thumma salāmuhu / madā kawninā bi-l muṣṭafa-l qarmi nafraḥu_

Upon you be the blessings of Allah and then His peace; as long as our existence rejoices in the noble Mustafa.

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691f292bc02b144934a4ec1f/book/69c537196441e1c596212efe/chapter/69c538406441e1c596212f6b