Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad Al Hbib

The Diwan
of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib

al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani
The Diwan
of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib
al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani
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Contents
Preface by Shaykh Muhammad al-Murtada al-Boumas-houli ix
Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Filali xi
Introduction to the Diwan by Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib 1
The Wird 9
The Key to the Wird 9
The Lesser Wird 27
The Seal of The Wird 33
The Wird of the Salat 42

The Wird of Fajr 56
1. Commentary on the Wird 59

Yaqulu ‘ubaydullah
2. The Greater Qasida 67
Fa in shi’ta an tarqa
3. Lesser Qasida 81
Sharibna mina’l-anwar
4. Minor Qasida 90
Saqani hibbi
5. Doctrines of Tawhid 96
Yaqulu ‘abdu Rabbihi
6. Buraq of the Tariq 103
Yaqulu afqaru’l-wara
7. Miracles of the Way 113
Al-hamdulillahi wa salla’llahu
8. Virtues of the Ism al-A‘dham 125
Tajarrad ‘ani’l-aghyar
9. Praise 130
Laka’l-hamd
10. Stimulation of Desire for the Act of Dhikr 135
Aya man yurid qurban
11. Reflection 141
Tafakkar jamil as-sun‘i
12. Robe of Nearness 145
Qad kasana dhikru’l-Habibi
13. Qasida Written Before the Prophet 150
Nahnu fi rawdati’r-Rasuli
14. Withdrawal into the Perception of the Essence 154
Qad bada wajhu’l-Habibi
15. The Qualities of Muhammad 157
Muhammadun mansha’u
16. Forgiveness 164
Astaghfiru’llah
17. Departure of Illusion 169
Kana li wahmun
18. Eyewitnessing 171
Ya man yurid hadrat al-‘iyani
19. The Oneness of Action and Existence 175
Sa’altu qalbi
20. Counsel 178
Salamun ‘ala’l-ikhwan
21. Annihilation in Allah 182
Ya taliba’l-fana fi’llah
22. Withdrawal from Other Than Allah 187
Ruhi tuhaddithuni
23. Manifestation of the Essence 190
A shamsun bada
24. Purification 193
Fa in shi’ta tathiran
25. Counsel on Death 195
Tazawwad akhi li’l-mawt
26. Another Song 198
Ahimu wahdi
27. Song on Departure 200
Kam laka min
28. The Final Song 202
Salumun ‘ala ahli’l-hima
TAKHMIS COMMENTARIES ON QASIDAS 205

The Takhmis on
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‘The Qualities of Muhammad’ 207
TAKHMISAT 225
The Takhmis in Lam on
‘The Departure of Illusion’ 226
by the needy slave Abu Hafs ‘Umar 226
The Takhmis in Ha on ‘The Manifestation of the Essence’ 231
by Abu Hafs ‘Umar 231
The Takhmis in Ha on ‘Withdrawal from all that is other than Allah’ 238
by Sidi Fudul al-Huwari 238
The Takhmis in Waw on ‘Purification’ 244
by Sidi Fudul al-Huwari 244
The Takhmis in Ha on ‘Withdrawal from all that is other than Allah’ 248
by the faqih Sidi Hammoud ibn al-Bashir 248
248
A Qasida by Sidi Fudul ibn Muhammad al-Huwari 254
Another Qasida by Sidi Fudul ibn Muhammad al-Huwari 260
A Qasida by Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib ad-Dar‘i 268
A Qasida by Sidi ‘Abdullah ibn al-Habib ad-Dar‘i 280
THE HAFIDHA 287

Qasida of Ahmad al-Badawi 359
Surah Yasin 368
The 99 Beautiful Names 388
This Qasida in Fa by its Author as-Sayyid Ahmad al-Hilali 398
A Tawassul composition by the Gnostic of Allah Shaykh Zarruq 402
A Story by Abu Hafs Umar 407

The Isnad of the Tariq 413
The Prayer of Ibn Mashish 423
THE DIWAN OF SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AL-FAYTURI HAMUDA 427

1 Ya taliba’l-ma‘rifah 429
2 Adramat naru’l-hawa 434
3 Tajalla hibbi 438
4 Nadani hibbi 442
5 Utruk ya murid 447
Refuge Prayer by Shaykh Muhammad Wafa 451
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QASIDAS OF SHAYKH MOULAY MURTADA AL-BOUMAS-HOULI 459
Treasured Letters 461
The True Shaykh 464
The Strength of the Shaykh 471
Commentary on the Qasida ‘Counsel on Death’ 474
Commentary on the Qasida ‘Ahimu Wahdi’ 479
‫ مقدمة الشيخ محمد بن الحبيب‬ 492

‫ مقدمة الشيخ م ح مد ال مرتضى البومسهول ي‬ 496
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Preface
Shaykh Muhammad al-Murtada al-Boumas-houli
‫بسم ال� ل �ه الرحمن الرحيم وصلى ال� ل �ه وسلم وبارك على سيدنا ونبينا ومولانا محمد‬
.‫ ولا حول ولا قوة الا بال� ل �ه العلي العظيم‬.‫وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما‬
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, and may Allah bless and
send baraka upon our master and Prophet, Mawlana Muhammad and his family and
Companions and grant them abundant peace.
There is no power or strength but by Allah the All-High the Tremendous.
‫نحْبَه ُ وَمِنْهُم‬
َ ‫ضى‬ ‫فَمِنهم مّن ق‬ ِ ‫ل صدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا ال� ل�ه َ عَلَيه‬
َ ٌ ‫ِجا‬ َ ِ ‫ن ال ْمُومِن‬
َ ‫ين ر‬ َ ِ ‫م‬
‫ص‬
ٰ َ َ �َ ُ ْ ْ
‫ظر وَمَا ب َ �دّل ُوا تَبدِيلًا‬ ِ َ ‫م�ّن ينت‬
‫ص‬
ْ ُ َ َ
Among the believers there are men who have been true to the contract they made with Allah.
Some of them have fulfilled their pact by death and some are still waiting to do so, not having
changed in any way at all. (Surat al-Ahzab 33:23)
T he book of Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib, may Allah be pleased with him and
make him contented, comprising his noble wirds, the Hafidha, and his purposeful
qasidas, has an effect on every person who reads or hears it in all regions of the
world. Particularly after its translation into numerous languages it has become possible
for Westerners and others to understand its contents. This is all by the overflowing
favour of Allah and the secret of the idhn from him, may Allah be pleased with him.
When he granted idhn to Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi, may Allah be pleased with him,
to instruct others in the wirds and to print his Diwan, its blessings appeared by people
turning to it, inasmuch as every murid had a copy of the Diwan in his satchel and in his
library. The increase in the numbers of murids is shown by our needing to increase the
number of printings.
For that reason, Shaykh Abdalqadir, may Allah be pleased with him, gave permission
for its editing and proofreading and a new printing of the Diwan in an entirely new
edition. On our part we bless this idhn, hoping from Allah that He make it sincerely
for His face and beneficial to His slaves and for everyone who reads, hears or looks into,
not just for research
May Allah bless our intermediary with Him and our model, our Master Muhammad
and his family and Companions and grant them abundant peace.
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T he Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-H abib
The servant of the people of Allah, Muhammad al-Murtada al-Boumas-houli,

Allah is His wali.
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Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Filali
(1295/1876-1391/1971)
H e is the Sufi sharif, teacher, guide to Allah and shaykh of the Darqawi tariqa,
Sayyidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib ibn as-Siddiq al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani.
His ancestors were based in Marrakech, and he is related to Moulay ‘Abdullah
Amghar1, who is buried at Tamsloht , near Marrakech, a descendant of a line which goes
back to ‘Ali and Hasan. This branch of the family emigrated to Tafilalat and settled there.
His father emigrated to Fes, settled there and his descendants still live there.
He was born in Fes, the cradle of knowledges and fount of gnoses, in 1295 AH/1878CE.
At the proper age, he went to the Qur’anic kuttab at Qantara Abu’r-Ru’us in the
Sharabiliyyin quarter where he studied with the faqih and righteous wali, Sidi al-Hashimi
as-Sanhaji, learning the basics of reading and writing and recitation of the Noble Qur’an.
He also studied that with the faqih Sidi Ahmad al-Filali in the school of Qasba an-Nawwar
and memorised the Qur’an under him.
After he completed his goal in the Qur’an school, he left it and began to imbibe the
finest nectar of dependable education and beneficial knowledge from its pure springs.
That was around 1312 AH/1895 CE. In the Abu’l-Junud Mosque in Fes he studied
with the renowned faqih with pure recitation, Sidi Mahmad al-Irari, concentrating on
the Ajrummiyya, the Alfiyya and as-Sullam by Bannani and the Qualities of Muhammad by
at-Tirmidhi.
Then in the Qarawiyyin mosque, which enjoys widespread renown, he studied the
Mukhtasar of Khalil with az-Zurqani, Bannani and al-Kharashi with the faqih and Shaykh
of the Community, Sidi Ahmad ibn al-Jilali al-Amghari.
He studied the Tuhfa with the commentary of Shaykh at-Tawudi ibn Sawda and the
Collection of the Adab of the Teacher and Student by Shaykh Khalil with the faqih Sidi Abu
Bakr ibn al-’Arabi Bannani.
He studied part of the Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari and the Hikam of Ibn ‘Ata’illah with
the faqih Sidi Ahmad ibn al-Khayyat az-Zargari.
He studied az-Zaqqaqiyya with the margin which the shaykh himself wrote on it with
the faqih Sidi ‘Abdu’s’-Salam al-Huwari.
He studied the Alfiyya with al-Makudi and al-Muwaddih with the faqih Sidi Khalil
al-Khalidi.
He studied part of the Jam‘ al-Jawami‘ and part of the Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal
with the faqih Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Kittani.
He studied part of the Mukhtasar of Khalil, a summary of the Mukhtasar as-Sa’d, and part
1 I’ve been informed that this should be Sidi Husayn
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of Tawhid al-Murshid with the commentary of Shaykh at-Tayyib ibn Kiran with the faqih
who is skilled in knowledge and a master of sciences, Sidi J. Muhammad Fatha Junun.
From the faqih and Shaykh of Islam, Moulay ‘Abdullah ibn Idris al-Badrawi, he learned
the Sahih of al-Bukhari, part of the Mukhtasar of Khalil, al-Isti‘ara of Shaykh at-Tayyib
ibn Kiran, and part of the Hamziyya by al-Busiri with the commentary of Ibn Hajar.
He learned part of the Mukhtasar of Khalil, ash-Shifa’ by Qadi Abu’l-Fadl ‘Iyad as-Sibti
and part of [the commentary on] al-Murshid al-Mu’in by Mayyara from the Sufi faqih,
Sidi Hammad as-Sanhaji.
He learned al-Murshid al-Mu’in from the faqih Sidi Muhammad ibn ‘Abdu’r-Rahman
al-Filali.
Then he stopped his studies in 1319 when he achieved his desire and filled himself
with knowledge and education, and he began to teach knowledge on a voluntary basis in
the mosque of Qasba an-Nawwar in Fes, teaching al-Murshid al-Mu’in, the Mukhtasar of
Khalil, the Muwatta’ of Imam Malik, as-Sanusiyya, and tafsir. He continued to undertake
the tasks of his educational and secondary work until he emigrated to the city of Meknes
and took up residence there in 1355. There he continued his distinguished scholarly
activity by giving lessons in the Zaytuna mosque on tafsir and fiqh using the Risala of
al-Qayrawani, and in tasawwuf using the Hikam of Ibn ‘Ata’illah and al-Murshid al-Mu’in,
and ash-Shifa of Qadi ‘Iyad, and as-Sullam by Bannani and the Alfiyya by al-Makudi.
HIS IJAZAS
Shaykh Sidi Badru’d-din ad-Dismishqi gave him a written ijaza in Damascus and he
also received one from the Qadi of Tlemcen, Sidi Abu Shu’ayb, and he had oral ijazas
from the scholar Sidi Ahmad ibn al-Jilali al-Amghari, and the faqih Sidi Abu Bakr ibn
al-’Arabi Bannani.
HIS JOURNEYS
In 1350 he travelled to the holy lands to perform the blessed obligation of the hajj
and went to the land of Kinana. He met with some of its scholars, including Shaykh
Bakhit al-Muti’i and Shaykh as-Simaluti. He travelled to Syria and met some of its
scholars, including Tawfiq al-Ayyubi and Shaykh Badur’d-din ad-Dimishaqi. He went
to Algiers also after that and met some of its scholars. Among them in Blida he met
Shaykh Sidi Muhammad ibn Jalul and Sidi Ahmad, and to Figig in the area of Oujda
and met its scholars, including the Shaykh al-Islam, Sidi Muhammad al-Qadi and Qadi
Sidi Jalul. He gave lessons there on the Sahih of al-Bukhari and al-Murshid al-Mu’in with
the commentary of Shaykh at-Tayyib ibn Kiran.
Then he travelled to the Hijaz and made hajj to the Sacred House of Allah again in
about 1360.
Then he set out from the Isma’ili capital, Meknes, in the company of his wives,
making for the pure lands to perform a third hajj to the sacred House of Allah in 1391,
but died on the way before achieving his desired goal. So the words of Allah Almighty
which are unequivocally clear apply to him: “If anyone leaves his home, making hijra to
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Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Filali
Allah and His Messenger, and death catches up with him, it is Allah who will reward him. Allah
is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (4:100) The Prophet, peace and blesing be upon him,
said, in a noble hadith, “Whoever leaves in this way for hajj or ‘umra and dies during
it will not be examined or reckoned and will be told to enter the Garden.”
He wrote a diwan which is called The Desire of the Travelling Murids and the Gift of
the Wayfaring Gnostics. It has been published twice. He wrote a commentary on the
Hafidha of the Shaykh Sidi Muhammad al-‘Arabi al-‘Alawi al-Madghari which contains
supplications of the Prophet, ayats of Qur’an and some of the Shadhili hizbs. He also
wrote a commentary on the Salat al-Mashishiyya.
He was a scholar and faqih with great perception. He was familiar with many sciences,
while being particularly proficient in tafsir and tasawwuf.
He dipped a bucket in the well of poetry when his talent produced several qasidas
about tasawwuf, good character, praise of Allah, praise of the Prophet and religious
admonitions.
He moved to his Lord with his face directed towards the Holy lands to perform hajj
to the Sacred House of Allah in the city of Blida, Algeria, on Monday, 23 Dhu’l-Qa’da,
1391 AH/28th December 1971. He was buried in the same day in the Darqawi zawiya
which was recently built and he himself had inaugurated. That was in the Belqasim al-
Wizri Street in Blida. Then he was moved from this burial place to his second home,
the city of Meknes, where he was re-buried after ‘Asr on Monday 14 Dhu’l-Hijja of the
same year in his zawiya in the place where he had ordered that he be buried, in Darb
al-Pasha, near the Zaytuna msoque.
May Allah forgive his sins and veil his faults and accept him with honour and beautiful
covering and make him dwell in the highest part of ‘Illiyin in the company of the
Prophets, truthful, martyrs and righteous. Amen.
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Introduction to the Diwan
Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib
T he Shaykh said, may Allah be pleased with him: Praise belongs to Allah
Who has established men in every age to revive His Tariqa. He has
revealed to them the lights of Muhammad, from which all the lovers
who followed them would derive aid, be they couples or individuals.
We praise Him, the Glorious and Exalted, for the secrets with which He has
entrusted us, and for the sciences, gnoses and lights He has poured out on us.
We greatly thank Him, may His Majesty be exalted, in recognition of all the
blessings that have come to us and all the slaves of Allah, free or in bondage.
We declare that our master Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger, sent
by Allah as a mercy to the creation, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
and his family and companions who spent themselves and their wealth in the
revival of His way and the setting up of His sunna, and who did not turn to the
destruction of the hypocrites and the veiled.
Brothers of the Darqawiyya-Shadhiliyya order and all others of the Lord’s
slaves in all of Allah’s countries who desire to emulate a master, know, that Allah
the Exalted has destined for this noble path in every age one who sets right its
deviations and manifests its secrets and its lights. He is the Shaykh who unites
the Haqiqa and the Shari’a with the idhn of Allah and His Messenger and all
the awliya of Allah. He is the unique man of Muhammad of whom there is only
one in every age. If there are numerous Shaykhs in his age, he rules over them
all, whether they are aware of it or not. Many have laid claim to the Station of
uniqueness with falsehood and lies because they seek leadership and desire to
possess this passing world. The pretender is unaware that whoever claims what is
not in him is exposed by the witnesses of the test, since in their presence a man
is either exalted or humiliated. True Shaykhs are satisfied with the knowledge
of Allah and depend only on Allah. All that emanates from them speaks of the
blessing of Allah. He, may He be exalted said:
‘As for the blessing of your Lord – declare it.’
So let Muhammad ibn al-Habib, al-Amghari al-Hasani by lineage, dwelling in
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Fez, the poor slave of his Master, yet enriched by Him with other-than-Him –
declare, in speaking of Allah’s blessing – that idhn (authorisation) has come to
him from Allah and the Messenger of Allah and all the awliya of Allah, and that
Allah has singled him out with sciences and secrets which only the unique man
of Muhammad possesses.
Had we wished to reveal all that Allah has blessed us with we would need
volumes, we shall however relate to the fuqara only that tribute with which
our Shaykh and teacher Sidi Muhammad ibn ‘Ali favoured us. When he, may
Allah be pleased with him, became head of the order, we wrote him a letter
renewing our contact with him although we had taken Tariq from the Shaykh
and gnostic of Allah, Sidi al-‘Arabi ibn al-Huwari. He, may Allah be pleased
with him, wrote to us and ordered us to come to his presence. So we obeyed
his command and went to Marrakesh. When we went in to him he was filled
with limitless joy and happiness and said to us: ‘The whole order came to me
when you came!’ On another occasion he said to us in a prophecy, may it long
be remembered, ‘Your rank with us in our order is that of Ibn ‘Ata’llah in the
Shadhiliyya order. As Allah revived the Shadhiliyya path through Ibn ‘Ata’llah,
so also He will revive this blessed Tariqa through you, if He wills!’ And Allah
has realised his hope in us.
By Allah and by Allah we have not passed through a city, a village or a desert
but that the people testified that love had come to them and life flowed in their
hearts. Such is the secret of Allah’s idhn. Praise be to Allah, no faqir has sat
with us without gaining a knowledge that was not his before, and getting from
it humility and a contrite heart. No murid of the Tariqa has sat with us without
a strengthening of his innate condition and the heightening of his himma in the
quest for gnosis of Allah. There has been no Shaykh of the Shaykhs of the age
who has not increased in his immediate tasting and gained something of benefit
which he did not have before. All that is from the secret of the idhn and its baraka.
Ibn ‘Ata’llah says in his ‘Hikam’ (Book of Wisdom):
‘He to whom the idhn of discourse has been given, his declaration is
understood in the ears of creation, and the evidence of his selection is made
plain to them.’
The one with idhn is the one who speaks by Allah and for Allah, and so his
words have an effect on the heart, and all the elect and the beloved are guided
to him. The Shaykh of our Shaykh, Sidi Muhammad al-‘Arabi, may Allah be
pleased with him, said, ‘By Allah, none has come to me who was not acceptable.’
I say, speaking of the blessing of Allah, ‘By Allah, none has come to me who
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Introduction
was not beloved.’

Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to me in a prophecy,
‘Know, my son, that Allah will honour you with sweet and pleasant waters.’ I
said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, are these the waters of Islam, Iman and Ihsan?’ He
said to me, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘They are.’ I said, ‘You and
all of my community who follow you shall drink them.’ And Allah realised for us
what He promised. By Allah, we have drunk these waters, and soon all of those
who accompany us with sincerity will drink them too. So, my lords, give praise
to Allah ta’ala and thank Him for what He has honoured you with in your time.
He has said, may He be exalted, ‘Whenever we abrogate an ayat or cause it to be
forgotten, We bring one better than it or equal to it.’ Allah ta’ala has given precedence
here to the better over the like as an indication that the heir to the perfect Wali
must appear even after some time has passed. And that he will be more perfect
than him in knowledge and gnosis of Allah ta’ala. He is the miracle of that perfect
Wali. So the overflowing energy from Allah continues to increase. The Shaykh,
our lord and master, Ahmad al-Badawi, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
‘Your overflowing increases

Your existence is uninterrupted.’
I have indicated some of what Allah has granted me in the qasida that speaks
of the blessing from Allah, entitled ‘The Robe of Nearness’:
‘Invocation of the Beloved clothed us in beauty and radiance, exaltation

and joy.
In drawing near we cast aside every restraint and openly proclaimed the
One we love to glorify.’
When the Shaykh Sidi Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him,
died, and the idhn was renewed in me, I regarded my self as worthless and
undeserving of that station until the four Shaykhs came to me. They are: Sidi
Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, Sidi al-‘Arabi ibn al-Huwari, Sidi Muhammad al-‘Arabi,
and Sidi Ahmad al-Badawi, may Allah be pleased with them. They commanded
me to go out to the creation and guide them to the true King. They said: ‘The
water which you have drunk from us is the coolest and sweetest of waters, so
stretch out your hand to the east and the west, and fear no-one!’ Then the idhn
came from the Chosen One, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I was
awed into going forth. So I went out to creation by Allah and for Allah, saying
as Ibn ‘Ata’llah said in his ‘Hikam’: ‘My God, you have ordered me to return to
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the existence-traces, so return me to it with a robe of lights and the guidance

of discrimination so that I may return to You from it, as I came to You from
it – my secret pure of regard for it and my himma elevated above dependence
on it. You have power over all things.’
Know, my lords, that it is obligatory on every murid who seeks the presence
of Allah to take the living Shaykh. The proof of this obligation is His word, may
He be exalted: ‘O you who have iman, fear Allah, and be with the truthful ones.’ Being
with them necessitates accompanying them in body, not just in spirit. He has said,
may He be exalted: ‘Follow the path of whoever turns away from self to Me.’ In this
ayat, He, may He be exalted, orders the walad (beginner/lit. youth) to follow
the spiritual father, not the father of form, because the spiritual father teaches
the inner meaning and the father of the body teaches you sensory meaning. What
a difference there is between the one whose himma is for the meaning and the
one whose himma is for the sensory! He said, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace: ‘A man follows the Deen of his friend, so let each of you look to who he
takes as a companion.’ There has always been agreement in this community of
Muhammad that the first thing required of a murid once he has become aware
of his state of distraction is that he should rely on a Shaykh of good counsel and
guidance who knows the defects of the self, its motives, and the remedies for
its ailments, and who has done with the putting right of his own self and its
desires. He will give the murid insight into the faults of his self and draw him
out beyond the perimeter of his senses. Whoever has no Shaykh to direct him
will most certainly be directed by shaytan to the path of destruction.
Murid is derived from will (irada) and it depends on sincerity (ikhlas). The true
meaning of murid is one who has stripped himself of his own will and accepted
what Allah wills for him, which is the worship of Allah ta‘ala, for as He said:
‘I have not created jinn and men except to worship Me.’ When the murid is weak in
disciplining his self – since the inner rule belongs to the self and shaytan – he
places himself under the rule of the Shaykh and in the protection of his power.
He, in his turn will help the murid to obey and worship Allah through his himma
which operates by the idhn of Allah and through his words which are made
effective by the gift of Allah. So a murid must cling to whoever of the Shaykhs
of the age are well disposed towards him.
Sidi ‘Abd al-Wahid ibn ‘Ashir says:
‘The murid keeps company with a Shaykh who knows the ways of behaviour,
and who protects him from dangers on his way.
The murid is reminded of Allah when he sees the Shaykh,
who then leads the slave to his Master.’
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Introduction
Look at our commentary on these verses and confusion will leave you.
Ibn ‘Ata’llah, may Allah be pleased with him, says in his Hikam:
‘Do not accompany one whose state does not change you,
and whose speech does not guide you to Allah.’
The elevation of your state, and the guidance of his speech are the result of
this companionship. So whoever does not find such a state from his companion
let him abandon him to Allah and seek one of this description. The murid will
gain a master in accordance with his own sincerity and strength of resolution.
Allah is the one to ask for help.
Explaining the attributes of the teaching Shaykh, I said in one of my qasidas
ending in ta’:
La ilaha illa’llah banishes all whisperings

with the instruction of a Shaykh who knows the Haqiqa.
His signs are: a light which shines appearing outwardly,
and a secret which appears inwardly, with himma.
He elevates you with a glance even before he speaks,
and from this glance comes a Robe of Honour.
By that I mean the secrets which flow rapidly into the

heart of the murid seeking the truth free of any shirk.
The staff of his journey is his zuhd among people,
and his concern lies in seeking the Beloved alone in vision.
His speech is by idhn from the Best of Creation
upon whom the glorious truthful ones depend.
If you attain the goal of finding someone like this,
then set out and offer up the self without delay.
Consider nothing except what I have described here,
for it is enough and it contains every happiness.
Al-Junayd, may Allah be pleased with him said:
‘Purify yourself with the water of the Unseen if you are one possessing a
secret. If not, do tayammum with dust or stone. Go before an Imam in front of
whom you stand, and pray the noon prayer at the beginning of the afternoon.
This is the prayer of those who are the gnostics of their Lord. If you are one
of them, then moisten the dry land with the sea.’
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He, may Allah be pleased with him, commanded the murid to purify himself
with the water of the Unseen. It is understood that purification is of two sorts:
sensory purification which is the sensory water, and pertains to the whole body
if it is a major impurity, and to specific limbs if it is a minor impurity. This is not
what the poet meant, may Allah be pleased with him. The second sort is spiritual
purification which is the purification of the hearts from the ailments which veil
them from the presence of the Knower of the Unseen. This purification is only
done with spiritual water which is the water of sciences, gnoses and secrets
that flow from the presence of the Unseen into the heart of the Shaykh who is
a gnostic of Allah, purified of fault. The Shaykh pours it over the murid and so
he purifies his heart from otherness and it is filled with gnoses and secrets. This
is if the murid himself possesses a secret, that is to say inner sight, which brings
him into contact with the one who takes him by the hand, that is, the Shaykh
who draws his power from the presence of the Unseen as we have stated. If the
murid does not possess this secret and inner sight then he must do tayammum
with the dust of outward deeds and formal knowledge until Allah endows him
with the secret and the inner sight.
He indicates, may Allah be pleased with him, by his statement: ‘Go before an
Imam in front of whom you stand,’ that the murid must go before an Imam, a
Shaykh, a gnostic of Allah, to copy him in the spiritual prayer which is the direct
perception of the worshipped King, as it is necessary for the one behind the
Imam in the prayer to do ruku‘ and sujud (bowing and prostrating). His words:
‘In front of whom you stand,’ indicate to the murid that he should not follow any
Shaykh except one he already knew in the world of spirits. The Prophet, peace
by upon him, said: ‘The spirits are numerous hosts, whoever of them become
acquainted will be in harmony, and those not acquainted will be at variance.’
The meaning then is: ‘Go before in the world of spirits. Because of the encounter
and acquaintance which occurred in the world of the spirits, harmony will occur
in the world of forms.’
By his words, ‘Pray the noon prayer at the beginning of the afternoon,’ he
means pray the dhuhr prayer (noon prayer), that is the manifestation (dhuhur) of
your desire for your Lord, which is uninterrupted witnessing of the worshipped
King, as we have said. ‘Asr (afternoon prayer) means ‘being together’ (mu’asara)
with your Shaykh and the negation of your will for him. He does not refer, may
Allah be pleased with him, to the prayers of dhuhr and ‘asr containing ruku‘
and sujud, because it is known that dhuhr is set to be prayed at the beginning of
its time and not at the beginning of ‘asr. Thus the meaning falls into place, so
understand and you will be guided – and Allah has charge of our guidance and
the guidance of creation. Amin.
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As regards his statement: ‘This is the prayer of those who are gnostics of their
Lord,’ it means this is uninterrupted contemplation of the worshipped King.
Their prayer is not interrupted because it is constant. They persevere in the
witnessing of their Lord. His word: ‘If you are among them, then moisten the
dry land with the sea,’ means if you are one of the gnostics – and they are not
veiled by creation from the truth, nor by the truth from creation – then moisten,
that is sprinkle, the dry land of your road (Shari’a) with the sea of your reality
(Haqiqa), and be among those who unite the two. Likewise, our Imam, Malik,
may Allah be pleased with him, said: ‘He who follows the Shari’a and does not
ascertain (i.e. have direct experience) has strayed from the proper course. He
who ascertains and does not follow the Shari’a has become a heretic. Whoever
unites the two has realised!’ That is, he has realised the two forms of worship
(‘ubudiyya), the worship of obligation and the worship of instruction.
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The Wird
‫ِم ْف َت ُاح ال ْ ِو ْر ِد‬

The Key to the Wird
َ ‫ك‬
ّ‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ الا ُ ِم ّ ِي‬ َ ِ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّ ٍد عَبْدِك َ وَرَسُول‬ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
ٰ
‫ك‬
َ ‫س‬ ِ ‫ك وَرِضَا ن َ ْف‬ َ ِ ‫ عَدَد َ خ َلْق‬.‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‬
َ َ ‫و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و‬
ٰ
.َ‫ك وَمِد َاد َ كَل ِمَاتِك‬َ ‫ش‬ ِ ‫وَزِنَة َ ع َ ْر‬
O Allah pour blessings upon our master Muhammad, Your slave
and Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his Family and
Companions and grant them perfect peace, as great as the number of
Your creations and Your pleasure and the weight of Your throne
and the ink of Your words.
.‫ِيم‬ َ ‫ن‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬ ِ ‫سم‬ّ َ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال‬

ِ ‫الر ّج‬ ِ ‫شيْطَا‬ َ ِ ‫ِيع ال ْعَل ِِيم م‬
I take refuge with Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing
from the accursed shaytan.
‫ِيم‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الر ّح‬ َ ِ ‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه‬
ِ ‫الر ّحْمَٰـ‬
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful
ِ ‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَل ِِيّ ال ْعَظ‬

.‫ِيم‬ َ ْ ‫حو‬
َ ‫وَل َا‬
There is no power and no strength but by Allah, the High, the Vast.
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)‫ (ثلاثا‬.َ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه‬

I seek forgiveness of Allah. (3)
َ ‫ك‬
ّ‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ الا ُ ِم ّ ِي‬ َ ِ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّـدِنَا مُحَم ّ ٍد عَبْدِك َ وَرَسُول‬ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
ٰ
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ْ‫سل ِ ّم‬
ٰ
O Allah pour blessings upon our master Muhammad, Your slave and
Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his Family and Companions
and grant them peace. (3)
.ُ ‫ك وَلَه ُ ا ْلحم َْد‬ َ ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ وَحْدَه ُ ل َا شَر ِي‬
ُ ْ ‫ لَه ُ الْـم ُل‬.ُ ‫ك لَه‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ٌ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫و َه ُو َ عَلَى ك‬
ٰ
There is no god except Allah alone, without partner. His is the kingdom,
all praise belongs to Him and He is Powerful over all things. (3)
.ُ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ وَل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ و َال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر‬
ُ
ِ ‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَل ِ ِيّ ال ْعَظ‬

)‫(ثلاثا‬.‫ِيم‬ َ ْ ‫حو‬
Glory be to Allah and all praise belongs to Allah, there is no god except
Allah, Allah is greater! There is no power and no strength but by Allah,
the High, the Vast. (3)
ِ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَظ‬

)‫ (ثلاثا‬.‫ِيم‬ ُ ِ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ و َب ِحَمْدِه‬
ُ
Glory be to Allah by His praise, glory be to Allah the Vast. (3)
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The Wird
ّ ُ ‫ا َ ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ و َال‬

)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ِ ‫شك ْر ُ ل َِل ّٰه‬
Praise is due to Allah and thanks be to Allah. (3)
.ْ ‫سك ُ ْم عَز ِيز ٌ عَلَيْه ِ م َا ع َنِـ ُت ّم‬

ِ ُ ‫ن اَنْف‬ ٌ ‫لَق َ ْد ج َآءَك ُ ْم رَسُو‬
َ ِ ّ‫ل م‬
.ٌ ‫وف َرّحِيم‬
ٌ ُ ‫ ب ِال ْم ُوم ِنِينَ ر َء‬.ْ‫ِيص عَلَيْكُم‬
ٌ ‫حَر‬
A Messenger has come to you from among yourselves; your suffering is
distressing to him; he is deeply concerned for you;
he is gentle and merciful to the muminun.
. ُ‫ عَلَيْه ِ تَو َ َكّل ْت‬.َ ‫ ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو‬.ُ‫سبِي َ ال� ل�ه‬ َ ْ‫ف َِإ ْن تَو َل ّو ْا فَق ُل‬
ْ ‫ح‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.‫ِيم‬
ِ ‫ش ال ْعَظ‬ ّ ُ ‫و َه ُو َ ر‬
ِ ْ ‫َب ال ْعَر‬
But if they turn away, say, “Allah is enough for me. There is no god but
Him. I have put my trust in Him. He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.” (3)
َ ُ ‫ ا َ َلل ّـه‬.ٌ‫ِيم قُلْ ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ حَد‬

.ُ ‫الصّ مَد‬ َ ‫ن‬
ُ ُ ‫ و َل َ ْم يَكُن ل َ ّه‬.ْ‫ل َ ْم يلَِدْ و َل َ ْم يُولَد‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ٌ‫كف ُؤ ًا اَحَد‬
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful, say: “He is Allah,
Absolute Oneness. Allah, the Everlasting Sustainer of all. He has not
given birth and was not born. And no one is comparable to Him.” (3)
)‫(ثلاثا‬.ُ‫تَبَٰـرَك َ ال� ل�ه‬

Blessed is Allah. (3)
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‫ن‬ َ َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلَمِين‬

ِ ‫الر ّحْمَٰـ‬ ِّ ‫ِيم ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬ َ ‫ن‬
‫ اِهْدِنَا‬.ُ‫ ِإ َي ّاك َ نَعْبُد ُ و َِإ َي ّاك َ نَسْت َع ِين‬.ِ‫ِيم م َلِكِ يَو ْ ِم الد ِّين‬ َ
ِ ‫الر ّح‬
َ ‫َاط ال َ ّذ ِي‬
ِ ‫ن أَ ن ْعَمْتَ عَلَيْه ِ ْم غَيْر‬ َ ‫َاط الْـمُسْتَق ِيم َ صِر‬
َ ‫الصِّر‬
َ ‫ُوب عَلَيْه ِ ْم وَل َا‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.‫ ءَام ِين‬.َ‫الضّ ٓـلِّين‬ ِ ‫الْـمَغْض‬
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful,
praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, the All-Merciful,
the Most Merciful, the King of the Day of Judgment. You alone we
worship, You alone we ask for help. Guide us on the Straight Path, the
Path of those whom You have blessed. Not of those with anger upon
them, nor the misguided. Amin. (3)
.َ‫ وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى الْـمُرْسَلِين‬.َ‫َب ال ْع َِز ّة ِ ع ََم ّا يَصِ ف ُون‬

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
َ ِّ ‫سب ْح َانَ ر َب‬
ُ
ِّ ‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬

.َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِين‬
Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of might, above all else that they
describe. And peace be upon the Messengers. And all praise belongs to
Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
َ ‫ك‬
ّ‫الن ّب ِ ِي‬ َ ِ ‫ك وَرَسُول‬
َ ِّ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّدٍ عَبْدِك َ و َنَب ِي‬ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
ٰ
‫ك‬ َ ِ ‫ بِق َ ْدرِ عَظَمَة ِ ذ َات‬.‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‬
َ َ ‫الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و‬
ٰ
)‫ (ثلاثا) ءَام ِين (ثلاثا‬.َ‫ْت وَحِين‬ ٍ ‫ل و َق‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫فِي ك‬
O Allah pour blessings upon our master Muhammad, Your slave,
Your Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his Family and
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The Wird
Companions and grant them perfect peace, by the measure of the

sublimity of Your Essence at every time and in every age. (3) Amin. (3)

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي َ أَ سْ أَ ل‬

‫ك ِإسْ لَام ًا صَ ح ِيح ًا‬
.َ‫يَصْ حَب ُه ُ الا ِسْ تِسْلَام ُ ل ِ َأو َامِرِك َ و َنَوَاه ِيك‬

O Allah! I ask You for sound Islam
accompanied by submission to Your orders and prohibitions;
.َ‫شبَه ِ و َالْـمَه َالِك‬ ِ ‫محْف ُوظًا م ِنْ جَم‬

ّ ُ ‫ِيع ال‬ َ ‫و َِإيـم َانًا خ َال ِصً ا ر َاسِ خًا ثَابتًِا‬
and for pure Iman, firmly established, enduring,
protected from all ambiguities and dangers;
.‫ُوب‬ ِ ‫و َِإحْ سَانًا يَـز ُُجّ بنَِا فِي حَضَر‬

ِ ‫َات ال ْغُـي‬
and for Ihsan that will drive us into the presence of the Unseen,
.‫ُوب‬
ِ ‫ات وَسَآئِر ِ ال ْع ُي‬ ِ َ ‫و َنَـتَطَ َهّر ُ بِه ِ م َنْ أَ ن ْو‬
ِ َ ‫اع ال ْغَف َل‬
and by which we will be purified from every kind of negligence
and all other defects;
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.‫َات‬ ِّ ‫َات الاَسْم َآء ِ و‬

ِ ‫َالصف‬ ِ ‫ِف لَـنَا ع َنْ حَضَر‬
ُ ‫و َِإيق َانًا ي َ ْكش‬
and a certainty which will reveal to us the presences
of the Names and the Attributes,
ِ ّ ‫ات ال َذ‬
.‫ات‬ ِ َ ‫ل بنِ َآ ِإلَى ٰ مُشَاهَدَة ِ أَ ن ْوَارِ تَجَلِّي‬
ُ َ ‫و َيَرْح‬
and by which we will be carried into witnessing
the lights of the Manifestations of the Essence;
َ َ ‫كي َْف نَـتَـأَ َدّبُ م َع‬

‫ك‬ َ ِ ‫وَع ِل ْمًا نَافِع ًا ن َ ْفق َه ُ بِه‬
ِ ‫الصل َو‬
.‫ات‬ ِ ِ ‫وَنُـنَا‬
َ ّ َ ‫جيكَ في‬
and for useful knowledge by which we may understand how to conduct
ourselves in Your presence and how to confide in You in the prayers.
ّ َ ‫ك ال‬
َ ‫سارِ يَة‬ َ ِ ‫و َامْل َ ْأ قُـلُوبَنَا ب ِأَ ن ْوَارِ مَعْرِفَت‬
َ َ ‫ك ح ََت ّى نَشْهَد َ ق َُي ّوم َِـي ّـت‬
ٰ
.‫ات‬ ِ ‫فِي جَم‬
ِ َ ‫ِيع الْـمَخْلُوق‬
Fill our hearts with the lights of Your Ma‘rifa so that we may witness
Your All-Sustaining Gatheredness that flows in all created things.
ِ ْ‫ل دآئ ِرَة ِ الْف َض‬

.َ‫ل الْـم َـحْ ب ُوبِينَ لَدَيْك‬ ِ ْ ‫و َاجْ عَل ْنَا م ِنْ أَ ه‬
Let us be among the circle of Your bounty, beloved to You.
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The Wird
ِ ّ‫الت ّو َ ُك‬
‫ل‬ َ ‫كِنِينَ فِي‬ َ ‫ن‬
ّ َ ‫الر ّاسِ خ ِينَ الْـم ُتَم‬ َ ِ ‫وَم‬
.َ‫ق الْاِعْتِم َادِ عَلَيك‬

ِ ‫ص ْد‬
ِ َ‫و‬
And among the firmly grounded and enduring in reliance
and sincerity of dependence on You.
ُ‫ح ّق ِقْ رَج َآئَنَا ب ِالاِج َابَة ِ يَا كَر ِيم ُ يَا و َ َه ّاب‬
َ َ‫و‬
.َ ‫ل م َا سَأَ لْناَك‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫فِي ك‬
Realise our hope with the answer, O Generous, O Giving,
in all that we ask You.
‫سك َنَاتنِ َآ‬ ِ ‫وَل َا تَكِل ْنَا يَا مَوْل َانَا فِي جَم‬
َ َ ‫ِيع حَرَك َاتنَِا و‬
ِ ٍ‫ِإ ۤلى َأحد‬
َ ‫سوَا‬
.‫ك‬ َ ٰ
Do not entrust us, O Master, in all our movements and stillness,
to anyone other than You.
‫ل سُؤَالِنَا‬
ِ ْ ‫ك م ِنْ قَب‬ َ ّ ‫ك ع َ َو‬
َ َ ‫دت ّـنَآ ِإحْ سَان‬ َ ّ ‫ف َِإ َن‬
.‫ات‬ ِ ‫ن فِي بُطُو‬

ِ َ ‫ن الا َُمّه‬ َ َ‫و‬
ُ ْ ‫نح‬
For You have accustomed us to Your Ihsan before we even asked for it
while we were in our mothers’ wombs.
15
َ ِ ‫ِيف ر ُبُوب ِ َـي ّـت‬

ً ‫ك تَرْبِـيَـة‬ ِ ‫وَر ََب ّـيْـتَـنَا بِلَط‬
. ُ‫ل الْـم ُن َو ّر َات‬

ُ ‫كه َا ال ْعُق ُو‬
ِ ‫تَقْصُر ُ ع َنْ ِإ ْدر َا‬
You have raised us with the Gentleness of Your Lordship over existence
in a manner far beyond the perception of illuminated intellects.
ُ ‫ك ال َ ّذ ِي ف ََضّ ل ْت َه‬
َ ِّ ‫الل ّٰه ُ َ ّم بِنَب ِي‬
َ ‫ك‬ َ ُ ‫فَنَسْأَ ل‬
َ ِ ‫سل‬ ِ ِ
.‫ين‬ َ ْ‫سآئر ِ الاَنْب ِيَآء وَالْـمُر‬
َ ‫عَل َ ٰى‬
We ask You, O Allah, by Your Prophet, whom You have preferred
above all other Prophets and Messengers,
ِ ِ ‫ك ال َ ّذ ِي جَعَل ْتَ رِسَالَت َه ُ ع َآ َم ّة ً وَرَحْم َة ً لِلْخَلَآئ‬

.َ‫ق أَ جْم َع ِين‬ َ ِ ‫و َب ِرَسُول‬
and by Your Messenger whose message You made universal
and a mercy to all creation,
‫ل بِهِم َا‬
ُ ‫أَ ْن تُصَل ِ ّي َ و َتُسَل ِ ّم َ عَلَيْه ِ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ صَلَاة ً وَسَلَام ًا نَنَا‬
ٰ
ِ ‫ل و َالْـم ُرَاقَبَة ِ و َالْـمُشَاهَدَة‬
ِ ‫ل و َالاَف ْع َا‬ِ ‫مح َ َـب ّـتَـه ُ وَم ُتَابَع َت َه ُ فِي الاَق ْوَا‬
َ
.ِ‫ق و َالاَحْ وَال‬
ِ ‫َاب و َالاَخْلَا‬
ِ ‫و َالآد‬
to bless him and his family and grant them a peace by which we may
attain his love and follow him in words, in deeds, in watching, in
witnessing, in adab, in character and states.
16
The Wird
‫ك يَا مَوْل َانَا بِ جَاهِه ِ أَ ْن تَه َبَ لَنَا ع ِل ْمًا نَافِع ًا‬
َ ُ ‫و َنَسْأَ ل‬
.‫ل سَام ٍِع‬

ّ ُ ُ ‫يـَنْـتـَف ِ ُع بِه ِك‬
We ask You, O Master, by his rank, to grant us useful knowledge by
which every listener may profit,
.ُ‫تجْرِي لَه ُ الْـمَد َامِع‬

َ َ ‫تخْشَ ُع لَه ُ الْق ُلُوبُ و َت َ ْقشَع ُِر ّ مِن ْه ُ الْجلُُود ُ و‬
َ َ‫و‬
and every heart may be made humble, and at which the skin may
tremble and tears flow.
.ُ‫سع‬ ّ ُ َ ‫ك أَ ن ْتَ الْق َادِر ُ الْـمُرِيد ُ ال ْع َالِم ُ الْح‬

ِ ‫ي ال ْوَا‬ َ ّ ‫ِإ َن‬
You are the All-Powerful, the One who wills,
the Knowing, the Living, the Vast.

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

17
‫ُث َ ّم ُت َصلِّي بِ َه ِذهِ ا َّلص َلةِ ا ْ ُل َس َّماةِ بِكَ ْن ِز ْ َال َقائ ِ ِق ِفي ا َّلص َلةِ َع َلى َأ ْش َر ِف ْ َال َلئ ِ ِق ال َّ ِتي َت َل َّق َاها‬
.‫َشي ُخ َنا َع ِن ا ْ ُل ْص َط َفى َص َّلى ال َّل ُه َع َلى ِه َو َس َّل َم َو ِهي‬
َ ْ ْ
Then you pray the prayer called the Treasury of Truths asking for blessings on the
most noble of creatures, which our Shaykh received from the Chosen One, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace.
‫ك‬ ِ ‫ك فِي جَم‬

َ ِ ‫ِيع تَجَلِّيَات‬ ِ َ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم بأَ ن ْو‬
َ ِ ‫اع كَمَال َات‬ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
َ َ َ‫ل و‬ ِّ ‫ص‬
‫عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد‬
ٰ
ِ ّ ‫ضة ِ م ِنْ بُح ُورِ عَظَمَة ِ ال َذ‬
.‫ات‬ ِ ‫أَ َ ّو‬
َ ِ ‫ل الان َ ْوَارِ الْف َآئ‬
O Allah bless and grant peace with every one of Your perfections in all
Your manifestations upon our lord and master Muhammad, the first of
the lights emanating from the oceans of the sublimity of the Essence,
ّ ُ ‫ن و َال‬
ِ‫ظه ُور‬ ِ ‫ق فِي عَالـ َم َِي ال ْبُط ُو‬
ِ ِ ‫ح ّق‬
َ َ ‫اَلْـم ُت‬
.‫َات‬ ِّ ‫بِـم َع َانِي الاَسْم َآء ِ و‬

ِ ‫َالصف‬
who realised in the two worlds – the hidden and the seen – the
meanings of the Names and the Attributes.
.‫ات‬
ِ َ ‫َات و َالْق ُر ُب‬ ِ َ ‫ل ح َام ِ ٍد وَم ُـتَـعَـبِّـدٍ ب ِأَ ن ْو‬
ِ ‫اع ال ْع ِبَاد‬ ُ ‫فَه ُو َ أَ َ ّو‬
He is the first to give praise and worship
with every kind of adoration and good action.
18
The Wird
.‫َات‬ ِ َ ‫َاح و َالاَشْ ب‬

ِ ِ َ ‫اح ِلجم‬
ِ ‫يع الْـمَوْجُود‬ ِ ‫و َالْـمُمِ ُ ّد فِي عَالـ َم َي الا َ ْرو‬
ِ
He is the helper of all created beings
in the world of spirits and the world of forms.
َ‫ِف لَنَا النِّق َاب‬

ُ ‫صحَابِه ِ صَلَاة ً ت َ ْكش‬ ْ َ‫و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َأ‬
ٰ
.‫َات‬
ِ ‫ع َنْ و َجْ هِه ِ ا�ل ْكَر ِي ِم فِي الْـم َرَآئِي و َال ْيَقَظ‬
And blessings be upon his family and Companions with a blessing
that will lift the veil from his noble face for us
in visions and in the waking state,
.‫َات‬ ِ ‫ك و َبِه ِ فِي جَم‬

ِ ‫ِيع الْـم َرَات ِِب و َالْحَضَر‬ َ ِ ‫و َتُـعَـرِّفُـنَا ب‬
and will acquaint us with You and with him
in all ranks and presences.
ِ ‫و َالْط ُْف بنَِا يَا مَوْل َانَا بِ جَاهِه‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.‫ات‬ ِ ‫ات و َال َ ّلحَظ‬

ِ َ ‫َات و َالْخَطَر‬ ّ َ ‫َات و َال‬
ِ َ ‫سك َن‬ ِ ‫فِي الْحَرَك‬
Be gracious to us, O Mawlana, by his rank,
in movements and in stillness, in looks and in thoughts. (3)

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

19
.‫ِيم‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الر ّج‬ ِ ‫شيْطَا‬ َ ِ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ م‬
ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan:
‫اس ق َ ْد جَم َع ُوا �لَك ُ ْم‬ َ ‫ن‬

َ ّ ‫الن‬ ّ َ ‫اس ِإ‬ َ ُ ‫ل لَهُم‬
ُ ّ ‫الن‬ َ ‫ال َ ّذ ِي‬
َ ‫ن قَا‬
‫موٓ ِإيـمَانًا وَقَال ُوا‬

ُ ُ‫فَاخْ شَو ْه ُ ْم فَزَادَه‬
Those to whom people said,
‘The people have gathered against you, so fear them,’
but that merely increased their Iman and they said:
)‫(عشرا‬.ُ‫حسْبُنَا ال� ل�ه ُ و َنِعْم َ ال ْوَكِيل‬

َ
“Allah is enough for us and the best of Guardians.” (10)
ٍ ْ‫ن ال� ل�ه ِ و َف َض‬

)‫ل ل َ ْم يـَ ْمسَسْه ُ ْم سُوۤ ء ٌ (ثلاثا‬ َ ِ ‫فَانْـق َـلَـب ُوا بِـنِعْمَة ٍ م‬
So they returned with blessings from Allah,
and no evil touched them. (3)
ٍ ْ‫ و َال� ل�ه ُ ذ ُو ف َض‬.ِ‫و ََات ّـبَع ُوا رِضْ وَانَ ال� ل�ه‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.‫ل عَظ ٍِيم‬
They pursued the pleasure of Allah.
Allah’s favour is indeed immense. (3)
.ُ‫ك ال� ل�ه‬

َ َ ‫حسْب‬ ّ َ ‫و َِإ ْن ُي ّر ِيد ُٓوا أَ ْن َيّ خْدَع ُوك َ ف َِإ‬
َ ‫ن‬
And if they intend to deceive you, Allah is enough for you.
20
The Wird
َ ّ ‫ه ُو َ ال َ ّذ ِۤي أَ َي ّدَك َ بنَِصْرِه ِۦ و َب ِالْـم ُوم ِنِينَ و َأَ َل‬

.ْ‫ف بَيْنَ قُلُو بِهِم‬
It is He Who supported you with His help,
and with the muminun, and unified their hearts.
.ْ‫ض جَم ِيع ًا َمّآ أَ َل ّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُو بِهِم‬

ِ ‫لَو ْ أَ نْفَقْتَ م َا فِي الا َ ْر‬
Even if you had spent everything on the earth,
you could not have unified their hearts.
.ٌ ‫ ِإ َن ّه ُۥ عَز ِيز ٌ حَكِيم‬.ْ‫ف بَيْنَهُم‬

َ ّ ‫و َلَٰـك َِنّ ال� ل�ه َ أَ َل‬
But Allah has unified them. He is the Almighty, All-Wise.
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.َ‫ن الْـم ُوم ِنِين‬ َ َ ‫ن ا َت ّب َع‬

َ ِ‫ك م‬ ِ َ ‫ وَم‬.ُ‫ك ال� ل�ه‬
َ ُ ‫حسْب‬ َ ‫يٓـأَ ُ ّيهَا‬
َ ُ ‫الن ّبِيۤ ء‬
O Prophet! Allah is enough for you,
and for the muminun who follow you. (3)
‫ْف‬ ُ ‫ك‬
ُ ‫الل ّط‬ َ َ ‫ِيف ل‬
ُ ‫ِيف يَا لَط‬
ُ ‫أَ ل َا يَا لَط‬
O Gentle, O Knower of subtleties, gentleness is Yours!
‫ْف‬ ُ ‫ك ي َ ْشم َلُنَا‬

ُ ‫الل ّط‬ َ ْ ‫ِيف مِن‬ َ َ‫فأَ َ ن ْت‬
ُ ‫الل ّط‬
You are the Gentle, and from You gentleness engulfs us.
ٌ ‫ِيف ِإ َن ّنِي م ُت َو ّ َِس‬

‫ل‬ ُ ‫ِيف لَط‬
ُ ‫لَط‬
Latif, Latif, I seek nearness to You
‫ْف‬ ُ ‫ل‬
ُ ‫الل ّط‬ َ َ ‫ك فَالْط ُْف بِي و َق َ ْد ن َز‬
َ ِ ‫بِل ُ ْطف‬
by means of Your lutf – be latif to me – and lutf has descended!
21
‫ن‬
ُ ْ ‫نح‬
َ ‫ِيف و َه َا‬
ُ ‫ك عُذْنَا يَا لَط‬
َ ِ ‫بِل ُ ْطف‬
Ya Latif, we have sought refuge in Your lutf – we have
‫ْف‬ ُ ‫ل‬
ُ ‫الل ّط‬ َ َ ‫ْف و َانْسَد‬ ُ ِ‫دَخ َل ْنَا فِي و َسْ ط‬
ِ ‫الل ّط‬
gone into the centre of lutf – and lutf has come down.
‫ْف ِإ َن ّه ُۥ‬ ُ ‫ْف ال� ل�ه ِ ذِي‬

ِ ‫الل ّط‬ ِ ‫نَجَو ْنَا بِلُط‬
We have been freed by the lutf of Allah, the Possessor of lutf,
‫ْف‬
ُ ‫ِيف ل ُ ْطف ُه ُ د َائِمًا لُط‬
ٌ ‫ِيف لَط‬
ٌ ‫لَط‬
He is Latif, Latif, His lutf is always that.
‫ْظ‬
ُ ‫ك الْحِف‬
َ َ ‫ِيظ ل‬
ُ ‫حف‬َ ‫ِيظ يَا‬
ُ ‫حف‬َ ‫أَ ل َا يَا‬
O Preserver, O Guardian, guardianship is Yours!
‫ْظ‬
ُ ‫ك ي َ ْشم َلُنَا الْحِف‬
َ ْ ‫ِيظ مِن‬
ُ ‫فأَ َ ن ْتَ الْحَف‬
You are the Preserver, and from You guardianship engulfs us.
ُ ّ‫ِيظ ِإ َن ّنَا نَت َو ََس‬

‫ل‬ ُ ‫حف‬َ ‫ِيظ‬
ُ ‫حف‬َ
Hafidh, Hafidh, We seek nearness to You
‫ْظ‬
ُ ‫ل الْحِف‬
َ َ ‫ك فَاحْ فَظْنَا و َق َ ْد ن َز‬
َ ِ ‫بِ ح ِ ْفظ‬
by means of Your hifdh – be hafidh to us – and hifdh has descended.
22
The Wird
‫ن‬
ُ ْ ‫نح‬
َ ‫ِيظ و َه َا‬
ُ ‫حف‬َ ‫ك عُذْنَا يَا‬
Ya Hafidh, we have sought refuge in Your hifdh – we have
‫ْظ‬
َ َ ‫دَخ َل ْنَا فِي و َسْ طِ الْحِفْظِ و َانْسَد‬
gone into the centre of hifdh – and hifdh has come down.
‫نَجَو ْنَا بِ حِفْظِ ال� ل�ه ِ ذِي الْحِفْظِ ِإ َن ّه ُۥ‬

We have been freed by the hifdh of Allah, the Possessor of hifdh.
‫ْظ‬
ُ ‫حف‬
ِ ‫ح ْفظ ُه ُ د َائِمًا‬
ِ ‫ِيظ‬
ٌ ‫حف‬َ ‫ِيظ‬
ٌ ‫حف‬َ
He is Hafidh, Hafidh, His hifdh is always that.
‫بِ جَاه ِ ِإم َا ِم الْـمُرْسَلِينَ مُحَم ّ ٍد‬

By the rank of the Imam of the Messengers, Muhammad,
‫ْظ‬
َ َ ‫فَلَو ْ ل َاه ُ عَيْنُ الْحِفْظِ م َا ن َز‬
 If it were not for him, the source of hifdh,
hifdh would not have descended.
ٌ ‫شد‬ َ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ م َا قَا‬

ِ ْ ‫ل مُن‬
Blessings be upon him as long as there is one who chants:
‫ْظ‬
ُ ‫ك الْحِف‬
َ َ ‫ِيظ ل‬
ُ ‫حف‬َ ‫ِيظ يَا‬
ُ ‫حف‬َ ‫أَ ل َا يَا‬
 Ya Hafidh, ya Hafidh, the hifdh is Yours!
23
)‫ (عشرا‬.ُ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه‬

No god – except Allah (10)
.ِ‫ل ال� ل�ه‬

ُ ‫ سَيِّد ُنَا مُحَم ّدٌ رَسُو‬.ُ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه‬
No god – except Allah;
our master Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
.ِ ‫س َل ّم َ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه‬

َ َ ‫صَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و‬
ٰ
May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace.
.‫ و َانْفَعْنَا يَا مَوْل َانَا بِذِكْر ِه َا‬.‫َب بِقَو ْلِهَا‬

ِّ ‫ثَـبِّـتْـنَا يَا ر‬
O Lord, make us firm by its recital.
O Mawlana, give us benefit from its invocation.
.‫ و َاجْ عَل ْنَا م ِنْ أَ ف ْرَادِ أَ ه ْلِه َا‬.‫ن حِصْ نِهَا‬

ِ ‫و َأَ ْدخِل ْنَا فِي مَيْد َا‬
Let us enter into the fortress of its protection.
And let us be among its people,
.‫ عَالـِمِينَ بِهَا‬.‫ْت نَاطِق ِينَ بِهَا‬

ِ ‫وَعِنْد َ الْـمَو‬
who at the time of death say it, having knowledge of what is in it.
َ َ ‫و َاحْ شُرْنَا فِي ز ُ ْمرَة ِ سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد صَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و‬
َ ‫س َل ّم‬
ِ ‫صحَابِه ِ و َعَلَى جَم‬
.َ‫ِيع عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه ِ الْـم ُوم ِنِين‬ ْ َ‫و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َأ‬
ٰ ٰ
Gather us into the company of our lord and master Muhammad, may
24
The Wird
Allah pour blessings upon him and grant him peace, and his family and
Companions and all the believing slaves of Allah.
)‫ءَام ِين (ثلاثا‬

Amin. (3)
)‫ (ثلاثا‬. َ‫وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى الان َْب ِي َآء ِ و َالْـمُرْسَلِين‬

And peace be upon the Prophets and the Messengers. (3)
ِ ‫و َعَلَى جَم‬
َ ِ ‫ِيع عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه‬
.َ‫الصّ الِ حِين‬
ٰ
And on all the Right-acting slaves of Allah (Saliheen).
ِّ ‫ن ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬

.َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلَمِين‬ ِ َ‫خر ُ دَعْوَانَآ أ‬
ِ ‫و َءَا‬
The end of our call is: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

.‫ِيم‬ َ ْ ‫حو‬
There is no power and no strength but by Allah,
the High, the Vast.
. ُ‫ و َِإلَيْه ِ ُأنِيب‬. ُ‫ عَلَيْه ِ تَو َ َكّل ْت‬.ِ‫وَم َا تَو ْفِيقِ َي ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه‬
My success is only by Allah. In Him I have put my trust.
And to Him I turn in renewal.
َ َ ‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَلَى نِعْمَة ِ الا ِسْ لَا ِم و‬

.ً ‫كفَى بِهَا نِعْم َة‬
ٰ ٰ
Praise belongs to Allah for the blessing of Islam,
and it is blessing enough.
25
‫‪T he Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-H abib‬‬
‫خر ُ يَا ظَاه ِر ُيَا بَاطِنُ‪ .‬اِسْم َعْ نِد َآئِي بِمَا سَمِعْتَ بِه ِ نِد َآء َ‬ ‫يَآ أَ َ ّو ُ‬
‫ل يَآ ءا ِ‬
‫!‪O First! O Last! O Manifest! O Hidden‬‬
‫‪Hear my cry as you heard the cry‬‬
‫عَبْدِك َ سَيِّدِنَا زَكَر َِي ّـآء َ عَلَيْه ِ ال َ ّ‬

‫سلَام ُ‪.‬‬
‫‪of Your slave, our master Zakariyya’, peace be upon him.‬‬
‫ك‪.‬‬
‫ك لَ َ‬
‫و َان ْصُرْنِي ب ِ َ‬
‫‪Give me victory by You – for You.‬‬
‫ك لَكَ‪.‬‬
‫و َأَ ي ّ ِ ْدنِي ب ِ َ‬
‫‪Support me by You – for You.‬‬
‫و َاجْم َعْ بَيْنِي و َبَي ْنَكَ‪.‬‬

‫‪Join me to You.‬‬
‫وَح ُلْ بَيْنِي و َبَيْنَ غَيْرِك َ‪.‬‬

‫‪Separate me from other-than-You.‬‬
‫ﷲ (عشرا)‬
‫)‪Allah (10‬‬
‫وإن أردت الزيادة من ذكر االسم املفرد في غير الورد فلك ذلك ‪ ،‬ومن زاد زاده الله‪،‬‬
‫وقد ذكر العارفون بالله لالسم املفرد فوائد ال تعد وال حتصى‬
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The Wird
If you want to do more of the dhikr of the Unique Name outside of the Wird you
may do so, and whoever does more, Allah will give more, and the ‘arifun of Allah
have mentioned innumerable benefits from the Unique Name.
The Lesser Wird

.‫ِيم‬ َ ‫ن‬
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful.
ِ ّ ‫ك ب ِسِر ِّ ال َذ‬
.‫ات‬ َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي َ أَ سْ أَ ل‬
O Allah, I ask You by the secret of the Essence.
.َ ‫ ه ُو َ أَ ن ْتَ و َأَ ن ْتَ ه ُو‬.ِّ ‫َات الس ِّر‬

ِ ‫و َبِذ‬
And by the Essence of the secret. He is You and You are He.
.ِ‫ش ال� ل�ه‬

ِ ‫ و َبنِ ُورِ ع َ ْر‬.ِ‫جب ْتُ بنِ ُورِ ال� ل�ه‬
َ َ ‫ا ِحْ ت‬
I have veiled myself with the light of Allah,
and by the light of the Throne of Allah,
.ِ‫ل ِإس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ م ِنْ عَد ُ ّوِي و َعَد ُ ّوِ ال� ل�ه‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َبِك‬
and with all the Names of Allah from my enemy
and the enemy of Allah.
.ِ‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه‬

َ ْ ‫حو‬
َ َ ‫ْف ل َا‬
ٍ ‫بِـمِائَة ِ أَ ل‬
With one hundred thousand “there is no power
and no strength but by Allah.”
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.‫ل شَيْء ٍ أَ ْعطَانيِه ِ ر َب ِ ّي‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫خَتَمْتُ عَلَى ن َ ْفس ِي و َعَلَى دِينِي و َعَلَى ك‬
ٰ ٰ ٰ
I have set a seal upon my self and my Deen
and upon everything given to me by my Lord.
ِ ‫بِ خَاتِـ ِم ال�له ِ الْـم َن‬

‫ِيع ال َ ّذ ِي‬ �
.ِ‫ٰت و َالا َ ْرض‬ ّ َ ‫خَتَم َ بِه ِ أَ قْطَار َ ال‬
ِ َ ‫سم َٰو‬
With the protecting seal of Allah
with which He has sealed the heavens and the earth.
َ َ ‫ نِعْم َ الْـمَو ْلَى ٰ و َنِعْم‬.ُ‫حسْبُنَا ال� ل�ه ُ و َنِعْم َ ال ْوَك ِيل‬

.ُ ‫الن ّصِ ير‬ َ َ‫و‬
Allah is enough for us and He is the best Guardian.
The best Protector, the best Helper.
‫وَصَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُح َم ّ ٍد‬

ٰ
The blessings of Allah be upon our lord and master Muhammad,
.َ‫صحَابِه ِ أَ جْم َع ِين‬

ْ َ‫و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َأ‬
ٰ
and upon all his family and Companions.
.‫س َل ّم َ تَسْلِيم ًا كَث ِير ًا‬

َ َ‫و‬
And grant them great peace.

Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
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The Wird
: ‫ثم تقول الدعاء املبارك وهو‬

Then you may say this blessed du‘a
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ُ ‫يَا وَد ُود‬

O Lover! (3)
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ِ‫ش الْـمَجِيد‬
ِ ْ ‫يَا ذ َا ال ْعَر‬
O Possessor of the glorious Throne! (3)
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ُ ‫يَا مُبْدِئ ُ يَا م ُع ِيد‬

O You Who Originate, O You Who Bring back to life! (3)
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ُ ‫يَا ف َع ّال ًا لـِم َا يُر ِيد‬

O He Who does whatever He wills! (3)
ِ ‫ك ال َ ّذ ِي م َل َأ أَ ْرك َانَ ع َ ْر‬

)‫ (ثلاثا‬.َ‫شك‬ َ ِ ‫ك بنِ ُور ِ و َجْ ه‬
َ ُ ‫أَ سْ أَ ل‬
I ask You by the light of Your face
that fills every corner of Your Throne, (3)
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.َ‫ك ب ِالْق ُ ْدرَة ِ َال ّتِي قَدَرْتَ بِهَا عَلَىٰ خ َلْقِك‬

َ ُ ‫و َأَ سْ أَ ل‬
and I ask You by the power You exercise over Your creation, (3)
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ٍ‫ل شَيْء‬
ّ َ ُ ‫َت ك‬
ْ ‫ك َال ّتِي وَسِع‬
َ ِ ‫و َب ِرَحْمَت‬
and by Your mercy that encompasses all things: (3)
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)‫ (ثلاثا‬.‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ يَا م ُغ ِيثُ أَ غِث ْنَا‬

No god but You – O Rescuer – rescue us! (3)

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

.ُ ‫ و َه ُو َ الْقَو ُِيّ ال ْعَزِيز‬.ُ‫ يَرْز ُقُ م َنْ يَ ّش َآء‬.ِ ‫ِيف ب ِع ِبَادِه‬

ٌ ‫ا َ َلل ّـه ُ لَط‬
)‫(تسعا‬
Allah is gentle with His slaves. He provides for anyone He wills, and He
is the Most Strong, the Almighty. (9)

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ
‫ ۝‬.َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِين‬
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The Wird
:‫وعند الصباح تزيد‬

At Subh you add:
ُ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ و َب ِحَمْدِه ِ و َأَ سْ تَغْف ِر‬

ُ َ ‫ و‬.ُ ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ و َال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر‬
ّ َ ‫خر ُ و َال‬
ُ ‫ظاه ِر‬ ُ ‫ ه ُو َ الا َ ّو‬.ِ‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه‬
ِ ‫ل و َال َآ‬ َ ْ ‫حو‬
َ ‫ وَل َا‬.َ‫ال� ل�ه‬
. ُ‫يحْيِي و َيـ ُمِيت‬

ُ .ُ ‫ بيَِدِه ِ الْـخَي ْر‬.ُ‫و َال ْبَاطِن‬
)‫(عشرا‬.ٌ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫و َه ُو َ عَلَى ك‬
ٰ
There is no god except Allah and Allah is greater. Glory be to Allah
and by His praise, and I seek forgiveness from Allah. And there is no
power and no strength but by Allah. He is the First and the Last and the
Outwardly Manifest and the Inwardly Hidden. Good is in His hand, He
makes to live and makes to die, and He is powerful over all things. (10)
َ ‫س َل ّم‬
َ َ ‫وَصَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد و َعَل َۤى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و‬
ٰ ٰ
‫ك‬
َ ‫ش‬ ِ ‫ك وَزِنَة َ ع َ ْر‬ َ ‫س‬ ِ ‫ك وَرِضَا ن َ ْف‬ َ ِ ‫ عَدَد َ خ َلْق‬.‫تَسْلِيم ًا‬
.َ‫وَمِد َاد َ كَل ِمَاتِك‬
And blessings of Allah upon our lord and master, Muhammad, and upon
his family and Companions and grant them perfect peace – as great as
the number of Your creations and Your pleasure and the weight of Your
Throne and the ink of Your words.
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ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

َ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ و َالْـ‬

.ُ ‫ح ْمد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ وَل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ و َال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر‬ ُ

َ ‫ عَدَد َ م َا عَل ِم‬.‫ِيم‬ َ ْ ‫حو‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.َ ‫وَزِنَة َ م َا عَل ِم َ وَم ِلا َ م َا عَل ِم‬

Glory be to Allah and praise be to Allah and there is no god except
Allah and Allah is greater. There is no power and no strength but by
Allah, the High, the Vast, in quantity as great as what He knows, in
weight as much as He knows and in volume as much as He knows. (3)

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ ۝‬
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The Wird
The Seal of The Wird

‫ادعية ختام الورد‬
.َ‫ك بِ ج ُودِك َ و َف َضْ لِك‬ َ ِ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم اف ْت َحْ بَصَآئ ِر َنَا لم ُِرَاقَبَت‬
َ ِ ‫ك وَمُشَاهَد َت‬
O Allah, open our inner sight for us to watch You and witness You
by Your generosity and overflowing.
.َ‫ك وَك َرَمِك‬

َ ِ ‫ك بِ ح ِل ْم‬
َ ِ ‫صف َات‬
ِ َ‫ك و‬
َ ِ ‫ات أَ سْم َآئ‬
ِ َ ‫و َنَوِ ّ ْر سَر َآئ ِر َنَا لِت َجَلِّي‬
And illuminate our secret to the manifestations of Your Names and
Attributes through Your forbearance and noble generosity.
‫و َأَف ْن ِنَا ع َنْ وُجُودِنَا الْـم َج َازِي‬
.َ‫ك وَم َنِّك‬

َ ِ ‫فِي وُجُودِك َ الْحَق ِيقِي بِطَوْل‬
And annihilate us from our metaphorical existence
in Your real existence, by Your favour and gifts.
.َ‫ك وَس َُن ّة ِ نَب ِيِّك‬

َ ِ ‫محَافِظ ِينَ عَلَى شَر ِيع َت‬
ُ ‫ك ل َا بنَِا‬
َ ِ ‫و َأَ بْق ِنَا ب‬
ٰ
And make us continue by You, not by us, preserving Your Shari‘a
and the Sunna of Your Prophet.
.ٌ ‫ و َب ِالاِج َابَة ِ جَدِير‬.ٌ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير‬ َ ّ ‫ِإ َن‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ك عَلَى ك‬
ٰ
You are powerful over all things – and are disposed to answer.
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ِّ ‫ِيم ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬

َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِين‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الر ّح‬ َ ِ ‫ب ِسِر ِّ و َبَرَكَة ِ ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه‬
.ُ‫ ِإ َي ّاك َ نَعْبُد ُ و َِإ َي ّاك َ نَسْت َع ِين‬.ِ‫ِيم م َلِكِ يَو ْ ِم الد ِّين‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الر ّح‬ َ
َ ‫اِهْدِنَا الصِّر‬
.‫ ءَام ِين‬.َ‫الضّ ٓـلِّين‬
ِ ‫الْـمَغْض‬
By the secret and the blessing of: In the name of Allah, All-Merciful,
the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, the All-
Merciful, the Most Merciful, the King of the Day of Judgment. You
alone we worship, You alone we ask for help. Guide us on the Straight
Path, the Path of those whom You have blessed, not of those with anger
upon them, nor of the misguided. Amin.

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

describe. And peace be upon the Messengers.
And praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
‫ثم تدعو لنفسك ولوالديك وملشائخك ولشيخ وقتك وألمير املومنني خصوصا‬
‫ولكافة املسلمني عموما‬
Then pray for yourself and your parents and for your shaykhs and for the Shaykh
of your age and for the Amir al-Muminin in particular
and for all the Muslims in general.
ً ‫ل سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّ ٍد صَلَاة‬ ِ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّ ٍد و َعَل َۤى ءَا‬ َ ‫الل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬ َ
ٰ ٰ
‫ و َت َ ْقض ِي لَنَا بِهَا جَم ِي َع‬.‫ات‬ِ َ ‫ل و َالآف‬ ِ ‫ِيع الاَه ْوَا‬ ِ ‫ت ُ ْنج ِينَا بِهَا م ِنْ جَم‬
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The Wird
‫ و َتَرْف َع ُنَا بِه َآ‬.‫ات‬

ِ َ ‫سي ِّئ‬ ِ ‫ و َتُطَهّ ِر ُنَا بِهَا م ِنْ جَم‬.‫َات‬
ّ َ ‫ِيع ال‬ ِ ‫الْحا َج‬
ِ ‫ات م ِنْ جَم‬
‫ِيع‬ ِ ‫أَ ع ْلَا ال َد ّرَج‬
ِ َ ‫ و َتُبَل ِّغ ُنَا بِه َآ أَ ق ْص َى ال ْغ َاي‬.‫َات‬
.‫َات‬
ِ ‫َات فِي الْحيََاة ِ و َبَعْد َ ال ْمَم‬
ِ ‫الْخيَْر‬
O Allah, bless our master Muhammad and the family of our master
Muhammad with a blessing by which You will save us from every fear
and harm, and by which You will supply us with all our needs, and by
which You will purify us from all evils, and by which You will raise
us to the highest degrees, and by which You will make us attain the
furthest goal of good in life and after death.
ّ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم أَ نْز ِلْ عَلَي ْنَا فِي هَذِه ِ ال‬

.َ‫ساعَة ِ م ِنْ خَيْرِك َ و َب َرَك َاتِك‬
َ ‫ و َأَ ذِق ْنَا بَرْد‬.َ‫ وَخ ََصّ صْ تَ بِه ِيۤ أَ ح َِب ّآئَك‬.َ‫كَم َآ أَ ن ْزَل ْتَ عَل َٓى أَ وْلِي َآئِك‬
ٰ
‫ل‬ ّ َ ُ ‫َت ك‬
ْ ‫ك َال ّتِي وَسِع‬ َ َ ‫ و َان ْشُرْ عَلَي ْنَا رَحْمَت‬.َ‫ع َ ْفوِك َ وَح َلَاوَة َ مَغْف ِرَتِك‬
ً ‫ و َِإج َابَة ً وَمَغْف ِرَة‬.‫ و َتَو ْبَة ً نَصُوح ًا‬.‫محَب ّة ً و َقَب ُول ًا‬ َ ْ ‫ و َا ْرز ُق ْنَا مِن‬.ٍ‫شَيْء‬
َ ‫ك‬
‫ك‬ َ ‫ تَع ُ ُ ّم الْحا َضِر ِي‬.ً ‫و َعَاف ِي َة‬
َ ِ ‫ ب ِرَحْمَت‬.َ‫ن و َال ْغ َآئبِِينَ و َالاَحْ ي َآء َ و َال ْمَي ِّتِين‬
َ َ ‫حم‬
.َ‫الر ّا ِحم ِين‬ َ َ ‫حم‬
َ ‫الر ّا ِحم ِينَ يَآ أَ ْر‬ َ َ ‫حم‬
َ ‫الر ّا ِحم ِينَ يَآ أَ ْر‬ َ ‫يَآ أَ ْر‬
O Allah, in this hour send down some of Your good and Your baraka
on us as You sent it down on Your near ones, and singled it out for Your
lovers. Let us taste the coolness of Your pardon and the sweetness of
Your forgiveness. Spread over us Your compassion which encompasses
all things. Provide us with Your love and acceptance and sincere
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turning to You, and Your response to our asking, forgiveness, and well-
being that will encompass those present and absent,
the living and the dead, by Your mercy,
O Most Merciful of the merciful. (3)
َ َ ‫تحْرِمْنَا م َِم ّا ر‬
.َ ‫جو ْنَاك‬ َ ‫ وَل َا‬.َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ل َا تُخَيِّب ْنَا م َِم ّا سَأَ ل ْنَاك‬
.‫َات‬
ِ ‫و َاحْ فَظْنَا و َاحْ فَظْنَا و َاحْ فَظْنَا فِي ال ْم َحْ يَا و َال ْمَم‬
ِ َ ‫مج ِيبُ ال َد ّع َو‬

.‫ات‬ َ ّ ‫ِإ َن‬
ُ ‫ك‬
O Allah, do not disappoint us in what we ask of You. Do not deny us
what we hope for from You. Protect us. Protect us. Protect us in life
and in death. You are the Answerer of prayers.
.َ‫ وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى ال ْمُرْسَلِين‬.َ‫َب ال ْع َِز ّة ِ ع ََم ّا يَصِ ف ُون‬

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

.َ‫ و َأَ سْ ت َ ْقدِرُك َ بِق ُ ْدر َتِك‬.َ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي َ أَ سْ تَخِيرُك َ ب ِع ِل ْمِك‬
.ِ‫ِيم الا َ ْعظَم‬

ِ ‫ك ال ْعَظ‬
َ ِ ‫ك م ِنْ ف َضْ ل‬
O Allah, I ask You to choose by Your knowledge. And I ask You to decree
by Your power. And I ask You for some of Your great and sublime bounty.
ِ ‫ و َأَ ن ْتَ علَ ّام ُ ال ْغ ُي‬.ُ ‫ و َتَعْلَم ُ وَل َآ أَ ع ْلَم‬.ُ ‫ك ت َ ْقدِر ُ وَل َآ أَ قْدِر‬
.‫ُوب‬ َ ّ ‫ف َِإ َن‬
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The Wird
For You have power and I do not. You know and I do not.
And You are the Knower of the Unseen.
ّ َ َ‫كن ْتَ تَعْلَم ُ أ‬

‫ن ه َٰذ َا الا َ ْمر َ و َه ُو َ جَم ِي ُع ح َرك َاتِي‬ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ ْن‬
.ٍ‫ق وَح َال‬

ٍ ُ ‫ل وَخ ُل‬
ٍ ْ‫ل و َفِع‬ ّ َ ‫سك َناَتِي ال‬
ٍ ْ ‫ م ِنْ قَو‬.ِ ‫ظاه ِرَة ِ و َالبَاطِنَة‬ َ َ‫و‬
‫ فِي ه َٰذ َا ال ْيَو ْ ِم و َف ِيم َا‬.‫ح ّقِي و َفِي حَقّ ِ غَيْر ِي‬
َ ‫ فِي‬.ً ‫عِبَادَة ً و َعَادَة‬
.‫الل ّيْلَة ِ و َفِي م َا بَعْد َه َا } و َفِي بَق َِي ّة ِ ع ُمُرِي‬

َ ِ‫بَعْدَه ُ { أَ و‬
O Allah, if You know that this affair – all my movement and stillness,
apparent and hidden, in speech, deeds, character and state, in
spiritual work and daily life, as regards myself and others, in this day
(or night) and those after it, and all the rest of my life –
‫خَيْر ٌ ل ِّي فِي دِينِي وَدُن ْيَايَ وَم َع َاشِي وَم َع َادِي و َعَاق ِبَة ِ أَ ْمر ِي‬
ْ ِ‫ فَاقْد ُ ْره ُ ل ِي و َيَس ِ ّرْه ُ ل ِي ث َُم ّ بَار‬.ِ ‫و َعَاجِلِه ِ و َءَاجِلِه‬

.ِ ‫ك ل ِي ف ِيه‬
is good for me in my Deen, and my worldly existence, in this life and
my next life, and my final end, be it sooner or later, then destine it for
me, make it easy for me and bless me in it.
‫سك َناَتِي‬ ّ َ َ‫كن ْتَ تَعْلَم ُ أ‬

َ َ ‫ن ه َٰذ َا الأَ ْمر َ و َه ُو َ جَم ِي ُع حَرَك َاتِي و‬ ُ ‫و َِإ ْن‬
ً ‫ عِبَادَة‬.ٍ‫ق وَح َال‬

ٍ ُ ‫ل وَخ ُل‬
ٍ ْ‫ل و َفِع‬ ّ َ ‫ال‬
ٍ ْ ‫ م ِنْ قَو‬.ِ ‫ظاه ِرَة ِ و َالبَاطِنَة‬
ُ ‫ فِي ه َٰذ َا اليَو ْ ِم و َف ِيم َا بَعْدَه‬.‫ح ّقِي و َفِي حَقّ ِ غَيْر ِي‬
َ ‫ فِي‬.ً ‫و َعَادَة‬
.‫الل ّيْلَة ِ و َفِي م َا بَعْد َه َا} و َفِي بَق َِي ّة ِ ع ُمُرِي‬

َ ِ‫{أَ و‬
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But if You know that this affair – all my movement and stillness,
apparent and hidden, in speech, deeds, character and state, in spiritual
work and daily life, as regards myself and others, in this day (or night)
and those after it, and all the rest of my life –
‫شَر ّ ٌ ل ِّي فِي دِينِي وَدُن ْيَايَ وَم َع َاشِي وَم َع َادِي و َعَاق ِبَة ِ أَ ْمر ِي‬
َ ‫ و َاقْد ُ ْر ل ِي الخيَْر‬.ُ ‫ فَاصْر ِف ْه ُ ع َن ِ ّي و َاصْر ِفْنِي عَن ْه‬.ِ ‫و َعَاجِلِه ِ و َءَاجِلِه‬
.ٌ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير‬ َ ّ ‫ ِإ َن‬.ِ ‫ضنِي بِه‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ك عَلَى ك‬ ِّ َ ‫حي ْثُ ك َانَ ث َُم ّ ر‬
َ
ٰ
is evil for me in my Deen, and my worldly existence, in this life and my
next life, and my final end, be it sooner or later, then divert it from me
and divert me from it, and destine the good for me wherever it may be
and make me pleased with it. You have power over all things.
.َ‫ل بِه ِ بَي ْنَنَا و َبَيْنَ م َع َاصِيك‬

ُ ‫ك م َا تَح ُو‬
َ ِ ‫خشْيَت‬ ْ ِ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم اقْس‬
َ ْ‫م لَنَا م ِن‬
َ ِ ‫ وَم‬.َ‫ك م َا تُبَل ِّغ ُنَا بِه ِ ج ََن ّتَك‬

ِ ‫ن ال ْيَق ِينِ م َا تُهَوِ ّنُ بِه‬ َ ِ ‫وَم ِنْ طَاع َت‬
.‫عَلَي ْنَا مَصَآئ ِبَ ال ُد ّن ْيَا‬

O Allah, provision us with fear of You that may come between us and
acts of disobedience against You. And grant us obedience to You that
will bring us to Your Garden. And grant us certainty that will make the
misfortunes of this world easy for us.
ُ ‫ و َاجْ عَل ْه‬.‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم م َتِّعْنَا ب ِأَ سْمَاعِنَا و َأَ بْصَارِنَا و َق َُو ّتنَِا م َآ أَ حْ يَي ْتَنَا‬
ْ‫ و َان ْصُرْنَا عَلَى م َن‬.‫ و َاجْ ع َلْ ثَار َنَا عَلَى م َنْ ظَلَمَنَا‬.‫ال ْوَارِثَ م َِن ّا‬
ٰ ٰ
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The Wird
َ ‫ل ال ُد ّن ْي َآ أَ كْ بَر‬
ِ َ ‫تج ْع‬
َ ‫ وَل َا‬.‫تج ْع َلْ م ُصِ يبَتَنَا فِي دِين ِنَا‬
َ ‫ وَل َا‬.‫عَاد َانَا‬
َ ‫ وَل َآ ِإلَى‬.‫ وَل َا غَايَة َ رَغْبَت ِنَا‬.‫ وَل َا مَبْل َ َغ ع ِل ْمِنَا‬.‫هَم ِّنَا‬
.‫الن ّارِ م َصِ ير َنَا‬
.‫وَل َا تُس َل ّ ِْط عَلَي ْنَا بِذ ُنُوبنَِا م َنْ وَل َا يَرْحَمُنَا‬
َ َ ‫حم‬
.َ‫الر ّا ِحم ِين‬ َ َ ‫حم‬
َ ‫ يَآ أَ ْر‬.َ‫الر ّا ِحم ِين‬ َ َ ‫حم‬
َ ‫ يَآ أَ ْر‬.َ‫الر ّا ِحم ِين‬ َ ‫يَآ أَ ْر‬
O Allah, let us enjoy our hearing and vision and strength for as long as
You grant us life and make it our legacy. Avenge us on those who have
wronged us and give us victory over those who have attacked us, and
do not give us misfortune in our Deen. Do not let this world be the
greatest of our cares, nor the scope of our knowledge, nor the object
of our desire, and do not let our homecoming be the Fire. Do not place
over us because of our wrong actions
those who will not show mercy to us.
O Most Merciful of the merciful. (3)
.‫ك ال ْمُر ْتَض َى‬َ ِ ‫ وَرَسُول‬.‫ك المُصْ طَفَى‬ َ ِّ ‫َب بِ جَاه ِ نَب ِي‬ِّ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا ر‬
ٰ ٰ
.َ‫محَب ّتِك‬
َ َ‫ك و‬َ ِ ‫ف يُبَاعِد ُنَا ع َنْ مُشَاهَد َت‬ٍ ْ‫ل و َص‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫َطهِّر ْ قُلُوبَنَا م ِنْ ك‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫ك يَا ذ َا الْجلََا‬
َ ِ ‫ق ِإلَى ٰ لِق َآئ‬
ِ ْ ‫شو‬ ّ ُ ‫و َأَ مِت ْنَا عَلَى ال‬
ّ َ ‫س َن ّة ِ و َا ْلجم ََاعَة ِ و َال‬
.‫ل و َالاِك ْرَا ِم‬

ِ ‫ يَا ذ َا الْجلََا‬.‫ل و َالاِك ْرَا ِم‬
ِ ‫ يَا ذ َا الْجلََا‬.‫و َالاِك ْرَا ِم‬
O Allah! O Lord, by the rank of Your chosen Prophet and approved
Messenger, purify our hearts of every attribute that might separate
us from Your contemplation and love. Let us die in the Sunna and the
Jama’a and in yearning for Your encounter.
O Lord of majesty and generosity. (3)
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‫فَسُب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ حِيْنَ تمُْس ُونَ وَحِينَ تُصْ بِحُونَ وَلَه ُ ا ْلحم َْد ُ فِي‬
‫ن‬ ّ َ ‫ج الْح‬
َ ِ‫ي م‬ ُ .َ‫ض وَعَش ًِي ّا وَحِينَ ت ُ ْظه ِر ُون‬
ُ ِ‫يخْر‬ ِ ‫ٰت و َالا َ ْر‬ ّ َ ‫ال‬
.‫ْض بَعْد َ مَوْتِهَا‬

َ ‫يح ِْي الاَر‬
ُ َ‫ي و‬
ِّ َ ‫ن الْح‬
َ ِ ‫ج ال ْمَي ِّتَ م‬
ُ ِ‫يخْر‬
ُ َ ‫ال ْمَي ّ ِِت و‬
.َ‫تخ ْرَجُون‬
ُ ‫ك‬
َ ِ ‫وَكَذَٰل‬
Glory be to Allah both in your evening hour and in your morning hour.
Praise belongs to Him in the heavens and the earth, alike at the setting
of the sun and in your noontide hour. He brings forth the living from
the dead and brings forth the dead from the living.
In that manner you shall be brought forth.
.َ ‫ك رِضَاك َ و َالْج َنَ ّة‬

َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ َن ّا نَسْأَ ل‬
.‫ل‬
ٍ َ ‫ل و َع َم‬
ٍ ْ ‫وَم َا يُق َرِّبُ ِإلَيْهِم َا م ِنْ قَو‬
O Allah, we ask You for Your pleasure and the Garden,
and the speech and action that bring us near to them.
َ ‫كو‬
.ِ‫َالن ّار‬ َ ِ ‫ك م ِنْ سَ خَط‬
َ ِ ‫و َنَع ُوذ ُ ب‬
.‫ل‬
ٍ َ ‫ل و َع َم‬
ٍ ْ ‫وَم َا يُق َرِّبُ ِإلَيْهِم َا م ِنْ قَو‬
And we take refuge with You from Your displeasure and the Fire,
and the speech and action that bring us near to them.
َ ِ‫ و َيَا فَار‬.ِ‫ و َيَا د َاف ِ َع النِّقَم‬.ِ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا سَاب ِ َغ الن ِّعَم‬
.ِ‫ج ال ْغُمَم‬
.َ ‫ل م َنْ حَكَم‬ ّ ُ ‫ِف ال‬

َ َ ‫ و َيَآ أَ عْد‬.ِ ‫ظلَم‬ َ ‫و َيَا ك َاش‬
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The Wird
ُ ْ‫ و َيَا و َل ِ َيّ م َن‬.َ ‫حسْبَ م َنْ ظَلَم‬

.َ ‫ظل ِم‬ َ ‫و َيَا‬
O Allah, O Abundant in blessing. O Repeller of adversities. O One
Who frees us from troubles. O One Who removes the darkness. O
Most Just of those who judge. O Reckoner of those who are unjust.
O Protector of those who are wronged!
ِ ‫ يَآ ءَا‬.ٍ ‫يَآ أَ َ ّول ًا بِلَا بِد َايَة‬

‫ يَا م َنْ لَه ُ ِإسْمٌ بِلَا‬.ٍ ‫خر ًا بِلَا نِهَايَة‬
ِ ‫ ف َرِّجْ ع ََن ّا وَع َنْ جَم‬.ٍ ‫كن ْيَة‬
.ِ ‫ِيع ال ْمُسْل ِمِينَ م َا ه ُ ْم ف ِيه‬ ُ
O First without beginning! O Last without end! O You Who have a name
without a kunya! Free us and all the muslims from the state they are in –
ِ‫طاهِرِ ال ْمُطَ َهّر‬

ّ َ ‫ك ال‬
ِ َ ‫ن ال ْمُبَار‬
ِ ‫ن ال ْمَكْن ُو‬
ِ ‫ك ال ْم َخْ ز ُو‬
َ ِ ‫ب ِسِر ِّ اسْم‬
.ٌ ‫ و َب ِالاِج َابَة ِ جَدِير‬.ٌ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير‬ َ ّ ‫ ِإ َن‬.ِ‫ال ْمُق َ َ ّدس‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ك عَلَى ك‬
ٰ
By the secret of Your Guarded, Hidden, Blessed, Pure, Purified,
Wholly Pure Name. You are able to do all things,
and disposed to answer our prayers.

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ
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The Wird of the Salat
‫ادعية دبر الصلوات‬
:‫َو َب ْع َد ُك ِّل َف ِر َيض ٍة ِم َن ا َّلص َل َو ِات ا َخل ْم ِس َت ُق ُول‬

After each of the fard prayers say:
َ ‫ي الْق َُي ّوم‬

ّ ُ َ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ ال ْعَظ ِيم َ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ الْح‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ِ ‫و َأَ تُوبُ ِإلَيْه‬

I ask forgiveness of Allah the Vast. There is no god but He, the Living,
the Eternal: to Him I turn. (3)
‫س ُع م ِنْ ذ ُنُو بِي‬ َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم مَغْف ِرَت‬

َ ‫ك أَ ْو‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.‫ك أَ ْرجَى ٰ عِنْدِي م ِنْ ع َمَل ِي‬

َ ُ ‫وَرَحْمَت‬
O Allah, Your forgiveness is vaster than my wrong actions
and Your mercy more hopeful for me than my behaviour. (3)
َ ‫ك‬
ّ‫الن ّب ِ ِي‬ َ ِ ‫ك وَرَسُول‬ َ ِّ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّدٍ عَبْدِك َ و َنَب ِي‬ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
ٰ
.‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‬ َ َ ‫الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و‬
ٰ
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ٍ‫ْت وَحِين‬ ٍ ‫ل و َق‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫ك فِي ك‬ َ ِ ‫بِق َ ْدرِ عَظَمَة ِ ذ َات‬
O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, Your slave, Prophet and
42
Messenger, the unlettered Prophet and his family and Companions, and
grant them peace, as great in measure as Your essence, at all times and
in every age. (3)
ّ َ ‫ات وَح‬
‫ُب‬ ِ َ ‫َات و َتَرْك َ ال ْمُن ْك َر‬
ِ ‫ل الْخيَْر‬ َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ َن ّا نَسْأَ ل‬
َ ْ‫ك فِع‬
َ ‫ك غَيْر‬
َ ْ ‫ و َِإذ َآ أَ رَدْتَ ب ِع ِبَادِك َ فِت ْن َة ً فَاق ْب ِضْ ن َآ ِإلَي‬.ِ‫ال ْمَسَاكِين‬
.‫ ءَام ِين‬.‫ ءَام ِين‬.‫ (ثلاثا) ءَام ِين‬.َ‫مَفْت ُونِين‬

O Allah, we ask You that we should do good, leave what is objectionable
and love the poor. If You will that there be schism among Your slaves,
grant that You will take us to You uncorrupted. (3) Amin. Amin. Amin.

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

•َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِين‬
:‫ُث َّم ُت َسب ُح ا َلله َث َلثًا َو َث َلثِ َني َو َ ْت َم ُد ُه ك ََذال ِ َك َو ُتكَ ب ُر ُه ك ََذال ِ َك َو َت ْخ ِت ُم املِائَ َة ِب‬
ِّ ِّ
Then say:
)‫ (ثلاثا وثلاثين‬.ِ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه‬

ُ
Glory be to Allah. (33)
)‫ (ثلاثا وثلاثين‬.ِ ‫ا َ ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه‬

Praise belongs to Allah. (33)
43
‫الَ َلّه ُ أَ كْ ب َر ُ‪( .‬ثلاثا وثلاثين)‬

‫)‪Allah is greater. (33‬‬
‫‪Then seal the hundred with:‬‬
‫ك وَلَه ُ الحم َْد ُ‪.‬‬ ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ وَحْدَه ُ ل َا شَر ِي َ‬
‫ك لَه ُ‪ .‬لَه ُ الملُ ْ ُ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير ٌ‪.‬‬
‫و َه ُو َ عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫‪There is no god except Allah, alone, without partner. The kingdom and‬‬
‫‪the praise belong to Him. And He has power over all things.‬‬
‫ُث َّم َت ُق ُول‪:‬‬

‫‪Then say:‬‬
‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�هَ‪ ( .‬ثلاثا )‬

‫)‪I ask forgiveness of Allah. (3‬‬
‫الحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ و َال ُ ّ‬

‫شك ْر ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ‪ ( .‬ثلاثا )‬
‫)‪Praise be to Allah and thanks be to Allah. (3‬‬
‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�هِ‪.‬‬

‫حو ْ َ‬
‫ل َا َ‬
‫‪There is no power and no strength but through Allah.‬‬
‫ح ْفظًا‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ َن ّا نَسْتَوْدِع ُ َ‬

‫ك دِينَنَا و َِإيمَانَنَا فَاحْ ف َ ْظهُم َا عَلَي ْنَا ِ‬
‫مُحَم ّدِ ًي ّا فِي حَيَاتنَِا وَعِنْد َ مَمَاتنَِا و َبَعْد َ و َفَاتنَِا و َا ْرز ُق ْنَا كَمَالَهُم َا‬
‫ق‬
‫ل و َالاَخْلَا ِ‬ ‫س َل ّم َ فِي الاَق ْوَا ِ‬
‫ل و َالاَف ْع َا ِ‬ ‫بِمُتَابَع َتِه ِ صَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و َ َ‬
‫‪44‬‬
.َ ‫ك ا�ل ْكَر ِيم‬

َ َ ‫ك و َجْ ه‬
َ ِ ‫ن بِذَٰل‬
َ ‫ل مُر ِيدِي‬
ِ ‫و َالاَحْ وَا‬
.َ‫ ءَام ِين‬.َ‫يَآ أَ ك ْرَم َ الاَك ْرَم ِين‬

O Allah, we commend our Deen and our Iman to You, so protect them for
us with a Muhammadan protection in our lives and at our deaths and after
our passing and perfect them by our following him, blessings of Allah be
upon him, in words, deeds, behaviour and states, seeking Your noble face,
O Most Noble of the noble. Amin.
‫ن‬ َ َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِين‬


In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah,
Lord of the worlds, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, the King of
the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship, You alone we ask for help.
Guide us on the Straight Path, the Path of those whom You have blessed,
not of those with anger upon them, nor of the misguided. Amin.

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

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ّ ‫ث َُم‬
Then say:
‫ ل َ ّهُۥ م َا‬.ٌ ‫ ل َا تَاخُذُه ُۥ سِن َة ٌ وَل َا نَوْم‬.ُ ‫ى الْق َُي ّوم‬

ّ ُ َ ‫ الْح‬.َ ‫ال َ َلّه ُ ل َ ٓا ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو‬
‫ م َن ذ َا ال َ ّذ ِي ي َ ْشف َ ُع عِندَه ُۥ ِإ َلّا‬.ِ‫ٰت وَم َا فِى الا َ ْرض‬ ِ َ ‫سم َٰو‬ ّ َ ‫فِى ال‬
ٓ
ْ‫يح ِيط ُونَ ب ِشَىْء ٍ مّ ِن‬ ُ ‫ وَل َا‬. ‫ يَعْلَم ُ م َا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيه ِ ْم وَم َا خ َلْفَه ُ ْم‬.‫ب ِِإذْنِه ِۦ‬
‫ وَل َا‬. ‫ْض‬

َ ‫ٰت و َالاَر‬ ّ َ ‫س َع كُرْس ُِي ّه ُ ال‬
ِ َ ‫سم َٰو‬ َ ‫ع ِل ْمِه ِٓۦ ِإ َلّا بِمَا‬
ِ َ ‫ و‬. َ ‫شآء‬
.ُ‫ و َه ُو َ ال ْعَل ِ ُىّ ال ْعَظ ِيم‬. ‫ح ْفظُهُم َا‬

ِ ‫يَـئ ُودُه ُۥ‬
Allah! There is no god but Him. The Living, the Self-Sustaining. He
is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and
the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His
permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them.
But they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His
Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth and their preservation
does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent.
ّ ‫ث َُم‬
Then say:
َ َ ‫لٌ ءَام‬
‫ن‬ َ ِ ‫ل بِم َ ٓا ُأنز‬
ّ ُ ‫ ك‬.َ‫ل ِإلَيْه ِ م ِن َرّ بِّه ِۦ و َال ْم ُوم ِن ُون‬ َ ‫ن‬
ُ ‫الر ّسُو‬ َ َ ‫ءَام‬
‫ ل َا نُف َرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَ ح َ ٍد مّ ِن‬.‫ب ِال� ل�ه ِ وَم َل َٰٓئِكَتِه ِۦ وَكُتُبِه ِۦ وَرُسُلِه ِۦ‬
َ َ ‫ غُفْرَان‬.‫ و َقَالُوا ۟ سَمِعْنَا و َأَ َطعْنَا‬. ‫ُرّسُلِه ِۦ‬

َ ْ ‫ و َِإلَي‬.‫ك ر َ َب ّنَا‬
.ُ ‫ك ال ْم َصِ ير‬
The Messenger has Iman in what has been sent down to him from his
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Lord, and so do the muminun. Each one has Iman in Allah and His
angels, and His books and His messengers. We do not differentiate
between any of His messengers. They say, ‘We hear and we obey.
Forgive us, our Lord! You are our journey’s end.’
َ ‫ لَهَا م َا‬.‫ل َا يُك َل ّ ُِف ال� ل�ه ُ ن َ ْفسًا ِإ َلّا و ُسْ عَه َا‬
‫ و َعَلَيْهَا م َا‬.‫كسَب َْت‬
‫ ر َ َب ّنَا وَل َا‬.‫خذْن َ ٓا ِإن نَ ّسِين َ ٓا أَ ْو أَ خْ طَأْ نَا‬

ِ ‫ ر َ َب ّنَا ل َا تُؤَا‬.‫اكْ تَسَب َْت‬
َ ‫تَحْم ِلْ عَلَي ْن َ ٓا ِإصْر ًا كَمَا حَمَل ْت َه ُۥ عَلَى ال َ ّذ ِي‬

‫ ر َ َب ّنَا وَل َا‬.‫ن م ِن قَبْلِنَا‬
ُ ‫ و َاع‬.‫تُحَم ِّل ْنَا م َا ل َا طَاق َة َ لَنَا بِه ِۦ‬

.‫ و َا ْرحَم ْنَا‬.‫ و َا ْغفِر ْ لَنَا‬.‫ْف ع ََن ّا‬
.َ‫أَ نتَ مَو ْلَىٰنَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَو ْ ِم ا�لْكَٰفِرِين‬

Allah does not impose on any self more than it can stand. For it is what
it has earned; against it what it has merited. Our Lord, take us not to
task if we forget or make a mistake! Our Lord, do not place on us a load
like the one You placed on those before us! Our Lord, do not place on
us a load we have not the strength to bear! And pardon us; and forgive
us; and have mercy on us. You are our Master, so Help us against the
people of the kafirun.
ّ ‫ث َُم‬
Then say:
‫شَهِد َ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ َن ّه ُۥ ل َ ٓا ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ و َال ْمَل َٰٓئِك َة ُ و َ ُأو۟لُوا ۟ ال ْعِلْم ِ قَآئِمًا‬
.ُ ‫ ال ْعَزِيز ُ الْحَكِيم‬.َ ‫ ل َ ٓا ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو‬. ِ‫ب ِالْقِسْط‬
.ُ ‫ن عِند َ ال� ل�ه ِ الا ِسْ لَٰم‬ ّ َ ‫ِإ‬

َ ‫ن الد ِّي‬
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Allah bears witness that there is no god but Him, as do the angels and
the people of knowledge, upholding justice. There is no god but Him,
the Almighty, the All-Wise. The Deen with Allah is Islam.
ّ ‫ث َُم‬
Then say:
‫ك‬
َ ْ ‫ك م َن تَشَآء ُ و َتَنزِع ُ ال ْمُل‬ َ ِ ‫الل ّٰه ُ َ ّم م َٰل‬
َ ْ ‫ك ال ْمُل ْكِ تُوتِي ال ْمُل‬ َ ‫ل‬ ِ ُ‫ق‬
ّ ُ ِ‫م َِم ّن تَشَآء ُ و َتُع ُِز ّ م َن تَشَآء ُ و َتُذ‬
َ ّ ‫ ِإ َن‬.ُ ‫ل م َن تَشَآء ُ بيَِدِك َ الْخيَ ْر‬
‫ك‬
.ٌ ‫ل شَىْء ٍ قَدِير‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫عَلَى ك‬
ٰ
Say: ‘O Allah! Master of the kingdom! You give sovereignty to
whomever You will. You take sovereignty from whomever You will.
You exalt whomever You will. You abase whomever You will. All good
is in Your hands. You have power over all things.
‫ن‬ ّ َ ‫ج الْح‬
َ ِ‫ي م‬ ُ ِ‫تخْر‬ ِ ْ ‫ل فِي ال َنّهَارِ و َتُولِ ج ُ ال َنّهَار َ فِي َال ّي‬
ُ َ‫ل و‬ َ ْ ‫تُولِ ج ُ َال ّي‬
‫ي‬
ِّ َ ‫ن الْح‬
َ ِ ‫ج ال ْمَي ِّتَ م‬
ُ ِ‫تخْر‬
ُ َ ‫ال ْمَي ّ ِِت و‬
.‫َاب‬
ٍ ‫حس‬ِ ِ ‫و َتَرْز ُقُ م َن تَشَآء ُ ب ِغَيْر‬
You merge the night into the day. You merge the day into the night. You
bring out the living from the dead. You bring out the dead from the
living. You provide for whomever You will without any reckoning.
ٌ ‫ حَر‬.ْ ‫سك ُ ْم عَز ِيز ٌ عَلَيْه ِ م َا ع َن ِ ُت ّم‬

‫ِيص‬ ِ ُ ‫ن اَنف‬ ٌ ‫لَق َ ْد جَآءَك ُ ْم رَسُو‬
َ ِ ّ‫ل م‬
.ٌ ‫وف َرّحِيم‬
ٌ ُ ‫ ب ِال ْم ُوم ِنِينَ ر َء‬.‫عَلَيْك ُم‬
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A Messenger has come to you from among yourselves. Your suffering is

. ُ‫ عَلَيْه ِ تَو َ َكّل ْت‬.َ ‫ ل َ ٓا ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو‬.ُ‫سبِى َ ال� ل�ه‬ َ ْ‫ف َِإن تَو َل ّوْا ۟ فَق ُل‬
ْ ‫ح‬
.‫ِيم‬
ِ ‫ش ال ْعَظ‬ ّ ُ ‫و َه ُو َ ر‬
But if they turn away, say, ‘Allah is enough for me. There is no god but
Him. I have put my trust in Him. He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.’
َ ُ ‫ ال� ل�ه‬.ٌ‫ِيم قُلْ ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ حَد‬

.ُ ‫الصّ مَد‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ َٰ ‫الر ّحْم‬
ُ ‫ و َل َ ْم يَكُن ل َ ّهُۥ‬.ْ‫ل َ ْم يلَِدْ و َل َ ْم يُولَد‬
.ٌ‫كف ُؤ ًا اَحَد‬
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful, Say: ‘He is Allah,
Absolute Oneness. Allah, the Everlasting Sustainer of all. He has not
given birth and was not born. And no one is comparable to Him.’
‫ق م ِن شَرِّ م َا‬
ِ َ ‫َب الْف َل‬
ِّ ‫ل اَع ُوذ ُ ب ِر‬
َ ُ ‫ِيم ق‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الن ّ َ ّفٰث‬
ِ‫َٰت فِى ال ْعُقَد‬ َ ِّ‫ق ِإذ َا و َق َبَ وَم ِن شَر‬
ٍ ‫س‬
ِ ‫ق وَم ِن شَر ِّ غَا‬
َ َ ‫خ َل‬
.َ ‫حسَد‬
َ ‫سدٍ اِذ َا‬
ِ ‫وَم ِن شَر ِّ ح َا‬
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful, Say: ‘I seek refuge
with the Lord of Daybreak, from the evil of what He has created and
from the evil of darkness when it gathers and from the evil of women
who blow on knots and from the evil of an envier when he envies.’
ِ ‫س ِإلَٰه‬ َ ِ‫س م َلِك‬

ِ ‫الن ّا‬ َ ‫َب‬
ِ ‫الن ّا‬ ِّ ‫ل اَع ُوذ ُ ب ِر‬
َ ُ ‫ِيم ق‬ َ ‫ن‬
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ِ‫صد ُور‬ ُ ‫س ال َ ّذ ِي يُو َسْ و‬

ُ ‫ِس فِى‬ ِ ‫س الْخ َنَ ّا‬
ِ ‫س م ِن شَرِّ ال ْو َسْ وَا‬ َ
ِ ‫الن ّا‬
.ِ‫ن الْج َِن ّة ِ و ََالن ّاس‬

َ ِ‫س م‬ َ
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful, Say: ‘I seek refuge
with the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind,
from the evil of the insidious whisperer who whispers in people’s
breasts and comes from the jinn and from mankind.’
‫ خ َلَقْتَنِي و َأَ نَا عَبْدُك َ و َأَ نَا‬. َ‫الل ّٰه ُ َ ّم أَ ن ْتَ ر َب ِ ّي ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْت‬
َ
‫ك م ِنْ شَرِّ م َا‬ َ ِ ‫ أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب‬. ُ‫عَلَى ع َ ْهدِك َ وَوَعْدِك َ م َا اسْ تَطَعْت‬
ٰ
‫ك عَل َيّ و َأَ بوُۤ ء ُ بِذ َنْبِي فَا ْغفِر ْ ل ِي‬
َ ِ ‫ك بنِِعْم َت‬
َ َ ‫ أَ بوُۤ ء ُ ل‬. ُ‫صَنَعْت‬
. َ‫ف َِإ َن ّه ُ ل َا يَغْف ِر ُ ال ُذ ّنُوبَ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْت‬

O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and
I am Your slave and I act according to Your covenant and Your promise as
far as I am able. I take refuge with You from the evil of what I have done.
I acknowledge to You Your blessings to me and I acknowledge my wrong
action, so forgive me. None forgives wrong action but You.
َ ُ‫الت ّ َو ّاب‬
.ُ ‫الر ّحِيم‬ َ َ‫ك أَ ن ْت‬
َ ّ ‫ ِإ َن‬.ّ‫َب ا ْغفِر ْ ل ِي و َا ْرحَمْنِي و َت ُْب عَل َي‬
ِّ ‫ر‬
O my Lord, forgive me and have mercy on me and turn towards me.
You are the One Who Turns, the Compassionate.
‫ن‬ َ َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِين‬

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In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah,
Lord of the worlds, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, the King of
the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship, You alone we ask for help.
Guide us on the Straight Path, the Path of those whom You have blessed,
not of those with anger upon them, nor of the misguided. Amin.

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

‫ٰت‬ ّ َ ‫ق ال‬
ِ َ ‫سم َٰو‬ َ َ ‫ِيم ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي خ َل‬ َ ‫ن‬
ُ ‫َٰت و‬
َ ‫َالن ّور‬ ّ ُ ‫ل ال‬
ِ ‫ظلُم‬ َ َ ‫ْض وَجَع‬
َ ‫و َالاَر‬
.َ‫كف َر ُوا ۟ ب ِر َ ّبِه ِ ْم يَعْدِلُون‬ َ ‫ث َُم ّ ال َ ّذ ِي‬

َ ‫ن‬
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful,
praise belongs to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth
and appointed the shadows and the light,
then the ones who cover over ascribe equals to their Lord.
.‫ه ُو َ ال َ ّذ ِي خ َلَقَك ُم مّ ِن طِينٍ ث َُم ّ ق َض َٓى أَ ج َلًا‬

ٰ
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.َ‫ ث َُم ّ أَ نتُم ْ تَم ْت َر ُون‬.‫ل ُمّسَ ًمّى عِندَه ُۥ‬

ٌ َ ‫و َأَ ج‬
It is He Who created you from clay, then determined a term. And a
term is stated with Him. Yet thereafter you doubt.
‫ض‬
ِ ‫ٰت و َفِي الا َ ْر‬ ّ َ ‫ فِى ال‬.ُ‫و َه ُو َ ال� ل�ه‬
.َ‫جهْرَك ُ ْم و َيَعْلَم ُ م َا ت َ ْكسِب ُون‬
َ َ ‫يَعْلَم ُ س ِ َر ّك ُ ْم و‬
He is Allah. In the heavens and in the earth He knows your secrets and
what you publish and He knows what you are earning.
‫ا َ ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي هَد َىٰنَا لِه َٰذ َا وَم َا ك َُن ّا لِنَه ْتَدِىَ لَوْل َ ٓا أَ ْن هَد َىٰنَا‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ِ ّ‫ل ر َب ّنَِا ب ِالْحَق‬

ُ ‫س‬
ُ ُ‫ت ر‬
ْ َ ‫ لَق َ ْد جَآء‬.ُ‫ال� ل�ه‬
Praise belongs to Allah Who guided us to this, and had Allah not
guided us we would surely never have been guided. Indeed our Lord’s
messengers came with the truth.
‫َو َب ْع َد ُك ِّل َم َّرةٍ َت ُق ُول‬

Then each time say:
َ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ل‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ُ ‫ك الحم َْد‬
O Allah, praise belongs to You. (3)
‫ُث َّم َت ُق ُول‬

Then say:
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.َ‫ك لَك‬
َ ‫ك وَحْدَك َ ل َا شَر ِي‬
َ َ‫ك ل‬ َ ْ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم م َآ أَ ن ْعَمْتَ بِه ِ فم َِن‬
َ ِ‫ك ب‬
ِ ‫ أَ ن ْتَ كَم َآ أَ ث ْنَي ْتَ عَلَى ن َ ْف‬.َ‫ل َآ ُأحْ ص ِي ثَن َآء ً عَلَيْك‬
.َ‫سك‬
ٰ
O Allah, what You have bestowed on us of blessing is from You, by You
and Yours alone. There is no partner with You. I am unable to praise
You properly; You are as You praise Yourself. (3)
ِّ ‫ (ثلاثا) الحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬.ِ‫ ل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه‬.ُ‫م َا شَآء َ ال� ل�ه‬
.َ‫َب الع َالم َي ِن‬
It is as Allah wills. There is no strength but with Allah. (3)
‫ُث َّم َتر َف ُع يَ َدي ْ َك ُم َصلِّ ًيا َع َلى ا َّلن ِبي َص َّلى ال َّل ُه َع َلي ِه َو َس َّل َم َد ِاع ًيا ِل ِل البي ِت َو ِل ِل َجان ِ ِب‬
َْ ْ ِّ ْ
‫ َت ُق ُول‬:‫ات‬ِ ‫اب ولِكَ ا َّف ِة ا ُملسلِ ِمني وا ُملسلِم‬ ِ َ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ‫الله َوا َمل َشائ ِخ َوا َلوال َديْن َواإل ْخ َوان َواأل ْح َب‬
Then raise your hands and pray for the Prophet @ and for the people of the house
and for the near-to-Allah and the Shaykhs, parents, brothers and loved ones, and
all the muslims, men and women. Then say:
ّ‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ ال ُأ ِم ّ ِي‬

َ ‫ك‬ َ ِ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّدٍ عَبْدِك َ وَرَسُول‬ َ ‫الل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬ َ
ٰ
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ْ‫سل ِ ّم‬
ٰ
O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, Your slave and Your Messenger,
the unlettered Prophet, and his family and Companions,
and grant them peace. (3)
:‫ َت ْسلِ ًيما ُث َّم َت ُق ُول‬:‫َو َت ِز ُيد َب ْع َد ال َّثالَ ِث ِة‬

Add “tasleema” after the third, and then say:
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‫ك‬
َ ُ ‫ و َنَسْأَ ل‬.‫شع ًا‬
ِ ‫ك قَل ْبًا خ َا‬ َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ َن ّا نَسْأَ ل‬
َ ُ ‫ و َنَسْأَ ل‬.‫ك ِإيْمَانًا د َآئِمًا‬
‫ك‬
َ ُ ‫ و َنَسْأَ ل‬.‫ك دِينًا قَيِّم ًا‬
َ ُ ‫ و َنَسْأَ ل‬.‫ك يَق ِينًا صَادِقًا‬
َ ُ ‫ و َنَسْأَ ل‬.‫ع ِل ْمًا نَافِع ًا‬
َ ‫ك دَو َام‬ َ ُ ‫ و َنَسْأَ ل‬.ٍ ‫ل بلَ َِي ّة‬

َ ُ ‫ و َنَسْأَ ل‬.ِ ‫ك تَمَام َ ال ْع َاف ِيَة‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫ال ْع َاف ِي َة َ م ِنْ ك‬
ّ ُ ‫ك ال‬
.ِ ‫شك ْر َ عَلَى ال ْع َاف ِيَة‬ َ ُ ‫ و َنَسْأَ ل‬.ِ ‫ال ْع َاف ِيَة‬
َ ‫ن‬
.ِ‫الن ّاس‬ ِ َ ‫ك ال ْغ ِن َى ع‬
َ ُ ‫و َنَسْأَ ل‬
ٰ
Allah, we ask You for a constant Iman. We ask you for a humble heart.
We ask You for useful knowledge. We ask You for genuine certainty.
We ask You for correct Deen. We ask You for a safe outcome from
every trial. We ask You for complete wellbeing. We ask You for
enduring wellbeing. We ask You for gratitude for wellbeing. We ask
You for freedom from need of people.
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم أَ حْ سِنْ عَاق ِبَتَنَا فِي الاُم ُورِ ك ُلِّه َا‬
.ِ ‫خرَة‬ ِ ‫ْي ال ُد ّن ْيَا و َعَذ‬

ِ ‫َاب الآ‬ ِ ‫خز‬
ِ ْ‫جرْنَا م ِن‬
ِ َ‫و َأ‬
Allah, make good the outcome of all our affairs,
and protect us from the shame of the world,
and from punishment in the world to come.
‫ْف‬ ُ ‫ك‬
َ ‫الل ّط‬ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا لَط‬
َ ُ ‫ِيف نَسْأَ ل‬
)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ُ ‫َت بِه ِ المَق َادِير‬

ْ ‫فِي م َا جَر‬
Allah, O Latif, we ask You for lutf in what the decrees entail. (3)
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ِّ ‫ك ر‬
ُ

55
The Wird of Fajr
‫اذكار الفجر‬
‫ ُث َّم ُي َصلِّي َع َلى ا َّلن ِبي َص َّلى‬،‫ات ُقبي َل ال ْ َف ْجر‬ ٍ ‫وينب ِغي ل ِ ُكل ف ِقي ٍر َأن ل يترك حظه ِمن ركَيع‬
ِّ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ َّ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ِّ َََْ
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
ً‫ال َّل ُه َع َل ْيه َو َس َّل َم بِا َّلص َلةِ ا ْ َلشيش َّية ا ْ َل ْش ُه َورةِ ُث َّم يَ ْذ ُك ُر م َن ْ ِال ْس ِم ا ْ ُل ْف َر ِد س َّتمائَ ًة َوس ِّت َني َم َّرة‬
No faqeer should leave out his portion of rak‘ats shortly before Fajr, then he
should ask for blessings on the Prophet s with the well known
Salat al-Mashishiyya. Then he should invoke the Singular Name
six hundred and sixty times.
‫ُث َّم َت ُق ُول َب ْع َد َر ِغيب ِة ال ْ َف ْج ِر‬

َ
Then you say after the two sunna rak‘ats of Fajr:
ِ . َ‫يَا حَ ُيّ َيَا ق َُي ّوم ُ ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْت‬

)ً ‫(إحْد َى و َأَ رْبَع ِينَ م َ َرّة‬
O Living, O Self-subsistent! There is no god but You. (41)
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The Wird of Fajr

Then say:
ِ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَظ‬

)‫ (عشرا‬.َ‫ أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه‬.‫ِيم‬ ُ ِ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ و َب ِحَمْدِه‬
ُ
Glory be to Allah by His praise, Glory be to Allah the Vast. I seek
forgiveness of Allah. (10)

Then say:
)‫ال� ل�ه ْ (سبعا‬

Allah (7)
.‫َو َت ْع ِق ُب ُه بِال َّت ْهلِي ِل َو ِْالبْ ِت َها ِل َح َّتى ُت َق َام َص َل ُة ال ْ َف ِر َيض ِة‬
Follow that with La ilaha illa’llah and with supplication
until the iqama of the obligatory salat.
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1. Commentary on the Wird
‫َتائ ِ َّي ُة ال ْ ِو ْر ِد ا َّلش ِر ِيف‬
‫ل ع ُبَيْد ُ ال� ل�ه ِ أَ ْعنِي مُحَم ّدًا‬

ُ ‫يَق ُو‬
ِ ‫صدًا ل ِ َلن ّصِ يحَة‬
ِ ‫ِيب ق َاـ‬
ٍ ‫ن حَب‬
ُ ْ ‫ه ُو َ اب‬
The lowly slave of Allah, Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
Says intending counsel:
ٍ ‫ِش فِي ه َن َاـء ٍ و َ نِعْمَة‬

ْ ‫حبِي ع‬
ِ ‫أَ يَاـ صَاـ‬
ِ ‫كن ْتَ ف ِيـن َاـ ذ َا اعْتِق َاـ ٍد و َن ِ َـي ّـة‬
ُ ‫ِإذ َا‬
O my companion! Live in joy and serenity
if you are among us as one with firm belief and intention,
‫و َأَ خْلَصْ تَ فِي ال ْوُدِّ ال َ ّذ ِي ه ُو َ رُكْ نُن َاـ‬

ِ ‫ق ال� ل�ه ِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ مِرْيَة‬
ِ ‫سيْر ِ َطرِ ي‬
َ ‫فِي‬
And if you are sincere in the love which is, without doubt,
our firm support while travelling on the Tariq of Allah,
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‫كن ْتَ قَو َِيّ ال ْعَز ْ ِم فِي الْوِ ْردِ حَاـضِر ًا‬
ُ َ‫و‬
ِ ‫ق ال ْم َع َاـنِي ال َد ّق ِيـقَة‬
ِ ‫ْب لِت َحْ ق ِيـ‬
ٍ ‫بِـق َل‬
And if you have a strong resolve to recite the Wird, and are
present with an attentive heart to realise its subtle meanings,
ٍ ‫ل م َ َرّة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َأَ حْ ضَرْتَ مَعْن َى الذِّكْر ِ فِي ك‬
ِ ‫تَكُونُ م ُع َاـنًا فِي الاُم ُورِ ب ِسُرْعَة‬
And if at all times you call to mind the meaning of the dhikr,
you will be quickly helped in your affairs.
ٌ ‫ح وِ ْر ٍد قُلْ صَلَاة ٌ تَع َ ُو ّذ‬

ُ ‫فم َِفْت َاـ‬
ِ ‫ل بلَ َِي ّة‬
ّ َ ُ ‫ْف ك‬
َ ‫حو ْق ِلْ تُك‬
َ َ ‫و َب َ ْسمِلْ و‬
The key of the Wird is the prayer on the Prophet, the taking refuge,
the ‘Bismillah’, the ‘no power’ – and that is enough for every problem.
َ ‫فَتَبْد َا ب ِالا ِسْ تِغْف َاـرِ أَ َ ّو‬

‫ل وِ ْردِنَاـ‬
ِ ‫ل ف َضِ ـيلَة‬
ِ ّ ‫تَحُـوز ُ بِـه ِ نـَيْـلًا �لِكُـ‬
You begin our Wird with the Istighfar,
and by it you will obtain every good quality.
‫ست ْر ُ ال� ل�ه ِ لِل ْعَبْدِ ع َنْ ذَن ٍْب‬

ِ ُ ‫وَمَعْن َاـه‬
ِ ‫ل و َفِت ْنَة‬
ٍ ْ ‫ل هَو‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫فَي َحْ فَظ ُه ُ م ِنْ ك‬
Its real meaning is Allah’s veil over the wrong action of His slave,
and so it protects him from every terror and trial.
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ُ ‫ك ذِك ْرَە‬ َ ِ ‫فَلَا ه َ َ ّم يَبْقَى م َعْ دَو َام‬

ٰ
ِ ‫كثْرَة‬ َ ِ‫ق ب‬
ٍ ‫ل رِ ْز‬ ِ ‫وَل َا ر َي ْبَ فِي تَسْه ِي‬
No care can remain when you persevere in His dhikr,
and no doubt can remain when your needs are amply met.
َ ‫ل عَلَى‬
‫الن ّبِي‬ ِّ ‫ص‬
َ ُ ‫اغ مِن ْه‬ِ َ ‫و َبَعْد َ الْف َر‬
ٍ ِ ‫ِب ر‬
ِ ‫َاسخ فِي ال ْمَح ََب ّة‬ ّ ٍ ‫مح‬
ُ َ ‫صَلَاة‬
After you finish this, ask for blessing on the Prophet
with the prayer of a lover firmly rooted in love –
ُ ‫وَمَعْن َاـه َاـ رَحْم َة ٌ تُن َاـسِبُ ق َ ْدرَە‬

ِ ‫ل الْخل َِيقَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َق َ ْدرُە ُ يَعْلُو ق َ ْدر َ ك‬
Its true meaning is the mercy that befits his rank,
and his rank is above the rank of every person.
َ ِ ‫و َشَ خ ِّصْ ه ُ فِي مِرْآة ِ قَل ْب‬

‫ك د َائِمًا‬
ِ ‫ل لِ حَضْرَة‬
ِ ‫وَعَوِّلْ عَلَيْه ِ فِي ال ْوُصُو‬
Constantly see him in the mirror of your heart
and rely on him for attainment of the Presence.
َ ‫الصّ لَاة ِ عَلَى‬

‫الن ّبِي‬ َ َ ‫و َهَيْلَـلَة ٌ بَعْد‬
ِ ‫فَتَنْفِي بِه َاـ وَه ْمًا ع َنْ عَيْنِ ال ْب َصِ يرَة‬
After the prayer on the Prophet, recite ‘La ilaha illa’llah’.
By it you will expel illusion from the inner eye.
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‫َى وَه ْو َ ق َاـطِ ٌع‬

ٰ ‫سِو‬
ّ ‫و َ تُسْرِع ُ فِي نَف ِْي ال‬
ِ ‫ق الْحَقّ ِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ مِرْيَة‬
ِ ‫لِقَو ْ ِم َطرِ ي‬
And you will be swift to negate otherness for there is no doubt
that it is a screen to the people on the Tariq al-Haqq.
ُ ‫صف َاـتُه‬
ِ ‫ت‬
ْ ّ ‫و َتَشْهَد ُ ر َ ًب ّا ق َ ْد تَجَل‬
ِ ‫ن و َأَ ن ْوَارِ ج ََن ّة‬
ٍ ‫ب ِأَ سْر َارِ أَ كْ وَا‬
And you will witness a Lord Whose Attributes have been manifested
by the secrets of phenomena and the lights of the Garden.
ُ ‫ِف ق َ ْدرَە‬ َ ‫و َت ُ ْدرِك ُ س ِ ًر ّا لَي‬

ُ ‫ْس يَعْر‬
ِ ‫ِف ب ِال� ل�ه ِ صَاـح‬
ِ ‫ِب نَظْرَة‬ ٍ ‫َى ع َاـر‬
ٰ ‫سِو‬
And you will grasp a secret whose true value is only known
by an ‘arif bi’llah who possesses vision.
ِ ‫كت ْبِه‬ ِ ‫وَسَب ِّحْ بِتَسْب‬

ُ ‫ِيح الاِلَٰه ِ فِي‬
ٍ ‫و َِإ َي ّاـك َ تَنْز ِيهًا ب ِع َ ْق‬
ِ ‫ل و َفِك ْرَة‬
Glorify Him with Allah’s glorification that is in His Book,
but take care not to perform tanzih with reason and thinking.
ُ ‫و َنَزِّەْ بِم َاـ ق َ ْد نَز ّە َ الْح َُقّ ن َ ْفسَه‬

ِ ‫ُوث و َشِرْكَة‬
ٍ ‫ِض و َنَزِّەْ ع َنْ حُد‬
ْ ّ ‫و َفَو‬
And do it in the way that the Haqq has purified Himself –
entrust yourself to Him, and free Him from being-in-time and shirk.
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َ ‫وَكُنْ حَاـمِدًا مُسْت َحْ ضِر َ ال ْع َجْ زِ فِي‬

‫الث ّنَا‬
ِ ‫كَم َاـ جَاـء َ و َارِد ًا ع َنْ خَيْر ِ الْخل َِيقَة‬
Give praise while you bear in mind your inability to praise
as it was reported by the Best of Creation.
ِ‫ن الْوِ ْرد‬ ِ َ ‫حسْبلََة ٌ بَعْد َ الْف َر‬

َ ِ ‫اغ م‬ َ َ‫و‬
ِ ‫فَت َ ْذك ُر ُ مِنْه َاـ ع َ ّد سَ ج ٍْي بَن َِي ّة‬
After finishing the Wird say ‘Hasbuna’llah’
and say it with firm intention seventy-three times.
ً ‫كف َاـيَة‬ ُ ‫و َق َ ْد و َعَد َ الْح َُقّ الْجل َِي‬

ِ ‫ل‬
ِ ‫لِذ َاكِر ِه َاـ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ قَي ْ ٍد بِ ح َاـلَة‬
The Majestic Truth has promised the dhakir who recites it
that he will have what he needs, not limited to any state.
‫ل ب ِسِرِّه َاـ‬
ِ ‫ت نَاـر ُ الْخل َِي‬
ْ َ‫فَق َ ْد َطف ِأ‬
ّ َ ُ ‫ل الْحبَ ِيبُ مِنْه َاـ ك‬
ِ ‫ل ف َضِ يلَة‬ َ ‫و َنَاـ‬
It extinguished the fire of the Khalil (Ibrahim) by its secret,
and from it the Habib (Muhammad) was given every gift.
‫فَفِي و َق ْت ِن َاـ ه َٰذ َا ي ُر َ َّجح ُ ذِك ْر ُه َاـ‬

ِ ‫َاب أَ ْو ب ِوَظِيفَة‬
ِ ‫حز‬ْ َ ‫عَلَى الذ ِّكْر ِ ب ِالا‬
In this time of ours, its dhikr and invocation
take preference over Hizbs or Wazifas.
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ِ ‫و َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ ِإسْر َاع ًاـ لِف َ ْه ِم الْحَق ِيقَة‬

ِ ‫ِيم بِه ِ َمّة‬
ِ ‫ِب عَلَى الاِس ْ ِم ال ْعَظ‬
ْ ‫ف َوَاظ‬
If you wish to hasten understanding of the Haqiqa,
then with Himma persevere in repeating the Tremendous Name.
‫ْب د َائِم ًاـ‬ َ ‫و َشَ خ ّ ِْص حُر‬

ِ ‫ُوف الاِس ْ ِم فِي الق َل‬
ِ ‫ل م َ َرّة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ن فِي ك‬
ِ ‫جعْه ُ فِي النِّسْي َاـ‬
ِ ‫ور َا‬
Always mirror the letters of the Name in your heart,
and bring it back every time you forget.
‫ِت لِل ْغَيْر ِ ِإ َن ّه ُ ق َاـطِ ٌع‬

ْ ‫وَل َا تلَ ْتَف‬
ِ ‫َى لِظ ُل ْمَة‬
ٰ ‫حر‬
ْ َ َ‫و َلَو ْ كَاـنَ مَح ْم ُود ًا فأ‬
Do not turn to otherness – it is indeed a barrier.
Even when praiseworthy, it is still more suited to darkness.
ِ ‫فَذِك ْرُە ُ عِنْد َ الْقَو ْ ِم يُغْنِي ع َنْ غَيْرِە‬

ِ ‫كن ْتَ صَاـحِبَ ه َِم ّة‬ ُ ‫ْس ِع ِإ ْن‬ َ ‫وَل َا عَك‬
To the People, His dhikr frees from what is other-than-Him,
and there is no opposite to Allah; pay attention if you possess himma.
ِ ‫ن ع َنْ غَيْرِە‬
َ ْ ‫وَر َاقِب ْه ُ عِنْد َ الذِّكْر ِ و َاف‬
َ ‫وَل َا غَيْر َ ِإ َلّا م ِنْ تَو َ ُه ّ ِم‬
ِ ‫كثْرَة‬
Watch for Him in the dhikr and be annihilated to other-than-Him,
and there is no other except for the illusion of multiplicity.
64
‫َت‬ْ ‫ك َث ّر‬
َ َ ‫وَم َاـ هِي َ ِإ َلّا وَحْدَة ٌ ق َ ْد ت‬
ِ ‫بِمُقْت َض َى أَ سْم َاـء ٍ و َءَاثَاـرِ ق ُ ْدرَة‬
ٰ
Multiplicity is only oneness multiplied in accordance
with the Names and the traces of Divine Power.
ٌ‫ل مُحَم ّد‬ َ ‫وَم َ ْظه َر ُه َاـ الاَع ْلَى‬

ُ ‫الر ّسُو‬
ِ ‫ل لَحْظَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه فِي ك‬
Its highest place of manifestation is the Messenger Muhammad,
may the blessings of Allah be upon him at every instant,
ٌ ‫َاـب م َا ح ََنّ ذ َاك ِر‬

ِ ‫صح‬ ْ َ ‫و َءَالِه ِ و َالا‬
ِ ‫ل حَاـلَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ش فِي ك‬
ِ ْ ‫لِذِكْر ِ ِإلَٰه ِ ال ْعَر‬
and on his family and Companions as long as there is a dhakir
who yearns to do the dhikr of the God of the Throne in every state.
‫ق ك َُل ّه َاـ‬ ّ َ ‫َطرِ يق َتُن َاـ تَعْلُو ال‬

َ ِ ‫طرَائ‬
ِ ‫ل م َ َرّة‬
َ ‫لِت َحْ رِير ِنَاـ ال ْم َ ْقصُود َ أَ َ ّو‬
Our Tariqa greatly surpasses all other paths –
because we obtain the goal we desire, first time.
‫و َلِلْجَم ِْع بَينَ ال ْمَشْهَد َي ْ ِن بِلَا ر َي ٍْب‬

ِ ‫َق ث َُم ّ مَشْهَد ُ شِرْعَة‬
ٍ ّ ‫فَمَشْهَد ُ ح‬
And it unites the two aspects without any doubt –
the aspect of the Haqiqa and the aspect of the Shari‘a.
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‫َب ال� ل�ه َ فَتْح ًا ِإلَٰه ًِي ّا‬

ِّ ‫ل ر‬
ُ َ‫و َأَ سْ أ‬
ّ َ ‫ق فِي ال‬
ِ ‫طرِ يقَة‬ ٍ ِ‫ل م ُ ْر ِي ٍد صَاـد‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫لِك‬
I ask Allah, my Lord, to grant a Divine opening
to each and every sincere murid on the Tariqa,
‫شد َ الا ِخْ وَانَ لِلْجَم ِْع د َائِم ًاـ‬

ِ ْ‫و َأَ ْن يُر‬
ِ ‫ل م َاـ يُرْض ِي ِإلَٰه َ ال ْبَر َِي ّة‬
ٰ
And that He always guide the brotherhood to stay together,
holding to what is pleasing to the God of creation.
َ ‫و َ ُأهْدِي سَلَامِي ل َلِ ّذ ِي‬

‫ن تَع َل ّق ُوا‬
ِ ‫ل فِر ْقَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ق م ِنْ ك‬
ِ ْ ‫ب ِأَ ْذكَاـرِ خَيْر ِ الْخَل‬
I convey my greetings of peace to those of every group
devoted to the dhikrs of the Best of Creation.
‫كن ْتَ المحُ َ ِّب ل ِر َب ّنِ َاـ‬

ُ ‫فَت َاـبِعْه ُ ِإ ْن‬
ِ ‫ك عَلَى ذَٰك َ الاِلَٰه ُ بنَِظْرَة‬
َ ْ ‫يُثِب‬
ٰ
Follow him if you are a lover of our Lord,
and Allah will reward you with a glance from Him.
‫ت مُسْتَغْف ِرًا م ِنْ تَو َ ُه ّ ٍم‬

ْ َ ‫فَق َ ْد كَمُل‬
‫ل لَم ْحَة ِ ۝‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ل ِغَيْر ِ وُجُودِ الْحَقّ ِ فِي ك‬
The song is complete and I seek forgiveness for any illusion
of other than the existence of the Haqq in every glance.
66
2. The Greater Qasida
‫وله رضي الله عنه القصيدة املسماة‬
‫بالتائية الكبرى‬
ِ ‫فَإ ْن شِئ ْتَ أَ ْن ت َرقَى ٰ ر ُقِي َ الاَح َِب ّة‬

ِ ‫ق ال ْم َو َ َدّة‬
ِ ‫ف َعَرِ ّجْ عَلَى لَيْلَى ب ِصِ ْد‬
ٰ ٰ
If you wish to ascend as the lovers ascend,
turn to Layla with complete sincerity in love.
‫محَب ّتِه َاـ ان ْبُذ َ ْن‬

َ ‫ل فِي‬ ّ َ ُ ‫وَك‬
ٍ ‫ل عَذ ُو‬
ِ ‫ل بلَ ْدَة‬
ِ ّ ِ ‫َاـب فِي ك‬
ِ ‫وَسَاـفِر ْ ِإلَى الاَحْ ب‬
Dismiss all who criticise Her love,
and travel to the lovers in every land.
ً ‫حق ِيق َة‬

َ ‫ك‬
َ ‫ب ف ِي‬
ِّ ُ ‫صدْقَ الْح‬ ّ َ َ‫و َلَو ْ أ‬
ِ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫ر َأَ ي ْتَ بِه َاـ الاَحْ ب َاـبَ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ رِحْلَة‬
If your sincerity in love were real, by it
you would see the lovers without journeying.
67
‫ك تَطَ َهّر َْت‬

َ ْ ‫ْب مِن‬ ّ َ َ‫و َلَو ْ أ‬
ِ ‫ن عَيْنَ الْق َل‬
‫ت‬
ِ ّ ‫َت الان َ ْوَار َ مِنْه َاـ تَجَل‬
ِ ‫ل َأَ ب ْصَر‬
If your heart’s eye had been purified
you would see the lights manifested from Her.
‫سِوَا‬
ّ ‫شك ْرًا بِلَا ر ُ ْؤ يَة ِ ال‬
ُ ‫فَكُنْ عَبْد َه َاـ‬
ِ ‫ك م ِنْ نُعْم َى فم َِنْه َاـ تَب َ ّد‬
‫ت‬ َ ِ ‫وَم َاـ ب‬
ٰ
Be Her slave gratefully without seeing otherness.
Every aspect of your happiness has come from Her.
‫ِيس الْخَوَاطِرِ ِإ َ ّنه َاـ‬

َ ‫و َِإ َي ّاـك َ تلَ ْب‬
ِ ‫تمَُوِ ّه ُ نُصْ حًاـ وَه ْو َ أَ ْعظَم ُ فِر ْيَة‬
Beware of the deceptions of thoughts which arise.
They weaken good counsel and they are the greatest lies.
‫ق يمَُي ِّز ُ بَيْنَه َاـ‬

ٍ ‫ص ْد‬
ِ ‫فَخَاـل ِلْ أَ خَاـ‬
ٍ ‫ك م َاـ أَ تَاـك َ بِشُبْهَة‬
َ ْ ‫و َي ُ ْذه ِبُ عَن‬
Take a sincere brother as your intimate who can distinguish
between them and dispel any doubts you have.
‫س‬
ِ ِ‫و َهَيْلَـلَة ٌ تَنْفِي جَم ِي َع الوَسَاـو‬
ٍ ‫بتَِلْق ِينِ شي ٍْخ ع َاـر‬
ِ ‫ِف ب ِالْحَق ِيقَة‬
‘La ilaha illa’llah’ banishes all whisperings
with the instruction of a Shaykh who knows the Haqiqa.
68
‫ح بِظَاـه ِ ٍر‬
ُ ‫و َءَايَاـتُه ُ نُور ٌ يَلُو‬
ٍ ِ‫و َسِرّ ٌ بَد َا م ِنْ بَاـط‬
ِ ‫ن م َ َع ه َِم ّة‬
His signs are a light which shines, appearing outwardly
and a secret which appears inwardly with himma.
ٍ ‫ل تلَ َ ّف‬
‫ظ‬ َ ْ ‫و َتَرْق ِي َة ٌ ب ِال َ ّلح ْظِ قَب‬
ِ ‫ْظ ج َآء َ بِ حلَُ ّة‬ َ ُ ‫فَإ ْن كَاـنَ مِن ْه‬
ُ ‫الل ّف‬
He elevates you with a glance even before he speaks,
and if he speaks it brings a Robe of Honour.
ٍ ‫و َأَ ْعنِي بِه َاـ الان َ ْوَار َ تَسْر ِي ب ِسُرْعَة‬

ِ ‫ْب مُر ِيدِ الْحَقّ ِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ شِرْكَة‬
ِ ‫لِق َل‬
By that I mean the lights which flow rapidly
into the heart of the murid seeking the truth without shirk.
ِ ‫سيْرِه‬
َ ُ ‫ن عُمْدَة‬
ِ ‫وَزُهْدُه ُ فِي الاَكْ وَا‬
ِ ‫ِيب ب ِر ُ ْؤ يَة‬
ِ َ‫ل ب ِِإف ْرَادِ الْحب‬
ٌ ْ ‫شغ‬
ُ َ‫و‬
His zuhd among people is the staff of his journey
and his occupation with seeking the Beloved alone in vision.
ٍ ‫ن م ِنْ خَيْر ِ ُأ َمّة‬

ِ ‫و َتَصْر ِ يح ُه ُ ب ِالْإ ْذ‬
ِ ‫الصّ اـدِق ِينَ الاَجِلَ ّة‬
َ ُ ‫عَلَيه ِ اعْتِم َاـد‬
His speech is by Idhn from the Best of the Umma
upon whom the glorious truthful ones depend.
69
ُ ‫ل ال ْم َ ْقصُـود ُ م َِم ّاـ ذ َكَر ْتُه‬

َ ‫ص‬
َ ‫ح‬
َ ‫فَـإ ْن‬
ِ ‫ْس م ِنْ غَيْر ِ مُه ْلَة‬ َ ِ‫فَب َاـدِ ْر و َأَ عْط‬
َ ‫الن ّف‬
If you attain the goal of finding someone like this,
then set out and offer up the self without delay.
ُ ‫َى م َاـ رَسَم ْت ُه‬

ٰ ‫شي ْئًا سِو‬
َ ْ‫وَل َا تعْتَبِر‬
ّ ُ ُ ‫فَف ِيه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي يُغْنِي وَك‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْم َس َ َر ّة‬
Consider nothing except what I have described here,
for it is enough, and it contains every happiness.
‫تج ِ ْد م َِم ّاـ ذ َكَر ْتُ ف َ َإن ّنِي‬

َ ‫فَإ ْن ل َ ْم‬
ِ ‫ج الْحَقّ ِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ مِرْيَة‬
َ ْ ‫ح نَه‬
ُ َ ‫سَأَ شْر‬
If you have not found such a man,
then let me describe to you the certain path of truth.
َ ِ ‫ل المَر ْء ِ فِي بَدْء‬

ِ ‫سيْرِه‬ ُ ‫فأَ َ َ ّو‬
ِ ْ‫ل فِع‬
ِ ‫ل فِر ْقَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫مج َاـنَب َة ُ الاَشْر َارِ م ِنْ ك‬
ُ
At the beginning of his journey a man’s first act
is to avoid the evil people of every group.
ّ َ َ ‫ل بِذِكْر ِ ال� ل�ه ِ ج‬

ُ ‫ل ج َلَالُه‬ ٌ ْ ‫شغ‬
ُ َ‫و‬
ِ ‫ْب وَع ِلَ ّة‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫فَف ِيه ِ ال َد ّو َا م ِنْ ك‬
ٍ ‫ل عَي‬
He should busy himself with dhikr of Allah, may He be glorified,
for in that lies the remedy for every fault and ill.
70
ٍ ‫ق أَ ْعظَم ُ قُر ْبَة‬

ِ ْ ‫خ ْدم َة ُ خَيْر ِ الْخَل‬
ِ َ‫و‬
ِ ‫َات أَ ع ْلَا مَز َِي ّة‬
ِ ‫ن الْخيَْر‬
َ ِ ‫فَف ِيه ِ م‬
The greatest offering is to serve the Best of Creation.
Therein lies the highest excellence in good deeds.
ُ ‫ن ق َ ْد ع َ َ ّم نُورُه‬
ِ ‫فَشَاـه ِ ْده ُ فِي الاَكْ وَا‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَمِن ْه ُ أَ تَى الْإ ْمد َاد ُ فِي ك‬
Witness him in created forms where his light has spread.
Help is coming from him in every instant.
‫ل‬
ٍ ‫س‬ ِ ‫الت ّش ْر‬
ُ ‫يع د ُونَ تَكَاـ‬ َ ‫وَحَكِّم ْه ُ فِي‬
ِ ‫ل البَل َِيّ �ة‬
َ ْ‫س أَ ص‬ َ َ ‫وَجَاـن ِْب مُر َاد‬
ِ ‫الن ّ ْف‬
Make him the arbiter in following the Shari‘a without laziness,
and avoid the will of the self, the source of grief.
‫و َغَل ّ ِْب جَن َاـبَ الْحَقّ ِ عِنْد َ ن ِز َاعِه َاـ‬

ِ ‫و َلا تَغْتَر ِ ْر ب ِال ْعِلْم ِ ِإ َلّا بِ خَشْيَة‬
Let the truth take over in the struggle with the self.
Do not be deceived by knowledge without fear of Allah.
ِ ‫سه‬
ِ ‫ْب ال ْعَبْدِ ر ُ ْؤ يَة ُ ن َ ْف‬
ِ ‫و َأَ ْعظَم ُ ذَن‬
ّ ُ ُ ‫َاـث ك‬
ِ ‫ل شَن ِيعَة‬ ِ ‫ن الاَخْ ب‬
َ ِ ‫فَف ِيه َاـ م‬
The worst thing the slave can do is look at his self.
It contains every dreadful and atrocious thing!
71
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ تَنْفِي رُسُومَه َاـ‬

ِ ْ‫وَوَحْدَة ُ فِع‬
ِ ‫ن عَنْه َاـ فِي لَحْظَة‬
ِ ْ ‫كو‬
َ ‫و َت َ ْطوِي جَم ِي َع الْـ‬
In one instant the unity of the Act of Allah
wipes out every trace of the self and engulfs all creation.
‫كه َاـ‬
َ ‫شكُو‬
ُ ‫ك‬ َ ‫ف َعَوِّلْ عَلَى‬
ْ ُ ‫الت ّوْحِيدِ و َات ْر‬
ّ ُ ُ ‫تَفُز ْ ب ِال َ ّذ ِي ق َ ْد ف َاـز َ ك‬
ِ ‫ل الاَجِلَ ّة‬
Rely on Tawhid and leave behind the doubts of the self
and you will achieve what all the noble ones have achieved.
ٍ ‫ل مِنْه ُ ْم ك َآلَة‬
ُ ‫ف َِإ ْن تَصْ دُرِ الاَعْم َاـ‬
ِ ‫كه َاـ الاَقْد َار ُ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ رِيبَة‬
ُ ّ ِ‫تُح َر‬
When they make any action there is no question
but that they are just like instruments moved by Divine decrees,
‫فَتَو ْبَتُه ُ ْم ل َِل ّٰه ِ ب ِاـل� ل�ه ِ مُطْلَق ًاـ‬

ِ ‫خو ْفُهُم ُ تَعْظ ِيم ُ عِزٍّ و َهَي ْبَة‬
َ َ‫و‬
And their tawba is to Allah by Allah absolutely.
Their khawf is in feeling His immense might and awesomeness.
ِ ‫ن ال ْيَق ِينِ ب ِوَعْدِه‬

ُ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ ُ ‫رَجَاـءُهُم‬
ِ ‫خ ْدمَة‬ ِ ‫ش َ ّدة ُ إت ْع‬
ِ ‫َاـب الْجُس ُو ِم فِي‬ ِ َ‫و‬
Their raja’ is complete certainty in His promise
and the hardship and fatigue of their bodies in His service.
72
‫ل ب ِر ُ ْؤ يَة ِ مُن ْع ِ ٍم‬

ٌ ْ ‫شغ‬
ُ ُ ‫شك ْر ُهُم‬
ُ َ‫و‬
ِ ‫ق و َنِعْمَة‬
ٍ ْ ‫ضي‬
َ ‫ل‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَغَي ْبَتُه ُ ْم ع َنْ ك‬
Their shukr is in being occupied in seeing the Bestower of blessings,
and in being detached from both constriction and blessing.
‫ن الر ِّض َى بِمَق َاـدِ ٍر‬ ُ ‫س‬ْ ‫ح‬ ُ ُ ‫صب ْر ُهُم‬

َ َ‫و‬
ٰ
َ ِ ‫س ْق ٍم و‬
ِ ‫َصح ّة‬ ُ ُ ‫ْس لَه ُ ْم تَدْبِير‬
َ ‫و َلَي‬
Their sabr is complete contentment with events.
They seek no control over either sickness or good health.
‫ل ُأم ُورِه ِ ْم‬ ُ ِ‫تَو َ ُكّلُه ُ ْم ت َ ْفو‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫يض ك‬
ِ ‫َى ب ِالاُم ُورِ الْخَف َِي ّة‬
ٰ ‫لم َِنْ ه ُو َ أَ ْدر‬
Their tawakkul consists in handing over all their affairs
to the One Who has the best knowledge of hidden matters.
‫س م َِم ّاـ ل َ ْم يَكُنْ لَه ُ ْم‬

ٌ ْ‫وَزُهْد ُهُم ُ يأ‬
ْ ِ ‫ق عِلْم ِ ال� ل�ه ِ م ِنْ بَرْ ِم ق‬
ِ ‫سمَة‬ ِ ِ ‫بِس َاـب‬
Their zuhd is to renounce everything except
what Allah has decreed for them in His fore-knowledge.
ِ ‫ن جَم َاـلِه‬
ِ ‫س‬
ْ ُ ‫سك ْر ٌ بِ ح‬
ُ ‫محَب ّتُه ُ ْم‬
َ
ِ ‫َف حِل ْيَة‬
ُ ‫ْس أَ شْر‬
ِ ُ‫و َف ِيه َاـ مَق َاـم ُ الان‬
Their love is intoxication with the perfection of His beauty.
This love contains the Maqam al-Uns, the noblest adornment.
73
‫حبِّه ِ ْم‬
ِ ُ ‫ل و َتَكْل ِيم‬
ٌ ‫ْط و َِإ ْدل َا‬
ٌ ‫و َبَس‬
ِ ‫و َأَ سْر َار ُه َاـ تَسْر ِي ِإلَى ٰ غَيْر ِ غ َاـيَة‬
And bast, liberation, and speaking with their Beloved
– the secrets of love endlessly flow on and on.
ٍ ّ‫ن تَأَ ُد‬

‫ب‬ ِ ‫س‬
ْ ُ ‫فَن َاـفِسْهُم ُ ف ِيه َاـ بِ ح‬
ِ ‫ِيب بِف َضْ لَة‬
ِ َ‫َاـب الْحب‬
ِ ‫و َأَ حْ سِنْ ل ِأَ حْ ب‬
Outdo them in actions with the best adab.
Be generous and treat the lovers of the Beloved well.
ِ ‫َف الْإنْس َاـنُ ق ِيم َة َ قَل ْبِه‬

َ ‫فَلَو ْ عَر‬
ِ ‫ل م ِنْ غَيْر ِ فَتْرَة‬ ّ َ ُ‫ق ك‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ل الْك‬ َ َ ‫ل َأَ نْف‬
For a man would unceasingly spend all he had –
if he only understood the secret of his own heart.
ِ ‫و َلَو ْ أَ ْدرَك َ الا ِنْس َاـنُ ل َذ ّة َ سِرِّه‬

ِ ‫ُوج ب ِعَبْرَة‬
ِ ‫َاـس الْخُر‬
َ ‫لَق َاـرَنَ أَ نْف‬
If a man could but grasp the bliss of his secret
he would shed a tear with every breath he breathed.
ُ ‫وَطَاـر َ م ِنْ الْجِس ْ ِم ال َ ّذ ِي صَاـر َ ق َ ْفصَه‬

ِ ‫س ْدرَة‬
ِ ‫ب ِأَ جْ ن ِحَة ِ الاَفْكَاـرِ مُنْت َهَ ى‬
ٰ
Then, his body become his cage, he would fly from it
with the wings of contemplation to the Furthest Lote-Tree.
74
‫ي ال َ ّذ ِي‬
ّ ِ ِ ‫ش و َا�ل ْكُر ْس‬
ِ ْ ‫ل نَوَاحِي ال ْعَر‬
َ ‫وَجَاـ‬
ِ ‫جر َام ُ عَن ْه ُ كَحل َْقَة‬
ْ َ ‫ت الا‬
ِ َ ‫تَضَاـءَل‬
He would freely roam around the Throne and the Footstool
which make the heavenly bodies appear like a small ring.
ِ ‫وَشَاـهَد َ أَ ف ْلَاكًاـ و َس ِ َرّ ب ُر ُو‬

‫جه َاـ‬
ِ ‫ش َ ّدة َ ِإف ْرَاطِ ال ْم ُر ُورِ ب ِسُرْعَة‬
ِ َ‫و‬
He would see the spheres and the secrets of their constellations
and the meaning of their tremendously rapid movement.
ِّ ‫الل ّو ِْح ع َنْ َط‬

ِ ‫ي سِرِّه‬ َ ُ‫ل ِحج َاـب‬
َ ‫وَز َا‬
ِ ‫ستْرَة‬
ُ ِ ‫ْف م ِنْ غَيْر‬
ِ ‫كش‬
َ ْ ‫َت عُلُوم ُ ا�ل‬
ْ ‫فَف َاـح‬
The veil of the Tablet of Forms would be lifted from his secret
and so the hidden knowledges would emerge uncovered.
َ َ ‫فَلَو ْ كَاـن َِت الا َ ْشج َاـر ُ أَ ق ْلَام‬

‫كتْبِه َاـ‬
ِ ‫ِيط لَج َ َ ّف‬
‫ت‬ ُ ‫وَمِد َاد ُه َاـ ال ْب َحْ ر ُ ال ْمُح‬
Had the trees been the pens to write it and their ink
the oceans, they would have dried up.
‫ن الْمعْم ُورِ أَ مْلَاك َه ُ َال ّتِي‬

َ ِ ‫وَز َار َ م‬
ِ ‫ُوف عَلَى الاَع ْدادِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ غ َاـيَة‬
ُ ‫تَن‬
And he would visit the Frequented House
with its countless myriad angels.
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‫س طَاـلِبًا‬
ِ ‫حضْرَة ِ الْق ُ ْد‬
َ ‫ل‬
َ ‫وَو َافَى ٰ دُخُو‬
ِ ‫ل و َقْفَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫لِت َ ْطه ِير ِ سِر ِّ الس ِّرِّ م ِنْ ك‬
And, in his quest to purify the secret of his secret from every way-stage
he finally comes to the door to the pure Presence.
‫مح ُ َّط الْقَو ْ ِم عِنْد َ سُر َائِه ِ ْم‬

َ ‫فَهَذ َا‬
ِ ‫كت ٍْم وَحَيْرَة‬ ّ ُ َ ‫مح‬
َ ‫ل‬ َ ‫حه ِ ْم‬
ِ ‫ب ِأَ ْرو َا‬
Now, this Station of the People in the journey of their spirits
is the Station of concealment and bewilderment.
ُ ‫وَم ِنْ بَعْدِه َاـ ال ْعِلْم ُ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يَب ُث ّه‬

ِ ‫َى م َنْ لَه ُ الْإ ْذنُ ال َص ّر ِيح ُ ب ِر ُ ْؤ يَة‬
ٰ ‫سِو‬
After it comes knowledge – which may not be divulged
except by the one who in vision has received a clear Idhn.
ٍ ‫ل مُفَك ِّر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫اـت لِك‬
ٌ َ ‫ض ءَاي‬
ِ ‫و َفِي الا َ ْر‬
ِ ‫عَجَاـئِبُه َاـ تَمْض ِي ِإلَى ٰ أَ ع ْلَا عِبْرَة‬
The earth is full of signs for all who look and reflect.
Its marvels can take one to the highest teaching –
‫ش ق َ ْد ع َ َ ّم نُور ُه َاـ‬
ِّ ‫فأَ َ سْم َاـء ُ ر‬
ِ ‫َاـف و َشُهْرَة‬
ٍ ‫جز َائِه َاـ م َاـ بَينَ خ‬
ْ َ‫ب ِأ‬
For the light of the Names of the Lord of the Throne
extends throughout all its known and hidden parts.
76
‫ل ن َ ْشئِه َاـ‬ِ ْ‫فَلَو ْ ج ُل ْتَ فِي الْميِ َاـه ِ م َعْ أَ ص‬

ْ ِ ‫و َتَرْبيَِة ِ الاَشْ ي َاـء ِ مِنْه َاـ بِ ح‬
ِ ‫كمَة‬
If you were to reflect on the oceans and their origin,
and how things were fostered from out of them with wisdom,
‫ك سِرِّه َاـ‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫حَكَم ْتَ ب ِع َجْ زِ الْك‬

ِ ‫ل ع َنْ د َ ْر‬
ِ ‫ص الاِلَٰه ِ بِق ُ ْدرَة‬
ِ ‫بح ْتَ بِتَخ ْصِ ي‬
ُ َ‫و‬
then you would know that no one is capable of grasping their secret
and you would affirm that power belongs to Allah alone.
‫و َأَ طْ لِقْ عِن َاـنَ الْفِكْر ِ عِنْد َ جِب َاـلِه َاـ‬

ِ ‫تجِدْه َاـ هِي َ الاَوْتَاـد ُ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ مِرْيَة‬
َ
Let your thoughts flow freely regarding its mountains
and you will find that they are the pegs without doubt.
‫ن مَنْظَ ٍر‬
ِ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ ْ‫َت الاَزْه َاـر ُ م ِن‬
ِ ‫وَم َاـ حَو‬
ِ ِ‫كثْرَة ِ تَنْو‬
ِ ‫يع الثِمَّاـرِ ال ْبَدِيعَة‬ َ َ‫و‬
Look at the beauty of the appearance of the flowers,
and the marvellous variety of different fruits.
‫َى بِه َاـ‬ ‫ُر‬ ‫ي‬ ٍ ‫ل شَيْء‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫وَم َاـ أَ ظْ ه َر َْت م ِنْ ك‬
ٰ
َ َ ‫لٌ أَ تَى ٰ م ِنْ عَيْنِ عِزٍّ و‬
ِ ‫سطْوَة‬ ّ ُ ‫وَك‬
Look at every visible manifestation!
It all gushes from the fount of energy and power.
77
‫ل الْحَقّ ِ عِنْد َ لِ حَاـظِه َاـ‬

َ ‫فَشَاـه ِ ْد جَم َاـ‬
ِ ‫و َِإ َي ّاـك َ تَنْكِيف ًاـ عَلَى أَ دْنَى ٰ ذ َ َرّة‬
ٰ
Consider all this and then see the beauty of the truth.
Take care – you cannot despise even the lowest atom.
‫َت الاَشْ ي َاـء ُ ِإ َلّا ب ِر َ ّبِه َاـ‬

ِ ‫فَم َاـ ق َاـم‬
ِ ‫فَي َاـ حَ ُيّ يَاـ ق َُي ّوم ُ أَ بْل َ ُغ حُ َ ج ّة‬
Things have no existence except through their Lord.
O Living! O Eternal! Your own most eloquent proof!
ٍ ‫ل مُفَك ِّر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫اـت لِك‬
ٌ َ ‫س ءَاي‬ َ ‫فَفِي‬
ِ ‫النّ � ْف‬
ِ ‫كوْنُ ا�لْكَب ِير ُ ب ِر ُ َمّة‬
َ ْ ‫فَف ِيه َاـ انطَو َى ا�ل‬
There are signs in the self for any who ponders it
because the entire universe is contained in it.
‫َت ب ِو ُسْ ِع الْحَقّ ِ عِنْد َ تَطَ ُهّ� ٍر‬

ْ ‫وَز َاد‬
ِ ‫شبْهَة‬
ُ َ ‫ْف و َأَ ي ْ ٍن و‬
ٍ ‫كي‬
َ ‫وَذ َا قُلْ بِلَا‬
In purification the self expands by the power of the Haqq.
Now do not wonder and ask ‘How?’ or ‘Where?’ or ‘What?’
ً ‫ل الاِلَٰه ِ أَ م َاـنَة‬
ِ ‫َت بِتَحْمِي‬
ْ ‫وَز َاد‬
ِ ‫عَلَيْه َاـ فَم َاـ ح َ ُ ّد الاِلَٰه ِ تَع َ َ ّد‬
‫ت‬
It expands by Allah’s bestowal of the trust upon it
– and godhood has no limitation whatsoever.
78
‫َى‬
ٰ ‫ن ال ْوَر‬ َ ِ ‫و َق َ ْد عَجَز َْت عَنْه َاـ ال ْعِظَام ُ م‬
ِ ‫و َق َاـم َ بِه َاـ الا ِنْس َاـنُ أَ رْف َ َع قَوْمَة‬
Even great men have proved unable to bear this trust,
yet still man has to take it on, and this is the highest task.
‫ضح َى يُت َاـب ِ ُع سَيِّدًا‬ ْ َ‫سعْد َ م َنْ أ‬ َ ‫فَي َاـ‬

ٰ
ِ ‫رَسُول ًا لَه ُ أَ ع ْلَا ال ْم َزَايَاـ وَرُت ْبَة‬
How fulfilled is the one who has begun to follow a master,
a Messenger who has the highest rank and merit,
ٍ ‫َات فَو ْقَ نِه َاـيَة‬

َ ِ ‫فَحَاـز َ م‬
ِ ‫ل ُأ َمّة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َ ُأ َمّت ُه ُ أَ رْب َْت عَلَى ك‬
ٰ
For he will gain benefits without end or limit,
and his Community is above every other.
ِ ‫فَلَا أَ حَدٌ يَرْقَى ٰ ل ِرُت ْبَة ِ قُر ْبِه‬

ِ ‫ص الاِلَٰه ِ ب ِع َ ْطفَة‬
ِ ‫وَذَٰك َ بِتَخ ْصِ ي‬
No one may rise to the rank of His nearness which he enjoys,
since that is a special mark of favour from Allah.
ِ ‫ك غ َاـيَة‬
ِ ‫ن فِي د َ ْر‬
ِ ‫كسْبَ لِلا ِنس َاـ‬
َ ‫فَلَا‬
ِ ‫ل نَشْأَ ة‬
ِ ْ‫ن فِي أَ ص‬ َ ُ ‫لم َِاـ خ ََصّ ه‬
ُ ‫الر ّحْمَٰـ‬
There is nothing to be gained by a man trying to reach a place
set aside for the Prophet from the beginning of creation.
79
ٌ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ م َاـ ج َآء َ و َارِد‬

ِ ‫ق مِن ْحَة‬
ِ ْ ‫سو‬
َ ْ‫طر ْقَ الْحَقّ ِ م َع‬
ُ ُ‫يُبَيِّن‬
May Allah’s blessings be upon him as long as someone comes
to make clear the paths of truth and bringing gifts,
‫ش ٍد‬
ِ ‫ل م ُ ْر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫َاـب م َعْ ك‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ق ال� ل�ه ِ فِي ك‬
ِ ‫ل حَاـلَة‬ ِ ‫دَع َاـ لِطَرِ ي‬
and on his family and Companions, and every Murshid
who calls to the Path of Allah in every situation.
ِ ‫َب ال� ل�ه َ ِإلْق َاـء َ سِرِّه‬

ِّ ‫ل ر‬
ِ ‫ل وِجْ هَة‬ ِ ‫عَل َيّ م َ َع الا ِخْ وَا‬
I ask my Lord Allah to bestow His secret on me
and on my brothers in every way.
ً ‫َت الاِسْم َ ال ْعَظ ِيم َ ج َلَالَة‬

ِ ‫ق َ ْد و َافَق‬
‫ختْمَة ِ ۝‬ ٍ ‫ب ِع َ ّدٍ فَنَف ِّْس فِي اف ْت ِت‬
َ َ ‫َاـح و‬
All this is in harmony with the majesty of the Supreme Name,
and numerically, so pay attention to its beginning and its end.
80
3. Lesser Qasida
‫وله رضي الله عنه ورزقنا في الدارين رضاه آمني‬
‫التائية الوسطى‬
ٍ ‫حضْرَة‬
َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫ن الان َ ْوَارِ فِي حَاـ‬
َ ِ ‫شَر ِ ب ْن َاـ م‬
ِ ‫ْس م ِنْ غَيْر ِ مِرْيَة‬ َ ‫ل‬
َ ‫الل ّب‬ َ ‫شَر َابًاـ أَ ز َا‬
In the tavern of the Presence we drank a wine
of the lights that totally dispelled the darkness.
ٍ ‫ل ذ َ َرّة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ل فِي ك‬ ّ َ َ‫فأَ َ ْدرَكْ ن َاـ أ‬
َ ْ‫ن الْفِع‬
ِ ‫ل وِجْ هَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫بِ خ َاـلِقِه َاـ المَعْب ُودِ فِي ك‬
Through it we grasped that the act is in every atom
through its Creator Who is worshipped everywhere.
ٌ ‫ل ظَاـه ِر‬ ّ َ َ‫ح َ ّققْن َاـ أ‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ن ال� ل�ه َ فِي الْك‬ َ َ‫و‬
ِ ‫ب ِأَ سْم َاـئِه ِ الْحُسْن َى و َأَ سْر َارِ ق ُ ْدرَة‬
ٰ
We realised that Allah is manifest in everything
through His most Beautiful Names and the secrets of power.
81
َ ‫و َ�لَك َِنّ أَ حْ وَا‬

ٌ ‫ل ال ْوُجُودِ كَث ِيرَة‬
ْ ِ ‫بِه َاـ و َق َ َع الْ حجُ ْبُ ال ْعَظ ِيم ُ لِ ح‬
ِ ‫كمَة‬
However, the states of existence are numerous,
and because of this, great veils have fallen over wisdom.
ِ ‫ن خِيرَة َ خ َلْقِه‬ َ ‫ل‬

ُ َٰ ‫الر ّحْم‬ َ ‫س‬
َ ‫لِذ َا أَ ْر‬
ِ ‫بَشِير ًا نَذِير ًا د َاعِي ًاـ ب ِال ْب َصِ يرَة‬
Thus the Merciful has sent the flower of His creation
bringing good news and warning, inviting with inner sight.
ٍ ‫ل سَع َاـدَة‬ ِ ْ ‫تحْظَى بِنَي‬

َ ‫ف َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ أَ ْن‬
ٰ
ِ ‫خطْرَة‬
َ ‫ل‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫تحْكِيم ًاـ عَلَى ك‬ َ ُ ‫فَحَكِّم ْه‬
ٰ
If you wish to obtain the gift of happiness
then make him the guide of your every thought and move.
‫س ل َا تَذْهَبِي مَع ِي‬ َ ِ‫و َقُلْ لِ حُظ ُوظ‬

ِ ‫سيْر ِي ل ِر َِّب ال ْبَر َِي ّة‬
َ ‫وَل َا ت َ ْقطَع ِي‬
Tell the impulses of the self: ‘Do not come with me.
Do not cut off my path to the Lord of creation.’
ٍ ‫فَم َنْ كَاـنَ ذ َا ذِكْرٍ و َفِكْر ٍ وَه َِم ّة‬

ِ ‫ل لَحْظَة‬ ِ َ ‫ت َر َقَ ّى ٰ ع‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ن الاَغْي َاـرِ فِي ك‬
Whoever has got dhikr, fikr and himma
will in every moment transcend otherness.
82
3. Lesser Qasida
ِ ‫ن فَو ْقَ مُر َادِه‬

ِ ‫ن ال ْعِر ْف َاـ‬
َ ِ ‫وَحَاـز َ م‬
َ ‫ح َ ّق‬
ِ ‫ق أَ سْر َار َ ال ْوُجُودِ ب ِسُرْعَة‬ َ َ‫و‬
He will attain gnosis beyond his desires
and fast realise the secrets of existence.
ٍ ‫ْض شَر ِيعَة‬

ُ ‫مح‬ ّ َ َ‫وَشَاـهَد َ أ‬
َ َ‫ن الْفَر ْق‬
ِ ‫ق عَيْنُ الحَق ِيقَة‬ َ ‫وَهِي َ عَلَى‬
ِ ‫الت ّحْ ق ِي‬
He will see that separation is the pure Shari‘a,
which, properly speaking, is the source of Haqiqa.
‫َى‬
ٰ ‫لِذ َا أَ مَر َ الْقُر ْءَانُ ب ِالْفِكْر ِ فِي ال ْوَر‬
ِ ‫ل لِر ِيبَة‬
ٍ ‫وَجَاـء َ بتَِوْحِي ٍد مُز ِي‬
This is why the Qur’an commands mankind to reflect
and brings a Tawhid which eliminates any doubt.
‫ن ِإ َلّا فِي م َ ْظه َ ٍر‬ َ ‫ْس ي ُر َى‬

ُ َٰ ‫الر ّحْم‬ َ ‫و َلَي‬
ِ َ ‫ي و َلَو ٍْح و‬
ِ ‫س ْدرَة‬ ّ ٍ ِ ‫ش وَكُر ْس‬
ٍ ْ ‫كَعَر‬
The Merciful is only to be seen in manifestations
like the Throne, the Footstool, the Tablet, or the Lote-Tree.
‫ْس ال ُنّهَ ى تَفِي‬ َ ‫ب لَي‬ َ ‫َاـت‬

ِّ ّ ‫الر‬ ِ ‫صف‬ ِ ُ ‫كن ْه‬ ُ َ‫و‬
ٰ
ِ ‫حر َى ال ْمَه َِي ّة‬ْ َ َ‫شف ًاـ فأ‬ ْ ‫ك‬
َ ‫بِتَحْق ِيقِه َاـ‬
The intellect cannot grasp the nature of the Attributes of the Lord
through unveiling, let alone the Essence.
83
‫ك ف َاـمْ حُه َاـ‬ َ ‫س‬ِ ‫َاـف ن َ ْف‬

ِ ‫فَك َِر ّ عَلَى أَ ْوص‬
ٰ
ِ ‫َاـت الْقَدِيمَة‬
ِ ‫الصف‬ ِّ ِ‫تمُ َ ُ ّد ب ِأَ ن ْوَار‬
So attack the attributes of the self and efface them,
and you will be helped by the lights of the eternal Attributes.
ّ َ ُ ‫لِذَٰك َ ت َر َى ال ْع‬
‫شاـقَ ق َ ْد ثَمِلُوا بِه َاـ‬
ِ ‫ك الاِبَاـحَة‬
ُ ‫سك ْرًا م َلِي‬
ُ ‫و َأَ حْ سَنُه ُ ْم‬
Thus you will see lovers who have become intoxicated by the lights,
and the drunkest lover is the one who is given special licence.
‫ج وَل َا‬
ٍ َ ‫وب م ِنْ حَر‬
ِ ُ ‫ْس عَلَى ال ْمَغْل‬ َ ‫و َلَي‬
ِ ‫ُوح الاِشَاـرَة‬ ِ ‫ن م ِنْ وُض‬ ِ ‫ل الا ِ ْذ‬ِ ْ ‫عَلَى أَ ه‬
ٰ
There is no restriction on the clear ishara those utterly overwhelmed
by Allah may make, nor on the people of Idhn.
‫ك قَوْم ًاـ ق َ ْد أَ ذ َابُوا نُف ُوسَه ُ ْم‬

َ َ ‫فَد ُون‬
ِ ‫ل لُجَ ّة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ب فِي ك‬
ِّ ُ ‫فَخَاـضُوا بِ ح َاـر َ الح‬
Here are ones who have obliterated their selves
and plumbed every depth in the oceans of love.
ٍ ‫َى م ِنْ صَب َاـبَة‬ ٰ ‫فَسَل ِ ّ ْم لَه ُ ْم ف ِيم َاـ ت َر‬

ِ ‫ِيب بنَِغْمَة‬
ِ َ‫ص عَلَى ذِكْر ِ الْحب‬ ٍ ْ ‫وَر َق‬
ٰ
So submit to them for what you see of their ardent love,
and the dancing and singing in their dhikr of the Beloved.
84
3. Lesser Qasida
‫شي ْئ ًاـ م ِنْ م َع َاـنِي ك َلَام ِن َاـ‬

َ َ‫فَلَو ْ ذ ُق ْت‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ق فِي ك‬ ّ ُ ‫ن ال‬
ِ ‫س َب ّاـ‬ َ ِ ‫�لَكُن ْتَ م‬
If you had but tasted something of the meaning of our words,
you would have been one of the foremost in every circumstance.
‫ن الْقَذ َا‬
ِ َ ‫ضي ْتَ يَاـ أَ خِي الْجُف ُونَ ع‬
َ ‫و َأَ ْغ‬
ِ ‫وَم َ َزّق ْتَ أَ ث ْوَابَ الْحيَ َاـ و َال ْمَه َاـبَة‬
And, my brother, you would have borne your troubles patiently,
and you would have rent the robes of shame and self-importance.
ِ ‫و َقلُ ْتَ لِ حَاـدِي القَو ْ ِم حَبِّب ْن َاـ فِي اسْمِه‬

َ ‫فَلَا ع َاـر َ فِي ذَٰك َ الْحِد َا و‬
ِ ‫َالصّ ب َاـبَة‬
You would have said to the leader of the people, ‘Make us love His name!
There is no shame in that song, nor in that love!’
ِ ‫و َ�لَك َِنّ م َنْ ق َ ْد صَاـر َ مِ�لْكًاـ لِن َ ْف‬

ِ ‫سه‬
ّ َ ‫ك ال‬
ِ ‫طرِ يقَة‬ َ ْ ‫تَق َاـعَد َ ع َنْ أَ سْر َارِ تِل‬
Unfortunately, whoever becomes subject to his own self
is cut off from the secrets of this path.
‫ك َال ّتِي‬
َ ُ ‫َى ن َ ْفس‬
ٰ ‫فأَ َ عْد َا عَد ُ ٍّو فِي ال ْوَر‬
ِ ‫ق ف َ ْه ِم الْحَق ِيقَة‬
ِ ‫تحْق ِي‬
َ ْ‫ل ع َن‬
ُ ِ‫ط‬
ّ َ ‫تُع‬
The most hostile enemy of man is his self,
which hinders him from real understanding of the Haqiqa.
85
ُ ‫ن ِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ و َصْ لَه‬

ِ ‫كبِّرْ عَلَى الاَكْ وَا‬
َ َ‫ف‬
ِ ْ ‫و َِإ َي ّاـك َ أَ ْن تَرْض َى بِنَي‬
ِ ‫ل ا�لك َرَامَة‬
ٰ
So become greater than the common people if you desire to reach Him,
and do not be satisfied with a mere reputation of nobility.
‫فَي َاـ فَوْز َ قَو ْ ٍم ق َ ْد أَ جَاـبُوا حَب ِيبَه ُ ْم‬

ِ ‫لِدَعْوَتِه ِ ال ْع ُ ْظم َى فَف َاـز ُوا بِ ج َن ّة‬
ٰ
Oh the triumph of a people who have answered
the great call of the Beloved, and so obtained the Garden!
‫حضْرَة ِ ال ُد ّنَاـ‬
َ ‫و َأَ ْعنِي بِه ِ ال ْعِر ْف َاـنَ فِي‬
ِ ‫وَج ََن ّة َ أَ نْه َاـ ٍر وَحُو ٍر وَل َذ ّة‬
By that I mean both ‘irfan in the presence of nearness
and the garden of rivers, houris, and delight.
ُ ‫سه ِ فَل ْيَب ْكِ م َنْ صَاـر َ قَل ْب ُه‬ ِ ‫عَلَى ن َ ْف‬
ٰ
ِ ‫ل فِك ْرَة‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫ن فِي ك‬
ِ ‫ن ال ْعِر ْف َاـ‬
َ ِ ‫خَر َابًاـ م‬
Let the one whose heart has become devoid and empty
of ‘irfan in every thought weep over himself.
‫ص‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ْ‫الن ّغ‬ ّ َ ‫ش ال‬
َ ِ ‫سل ِِيم م‬ ِ ْ ‫وَم َاـ ل َذ ّة ُ ال ْعَي‬
ِ ‫وَر َب ِ ّي َ ِإ َلّا فِي تَح َُ ّق‬
ِ ‫ق و ُصْ لَة‬
The joy of life without trouble, by my Lord,
is only found in the realisation of reunion.
86
3. Lesser Qasida
َ ‫ن‬
‫الضّ ن َاـ‬ ّ َ ‫ع َس َى نَظْرَة ٌ ت َ ْشفِي ال‬
َ ِ ‫سق ِيم َ م‬
ٰ
ِ ‫فَق َ ْد ع َ َزّ ِإ ْدر َاك ٌ �لِكُنْه ِ الْحَق ِيقَة‬
Perhaps a glance will cure the sick man of his sickness,
for the perception of the essence of Haqiqa is mighty.
ٍ ‫فأَ َ طْ ي َبُ أَ وْق َاـتِي اتِّصَاـفِي بِذِل َ ّة‬

ِ ‫اب ِإر َادَة‬
ِ َ ‫وَعَج ْ ٍز و َف َ ْق ٍر و َانْسِل‬
My best time is when I am characterised by humility,
incapacity, poverty, and negation of the will.
‫ل فِي َطرِ يق َت ِن َاـ ال ْمُثْلَى‬ ٌ ‫ك ُأصُو‬ َ ْ ‫فَتِل‬

ٰ
ِ ‫فَكُن ْه ُ وَجَن ّ ِْب ع َنْ عُلُوٍ ّ وَرِف ْعَة‬
For these are the foundations of our perfect path.
So follow it and avoid reputation and self-importance.
‫ب ف َاـه ْر ُْب ل ِضِ ّدِه َا‬ َ ‫َاـت‬

ِّ ّ ‫الر‬ ِ ‫صف‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫وَك‬
ِ ‫ل‬
ِ ‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ أَ غْن َى ال ْبَر َِي ّة‬
ِ ْ‫تَكُونُ بِف َض‬
Flee to the opposite of the Attributes of the Lord,
then by Allah’s favour, you will be the richest of creation.
ٌ ‫ِيط و َق ُ ْدرَة‬
ُ ‫فأَ َ ْوصَاـف ُه ُ ال ْعِلْم ُ ال ْمُح‬
ِ ‫ل وَعَج ْز ٌ ع َنْ ذ َ َرّة‬
ٌ ‫ج ْه‬
َ ‫و َأَ ْوصَاـفُن َاـ‬
His Attributes are encompassing knowledge, and power over everything,
and our attributes are ignorance and less power than a particle of dust.
87
‫و َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ ق َصْ د َ ال ْع َاـرِف ِينَ ب ِأَ سْرِه ِ ْم‬

ِ ‫َاـح صَاـحِبَ ه َِم ّة‬ ِ ‫فَخ ُ ْذه ُ وَكُنْ يَاـ ص‬
If you desire to reach the goal of all the ‘Arifeen,
then take it, O my companion, and have himma.
ْ‫ع ُب ُود َِي ّة ٌ ل َِل ّٰه ِ صَاـدِق َة ٌ وَم َع‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ب فِي ك‬ َ ِ ّ‫ق ِي َاـ ٍم بِ ح َق‬
ِّ ّ ‫الر‬
Being a slave of Allah is sincere when it goes
along with undertaking the rights of the Lord at every moment.
ٍ ‫ل ق َُو ّة‬ َ ‫و َأَ ْعنِي بِه َاـ‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫الت ّجْ رِيد َ م ِنْ ك‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْمَزِ َي ّة‬
ِ ْ ‫َاـب و َنَي‬
ٍ ‫ل و َأَ سْ ب‬
ٍ ْ ‫حو‬
َ َ‫و‬
By slavehood I mean tajrid from every power and strength
and any means, and even getting things for yourself.
‫ن ال ْعَم َى‬ َ ِ ‫ن بِه َاـ يَصْ ف ُو الْف ُؤَاد ُ م‬ ّ َ َ‫ل ِأ‬

ٰ
ِ ‫ل فِك ْرَة‬ِ ّ ُ ‫و َيمُ ْل َ ُأ ب ِالان َ ْوَارِ فِي ك‬
Because in this way the heart is purified of blindness
and is filled with lights in every thought.
‫ت و َا ْلحم َْد ُ فِي ال ْبَدْء ِ و َالْخَت ِْم‬

ْ َ ‫فَق َ ْد كَمُل‬
ِ ‫عَلَى نِعْمَة ِ الا ِ ْمد َادِ م ِنْ خَيْر ِ ُأ َمّة‬
ٰ
The song is over. Praise is due at the beginning and the end
for the gift of help from the Best of the Community.
88
3. Lesser Qasida
ِ ّ ُ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ فِي ك‬

ٍ ‫ل لَحْظَة‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْع ِن َاـيَة‬
ِ ْ ‫َاـب أَ ه‬
May the blessings of Allah be upon him at every instant
and his family, and his Companions, the people in Allah’s care.
‫ُوف أَ ْعنِي مُحَم ّدًا‬

ُ ‫و َنَاـظِمُه َاـ ال ْمَعْر‬
ِ ‫ِيب طَاـلِب ًاـ لِل ْع ُب ُودَة‬
ٍ ‫ن حَب‬
ُ ْ ‫ه ُو َ اب‬
Its well-known writer, I mean Muhammad
ibn al-Habib, seeks perfect slavehood.
ٍ ‫ك بنَِفْحَة‬
َ ْ ‫ل مِن‬
ِ ْ‫فَبَلِّغْه ُ يَاـ ذ َا الْف َض‬
‫ْض الْحَق ِيقَة ِ ۝‬ ِ ‫تَس ُُحّ عَلى الاَكْ وَا‬
َ ‫ن فَي‬
So convey him a fragrance from You, O Master of Generosity,
that will spread the effulgence of Haqiqa over all creation.
89
4. Minor Qasida
‫وتلي َـها‬
‫التائية الصغرى‬
َ ِ ‫صف َاـء‬
ٍ ‫مح َب ّة‬ َ ْ‫سق َاـنِي َ حِب ِ ّي م ِن‬
َ
ِ ‫ل نِسْبَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫َى ك‬
ٰ ‫مح ْب ُوب ًاـ لَد‬
َ ُ‫فأَ َ صْ ب َحْ ت‬
My Beloved gave me a drink of the purest love,
so I became beloved in every way.
ُ ‫وَغ ََي ّبَنِي ع َن ِ ّي فَل َ ْم أَ ر َ غَيْرَه‬

ِ ‫حضْرَة‬
َ ِ‫و َنَع ّم َ سِرِّي فِي مَظَاـهِر‬
He blinded me to myself so that I saw only Him,
and dissolved my secret in the manifestations of the Presence.
‫فَف ََر ّق ْتُ فِي جَمْع ِي وَجَمَعْتُ مَفْر ُوقِي‬

ِ ‫ح َ ّققْتُ تَوْحِيدِي ب ِِإف ْرَادِ وَحْدَة‬
َ َ‫و‬
I separated what was gathered in me and gathered what was separate;
by the isolation of unity I realised my Tawhid.
90
4. Minor Qasida
ِ ‫و َنِل ْتُ مُر َادِي م ِنْ شُه ُودِ كَم َاـلِه‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ح َ ّققْت ُه ُ فِي ك‬
ِ ‫ل مَعْن ًى وَصُورَة‬ َ َ‫و‬
I attained my desire – directly to see His perfection
and to experience it in every meaning and form.
‫وَم َ َزّق ْتُ وَهْم ِي وَه ْو َ أَ ْعظَم ُ ق َاـط ٍِع‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫فأَ َ لْفَي ْت ُه ُ ق َ ُـي ّوم ًاـ فِي ك‬
ِ ‫ل ذ َ َرّة‬
I tore down my illusion, which is the greatest screen,
and then I found Him, timeless, in every atom.
ِ ‫وَح َ َكّم ْتُ شَرْعِ ي فِي تَحَل ِّي‬

ِ ‫صف َاـتِه‬
ْ ‫ح‬
‫كمَتِي‬ ِ ِّ‫فأَ َ طْ لَعَنِي ر َب ِ ّي عَلَى سِر‬
ٰ
I made the Shari‘a my guide in taking on His Attributes,
and my Lord revealed to me the secret of my wisdom.
ٍ‫فَطَوْر ًا أَ ر َى الاَكْ وَانَ م َ ْظه َر َ أَ حْم َد‬
ِ ‫و َ َطوْر ًا أَ ر َاه َاـ م ِنْ مَظَاـهِرِ عِ َزّة‬

Sometimes I see creatures as a manifestation of Ahmad,
and sometimes I see them as manifestations of divine Power.
ِ ‫و َ َطوْر ًا يَفْن َى فِعْل ِي ب ِر ُ ْؤ يَة ِ فِعْلِه‬

ٰ
ِ ‫َاـف مِن ْه ُ تَب َ ّد‬
‫ت‬ َ ‫و َ َطوْر ًا أَ ر َى الا َ ْوص‬
Sometimes my action is obliterated by the sight of His action,
and sometimes I see the Attributes appearing from Him.
91
‫ِي‬ َ ٍ‫و َ َطوْر ًا أَ غِيبُ ع َنْ وُجُود‬

ٍ ّ ‫مج َاـز‬
ِ ‫َق ل َا تُش َاـبُ ب ِشِرْكَة‬
ٍ ّ ‫فِي وَحْدَة ِ ح‬
And sometimes I withdraw from metaphorical existence
into the unity of a Truth unmarked by shirk.
ٰ ‫ق ِإ َلّا ك َال ْهَب َاـ فِي ال ْه َو‬

ْ‫َى لم َِن‬ ُ ْ ‫وَم َاـ الْخَل‬
ِ ‫تَغ ََي ّبَ فِي أَ ن ْوَارِ ذِكْر ِ اْلحَق ِيقَة‬
To anyone who withdraws into the lights of the dhikr of the Truth,
creation is nothing more than particles of dust in the air.
‫ح ال ْمُبِينُ لِت َاـئ ٍِب‬

ُ ْ ‫فَفِي ذِكْر ِه َاـ الْفَت‬
ِ ‫صبْرٍ م َعْ تَح َُ ّق‬
ِ ‫ق نِعْمَة‬ َ ِ ‫تَحلَ ّى ب‬
ٰ
The dhikr of the Truth contains the clear opening for the man of tawba
who has adorned himself with patience and the realisation of benefits.
ِ ّ ُ ‫فَق َاـم َ بِشُكْر ِ ال� ل�ه ِ لِك‬

ٍ ‫ل نِعْمَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫تَجلَ ّى بِه َاـ ال ْو َ َه ّاـبُ فِي ك‬
ٰ
He has thus undertaken to show gratitude to Allah in every state
for every gift by which the Giver manifests Himself.
‫الت ّف َُر ّدِ د َائِم ًاـ‬

َ ‫ُب‬ّ ُ ‫فأَ َ ْور َثَه ُ ح‬
َ ‫تَح َُ ّق‬
ِ ‫ق ِإ ْمد َا ٍد أَ ت َْت بِسَكِينَة‬
The love of isolation grants him continual realisation
of aid which comes with the Sakina.
92
4. Minor Qasida
‫ح ً ّقاـ بِلَا ر َي ٍْب‬ ّ ُ ‫يح‬

َ َ ‫ِب ال� ل�ه‬ ُ َ ‫فَصَاـر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ل ِرُؤْيَتِه ِ الا ِحْ سَاـنَ فِي ك‬
He will begin to love Allah truly, without doubt,
since he witnesses Ihsan at every instant.
‫َت‬
ْ ‫َاـت ال ْيَق ِينِ قَدِ انْطَو‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫فَك‬
ِ ‫ل مَق َاـم‬
ِ ‫ص م ِنْ مَش ُوبَة‬
ٍ ِ ‫ُب خَاـل‬
ٍّ ‫صبْرٍ وَح‬
َ ‫فِي‬
Firm patience and untarnished, pure love
indeed contain all the Stations of Certainty.
ٍ ‫وَل َا ب ُ َ ّد فِي ذ َا م ِنْ ِإم َاـ ٍم لِسَاـل‬

‫ِك‬
ِ ‫َى وَس َُن ّة‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫يَد‬
ٰ ‫ل عَل َ ٰى بِر ٍّ و َتَقْو‬
To obtain these the Salik must have an Imam
to guide him in right action, taqwa and Sunna.
ِ ‫محْجُوبًاـ غَف ُول ًا ع َنْ ر َبِّه‬

َ ‫ك‬
َ ْ ‫وَد َ ْع عَن‬
ِ ‫ق ال� ل�ه ِ م ِنْ فَر ْطِ ظُل ْمَة‬
ِ ْ ‫جه ُول ًا بِطُر‬
َ
Leave alone the one who is veiled, unaware of his Lord,
and in his deep inner darkness utterly ignorant of the Paths of Allah.
ٍ ‫و َِإ َي ّاـك َ أَ ْن تَرْض َى بِصُحْ بَة ِ فِر ْقَة‬

ٰ
ِ ّ ُ ‫ن مِنْه َاـ ال َش ّ ُرّ فِي ك‬
ِ ‫ل قَو ْلَة‬ ّ َ َ ‫تَم‬
َ ‫ك‬
Beware of ending up satisfied to be in the company
of a sect whom evil masters in their every word,
93
‫ْس فِي الْحَشَاـ‬

َ ‫يَق ُولُونَ ب ِالاَف ْوَاه ِ م َاـ لَي‬
ِ ‫ل قَب ِيحَة‬
ِّ ُ ‫ل ك‬
ِ ‫و َيَاتُونَ م ِنْ أَ ف ْع َاـ‬
Saying with their mouths what is not in their hearts,
while at the same time doing every revolting act.
‫كن ْتَ سَاـمِع ًا‬

ُ ‫ث ِإ ْن‬
ِ ْ‫ك بَعْد َ ال ْب َح‬
َ ُ ‫نَصَحْ ت‬
ِ ‫ل الْخل َِيقَة‬ ُ ْ‫ن ِإ َلّا نُص‬
ِّ ُ ‫ح ك‬ ُ ‫فَم َاـ الد ِّي‬
I have counselled you after investigation if you will only listen,
for the Deen is only giving every person good counsel.
ٍ ‫ل بَسِيطَة‬
ٍ ‫فَك َ ْم ق َ ْد أَ ز َاغ ُوا م ِنْ عُق ُو‬
ِ ‫َب البَر َِي ّة‬
ِّ ‫ق نُورِ ر‬
ِ ‫ت ع َنْ تَو ْف ِي‬
ْ َ ‫خ َل‬
How many simple minds have got lost because they lacked
the guidance of the light of the Lord of creation?
‫كه َا لَه ُ ْم‬

ِ ْ ‫َاض فِي هَت‬
ُ ‫َت الا َ ْعر‬
ِ ‫و َق َ ْد صَار‬
ِ ‫ض هِي َ ش َ ُر ّ فِت ْنَة‬ ِ ‫قَب‬
ٍ ‫َاـئح ُ أَ ْغر َا‬
Their original good name has been debased and disgraced
falling into the worst temptation, ugly deeds of shame.
‫و َق َ ْد أَ مَر َ ال َش ّرْع ُ ال ْمُبِينُ بتَِعْظ ٍِيم‬

ِ ‫لم َِنْ كَاـنَ ذ َا نَف ٍْع ب ِِإ ْرشَاـدِ ُأ َمّة‬
The clear Shari‘a commands that we honour and esteem,
whoever has the best guidance for the Community.
94
4. Minor Qasida
ِ ‫سه‬
ِ ‫ِيب ن َ ْف‬
ِ ‫ل بِتَهْذ‬
ٍ ‫وَطُوبَى ٰ لم َِشْغ ُو‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫يُج َاـهِد ُه َاـ ب ِالذِّكْر ِ فِي ك‬
Bliss belongs to the one occupied with correction of the self,
who struggles against it with dhikr in every State,
‫و َيَت ْلُو كِت َاـبَ ال� ل�ه ِ ب ِالْج ِ ّدِ د َائِم ًاـ‬
ِ ‫ل ءَايَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َيَقْتَب ُِس الان َ ْوَار َ م ِنْ ك‬
who constantly reads the Book of Allah with gravity,
and who seeks the knowledge of lights from every ayat,
‫ل‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫يُحَكِّم ُه ُ فِي ك‬

ٌ ِ ‫ل م َاـ ه ُو َ ف َاـع‬
ِ ‫و َيَت ْب َ ُع أَ خْلَاق ًاـ لِ خيَْر ِ الْخل َِيقَة‬
taking it as his judgment in all that he does,
and following the behaviour of the Best of the Community.
‫َاط المُسْتَق ِيم ُ لم َِنْ دَر َا‬

ُ ‫فَه ُو َ الصِّر‬
ِ ‫ل م ِلَ ّة‬ َ ْ ‫و َه ُو َ ال َ ّذ ِي أَ تَى ٰ ب ِأَ ف‬
ِ ‫ض‬
He is the Straight Path for those who understand,
and he is the one who has brought the fullest of spiritual teachings.
ْ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ م َعْ ءَالِه ِ وَم َن‬

‫ن ِإلَى ٰ يَو ْ ِم بِعْثَة ِ ۝‬
ٍ ‫تَلَاه ُ ْم ب ِِإحْ سَاـ‬
May Allah’s blessings always be upon him and his family
and whoever follows them with Ihsan until the Day of Rising.
95
5. Doctrines of Tawhid
‫ويليها رجز‬
‫عقائد التوحيد‬
ُ ‫ل عَبْد ُ ر َبِّه ِ مُح َم ّد‬

ِ َ ‫ِيب ر ََب ّه ُ يُو‬
ُ ‫حّد‬ ِ َ‫ن الْحب‬
ُ ْ ‫ِإب‬
The slave of his Lord, Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
says, declaring the absolute oneness of his Lord:
ُ ‫ب ِاس ْ ِم الاِلَٰه ِ فِي الاُم ُورِ أَ شْرَع‬

‫ج ُع‬
َ ْ ‫ِإلَيْه ِ ب َ ْدؤ ُه َاـ كَذَٰك َ ال ْمَر‬
I begin all things with the ‘Bismillah’ –
to Him belong their beginning as well as their returning.
ُ ‫مَعْن َى الاِلَٰه ِ ال ْغَنِي ع َنْ سِوَاه‬

ُ ‫وَلَه ُ يَفْتَق ِر ُ م َاـ عَد َاه‬
The meaning of ‘god’ is That which has no need of other-than-Him,
while anything other has need of Him.
96
ُ ‫ل م َاـ سِوَاه‬ِ ّ ُ ‫لِلْا ِسْ تِغْن َى ع َنْ ك‬

ٰ
ُ ‫َاف ل َا تَنْسَاـه‬ ِ ‫ن الا َ ْوص‬ َ ِ ‫يَ ٍ ج ّ م‬
This ‘That’ which has no need of other-than-Him
possesses thirteen Attributes, do not forget it!
‫وُجُود ٌ ث َُم ّ قِدَم ٌ ث َُم ّ ال ْبَق َاـ‬

‫مخ َاـلَفَه ْ ث َُم ّ غِن َاـه ُ مُطْلَق َاـ‬
ُ
Existence, then pre-existence, then going-on,
being different from creation, then His absolute independence.
ّ َ ‫و َال‬
ُ ‫س ْم ُع و َال ْب َصَر ُ و َالْك َلَام‬
ُ ‫كوْنُ ل َازِم ٌ لَهَا أَ حْكَاـم‬
َ ْ ‫و َا�ل‬
Hearing, sight and speech
and the fact that there are rulings inherent in them.
‫ل‬
ِ ‫ض فِي الاَف ْع َا‬
ِ ‫و َعَدَم ُ الا َ ْغر َا‬
ِ ‫كَذَٰك َ فِي الاَحْك َا ِم ر ُ َدّ ال ْبَا‬
‫ل‬
Acts devoid of motive or need,
and similarly judgments; pay attention.
ٍ ْ‫ل ث َُم ّ تَر‬

‫ك أَ لْحِق َاـ‬ ٍ ْ‫جَوَاز ُ فِع‬
‫مح َ ّقِق َاـ‬
ُ ْ‫بِم َاـ ذ َكَر ْنَاـه ُ وَكُن‬
Total freedom of action and of non-action
– connect to what we have told you and realise it!
97
ُ ‫ل م َاـ عَد َاه‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫و َلِاف ْتِق َاـرِ ك‬
ُ ‫َاف مُنْتَه َاـه‬
ِ ‫ن الا َ ْوص‬
َ ِ ‫ي ٍَّب م‬
The poverty of all that is other-than-Him
has in the end twelve attributes:
ْ‫اَل ْعِلْم ُ و َالق ُ ْدرَة ُ و َالاِر َادَه‬

ْ‫ق الا ِف َاـدَه‬ َ ُ ‫ث َُم ّ الْحيَ َاـة‬
ِ ِ ‫ح ّق‬
Knowledge, power, and will,
then life – grasp the lesson intended here!
ْ ‫زِ ْد ق َاـدِر ًا وَمُر ِيد ًا وَع َاـلِم‬

‫ح ًَي ّاـ فَلَا تَكْتَفِي ب َِالل ّوَازِ ْم‬
In addition He is Capable, Willing, Knowing
Living – but do not be content with the inherent attributes.
‫ات‬
ْ َ ‫ف وَذ‬
ٍ ْ‫ل وَكَذَا و َص‬
ٍ ْ‫وَحْدَة ُفِع‬
ْ ‫بنَِف ِْي ك َ ٍمّ فَاسْ ئَلَنْ عَنْهَا الثِّق‬
‫َات‬
Unity of action, attribute and essence
with rejection of quantity – ask trustworthy ones about it.
ِ ‫حُد ُوثُ ع َاـل ٍَم و َن َ ْف ُي تَاثِير‬

ِ ‫بِطَب ٍْع أَ ْو بِق ُ َو ّة ٍ ف َاـعْتَبِر‬
The originated nature of the universe and the negation
of effect either by nature or by a faculty – so take note.
98
ْ ‫صفَه‬
ِ َ‫ك خَمْسَة ٌ وَعِشْر ُون‬
َ ْ ‫فَتِل‬
ِّ ‫َالض ُ ّد مِثْلُه َاـ فَف‬
ْ‫َصلْ عَدَدَه‬ ِّ ‫و‬
These are twenty-five attributes.
Their opposites are the same in number – count them.
ْ‫ل ع َشَرَه‬ َ ‫نب‬

ِ ‫ِالر ّسُو‬ ِ ‫وَلِلا ِيم َاـ‬
ْ ‫َاـت تَاـب ِعَه‬
ِ ‫الصف‬ َ ِ ‫وَس َِت ّة ٌ م‬
ِّ ‫ن‬
Belief in the Messenger
has sixteen attributes which are:
َ ‫لصدْقُ و‬
ْ ‫َالت ّبْلِي ُغ و َالاَم َاـنَه‬ ِّ َ ‫ا‬
ْ‫ض لِلا ِفَادَه‬
ِ ‫وَجَوَاز ُ الا َ ْعر َا‬
Truthfulness, conveyance of the message and trustworthiness,
the conceivability of being subject to accidents that have meaning.
‫ن بِكُت ٍُب و َأَ ن ْب ِي َاـ‬

ٌ ‫و َِإيم َاـ‬
‫ك يَاـ ذَكِي َاـ‬
ِ ‫ل و َأَ مْلَا‬
ٍ ‫س‬
ُ ُ ‫وَر‬
Belief in the Books and the Prophets,
and the Messengers, and the Angels, O man of intellect!
‫خر ِ ف َِع‬
ِ ‫ن بيَِو ْ ِم الآ‬
ٌ ‫و َِإيم َاـ‬
‫أَ ضْ د َاد َه َا وَكُنْ لِن َ ْفيِهَا سَاعِ ي‬
And belief that the Last Day must come.
Be aware of their opposites and struggle to reject them.
99
ِ َ‫ك س َِت ّة ٌ وَس ُِت ّون‬

ْ ‫صفَه‬ َ ْ ‫فَتِل‬
ْ ‫ل فِي الْكَل ِمَة ِ المُش َ َرّفَه‬
ُ ُ ‫ت َ ْدخ‬
These are sixty-six Attributes
which are contained in the noble phrase.
ِ‫فَاشْ غ َلْ بِهَا الاَوْقَاتَ ب ِالْحُضُور‬

ِ‫تَرْقَى ٰ ِإلَى ال ْمَعْن َى م َ َع ال ُس ّر ُور‬
ٰ
So occupy your Awqat with them in the Presence,
and joyfully you will rise to their meaning.
‫ن‬ َ ‫د َلِيلُه َاـ‬

ِ ‫الن ّظَر ُ فِي الْقُر ْءَا‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ل فِي الاَكْ وَا‬
ِ ‫وَجَوَل َانُ ال ْع َ ْق‬
Their proof lies in contemplation of the Qur’an
and in reflecting on created beings with the intellect.
ِ‫ل عَلَى مُحَم ّد‬ َ ‫يَاـ ر َ َب ّن َاـ‬

ِّ ‫ص‬
ٰ
‫ل عَب ْ ٍد مُقْتَدِى‬ِ ّ ُ ‫و َءَالِه ِ وَك‬
O our Lord, bless Muhammad, and his family
and every slave of Allah who copies him.
ّ َ ُ ‫َب ك‬
‫ل م َنْ ق َرَا‬ ِّ ‫و َانْف َعْ بِهَا يَا ر‬
‫َى‬ ُ ٍ
ٰ ‫وَسَاـم ِع وَأ ِم ّ ٍيّ وَم َنْ دَر‬
And, O Lord, let the educated and the unlettered,
whoever reads or hears this, benefit from these attributes.
100
ْ‫ق ال ْع َادَه‬
ِ ْ ‫و َان ْصُرْ أَ م ِير َنَا بِ خَر‬
ّ َ ُ ‫و َاحْ ف َْظ أَ نْ جَالَه ُ وَك‬
ْ ‫ل ال ْع َائِلَه‬
And help our Amir with the breaking of norms
and preserve his descendants and all of his family.
ِ ‫ن ال� ل�ه‬
ِ ‫و َاجْ عَل ْه ُ عَي ْن ًاـ م ِنْ ع ُي ُو‬
ِ ‫ل بِلَادِ ال� ل�ه‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫يَنْف َ ُع فِي ك‬
And make him one of the springs of Allah
who will bring benefit in all the lands of Allah.
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ل م َنْ وَل َاه ُ ب ِالا ِحْ سَاـ‬
ِ ‫وَو َا‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫خ ْذل َا‬
ِ ‫وَم َنْ أَ ع َاـنَه ُ بِلَا‬
And befriend whoever befriends him with Ihsan
and whoever helps him without forsaking him.
ْ ‫و َاجْ ع َلْ لَه ُ م ِنْ عُلَم َاـء ِ الا َُمّه‬

ْ ‫ح لَه ُ و َالن ّ َِي ّه‬ ُ ‫يخ ْل ُِص‬
َ ْ‫الن ّص‬ ُ ْ‫م َن‬
And appoint for him of the ‘ulama of the Community
those who are sincere in counsel and intention towards him.
ْ‫ق ال ْوُل َاة َ لِل ْمُسَاـعَدَه‬

ِ ِّ ‫وَو َف‬
ْ ‫ح العَم َلَه‬
ُ ‫ل م َاـ ف ِيه ِ صَلَا‬
Grant success to the leaders who help
in everything in which there is good for the people.
101
ّ َ ‫َب ب ِال‬
ْ‫سع َادَه‬ ِّ ‫و َاخْ تِم ْ لَنَا يَاـ ر‬
‫ساعَه ْ ۝‬
ّ َ ‫و َارْفُقْ بنَِا عِنْد َ ق ِيَا ِم ال‬
And grant us a seal, O Lord, of serenity
– and be kind to us when the Hour arrives.
102
6. Buraq of the Tariq
‫ويليه رجز‬
‫براق الطريق‬
ُ ‫َى مُحَم ّد‬

ٰ ‫ل أَ فْق َر ُ ال ْوَر‬
ُ ‫ِيب قَو ْلُه ُ مُسَ َ ّدد‬
ِ َ‫ن الْحب‬
ُ ْ ‫ِإب‬
The poorest of mankind, Muhammad
ibn al-Habib, speaking plainly, says:
ِ ‫ا َ ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي بِ خَيْرِه‬

ِ ‫بحْرِه‬ ٰ ‫ع َ َ ّم ال ْوَر‬
َ َ ‫َى فِي بَرِّه ِ و‬
Praise belongs to Allah through Whose generosity
mankind has spread over land and sea.
ْ‫ل ب ِال َش ّر َائ ِع‬

َ ‫س‬ ُ ‫ل‬
ُ ّ ‫الر‬ َ ‫س‬
َ ‫و َأَ ْر‬
ْ‫ات م َا لَهَا م ِنْ د َاف ِع‬
ٍ َ ‫وَمُعْجِز‬
He sent the Messengers, each with a Shari‘a
and miracles which cannot be refuted.
103
ٌ ّ ‫فَـل ُ ُـب ّـه َا تـَصَـ ُو‬

ُ ‫ف مـ ُحـ ََر ّر‬
ُ ‫َاـب س َُن ّة ٍ مُق ََر ّر‬
ٍ ‫عَلَى كِت‬
ٰ
And its core is Sufism based exactly
and established on the Book and the Sunna.
ُ‫فَه َاـك َ مِنْه َاـ نُبْذَة ً تُق َرِّب‬

ُ‫سيْرَه ُ تُحَب ِّب‬
َ َ ‫َطرِ يق َه ُ و‬
Here is a fragment of it which will bring His path close
and make its journeying precious and dear to you.
‫ق‬ ّ َ ‫ق ال‬
ِ ‫طرِ ي‬ ِ ‫س ََم ّيْتُه َاـ بِبُر َا‬
ِ ‫تُسْرِع ُ ب ِال ْمُرِيدِ ل ِ َلت ّحْ ق ِي‬
‫ق‬
I have named it ‘The Buraq of the Tariq’
for it will bring the murid swiftly to realisation.
ّ َ ‫ك ال‬
‫طرِ يق َاـ‬ َ َ ‫ف َِإ ْن تُر ِ ْد سُلُوك‬
‫فَاعْتَمِدِ ال� ل�ه َ وَسَلْ تَو ْف ِيق َاـ‬
If you wish to take Suluk on the Path,
then rely on Allah and ask Him for success.
َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الت ّدْبِير‬ َ ِ ‫ْس م‬ َ ‫ِح‬
َ ‫الن ّف‬ ِ ‫و َأَ ر‬
ِ ‫يج ْلُبُ ل ِ َلت ّنْوِير‬ ّ َ ‫ف َِإ‬

َ ‫ن ذ َا‬
Relieve the self of management,
for that will bring enlightenment.
104
ِ ‫ِإ َي ّاـك َ أَ ْن تَه ْت َم ّ ب ِالا َ ْرز َا‬

‫ق‬
ِ ‫ن الْخَـلَ ّا‬
‫ق‬ ِ ‫ل ِأَ َ ّنه َاـ فِي ضَم َاـ‬
Beware of anxiety about your means of living,
for that is the responsibility of the Creator.
ُ ‫شي ْئ ٌ يُوجَد‬
َ ‫ْس‬
َ ‫ن لَي‬
ِ ‫وَخَصْ لَتَا‬
ُ ‫َات يُحْمَد‬
َ ِ ‫فَو ْقَهُم َا م‬
The highest and most praiseworthy qualities
are contained in these two good practices:
‫َن ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ث َُم ّ ب ِال ْع ِبَا ْد‬

ٍّ ‫ن ظ‬
ُ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ
‫فَكُنْ هُمَا وَجَنِّب َ ّن لِل ْع ِن َاـ ْد‬
Think the best of Allah and then think the best of His slaves.
Hold to these two things and avoid being wilful.
ِ ‫ق عِنْد َ ال� ل�ه‬ ّ ُ ‫و َأَ ق ْر َبُ ال‬

ِ ُ ‫طر‬
ِ ‫أَ ْن تُكْثِر َ الذِّك ْر َ ب ِِإس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه‬
The closest path which leads to Allah
is frequent dhikr of the Name of Allah,
ُ ‫ل ِأَ َن ّه ُ الاِسْم ُ ال ْعَظ ِيم ُ الا َ ْعظَم‬

ُ ‫اف يُعْلَم‬ٍ َ ‫عَلَى الاَصَ ِ ح ّ م ِنْ خِل‬
Because it is the sublime and Supreme Name,
according to the most sound of the different points of view.
105
َ ِ ‫و َف َر ّ ِِغ الْق َل ْبَ م‬

ِ‫ن الاَغْي َاـر‬
‫الت ّو َ ُجّه ِ لِذِكْر ِ ال ْب َاـرِي‬
َ َ ‫عِنْد‬
Completely free the heart of all otherness
when you turn to the dhikr of the Creator.
ْ‫ِيم و َاعْتَبِر‬
ِ ‫و َانْظُر ْ ل ِأَ سْر َارِ الْحَك‬
ّْ‫ْض وَل َا تَكُنْ تُص ِر‬
َ ‫وَجَن ّ ِِب الْخَو‬
Look at the secrets of the All-Wise and take note.
Avoid plunging into them. Do not persist.
ِ‫ِب ال َذ ّن ْبَ ب ِالا ِسْ تِغْف َار‬ ِ ‫بَلْ ع َ ّق‬

ِ‫كسَاـر‬ ِ ‫ِاـلت ّض َ ُر ّ ِع و َالاِنْـ‬
َ ‫و َب‬
Rather, after your wrong action you must ask forgiveness
with contrite entreaty and regret.
‫و َانْظُر ْ لم َِاـ م ََنّ بِه ِ عَلَيْكَاـ‬

‫َت ِإلَيْكَاـ‬
ْ ‫ل طَاعَة ٍ سَع‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫م ِنْ ك‬
Look to Him and grasp that every act in which you obey Him
is, in fact, a gift which He gave to you.
ِ ‫و َاحْم َ ْده ُ فِي ال َس ّ َرّاء ِ و َال َض ّ َرّاء‬

ِ ‫ل فِي الاَشْ ي َاـء‬
ُ ِ ‫ل ِأَ َن ّه ُ الْف َاـع‬
Praise Him whether things go well or go badly,
because He is the Actor in everything.
106
ِ ‫ك ال ْهِـ َمّـة َ ب ِاـلاَشْ وَا‬

‫ق‬ ِ ِ ّ‫وَحَر‬
‫ن ال ْبَاقِي‬
ِ ‫وَل َا تَكُنْ تَرْض َى بِد ُو‬
ٰ
Awaken your himma with yearning and longing,
and do not be content with less than the Ever-Continuing.
‫ق وَل َا‬
ِ ِ‫وَل َا تَق ِْف م َ َع ال ْب َوَار‬
‫حصَلَا‬ َ ٍ ‫ل شَيْء‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫م َ َع غَيْر ِه َا م ِنْ ك‬
Do not stop just at the first gleams,
nor with anything else you may experience at this stage.
ّ َ ‫ك ال‬
‫طرِ يق َا‬ َ َ ‫و َاسْ أَ لْه ُ أَ ْن ي َ ْطوِي ل‬
َ ‫ك‬
‫الت ّحْ ق ِيق َاـ‬ َ ِ ‫ح ََت ّى تَذ ُوقَ ذَٰل‬
ٰ
Ask Him to let you cover the path with speed
until you fully taste that realisation.
ِ‫ن ال ْع َب ِيد‬
َ ِ ‫يج ْتَبِي م‬
َ ُ ‫ف َاـل� ل�ه‬
َ ِ ‫م َنْ شَاـءه ُ لِ حَضْرَة‬
ِ‫الت ّ ْفرِيد‬ َ
Allah chooses whomever He wants from among His slaves
for the Presence of Isolation.
ّ َ ‫ِإ َي ّاـك َ أَ ْن تَسْتَب ْعِد َ ال‬

‫طرِ يق َاـ‬
َ ‫ك‬
‫الت ّعْوِ يق َاـ‬ ّ َ ‫ف َِإ‬
َ ُ ‫ن ذ َا ي ُ ْكسِب‬
Take care you do not consider the path too long,
since that will just become an obstruction for you.
107
‫ق‬
ِ ْ ‫ل الر ِّف‬
َ ‫ك سَب ِي‬
َ ‫س‬
ِ ‫و َاسْ لُكْ بنِ َ ْف‬
‫ق‬ ّ َ ‫سي ْر ُه َاـ ب ِال‬
ِ ْ ‫شو‬ َ َ‫�ل ِك َ ْي يَكُون‬
Travel with your nafs the way of gentleness
so that you may travel the path with yearning.
‫ِب‬
ّ ٍ ‫مح‬ ّ َ ‫ف َِإ‬
ُ ْ‫ن رَكْ ع َتَيْنِ م ِن‬
‫ُب‬
ِّ ‫ْف م ِنْ غَيْر ِ ح‬
ٍ ‫ل م ِنْ أَ ل‬
ُ ‫ض‬
َ ْ ‫أَ ف‬
Indeed, two rak’ats from a lover are more excellent
than a thousand performed without love.
‫و َالاَد َبَ اجْ عَلَن ّه ُ ر َف ِيق َاـ‬

َ ‫الت ّشْر ِي َع و‬
‫َالت ّحْ ق ِيق َا‬ َ َ ‫فِي أَ خْذِك‬
Make adab your companion as you follow the Shari‘a,
and as you recognise the Haqiqa.
ِ‫َب فِي الاُم ُور‬

ِ ‫ل الاَد‬
ُ َ ‫فَمَث‬
ِ ‫ك الْحَدِيد َ ب ِالا ِكْ سِير‬
َ ِ ‫كَخل َْط‬
The mithal of adab in these matters
is like mixing iron with elixir.
‫أَ م َاـ ت َر َاه ُ يُقْل ِبُ الْحَدِيد َا‬

‫فِي لَحْظَة ٍ بِذ َه ٍَب جَدِيد َا‬
Do you not see how it turns the iron
in an instant to new gold?
108
‫وب‬
ِ ُ ‫ك الاَد َبُ لِلْق ُل‬
َ ِ ‫كَذَٰل‬
‫ُوب‬
ِ ‫يَنْق ُلُه َاـ لِ حَضْرَة ِ ال ْغ ُي‬
In the same way adab acts on the heart
and carries it to the Presence of the Unseen.
ْ ‫مج ِ ّدٍ ع َمَلًا ق َ ْد و َ َكّلَه‬

ُ ‫فَك َ ْم‬
ٍ ‫سه ِ وَك َ ْم أَ د‬
ْ ‫ِيب ق ََر ّبَه‬ ِ ‫لِن َ ْف‬
How many a man of earnest right actions He has left to himself,
and how many men of adab He has brought near.
‫ن‬ َ ُ‫فأَ َ د َب‬

ِ ‫الن ّظَرِ فِي الاَكْ وَا‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫شُه ُود ُ بَاـرِيه َاـ ب ِغَيْر ِ ثَاـ‬
The adab of looking at created beings
is that you see the Creator – no second!
‫ق‬
ِ ‫ق فِي ال ْمَخْلُو‬
َ ِ ‫فَتُبْصِر ُ الْخَاـل‬
‫ق‬ َ ُ ‫و َتُبْصِر‬
ِ ‫الر ّازِقَ فِي ال ْمَرْز ُو‬
Thus you discern the Creator in the created
and the Provider in the provision.
‫َى فِي غَيْر ِ م َ ْظه َ ٍر‬ ُ

ٰ ‫و َالْحَقّ ل َا ي ُر‬
ِ ‫ل ِأَ ح َ ٍد م ِنْ م َلَكٍ أَ ْو بَشَر‬
The Haqq can only be seen in manifestation,
whether by an angel or a mortal man.
109
‫ل نُور ُ أَ حْمَد َا‬

ُ ‫فَالم َ ْظه َر ُ الا َ ّو‬
َ ‫ل‬
‫الصّ لَاة ِ سَرْمَد َا‬ ُ ‫ض‬
َ ْ ‫عَلَيْه ِ أَ ف‬
The first manifestation is the light of Ahmad,
may the most excellent of blessings be upon him eternally.
‫ق َ ْد م َلَأ الْح َُقّ بِه ِ الاَكْ وَانَاـ‬

ّ َ ُ ‫وَك‬
‫ل م َاـ يَكُونُ أَ ْو ق َ ْد ك َانَاـ‬
By him the Haqq has filled every living creature
as well as all that is or was.
‫ق‬
ِ ‫س و َفِي الآفَا‬ َ ‫فَاشْه َ ْده ُ فِي‬
‫ق‬
ِ ‫و َا ْمز ُجْ بِذ َٰك َ ر ُ ْؤ يَة َ الْخلَ ّا‬
So see him in the self and on the horizon,
and join to that perception of the Creator.
‫ْب‬
ِ ‫ل عَي‬ ّ َ ُ ‫ت ُ ْكفَى بِذ َا ال ُش ّه ُودِ ك‬
ٰ
‫ْب‬
ِ ‫ْب ال ْغَي‬
ِ ‫ْب وَغَي‬ ِ ‫س و َالق َل‬ َ ‫فِي‬
And that seeing will compensate for every defect
in the self, the heart, and the unseen of the unseen.
ِ ‫ن ن َيِ ّة‬
ِ ‫س‬
ْ ُ ‫ْس بِ ح‬ َ ِ ‫وَذَك ِّر‬
ِ ‫ن و َالْحَرَكَة‬ ّ ُ ‫و َاق ْرُنْه َاـ ب ِال‬
ِ ‫سكُو‬
Remind the self by having a good niyyat,
and bind it to that in stillness and in movement.
110
‫كثِّر َا‬
َ َ ‫و َنَمِّه َاـ تَنْميِ َة ً و‬
‫لَه َاـ تَح ُوز ُ ف َضْ لَه َاـ بِلَا مِر َا‬
Foster its growth a great deal,
and you will undoubtedly gain a great gift for it.
ِ ‫ق ب َِالت ّعْظ‬
‫ِيم‬ ّ َ ‫و َاخْ تَصِر ِ ال‬
َ ‫طر ِ ي‬
‫ل م َاـ شُرِعَ م ِنْ م َ ْرسُو ِم‬
Shorten the Tariqa by showing honour and respect
for all that is laid down as the Shari‘a.
‫ل‬
ِ ‫ن الاَعْم َاـ‬
َ ِ ‫تحْقَر ْ م‬
َ ْ‫وَل َا تَكُن‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫ن الاَق ْوَا‬
َ ِ ‫شي ْئ ًاـ أَ تَى ٰ وَل َا م‬
َ
Make sure you do not scorn any deeds or words
that have been passed down to us.
ُ ‫ل جُوعٌ سَه َر‬

ِ ‫َطرِ يق َة ُ الاب َْد َا‬
‫ن وَعُزْلَة ٌ وَذِك ْر ٌ ح َرّر ُوا‬
ٌ ْ ‫صم‬
ُ
The Tariqa of the Abdal is hunger, sleeplessness,
silence, withdrawal and dhikr. They give freedom.
ِ ّ ‫ص ُو‬
‫ف‬ َ ‫قَدِ انْتَه َْت نُبْذَة ُ ذ َا‬
َ ّ ‫الت‬
ِ ّ ‫الت ّع َُر‬
‫ف‬ َ ‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَلَى‬
This fragment of Sufism is ended
and praise belongs to Allah for the knowledge of it.
111
َ ‫و َ ُأصَل ِّي عَلَى‬

ِ‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ ال ْمُمِ ّد‬
ِ‫صَلَاة َ ر َب ّنِ َاـ ب ِغَيْر ِ ح َ ّد‬
I ask for the limitless blessings of our Lord
on the Prophet, the Helper.
‫َاـت‬
ِ ‫و َءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ الثِّق‬
َ ‫ل‬
ِ ‫الن ّجَاـة‬ ّ َ ‫اَل‬
َ ُ ‫ساـ�لِكِينَ سُب‬
And on his family and trustworthy Companions,
the wayfarers who trod the paths of safety.
‫ل‬
ِ ‫ح الْحَاـ‬
َ ‫ل ال� ل�ه َ صَلَا‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫َاـب فِي ال ْمَئَـآ‬
ِ ‫لَن َاـ وَلِلاَحْ ب‬
I ask Allah to give us and our loved ones
a sound state in the future.
ّ َ ُ ‫ل ع ََن ّاـ ك‬
‫ل ر َي ٍْب‬ َ ‫و َأَ ْن يُز ِي‬
‫ِف مُر َب ِ ّي‬
ٍ ‫ل ع َاـر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫بِ ج َاـه ِك‬
And that He remove every doubt from us,
by the rank of every teaching ‘Arif.
َ ‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَلَى‬

‫التمَّاـ ِم‬
ّ ُ ‫و َال‬
‫شك ْر ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَلَى الْخ ِت َاـ ِم ۝‬
Praise is to due to Allah for its completion
and thanks is due to Allah for its seal.
112
7. Miracles of the Way
‫ويليه رجز‬
‫خوارق الطريق‬
ُ ‫ا َ ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ وَصَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه‬

َ ‫عَلَى‬
ُ ‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ مُحَم ّد ُ الا َ ّواه‬
Praise belongs to Allah. May Allah bless
the Prophet Muhammad, the Shelter.
ّ‫لصّ وف ِ ُي‬
ُ ِ ‫ل أَ بُو حَاـم ِ ٍد ا‬
َ ‫ق َاـ‬
ّ ُ ِ ‫طوس‬
‫ي‬ ّ ُ ‫حُ َ ج ّة ُ الا ِسْ لَا ِم ه ُو َ ال‬
Abu Hamid at-Tusi, the Sufi
and proof of Islam, said:
‫ق‬ ّ َ ‫ل فِي ال‬

ِ ‫طرِ ي‬ ِ ‫ك َرَام َة ُ ال َد ّا‬
ِ ‫خ‬
‫ق‬ َ ‫عِشْر ُونَ فِي ال ُد ّن ْيَا عَلَى‬
The marks of honour for the one who enters
the Tariq are twenty in number:
113
ُ ‫أَ َ ّولُه َاـ ي َ ْذك ُرُه ُ الاِلَٰه‬

ُ ‫كَم َاـ يلَِي‬
ُ ‫ق بِه ِ يَاـ بُشْر َاه‬
The first of them is that Allah remembers him
as is fitting. Oh what good news that is!
‫ثَاـنِيُه َاـ تَعْظ ِيم ُه ُ بَيْنَ الاَنَا ْم‬

ّ ُ ُ ‫َالث ّاـل ِثُ الْح‬
‫ب لَه ُ بِلَا م َلَا ْم‬ َ ‫و‬
The second sign is that he is exalted among people,
and the third is a love which finds no reproach.
ّ ُ ُ ‫وَك‬
ُ ‫ل م َنْ أَ ح ََب ّه ُ الاِلَٰه‬
ُ ‫سعْد َاه‬ ُ ْ ‫أَ ح ََب ّه ُ الْخَل‬
َ ‫ق فَي َاـ‬
And everyone Allah loves, is loved by the creation
– what good fortune he gains!
‫ر َاب ِعُه َاـ يُدَب ّ ِر ُ الاُم ُور َا‬

‫لَه ُ فَيَبْقَى د َائِم ًاـ مَسْر ُور َا‬
ٰ
The fourth is that Allah directs all his affairs,
so he remains constantly full of joy.
ُ ‫خَاـم ِسُه َاـ تَسْه ِيلُه ُ الر ِ ّزْقَ لَه‬

َ ْ َ‫بِلَا مَشَ َ ّقة ٍ ف ِيه ِ تل‬
ُ ‫حق ُه‬
The fifth is that Allah makes his food easy to get,
and he does not have to struggle to get it.
114
‫سَادِسُه َاـ يَن ْصُرُه ُ عَلى ال ْعِد َا‬

‫حفْظٍ أَ بَد ًا‬
ِ ْ‫ق ع َاـدَة ٍ م َع‬
ِ ْ ‫بِ خَر‬
The sixth is that He helps him against his enemies
by miracles, with constant protection.
‫سَاـب ِعُه َاـ يَكُونُ ُأنْس َه ُ فَلَا‬

‫و َحْ شَة َ تَاتيِه ِ م ِنْ شَيْء ٍ ن َزَل َا‬
The seventh is intimacy with Allah,
so he is never lonely whatever happens.
‫س‬ َ ‫ثَاـمِنُه َاـ الع ُِز ّ لَه ُ فِي‬

‫س‬
ِ ْ ‫يخْدُم ُه ُ د ُونَ لَب‬
َ ُ‫كوْن‬
َ ْ ‫فَاـ�ل‬
The eighth is his nobility of self,
so that creation serves him without confusion.
ُ ‫الر ّف ْ ُع لِه ِ َمّة ٍ لَه‬

َ ‫تَاـسِعُه َاـ‬
ُ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ ف َاـت ِ ٍن يَشْغَلُه‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫ع َنْ ك‬
The ninth is the elevation of his Himma
above every temptation that might obsess him.
‫ع َاـشِر ُه َاـ ال ْغ ِن َى لِق َل ْبِه ِ م َ َع‬

ٰ
ٰ ‫سع َى‬ َ ِ ‫ل أَ ْمرِه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ف ِيه‬ ِ ‫تَسْه ِي‬
The tenth sign is his heart’s freedom from need,
along with every matter he strives for being made easy.
115
ِ‫و َه َاـك َ بَاق ِيه َاـ م َ َع اخْ تِصَاـر‬

‫ْف بَعْضِه َا فَخ ُ ْذ يَا ق َاـرِي‬
ِ ‫ب ِعَط‬
Here briefly follow the rest of them,
stressing only some of them, so attend, O reader!
ِ ‫ْب يَه ْتَدِي بنِ ُورِه‬

ٍ ‫تَنْوِير ُ قَل‬
ِ ‫ل ر َبِّه‬
ِ ْ‫لِف َ ْه ِم أَ سْر َا ٍر بِف َض‬
Enlightenment of the heart by whose light he is guided
to an understanding of secrets through the gift of his Lord.
ّ ‫ص ْدرِه ِ فَلَا يَه ْت َُم‬

َ ‫ح‬
ُ ْ‫و َشَر‬
ّ ‫ل مِ ح ْنَة ٍ بِه ِ تَل ُِم‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫بِك‬
And the expansion of his breast so that
he is undisturbed by whatever trouble befalls him.
‫ن مَو ْق ِِع‬
ُ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ َ ‫مَه َاـبَة ٌ لَه ُ و‬
‫س ب ِغَيْر ِ د َاف ِِع‬ َ ‫س‬
ِ ‫الن ّاـ‬ ِ ‫فِي نُف ُو‬
He possesses dignity as well as unquestioned
good standing in the hearts of people.
‫َى‬
ٰ ‫ق فِي ال ْوَر‬ ٍ ْ ‫ل خ َل‬ِ ّ ُ ‫تح ْب ِيب ُه ُ لِك‬
َ
‫ب ِوَعْدِ ر َب ّنِ َاـ لَه ُ بِلَا مِر َا‬
He is made beloved to every single human creature
through the undoubted promise he has from our Lord.
116
ِ ‫تَب َُر ّك ٌ بِه ِ م َ َع الآد‬

‫َاب‬
ِ ‫ل لِل ُت ّر‬
‫َاب‬ َ ِ ‫م َع َه ُ و َلَو ْ نُق‬
People seek baraka from him along with proper adab
towards him, even after he has turned to dust.
ُ‫ْض لَه ُ فَيَذْه َب‬

َ ‫ت َ ْسخِيرُه ُ الاَر‬
ُ‫حي ْثُ يَش َاـ ب ِسُرْعَة ٍ ل َا يَرْه َب‬
َ
The earth is subjected to him so that he may go
with speed and without fear wherever he wishes.
ِ ‫و َال ْب َُر ّ و َال ْب َحْ ر ُ م َ َع ال ْه َوَاء‬

ِ ‫خَاـدِم َة ٌ لَه ُ بِلَا امْتِر َاء‬
The land, the sea and the air
are his servants without doubt.
ْ َ ‫ُوش ث َُم ّ سِب َاـعٌ م َ َع ال ْه َو‬

ّ‫ام‬ ٌ ‫وُح‬
‫الر ّبُ لَه ُ عَلَى ال َد ّو َا ْم‬
َ ‫سَ َخ ّر َه َاـ‬
The wild animals, the beasts of prey and the reptiles
have all been subjugated to him by the Lord forever.
‫ح ا�لْكُن ُوزِ و َال ْم َع َاـدِ ْن‬

ُ ِ‫مَف َاـتي‬
ْ‫تَطْلُب ُه ُ و َه ُو َ عَنْه َاـ بَاـئ ِن‬
And the keys of treasures and mines
offer themselves to him, but he has no need.
117
ٰ ‫س بِ ج َاـهِه ِ ِإلَى‬ َ ‫ل‬

ِ ‫الن ّاـ‬ ُ ّ‫تَو َُس‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ ن َزَل َا‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ِإلَٰهِه ِ فِي ك‬
By means of his rank, people seek to draw nearer to Allah
in everything that happens.
ّ ُ ّ ‫الر‬
ِ ‫ب بِلَا تَعْسِير‬ َ ِ ‫فَيَقْضِ يه‬
ِ ‫ُوب ب َِالت ّيْسِير‬
ِ ‫بِف َضْ لِه ِ ال ْم َصْ ح‬
So the Lord accomplishes that without hardship
by His bounty accompanied by ease.
ِ‫ل ِإلَى ِإخْ ت ِي َاـر‬

ٌ ‫وَذَٰك َ مَوْكُو‬
ِ‫ق الاَقْد َار‬
ِ ِ ‫ِإلَٰهِه ِ فِي سَاـب‬
That has been left to the choice of his God
in His previously ordained decrees.
‫ِب‬
ْ ‫يج‬
ُ ‫فَلَا تَق ُلْ دَعَو ْتُه ُ فَل َ ْم‬
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫ل مُر‬
ٍ ِ ‫ل غَاف‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫فَذَٰك َ شَأْ نُ ك‬
So do not say, ‘I called on Him and He did not respond.’
That is the condition of the doubters and the heedless.
ِ ‫أَ َمّاـ ا�ل ْك َرَام َة ُ لَه ُ فِي الآ‬

ْ‫خرَة‬
ْ ‫كه َاـ م َُت ّب َعَه‬
َ ‫عِشْر ُونَ أَ يْضًا ه َا‬
As for the marks of honour which he has in the Akhira,
they are also twenty in number and they follow here.
118
‫ل مَو ْتِه ِ م َ َع الْخ ِت َاـ ِم‬

ُ ‫تَسْه ِي‬
‫ن ف َاـز َ ب ِال ْم َرَا ِم‬
ِ ‫عَلَى الا ِيم َاـ‬
Ease of death when the seal is set with Iman
so that he will get what he wants.
‫ن‬
ِ ‫َالر ّيْ ح َاـ‬ ِ ‫ِالر ّو‬
َ ‫ْح و‬ َ ‫تَبْشِيرُه ُ ب‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ْف م َ َع الر ِّضْ وَا‬
ٍ ‫خو‬
َ ْ‫ن م ِن‬
ِ ‫و َالا َ ْم‬
The good news of cool refreshment, sweet basil,
acceptance, and safety from fear,
‫ن أَ بَد ًا‬
ِ ‫كَذَا الْخلُُود ُ فِي الْج ِن َاـ‬
‫ن د َأْ بًا سَرْمَد َا‬ َ ِ‫فِي جِوَار‬
and abiding in the Gardens forever,
near to the All-Merciful, perpetually without end.
ُ ‫ج و َالاِك ْرَام‬
ُ ‫حه ِ ال ْع ُر ُو‬
ِ ‫ل ِرُو‬
ُ ‫ن ال ْمَلآئِكَة ِ و َالاِن ْع َاـم‬
َ ِ‫م‬
His ruh enjoys ascent and honour
and tribute from the angels and bliss.
َ ِ ‫حم ُ ل‬
ِ ‫لصّ لَاة‬ ِ َ ‫اـس تَزْد‬ َ ‫و‬
ُ ّ ‫َالن‬
‫َاـت‬
ِ ‫ن الثِّق‬
َ ِ ‫عَلَيْه ِ ِإ ْذ كَاـنَ م‬
People will crowd around to pray over him
as had been among those worthy of trust.
119
‫ل‬ ّ ُ ‫الصّ وَابَ فِي ال‬

ِ ‫سؤَا‬ َ ‫ن‬ ُ ‫يلُ َ ّق‬
ِ ‫ش َ ّدة َ الاَه ْوَا‬
‫ل‬ ِ ‫َاـف‬
ُ ‫فَلَا يَخ‬
He will be taught what is correct when asked,
so that he will not fear the severe terrors.
ِ ‫ضة‬
َ ‫تَوْسِع َة ُ القَبْر ِ لَه ُ فِي ر َ ْو‬
ِ ‫يَكُونُ ف ِيه َاـ ءَام ِن ًاـ م ِنْ فِت ْنَة‬
The expanse of his grave is in a meadow,
where he will be safe from every trial.
ِ ‫سمِه‬
ْ ‫ج‬
ِ َ ‫حه ِ و‬
ِ ‫َاـس ل ِرُو‬
ٌ ‫و َِإين‬
ِ ‫َى لَه ُ م ِنْ ر َبِّه‬
ٰ ‫ِإ ْذ تَأْ تيِه ِ ال ْبُشْر‬
When the good news comes to him from his Lord
both his ruh and his body will enjoy intimacy.
ّ ُ ‫تَحْم ِلُه ُ ال‬

‫طي ُور ُ فِي أَ جْ وَافِه َاـ‬
َ ٍ ‫فِي ج ََن ّة‬
‫حي ْثُ يَش َاـ فِي ع َ ْرضِه َا‬
Birds will carry him within them
wherever he wishes to roam in the Garden.
ْ ‫و َالْحَشْر ُ فِي ال ْع ِزِ ّ م َ َع ا�ل ْك َرَامَه‬

ّ َ ‫ل و َال‬
ْ ‫شف َاـعَه‬ ِ َ ُ ‫اـج و َالْحل‬ َ ‫و‬
ِ ّ ‫َالت‬
On the Day of Gathering, he will be glorified
with honour, a crown, robes of honour and intercession.
120
ْ ‫َاـض و َجْ هِه ِ و َنُورُه ُ َظهَر‬

ُ ‫بَي‬
ْ‫ِف قَدِ ان ْت َشَر‬
ٍ ‫ل م َنْ بِمَو ْق‬
His face will be radiantly white and its light
will be manifest to all those gathered at the place of standing.
ُ ‫ِف فَلَا ي َر َاه‬

ٍ ‫ل مَو ْق‬
ُ ْ ‫و َهَو‬
ُ ‫خذ ُ ا�لْكُت ْبَ لَه ُ يمُ ْن َاـه‬
ِ ‫و َالآ‬
He will not see the terror of the place where they stand,
and he will receive his book in his right hand.
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫حسَابَ عُن‬
ِ ُ‫فَلَا يُحَاسَب‬
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫ل و َلُط‬
ٍ ‫َى ب ِجَم ِي‬
ٰ ‫بَلْ يُب ْتَد‬
It will not be with severity that he is called to account
but rather it will begin with kindness and gentleness.
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ل عِنْد َ ال ْو َ ْز‬
ُ ُ ‫أَ عْم َاـلُه ُ تَثْق‬
‫ض نَبِ ٍ ّي يُغْنِي‬ َ ْ‫و َال ُش ّرْبُ م ِن‬
ِ ْ ‫حو‬
His deeds will weigh heavily in the balance
and he will drink from the basin of a Prophet who satisfies every thirst.
ِ ‫َاط ب ِالاِسْر‬
‫َاع‬ َ ‫جَوَازُه ُ الصِّر‬
ِ ‫لِ ج َنَ ّة ِ الْخل ُْد ِ بِلَا ن ِز‬
‫َاع‬
He will cross the Sirat swiftly without struggle
to reach the Garden of timelessness.
121
ُ ‫فَلَا يُح َاـسَبُ وَل َا يُلَام‬

ُ ‫ن ل َا يُضَاـم‬
ِ ‫ِف الْميِز َا‬
ِ ‫فِي مَو ْق‬
He will not be called to account for his actions or rebuked,
and in the place of weighing them he will not be harmed.
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ل و َفِي الا ِخْ وَا‬
ِ ْ ‫ي َ ْشف َ ُع فِي الاَه‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ل الر ِّضْ وَا‬
ِ َ ‫و َيُكْت َس َى م ِنْ ح ُل‬
ٰ
He will intercede for his family and the brothers,
and he will be clothed in the robes of serene contentment.
ْ ‫ث َُم ّ لِق َاـء ُ ال� ل�ه ِ ب ِال ْم ُع َاـيَنَه‬

ْ ‫ِيف وَل َا مُشَاـبَهَه‬
ٍ ‫م ِنْ غَيْر ِ تَكْي‬
Then he will meet Allah with actual vision
and without qualification or resemblance.
ْ ‫ل الْج َنَ ّه‬ ّ ُ َ ‫و َ ْهي َ أَ ج‬

ِ ‫ل م ِنْ دُخُو‬
ْ ‫َاـب وَس َُن ّه‬
ٍ ‫كَم َاـ أَ تَى ٰ فِي كِت‬
That will be more glorious than entering the Garden,
as it says in the Book and the Sunna.
ُ ‫ْط م َنْ يَم ْن َح ُه ُ الاِلَٰه‬

ُ ‫و َشَر‬
ُ ‫بِهَذِه ِ ا ْلخِل َ ِع ل َا تَنْسَاـه‬
Take care not to forget that Allah’s granting
of these robes of honour is conditional —
122
‫ص‬
ٍ ‫ل م َعْ ِإخْلَا‬
ُ َ ‫اَل ْعِلْم ُ و َال ْعَم‬
‫ص‬
ِ ‫و َالذِّك ْر ُ يُؤْذِنُ ب ِالا ِخْ تِصَاـ‬
On knowledge, actions of Ikhlas
and the dhikr which indicates his special place.
‫ق‬
ِ ‫ق فِي اسْ تِغْرَا‬ ّ َ ‫ف َغ َاـيَة ُ ال‬
ِ ‫طرِ ي‬
ِ ‫ِك خ َلَ ّا‬
‫ق‬ ٍ ‫فِي شُه ُو ٍد لم َِاـل‬
The end of the Path consists of total absorption
in the direct witnessing of the Owner, the Creator.
‫ن ف ِيه َاـ‬
ٍ ِ‫ِإ َي ّاك َ أَ ْن تَصْ غ َى ٰ لِطَاع‬
‫لِ جَهْلِه ِ ب ِع ِل ْمِه َاـ و َف َضْ لِه َاـ‬
Beware of listening to someone who might deny it
through his ignorance of its knowledge and excellence.
‫ن‬
ِ ‫َب لِلا ِخْ وَا‬
ِّ ‫ف َسَهّ ِلَنْ يَاـ ر‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫كه َاـ ف َضْ لًا بِلَا تَوَا‬
َ ‫سُلُو‬
O Lord! Out of Your bounty
make its journey easy for the brotherhood without flagging.
‫ق‬ ّ َ ‫قَدِ انْتَه َْت خَوَارِقُ ال‬

ِ ‫طرِ ي‬
‫ق‬ َ ‫لم َِنْ م َش َى ف ِيه َاـ عَلَى‬
ٰ
This ends the Miracles of the Way
for the one who walks it gaining realisation.
123
‫ح ْم مُف ِيد َه َا وَج َامِع ًا لَه َاـ‬

َ ‫فَا ْر‬
ٰ ‫ص َ ّد‬
‫ى م َع َن َاـ لِنَشْر ِه َاـ‬ َ َ ‫وَم َنْ ت‬
So have mercy on the one who related it, the one who collected it,
and whoever helps us to spread it.
‫ِيب‬
ْ َ‫ن الْحب‬
ُ ْ ‫نَاـظِمُه َاـ مُحَم ّدٌ اِب‬
ْ ‫يَطْلُبُ لِلا َُمّة ِ فَتْحًاـ فِي الْقَر‬
‫ِيب‬
The one who set it to verse, Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
asks Allah for an opening for the community soon,
‫ُوب‬
ِ ‫و َنُصْرَة ً لِظ ِلِّن َاـ ال ْم َحْ ب‬
‫ُوب‬ ِ ‫ت ُ ْظف ِرُه ُ ب ِجَم‬
ِ ‫ِيع ال ْمَرْغ‬
and for a victory for our beloved shelter
which will give him all his desires.
ِ
ٰ ‫ث َُم ّ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه تَتْر‬
‫َى أَ بَد ًا‬
ٰ ‫عَل َ ٰى مُح َم ّ ٍد وَم َنْ بِه ِ اق ْتَد‬

‫َى‬
May the blessings of Allah fall one after another eternally
on Muhammad and whoever copies him,
‫َاـب‬
ِ ‫الصح‬
ِّ ‫ل م َ َع‬
ِ ‫ك الآ‬
‫اب ۝‬ َ ‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫الصّ و‬ ّ َ َ‫ال‬
َ ُ ‫سا�لِكِينَ سُب‬
And also on his family and Companions,
the Salikeen who trod the paths of right action.
124
8. Virtues of the Ism al-A‘dham
‫وتليه دالية في‬
‫فضائل االسم االعظم‬
ِ ‫تحْظَى بِقُر ْبِه‬ َ ِ‫ن الاَغْي َاـر‬ ِ َ ‫تَج ََر ّ ْد ع‬

ٰ
ِ‫ل مَشْهَد‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫و َتَرْقَى ٰ مَر َاقِي الْقَو ْ ِم فِي ك‬
Free yourself from all that is other and you will attain His nearness,
and you will rise to the ranks of the People of every assembly.
‫ك َال ّتِي‬ َ ‫و َع َم ِ ّر ْ بِذِكْر ِ ال� ل�ه ِ أَ نْف َاـ‬

َ ‫س‬
ِ‫حشْرٍ وَمَوْعِد‬
َ َ ‫تُح َاـسَبُ عَنْه َاـ يَوْم‬
Fill your every breath with dhikr of Allah, because each breath
has to be accounted for on the Day of Gathering and promise.
ُ ‫حي ْثُ ِإ َن ّه‬

َ ْ‫ن م ِن‬
ِ ْ ‫كو‬
َ ْ ‫ظ ِ ْم جَم ِي َع ا�ل‬
ّ َ ‫وَع‬
ِ‫ي مُحَم ّد‬ َ ِ‫ك َو ّنَ م ِـنْ نُـور‬
ِّ ِ ‫الـن ّـبـ‬ َ َ‫تـ‬
Exalt all phenomena because they are formed
from the light of the Prophet Muhammad.
125
‫حظْه ُ أَ ن ْوَار ًا ل ِأَ سْم َاـء ِ ر َب ّنِ َاـ‬

ِ ‫وَل َا‬
ِ ‫حد‬
ِ ْ ‫ل م ُل‬
ِ ْ ‫ِب ع َنْ كَث َاـفَة ٍ وَع َنْ قَو‬
ْ ‫وَغ‬
Regard them as lights from the Names of our Lord
and withdraw from being unresponsive and speaking from opinion.
ِ ‫و َأَ حْ ب ِْب بِ ح ُِّب ال� ل�ه ِ و َاب ْغ َْض ببُِغْضِ ه‬

ِ ‫الت ّشْر‬
‫ِيع فَاحْ فَظْه ُ سَيِّدِي‬ َ ‫ن‬ َ ِ ‫فَذَٰك َ م‬
Love with the love of Allah and hate with His hate.
This is the Shari‘a so guard it, my friend!
ٍ ‫َق و َشِرْعَة‬
ٍ ّ ‫خ ال ْب َحْ ر َي ْ ِن ح‬
َ َ ‫وَكُنْ بَرْز‬
ِ‫ل مَقْعَد‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫يف فِي ك‬ َ َ ‫تَحُز ْ رُت ْب َة‬
ِ ِ‫الت ّعْر‬
Be an isthmus between the two seas – the Haqiqa and the Shari‘a,
and you will attain the rank of recognition in every assembly.
‫ل عِب َاـد َ ال� ل�ه ِ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ مُعْلِن ًاـ‬

ّ َ ُ ‫وَد‬
ِ ‫جد‬
ِ ‫س‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫ق ال� ل�ه ِ فِي ك‬
ْ َ‫ل م‬ ِ ْ ‫طر‬
ُ ِ‫بِتَحْسِين‬
In every mosque, guide the slaves of Allah by Allah
openly, by showing the beauty of the paths of Allah.
‫و َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ ِإسْر َاع ًاـ لِ حَضْرَة ِ ر َب ّنِ َاـ‬

َ َ ‫ق ال� ل�ه ِ ظ ًَن ّاـ و‬
ِ‫مج ِّد‬ ِ ْ ‫سِنْ بِ خَل‬
ّ َ ‫فَح‬
And if you wish to go swiftly into the presence of our Lord,
then have a good opinion of Allah’s creation and praise Him.
126
ّ َ َ ‫ِيم ال ْم ُع‬
‫ظ ِم‬ ِ ‫ِب عَلَى الاِس ْ ِم ال ْعَظ‬
ْ ‫وَو َاظ‬
ِ‫ق وَمَقْصِ د‬
ٍ ‫ص ْد‬
ِ َ ‫ن سَر ِيرَة ٍ و‬
ِ ‫س‬
ْ ُ ‫بِ ح‬
Persevere with the sublime Ism al-‘Adhim
in your secret, with sincerity and concentration.
‫ل م َ ْظه َ ٍر‬ ِ ّ ‫ل ال َذ‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ات فِي ك‬ َ ‫وَشَاـه ِ ْد جَم َاـ‬
ِ‫فَلَو ْ ل َا ه َاـ ل َ ْم يَث ْب ُْت وُجُود ٌ لم ُِوجَد‬
Witness the beauty of the Essence in every manifestation. Were it not for it –
the existence of the Existent would not have been established.
ِ ‫س تَفْن َى بِذِكْرِه‬ َ ‫َاـت‬

ِ ‫الن ّ ْف‬ ِ ‫صف‬ ِ ‫ل‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫وَك‬
ٰ
ِ‫ن ال ُش ّ ْهد‬ َ ِ ‫ْب أَ حْلَى م‬ ِ ‫و َيَبْقَى نَع ِيم ُ الْق َل‬
ٰ ٰ
All the attributes of the self have fana’ by His dhikr,
and the bliss of the heart remains, sweeter than honey.
ٌ ‫َاـت نَاـشِئ‬
ِ ‫ل ب ِال ْمَق َاـم‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫وَك‬
ٍ ّ َ ‫ل تَح‬
ِ‫ِيم م َ َع الْج ِ ّد‬
ِ ‫ن الذ ِّكْر ِ ب ِالاِس ْ ِم ال ْعَظ‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
Every station is acquired through the dhikr
of the Ism al-‘Adhim done with gravity.
‫ِك‬
ٍ ‫ل سَاـل‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ح لِك‬
ُ ْ ‫فم َِن ْه ُ يَكُونُ الْفَت‬
ِ ‫شد‬
ِ ‫ل م ُ ْر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ْض لِك‬
ُ ‫وَمِن ْه ُ يَكُونُ الْفَي‬
From it comes the Opening for every Salik,
and from it comes the overflowing for every Murshid.
127
ّ ُ ‫وَعَن ْه ُ تَكُونُ حَاـلَة ُ ال‬

‫سكْر ِ و َالْف َن َاـ‬
َ ُ ‫وَعَن ْه ُ تَكُونُ حَاـلَة‬
ِ‫الصّ حْ وِ و َال ْوَجْد‬
From it come the States of intoxication and fana’,
and from it, too, the States of sobriety and ecstasy.
ِ ‫ل عِ ًزّا غَي ْر ُ مُنْفَرِ ٍد بِه‬

َ ‫وَم َاـ نَاـ‬
َ ْ‫تَحلَ ّى بِم َاـ يُرْضِيه ِ م َع‬
ِ‫كثْرَة ِ ا ْلحم َْد‬
ٰ
High rank is only given to the one isolated with Him,
who takes on what pleases Him along with much praise.
ِ ‫ل يَرْقَى ٰ فِي مَه َاـمَة ِ ذ َاتِه‬

َ ‫فَم َاـ ز َا‬
ِ‫ْس ف ِيه ِ سِو َى الْف َ ْقد‬
َ ‫و َيَفْن َى فَن َاـء ً لَي‬
ٰ
Thus he will rise, crossing the deserts of His Essence, until
his fana’ enters a fana’ that has nothing in it but loss.
ٍ ‫ف َِإ ْن ر ُ َدّ لِلْآثَاـرِ جَاـء َ بِ حلَُ ّة‬

ِ‫تُن َاـدِي عَلَيْه ِ ب ِالْوِل َايَة ِ و َال ْمَجْد‬
If he returns to the traces of existence, he brings
a Robe of Honour which proclaims his Wilaya and glory.
ُ ‫فَكُنْ خَاـدِم ًاـ عَبْدًا لم َِنْ ه َٰذ َا و َصْ ف ُه‬

َ ِ ‫َف ب ِع َ ْهدِ ال� ل�ه ِ يَاـت‬
ِ‫ك ب ِال ْوَعْد‬ ِ ّ ‫وَو‬
So be a servant and slave to the one whose description this is, and fulfil
the contract of Allah, and He will give you what He has promised.
128
ُ ‫ق ال� ل�ه ِ فِي ذَٰك َ ر ُسْ لُه‬

ِ ْ ‫و َأَ ْعظَم ُ خ َل‬
ّ ُ ‫الن ّـبِـ‬
ِ‫ي مُحَم ّد‬ َ ِ ‫و َأَ كْ ـم َـلـُه ُـ ْم فِـيـه‬
The greatest of Allah’s creation in this matter are His Messengers,
and the most perfect of them in it is the Prophet Muhammad.
ٌ ّ‫فَظَاـه ِرُه ُ نُور ٌ و َبَاـطِن ُه ُ سِر‬

ُ ّ‫َت تُح ََص‬
ِ‫ل ب ِال ْع َ ّد‬ ْ ‫كَم َاـل َاتُه ُ لَيْس‬
His outward is a light and his inward is a secret.
His perfections are beyond numbering.
‫ب‬ َ ‫لو‬
ِ ْ‫َالصّ ح‬ ِ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ و َالآ‬
‫َاف م ِنْ غَيْر ِ م َا ح َ ّدِ ۝‬
ِ ‫وَد َارِكْناَ ب ِالال َْط‬
May the blessings of Allah be upon him and his family and
Companions, and give us limitless and uninterrupted kindness.
129
9. Praise
‫وتليه رائية‬
‫احلمد‬
ِ ‫ستْر‬
ِّ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ يَاـ ذ َا الْحِلْم ِ و َال ْع َ ْفوِ و َال‬
َ َ‫ل‬
ِ ‫وَحَمْدِيَ م ِن ُن ّعْم َاـك َ يَاـ و َا‬
ِّ ‫س َع ال ْبِر‬
Praise is due to You the Possessor of forbearance,
forgiveness and veiling of our actions.
My praise is one of Your greatest blessings, O Abundant Goodness.
‫ل و َالْحَص َى‬ َ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ ع َ ّد الْق َ ْطرِ و‬

ِ ‫َالر ّ ْم‬ َ َ‫ل‬
ٰ
ِ‫وت فِي ال ْب َحْ ر‬
ِ ُ ‫ض و َالْح‬ِ ‫َاـت الا َ ْر‬ ِ ‫و َع َ ّد نَب‬
Praise is due to You in number as great as the drops of rain,
grains of sand, pebbles, plants of the earth and fish in the sea.
‫ْس‬
ِ ‫ل و َالْج ّ ِِن و َالا ِن‬ َ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ ع َ ّد‬
ِ ْ ّ‫النم‬ َ َ‫ل‬
ِّ‫َب ال ُد ّر‬
ِ ‫كوْك‬
َ ْ ‫ش و َا�ل‬ ّ َ ‫وَم ِلْ ء َ ال‬
ِ ْ ‫سم َا و َال ْعَر‬
Praise is due to You in number as great as the ants, jinn and men,
in quantity as great as the sky, the Throne and the pearly stars.
130
9. Praise
‫َى‬ ‫ر‬ّ َ
‫ث‬ ‫َال‬ ‫و‬ ‫ي‬ِ ‫ْس‬ ‫ر‬ُ ‫ْك‬ ‫�ل‬ ‫َا‬ ‫و‬ ِ ‫َالل ّو‬
‫ْح‬ َ ‫وَم ِلْ ء الْفَضَا و‬
ٰ َ
ِ ‫َاـت ِإلَى الْحَشْر‬ ِ ِ‫ِيع ا�لْكَاـئن‬ ِ ‫و َع َ ّد جَم‬
In quantity as great as space itself, the Tablet of Forms, the Footstool,
the moist earth, and the number of all living things on the Day of Gathering.
ُ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ يَاـ ر َب ِ ّي كَما أَ ن ْتَ أَ ه ْلُه‬

َ َ‫ل‬
َ ‫ف َِإن ِ ّي َ ل َا ُأحْ ص ِي‬
ِ‫الث ّن َاـء َ مَد َى ال َد ّهْر‬
Praise is due to You, O my Lord, as much You deserve,
for I cannot praise You fittingly to the full extent of time.
‫ل‬
ِ ْ‫ِب ب ِالْف َض‬
ِ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ يَاـ مُعْط ِي ال ْم َوَاه‬َ َ‫ل‬
َ ‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ بَالْفَت ِْح و‬
ِ ‫َالن ّصْر‬ ِ ‫وَم‬
ِ ْ ‫َاـنح َ أَ ه‬
Praise is due to You, O endless Giver of gifts,
the One Who grants opening and triumph to the people of Allah.
‫ْب‬
ِ ‫س و َالْجِس ْ ِم و َالْق َل‬
ِ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ ب ِالان َْف َاـ‬
َ َ‫ل‬
ِ ‫تَف ََضّ لْ عَلَى عَب ْ ٍد تَح َي ّر َ فِي الا َ ْمر‬
ٰ
Praise is due to You with every breath, with the body and the heart.
Look kindly on a slave who is perplexed by affairs.
‫ف َِإن ِ ّي و َِإ ْن كَاـن َْت ذ ُنُو بِي تَع ُوقُنِي‬

‫كسْر ِي‬
َ ‫يج ْب ُر ُ ل ِي‬
َ ‫ن‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
ِّ ‫ظ‬ ُ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ ‫ك‬
َ ‫فَل ِي ف ِي‬
If my wrong actions weigh me down,
I still have a good opinion of You that mends my broken spirit.
131
ٍ ‫فَم َُنّ عَلَي ْن َاـ يَاـ غَف ُور ُ بتَِو ْبَة‬

ِ ‫تَج ُ ُّب ال َ ّذ ِي ق َ ْد كَاـنَ فِي سَاـل‬
ِ‫ِف ال ْع ُ ْمر‬
O Forgiving! Give us tawba that will undo
what happened in our early years.
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫كش‬ ُ ‫الن ّعْم َاـء ِ و‬
َ ْ ‫َالن ّورِ و َا�ل‬ َ ‫ن‬ َ ِ ‫وَزِدْنَاـ م‬
ِ ‫ك َِن ّاـ فِي الا ِ ْرشَاـدِ ب ِالا ِ ْذ‬
ِّ‫ن و َالس ِّر‬ ّ َ ‫وَم‬
Increase us in blessing, light and unveiling,
and strengthen us in guidance, with Idhn and the Secret.
‫و َأَ يِّدْنَاـ فِي أَ ق ْوَالِن َاـ و َف ِع َاـلِن َاـ‬

‫حي ْثُ ل َا ن َ ْدرِي‬
َ ْ‫و َيَس ِ ّرْ لَن َاـ الا َ ْرز َاقَ م ِن‬
Support us in our words and deeds,
and make our provision easy for us – from where we know not.
ِ ّ‫الت ّف َُض‬
‫ل و َاق ٌِف‬ َ ‫اـب‬
ِ َ ‫ن فِي ب‬
ُ ْ ‫نح‬
َ ‫فَه َاـ‬
ِ ‫ِيب بِلَا عُسْر‬
ِ َ‫ْف الْحب‬
َ ‫وَمُن ْتَظ ِر ٌ عَط‬
Here we are standing at the door of favour,
waiting without hardship for the kindness of the Beloved.
ٍ ‫مج ِيبُ ب ِسُرْعَة‬

ُ ‫فأَ َ ن ْع ِ ْم عَلَي ْن َاـ يَاـ‬
ِ ‫ل الْجُودِ و َال ْم ّ َِن و َالْخيَْر‬ َ � ‫ف َِإ َ ّن‬
ُ ْ ‫ك أَ ه‬
Swiftly send us Your favour, O Answerer, for You are
the Possessor of generosity, liberality and goodness.
132
9. Praise
‫ك مَوْجُود ٌ ب ِغَيْر ِ وُجُودِنَاـ‬

َ ُ ‫فَف َضْ ل‬
ِ ‫ل عَلَي ْن َاـ بِلَا نُكْر‬
ٌ ‫سد ُو‬
ْ َ ‫وَجُودُك َ م‬
Your bounty exists without our existence,
and undeniably it is Your Generosity that pours down on us.
ّ ُ ‫ف َو َف ِّقْن َاـ لِل‬

ٌ ‫شكْر ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ه ُو َ ل َازِم‬
ِ ‫خسْر‬
ُ ‫عَلَي ْن َاـ و َيَسْتَدْعِ ي ال ْمَزِيد َ بِلَا‬
Give us success in the thankfulness which is our duty
and which itself calls for increase from You without loss to us.
‫ن الْجُس ُو ِم وَر َق ِّن َاـ‬ ِ ْ ‫خر ِجْ ن َاـ م ِنْ سِ ج‬ ْ َ‫و َأ‬
ّ ُ ‫َاح ثَوَابًا عَلَى ال‬
ِ ‫شكْر‬ ٍ ‫لِ حَضْرَة ِ أَ ْرو‬
Free us from the prison of our bodies and raise us
up to the presence of the spirits as a reward for our gratitude.
‫ل م َ ْظه َ ٍر‬ ِ ّ ‫و َأَ شْهِدْنَاـ مَعْن َى ال َذ‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ات فِي ك‬
ّ َ ‫َى شُه ُودِي فِي ال‬
ِ ‫شد َائِدِ و َال ْيُسْر‬ ٰ ‫لِيَقْو‬
Let us see the meaning of the Essence in every manifestation
in order to strengthen our witnessing both in times of ease and trouble.
َ ِ ‫و َأَ ف ْن ِن َاـ ع ََن ّاـ و َابْق ِن َاـ ب‬

‫ك د َائِم ًاـ‬
ِّ‫حضْرَة ِ الس ِّر‬
َ ْ‫ْث م ِن‬
ِ ‫ل الاِر‬
َ ْ ‫ق أَ ه‬
َ ‫ح‬
َ ْ ‫لِنَل‬
Annihilate us from ourselves and give us going-on in You always,
so that we may join the people who have inherited the presence of the secret.
133
ِ ْ ‫فأَ َ ْمرُك َ لِلاَشْ ي َاـء ِ فِي قَو‬

ْ‫ل كُنْ تَكُن‬
ِ ‫كوِ ّ ْن َل ّن َاـ الاَشْ ي َاـء َ ع َ ْزم ًاـ بِلَا مَكْر‬
َ َ‫ف‬
Your command to things is in the word ‘Be, and it is.’
So shape things for us with firm intention and without deception.
ِ َ ‫ل بأَ ن ْو‬
ِ ‫اع الْكَم َاـل‬
‫َات ك ُلِّه َاـ‬ َ ِّ ‫ص‬
َ َ‫و‬
ّ ُ ‫حضْرَة ِ ال‬
ِ‫ط ْهر‬ َ ٰ ‫عَلَى أَ حْمَد َ ال ْه َاـدِي ِإلَى‬
ٰ
Bless Ahmad, the guide to the Presence of purity,
with all the forms of perfection.
‫ب ا�لْك ِرَا ِم وَم َنْ دَ َعـا‬ َ ‫و َءالِه ِ و‬

ِ ْ‫َالص� ّح‬ َ
ِ ‫ْح فِي الْقَبْر‬ ِ ‫الن ّ ْظ ِم ب ِال َش ّر‬
َ ‫لِن َاـظِ ِم ه َٰذ َا‬
And his family and noble Companions and whoever prays
for expansion of the grave for the composer of these verses.
‫ُوف مُحَم ّ ٍد‬ َ ‫َب ب ِال ْه َاـدِي‬

ِ ‫الر ّؤ‬ ِّ ‫و َيَاـ ر‬
َ َ ‫أَ نِل ْن َاـ عُلُوم ًاـ تَنْف َع ُن َاـ يَوْم‬
ِ ‫الن ّشْر‬
And O Lord! Through the compassionate guide, Muhammad,
grant us knowledges that will benefit us on the Day of Rising.
ٍ ‫ل لَحْظَة‬ِ ّ ُ ‫و َقَوِّنَاـ ب ِالان َ ْوَارِ فِي ك‬

‫و َثَبِّت ْن َاـ عِنْد َ الْخَت ِْم و َال َن ّز ِْع و َالْقَبْر ِ ۝‬
Strengthen us with lights at every instant, and make us
firm at the sealing, the agony of death, and the grave.
134
10. Stimulation of Desire for
the Act of Dhikr
‫الترغيب في الذكر‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه ِ ع َنْ فَو ْ ٍر‬

َ ِ ‫أَ يَاـ م َنْ يُر ِ ْد قُر ْب ًاـ م‬
ِ‫ك بِذِكْر ِ ال� ل�ه ِ فِي الس ِّرِّ و َالْج َ ْهر‬
َ ْ ‫عَلَي‬
O you who desire nearness to Allah immediately
– you must perform dhikr of Allah openly and secretly.
ٍ ‫و َع َم ِ ّر ْ بِه ِ الاَوْق َاـتَ ت َ ْسم ُو ب ِسُرْعَة‬

ِ ‫ص الْفِكْر‬
ِ ِ ‫ن م َعْ خَاـل‬
ِ ‫ِإلَى ٰ ذِ ْروَة ِ ال ْعِر ْف َاـ‬
Fill the moments with it and you will swiftly
ascend to the pinnacle of gnosis with pure reflection.
‫ِف ال ْغِطَاـ‬
ُ ‫كش‬
َ ْ ‫ْب يَن‬
ِ ‫ل مِرْءَا الْق َل‬
ِ ‫لِت َصْ ق ِي‬
ِ ‫ص الذِّكْر‬
ِ ِ ‫و َتَبْد ُو لَه ُ الان َ ْوَار ُ م ِنْ خَاـل‬
Through polishing the mirror of the heart, the veil is removed,
and lights appear to it from the purity of the dhikr.
135
‫َى‬ٰ ‫ش تَزْهَد ُ فِي ال ْوَر‬ ِ ْ ‫بِذِكْر ِ ِإلَٰه ِ ال ْعَر‬

ّ َ ‫ط ِلَة ِ ال‬
ِ ‫سيْر‬ ّ َ ‫س ال ْم ُع‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الن ّ ْف‬ ِ َ ‫و َتَفْن َى ع‬
ٰ
By dhikr of the God of the Throne you will come to do without people,
and you will be annihilated from the self, which delays you on the journey.
ِ ‫يس ال� ل�ه ِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ ك ُلْفَة‬

َ ِ ‫و َتَضْ حَى ج َل‬
ٰ
ِ ‫ك وَم ِنْ غَيْر‬
ٍ ْ‫َك و َشِر‬
ٍّ ‫و َتَسْلَم ُ م ِنْ ش‬
You will become one who sits with Allah, without ceremony,
and you will be safe from doubt, shirk and otherness.
َ ِ ‫حضْرَة‬
‫الصّ ف َاـ‬ َ ٰ ‫ن ِإلَى‬
ٍ ْ ‫كو‬
َ ْ‫ل ع َن‬
ُ َ ‫و َتَرْح‬
ِ ْ ‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ فِي الْخَل‬
ِ ‫ق و َالا َ ْمر‬ َ ْ‫و َتَشْهَد ُ فِع‬
You will journey from the cosmos to the presence of Purity,
and you will witness the act of Allah in the creation and in affairs.
‫و َتَرْقَى ٰ ِإلَى الاَسْم َاـء ِ ت ُ ْسقَى بنِ ُورِه َاـ‬

ٰ
ِ ‫ستْر‬
ِ ‫َاـف م ِنْ غَيْر ِ م َاـ‬ ُ ‫ك الا َ ْوص‬ َ َ ‫فَتَبْد ُو ل‬
You will rise to the Names and drink of their light,
and the Attributes will appear to you without a veil.
‫ل الْف َن َاـ‬ ِ ّ ‫و َي َ ْظه َر ُ مَعْن َى ال َذ‬

ِ ِ ‫ات م ِنْ كَاـم‬
ِ‫فَتَبْقَى غ َن ًِي ّاـ ب ِالاِلَٰه ِ مَد َى ال ْع ُ ْمر‬
ٰ
The meaning of the Essence will emerge from the perfection of Fana’,
and you will go on, rich with Allah for the rest of your life.
136
10. Stimulation of Desire for the Act of Dhikr
ِ ‫َاـس ذِكْرِه‬
ُ ‫ْب أَ نْف‬
ِ ‫َت فِي ال ْغَر‬
ْ ‫ف َِإ ْن ع َبِق‬
ِّ‫ن ال ُض ّر‬
َ ِ ‫ل تَع َاـفَى ٰ م‬ ِ ْ‫و َفِي ال َش ّر‬
ٌ ‫ق مَعْلُو‬
If the breath of His dhikr were to fill the west and there was a sick man
in the east, that man would be cured of his affliction.
ٍ ‫ل قُر ْبَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫عَلَيْه ِ مَد َار ُ الد ِّي ِن فِي ك‬
ِ ّ‫سيَم َاـ ذِك ْر ُ الْجلََالَة ِ م ِنْ حُر‬
ِ ‫وَل َا‬
In every drawing near, it is the pivot of the Deen,
especially the dhikr of Majesty by one who is free.
ِ ‫فَم َاـ م ِنْ و َل ِ ٍيّ ِإ َلّا ه َاـم َ بِذِكْرِه‬

ِّ‫وح و َالس ِّر‬ ِ ّ ‫ِالر‬
ُ ‫سب‬ ِ ‫عَلَى عَدَدِ الان َْف َاـ‬
ٰ
There is no Wali who is not infatuated with His dhikr,
with his ruh and his secret, in every breath.
‫ح م َ ْذكُور ًا‬
َ َ ‫فَق َ ْد كَاـنَ ذ َاك ِرًا و َأَ صْ ب‬
ِ‫ن م ِنْ غَيْر ِ م َاـ فَخْر‬
ِ ‫يَت ِيه ُ عَلَى الاَكْ وَا‬
He was a rememberer and he became remembered,
and this gave him superiority over creatures, without boasting.
‫وَم َاـ الْف َخْ ر ُ ِإ َلّا ب ِال ْع ُب ُود َِي ّة ِ َال ّتِي‬
ِ ‫َى وَم ِنْ مَكْر‬
ٰ ‫ل و َقُو‬
ٍ ْ ‫حو‬
َ ْ‫َت م ِن‬
ْ ‫تَخَل ّص‬
There is no boasting except in slavedom,
freed from strength, power and self-deception.
137
ٌ ‫حصْر‬ َ ‫َاـئج ُ ذِكْر ِ ال� ل�ه ِ لَي‬

َ ‫ْس لَه َاـ‬ ِ ‫نَت‬
ِ‫ِب أَ خِي و َلَو ْ عَش ًِي ّاـ و َب ِالْف َجْ ر‬
ْ ‫ف َوَاظ‬
The results of dhikr of Allah are without limit,
so, my brother, persevere even if only in the evening and at Fajr.
‫لَق َ ْد وَرَد َ الا ِكْ ث َاـر ُ مِن ْه ُ بِلَا ح َ ٍّد‬

ُ ْ‫ص َ ّفحْ كِت َاـبَ ال� ل�ه ِ م َع‬
‫س َن ّة ٍ ت َ ْدرِي‬ َ َ‫ت‬
Doing a lot of it without limit is transmitted;
study the Book of Allah along with the Sunna and you will understand.
‫ل بِذِكْر ِ م َنْ غَد َا‬

ُ ‫و َق َ ْد و َعَد َ الْجل َِي‬
ّ َ ‫لَه ُ ذ َاك ِرًا يَاـ فَوْز َ م َنْ خ‬
ِ ‫ُص ب ِالذِّكْر‬
The Glorious has promised to remember whoever remembers Him –
Oh the victory of someone who is singled out by dhikr!
ُ ‫ْش ع َنْ ذِكْر ِ الاِلَٰه ِ يَكُنْ لَه‬

ُ ‫وَم َنْ يَع‬
ِ ‫سيْر‬
َ ْ‫ن يُفْتِنُ ع َن‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
ِ ‫شيْطَاـ‬ َ ِ ‫قَرِي ٌن م‬
Whoever turns away from dhikr of God has a companion
allotted to him from Shaytan to tempt him from the journey.
ِ ‫فَلَا ي َ ْطم َئ ِ ُ ّن الْق َل ْبُ ِإ َلّا بِذِكْرِه‬

ِ‫ْف الْخل َِيقَة ِ و َالْف َ ْقر‬
ِ ‫خو‬
َ ْ‫ن ع َن‬
َ ُ‫سك‬
ْ َ ‫فَي‬
The heart is only made tranquil by His dhikr,
and it is calmed from fear of creation and poverty.
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10. Stimulation of Desire for the Act of Dhikr
‫َط الا َ ْرز َاقُ ِإ َلّا لم َِنْ غَد َا‬

ُ ‫وَل َا تُبْس‬
ِ ‫ي ُرَدِّدُه ُ ح ََت ّى يُغ ََي ّبَ فِي الْوِتْر‬
ٰ
Provision is only assured for the one who goes forth in the morning
repeating it until he absents himself in the One.
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ ي َ ْذك ُر ُ د َائِم ًاـ‬

ُ ‫و َهَذ َا رَسُو‬
ِ ‫ن يُشَرِّع ُ لِل ْغَيْر‬
ٍ ‫ل أَ حْ ي َاـ‬
ٰ
The Messenger of Allah did dhikr constantly at all times,
laying down the road for others.
ُ ‫ل اذْك ُر ُوا ح ََت ّى يَق ُولُونَ ِإ َن ّه‬ َ ‫و َق َاـ‬

ٰ
ِ ‫ح ْرصًاـ عَلَى الْخيَْر‬ ِ ِ ‫ي ُر َاءِي بِذِكْر ِ ال� ل�ه‬
He said, ‘Do dhikr until they say, “He is showing off
with dhikr of Allah”’ out of eagerness for the blessing.
ِ ‫سك ِر ُوا بِه‬

َ ‫ك بِه ِ فَالقَوْم ُ ق َ ْد‬
ٍ ‫خر‬
ْ ُ ‫ح يَاـلَه ُ م ِنْ ذ‬
َ ‫و َأَ ف ْنَو ْا ف ِيه ِ الا َ ْرو َا‬
You must do it, for the People have become intoxicated by it,
and they have annihilated their spirits in it – what a treasure for them!
‫َت‬
ْ ‫ل قَدِ انْطَو‬
ِ ‫َات الر ِ ّج َا‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫فَك‬
ِ ‫ل مَق َام‬
َ ‫ُب وَذِكْر ِ ال� ل�ه ِ ب ِالْف َ ِم و‬
ِ‫َالصّ ْدر‬ ِّ ‫فِي ح‬
All the stations of the Men are contained
in love and dhikr of Allah with mouth and heart.
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ِ‫ن الْوِ ْرد‬

ِ َ ‫َات ع‬
ِ ‫وَل َا تَكْتَفِي ب ِال ْوَارِد‬
ِّ ‫وَل َا تَطْلُب َ ْن ِإ َلّا رِضَاـه ُ م َ َع ال‬
ِ ‫ستْر‬
Do not be satisfied with lights that descend on the heart from the Wird;
only ask for His approval along with veiling of wrong actions.
ِ ‫ق تَو َ ُجّه‬
ِ ‫َب و َف ِّقْن َاـ ل ِصِ ْد‬
ِّ ‫فَي َاـ ر‬
َ ‫بِ ج َاـه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ق َ ْد جَاـء ب ِالفَت ِْح و‬
ِ ‫َالن ّصْر‬ َ
So, O Lord, give us success in sincere turning to you,
by the rank of the one who brought an opening and a triumph.
‫َات و َس ِ ُرّه َاـ‬

ِ ‫ل ال ْمَوْجُود‬
ُ ْ‫مُحَم ّدٌ أَ ص‬
ّ ِ‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ و َالان َ ْب ِي َاـ ال ْغ ُر‬
ِ ْ‫وَخَاـتِم ُ ر ُس‬
Muhammad is the source and secret of existent beings,
and the seal of the Messengers of Allah and the glorious Prophets.
ٌ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ م َاـ ه َاـم َ ذ َاك ِر‬

ّ َ ‫بِذِكْر ِ مَوْل َاه ُ فِي ال‬
ِ ‫شد َائِدِ و َال ْيُسْر‬
May the blessings of Allah be upon him as long as there is someone
in love with the remembrance of his Lord in times of trial and ease –
‫َف‬
ٍ ‫ل مُقْت‬
‫م ُت َاـبَع َة َ ال ْم ُخْ تَارِ فِي ال َنّهْ ِي و َالا َ ْمر ِ ۝‬
– and on his family and Companions and every follower
who follows the Chosen One in prohibition and command.
140
11. Reflection
‫التفكر‬
ِ‫الصّ ن ِْع فِي ال ْبَر ِّ و َال ْب َحْ ر‬

ُ ‫ل‬ َ ‫تَف َ َك ّر ْ جَم ِي‬
ِ‫َاـت ال� ل�ه ِ فِي الس ِّرِّ و َالْج َ ْهر‬
ِ ‫صف‬ ِ ‫وَج ُلْ فِي‬
Reflect upon the beauty of the way in which both the land and sea are made,
and contemplate the Attributes of Allah openly and secretly.
‫ق أَ ْعظَم ُ شَاـه ِ ٍد‬

ِ ‫س و َالآف َاـ‬ َ ‫و َفِي‬
َ ‫َات ال� ل�ه ِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ م َاـ‬
ِ ‫حصْر‬ ِ ‫عَلَى كَم َاـل‬
ٰ
The greatest evidence of the limitless perfections of Allah
can be found both deep within the self and on the distant horizon.
‫شكْلِه َا‬
َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ ْ‫فَلَو ْ ج ُل ْتَ فِي الاَجْ سَا ِم م َع‬
ِّ‫ن ال ُد ّر‬
َ ِ ‫خي ْطٍ م‬
َ َ ‫و َتَنْظ ِيمِه َاـ تَنْظ ِيم‬
If you were to reflect on physical bodies and their marvellous forms
and how they are arranged with great precision, like a string of pearls;
141
ِ ‫ن و َن ُ ْطقِه‬
ِ ‫وَج ُل ْتَ فِي أَ سْر َارِ اللِّسَاـ‬
َ ‫و َتَعْب ِيرِه ِ ع ََم ّاـ تُك ُِن ّه ُ فِي‬
ِ‫الصّ ْدر‬
and if you were to reflect on the secrets of the tongue and its speech,
and how it articulates and conveys what you conceal in your breast;
ِ ‫وَج ُل ْتَ فِي أَ سْر َارِ الْجَوَار‬

‫ِح ك ُلِّه َاـ‬
ِ ‫ْب م ِنْ غَيْر ِ م َاـ عُسْر‬
ِ ‫و َت َ ْسخِير ِه َاـ لِلْق َل‬
and if you were to reflect on the secrets of all the limbs
and how easily they are subject to the heart’s command;
ٍ ‫وب لِطَاـعَة‬
ِ ُ ‫يب الْق ُل‬
ِ ِ ‫وَج ُل ْتَ فِي تَقْل‬
‫ن لم َِعْصِ يَة ٍ تَسْر ِي‬
ٍ ‫ض أَ حْ ي َاـ‬
ِ ْ‫و َفِي بَع‬
and if you were to reflect on how the hearts are moved to obey Allah
and how sometimes they move to disobedience;
‫ض م َعْ تَن َ ُو ّ ِع نَبْتِه َاـ‬

ٍ ‫وَج ُل ْتَ فِي أَ ْر‬
ِ ‫ن ال َس ّ ْه‬
ِ ‫ل و َالو َ ْعر‬ َ ِ ‫كثْرَة ِ م َاـ ف ِيه َاـ م‬
َ َ‫و‬
and if you were to reflect on the earth and the diversity of its plants
and the great varieties of plains and rugged mountains in it;
‫وَج ُل ْتَ فِي أَ سْر َارِ ال ْبِحَاـرِ وَحُوتِه َاـ‬

ِ‫جز ٌ ق َ ْهر‬
ِ ‫اج لَه َاـ حَاـ‬
ٍ َ ‫كثْرَة ِ أَ مْو‬
َ َ‫و‬
and if you were to reflect on the secrets of the oceans and all their fish,
and their endless waves held back by an unconquerable barrier;
142
11. Reflection
ِ َ ‫وَج ُل ْتَ فِي أَ سْر َارِ الر ِّي‬

‫اـح وَج َلْبِه َاـ‬
ِ‫ن الْق َ ْطر‬
َ ِ‫ت م‬ ٍ ‫ل ِغَي ٍْم و َسُ ح‬
ْ َ ‫ْب ق َ ْد أَ سَاـل‬
and if you were to reflect on the secrets of the many winds
and how they bring the mist, fog and clouds which release the rain;
‫ٰت ك ُلِّه َاـ‬ ّ َ ‫وَج ُل ْتَ فِي أَ سْر َارِ ال‬

ِ َ ‫سمَٰـو‬
ِ ‫ن الا َ ْمر‬ ٍ ‫ي وَر‬
َ ِ ‫ُوح م‬ ّ ٍ ِ ‫ش وَكُر ْس‬
ٍ ‫وَع َ ْر‬
and if you were to reflect on all the secrets of the heavens –
the Throne, the Footstool and the spirit which is Allah’s Affair –
‫صمِّ ِم‬ َ ‫عَقَدْتَ عَلَى‬

َ ُ ‫الت ّوْحِيدِ ع َ ْقد َ م‬
ّ َ ‫ن الاَوْه َاـ ِم و َال‬
ِ ‫شكِ و َال ْغَيْر‬ ِ َ ‫وَح ُل ْتَ ع‬
then you would accept the reality of Tawhid with all your being,
and you would turn away from illusions, uncertainty and otherness;
‫سؤ ْل ِي وَمَطْلَبِي‬ ُ َ‫و َقلُ ْتَ ِإلَٰه ِي أَ ن ْت‬

َ ‫ن الاَسْ وَاء ِ و‬
ِ ‫َالضّ ي ِْم و َال ْمَكْر‬ َ ِ ‫وَحِصْ نِي م‬
and you would say, ‘My God, You are my desire, my goal
and my impregnable fortress against evil, injustice, and deceit.
ِ َ ‫و َأَ ن ْتَ رَجَاـءِي فِي قَضَاـء ِ حَو‬

‫ائج ِي‬
ِّ‫سوء ِ و َال َش ّر‬
ّ ُ ‫ن ال‬
َ ِ ‫و َأَ ن ْتَ ال َ ّذ ِي ت ُ ْنج ِي م‬
‘You are the One I hope will provide for all my needs,
and You are the One Who rescues us from all evil and wickedness.
143
‫ك‬ َ َ‫و َأَ ن ْت‬

ْ ‫الر ّحِيم ُ ال ْمُسْتَجِيبُ لم َِنْ دَع َاـ‬
ِ َ ‫و َأَ ن ْتَ ال َ ّذ ِي تُغْنِي الْفَق ِير َ ع‬
ِ‫ن الْف َ ْقر‬
‘You are the Compassionate, the One Who answers all who call on You.
And You are the One Who frees the needy of their need.
‫ك ر َفَعْتُ يَاـ ر َفِي ُع مَطَاـلِبِي‬ َ ْ ‫ِإلَي‬

ِّ‫ف َعَجِّلْ بِفَت ٍْح يَاـ ِإلَٰه ِي م َ َع الس ِّر‬
‘It is to You, O Exalted, that I have raised all my requests,
so swiftly bring me the Opening along with the Secret, O my God.’
ِ ‫بِ ج َاـه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي يُرْجَى ٰ يَوْم َ ا�ل ْكَر‬

‫ْب و َال ْع َن َاـ‬
ِ ‫ِف الْحَشْر‬
ِ ‫س لِل ْمَو ْق‬ َ ِ‫و َيَوْم َ وُر ُود‬
ِ ‫الن ّاـ‬
By the rank of the one who is hoped for on the day of distress and grief,
and the day when people come to the Place of Gathering,
‫ِف‬ َ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ م َاـ جَاـ‬

ٌ ‫ل ع َاـر‬
ِ‫ل م َ ْظهَر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫َى ك‬
ٰ ‫فِي أَ ن ْوَارِ ذ َاتِه ِ لَد‬
may Allah’s blessings be upon him as long as there is a gnostic
who reflects on the lights of His Essence in every manifestation,
‫ل تَاـب ٍِع‬
‫لِس َُن ّتِه ِ ال ْغ ََر ّاء ِ فِي ال َنّهْ ِي و َالا َ ْمر ِ ۝‬
and upon his family and Companions and everyone who follows
his excellent Sunna in prohibition and command.
144
12. Robe of Nearness
‫حلة التقريب‬
‫ِيب جَم َاـل ًا‬

ِ َ‫كسَاـنَاـ ذِك ْر ُ الْحب‬
َ ‫ق َ ْد‬
‫و َبَه َاـء ً وَرِفْـعَـة ً وَسُـر ُور ًا‬
Remembrance of the Beloved clothed us
in beauty, radiance, exaltation and joy.
َ َ ‫وَخ َلَعْن َاـ ال ْعِذ َار َ عِنْد‬

‫الت ّد َانِي‬
ّ ُ ‫نح‬
‫ِب اف ْتِخَاـر َا‬ ُ ْ‫جهَر ْنَاـ بِم َن‬
َ َ‫و‬
In drawing near we cast aside every restraint
and openly proclaimed the One we love, glorying in Him.
‫ُب‬
ٍّ ‫سق َاـنَاـ الحبَ ِيبُ شَرْبَة َ ح‬
َ َ‫و‬
‫ِيب اضْ ط ِرَار َا‬
ِ َ‫ت سِو َى الْحب‬
ْ َ ‫ق َ ْد أَ ز َال‬
The Beloved gave us a draught of pure love to drink
which forced all but the Beloved to disappear.
145
ٍ ‫ْض ه َب َاـء‬
َ ‫مح‬
َ َ‫و َشَهِدْنَاـ الاَكْ وَان‬
‫جه َاـر َا‬
ِ ‫وَر َأَ ي ْن َاـ الان َ ْوَار َ تَبْد ُو‬
We witnessed beings as pure specks of dust;
we saw the lights appear openly.
‫ق‬
ٍ ‫ق بَعْد َ انْـمِحَاـ‬ ِ ْ ‫جعْن َاـ لِلْخَل‬
َ َ ‫وَر‬
‫و َفَن َاـء ٍ فِي خَم ْرَة ٍ تُعْط ِي نُور َا‬
After having been obliterated and annihilated
in a light-giving wine, we returned to creation.
‫ن الاِلَٰه ِ بَق ِين َاـ‬

َ ِ‫ل م‬
ٍ ْ‫فَبِف َض‬
ّ ُ ‫نح‬
‫ِب اصْ ط ِب َاـر َا‬ ُ ‫وَكَتَمْن َاـ ال َ ّذ ِي‬
By a pure gift from God we were given Baqa,
and so, with patience, we concealed the One we love.
ٍ ‫ك َ ْم نَظَر ْنَاـ فِي سَاـل‬

ٰ ‫ِك فَتَر َقَ ّى‬
َ ‫لم َِق َاـ ِم ال َ ّذ ِي‬
‫ن خَاـضُوا ال ْبِحَاـر َا‬
How often have we looked on a wayfarer who has then risen
to the stations of those who have plunged into the seas!
‫شفَي ْن َاـ الْق ُلُوبَ م َِم ّاـ عَر َاه َاـ‬

َ َ‫و‬
‫ِيف ال ْع ُلُو ِم ذَوْق ًاـ فَطَاـر َا‬
ِ ‫بِلَط‬
We have healed hearts of what had befallen them
through knowledges of subtle taste, and they have soared.
146
‫و َهَمَمْن َاـ ب ِال َش ّيْء ِ س ِ ًرّا فَكَاـنَاـ‬

ّ ُ ‫نح‬
‫ِب اخْ ت ِي َاـر َا‬ ُ ‫و َأَ تَاـنَاـ ال َ ّذ ِي‬
We concerned ourselves with something secretly, so that it came about,
and the One we have chosen to love has come to us.
‫ْب س ِ ًرّا‬
ِ ‫حضْرَة ِ ال ْغَي‬
َ ْ‫وَسَمِعْن َاـ م ِن‬
‫شكُور َا‬
َ ْ‫ُوب عِنْد َنَاـ كُن‬
ٌ ‫مح ْب‬
َ َ‫أَ ن ْت‬
We heard a secret from the presence of the Unseen
‘In Our sight you are beloved so be grateful.’
َ َ ‫و َ ُأذ َِن ّاـ بِسَق ِْي م َنْ جَاـء‬

‫شو ْق ًاـ‬
‫لِلِق َاـنَاـ و َل َ ْم يَكُنْ ذ َا اخْ ت ِب َاـر َا‬
We were granted Idhn to quench the thirst of whoever comes longing
to meet us, and not just researching.
‫و َِإذ َا كَاـن َِت ال ْم َوَاه ِبُ ف َضْ لًا‬

‫ض لَه َاـ وَكُنْ ذ َا اف ْتِق َاـر َا‬ْ ّ ‫فَت َع ََر‬
If gifts are abundant,
expose yourself to them, and be a needy person.
‫و َتَذَل ّلْ ل ِأَ ه ْلِه َاـ ت ُ ْسقَى مِنْه ُ ْم‬

ٰ
‫ْش ع َاـر َا‬ َ ‫تخ‬ َ ‫ب لَه ُ ْم وَل َا‬ ْ ّ ‫و َتَق ََر‬
Humble yourselves to their people – they will satisfy your thirst.
Draw near to them and have no fear of disgrace.
147
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَتَج ََر ّ ْد م ِنْ ك‬

‫ل عِلْم ٍ و َف َ ْه ٍم‬
‫ل ال َ ّذ ِي نَاـلُوه ُ ا�لْكِب َاـر َا‬
َ ‫لِتَن َاـ‬
Strip yourselves of all knowledge and understanding
so that you may obtain what the great have obtained.
‫ل‬ ّ َ ‫مح‬
ِ ‫ِب الْوِصَاـ‬ ُ ‫ْس يَاـ‬ َ ‫ل‬
َ ‫الن ّف‬ ِ ُ ‫و َابْذ‬
‫خ فِي ال َ ّذ ِي ق َ ْد أَ شَاـر َا‬ ّ َ ‫و َات ْب َِع ال‬
َ ْ ‫شي‬
Freely offer up your self, you who desire arrival,
and follow the Shaykh in whatever he indicates.
‫و َاشْهَدِ الْح َقّ ف ِيه ِ ذ َاتًاـ و َقَل ْب ًاـ‬

‫ن ف ِيه ِ تَكُنْ بِه ِ ذ َا ان ْتِصَاـر َا‬
َ ْ ‫و َاف‬
Witness the truth in him, in both your essence and your heart,
annihilate yourself in him; by him you will gain victory.
ٍ ‫ل وَجْه‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ل م ِنْ ك‬ َ ُ ‫فَهْو َ نُور‬
ِ ‫الر ّسُو‬
َ َ ‫وب س ِ ًرّا و‬
‫جهْرَا‬ ّ ُ ‫وَه ْو َ ط‬
ِ ُ ‫ِب الْق ُل‬
He is the light of the Messenger in every aspect,
and the medicine of hearts, both openly and secretly.
‫ظِمَن ْه ُكَث ِير َا‬

ّ ‫ف َاـلحَظَن ْه ُ وَع َـ‬
‫كسَاـر َا‬
ِ ْ ‫و َاذْهَب َ ْن عِنْدَه ُ وَكُنْ ذ َا ان‬
Pay attention to him and show him great esteem.
Go into his presence in a broken condition.
148
‫ل‬ َ ‫وَصَلَاة ٌ عَلَى‬

ٍ ‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ و َءَا‬
‫َاـب وَم َنْ لَه ُ ق َ ْد أَ شَاـر َا‬
ٍ ‫و َِصح‬
Blessings be upon the Prophet and all his family
and Companions and all who direct people to him,
‫ِيب‬
ٍ ‫ل مِسْكٍ وَط‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَسَلَام ٌ بِك‬
‫ل وَرِف ْعَة ٍ ل َا تُج َاـر َا ۝‬
ٍ ‫وَجَم َاـ‬
and peace, fragrant with musk and every scent,
beauty and unrivalled sublimity.
149
13. Qasida Written Before the Prophet
‫وتليها الالمية التي انشأها جتاه‬
‫النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم‬
ٌ ‫حضُور‬
ُ ‫ل‬ َ ِ ‫ضة‬
ِ ‫الر ّسُو‬ َ ‫ن فِي ر َ ْو‬
ُ ْ ‫نح‬
َ
‫ل‬
ِ ‫ن قَب ُو‬
َ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ َ ‫طَاـلِبِينَ الر ِّض َى و‬
ٰ
We are present in the Rawda of the Messenger,
hoping for acceptance and welcome.
ُ ‫جئ ْن َاـ يَاـ خَيْر َ م َنْ ِإلَيْه ِ ال ْمَلَاذ‬

ِ
ِ ‫كسَاـ ٍر وَذِل َ ّة ٍ وَذ ُهُـو‬
‫ل‬ ِ ْ ‫ب ِان‬
We have come, O best of refuges! –
broken, humbled and confused.
ّ َ ُ ‫ل ال� ل�ه َ ف ِين َاـ ك‬

ْ ‫ل عِن َاـيَه‬ ِ َ‫فَاسْ أ‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫ْت الْحلُُو‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْم ُن َى فِي و َق‬
َ ‫لِنَن َاـ‬
ٰ
Ask Allah to show every concern for us,
so that our hopes will be fulfilled at the time debts fall due.
150
ٰ ‫ْس يُضَاـه َى‬

َ ‫ك ق َ ْدر ٌ عَظ ِيم ٌ لَي‬
َ َ‫ل‬
‫ل‬ ّ َ ُ ‫وَرِسَاـلَه ْ تَف ُوقُ ك‬
ِ ‫ل رَسُو‬
You have a vast power which is beyond compare,
and a message greater than every Messenger’s.
ٍ‫ل خَيْر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫أَ ن ْتَ بَاـبُ الاِلَٰه ِ فِي ك‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫م َنْ أَ تَى ٰ ف َاـز َ ب ِالر ِّض َى و َال ْوُصُو‬
ٰ
You are the door to God in every good thing,
whoever comes to you gains acceptance and union.
ّ ُ ُ‫ك‬
‫ل سِرٍّ فِي الان َ ْب ِي َاـ ق َ ْد أَ تَاـه ُ ْم‬
ِ ‫م ِنْ عُلَاك ُ ْم م ُؤ ََي ّد ًا بنُِق ُو‬
‫ل‬
Every secret which came to the Prophets
is from your sublimity, confirmed through transmission.
‫ق َ ْد تَش َ َ �فّعْتُ فِي ُأم ُورِي ِإل َاهِي‬

ِ ‫ب َِالن ّب ِ ِيّ ال ْمُشَ َ ّف ِع ال ْمَقْب ُو‬
‫ل‬
I have looked to the Prophet to intercede with God in my affair,
for he is the accepted intercessor.
ّ ُ ُ‫ك‬
‫ل م َنْ ح َ َّط رَحْلَه ُ ب ِكَر ِي ٍم‬
‫ل‬ ّ ُ ‫ل ال‬
ِ ‫سو‬ ّ َ ُ ‫ل أَ ق ْص َى ال ْم ُن َى وَك‬
َ ‫نَاـ‬
ٰ
All of those whose journey ends at the house of a generous host,
get everything they ask for, even their most extreme wish.
151
‫ْت‬
ٍ ‫ل و َق‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ق َ ْد شَكَر ْنَاـ الاِلَٰه َ فِي ك‬
ِ ‫حي ْثُ م ََنّ ب ِز َ ْورَة ٍ ل َِر ّسُو‬
‫ل‬ َ
We have given thanks to God for every time that He
has given us the gift of a visit to the Messenger –
ٍ ‫ل م َنْ فِي بَق‬

‫ِيع‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫وَكَذَٰك َ لِك‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْبَت ُو‬
ُ ‫َاـب كَذَٰك َ ن َ ْس‬
ٍ ‫صح‬ ِ ْ‫م ِن‬
and a visit to the Companions
and the offspring of Fāṭimah Batul in Baqi‘;
‫ْت‬
ٍ ‫ْج و َبِن‬
ٍ ‫ل زَو‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَكَذَٰك َ لِك‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫و َاب ْ ِن مُنْجِي الان ََاـ ِم يَوْم َ الْحلُُو‬
and a visit to every wife, daughter and son of the
deliverer of mankind on the day debts fall due;
‫ل م َنْ فِي ُأح ُ ٍد‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫وَكَذَٰك َ لِك‬
‫ل‬ َ ‫م ِنْ شَه ِي ٍد كَذَٰك َ ع َ ُ ّم‬
and a visit to every Shahid in Uḥud,
and the uncle of the Messenger.
ّ َ ‫ق َ ْد طَلَب ْن َاـ بِه ِ ْم تَم َاـم َ ال‬

ْ ‫سلَامَه‬
ِ ‫فِي مَسِيرٍ ل ِأَ ْرضِن َاـ و َال ُد ّخُو‬
‫ل‬
We have sought, by them, perfect safety for us on our
homeward journey and on our arrival.
152
ٍ‫حشْر‬ َ ‫وَطَلَب ْن َاـ‬

َ ‫الن ّجَاـة َ فِي يَو ْ ِم‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫جه ُو‬
َ ‫ل ف ّ ٍَظ‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَسَلَام ًاـ م ِنْ ك‬
We have sought rescue on the Day of Gathering
and safety from every ignorant, coarse person.
‫ل‬ َ ‫ل عَلَى‬
ٍ ‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ و َءَا‬ ِّ ‫ص‬
َ ‫َب‬
ِّ ‫ر‬
ِ ‫َاـب و َتَاـب ٍِع بِشُم ُو‬
‫ل ۝‬ ٍ ‫و َِصح‬
Our Lord, bless the Prophet and his family
and Companions and all the followers.
153
14. Withdrawal into the
Perception of the Essence
‫الغيبة في شهود الذات‬
‫ِيب‬
ِ َ‫ق َ ْد بَد َا وَجْه ُ الْحب‬
ْ ‫حر‬ ّ َ ‫ْت ال‬
َ ‫س‬ ِ ‫ح فِي و َق‬
َ ‫ل َا‬
The Face of the Beloved appeared
and shone in the pre-dawn.
‫نُـورُه ُ قـَ ْد ع َـ َ ّم قَـلْـبِي‬

‫كسَاـــ ْر‬
ِ ‫فـَسَـجَـدْتُ ب ِاـنْـ‬
His light pervaded my heart,
so I prostrated myself in awe.
‫ل ل ِي ارْف َعْ و َاسْ أَ لَـن ِ ّي‬

َ ‫ق َاـ‬
ّ ُ ‫فَـلـَكُـ ْم كُـ‬
ْ ‫ل وَطَـــر‬
He said to me, ‘Rise! – ask of Me!
You will have whatever you desire.’
154
14. Withdrawal into the Perception of the Essence
‫سبِي‬
ْ ‫ح‬
َ َ‫قلُ ْتُ أَ ن ْتَ أَ ن ْت‬
‫ك اصْ ط ِب َاـ ْر‬
َ ْ ‫ْس ل ِي عَن‬
َ ‫لَي‬
I replied, ‘You. You are enough for me!
Away from You I cannot live!’
‫َى‬
ٰ ‫ك بُشْر‬
َ َ ‫ل عَبْدِي ل‬
َ ‫ق َاـ‬
َ ‫فَـتَـنـَ َع ّـ ْم ب‬
ْ ‫ِاـلــن ّـــظَــــر‬
He said, ‘My slave, there is good news for you,
so enjoy the vision.
‫كنْز ٌ ل ِع ِب َاـدِي‬
َ َ‫أَ ن ْت‬
ْ‫أَ ن ْتَ ذِك ْر َٰى لِل ْب َشَر‬
‘You are a treasure for My slaves
and you are a reminder for mankind.
‫ل‬
ٍ ‫ن وَجَم َاـ‬
ٍ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬ ّ ُ ُ‫ك‬
ُ ‫ل‬
ْ‫َى م ِن ِ ّي ان ْت َشَر‬
ٰ ‫فِي ال ْوَر‬
‘Every good and every beauty in mankind
has spread from Me.
‫َاـف ذ َاتِي‬
ُ ‫بَطَن َْت أَ ْوص‬
ْ ّ ‫و َتـَج ََـل‬
ْ ‫ــت فِي الاث ََـــر‬
‘The Attributes of My Essence were hidden,
and they manifested themselves in creation.
155
‫ن‬ َ ‫ِإ َن ّمَاــ الْــ‬

ٍ ‫كوْنُ مَــع َاــ‬
ُ ‫َاـت ب‬
‫ِاـلص� ّـو َ ْر‬ ٌ ‫قَاــــئِم‬
‘Created beings are only meanings
projected in forms.
ّ ُ ُ‫ك‬
‫ل م َـنْ يـ ُ ْدرِك ُ ه َٰذ َا‬
ْ ‫ل ال ْع ِبَـــر‬
ِ ْ ‫كَاـنَ م ِنْ أَ ه‬
‘All who grasp this
are among the people of discrimination.
ٍ ْ ‫ل َ ْم يَذ ُْق ل َذ ّة َ عَي‬

‫ش‬
ْ ‫اَل ّــذِي ع ََن ّاـ انْ حَصَـــر‬
‘The one who is prevented from reaching Us
has not tasted the sweetness of life.’
ْ‫ل عَلَى م َن‬ ِّ ‫ص‬ َ ‫ر َ َب ّن َاـ‬

ٰ
ْ‫نُورُه ُ ع َ َ ّم ال ْب َشَر‬
O Lord, bless the one whose light has spread
through all mankind,
‫اب‬
ٍ َ ‫صح‬
ِ ‫ل م َ َع‬
ٍ ‫و َءَا‬
‫ح نُور ُ الْقَمَر ْ ۝‬
َ ‫م َا ل َا‬
and the family and Companions
as long as the light of the moon shines.
156
15. The Qualities of Muhammad
‫وتليه المية‬
‫الشمائل‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ظ ِل‬
ّ ‫مُحَم ّدٌ مَنْشَؤ ُ الان َ ْوَارِ و َال‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫حضْرَة ِ الاَز‬
َ ْ‫ل ت َ ْكوِ ينِه َاـ م ِن‬
ُ ْ‫و َأَ ص‬
Muhammad is the fountain-head of lights and darkness and
the source of their emergence from the presence of before-time.
‫ل الان َ ْوَارِ لَم ّاـ ق َض َى‬ُ ‫فَن ُورُه ُ أَ َ ّو‬

ٰ
ِ ‫ِإظْ ه َاـر َ أَ سْم َاـئِه ِ فِي ال ْع َاـل َِم الا َ ّو‬
‫ل‬
His light was the first of lights when He determined
the manifestation of His Names in the first world.
‫َت سَاـئ ِر ُ الاَشْ يَاء ِ ِإيجَاد َه َا‬

ْ ‫مِن ْه ُ اكْ تَس‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫وَمِن ْه ُ ِإ ْمد َاد ُه َاـ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ م َاـ خ َل‬
From him all things were clothed in their origination in existence,
and their continuance comes from him without interruption.
157
‫ل مِن ْه ُكَم َاـ‬ ُ ‫تَق َاـطَر َ الان َ ْب ِي َاـ و‬

ُ ْ‫َالر ّس‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ُ ‫ك و َالْحل‬
ِ ‫تَق َاـطَر َْت سَاـئ ِر ُ الاَمْلَا‬
The Prophets and Messengers have come from him one by one,
as well as all the angels and all the creatures.
ِ ‫َاـب م ِنْ نُورِه‬

ِ ‫فَنِسْب َة ُ الْخَت ِْم و َالاَقْط‬
‫ل‬ ُ ِ‫كَن ُ ْقطَة ٍ م ِنْ بُح ُور‬
ِ َ ‫الن ّورِ و َال ْبَل‬
The relationship of the Seal and the Poles to his light
is that of a drop to oceans of light and refreshment.
‫َت‬
ْ ‫َالن ّجُوم ُ مِن ْه ُ بَد‬ ُ ‫ْس و َال ْب َ ْدر ُ و‬
ُ ‫شم‬ ّ َ ‫و َال‬
‫ل‬ ّ ِ ِ ‫َالل ّو ِْح و َا�ل ْكُر ْس‬
ِ َ ‫ي و َال ُد ّو‬ َ ‫شو‬ ِ ْ ‫ك َال ْعَر‬
The sun, moon and stars have appeared from him,
as have the Throne, Tablet, Footstool, and the dynasties.
ُ ِ‫فَشَاـهِد‬
‫الن ّور َ ق َ ْد ع َ َ ّم ال ْوُجُود َ وَل َا‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫َى غَيْرَه ُ تَصِ لْ عَلَى عَج‬
ٰ ‫تَكُنْ ت َر‬
ٰ
Witness the light which has spread through existence
and do not see other-than-it, and you will soon arrive.
ِ ‫ل ِأَ َن ّه ُ ال ْم َ ْظه َر ُ الاَع ْلَى ل ِأَ سْم َاـئِه‬

ٰ
ِ َ ‫و َس ِ ُر ّ أَ ْوصَاـفِه ِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ م َاـ ع ِل‬
‫ل‬
For he is the highest manifestation of Allah’s Names
and the perfect unfaulted secret of His Attributes.
158
‫فَال� ل�ه ُ ِإخْ ت َاـرَه ُ فِي ع ِل ْمِه ِ الْقَدِي ِم‬

‫ل‬ ُ ّ ‫ق أَ ْرسَلَه ُ ط ًُر ّا وَل ِ ُلر‬
ِ ‫س‬ ِ ْ ‫لِلْخَل‬
Allah chose him in His timeless knowledge
and sent him to all of creation and to the other Messengers.
ِ ‫َى بِه ِ ال� ل�ه ُ لَي ْلًا بَعْد َ مَب ْع َثِه‬

ٰ ‫أَ سْر‬
ِ َ ‫َاـب قَوْسَيْنِ ح ََت ّى ف َاـز َ ب ِالاَم‬
‫ل‬ ِ ‫لِق‬
ٰ
After sending him as a Messenger, Allah conveyed him one night
to the distance of two bow-spans until he achieved his desire.
ٰ ‫و َاسْ تَب ْشَر َ ال ْع َاـلَم ُ ال ْع ُلْو ُِيّ لَم ّاـ ر َقَى‬

‫ل‬ َ ّ‫و َال ْعَر ُْش ق َ ْد ح ََص‬
ِ َ ‫ل الاَم َاـنَ م ِنْ وَج‬
The higher world rejoiced when he ascended,
and the Throne gave him security from fear.
‫و َاخْتَر َقَ الْ حجُ ْبَ و َالان َ ْوَار َ ح ََت ّى د َنَاـ‬

ٰ
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫و َنُودِيَ ا ْدنُ حَب ِيبِي و َاسْ كُنْ م ِنْ خَ ج‬
He passed through the veils and lights until he drew near,
and he was summoned, ‘Draw near, Beloved, and set aside your shyness.’
‫وَم َت ّ ِِع ال َ ّلح َْظ فِي أَ ن ْوَارِنَاـ و َاطْ لُب َ ْن‬

‫ل‬ َ ‫ل ال َ ّذ ِي شِئ ْت َه ُ تُع‬
ِ َ ‫ْط بِلَا م َل‬ ّ َ ُ‫ك‬
‘Rejoice in the sight of Our lights and demand all you want
and it will be given to you without delay.’
159
ٍ ‫ل مَك ْرُمَة‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫ج َع ال ْم ُصْ طَفَى بِك‬ِ ‫ف َُأ ْر‬

ٰ
‫ل‬
ِ ُ ‫سب‬ ّ ُ ‫اـس ب ِالاَقْصَاـ و َب ِال‬ َ ّ ‫الن‬ َ َ ‫و َأَ خْبَر‬
Then the Chosen One was returned with every noble quality
and he informed the people about al-Aqsa and the roads to it.
ٍ ‫ل مُعْضِ لَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫فلَُذْ بِه ِ يَاـ أَ خِي فِي ك‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ‫س ك َال ْعَس‬ َ َ‫ك بَيْن‬
ِ ‫الن ّاـ‬ َ ُ ‫يَضْ حَى حَدِيث‬
ٰ
Take refuge with him in every dilemma, O my brother,
and your speech among the people will become like honey.
‫شِي َ ِم‬
ّ ‫ق و َال‬ ّ َ ‫وَلَذِّذِ ال‬
ِ ‫س ْم َع ب ِالاَخْلَا‬
‫ل‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ َ ‫الز ّل‬ َ ِ ‫و َاذْكُر ْ شَم َاـئِلَه ُ و َاحْذ َ ْر م‬
Delight in hearing of his good character and qualities,
and evoke his virtues, and remain on guard against mistakes.
ِ ‫ت عَلَى يَدِه‬ ْ َ ‫فَك َ ْم خَوَارِقَ ق َ ْد جَاـء‬

ٰ
‫ل‬
ِ َ ِ ‫ساـدِ و َالْمل‬ ّ َ ُ ‫فأَ َ عْجَز َْت سَاـئ ِر َ الْح‬
How many miracles have come from his hand,
leaving the envious and all other religions powerless!
‫ق لَه ُ َظه َرَا‬ ّ َ ‫و َِإ‬

ٍ ِ‫ن أَ ْعظَم َ خَاـر‬
ِ َ ‫ه َٰذ َا الْكِتَابُ ال َ ّذ ِي ق َ ْد ج َاء َ ب ِال ْعَم‬
‫ل‬
The greatest of the miracles which were manifested for him
is this Book which brought us action.
160
‫ل جَاـرِح َة ٍ مِن ْه ُ ف َوَائِد ُ ل َا‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫فِي ك‬
ِ َ ‫يح ْصِ يه َاـ ع َ ّد ٌ وَل َا ت ُ ْدرِكْ ه َاـ ب ِال ْمُق‬
‫ل‬ ُ
In every act from it there are innumerable benefits,
which are not perceptible to the eyes.
‫َاـط كِت َاـبُ ال� ل�ه ِ مِنْه َاـ بِم َاـ‬

َ ‫و َق َ ْد أَ ح‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ْب م ِنْ ع ِل‬
ِ ‫سق ِِيم الق َل‬ ّ َ ُ ‫يُبْر ِء ُ ك‬
َ ‫ل‬
The Book of Allah contains some of these benefits
by which every one who is sick of heart is healed of his sickness.
‫ْس ي َ ْقدُر ُ ق َ ْدرَه ُ ال ْعَظ ِيم َ ف َت ًى‬

‫ل‬ ّ ُ ‫ن ال‬
ِ ُ ‫سب‬ ِ َ‫حه ِ م ِنْ أَ حْ س‬
ِ ‫فَال ْع َجْ ز ُ ع َنْ م َ ْد‬
No hero is capable of attaining his mighty rank,
so the inability to praise him is the best of ways.
ِ َ ‫و َق َ ْد تَش َبّه ْتُ فِي م َ ْدحِي و‬

ٰ ‫جئ ْتُ ِإلَى‬
‫شفِع ًاـ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ت َ ْشف َ ُع ل ِي‬
ْ َ ‫رُحْم َاـك َ مُسْت‬
I have copied you in my praise and I have come to your compassion
seeking intercession with Allah, so intercede on my behalf!
ً ‫ق عِنْد َ ال� ل�ه ِ مَنْز ِلَة‬

ِ ْ ‫يَاـ أَ ْعظَم َ الْخَل‬
‫ا ِ ْعط ِْف عَلَي ْن َاـ بِم َاـ نَرْجُوه ُ يَاـ أَ م َل ِي‬
O greatest of creation with Allah in rank,
be kind to us with what we hope for, O my desire!
161
ُ ‫يخْدُم ُه‬
َ ُ‫كوْن‬
َ ْ ‫ك يَضْ حَى ا�ل‬
َ ِ ‫يح ْتَمِي ب‬
َ ْ‫م َن‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ك يَاـ مُم ِ َ ّد ك‬
‫ل و َل ِي‬ َ ِ ‫ل جَاـه‬
ِ ْ‫ل ِأَ ج‬
By your rank, created beings serve whoever
seeks shelter with you, O Protector of every Wali.
‫ك احْ تَمَي ْتُ فَلَا تَكِلْنِي يَاـ سَنَدِي‬

َ ِ‫ب‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ َ ‫ن الْخل‬
َ ِ ‫س و َاجْبُرْنَاـ م‬ ِ ‫ل ِ َلن ّ ْف‬
ِ ْ ‫س و َالْجِن‬
O my support! I have sought shelter with you,
so do not leave me to my self and my humanness, but mend our faults.
ُ ‫ق عَبْدٌ أَ ن ْتَ نَاـصِرُه‬

ُ ‫ح‬
َ ْ ُ‫ْس يل‬
‫ل‬ ِ ‫فأَ َ ن ْتَ ل ِي عُمْدَة ٌ فِي ال َس ّ ْه‬
ِ َ َ‫ل و َالْجب‬
Nothing befalls the slave if you are his helper.
You are my staff on the level land and on the mountains.
‫و َق َ ْد تَحَي ّرْتُ فِي أَ ْمر ِي فَخ ُ ْذ بيَِدِي‬

َ ّ ‫فَلَا تَح َُو‬
ِ ‫ل ل ِي ع َنْ نُورِك َ الا َ ّو‬
‫ل‬
I have become confused about myself, so take me by the hand.
For me there is no turning away from your first light.
‫ش م َاـ َظه َر َْت‬ ِ ْ ‫ك ِإلَٰه ُ ال ْعَر‬ َ ْ ‫صَلَ ّى عَلَي‬

ٰ
‫ل‬ ِ
ِ ‫ْس الْحَق ِيقَة ِ ب ِالاَسْم َاـء و َالْف ِع َاـ‬ ُ ‫شَم‬
May the God of the Throne bless you as long
as the sun of the reality is manifested by the Names and the Acts.
162
‫صح َاـبُ م َاـ نَبَت َْت‬

ْ َ ‫ك و َالا‬
َ ُ ‫كَذَٰك َ ءَال‬
‫ل‬ ّ َ ‫ت ال‬
ِ َ َ‫سم َاـء ُ م ِنْ بل‬ ِ ّ ‫ْب وَم َاـ سَ َح‬
ٌ ‫عُش‬
As well as your family and Companions as long as the grass grows
and the sky pours down abundant rain.
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ ك ُلِّه ِ ِم‬ ِ ‫ث َُم ّ الر ِّض َى ع َنْ رِجَاـ‬

ٰ
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ل ع َنْ م َث‬ ّ ُ َ ‫كوْنُ م َنْ يُج‬
َ ْ ‫ح ا�ل‬َ ّ ‫م َاـ س ََب‬
Then I ask for Your good pleasure for all the Men of Allah
as long as beings glorify the One Who is above identification with forms.
‫َات أَ جْم َعَه َاـ‬

ِ ‫و َابْس ُْط لِإخْ وَاننِ َاـ الْخيَْر‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫َى وَل َا تَكِل ْن َاـ لِل ْعَم‬ ْ ‫دُن ْي ًاـ و َ ُأ‬
ٰ ‫خر‬
And unfold all blessings on our brothers, in this world and the next,
and do not leave us to our actions.
ِ ّ ‫الز ّ َل‬
‫ات أَ جْم َعَه َاـ‬ َ ‫و َا ْغفِر ْ ل ِوَالِد ِين َاـ‬
‫ك يَاـ أَ ز َل ِي ۝‬
َ ْ ‫ل مِن‬
ٍ ْ‫و َال ْمُسْل ِمِينَ بِف َض‬
Forgive our parents all their mistakes, and the Muslims,
by an outpouring from You – O Before-endless-time!
163
16. Forgiveness
‫وتليها المية‬
‫االستغفار‬
ّ َ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ ِإ‬

‫ن ال� ل�ه َ ذ ُو ك َر َ ٍم‬
ِ َ ‫وَرَحْمَة ٍ ل َلِ ّذ ِي ق َ ْد تَاـبَ م ِنْ زَل‬
‫ل‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah! Allah possesses generosity
and mercy for the one who turns away from his error.
‫ل‬ٍ َ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ ذَن ٍْب وَم ِنْ زَل‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫خطَاـيَاـ وَم ِنْ وَه ْ ٍم وَم ِنْ أَ م‬ َ ْ‫وَم ِن‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for wrong actions and mistakes,
and for my errors, delusion and wishful thinking.
‫حسَ ٍد‬ َ ْ‫كبْرٍ وَم ِن‬ ِ ْ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِن‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ل ب ِال ْعَم‬ ِ ْ ‫وَم ِنْ رِ يَاـء ٍ ل ِأَ ه‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْم َاـ‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for any pride and envy,
and for hypocritical behaviour towards the rich.
164
16. Forgiveness
ٍ ‫َن قَب‬
‫ِيح بَد َا‬ ٍ ّ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ ظ‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ُ ‫س عُج ْب ًاـ مِنْه َاـ ب ِالْحل‬
ِ ‫الن ّ ْف‬َ ِ ‫م ِنْ ر ُ ْؤ يَة‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for ugly thoughts which
emerge from seeing the self and admiring its form.
‫ح ْق ٍد وَم َاـ‬
ِ َ‫ل و‬
ٍ ّ ِ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ غ‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ِف الاَعْم َاـرِ م ِنْ ع ِل‬ ِ ‫أَ ضْ مَر ْتُ فِي سَاـل‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for all malice and spite
and for the faults I concealed in my earlier years.
ٍ ‫حشَة‬
ِ ‫ق بِف َاـ‬ ٍ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ ن ُ ْط‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ُوت ع َنْ غِيبَة ٍ وَع َنْ خ َل‬ ٍ ‫سك‬ ُ ْ‫وَم ِن‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for saying dreadful things
and for being silent in the face of slander and injury to others.
‫ِب‬
ٍ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ ز ُو ٍر وَم ِنْ كَذ‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ‫كس‬َ ْ ‫ْس لِ�ل‬ َ ّ ‫وَم ِنْ غُر ُو ٍر يَج ُُر‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for dishonesty and lying
and for self-delusion which leads the self to indolence.
ٍ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ ذَن ٍْب بِ ج َاـرِحَة‬

‫س م ِنْ ق ِبَل ِي‬ِ ‫ق أَ ت َْت ل ِ َلن ّاـ‬ٍ ‫حق ُو‬ ُ ْ‫وَم ِن‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for wrong actions done with the limbs,
and for rights owed to people.
165
ِ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ عِلْم ٍ أَ زِ ي ُغ بِه‬

‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ن الصِّر َاطِ الْقَوِي ِم ال ْم ُ ْفض ِي لِل ْوَج‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for any knowledge by which I deviate
from the straight path that leads to fear.
ِ ‫ل بِه‬ ُ ‫ل أَ صُو‬ٍ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ حَاـ‬

‫ل‬
ِ َ َ‫ْف و َالْ خج‬ ٰ ّ‫وَم ِنْ مَق َاـ ٍم أَ َد‬
ِ ‫ى لِلْخَو‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for any state which I rush into,
and for any station that leads to fear and confusion.
ٍ ‫ل بِلَا ن َيِ ّة‬

ٍ ْ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ فِع‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ْب ع َنْ عَج‬ ِ ‫ل أَ تَى ٰ لِلْق َل‬
ٍ ‫وَم ِنْ ذ ُه ُو‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for any act done without intention
and for distraction which quickly overwhelms the heart.
ْ‫ل وَم ِن‬

ِ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ دَعْو َى الْحلُُو‬
ِ َ‫ى ل ِ َلز ّي ِْغ و َالْفَش‬
‫ل‬ ٰ ّ‫اتح َاـ ٍد أَ َد‬
ّ ِ ‫دَعْو َى‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for claiming incarnation
and for claiming fusion, as these claims lead to deviation and failure.
ْ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ دَعْو َى ال ْوُجُودِ وَم ِن‬

ِ َ ‫ات شَيْء ٍ سِو َى ال ْمَوْجُودِ فِي الاَز‬
‫ل‬ ِ َ ‫ِإث ْب‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for claiming existence,
and for affirming anything other than the Existent in before-time.
166
16. Forgiveness
‫ت‬ ْ َ َ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ عَق َاـئ ِ ٍد طَرأ‬

‫ل‬
ِ ‫س‬ ُ ‫ج ال ْم ُخْ تَارِ و‬
ُ ّ ‫َالر‬ َ ‫َت مِنْه َاـ‬ ْ ‫ق َ ْد خَاـلَف‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for beliefs that occur which are
contrary to the path of the Chosen One and the Messengers.
ٍ ‫سفَه‬ َ ْ‫ل وَم ِن‬ ٍ ‫ج ْه‬

َ ْ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِن‬
‫ل‬ ِ ‫وَم ِنْ فُت ُو ٍر أَ تَى ٰ ل ِ َلن ّ ْف‬
ِ َ ‫س ع َنْ م َل‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for ignorance and folly
and for the languor that comes to the self from boredom.
ِ ‫ل بِه‬ُ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِنْ فِكْر ٍ أَ جُو‬

‫ل‬ ّ ُ ‫َى فِي ال ْع ُلْو ِي و َال‬
ِ ُ ‫سف‬ ٰ ‫بِلَا اعْت ِب َاـ ٍر جَر‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah for any thought, be it high or low,
that has occupied me without taking a reminder from it.
ْ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م ِ ْقد َار َ ال ْع َوَال ِ ِم م ِن‬

ِ َ ‫ش و َلَو ٍْح و َعُمْرِ سَاـئِر ِ ال ُد ّو‬
‫ل‬ ٍ ‫ع َ ْر‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah by the measure of the worlds of the Throne,
the Tablet of forms and the duration of every dynasty.
ْ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ و َ َه ّاـبَ ال ْعَطَاـيَاـ لم َِن‬

‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ل وَل َا حِي‬ َ ‫قَدِ َات ّق َاـه ُ بِلَا‬
ٍ ْ ‫حو‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah, the Ceaseless Giver of gifts to all
who fear Him, being themselves unreservedly powerless.
167
ِ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ مُعْط ِي م َنْ يَلُوذ ُ بِه‬

‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ق ال ْعِلْم ِ و َالن ِّح‬
ِ ‫م َع َاـرِف ًاـ بِط ُر ُو‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah Who grants gnoses in the paths of knowledge
and gifts, to whoever takes refuge with Him.
ْ‫ق م ِن‬
ِ ِ ‫ن الْخلََائ‬
َ َٰ ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ رَحْم‬
‫ل ع َاـل ِي‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ك وَك‬
ٍ ‫ْس و َأَ مْلَا‬
ٍ ‫ِن و َِإن‬
ٍّ ‫ج‬
I ask forgiveness of Allah Who has compassion on all creatures:
jinn, men, angels, and every exalted one.
‫َب ب ِأَ حْمَد َ كُنْ ل ِأَ ْمر ِنَاـ و َل ًِي ّاـ‬ ِّ ‫ر‬
‫ل‬
ِ ُ ‫سب‬ ِ ِ‫شدًا لِات ّب‬
ّ ُ ‫َاـع أَ ق ْو َ ِم ال‬ ِ ‫وَم ُ ْر‬
My Lord, by Ahmad, be the Master of our affair
and the Guide in following the straightest of paths.
ْ َ ‫عَلَيْه ِ أَ ْزكَى ٰ صَلَاة ِ ال� ل�ه ِ م َاـ هَطَل‬

‫ت‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ َ‫ض م ِنْ بل‬
ِ ‫َى فِي الا َ ْر‬
ٰ ‫ْث وَم َا ق َ ْد سَر‬
ٌ ‫غَي‬
May the purest of Allah’s blessings be upon him
as long as rain pours down and waters flow in the earth.
َ ‫كَذَٰك َ آل ُك و‬
ْ‫َالصّ حْ بُ ا�لْك ِرَام ُ وَم َن‬
‫ق وَو َل ِي ۝‬
ٍ ّ ‫قَدِ اق ْتَفَى ِإث ْر َه ُ ْم م ِنْ م َُت‬
ٰ
And upon your family and noble Companions and all
who follow in their footsteps who have fear of Allah, and every Wali.
168
17. Departure of Illusion
‫تليها المية‬
‫ارحتال الوهم‬
ْ‫كَاـنَ ل ِي وَهْمٌ فَل َم ّاـ أَ ْن رَح َل‬

ْ‫َف الْق َل ْبُ عَلَى نُورِ الاَز َل‬
َ ‫أَ شْر‬
ٰ
I had an illusion. When it departed,
the heart looked upon the light of before-time.
ِ ‫شو ْقَ ال َ ّذ ِي طَاـر َ بِه‬

ّ َ ‫رَكِبَ ال‬
ْ‫فَد َنَاـ م ِنْ حِبِّه ِ ح ََت ّى َات ّصَــل‬
It rode on longing, which flew with it,
so the heart drew near to its Beloved until it was united.
‫كوْنَ خَي َاـل ًا ز َائِلًا‬

َ ْ ‫شَاـهَد َ ا�ل‬
ْ‫و َانْمحَ َى رَسْم ُ ال ْوُجُودِ و َأَ فَـــل‬
ٰ
It saw created beings as an imagination that faded,
and the form of existence was obliterated and vanished.
169
‫ث َُم ّ ر ُ َدّ لِل ْبَق َاـــء ِ مُث ْب ِتًاــ‬

ْ‫ن ال َ ّذ ِي عَن ْه ُ ان ْع َز َل‬
ِ ْ ‫كو‬
َ ْ ‫جَم ِي َع ا�ل‬
Then if was returned to going-on, confirming
all the beings from which it had withdrawn.
ِ ‫الض َ ّدي ْ ِن فِي مَشْهَدِه‬

ِّ ‫جَم َ َع‬
ْ‫و َ َحّد َ ال� ل�ه َ و َق َاـم َ ب ِاـل ْعَـمَــل‬
It joined the two opposites in witnessing Him;
it unified Allah and took on action.
‫سوِ ًي ّاـ‬
َ ‫حَاـز َ س ِ ًر ّا وَصِر َاطًاـ‬
ْ‫ل الْكَمَاـــل‬ ََّ‫ق‬
ِ ْ ‫ل م َنْ ذ َاق َه ُ م ِنْ أَ ه‬
It gained a secret and a level path;
how few of the people of perfection taste it.
ُ ‫ل عَلَى‬
‫الن ّورِ ال َ ّذ ِي‬ َ ‫ر َ َب ّن َاـ‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
ّ ُ ُ‫ك‬
ْ‫ل عَب ْ ٍد أَ َمّه ُ حَاـز َ الاَمَــل‬
Our Lord, bless the light.
Every slave who reaches him gains his desire.
‫ل ال ُنّهَ ى‬
ُ ْ ‫ْض ع َنْ ءَالِه ِ ه ُ ْم أَ ه‬
َ ‫و َار‬
ٰ
‫ْب و َبَد َلْ ۝‬ ٍ ‫َاـب م َ َع قُط‬ٍ ‫و َِصح‬
Be pleased with his family, they are the people of understanding;
and the Companions, the Qutb and the Abdal.
170
18. Eyewitnessing
‫وتليه نونية‬
‫الشهود والعيان‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫حضْرَة َ ال ْع ِي َاـ‬
َ ‫يَاـ م َنْ يُر ِ ْد‬
‫وح و َالاَو َانِي‬ ِ ّ ‫الر‬
ُ ‫ن‬ ِ َ ‫ِإرْقَ ع‬
O you who desire the presence of eyewitnessing,
ascend and rise above the spirit and the forms.
ُ ‫و َال ْعَدَم َ الاَصْ ل ِ َيّ ال ْزَمَن ْه‬

‫وَكُنْ ك َأَ ْن ل َ ْم تَكُنْ يَاـ ف َاـنِي‬
And you must cling to the original void –
and be as if you were not, O annihilated!
‫ح ً ّقاـ‬
َ ‫َى ب ِسِرٍّ وُجُود ًا‬
ٰ ‫ت َر‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ل ءَا‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫َت م َع َاـنيِه ْ فِي ك‬
ْ ‫سَر‬
Indeed you will see existence truly
by a secret whose meanings have spread in every age.
171
ٌ ‫ل شَيْء‬
ِ ْ‫فَل َ ْم يُع َ ّدِ ْد ذ َا الْفِع‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ل و َا�لْكِي َاـ‬
ِ ْ‫م ِنْ صُوَرِ الْفِع‬
None of the many images of action and entity
multiply the Actor in any way.
‫ن‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫فَم َنْ ت َر َقَ ّى ٰ ع َنْ ك‬

ٍ ‫ل ف َاـ‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ر َءَا وُجُود ًا ب ِغَيْر ِ ثَاـ‬
So whoever rises above every vanishing thing
will see existence without any second.
‫يَاـ فَوْز َ م َنْ ق َ ْد غَد َا يُش َاـه ِ ْد‬

‫ر ًَب ّاـ عَط ُوف ًاـ ح َلِيم ًاـ د َانِي‬
Oh the victory of one who has come to witness
a Lord Who is compassionate, forbearing and near.
‫ل م َنْ ق َ ْد أَ تَى ٰ فَق ِير ًا‬

ُ َ ‫يَقْب‬
ّ ُ ‫ق َ ْد تَابَ م ِنْ حَاـلِه ِ ال‬
‫ظل ْم َاـنِي‬
He accepts whoever comes in need,
who has turned away from his own dark state.
ِ ‫فَتَو ْبَة ُ ال ْعَبْدِ تَصْ طَف ِيه‬

َ ‫بو‬
‫َالت ّد َانِي‬ ِّ ُ ‫لِ حَضْرَة ِ الْح‬
The slave’s turning away from wrong action
purifies him for the presence of love and drawing-near.
172
18. Eyewitnessing
‫ل‬
ٍ ْ‫وَذِك ْرُه ُ م َعْ شُه ُودِ ف َض‬
ُ َ ‫ل ال ْوَارِد‬
‫الن ّور َانِي‬ ُ ‫يُح َِّص‬
Dhikr of Allah while witnessing His overflowing
obtains for him a luminous awakening.
‫ن‬
ٍ ‫سه ِ فِي أَ ْم‬
ِ ‫م َنْ كَاـنَ م ِنْ ن َ ْف‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ق فِي أَ م َاـ‬
ِ ْ ‫ن الْخَل‬
َ ِ ‫كَاـنَ م‬
Whoever is safe from his own self
is also safe from the creation.
‫ْس فِي ه َوَاه َاـ‬ َ ‫ِف‬

َ ‫الن ّف‬ ِ ‫فَخَاـل‬
‫وَصَاـحِب َ ْن ع َاـرِف ًاـ ر ََب ّاـنِي‬
So oppose the self in its desires
and seek the company of a gnostic of Allah.
‫ك م ِنْ عَيْبِه َاـ الْخَفِ َي‬

َ ‫يُر ِي‬
ُ ‫يُع َاـلِ جَنْ ب ِال َد ّو َا‬

‫الر ّوحَاـنِي‬
He will point out to you your hidden faults
and will treat you with a spiritual remedy.
ِ ‫ق فِي ال ْمَسِير‬
ِ ْ ‫ك ب ِالر ِّف‬
ُ ُ ‫يَسْل‬
‫ل ال ْبَلَا و َالْجَاـنِي‬
َ ْ ‫حم ُ أَ ه‬
َ ْ‫يَر‬
He acts gently towards you on the journey
with compassion for the people of trial and the delinquent.
173
ْ ‫ك ب ِالذِّكْر ِ فِي الْحَق ِيقَه‬

َ ‫يُفْن ِي‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫يُذَك ِّر ُ الْق َل ْبَ ب ِالْقُر ْءَا‬
He annihilates you through dhikr in the reality;
he reminds the heart through the Qur’an.
ْ‫ح ب ِالاِشَاـرَه‬ ُ ‫ح‬

َ ‫الر ّو‬ ُ ِ‫ي ُر َ ّو‬
‫فَتَن ْجَل ِي عِنْد َه َاـ ال ْم َع َاـنِي‬
He refreshes the spirit through indications
so at that the meanings disclose themselves.
ّ‫الن ّب ِ ِي‬ ِّ ‫ص‬
َ ‫َب‬
ِّ ‫يَاـ ر‬
‫م َاـ تلُِي َْت سُورَة ُ ال ْمَث َاـنِي‬
O Lord, bless the Prophet
as long as Surat al-Mathani is recited,
‫َاـب ط ًُر ّا‬

ِ ‫َالصح‬
ِّ ‫و َءَالِه ِ و‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫اـس ب ِالا ِيم َاـ‬ َ َ ‫م َاـ ر َِبح‬
ُ ّ ‫الن‬
And his family and all of the Companions
as long as people profit by Iman.
ّ َ ‫و َأَ طْ لُبُ الْح َقّ فِي ال‬

ْ‫سع َاـدَه‬
‫ل م َنْ ض ََم ّه ُ زَم َاـنِي ۝‬
I ask the Truly Real for bliss
for all whom my age comprises.
174
19. The Oneness of Action and Existence
‫وله رضي الله عنه رائية‬
‫وحدة الفعل والوجود‬
‫ْب ر َب ِ ّي‬
ِ ‫سَأَ ل ْتُ قَلْبِي ع َنْ قُر‬
َ ‫ل ل َا ش‬
ْ‫َكّ ه ُو َ حَاـضِر‬ َ ‫فَق َاـ‬
I asked my heart about the nearness of my Lord,
so it said, ‘There is no doubt that He is present.’
ُ ‫فَق ُل ْتُ م َاـ لِي َ ل َا أَ ر َاه‬

ْ ‫ك ظَاـهِر‬
َ ‫ل ل ِي ه ُو َ ف ِي‬
َ ‫فَق َاـ‬
I said, ‘What is wrong with me that I do not see Him?’
And it said to me, ‘He is manifest in you.’
‫ِيب‬
ٌ ‫فَق ُل ْتُ ه َٰذ َا الا َ ْمر ُ عَج‬
ُ ‫يخْفَى و‬
ْ ‫َالن ّور ُ بَاـهِر‬ َ ‫كي َْف‬
َ َ‫ف‬
ٰ
I said, ‘This is truly astonishing –
how can He be hidden when light is brilliant?’
175
ُ‫ل وَهْمٌ ه ُو َ الْ حِج َاـب‬

َ ‫فَق َاـ‬
ْ ‫ل الان ََاـ ِم ق َاـهِر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَه ْو َ لِك‬
So it said, ‘It is illusion that is the veil:
and it overpowers each and every one.’
ِ ‫�لَك َِنّ م َنْ كَاـنَ ذ َا اجْ ت ِب َاـء‬
ْ‫ن ال ْوَه ْ ِم ب ِال َس ّر َائِر‬

ِ َ ‫غ َاـبَ ع‬
‘However, the one who is chosen
withdraws from illusion through his secrets.
‫جس ْ ٍم‬
ِ ِ ‫وَصَاـر َ ر ُوحًاـ ب ِغَيْر‬
ّ َ ّ ‫الر‬
ْ‫ب ب ِال ْبَصَاـئِر‬ َ َ ‫وَشَاـهَد‬
‘And he becomes a spirit without body
and directly sees the Lord with inner sight.’
ِ‫ف َغ َاـيَة ُ الفَت ِْح فِي ال ُش ّه ُود‬

ْ‫لِ حَضْرَة ٍ م َاـ لَه َاـ م ِنْ سَاـتِر‬
So the goal of opening in vision
is a Presence that has no veil.
ٌ ‫ل وَل َا وُجُود‬
ٌ ْ‫ْس فِع‬
َ ‫فَلَي‬
ْ‫ل ِغَيْر ِ ر َب ِ ّي عِنْد َ الاَكَاـبِر‬
For the great there is neither action
nor existence from other than my Lord.
176
19. The Oneness of Action and Existence
‫ح ب ِاخْ ت ِي َاـ ٍر‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫فَك‬

َ ‫ل م َنْ بَاـ‬
‫ج ْر‬ َ ُ ‫ن لَه‬
ِ ‫الز ّو َا‬ ٍ ‫م ِنْ غَيْر ِ ِإ ْذ‬
Whoever divulges the Secret by choice,
without Idhn, has restrictions placed on him.
ْ‫َب ِإف ْت َحْ لَن َاـ ال ْبَصَاـئِر‬

ْ‫و َنَوِ ّرِ الْق َل ْبَ و َال َس ّر َائِر‬
O Lord, open our inner sight for us
and illumine our heart and our secret.
َ ‫الصّ لَاة ُ عَلَى‬

ّ‫الن ّب ِ ِي‬ َ ّ ‫ث َُم‬
ٌ ّ ‫م َاـ ج َ َ ّد ح‬
ْ‫ِب وَسَاـر َ سَاـئِر‬
Then bless the Prophet as long as there is a lover
serious in his love and a wayfarer journeying.
‫َاـب جَمْع ًاـ‬

ِ ‫َالصح‬
‫شو ْقًا ل َِل ّٰه ِ طَاـئِرْ ۝‬
َ َ ‫م َا طَار‬
And his family and Companions altogether,
as long as there is one who flies to Allah with longing.
177
20. Counsel
‫وتليه عينية‬
‫النصح‬
‫ل مَوْض ٍِع‬
ِ ‫سَلَام ٌ عَلَى الا ِخْ وَا‬
‫ل مَج ْم َِع‬ ّ َ ُ ‫سَلَام ًاـ يَع ُ ُ ّم الْك‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ل فِي ك‬
Peace be upon the brothers in every place
– a peace that embraces all in every assembly.
‫ل ر َاجِي ًاـ‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ح لِلْك‬ ُ ُ ‫و َِإن ِ ّي ُأرِيد‬
َ ْ‫الن ّص‬
‫بُلُوغَ ال ْم ُن َى و َال ْع ِزِ ّ و َالْفَت ِْح و َال ْو ُسْ ِع‬
ٰ
I wish to give good counsel to all, hoping
to obtain desire, might, the opening and strength.
‫َى‬ َ َ ‫ل نُصْ حِي ل َلِ ّذ ِي ح َرّر‬

ٰ ‫الت ّقْو‬ ُ ‫فأَ َ َ ّو‬
‫ْب و َال َد ّف ِْع‬
ِ َ ‫مُصَاـحَب َة ُ الاَخْ يَارِ فِي الْجل‬
My first counsel for those dedicated to Taqwa
is to accompany the best in attracting and repulsing.
178
20. Counsel
‫كن ْتَ ع َاـق ِلًا‬ ُ ‫َاـس الْخيَْر ِ ِإ ْن‬ُ ‫فَهَذ َا أَ س‬

‫ف َعَوِّلْ عَلَيْه ِ م َعْ مُر َاع َاـة ٍ لِل ْ َش ّر ِْع‬
For this is the basis of all good if you are intelligent;
so rely on it, along with being mindful of the Shari‘a.
‫سؤْدَد ًا‬
ُ َ ‫ل ع ِل ْم ًاـ و‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫وَك‬
َ ‫ل ال َ ّذ ِي ق َ ْد نَاـ‬
‫فَم َاـ نَاـلَه ُ ِإ َلّا بِصُحْ بَة ِ خَاـش ِِع‬
All those who have obtained knowledge and mastery
have only obtained them by accompanying a humble man.
َ ‫خ ال َ ّذ ِي ف‬
ُ ‫َاـض نُورُه‬ ّ َ ‫و َأَ ْعنِي بِه ِ ال‬
َ ْ ‫شي‬
‫وَجَاـء َ ب ِأَ سْر َا ٍر وَخَيْرٍ م ُت َاـب ِِع‬
By him I mean the Shaykh whose light has overflowed,
and who has brought secrets and uninterrupted good with him.
ٍ ‫ح بَصِ يرَة‬
َ ْ ‫ف َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ أَ ن ْوَار ًا و َفَت‬
‫فَق َلِّدْه ُ تَعْظ ِيم ًاـ و َ ُع جْ ع َنْ م ُن َاـز ِِع‬
If you desire lights and the opening of inner sight,
then copy him in exalting Allah and turn from people of conflict.
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ن ب ِالا ِ ْذ‬
ِ ‫ِب عَلَى الذِّكْر ِ ال ْمُل َ ّق‬
‫ق و َال ْو ُسْ ِع‬ َ ِ ‫وَل َا تَغْف ُلَنْ فِي حَاـلَة‬
ِ ْ ‫الضّ ي‬
And persevere in the dhikr taught through Idhn
and neglect it neither in constriction nor expansion.
179
‫َات الذِّكْر ِ ب ِال َش ّر ِْع حَاـك ًِي ّاـ‬ِ ‫وَزِ ْن و َارِد‬

‫ل م َاـ أَ تَاـك َ وَسَاـر ِِع‬ ّ َ ُ‫ك ك‬
َ ‫خ‬
ِ ْ ‫لِشَي‬
Weigh the luminous openings of the dhikr with the Shari‘a,
telling your Shaykh quickly all that happens to you.
ِ ّ ُ ‫فَسَل ْبُ اخْ ت ِي َاـ ٍر ث َُم ّ ك‬

ٍ ‫ل ِإر َادَة‬
‫ه ُو َ ال ْمَوْرِد ُ الاَصْ فَى فَه َلْ أَ ن ْتَ سَاـم ِِع‬
ٰ
So the negation of choice, and then all will,
is the purest of springs, if you are able to hear.
‫َاـت ال ْيَق ِينِ فَب َاـدِر َ ْن‬

ِ ‫و َه َاـك َ مَق َاـم‬
‫ْف ب ِوَاز ِِع‬
ٍ ‫خو‬ َ ّ ‫بتَِو ْبَة ٍ زُه ْ ٍد ث َُم‬
These are the Stations of Certainty – hasten to tawba,
doing-without, and then fear which brings restraint.
ٍ ّ‫صبْرٍ تَو َ ُك‬

‫ل‬ ُ َ ‫رَجَاـء ٍ و‬
َ ّ ‫شكْر ٍ ث َُم‬
‫ل جَاـم ِِع‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫كَذَٰك َ الر ِّض َى و َالْح‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ب لِلْك‬
ٰ
Hope, gratitude, then patience and putting your trust in Allah,
similarly contentment, and love unites them all.
ٍ ‫الصّ ف ُِيّ فِي نِعْمَة‬

َ ُ ‫و َأَ سْ ب َاـبُه ُ الْفِك ْر‬
‫الن ّورِ الل َ ّام ِِع‬
ُ ‫َاـت ث َُم ّ فِي‬
ٍ ‫صف‬ ِ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ َ‫و‬
Its causes are the pure contemplation of blessing and of
the perfection of the Attributes, then of the dazzling light.
180
20. Counsel
‫ل مُحَم ّدًا‬ َ َ ‫و َأَ ْعنِي بِه ِ ذَٰك‬

َ ‫الر ّسُو‬
‫شف ِْع‬
ّ َ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ٌ ع َ ّد وَتْر ٍ م َ َع ال‬
By it, I mean that Messenger Muhammad,
may blessings be upon him in quantity as great as all that is even or odd,
‫ِف‬
ٍ ‫ل ع َاـر‬
‫ل مَج ْم َِع ۝‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ق ال� ل�ه ِ فِي ك‬
ِ ‫دَع َاـ لِطَرِ ي‬
And on his family and Companions and every gnostic,
calling to the path of Allah in every assembly.
181
21. Annihilation in Allah
‫وتليه هائية‬
‫الفناء في الله‬
ْ ‫يَا طَال ِبَ الْف َنَا فِي ال� ل�ه‬

ْ ‫قُـلْ د َائِم ًاـ اَل� ل�ه ْ اَل� ل�ه‬
O seeker of annihilation in Allah,
say constantly, ‘Allah! Allah!’
ْ‫ِب ف ِيه ِ ع َنْ سِوَاه‬

ْ ‫وَغ‬
ْ ‫ك اَل� ل�ه‬
َ ِ ‫و َاشْه َ ْد بِق َل ْب‬
And withdraw into Him from other-than-Him,
and with your heart – witness Allah.
ِ ‫ك ف ِيه‬
َ َ ‫و َاجْم َعْ هُم ُوم‬
ْ ‫ت ُ ْكف َٰى بِه ِ ع َنْ غَيْر ِ ال� ل�ه‬

Gather your concerns in Him and He will be
enough in place of other-than-Allah.
182
ُ ‫وَكُنْ عَبْدًا صِرْف ًاـ لَه‬
ْ ‫تَكُنْ ح ُ ًرّا ع َنْ غَيْر ِ ال� ل�ه‬

Be a pure slave to Him and
you will be free from other-than-Allah.
ْ‫و َاخْ ضَعْ لَه ُ و َتَذَل ّل‬
ْ ‫ن ال� ل�ه‬
َ ِ ‫تَفُز ْ ب ِسِرٍّ م‬
Submit to Him and humble yourself
and you will win a secret from Allah.
‫ق‬
ٍ ‫ص ْد‬
ِ َ ‫و َاذْكُر ْ بِ ج ِ ّدٍ و‬
ْ ‫بَيْنَ يَد َْي ع َب ِيدِ ال� ل�ه‬

Do dhikr with intensity and sincerity in the
presence of the slaves of Allah.
ْ‫و َاكْ تُم ْ ِإذ َا تَجلَ ّى ل َك‬

ٰ
ْ ‫َات ال� ل�ه‬ ِ ‫ب ِأَ ن ْوَا ٍر م ِنْ ذ‬
Conceal it when He manifests Himself to you
with lights from the Essence of Allah.
ْ‫مح َاـل‬
ُ ‫فَال ْغَي ْر ُ عِنْد َنَاـ‬
ِ
ْ ‫فَال ْوُجُود ُ الْح َُقّ ل َلّه‬
With us, other is impossible,
for true existence belongs to Allah.
183
‫ك اقْطَعْ د َائِم ًاـ‬

َ َ ‫وَوَه ْم‬
ِ ٍ ‫بتَِوْحِي ٍد صِر‬
ْ ‫ْف ل َلّه‬
Constantly cut through your illusion
with a Tawhid that is purely for Allah.
‫ل تَبْد ُو‬
ِ ْ‫ف َوَحْدَة ُ الْفِع‬
ِ ِ ‫فِي أَ َ ّو‬
ْ ‫ل الذِّكْر ِ ل َلّه‬
The oneness of action appears
at the beginning of dhikr of Allah.
ُ ‫ف لَه‬
ِ ْ‫وَوَحْدَة ُ ال ْو َص‬
ْ ‫ب فِي ال� ل�ه‬

ِّ ُ ‫ن الْح‬
َ ِ ‫تَاتِي م‬
And the oneness of His attributes
comes from love for the sake of Allah.
ِ ّ ‫وَوَحْدَة ُ ال َذ‬
ُ ‫ات لَه‬
ْ ‫تُوَرِّثُ ال ْبَق َاـ ب ِال� ل�ه‬

And the oneness of His Essence
gives going-on by Allah.
‫فَه َن ِيئ ًاـ لم َِنْ م َش َى‬

ٰ
ِ
ْ ‫ق الذِّكْر ِ ل� ل�ه‬
ِ ‫فِي َطرِ ي‬
Joy to the one who walks
on the path of dhikr for the sake of Allah,
184
‫شيْخًاـ ح ًَي ّاـ‬

َ ‫مُعْتَقِدًا‬
ْ ‫يَكُونُ ع َاـرِف ًاـ ب ِاـل� ل�ه‬

believing in a living Shaykh
who is a gnostic of Allah.
ّ َ ُ ‫وَل َازَم َ الْح‬

ُ ‫ب لَه‬
ِ
ْ ‫و َبَاـعَ ن َ ْفسَه ُ ل َلّه‬
He holds constantly to His love
and sells his self to Allah.
‫ل يَت ْلُو‬ َ ‫و َق َاـم َ فِي‬

ِ ْ ‫الل ّي‬
ِ
ْ ‫شو ْق ًاـ ل َلّه‬
َ ُ ‫ك َلَام َه‬
He rises in the night to recite His word,
longing for Allah.
ُ ‫ل م َاـ يَطْلُب ُه‬

َ ‫فَن َاـ‬
ْ ‫م ِنْ ق َُو ّة ِ ال ْعِلْم ِ ب ِال� ل�ه‬

He gets what he seeks of the power
of knowledge of Allah.
‫و َفَيْضُن َاـ م ِنْ نَبِ ٍ ّي‬
ْ ‫َاـت ال� ل�ه‬

ِ ‫مخ ْلُوق‬
َ ُ ‫سَيِّد‬
Our gifts are from a Prophet who is the
master of the creatures of Allah.
185
ٍ ‫عَلَيْه ِ أَ ْزكَى ٰ صَلَاة‬
ْ ‫َاـت ال� ل�ه‬

ِ ‫عَدَد َ مَعْلُوم‬
May the purest of blessings be upon him
in quantity as great as the things known to Allah.
ِ ‫و َءَالِه ِ وَصَـحْ ــبِــه‬

ٍ ‫لد‬
‫َاع ِإلَى ال� ل�ه ْ ۝‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫وَك‬
And his family and Companions,
And everyone who calls to Allah.
186
22. Withdrawal from Other Than Allah
‫الغيبة عما سوى الله‬
‫حق ِيقَتِي‬ ّ َ َ‫ر ُوحِي تُح َ ّدِثُنِي ب ِأ‬

َ ‫ن‬
ُ ‫َى ِإ َلّاه‬
ٰ ‫نُور ُ الاِلَٰه ِ فَلَا ت َر‬
My spirit tells me, “My reality is the light of Allah,
so see no one but Him.”
ُ ‫لَو ْ ل َ ْم أَ كُنْ نُور ًا �لَكُن ْتُ سِوَاءَه‬

ُ ‫سِوَا عَدَم ٌ فَلَا تَرْضَاـه‬ ّ َ ‫ِإ‬
ّ ‫ن ال‬
If I were not a light I would be other-than-Him.
Indeed otherness is nothingness, so do not be content with it.
َ ‫و َِإذ َا نَظَر ْتَ ب ِع َيْنِ سِرِّك َ ل َ ْم‬

‫تج ِ ْد‬
ُ ‫ضه ِ وَسَم َاـه‬
ِ ‫غَيْر َ الاِلَٰه ِ فِي أَ ْر‬
If you look with the eye of your Secret you will not find
a trace of other-than-Allah in either His earth or His heaven.
187
َ ِ ‫�لَكِنْ تَو َ ُه ّم ُ غَيْرِه‬

ِ ‫يخْفَى بِه‬
ٰ
ُ ‫فَان ْب ُ ْذ ه َوَاك َ ِإذ َا أَ رَدْتَ ت َر َاه‬
But the illusion of other-than-Him hides Him.
So combat your desires if you wish to see Him.
‫سف ِين َة َ س َُن ّة ٍ تَنْجُو بِه َاـ‬

َ ‫َب‬
ْ ‫و َا ْرك‬
ُ ‫ل ر َئِيسِه َا فِي ه َوَاه‬
َ ‫و َاسْ لُكْ سَب ِي‬
Board the ship of the Sunna and you will be rescued by it,
and travel the path of its captain in his love.
‫ل ال َش ّر َابَ بِك َأْ سِه َا و َاف ْن َى ب ِه‬ِ ‫ص‬ ِ َ‫و‬

ٰ
ُ ‫تَحُزِ ال ْبَق َاـء َ ب ِسِرِّه ِ و َعُلَاه‬
Unite the wine with the goblet and be annihilated by it,
and you will obtain going-on by His secret and sublimity.
ُ ‫و َاشْه َ ْد ب ِع َيْنِ بَصِ يرَة ٍ تَوْحِيدَه‬

ُ ‫و َالْفَر ْقُ شِرع َت ُه ُ فَلَا تَنْسَاـه‬
See His Tawhid with the eye of inner sight,
but separation is His Shari‘a so do not forget it!
ِ ‫حدًا ت ُ ْكفَى بِه‬

ِ ‫ك و َا‬
َ َ ‫و َاجْ ع َلْ هُم ُوم‬
ٰ
ّ َ ُ‫ك‬
ُ ‫ل ال ْهُم ُو ِم و َت َ ْدخ ُلَنْ فِي حِم َاـه‬
Make your concerns one, and by Him all your needs
will be met, and you will enter into His protection.
188
22. Withdrawal from Other Than Allah
ُ
ٰ ‫و َانْز ِلْ أم ُورَك َ ب ِال َ ّذ ِي أَ ْدر‬
‫َى بِهَا‬
ُ ‫فَه ُو َ الْخبَ ِير ُ بِق َل ْب ِن َاـ وَم ُن َاـه‬
Hand over your affairs to the One Who knows them best,
for He is the Aware Who knows our hearts and their desires.
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ مُحَم ّ ٍد‬ ِّ ‫ص‬
َ ‫َب‬
‫سِر ِّ ال ْوُجُودِ و َأَ صْ لِه ِ وَسَنَاه ُ ۝‬
O Lord, bless the Prophet Muhammad,
the secret of existence and its source and splendour.
189
23. Manifestation of the Essence
‫التجلي‬
‫ضوْؤ ُه َاـ‬ ِ ‫ْس بَد َا م ِنْ ع َاـل َِم ال ْغَي‬

َ ‫ْب‬ ٌ ‫أَ شَم‬
‫َات لَيْلَى سُت ُور ُه َاـ‬
ِ ‫َت ع َنْ ذ‬
ْ ‫كشَف‬
َ ْ ‫أَ ِم ان‬
ٰ
Has the light of the sun appeared from the world of the Unseen,
or have the veils of Layla been lifted from Her essence?
‫َت بِ حُبِّه َاـ‬

ْ ‫ك لَيْلَى ق َ ْد أَ بَاـح‬ َ ْ ‫نَع َ ْم تِل‬
ٰ
‫شو ْقُه َاـ‬ َ َ ‫ل لَه َاـ لَم ّاـ ت َز َايَد‬ٍ ّ ِ ‫لِ خ‬
Yes, Layla revealed Her love
for Her intimate friend when Her longing grew.
‫ضح َى أَ سِير ًا فِي مُر َادِ غَر َامِه َاـ‬ْ َ َ‫فأ‬

ٰ
‫َت لَه ُ الاَشْ وَاقُ هَذِي كُؤ ُوسُه َاـ‬ ْ ‫و َنَاـد‬
He became a captive of Her ardent desire
and the longings which are Her goblets called out to him.
190
23. Manifestation of the Essence
َ ‫َت ح ََت ّى‬

‫سقَت ْه ُ بِك َأْ سِه َاـ‬ ْ ‫فَم َاـ بَرِح‬
ٰ
‫َب فَال َش ّر َابُ حَدِيثُه َاـ‬ ْ ‫فَلَا لَوْم َ فَاشْر‬
She did not leave until She had given him a drink from Her goblet.
There is no blame. Drink – for the wine is Her speech.
َ ‫وَم َاـ هِي َ ِإ َلّا‬

‫حضْرَة ُ الْحَقّ ِ وَحْد َه َاـ‬
‫ل تَل َو ّنَ نُور ُه َاـ‬ ْ ّ ‫تَج َل‬
ٍ ‫ت ب ِأَ شْ كَاـ‬
She is none but the Presence of the Truth alone,
Who manifests Herself with forms whose every light is different.
‫كوْنِه َاـ‬ ِّ ‫الصّ ن ِْع فِي َط‬

َ ‫ي‬ ُ ‫َت بَدِي َع‬
ْ ‫فأَ َ بْد‬
‫ظه ُور ُه َا‬
ُ ‫ك‬
َ ‫ِب ف ِي‬
ِّ ‫َاـت الْح‬
ِ ‫صف‬ ِ ‫فَلَاح ِْظ‬
In folding up Her cosmos, She showed the Originator of the design,
so look how the Attributes of the Beloved are manifest within you.
‫سع َاـدَة َك َُل ّه َاـ‬

ّ َ ‫ف َوَاللّٰه ِ م َاـ حَاـز َ ال‬
‫َى م َنْ بَد َا عَبْدًا ذ َلِيلًا يَؤ ُمّه َاـ‬
ٰ ‫سِو‬
By Allah, no one ever obtains complete bliss
except one who becomes a humble slave and seeks Her out.
‫ف مِن ْه ُ ب ِو َصْ فِه َاـ‬

ِ ْ‫ح ال ْو َص‬
َ ‫ت قَب ِي‬ ّ َ َ ‫ف َغ‬
ْ ‫ط‬
‫َت لَه ُ الان َ ْوَار ُ يَبْد ُو شُع َاـعُه َاـ‬
ْ ‫وَل َاح‬
She covered the ugliness of his attributes with the beauty of Hers,
and lights shone from him, their rays appearing.
191
‫ِس ال َ ّذ ِي كَاـنَ قَاطِع ًا‬

ِ ّ ‫ن الْح‬
ِ َ ‫ف َغ َاـبَ ع‬
ّ ُ ِ ‫ق مَعْن ًى ل َا يح‬
‫ل ف ِرَاقُه َاـ‬ َ َ ‫وَع َاـن‬
He withdrew from the sensory which is a barrier
and embraced a meaning from which it is unlawful to be separated.
‫َى‬
ٰ ‫سِو‬ّ ‫ن ال‬ِ َ ‫ِض ع‬ ْ ‫فَحَرِ ّ ْر أَ خِي ق َصْ دًا و َأَ ْعر‬
‫ك نَسِيمُه َاـ‬ ِ ‫يَه ُ ُّب عَلَى الاَحْ ب‬
َ ْ ‫َاـب مِن‬
Let your goal be to commit yourself, brother, and avoid otherness,
and Her breeze will waft over the lovers from you.
‫ِك‬
ٍ ‫ح سَمْع ًاـ لِلْف ُؤَادِ م ِنْ سَاـل‬
ُ َ ‫و َتَفْت‬
‫ِيف ال ْعِلْم ِ مِنْه َاـ د َلِيلُه َاـ‬ ّ َ َ‫ل ِأ‬
َ ‫ن لَط‬
You will open the hearing of the wayfarer’s heart because
the all-pervading nature of the knowledge from Her is proof of Her.
‫فَم َُنّ عَلَي ْن َاـ د َائِم ًاـ بِوِصَاـلِه َاـ‬

‫َات ك ُلِّه َا ۝‬
ِ ‫ِس ال ْمَوْجُود‬
ِ ّ ‫و َغيِّب ْنَا ع َنْ ح‬
Bestow on us always the blessing of union with Her
and make us withdraw from every existent thing.
192
24. Purification
‫وتليها واوية‬
‫التطهير‬
ٰ ‫ك و َال َد ّعْو‬
‫َى‬ ِ ْ‫ن الش ِّر‬
َ ِ ‫ف َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ ت َ ْطه ِير ًا م‬
ٰ ‫ل ح ََت ّ ٰى تَرْو‬
‫َى‬ ٍ ْ‫و َتَشْر َبَ م ِنْ تَسْن ِِيم و َص‬
If you wish purification from shirk and the claim that you exist,
and to drink from the nectar of union until you are quenched –
ٍ ‫صبْرٍ ث َُم ّ ع َم ِ ّ ْم بتَِو ْبَة‬

َ ِ ‫فَمَنْط ِقْ ب‬
‫َى‬ ُ
ٰ ‫ِيص الز ّهْدِ و َابْذ ُلْ ف ِيه ِ قُو‬
َ َ ‫وَل َازِ ْم قم‬
– then wrap yourself in patience and wind on the turban of Tawba.
Wear the shirt of doing-without and in it exhaust your strength.
َ ‫ْف م َ َع‬
ٰ ‫الر ّجَى‬ َ ِ‫وَل َا ب ُ َ ّد م ِنْ نَعْلَيْن‬
ٍ ‫خو‬
‫َى‬ َ ‫ن‬
ٰ ‫الت ّقْو‬ َ ِ ‫ن وَز َا ٍد م‬ ّ َ ُ ‫و َع‬
ٍ ‫كاـزِ ِإيق َاـ‬
The twin sandals of fear and hope are indispensable.
Take the staff of certainty and a store of Taqwa.
193
ٍ ‫و َق َاـئِدِ عِلْم ٍ م َعْ مَط َِي ّة ِ ه َِم ّة‬

‫َى‬ ‫ْو‬ ‫ل‬َ ‫ب‬ ْ‫ِن‬ ‫م‬ ِ ‫حفْظٍ لِلْج َوَار‬
‫ِح‬ ِ ِ ‫و َصُ ح ْبَة‬
ٰ
Take the bridle of knowledge for the horse of Himma, and the
protection of companions who will guard the limbs from trials.
‫فَج َ ُ ّد و َأَ سْر ِ ْع فِي ال ْمَسِير ِ وَل َا تَق ِْف‬

‫َى‬
ٰ ‫ن فَت ُحْ جَبَ ع َنْ م َأْ و‬
ٍ ْ ‫كو‬
َ ‫بِفِكْر ٍ عَلَى‬
ٰ
Struggle seriously and travel quickly on the journey.
Do not stop to think about the universe, and so be barred from refuge.
ِ ‫شكْرِه‬
ُ ‫ن و َأَ خْل ِْص فِي‬
ٍ ‫و َفَك ِّر ْ فِي ِإحْ سَاـ‬
‫َى‬ ّ َ ‫و َق ُ ْم سَ ح َرًا و َاخْ ضَعْ و َب َ ُّث لَه ُ ال‬
ٰ ‫شكْو‬
Rather reflect on Ihsan and be sincere in gratitude to Him,
and get up before dawn, submit, and hand over your complaint to Him.
ِ ‫حزْبِه‬ِ َ ‫ْب ال ْوُجُودِ و‬

ِ ‫ل عَلَى قُط‬ ِّ ‫ص‬ َ َ‫و‬
ٰ
‫الن ّجْ و َى ۝‬
ٰ َ ‫صَلَاة ً تَع ُ ُ ّم الس ِّ َر ّ م َِن ّاـ م َ َع‬
Bless the Qutb of existence and his group with a blessing
that will spread the Secret from us.
194
25. Counsel on Death
‫نصيحة‬
‫للشيخ سيدي محمد ابن احلبيب‬
ٌ ِ‫ْت ِإ َن ّه ُ نَاـز‬
‫ل‬ ِ ‫ت َز َ ّو ْد أَ خِي لِل ْمَو‬
ُ‫ك الْق َل ْب‬
َ َ ‫ل ي َ ْقس ُوا ل‬
َ ‫ل الآم َاـ‬
ِ ِ ‫وَل َا تُط‬
Prepare yourself for death, O my brother, for it will descend.
Do not draw out your hopes, in case your heart becomes hard.
ِ‫ِب عَلَى الْفِكْر ِ ال ْم ُع ِينِ عَلَى الْج ِ ّد‬

ُ‫ل فَال ْعُمْر ُ يَذْه َب‬
ِ ‫وَسَاـرِ ْع ِإلَى الاَعْم َاـ‬
Persevere in reflection which will make you aware
and move you to do good works, for life will soon depart.
‫ل الْق ِي َاـمَة ِ د َائِم ًاـ‬

ِ ‫و َفَك ِّر ْ فِي أَ حْ وَا‬
ُ‫ن تُنْصَب‬
ُ ‫ْث و َنَشْرٍ و َال ْم َوَازِي‬
ٍ ‫كَبَع‬
Constantly reflect on the states of the Last Hour, the Rising,
the Gathering and the Balance of actions which is set up.
195
ُ ‫َاـلصـرَاطِ َال ّـذِي لَه ُ عَق َب َاـتُـه‬

ِّ ‫وَك‬
ُ‫ل عَلَى ال ْع َاـص ِي وَمَشْي ُه ُ يَصْ ع ُب‬
ُ ‫تَط ُو‬
Then there is the Bridge which has its steep and difficult ascents;
it will be lengthy for the disobedient and walking on it will be hard,
ُ ِ ‫وَم َنْ كَاـنَ طَاـئِع ًاـ وَل َِل ّٰه‬

‫مخ ْل ِصً اـ‬
ٍ ِ‫ق أَ ْو كَـر‬
ُ‫يـح فَـيَذْهَـب‬ ٍ ْ ‫يـَم ُُـر ّ كَـبـَر‬
while whoever was obedient and sincere towards Allah
will pass over it like lightning or a wind and will go on.
ِ ‫ض فِي الْحَشْر‬ِ ْ ‫ن الْحَو‬ َ ِ ‫و َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ أَ ْن ت ُ ْسقَى م‬

ٰ
َ ‫ُب‬
ُ‫الن ّبِي وَم َنْ لَه ُ يُنْسَب‬ ّ َ ‫فَلَازِ ْم ح‬
If you wish to be given a drink from the Basin on the Day of Gathering,
you must love the Prophet and his descendants.
ِ
ٰ ‫ل عَلَى ال ْه َاـدِي ال ْمُشَ َ ّفع فِي ال ْوَر‬
‫َى‬ ِّ ‫ص‬َ َ‫و‬
ُ‫ق يَرْه َب‬ُ ْ ‫فَه ُو َ ال َ ّذ ِي لَه َاـ ِإذ َا الْخَل‬
And bless the Guide whose intercession for mankind is accepted,
for he is the one who intercedes when people are terrified.
ِ ّ ُ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ فِي ك‬

ٍ ِ‫ل مَوْط‬
‫ن‬
ُ‫َاـب وَم َنْ يَتَح َب ّب‬
ٍ ‫صح‬ ْ َ‫ل و َأ‬
ٍ ‫و َءَا‬
May the blessings of Allah be upon him in every land,
and on his family and Companions and those who show love for him.
196
25. Counsel on Death
ٍ ‫ل سَع َاـدَة‬
َ ْ ‫َب ال� ل�ه َ نَي‬
ِّ ‫ل ر‬
‫َاـب وَم َنْ يَتَق ََر ّبُ ۝‬
ِ ‫ل ِي وَلل ْ ِ َأحْ ب‬
I ask my Lord, Allah, for the gift of true happiness
for me and the beloved ones and those who draw near.
197
26. Another Song
‫وله أيضا‬
‫رضي الله عنه‬
‫أَ ه ِيم ُ وَحْدِي بِذِكْر ِ ر َب ِ ّي‬
ُ ‫شف َاـء‬
ِّ ‫فَذِك ْر ُ ر َب ِ ّي ه ُو َ ال‬
I am ecstatic, alone, in the dhikr of my Lord,
for the dhikr of my Lord – it is the cure.
‫أَ حْ بَب ْتُ ر ًَب �ّا ه ُو َ اِعْتِم َادِي‬

ٍ
ُ ‫ل شَيْء ه ُو َ يَش َاـء‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫لِك‬
I have loved a Lord – on Whom I rely;
in each single thing – it is He Who wills it.
‫ُب ل ِغَيْر ِ ر َب ِ ّي‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫وَك‬

ٍّ ‫ل ح‬
ّ َ ‫ف ِيه ِ ال ْعَذ َابُ ف ِيه ِ ال‬
ُ ‫شق َاـء‬
In every love for other than my Lord
there is torment and grief.
198
26. Another Song
ِ ‫ن الْف َن َاـء‬
ِ َ‫ن ع‬
ٍ ‫يَاـ فَوْز َ ف َاـ‬
ُ ‫لَه ُ الْحيَ َاـة ُ لَه ُ ال ْبَق َاـء‬

Oh the victory of the one annihilated to annihilation,
he will have life and going on.
‫ل عَلَى مُحَم ّ ْد‬

ِّ ‫ص‬
َ ‫َب‬ ِّ ‫يَاـ ر‬
ٰ
ُ ِ ‫م ِنْ ذ َاتِه‬
ُ ‫َالضي َاـء‬ ِّ ‫الن ّور ُ و‬
O my Lord, bless Muhammad.
From his essence there is light and radiance.
‫ب ا�لْك ِرَا ِم‬ َ ‫و َءالِه ِ و‬

ِ ْ‫َالصّ ح‬ َ
‫لَه ُ ْم عُه ُود ٌ لَه ُ ْم و َف َاـء ۝‬
ُ
And bless his family and noble Companions.
They have covenants; they fulfil them.
199
27. Song on Departure
‫قصيدة تذكر عند ختام‬
‫كل جلسة من جلسات الفقراء‬
َ َ ‫ك َ ْم ل‬
ّ‫ك م ِنْ نِعْمَة ٍ عَل َي‬
ّ‫محْسِن ًاـ ِإل َي‬
ُ ْ‫و َل َ ْم ت َز َل‬
How many blessings You grant me
and You are continually good to me.
‫غ َ ّدي ْتَنِي فِي الْحَشَا جَن ِين َاـ‬

ّ‫ل و َالِد ََي‬
َ ْ ‫كن ْتَ ل ِي قَب‬
ُ ‫و‬
You fed me as an embryo in the womb
and You were mine before my parents.
‫خ َلَقْتَنِي مُسْل ِم ًاـ و َلَو ْ ل َا‬

ّ‫الن ّب ِ َي‬
َ ‫ِف‬ِ ‫ك ل َ ْم أَ ْعر‬
َ ُ ‫ف َضْ ل‬
You created me Muslim and had it not been for Your gift,
I would not have known the Prophet.
200
27. Song on Departure
‫ح ً ّقاـ عَلَى جَب ِينِي‬

َ ُ ‫أَ ْسجُد‬
ٰ
‫ي و َنَاـظِر ََي ّاـ‬
ْ ‫نَع َ ْم وَخ َ َ ّد‬
In truth I prostrate on my forehead –
yes, and on my cheeks and eyes.
ّ‫الن ّب ِ ِي‬ ِّ ‫ص‬
َ ‫َب‬
‫م َاـ تلُِي َْت سُورَة ُ ال ْمَث َاـنِي‬
O Lord, bless the Prophet
as long as the Surat al-Mathani is recited.
‫َاـب ط ًُر ّا‬

ِ ‫َالصح‬
‫ن‬
ِ ‫اس ب ِالا ِيم َاـ‬ َ َ ‫م َاـ ر َِبح‬
ُ ّ ‫الن‬
And his family and all the Companions,
as long as people profit by Iman.
ّ َ ‫و َأَ طْ لُبُ الْح َقّ فِي ال‬

ْ‫سع َادَه‬
‫ل م َنْ ض ََم ّه ُ زَم َانِي ۝‬
I ask of the Real good fortune
for all whom my age comprises.
201
28. The Final Song
،ِ‫احلاج ُة ل ِ ِذ ْك ِره‬
َ ‫وهذا ما َد َعت‬
‫ناب هذا ا َله ْي َك ِل ا َّلص َم َدانى ا َلع َّل َمة ا َّلربَّانِي فال ُت َع ُّد وال ُت َْصى َك ْثرة اه‬ ُ ‫وأما ا َأل ْم‬
ِ ‫داح في َج‬ ّ
‫حي ْثُم َاـ ح َُل ّوا‬

َ ‫ل ا ْلحِمَى‬ ِ ْ ‫سَلَام ٌ عَلَى أَ ه‬
ٰ ٰ
‫ه َن ِيئ ًاـ لَه ُ ْم يَاـ ح ََب ّذ َا م َاـ بِه ِ ح ُُل ّوا‬
Peace be upon the People of the sanctuary wherever they alight.
May they enjoy it! How excellent the place where they stay.
ِ ‫ُوس بَه َاـئِه‬

َ ‫لَه ُ ْم أَ ظْ ه َر َ ال ْمَو ْلَى ٰ شُم‬
‫ل‬ ِ ‫فَي َاـ لَي ْتَ خ َ ّدِي فِي ال ُت ّر‬
ُ ْ‫َاب لَه ُ ْم نَع‬
For them, the Lord has manifested the suns of His splendour.
Would that my cheek were a sandal for them in the dust!
‫ي يَاتِي بَشِيرُك ُ ْم‬ ّ ِ َ ‫م َت َى يَاـ عُرَي ْبَ الْح‬

ٰ
‫ل‬
ُ ‫ش ْم‬ ّ َ ‫يج ْتَمِ َع ال‬ َ َ ‫ج ال ُد ّن ْي َاـ و‬
َ ِ ‫فَتَبْتَه‬
When, dear brothers, will the herald bring good news of you
so that the world can celebrate and be reunited?
202
28. The Final Song
‫صِلُونِي عَلَى م َاـ بِي ف َِإن ِ ّي ل ِو َصْ �لِك ُ ْم‬

ٰ
‫ل‬ُ ْ ‫ِإذ َا ل َ ْم أَ كُنْ أَ ه ْلًا فأَ َ ن ْتُم ْ لَه ُ أَ ه‬
Make our bond of love close in spite of what is inside me,
for if I do not deserve it, you are worthy of it.
‫ف ال� ل�ه ُ ق َ ْدرَك ُ ْم‬

َ ّ ‫سَلَام ٌ عَلَيْك ُ ْم ش َ َر‬
‫َت عَلَيْك ُ ْم نِعْم َة ٌ و َسُر ُور ُه َاـ‬
ْ ‫وَد َام‬
Peace be upon you, may Allah exalt your rank,
and may the joy of blessings be upon you always.
‫فَم َاـ طَاـب َِت الاي َ ّاـم ُ ِإ َلّا بِذِكْرِك ُ ْم‬

‫ح ً ّقاـ و َنُور ُه َاـ‬
َ ِ‫فأَ َ ن ْتُم ْ ضِي َاـء ُ ال ْع َيْن‬
The days are joyless without your dhikr,
for truly you are the illumination of the eye and its light.
‫ِإذ َا نَظَر َْت عَيْنِي وُجُوه َ أَ ح َِب ّتِي‬

َ ‫الل ّي َاـل ِي‬
‫الر ّغ َاـئ ِِب‬ َ ‫ك صَلَاتِي فِي‬
َ ْ ‫فَتِل‬
When my eye looks on the faces of my beloved friends
that is my prayer during the longed-for nights.
‫وُجُوه ٌ ِإذ َا م َاـ أَ سْ ف َر َْت ع َنْ جَم َاـلِه َاـ‬

‫ل ج َان ِِب ۝‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ت لَهَا الاَكْ وَانُ م ِنْ ك‬
ْ َ ‫أَ ضَاء‬
They are such faces that when they shine, from their beauty
they light up the whole world.
203
Takhmis
Commentaries on Qasidas
The Takhmis on
‘The Qualities of Muhammad’
by the Perfect Gnostic Teaching Shaykh of the Tariqa,
Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib
‫تخميس للقصيدة احملمدية للشيخ العارف املربي الكامل‬
‫شيخ الطريقة احلبيبية سيدي محمد بن احلبيب‬
‫ل‬
ِ َ ‫ل و َالاَم‬ ِ ‫سو‬ ّ ُ ‫ل ال ْم ُن َى و َال‬
َ ْ ‫ِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ نَي‬
ٰ
‫ل‬ِ َ ‫ل و َال ْمُق‬ِ ‫َائح َ نُورِ ال ْع َ ْق‬ ِ ‫فَان ْ ِش ْد مَد‬
‫ل‬
ِ ِ ‫آت وَمُن ْتَق‬
ٍ ‫م َلَاذ ُ هَذ َا ال ْوَر َى‬
ٰ
‫ا َالن ْ َوا ِر َوا ِّلظ َل ِل‬ ‫َم ْن َش ُأ‬ ‫ُم َح َّم ٌد‬
‫ِم ْن َح ْض َرةِ ا َال َز ِل‬ ‫َت ْك ِوي ِن َها‬ ‫َو َأ ْص ُل‬
If you desire your wishes to be granted,
your prayers and hopes to be answered,
then sing the praises of the light of the intellect and eyes,
the refuge of mankind, future and past.
Muhammad is the fountain-head of lights and darkness and
the source of their emergence from the presence of before-time.
207
‫ل قَضَا‬ُ ْ ‫ن قَب‬
ِ ْ ‫كو‬ ّ ُ ‫ق َ ْد ك َانَ ر‬
َ ْ ‫َب ال ْوَر َى فِي ا�ل‬
ٰ
‫ات وَحِيدا ً ث َُم ّ بَعْد ُ اق ْت َض َى‬ ِ َ ِ‫ء ِ الْك َائن‬
ٰ
‫ضة ِ نُورِ ال ْم ُصْ طَفَى ال ْمُر ْتَض َى‬َ ْ ‫خ َلْق ًاـ لِقَب‬
ٰ
‫لَ َّـما َق َضى‬ ‫َأ َّو ُل ا َالن ْ َوا ِر‬ ‫َف ُن ُور ُه‬
‫ال ْ َعالَ ِم ا َال َّو ِل‬ ‫َأ ْس َم ـائ ِ ِه ِفي‬ ‫إِ ْظ َه َار‬
The Lord of mankind was alone in Being
before He determined beings.
Then He decreed an outer form
for the ‘handful of light’, for the Approved Chosen one –
His light was the first of lights when He determined
the manifestation of His Names in the first world.
‫ل ِإب ْر َازِه َا‬

ِ ْ ‫كَاـن َْت جَم ِي ُع ال ْوَر َى م ِنْ قَب‬
ٰ
‫فِي ظُل ْمَة ِ ال ْع ُ ْد ِم تَشْتَكِي لِ خَاـلِقِه َاـ‬
‫فأَ َ شْر َق َْت م ِنْ ظَلَا ِم ال ْع ُ ْد ِم أَ ن ْوَار ُه َاـ‬

‫ِم ْن ُه ا ْك َت َس ْت َسائ ِ ُر ا َال ْش َي ِاء إِ َيج َاد َها‬
‫َو ِم ْن ُه إِ ْم َد ُاد َها ِم ْن َغ ْي ِر َما َخ َل ِل‬
Before being caused to emerge, all mankind
were in the darkness of nothingness, complaining to their Creator.
Then their lights arose
shining from the darkness of the void –
From him all things were clothed in their origination in existence,
and their continuance comes from him without interruption.
208
The Takhmis on ‘The Qualities of Muhammad’
‫ه ُو َ ال ْمَل ْج َُأ ال َ ّذ ِي لَه ُ ال ْوُجُود ُ انْتمََى‬

ٰ
‫ه ُو َ ال ْمَلَاذ ُ غَدًا بِه ِ ا ْلجم َِي ُع احْ تَم َاـ‬
‫مِن ْه ُ ال ْوُجُود ُ بَد َا م ِنْ أَ ْرضِن َاـ وَسَم َاـ‬

‫َت َق َاط َر ا َالن ْ ِب َيا َوا ُّلر ْس ُل ِم ْن ُه َك َما‬
‫َق َاط َر ْت َسائ ِ ُر ا َال ْم َل ِك َو ْ ُال َل ِل‬
َ
He is the shelter upon which existence depends,
and he is the refuge to which all come
tomorrow to seek for protection. From him
existence in our earth and heaven appeared –
The Prophets and Messengers have come from him one by one,
as well as all the angels and all the creatures.
ِ ‫ش م ِنْ خ َلْقِه‬
ِ ْ ‫قَدِ اصْ طَف َاـه ُ ِإلَٰه ُ ال ْعَر‬
ِ ‫يحْظَى بِمَن ْصِ بِه‬

َ ٌ‫ه َلْ ي ُر َى أَ حَد‬
ٰ ٰ
ِ ‫فَالْخَت ْم ُ و َالْقُطْبُ و َالاَف ْرَاد ُ م ِنْ جُودِه‬
ِ‫اب ِم ْن ُنو ِره‬ ِ ‫َف ِن ْس َب ُت ْ َال ْت ِم َوا َال ْق َط‬
‫َك ُن ْق َط ٍة ِم ْن ُب ُحو ِر ا ُّلنو ِر َوال ْ َب َل ِل‬
The Lord of the Throne chose him from His creation.
Is any to be seen who has obtained his rank?
The Seal, the Pole, and the unique ones
come from his munificent generosity –
The relationship of the Seal and the Poles to his light
is that of a drop to oceans of light and refreshment.
209
‫بحْرِه ِ طُلِب َْت‬

َ ْ‫ذ َاتُ ال ْع ُلُو ِم لَه ُ م ِن‬
ِ ‫مِن ْه ُ تَف ََت ّق‬

‫َت ال ْعِر ْف َاـنُ و َانْسَحَب َْت‬
‫َت‬
ْ ‫غَي ْم ُ الْجَه َالَة ِ حِينَ شَمْس ُه ُ طَلَع‬
‫َوا َّلش ْم ُس َوال ْ َب ْد ُر َوا ُّلن ُج ُوم ِم ْن ُه َب َد ْت‬
‫َكال ْ َع ْر ِش َوال َّل ْو ِح َوال ْ ُك ْر ِس ِّي َوا ُّلد َو ِل‬
The essence of knowledge is his and is sought from his sea:
from him gnosis emerged and been brought to light.
When his sun rises
the mists of ignorance melt away –
The sun, moon and stars have appeared from him,
as have the Throne, Tablet, Footstool, and the dynasties.
ُ ‫َت شَوَاهِد ُ هَذ َا‬

‫الن ّورِ مِن ْه ُ عَلَى‬ ْ ‫ل َاح‬
ٰ
‫ن م َِم ّا ق َ ْد د َنَاـ و َعَلَا‬ َ ْ ‫طَوَال ِِع ا�ل‬
ِ ْ ‫كو‬
ً ‫ق ل ِع َيْنِ الْحَقّ ِ مُن ْتَق ِلا‬ ّ َ ‫ي َ ْطوِي ال‬

َ ‫طر ِ ي‬
‫ود َو َل‬َ ‫َف َشا ِه ِد ا ُّلن َور َق ْد َع َّم ال ْ ُو ُج‬
‫َت ُك ْن َت َرى َغ ْي َر ُه َت ِص ْل َع َلى َع َج ِل‬
The evidences of this light appear from him
glimmering over the ascendant stars of the cosmos,
both low and high. It folds up the Path
that goes to the fount of the Real –
Witness the light which has spread through existence
and do not see other-than-it, and you will soon arrive.
210
ِ ‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ م ِنْ خ َلْقِه‬ ُ ‫ه ُو َ ال َد ّلِي‬

ُ ‫ل د َلِي‬
ِ ‫ه ُو َ الْ حِج َاـبُ ال ْعَظ ِيم ُ الْق َ ْدرِ م ِنْ بَاـبِه‬
ِ ‫ن ال ْوَر َى لِ حَضْرَتِه‬
َ ِ ‫يَرْقَى ال ْمُرِيد ُ م‬
ٰ
‫ا ْ َل ْظ َه ُر ا َال ْع َلى ِ َل ْس َمائ ِ ِه‬ ‫ِ َلن َّ ُه‬
‫َأ ْو َصا ِف ِه ِم ْن َغ ْي ِر َما ِع َل ِل‬ ‫َو ِس ُّر‬
He is the proof: the proof of Allah from His creation.
He is the immense veil of might and power
from whose door the murid
ascends from mankind to His presence –
For he is the highest manifestation of Allah’s Names
and the perfect unfaulted secret of His Attributes.
‫ج ِم‬
َ َ ‫ْب و َال ْع‬ ْ ّ ‫ع ََم‬
ِ ‫ت رِسَاـلَت ُه ُ فِي ال ْعُر‬
‫ل نَاـئبِ َة ٌ عَن ْه ُ عَلَى الاُم َ ِم‬ ُ ‫و‬

ُ ْ‫َالر ّس‬
‫ق فِي ال ْعَد َ ِم‬

ُ ْ ‫َت فَضَاـئِلُه ُ و َالْخَل‬
ْ ‫بَد‬
‫َفال َّل ُه إِ ْخ َت َار ُه ِفي ِع ْل ِم ِه ال ْ َق ِد ِم‬
‫ل ِ ْل َخ ْل ِق َأ ْر َس َل ُه ُط ًّرا َول ِ ُّلر ُس ِل‬
His message embraces Arabs and non-Arabs.
The Messengers were delegates
from and to different nations. His qualities appeared
when creation still was in the void –
Allah chose him in His Timeless knowledge
and sent him to all of creation and to the other Messengers.
211
ِ ‫خر ًا ل ِ ُأ َمّتِه‬
ْ َ ‫ل مُن ْتَق ِلا ً ذ‬
َ ‫ل َا ز َا‬
ِ ‫اب ءَابَاـئِه‬ ّ َ ‫فِي ال‬

ِ َ ‫طي ِّبِينَ م ِنْ الاَصْ ل‬
ِ ‫ح ََت ّى ِإذ َا ُأسْ عِد َ ال ْوَر َى ببِِعْثَتِه‬

ٰ ٰ
‫َأ ْس َرى بِ ِه ال َّل ُه لَ ْي ًال َب ْع َد َم ْب َع ِث ِه‬
‫اب َق ْو َس ْ ِي َح َّتى َف َاز بِا َال َم ِل‬ ِ ‫ل ِ َق‬
He was constantly moving,
a treasure stored-up for his community
in the loins of his noble ancestor
until mankind rejoiced in his selection –
After sending him as a Messenger, Allah conveyed him one night
to the distance of two bow-spans until he achieved his desire.
ِ ّ ُ ‫أَ سْم َاـه ُ ر َُب ّه ُ عَلَى ك‬

‫ل ال ْوَر َى فَارْتَقَى‬
ٰ ٰ ٰ
‫َات ب ِالاَم ِينِ مُرْتَفِق ًاـ‬ ِ ‫سم َاو‬ ّ َ ‫ِإلَى ٰ ال‬
‫ط ِيبَ ِإ ْذ ع َبِق َا‬

ّ ‫ق ال ْمَ�لَكُوتُ ال‬
َ َ‫فَاسْ تَنْش‬
‫َو ْاس َت ْب َش َر ال ْ َعالَ ُم ال ْ ُع ْل ِو ُّي َلَّا َر َقى‬
‫َوال ْ َع ْر ُش َق ْد َح َّص َل ا َال َم َان ِم ْن َخ َج ِل‬
His Lord nominated him above all mankind
so he ascended to the heavens accompanied by the trusty (Jibril.
So the malakut inhaled sweet scents
when it was exhaled – and
The higher world rejoiced when he ascended,
and the Throne gave him security from fear.
212
‫ل أَ ع ْلَا م ُن َى‬ َ ‫ل َا ز َا ي َ ْسم ُو ِإلَى ٰ أَ ْن نَا‬

ٰ
‫َت ب ِال ْهَنَا‬ ْ ‫ل مِن ْه ُ ال ْم ُن َى و َبشَ ّر‬ َ ِ‫و َني‬
ٰ
‫سنَا‬ّ َ ‫ح مِن ْه ُ ال‬ َ ‫ل ذ َاك َ الْف َنَا وَل َا‬ َ ْ ‫ُأهَي‬
‫َو ْاخ َت َر َق ْال ُْج َب َوا َالن ْ َو َار َح َّتى َدنَا‬
‫َو ُنو ِد َي ْاد ُن َح ِبي ِبي َو ْاس ُك ْن ِم ْن َخ َج ِل‬
He continued to ascend until he attained the highest of desires,
and through him desires were realised
and the good news of congratulation was announced.
That annihilation poured forth and radiance shone from him –
He passed through the veils and lights until he drew near,
and he was summoned, ‘Draw near, Beloved, and set aside your shyness.’
ْ‫ق ال ْمُبِينِ وَم َن‬ ّ َ َ ‫يَا خَيْر َ م َنْ ح‬

ِ ُ ‫ل ب ِالاُف‬
‫يحْظَى ب ِرُؤْيَت ِنَا د ُونَ ال ْوَر َى فَاشْ ك ُر َ ْن‬َ

ٰ ٰ
ْ‫تج ْزَع َن‬
َ ‫ِب ن َ ْفسًاـ وَل َا‬
ْ ‫و َاسْ كُنْ فُؤَاد ًا وَط‬
‫َأن ْ َوا ِرنَـا َو ْاط ُل َ ْب‬ ‫َو َم ِّت ِع ال َّل ْح َظ ِفي‬
‫ُت ْع َط بِ َل َم َل ِل‬ ‫ُك َّل ال َّ ِذي ِش ْئ َت ُه‬
‘How excellent is he who alights at the clear horizon.
He is favoured with the vision of Us, beyond mankind!
So give thanks and still your heart,
be happy and joyful, and do not grieve –
‘Rejoice in the sight of Our lights and demand all you want
and it will be given to you without delay.’
213
ِ ‫ل مَسْئلََة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَسَلْ م َا شِئ ْتَ تَفُز ْ بِك‬
ِ ‫ل مَنْق َبَة‬ ّ َ ُ ‫ل أَ ق ْض َى ال ْم ُن َى وَك‬ َ ‫فَنَا‬
ٰ ٰ
ٍ ‫ل م َا ُأ َمّة‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫سَم َْت ب ُِأ َمّتِه ِ ع َنْ ك‬
‫ا ْ ُل ْص َط َفى بِ ُك ِّل َم ْك ُر َم ٍة‬ ‫َف ُأ ْر ِج َع‬
‫اس بِا َال ْق َصى َوبِا ُّلس ُب ِل‬
َ ‫ا َّلن‬ ‫َو َأ ْخ َب َر‬
‘Ask for whatever you want,
you will receive every request.’
So he achieved the ultimate desires and every attainment,
He raised his community above all communities.
Then the Chosen One was returned with every noble quality
and he informed the people about al-Aqsa and the roads to it.
ٍ ‫ل م ِنْ عِلْم ٍ وَمَعْرِفَة‬

ِ ِ ‫بح ْر ُ الْفُضَائ‬
َ
ٍ ‫ل ذ َائبَِة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫َاف م َلَاذ ُ ك‬
ِ ‫الضع‬
ِّ ‫ْف‬
ُ ‫كه‬
َ
َ ْ‫م َنْ أَ َمّ سَاحَت َه ُ ح َاشَاه ُ م ِن‬

ٍ ‫خي ْبَة‬
‫َف ُل ْذ بِ ِه يَا َأ ِخي ِفي ُك ِّل ُم ْع ِض َل ٍة‬
‫اس َكال ْ َع َس ِل‬ِ ‫يَ ْض َحى َح ِدي ُث َك َب ْ َي ا َّلن‬
He is the sea of virtues in knowledge and gnosis.
He is the cave of the weak, the refuge of every one of the elect.
Whoever is gathered in his courtyard
is far from disappointment.
Take refuge with him in every dilemma, O my brother,
and your speech among the people will become like honey.
214
َ ِ‫بحْر‬
‫الن ّد َى ال ْعِم َ ِم‬ َ ‫و َاسْ ب َحْ بِفِكْرِك َ فِي‬
ٰ
‫ن ا�ل ْك َر َ ِم‬
َ ِ ‫ق ال ْم ُن َى فَو ْقَ م َا تَرْجُو م‬
ِ ْ ‫تُل‬
ٰ
‫كَذَاك َ ه َِم ّت ُه ُ أَ رْب َْت عَلَى ال ْهِم َ ِم‬
ٰ
‫بِا َال ْخ َل ِق َوا ِّلش َي ِم‬ ‫ا َّلس ْم َع‬ ‫َولَ ِّذ ِذ‬
‫َو ْاح َذ ْر ِم َن ا َّلزلَ ِل‬ ‫َش َمائ ِ َل ُه‬ ‫َوا ْذ ُك ْر‬
Swim with your contemplation in the sea
of his pervading dew of generosity,
you will discover blessings of giving beyond your wildest hopes.
In the same way his himma increases the himma of others –
Delight in hearing of his good character and qualities,
and evoke his virtues, and remain on guard against mistakes.
ِ ‫ض مَن ْصِ بِه‬

ِ ْ‫أَ عْي َى ال ْوَر َى ف َ ْهم ُ مَعْن َى بِع‬
ٰ ٰ ٰ
ِ ‫ن ال ْب َحْ رِ ه َلْ تَأْ تِي ب ِِإحْ صَائِه‬ِ َ ‫ِث ع‬
ْ ‫ح َ ّد‬
ِ ‫جو ْهَرِه‬
َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫و َاق ْن َعْ بِمَا طِقْتَ م ِنْ مَكْن ُو‬
ِ‫َج َـاء ْت َع َلى ي ِده‬ ‫َف َك ْم َخ َوا ِر َق َق ْد‬
َ
‫ْال َُّسـا ِد َوا ْلِ َل ِل‬ ‫َف َأ ْع َج َز ْت َسـائ ِ َر‬
The attempt to understand the meaning
of a part of his place exhausts mankind.
Better to speak of the ocean – can you encompass it?
Be content then with what you can for his essence is hidden –
How many miracles have come from his hand,
leaving the envious and all other religions powerless!
215
ّ َ ‫ج ْدعٌ لَه ُكَذَا د َعَا ال‬

‫شجَرَا‬ ِ ّ‫ق َ ْد ح ََن‬
‫شيِهَا أَ ث َر َا‬
ْ َ ‫َت م ِنْ م‬
ْ ‫ت و َأَ ر‬
ْ َ ‫فأَ َ ق ْبَل‬
‫بَيْنَ الاَصَاب ِِع عَذْبُ ال ْمَاء ِ مِن ْه ُ جَر َى‬
ٰ
‫َوإِ َّن َأ ْع َظ َم َخا ِر ٍق لَ ُه َظ َه َرا‬
‫َه َذا ال ْ ِك َت ُاب ال َّ ِذي َق ْد َج َاء بِال ْ َع َم ِل‬
The very tree trunks yearned for him,
and he called the trees, so they approached
and traces of their movement were seen,
and sweet water sprang from between his fingers –
The greatest of the miracles which were manifested for him
is this Book which brought us action.
‫و َأَ شْ ب َ َع الال َ َْف صَاعٌ مِن ْه ُ ق َ ْد كَمُلَا‬
‫جهْرًا م َِم ّا ق َ ْد ن َزَل َا‬ ّ َ ‫تَش َ َ ّف َع ال‬

َ ُ ‫ظبْي‬
ِ ْ‫و َال ْب َ ْدر ُ ش َُقّ وَغَي ْثُ ال ْمَح‬

‫ل ق َ ْد هَطَلَا‬
‫ِم ْن ُه َف َوائ ِ ُد َل‬ ‫ِفي ُك ِّل َجـا ِر َح ٍة‬
‫ُت ْد ِرك َْهـا بِا ْ ُل َق ِل‬ ‫ُي ْح ِص َيهـا َعدٌّ َو َل‬
A full measure of his fills up a thousand measures.
The gazelle intercedes openly about what happened.
The full moon was split
and the barren clouds pour down rain –
In every act from it there are innumerable benefits,
which are not perceptible to the eyes.
216
‫ك َ ْم أَ طْ ن َبَ الاُمَم ُ ال ْمَاضُونَ و َال ْع ُلَمَا‬

ُ ‫لو‬
‫َالن ّظَم َا‬ ُ ‫ض مِنْهَا‬
ُ ْ ‫الن ّب‬ ِ ْ‫م َا ج َاء َ ب ِال ْبَع‬
‫َالن ّ ْدم َا‬ ُ ‫ل‬

َ ‫الن ّصْ بَ و‬ ّ َ ‫ل ال‬
َ ‫شأْ و َنَا‬ َ َ ‫م َنْ ح َاو‬
‫اط ِك َت ُاب ال َّل ِه ِم ْن َها ِ َبا‬َ ‫َأ َح‬ ‫َو َق ْد‬
‫ُك َّل َس ِقي ِم ال ْ َق ْل ِب ِم ْن ِع َل ِل‬ ‫ُي ْب ِر ُء‬
How often past nations and scholars boasted
when their nobles and poets brought them a fragrance of his insight!
How many tried to obtain it
and only became exhausted and remorseful! –
The Book of Allah contains some of these benefits
by which every one who is sick of heart is healed of his sickness.
ٰ ‫َى م َ ْدح ُه ُ م َِم ّا م َض َٰى و َأَ تَى‬

ٰ
‫أَ عْي َى ال ْوَر‬
‫فِي الذِّكْر ِ أَ ث ْن َى عَلَيْه ِ ال� ل�ه ُ قُلْ ل ِي م َت َى‬
ٰ ٰ
‫ق قُلْ ل ِي م َت َى‬
ُ ْ ‫يحْص ِي مَز َايَاه ُ هَذ َا الْخَل‬ ُ
ٰ
‫َولَ ْي َس يَ ْق ُد ُر َق ْد َر ُه ال ْ َع ِظ ُيم َف ًتى‬
‫َفال ْ َع ْج ُز َع ْن َم ْد ِح ِه ِم ْن َأ ْح َس ِن ا ُّلس ُب ِل‬
Men in the past have grown weary, failing in their attempts
to praise him through the dhikr with which Allah praised him.
Tell me when will this creation
enumerate his blessings – O tell me, when? –
No hero is capable of attaining his mighty rank,
so the inability to praise him is the best of ways.
217
‫ح مِثْل ِي جَنَابَك ُ ْم خ َلَا الاَم َلَا‬

ُ ‫م َا م َ ْد‬
‫يخ ِيبُ ال َ ّذ ِي ب ِر َب ْعِك ُ ْم ن َزَل َا‬

َ ‫ح َاشَا‬
‫اب ف َضْ �لِك ُ ْم عَائِلَا‬

ِ َ ِ‫فَق َ ْد و َقَفْتُ بب‬
‫َو َق ْد َت َش َّب ْه ُت ِفي َم ْد ِحي َو ِج ْئ ُت إِلَى‬
‫ُر ْح َم َاك ُم ْس َت ْش ِف ًعـا ل ِ َّل ِه َت ْش َف ُع لِي‬
The praising of you by one such as me is empty of hope
(yet none is disappointed who alights at his abode,
So I have stood at the door
of your bounty indigent and in need –
I have copied you in my praise and I have come to your compassion
seeking intercession with Allah, so intercede on my behalf!
ً ‫ل تَرْض َِي ّة‬ َ ّ ‫أَ ْرضَاك َ ر َُب‬

َ ‫ك فِي‬
ِ ‫الت ّنْز ِي‬
ّ َ ُ ‫و َفِي الْق ِيَامَة ِ فُقْتَ الْك‬
ً ‫ل مَك ْرُم َة‬
ً ‫ق قَاطِب َة‬
ِ ْ ‫ل الْخَل‬ ّ َ ‫أَ ن ْتَ ال‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫شف ِي ُع لِك‬
‫يَا َأ ْع َظ َم ْ َال ْل ِق ِع ْن َد ال َّل ِه َم ْن ِزلَ ًة‬
‫إِ ْع ِط ْف َع َل ْي َنا ِ َبا نَ ْر ُج ُوه يَا َأ َملِي‬
May your Lord grant you satisfaction in revelation
and may you be honoured above all
on the Day of Resurrection.
You are the one who intercedes for all creation –
O greatest of creation with Allah in rank,
be kind to us with what we hope for, O my desire!
218
ُ ‫ض نَشْر َبُه‬
ِ ْ ‫و َاشْ ف َعْ لَنَا فِي وُر ُودِ الْحَو‬
ُ ‫ق نَسْ�ل ُك ُه‬ ِ ْ ‫َاط كَمِث‬

ِ ْ‫ل ال ْبَر‬ ُ ‫كَذَا الصِّر‬
ُ ِ ‫ال� ل�ه‬
ُ ‫نخ ْبَت ُه‬ ُ‫ال ْمَلَاذ ُ و َبَاب‬ َ‫أَ ن ْت‬
‫َم ْن يَ ْح َت ِمي بِ َك يَ ْض َحى ال ْ َك ْو ُن يَ ْخ ُد ُم ُه‬
‫ِ َل ْج ِل َجا ِه َك يَا ُمِ َّد ُك َّل َولِي‬
Intercede for us when we come to the fountain
that we may drink from it, and at the bridge
that we may pass over it like a flash of lightning.
You are the refuge and the door of Allah for the elect –
By your rank, created beings serve whoever
seeks shelter with you, O Protector of every Wali.
ِ‫ق بِ حَارِ الْوِ ْزرِ فِى كَبَد‬

ُ ‫ِإن ِ ّي غَر ِي‬
ِ‫جدٌ سِوَاك َ م ِنْ أَ حَد‬

ِ ْ ‫ْس ل ِي مُن‬
ِ‫أَ ن ْتَ ال ْغ َِي ّاثُ و َأَ ن ْتَ خَي ْر ُ مُعْتَمَد‬

‫بِ َك ْاح َت َم ْي ُت َف َل َت ِك ْل ِني يَا َس َن ِدي‬
‫ال ْن ِس َو ْاج ُب ْرنَا ِم َن ْ َال َل ِل‬
ِ ْ ‫ل ِ َّلن ْف ِس َو‬
I am worn out,
drowning in oceans of wrong actions
and there is no one to aid me except you.
You are our aid and the best of supports –
O my support! I have sought shelter with you,
so do not leave me to my self and my humanness, but mend our faults.
219
ِ ‫ع ُبَيْدُكُم ُ ضَاقَ ب ِال ْع ِصْ يَا‬

ُ ‫ن مَذْه َب ُه‬
ُ ‫يحْجُب ُه‬
َ ُ‫ْس أَ َمّارَة ٌ و َال َذ ّن ْب‬ َ ‫و‬
ُ ‫َالن ّف‬
ُ ‫لَه ُ و َال� ل�ه ُ يَرْحَم ُه‬ ‫نَصِ ير ًا‬ ْ‫فَكُن‬

ِ َ‫ولَيس ُي ْل َح ُق َعب ٌد َأن ْ َت ن‬
‫اص ُر ُه‬ ْ َ َْ
‫َف َأن ْ َت لِي ُع ْم َد ٌة ِفي ا َّلس ْه ِل َو ْال ََب ِل‬
The path of your slave has been narrow through rebellion.
The self is in control and wrong actions veil him.
Be his helper and Allah may have mercy on him, for –
Nothing befalls the slave if you are his helper.
You are my staff on the level land and on the mountains.
ِ‫ق َ ْد ضَاعَ عُمْرِي وَز َاد َ ال َذ ّن ْبُ فِي ال ْعَدَد‬
ِ ‫ل و َالْخل ََد‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْع َ ْق‬
َ ‫و َق َ ْد غَدَوْتُ شَغ ِي‬
‫ل أَ نْ جُو ْبِه ِ فِي غ َ ٍد‬

ٌ َ ‫ْس ل ِي ع َم‬
‫َو َق ْد َت ََّي ْر ُت ِفي َأ ْم ِري َف ُخ ْذ بِ َي ِدي‬
‫َف َل َت َُّو َل لِي َع ْن ُنو ِر َك ا َال َّو ِل‬
My life was lost and my wrong actions increased in number.
My heart and intellect had become preoccupied.
Now I do not possess an act which can save me tomorrow.
I have become confused about myself, so take me by the hand.
For me there is no turning away from your first light.
220
‫َت‬
ْ ‫ق يَا شَمْسًاـ ِإذ َا ب َزَغ‬
ِ ْ ‫يَا خَيْرَة َ الْخَل‬
ّ ُ ُ ‫بَد َا ال ْوُجُود ُ و َغَابَ الْك‬

‫ل ِإ ْن حُ ج ِب َْت‬
‫حظ ِي َْت‬
َ ‫يَا م َنْ بِمَب ْع َثِه ِ الاَكْ وَانُ ق َ ْد‬
‫َص َّلى َع َل ْي َك إِلَ ُه ال ْ َع ْر ِش َما َظ َه َر ْت‬
‫َش ْم ُس ْ َال ِقي َق ِة بِا َال ْس َم ِاء َوال ْ ِف َعا ِل‬
O Best of Creation! O Sun! which when it rises,
existence appears, but everything disappears if it is veiled.
O he who through his mission beings have found favour –
May the God of the Throne bless you as long
as the sun of the reality is manifested by the Names and the Acts.
َ ّ ‫ث َُم‬
‫الصّ لَاة ُ عَلَى ال ْم ُخْ تَارِ م َا سَ ج َع َت‬
ٰ
‫َت‬
ْ ‫ض و َان ْت َشَر‬
ِ ‫الر ّو‬ ُ ُ ‫َب نَسِيم‬ ّ َ ‫وُرْقٌ و َه‬
‫َت‬
ْ ‫ْط الاَز َاهِرِ م ِنْ أَ كْ مَامِهَا اِنْف َتَح‬
ُ ‫بَس‬
‫ـاب َمـا نَ َب َت ْت‬ ُ ‫َك َذ َاك َءا ُل َك َوا َال ْص َح‬
‫ُع ْش ٌب َو َمـا َس َّح ِت ا َّلس َم ُـاء ِم ْن َب َل ِل‬
Blessing upon the Chosen One as long as doves coo,
the gentle breeze of the meadow blows,
and the scents of flowers are diffused from their open petals –
As well as your family and Companions as long as the grass grows
and the sky pours down abundant rain.
221
‫ن ال ْهِم َ ِم‬ َ ‫و‬

َ ِ ‫َالت ّاب ِع ُونَ ذَو ُوا ال ْعَل ْيَا م‬
ِ ‫و َال ْع َلَم‬ ‫الا ِسْ لَا ِم‬ ِ ‫ر َايَة‬ ‫الْحا َم ِلُو‬

ُ ‫ل ال ْو َفَا و‬
‫َالت ّقَى و َالْجُودِ و َا�ل ْك َر َ ِم‬ ُ ْ ‫أَ ه‬
ٰ
‫ُث َّم ا ِّلر َضى َع ْن ِر َجا ِل ال َّل ِه ُكلِّ ِه ِم‬
‫َما َس َّب َح ال ْ َك ْو ُن َم ْن ُي َج ُّل َع ْن َم َث ِل‬
And blessing upon the Followers
who had outstanding himma,
bearing the banner and standards of Islam,
people of fidelity and piety, generosity and nobility –
Then I ask for Your good pleasure for all the Men of Allah
as long as beings glorify the One Who is above identification with forms.
‫و َاحْ ف َْظ ل ِرَايَة ِ دِي ِن الْحَقّ ِ ح َام ِلَه َا‬
‫ن عِ َزّتَهَا‬
َ ‫و َا ْرد ُ ْد لِس َُن ّة ِ هَذ َا الد ِّي‬
‫ل قَادَتَهَا‬ ُ ِ ‫و َان ْصُرْ ل ِ ُأ َمّة ِ خَيْر‬

ِ ْ‫الر ّس‬
‫َوابْ ُس ْط ِ ِل ْخ َوان ِ َنا ْال َْي َر ِات َأ ْج َم َع َها‬
‫ُدن ْ َيا َو ُأ ْخ َرى َو َل َت ِك ْل َنا ل ِ ْل َع َم ِل‬
Protect the standard-bearer of the Deen of the Truth,
and restore the Sunna of this Deen to its position of might.
Grant victory to the Community led by the best of the Messengers –
And unfold all blessings on our brothers, in this world and the next,
and do not leave us to our actions.
222
‫أَ نْصَار َه َا‬ ‫الْقَو ْ ِم‬ ‫ق‬

ِ ‫لِطَرِ ي‬ ‫و َأَ يِّد َ ْن‬
‫أَ ت ْبَاعَه َا‬ ِ ‫الْخيَْر‬ ِ ‫بِد ُعَاة‬ ْ‫و َأَ لْحِق َن‬
‫خر َ ذِي الاَي ّا ِم أَ سْ عَد َه َا‬

ِ ‫و َاجْ ع َلْ أَ و َا‬
‫َوا ْغ ِف ْر ل ِ َوال ِ ِد َينا ا َّلز َّال ِت َأ ْج َم َع َها‬
‫َوا ْ ُلسلِ ِم َني بِ َف ْض ٍل ِم ْن َك يَا َأ َزلِي ۝‬
ْ
Support the supporters of the Tariq of the people,
and connect its followers to those who call to the best,
and make the last of our days the happiest –
Forgive our parents all their mistakes, and the Muslims,
by an outpouring from You – O Before-endless-time!
223
Takhmisat
These Takhmisat are on some of the Qasidas of the Shaykh by some

of his pupils, the first being:
‫وهذه تخميسات عل بعض قصائد األستاذ املذكور‬

:‫لبعض تالمذته أولها‬
225
The Takhmis in Lam on
‘The Departure of Illusion’
by the needy slave Abu Hafs ‘Umar
‫المية ارحتال الوهم‬

َّ ‫تخميس‬
‫ُللع َب ْيد املفتقر أبي حفص عمر‬
ْ‫ص م َعْ وَج َل‬

ٍ ‫بَعْد َ عِلْم ٍ ب ِِإخْلَا‬
ْ‫وَج َل‬ ّ‫ع َ َز‬ ِ ‫ل َِل ّٰه‬ ‫ل‬

ٍ ‫و َابْتِهَا‬
ْ‫حصَل‬
َ ‫الت ّجَل ِّي‬ ٌّ ‫ل ح‬
َ َ‫ِب حِين‬ َ ‫قَا‬
‫َر َح ْل‬ ‫َف َل َّما َأ ْن‬ ‫َك َان لِي َو ْه ٌم‬
‫ا َال َز ْل‬ ‫َع َلى ُنو ِر‬ ‫َأ ْش َر َف ال ْ َق ْل ُب‬
After knowledge coupled with sincerity and fear,
and humble entreaty to Allah, the Mighty and Exalted,
when the manifestation occurred, a lover said:
I had an illusion. When it departed,
the heart looked upon the light of before-time.
226
The Takhmis in Lam on ‘The Departure of Illusion’
ِ ‫ب ِمحَ ْب ُوبِه‬ ‫ل‬

َ ْ‫ال ْو َص‬ َ ‫ر َام‬ ‫لَم ّا‬
ِ ‫بِه‬ ‫مَش ُوق ًاـ‬ ‫م ُوَل ّه ًاـ‬ َ ‫طَار‬
ِ ‫قُر ْبِه‬ ‫فِي‬ َ ‫الْفَوْز‬ ّ َ َ‫ب ِأ‬

‫ن‬ ‫ع ِل ْم ًاـ‬
‫ا َّلش ْو َق ال َّ ِذي َط َار بِ ِه‬ ‫َر ِك َب‬
‫ِم ْن ِح ِّب ِه َح َّتى اتَّ َص ْل‬ ‫َف َدنَا‬
When he desired to reach his Beloved,
he took flight with passion and yearning,
knowing that success lies in nearness to Him.
It rode on longing, which flew with it,
so the heart drew near to its Beloved until it was united.
ً ‫و َاه ِلا‬ ُ ‫فَنَاه‬ ْ‫ع َن‬ ٍ ‫فَنَاء‬ ‫فِي‬
‫و َالْملَِا‬ ِ ‫لَدَيْه‬
‫ل َا ال ْمَلَا يَبْقَى‬
ٰ
‫ل َ ْم ي َر َ م ِنْ شَيْء ٍ سِو َى ذِي الْكِلَا‬
ٰ
‫َش َاه َد ال ْ َك ْو َن َخ َيا ًال َزائ ِ ًال‬
‫َو ْ َان َحى َر ْس ُم ال ْ ُو ُجو ِد َو َأ َف ْل‬
Weakening in annihilation to his annihilation,
and no assembly nor anything else remained with him,
he did not see anything except the One with shelter.
It saw created beings as an imagination that faded,
and the form of existence was obliterated and vanished.
227
‫ل َ ْم ي َر َ نَاطِق ًاـ وَل َا صَام ِت ًاـ‬
‫قَانتِ ًاـ‬ ‫وَل َا‬ ‫خ َائِف ًاـ‬ ‫وَل َا‬ ْ‫بَل‬
‫مخ ْب ِت ًاـ‬
ُ ‫وَل َا‬ ‫ِإذ ًا‬ ‫غَف ُول ًا‬ ‫ل َا‬
‫ُم ْث ِب ًتـا‬ ‫ل ِ ْل َب َق ِاء‬
‫ُر َّد‬ ‫ُث َّم‬
‫ال ْ َك ْو ِن ال َّ ِذي َع ْن ُه ان ْ َع َز ْل‬ ‫َج ِم َيع‬
He did not see anyone speaking or silent,
nor fearful nor obedient,
nor heedless then nor humble.
Then if was returned to going-on, confirming
all the beings from which it had withdrawn.
ِ ‫تَوْحِيدِه‬ ‫فِي‬ ُ ‫شَرْع َه‬ َ ‫ح َ َكّم‬
ِ ‫تحْدِيدِه‬
َ ‫فِي‬ ُ ‫يُجَاوِز َن ْه‬ ْ‫لَن‬
ِ ‫يَدِه‬ ‫فِي‬ َ
‫الن ّجْد َي ْ ِن‬ ُ ‫أَ زِ َمّة‬
ِ‫ا ِّلض َّدي ِن ِفي م ْش َه ِده‬ ‫َج َم َع‬
َ ْ
‫ال َّل َه َو َق َام بِال ْ َع َم ْل‬ ‫َو َّح َد‬
He judged by His Shari‘a in His Tawhid
and did not exceed it in defining Him.
The reins of the two paths are in His hand.
It joined the two opposites in witnessing Him;
it unified Allah and took on action.
228
The Takhmis in Lam on ‘The Departure of Illusion’
‫مُسْتَوِ يًاـ‬ ْ‫ي َز َل‬ ‫ل َ ْم‬ ‫كِل ْتَا‬

‫عَلَى‬
ٰ
‫ي ُر َى بَاغِي ًاـ‬ ْ‫بح ْر َيْه ِ لَن‬
َ ‫كِلَا‬
ٰ
‫مُحَم ّد ًِي ّاـ‬ ‫أَ ْعنِي‬ ‫فَرْد ًا‬ َ ‫صَار‬
‫ِس ًّرا َو ِص َر ًاطـا َس ِويًّا‬ ‫َح َاز‬
‫َذا َق ُه ِم ْن َأ ْه ِل ال ْ َك َما ْل‬ ‫َق َّل َم ْن‬
He remained straight in both.
You do not see him wronging either of His seas.
He became the Muhammadan individual.
It gained a secret and a level path;
how few of the people of perfection taste it.
‫ذِي‬ ‫ن‬
ِ ِ‫ال ْمُهَيْم‬ ‫ن‬
َ ِ‫م‬ ‫َات‬
ٌ ‫ك َرَم‬
‫ال ْبَذِي‬ ‫وَد َِع‬ ْ‫تَسْلَم َن‬ ْ‫سَل ِّم َن‬
‫مح ْتَذِي‬
ُ ْ‫فَق ُل‬ ً ‫عِ َزّة‬ ‫تُر ِ ْد‬ ‫ِإ ْن‬
‫َص ِّل َع َلى ا ُّلنو ِر ال َّ ِذي‬ ‫َربَّ َنا‬
‫َع ْب ٍد َأ َّم ُه َح َاز ا َال َم ْل‬ ‫ُك ُّل‬
Miracles from the Protector.
Grant peace, grant peace and abandon what is foul.
If you desire might, then say in imitation:
Our Lord, bless the Light.
Every slave who reaches him gains his desire.
229
‫و َالِه ًاـ‬ ْ‫وَكُن‬ ‫د َ ْوم ًاـ‬ ‫ك َر ِ ّرَنْهَا‬
‫و َالْبَهَا‬ ‫ل و َالر ِّض َى‬

َ ْ‫تَحُزِ الْف َض‬
ٰ
‫انْتِهَا‬ ِ ‫عَاطِف ًاـ زِ ْد و َقُلْ ب ِغَيْر‬
‫َو َأ ْر َض َع ْن َءال ِ ِه ُه ْم َأ ْه ُل ا ُّلن َهى‬
‫اب َم َع ُق ْط ٍب َو َب َد ْل ۝‬ ٍ ‫َو ِص َح‬
Repeat it constantly and be fearful.
You will obtain excellence, contentment and radiance.
And also say without end:
Be pleased with his family, they are the people of understanding;
and the Companions, the Qutb and the Abdal.
230
The Takhmis in Ha on
‘The Manifestation of the Essence’
by Abu Hafs ‘Umar
‫يس َهائ ِ َّي ُة ال َّت َجلِّي‬ ِ

ُ ‫َت ْخم‬
‫ألبي حفص عمر‬
‫ل ظَلَامُهَا‬
َ ‫ِإذ َا م َا لَيَال ِي ال ْوَه ْ ِم ز َا‬
‫وب صَلَاتُهَا‬
ِ ُ ‫اب الْق ُل‬ ْ ‫ُأق ِيم‬
ِ َ ‫َت ل ِأَ رْب‬
‫ل ِإم َامُهَا‬ ُ ‫كسَاه َا‬

َ ‫الن ّور ُ قَا‬ َ ‫فَلَم ّا‬
‫َأ َش ْم ٌس َب َدا ِم ْن َعالَ ِم ال ْ َغ ْي ِب َض ْو ُؤ َها‬
‫َأ ِم ان ْ َك َش َف ْت َع ْن َذ ِات لَ ْي َلى ُس ُت ُور َها‬
When the darkness of the nights of illusion departed,
the prayer of the lords of the hearts was established for them.
When light clothed them, their imam said:
Has the light of the sun appeared from the world of the Unseen,
or have the veils of Layla been lifted from Her essence?
231
ُ ُ ‫أَ ِم الاَنْ جُم‬

‫الز ّه ْر ُ ال ْمُضَاء ُ بنِ ُورِه َا‬
‫ق م ِنْ بَعْدِ غَيْمِه َا‬ َ ْ ‫أَ ِم ال ْب َ ْدر ُ ع َ َ ّم الاُف‬
‫أَ ِم ال ْه َجْ ر ُ أَ بْد َلَت ْه ُ سَل ْم َى ب ِو َصْ لِه َا‬

ٰ
‫نَ َع ْم تِ َل َك لَ ْي َلى َق ْد َأ َب َاح ْت بِ ُح ِّب َها‬
‫ِ ِل ٍّل لَ َها َلَّا َت َزايَ َد َش ْو ُق َها‬
Or have the brilliant stars been illuminated by Her light,
or the full moon enveloped the horizon after the clouds have lifted,
or has Salma replaced estrangement with union?
Yes, Layla revealed Her love
for Her intimate friend when Her longing grew.
‫صفِيِّهَا‬
َ ِ‫ل‬ َ
‫الصّ ف َا‬ ِ ‫بِمِر ْءَاة‬ ‫ت‬
ْ َ ‫ت َر َاء‬
‫شذ َاه َا م ِنْ وَر َاء ِ ِحج َابِهَا‬

َ ‫ح‬
َ ‫و َفَا‬
‫ِب عِنْد َ بُد ُ ّوِه َا‬

ِّ ‫وَطَار َ قلَُي ْبُ الْح‬
‫َف َأ ْض َحى َأ ِس ًيرا ِفي ُم َرا ِد َغ َرا ِم َها‬
‫وس َها‬ ُ ‫َونَ َاد ْت لَ ُه ا َال ْش َو ُاق َه ِذي ُك ُؤ‬
She appeared in the mirror of purity to Her dear friend.
Her fragrance diffused from behind Her veil.
And the heart of the lover took flight at Her appearance.
He became a captive of Her ardent desire
and the longings which are Her goblets called out to him.
232
The Takhmis in Ha on ‘The Manifestation of the Essence’
‫خ َانِهَا‬ ِ‫ت بِ حَل ِْي ال ْع ِزِ ّ و َسْ ط‬

ْ ّ ‫تَحَل‬
‫ل خِيَامِهَا‬
َ ْ ‫حو‬
َ ِ‫اش ال ْمَجْد‬
َ َ ‫ت ف ِر‬
ْ ّ ‫و َبَث‬
ّ َ ‫اب ال‬
‫طلَا ل ِشَر َابِهَا‬ ِ َ ‫ت ب ِأَ كْ و‬
ْ َ ‫وَج َاء‬
‫َف َما َب ِر َح ْت َح َّتى َس َق ْت ُه بِ َك ْأ ِس َها‬
‫اش َر ْب َفا َّلش َر ُاب َح ِدي ُث َها‬
ْ ‫َف َل لَ ْو َم َف‬
She adorned herself in the robe of might in the midst of Her tavern,
and spread out the carpet of glory around Her tents
and brought goblets of sweet wine to drink.
She did not leave until She had given him a drink from Her goblet.
There is no blame. Drink – for the wine is Her speech.
‫فَمَا سَل ْم َى م َنْ تُه ْو َى و َل َ ْم أَ ه ْو َ غَيْر َه َا‬

ٰٰ ٰ
‫ْس ال ْم ُرَاد ُ ح َلْيَهَا وَجَمَالَهَا‬ َ ‫و َلَي‬
ّ َ ُ ‫ب ال ْع‬
‫شاقُ لَيْلَى و َشُرْ بَهَا‬ ِ ُ ‫و َل َ ْم تَطْل‬
ٰٰ
‫َو َما ِه َي إِ َّل َح ْض َر ُة ْال َِّق َو ْح َد َها‬
‫َ َت َّل ْت بِ َأ ْش َكا ٍل َت َل َّو َن ُن ُور َها‬
Salma is not the one who is desired and I do not desire other than Her.
What is desired is not Her robes and beauty.
The passionate lovers did not seek Layla and Her drink.
She is none but the Presence of the Truth alone,
Who manifests Herself with forms whose every light is different.
233
‫ل و َق ْتَ ب ُر ُوزِه َا‬

ِ ّ ِ ‫ل الْخ‬
ُ ْ ‫تَلَاش َى عُقَي‬
ٰٰ
‫سنِهَا‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ ُ ‫و َأَ دْهَشَه ُ ِإ ْذ ذ َاك َ بَاه ِر‬
‫ن جَمَالِهَا‬
ُ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ ‫ن‬ َ ْ ‫وَع َ َ ّم جَم ِي َع ا�ل‬
ِ ْ ‫كو‬
‫َف َأبْ َد ْت َب ِد َيع ا ُّلص ْن ِع ِفي َط ِّي َك ْون ِ َها‬
‫يك ُظ ُه ُور َها‬ َ ‫ال ِّب ِف‬
ِ ْ ‫ات‬ ِ ‫َف َل ِح ْظ ِص َف‬
The consciousness of the lover disappeared at the moment She appeared
and at that the splendour of Her beauty dazzled him.
The splendour of Her beauty enveloped the entire cosmos.
In folding up Her cosmos, She showed the Originator of the design,
so look how the Attributes of the Beloved are manifest within you.
‫سنَهَا‬ْ ‫ح‬ ُ ُ‫فَق ُلْ ل َلِ ّذ ِي يَه ْوى و َيَطْلُب‬

ٰ
‫َات و َال ُنّهَ ى‬
ِ ‫اب ال ْمَق َام‬ِ َ ‫و َيُنْهَ ى ل ِأَ رْب‬
ٰ ٰٰ
‫نح ْو َه َا‬
َ ‫ك‬ َ ‫س‬
ِ ‫َظ ن َ ْف‬ِّ ‫ن ح‬ ِ ‫تَو َ َجّه ْ بِد ُو‬
‫َف َوال َّل ِه َما َح َاز ا َّلس َع َاد َة ُك َّل َها‬
ً ِ ‫ِس َوى َم ْن َب َدا َع ْب ًدا َذل‬
‫يال يَ ُؤ ُّم َها‬
Tell the one who desires and seeks Her beauty
and inform the masters of stations and understanding:
Direct yourselves towards Her without any portion for your self.
By Allah, none ever obtains complete bliss
except the one who becomes a humble slave and seeks Her out.
234
‫بِف َضْ لِه َا‬ ‫ل‬

ِ ‫ا ْلجم ََا‬ ‫اب‬
ِ َ ‫كسَت ْه ُ ب ِأَ ث ْو‬
َ
‫ك ُلِّه َا‬ ‫َات‬

ِ ‫كمَال‬
َ ْ ‫ا�ل‬ ِ َ ‫حَبَت ْه ُ ب ِأَ ن ْو‬
‫اع‬
‫جف َائِهَا‬
َ َ ‫ل أَ ك ْرَمَت ْه ُ بَعْد‬
ِ ْ‫و َب ِال ْو َص‬
‫َف َغ َّط ْت َق ِب َيح ال ْ َو ْص ِف ِم ْن ُه بِ َو ْص ِف َها‬
‫َو َل َح ْت لَ ُه ا َالن ْ َو ُار يَ ْب ُدو ُش َع ُاع َها‬
She clothed him in the garments of beauty by Her favour
and gave him all the varieties of perfection,
and honoured him with union after Her harshness.
She covered the ugliness of his attributes with the beauty of Hers,
and lights shone from him, their rays appearing.
‫ضع ًاـ‬
ِ ‫مخ ْل ِصً اـ لَهَا خ َا‬
ُ ‫فَصَار َ ع ُبَيْدًا‬
َ َ ‫مح ًِب ّاـ و‬

‫مح ْب ُوبًاـ ل ِأَ ْمر ِه َا طَائِع ًاـ‬ ُ
‫بَصِ ير ًا بِهَا و َبَاطِشًاـ كَذَا سَامِع ًاـ‬
‫ال ِّس ال َّ ِذي َك َان َق ِاط ًعـا‬
ِ ْ ‫اب َع ِن‬
َ ‫َف َغ‬
‫َو َعانَ َق َم ْع ًنى َل يَ ِح ُّل ِف َرا ُق َها‬
He became Her pure humble slave,
lover and beloved, obeying Her command,
Seeing and striking and hearing by Her,
He withdrew from the sensory which is a barrier
and embraced a meaning from which it is unlawful to be separated.
235
‫ك ال ْه َو َى‬ َ َ ‫ْس ل‬َ ‫و َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ أَ ْن تَه ْو َى و َلَي‬

ٰٰ ٰٰ
‫سِو َىالْحَضْرَة ِال ْعَل ْيآء ِفِيالْج َ ْهرِو ََالن ّجْ و َى‬
ٰٰ
‫وَتَنْجُو م ِنْ نَارِ الْقَط ِيعَة ِ و َال ْبَل ْو َى‬
ٰٰ
‫َف َح ِّر ْر َأ ِخي َق ْص ًدا َو َأ ْع ِر ْض َع ِن ا ِّلس َوى‬
‫اب ِم ْن َك نَ ِس ُيم َها‬ِ ‫يَ ُه ُّب َع َلى ا َال ْح َب‬
If you wish to love and have no passion
other than the Sublime Presence both openly and in private,
and to be saved from the fire of separation and affliction,
Let your goal be to commit yourself, brother, and avoid otherness,
and Her breeze will waft over the lovers from you.
‫ك‬
ِ ِ ‫و َت ُ ْكفَى بِف َضْ لِه َا جَمِي ْ َع ال ْمَه َال‬
ٰ
ِ‫ل نَاسِك‬ َ ‫ض‬
َ ْ ‫ل أَ ف‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫يس الْك‬ َ ِ ‫و َتَضْ حَى ر َئ‬
ٰ
ٍ‫ن أَ ْعظَم َ ح َائ ِك‬ ِ ‫و َفِي ال ْعِلْم ِ و َال ْعِر ْفَا‬
‫َسال ِ ِك‬ ‫ل ِ ْل ُف َؤا ِد ِم ْن‬ ‫َو َت ْف َت ُح َس ْم ًعـا‬
‫َدلِي ُل َها‬ ‫ال ْ ِع ْل ِم ِم ْن َها‬ ‫يف‬ َ ‫َأل َّن لَ ِط‬
By Her favour you will be spared from all destruction
and become the leader of all, the best worshipper,
and the greatest weaver of knowledge and gnosis.
You will open the hearing of the wayfarer’s heart because
the all-pervading nature of the knowledge from Her is proof of Her.
236
‫بِذ َيْلِه َا‬ ْ‫تَع ََل ّق‬ ‫بِهَا‬ ‫لَهَا‬ ْ‫تَو ََسّ ل‬
‫و َق ِْف د َائِم ًاـ عَبْدًا ذ َلِيلًا ببَِابِهَا‬
‫ل ك ُلِّه َا‬
ِ ِ ‫ل الْفَضَائ‬
َ ْ ‫و َقُلْ ِإ ْن تَش َأْ نَي‬
‫َف ُم َّن َع َل ْي َنا َدائ ِ ًما بِ ِو َصال ِ َها‬
‫ود ِات ُكلِّ َها ۝‬
َ ‫َو َغ ِّي ْب َنا َع ْن ِح ِّسا ْ َل ْو ُج‬
Seek access to Her by Her, clinging to Her coat tail,
And stand constantly as a humble slave at Her door.
If you wish to obtain all favours, then say:
Bestow on us always the blessing of union with Her
and make us withdraw from every existent thing.
237
‘Withdrawal from all that is other than Allah’
by Sidi Fudul al-Huwari
‫يس َهائ ِ َّي ُة‬ ِ
‫ال ْ َغ ْي َب ِة َع َّما ِس َوى الل ِه‬
‫لِسيدي فضول ال ْ َه َّواري‬
ِ ‫كثْرَة‬
َ َ ‫يَا م َنْ ي َر َى الاَكْ وَانَ مَشْهَد‬
ِ ‫ْف ب ِسُرْعَة‬
ِ ُ‫مَزّ ِْق ثيَِابَ ال ْوَه ْ ِم تل‬
ِ ‫م َا فِي ال ْوَر َى ِإ َلّا مَظَاه ِر ُ وَحْدَة‬

ٰ
‫وحي ُت َِّد ُث ِني بِ َأ َّن َح ِقي َق ِتي‬
ِ ‫ُر‬
‫ُن ُور ا ِاللَ ِه َف َل َت َرى إِ َّال ُه‬
You who see beings as the manifestation of multiplicity,
rend the cloaks of illusion and you will swiftly find
that there are only manifestations of unity in mankind.
238
The Takhmis in Ha on ‘Withdrawal from all that is other than Allah’
ُ ‫كوْنُ فِي ظُلَم ِ الْف َنَا فأَ َ نَارَه‬

َ ْ ‫فَا�ل‬
ُ ‫ءَاثَارَه‬ ْ‫حظَن‬
ِ ‫فَلَا‬ ِ ‫الاِلَٰه‬ ُ ‫نُور‬
ُ ‫وَسَنَاءَه‬ ُ ‫نُورَه‬ ‫ُأر َانِي‬ ‫ِإن ِ ّي‬

‫ِس َو َاء ُه‬ ً ‫لَ ْو لَ ْم َأ ُك ْن ُن‬
‫ورا لَ ُك ْن ُت‬
‫َت ْر َض ُاه‬ ‫إِ َّن ا ِّلس َوى َع َد ٌم َف َل‬
Being is in the darkness of annihilation,
then the light of God illuminated it, so look at His traces.
I saw myself as His light and radiance.
َ َ ‫َطهِّر ْ بِمَاء ِ الذِّكْر ِ قَل ْب‬

‫ك و َاجْ تَه ِ ْد‬
‫مُنْفَرِ ْد‬ ‫َق‬

ٍ ّ ‫غَيْر َ ح‬ َ ‫تُش َاهِد‬ ‫أَ َلّا‬
‫تُر ِي ْد‬ ‫ع ََم ّا‬ ‫قَاطِ ٌع‬ ٌ‫فَال ْغَي ْر ُ وَهْم‬

‫لَ ْم َ ِت ْد‬ ‫بِ َع ْ ِي ِس ِّر َك‬ ‫نَ َظ ْر َت‬ ‫َوإِ َذا‬
‫َو َس َم ُاه‬ ‫ِفي َأ ْر ِض ِه‬ ‫ا ِاللَ ِه‬ ‫َغ ْي َر‬
Purify your heart with the water of dhikr and strive
not to witness other than the Truth alone.
Other is illusion which cuts you off from what you desire.
239
ِ ‫حسْنِه‬
ُ ِ‫لِبَاهِر‬ ٌ ‫مِرْآة‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫فَالْك‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫تح َْظ بِقُر ْبِه‬

َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫ن الاَكْ وَا‬
ِ َ‫ن ع‬
َ ْ ‫فَاف‬
ِ ‫يخ ْتَفِي ق ِ ْدم ًاـ بَد َا فِي خ َلْقِه‬

َ ‫ل َا‬
‫يَ ْخ َفى بِ ِه‬ ِ‫لَ ِك ْن َتو ُّه ُم َغي ِره‬
ْ َ
‫َأ َر ْد َت َت َر ُاه‬ ‫َفان ْ ُب ْذ َه َو َاك إِ َذا‬
All is a mirror for the radiance of His beauty.
Be annihilated to phenomenal beings and you will obtain His nearness.
He is eternally unconcealed and manifest in His creation.
‫ْف الْحَق ِيقَة ِ وَحْد َه َا‬

َ ‫ل َا تَشْر َبَنْ صِر‬
‫صَهْبَاءَه َا‬ ٍ ‫شَر ِيعَة‬ ِ ‫بِمَاء‬ ْ‫و َا ْمز ُج‬
‫ث َُم ّ ب ِعَيْنِهَا‬ ِ ّ‫الْحَق‬ ِ‫ب ِع َيْن‬ ْ ‫و َانْظُر‬

‫َس ِف َين َة ُس َّن ٍة َت ْن ُجو بِ َها‬ ‫َو ْار َك ْب‬
‫يس َها ِفي َه َو ُاه‬ ِ ِ ‫س ِب َيل رئ‬
َ َ ‫َو ْاس ُل ْك‬
Do not drink the pure wine of the Reality alone.
Mix its red wine with the water of the Shari‘a.
Look with the eye of the Real and then with the eye of the Shari‘a.
240
ِ ‫جه‬
ِ ْ ‫ال ْمُسْتَق ِيم ُ بِنَه‬ ‫َاط‬
ُ ‫الصِّر‬ ‫ي‬
َ ِ ‫فَه‬
ِ ‫ن ج ُ َ ّد لِسَيْرِه‬
ِ ‫تَرْقَى ٰ ذُر َى ال ْعِر ْفَا‬
ِ ‫ل َا تَعْدِلَنْ ع َنْ شُرْ بِهَا م ِنْ عَي ْنِه‬

‫َوا ْف َن بِ ِه‬ ‫َو ِص ِل ا َّلش َر َاب بِ َك ْأ ِس َها‬
‫َو ُع َل ُه‬ ِ‫َ ُت ِز الْب َق َاء بِ ِسره‬
ِّ َ
It is the Straight Path of His Road.
You will rise to the peak of gnosis, striving in travelling it.
Do not refrain from drinking it from His source.
ُ ‫ل ال ْمَظَاهِرِ ِإ َن ّه‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َانْظُرْه ُ فِي ك‬
ُ ‫ح َ ّققْت َه‬
َ ‫س ِ ُرّ ال ْوَر َى و َال ْغَي ْر ُ ِإ ْن‬
ٰ
ُ ‫س ِإذ َا م َا شِئ ْتَ خَم ْرَه‬ ٌ ْ‫ك َأ‬
‫َت ْو ِح َيد ُه‬ ٍ‫و ْاش َه ْد بِع ْ ِي ب ِصيرة‬
َ َ َ َ
‫َت ْن َس ُاه‬ ‫َوال ْ َف ْر ُق ِش ْر َع ُت ُه َف َل‬
See Him in all manifestations, He is
the secret of mankind, and Other, if you have achieved realisation,
is a glass, if you wish His wine!
241
ِ ‫ن عِنْد َ وُر ُودِه‬

ِ ْ ‫كو‬
َ ْ ‫ِب ب ِا�ل‬
ْ ‫تح ْتَج‬
َ ‫ل َا‬
ِ ‫ع َنْ غَايَة ٍ و َاقْطَعْ مَسَاف َة َ وَهْمِه‬
ِ ‫غَيْرِه‬ ْ‫ُأخَ ِيّ ال ْه ِ َمّة َ ع َن‬ ْ‫و َارْف َع‬

‫َو ْاج َع ْل ُه ُم َوم َك َو ِاح ًدا ُت ْك َفى بِ ِه‬
‫ُك َّل ال ْ ُه ُمو ِم َو َت ْد ُخ َل ْن ِفي ِح َم ُاه‬
Do not let the arrival of phenomenal being veil you
to the End. Cut through its intervening illusion.
And, my brother, raise your himma above other-than-Him.
ّ ُ ُ ‫َت لَنَا ك‬
‫ل الاُم ُورِ ب ِر َ ّبِهَا‬ ْ ‫قَام‬
‫لِلْخَلِيقَة ِ ك ُلِّه َا‬ ‫ح ً ّقاـ‬

َ ‫ن َ ْف َع‬ ‫ل َا‬
َ ‫فَل ْتَي ْئَسَنْ طُو‬

‫ل ال ْمَد َى م ِنْ نَفْعِه َا‬
ٰ
‫ُأ ُم َور َك بِال َّ ِذي َأ ْد َرى بِ َها‬ ‫َوان ْ ِز ْل‬
‫ْ َال ِب ُير بِ َق ْل ِب َنا َو ُم َن ُاه‬ ‫َف ُه َو‬
For us all matters are established by their Lord.
All creatures truly are of no benefit at all,
so despair of ever having any benefit from them.
242
‫ِيم الاَحْمَدِي‬
ِ ‫ن ال ْعَظ‬ ُ ‫و َالْجأْ َ ِإلَى‬
ِ ْ‫الر ّك‬
ِ‫الا َ ْوحَد‬ ‫لِلاَنَا ِم‬ ُ ‫ال ْوَسِيلَة‬ َ ‫فَه ُو‬
ِ‫ال ْمَوْعِد‬ ‫لِيَو ْ ِم‬ ٌ ‫خر‬

ْ ُ‫ذ‬ ‫لَنَا‬ ُ ‫وَه ْو‬
‫يَا َر ِّب َص ِّل َع َلى ا َّلن ِب ِّي ُم َح َّم ِد‬
‫ِسر ال ْ ُو ُجو ِد َو َأ ْصلِ ِه َو َس َن ُاه ۝‬
ِّ
Seek shelter in the great Ahmadi pillar.
He is the only means of access for mankind.
He is a treasure for us for the promised day.
243
The Takhmis in Waw on
‘Purification’
by Sidi Fudul al-Huwari
‫يس وا ِوي َّ ِة‬ ِ
‫ال َّت ْط ِهي ِر‬
‫لسيدي فضول ال ْ َّهواري‬
‫أَ م َنْ ر َام َ أَ ْن يَرْقَى ٰ لِ حَضْرَة ِ م َنْ يَه ْو َى‬

ٰ
َ ‫ِب و‬
‫َالن ّجْ و َى‬ ِ ‫ِإلَى ٰ أَ ْن يُه َي ّأَ لِل ْم َوَاه‬
ٰ
‫س وَم َا تَه ْو َى‬ ٍ ‫و َيَصْ ف ُو َ م ِنْ تَكْدِير ِ ن َ ْف‬
ٰ
‫َف ِإ ْن ِش ْئ َت َت ْط ِه ًيرا ِم َن ا ِّلش ْر ِك َوا َّلد ْع َوى‬
‫َو َت ْش َر َب ِم ْن َت ْس ِني ِم َو ْص ٍل َح َّتى َت ْر َوى‬
Does someone desire to rise to the presence of the One he loves?
He should prepare for gifts and intimate conversation
And be purified of the turbidity of the nafs and what it desires.
If you wish purification from shirk and the claim that you exist,
and to drink from the nectar of union until you are quenched –
244
The Takhmis in Waw on ‘Purification’
ٍ ‫ل ب ِسَهْلَة‬
ِ ‫كمَا‬
َ ْ ‫طر ْقُ ا�ل‬
ُ ‫فَهَيْهَاتَ م َا‬
ٍ ‫ِإذ َا م َا جَعَل ْتَ ال ْعَزْم َ خَيْر َ مَط َِي ّة‬
ٍ ‫ل ال ْع َارِف ِينَ لِ حَضْرَة‬

َ ْ‫و َِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ و َص‬
‫َف َم ْن ِط ْق بِ َص ْب ٍر ُث َّم َع ِّم ْم بِ َت ْو َب ٍة‬
‫يص ا ُّلز ْه ِد َوابْ ُذ ْل ِفي ِه ُق َوى‬ ِ
َ ‫َو َل ِز ْم َقم‬
How unlikely it is that the paths of perfection will be easy!
Make firm resolve the best of mounts,
and if you wish to join the gnostics of the Presence,
– then wrap yourself in patience and wind on the turban of Tawba.
Wear the shirt of doing-without and in it exhaust your strength.
‫وَكُنْ ذ َاك ِرًا د َأْ بَ ال َنّهَارِ و َفِي ال ُد ّج َا‬
‫ك مُسْرَج َا‬ َ ُ ‫لِي َضْ حَى بنِ ُورِ الذِّكْر ِ قَل ْب‬
ٰ
‫ل يُرْتَج َى‬
ُ ْ‫سيْر ِ فَالْف َض‬ ّ َ ‫وَل َا تَي ْأَ سَنْ فِي ال‬
ٰ
‫َو َل ُب َّد ِم ْن نَ ْع َل ْ ِي َخ ْو ٍف َم َع ا َّلر َجى‬
‫َو ُع َّكا ِز إِي َقا ٍن َو َزا ٍد ِم َن ال َّت ْق َوى‬
Do dhikr all day long and when it is dark
to illuminate your heart with the light of dhikr.
Do not despair in the journey. Favour is hoped for.
The twin sandals of fear and hope are indispensable.
Take the staff of certainty and a store of Taqwa.
245
ّ َ ‫وَل َا تَذْهَب َ ْن فِي ال‬

ٍ ‫سيْر ِ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ ر ُفْقَة‬
َ ‫ن‬
ٍ ‫الصّ ادِق ِينَ ال ْمُخْل ِصِ ينَ لِصُحْ بَة‬ َ ِ‫م‬
ٍ ‫ْف و َفَتْرَة‬
ٍ ‫ضع‬
َ ‫ل‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫تُصَانُ بِه ِ ْم م ِنْ ك‬
‫َو َقائ ِ ِد ِع ْل ٍم َم ْع َم ِط َّي ِة ِه َّم ٍة‬
‫َو ُص ْح َب ِة ِح ْف ٍظ ل ِ ْل َج َوا ِر ِح ِم ْن َب ْل َوى‬
Do not set out travelling without taking comrades
for companionship from among those who are truthful and sincere.
By them you are protected against every weakness and lassitude.
Take the bridle of knowledge for the horse of Himma, and the
protection of companions who will guard the limbs from trials.
‫ِف‬
ْ ‫و َِإ ْن رُمْتَ أَ ْن تَفْن َى فَنَاء ً وَتَنْحَذ‬
ٰ
َ ِ ‫و َب ِال� ل�ه ِ أَ ْن تَبْقَى ب ِو َصْ ف‬
‫ك فَاع ْتَر ِْف‬
ٰ
‫ك فَان ْصَر ِْف‬َ ‫ن لِيُلْه ِي‬
ٌ ْ ‫كو‬
َ ‫و َِإ ْن م َا بَد َا‬
‫َو ُج َّد َو َأ ْس ِر ْع ِفي ا ْ َل ِسي ِر َو َل َت ِق ْف‬
‫بِ ِف ْك ٍر َع َلى َك ْو ٍن َف ُت ْح َج َب َع ْن َم ْأوَى‬
If you want to be annihilated and cut off,
and go on with your description by Allah, then acknowledge.
If a phenomenal being appears to you to excite you, then depart.
Struggle seriously and travel quickly on the journey.
Do not stop to think about the universe, and so be barred from refuge.
246
ِ ‫شكُور ًا ل ِر َبِّه‬
َ ‫وَكُنْ ح َامِدًا عَبْدًا‬
ِ ‫الث ّنَاء ِ فِي حَمْدِه‬

َ َ ‫وَم ُست َحْ ضِر ًا عَج ْز‬
ِ ‫يَش َاء ُ بِف َضْ لِه‬ ْ‫ل ِأَ َن ّه ُ يَهْدِي م َن‬

ِ‫و َف ِّكر ِفي إِحسا ٍن و َأ ْخلِص ِفي ُش ْك ِره‬
ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ
‫َو ُق ْم َس َح ًرا َو ْاخ َض ْع َو ُب َّث لَ ُه ا َّلش ْك َوى‬
Praise a slave who was thankful to his Lord
And remember one's inability to praise Him
because He guides whomever He wills by His bounty.
Rather reflect on Ihsan and be sincere in gratitude to Him,
and get up before dawn, submit, and hand over your complaint to Him.
ّ َ ‫وَل َا ت َ ّد ِع ح‬
ِ ‫ُب الاِلَٰه ِ وَحِبِّه‬
ِ ‫ل و َصَ ح ْبِه‬ َ ِ ‫م ِنْ غَيْر ِ اق ْتِف َا ِإثْر‬

ّ ُ ‫ُب ال� ل�ه ِ ح‬

ِ ‫ُب حَب ِيبِه‬ ِّ ‫عَلَام َة ُ ح‬
‫َو َص ِّل َع َلى ُق ْط ِب ال ْ ُو ُجو ِد َو ِح ْزبِ ِه‬
‫َص َلةً َت ُعم السر ِم َّنا َم َع ا َّلن ْج َوى ۝‬
َّ ِّ ُّ
Do not abandon love of Allah and His beloved
or fail to follow the tracks of the Messenger and his Companions.
The sign of love of Allah is love for the one He loves.
Bless the Qutb of existence and his group with a blessing
that will spread the Secret from us.
247
‘Withdrawal from all that is other than Allah’
by the faqih Sidi Hammoud ibn al-Bashir
‫يس َهائ ِ َّي ِة‬ ِ
‫ال ْ َغ ْي َب ِة َع َّما ِس َوى الل ِه‬
‫للفقيه سيدي َح ُّمود بن الْبشير‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ٍ ‫كمَة‬ ّ ُ ُ‫ك‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْوُجُودِ م ِنْ مَر َات ِِب‬
ٍ ‫ح ال ْمُرِيدِ فِي مُشَاهِدِ وَحْدَة‬

ُ ْ ‫لَو‬
َ ّ ‫فَانْظُر ْ بِمَا ص َ َر‬

ٍ ‫ح ال ْمَكِينُ فِي قُر ْبَة‬
‫وحي ُت َِّد ُث ِني بِ َأ َّن َح ِقي َق ِتي‬
ِ ‫ُر‬
‫ُن ُور ا ِاللَ ِه َف َل َت َرى إِ َّال ُه‬
All existence comes from the ranks of wisdom.
The tablet of the murid is witnessing Him alone,
So look at what the one who is firm in nearness clearly states:
248
ُ ‫حي ْثُ س ِ ُرّ الس ِّرِّ يَن ْشُر ُ و َصْ ف َه‬

َ َ‫و‬
ُ ‫و َعُلَاه‬ ِ ‫ب ِو َصْ فِه‬ ‫ل‬

ُ ‫ال ْعَلِي‬ ‫يَفْن َى‬
ُ ‫يَبْقَى ال ْعَدِيم ُ صَاـرِخًاـ و َقَو ْلُه‬

‫ِس َو َاء ُه‬ ‫ورا لَ ُك ْن ُت‬
ً ‫ُن‬ ‫لَ ْو لَ ْم َأ ُك ْن‬
‫َت ْر َض ُاه‬ ‫َع َد ٌم َف َل‬ ‫إِ َّن ا ِّلس َوا‬
When the attribute of the secret of the secret spreads out,
the sick one is annihilated by His description and sublimity,
And the non-existent remains shouting. His words are:
‫م َنْ كَاـنَ ل َِل ّٰه ِ فِي ال ْمَشَاـهِدِ مُقْت َصِ ْد‬
‫ي َ ّتح ِ ْد‬ ‫و َ َطوْر ًا‬ ‫َطوْر ًا‬ ُ‫فَيُف َاـرِق‬
‫ل فَاسْ تَف ِ ْد‬

ِ ْ ‫وَلِذ َا ت َر َاه ُ يَج ُود ُ ب ِالْقَو‬
‫لَ ْم َ ِت ْد‬ ‫بِ َع ْ ِي ِس ِّر َك‬ ‫نَ َظ ْر َت‬ ‫َوإِ َذا‬
‫َو َس َم ُاه‬ ‫ِفي َأ ْر ِض ِه‬ ‫ا ِاللَ ِه‬ ‫َغ ْي َر‬
Whoever aims for Allah in what he witnesses,
and leaves stage after stage will be unified.
That is why you see him generous with words, so learn!
249
ِ ‫َاـض شُؤ ُونَه ُ فِي وِتْرِه‬

َ ‫أَ حَدٌ أَ ف‬
ِ ‫تح َْظ ب ِو َصْ لِه‬

َ ‫ق الْقَو ْ ِم‬
َ ‫فَاسْ لُكْ َطرِ ي‬
َ ‫طب ِيع َة َ و‬
ِ ‫َالن ّاـسُوتَ فِي نَعْتِه‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
ِ ْ ‫فَاف‬
‫يَ ْخ َفى بِ ِه‬ ِ‫لَ ِك ْن َتو ُّه ُم َغي ِره‬
ْ َ
‫َأ َر ْد َت َت َر ُاه‬ ‫َفان ْ ُب ْذ َه َو َاك إِ َذا‬
One pours forth his affairs in his Witr.
So travel the paths of the people and you will win arrival to Him.
Annihilate Nature and human nature in His attribute.
‫فَال ْز َ ِم ال َش ّر ِي ْع َة َ و َالْحَق ِيق َة َ ِإث ْر َه َاـ‬
‫لِسَ ْقيِه َاـ‬ ‫مُسْتَق ٍِيم‬ ٍ‫حبْر‬

ِ ‫ن‬
ِ ْ ‫ب ِعَو‬
‫ل َطوْع ًاـ بِ حُبِّه َاـ‬

َ ‫سل ِ ِم الاَحْ وَا‬
ْ َ ‫و َاسْ ت‬
‫َس ِف َين َة ُس َّن ٍة َت ْن ُجو بِ َها‬ ‫َو ْار َك ْب‬
‫يس َها ِفي َه َو ُاه‬ ِ ِ ‫س ِب َيل رئ‬
َ َ ‫َو ْاس ُل ْك‬
Cling to the Shari‘a, and the Haqiqa as well
with help of an upright scholar to gain its drink.
Submit all states willingly for love of it.
250
ِ ‫فَوْرِه‬ ِ ‫م َن‬
َ ‫َاـسج‬ ‫ك‬
َ ِ ‫لِق َل ْب‬ ْ‫و َانْس ُج‬
ِ ‫َاج سِرِّه‬
ِ ‫و َاع ْلَقْ ب ِسِرِّك َ فِي امْتِز‬
ِ ‫سه‬ ِ ‫ش َع ّة ِ فِي شُر ُو‬
ِ ْ ‫ق شَم‬ ِ َ ‫ج الا‬
َ ‫م َ ْز‬
‫َوا ْف َن بِه‬ ‫َو ِص ِل ا َّلش َر َاب بِ َك ْأ ِس َها‬
‫َو ُع َل ُه‬ ِ‫َ ُت ِز الْب َق َاء بِ ِسره‬
ِّ َ
Weave for your heart the carpets of its diffusion
And join your secret to the mixture of His secret.
Mix the rays in the rising of its sun.
ُ ‫ِإ َن ّه‬ ‫َطوْر ًا‬ ِّ ‫ال ْبِر‬ ‫صَن ِي َع‬ ‫و َال ْز َ ْم‬
ُ ‫و َعُلَاه‬ ِ ‫ل ِع ِزِ ّه‬ َ ‫ال ْمُرِيد‬ ‫ي ُ ْدنِي‬
ُ ‫ضبْطَه‬
َ َ‫ْب و َا ْرع‬
ِ ‫كسِير َ الْق َل‬
َ ْ‫وَكُن‬
‫َت ْو ِح َيد ُه‬ ٍ‫و ْاش َه ْد بِع ْ ِي ب ِصيرة‬
َ َ َ َ
‫َت ْن َس ُاه‬ ‫َوال ْ َف ْر ُق ِش ْر َع ُت ُه َف َل‬
Cling to the doing of good deeds at times.
It will bring the murid near to His might and sublimity.
Have a broken heart and keep it in order.
251
ِ ‫فَي ْضِ ه‬ ِ ‫ك فِي ِإنَاـلَة‬

َ ِّ ‫و َاقْطَعْ بِظَن‬
ِ ‫ك فِي حَضِ يرَة ِ قُر ْبِه‬

َ ِ ‫و َاسْ كُنْ بِق َل ْب‬
ِ ‫َب ب ِسِرِّك َ م َاـ ح َلَا م ِنْ ع َ ْطفِه‬

ْ ‫و َاشْر‬
‫َو ْاج َع ْل ُه ُم َوم َك َو ِاح ًدا ُت ْك َفى بِ ِه‬
‫ُك َّل ال ْ ُه ُمو ِم َو َت ْد ُخ َل ْن ِفي ِح َم ُاه‬
Concentrate your thought on obtaining His overflowing abundance,
and reside with your heart among the people of His nearness.
Drink with your secret the sweetness of His kindness.
‫ك مُر َادَك َ لِلاِر َادَة ِ وَحْد َه َاـ‬

ْ ُ ‫و َات ْر‬
‫ك لِل ْمُدَبِّر ِ أَ ْمر َه َاـ‬

َ ‫س‬
ِ ‫و َاف ْز َ ْع بنِ َ ْف‬
‫بِق ُي ُودِه َاـ‬ َ ‫أَ ه ْوَاءَك‬ ‫و َقَيِّد َ ْن‬

‫ُأ ُم َور َك بِال َّ ِذي َأ ْد َرى بِ َها‬ ‫َوان ْ ِز ْل‬
‫ْ َال ِب ُير بِ َق ْل ِب َنا َو ُم َن ُاه‬ ‫َف ُه َو‬
Leave your will to the Will alone,
and seek aid your self from the Manager of its affairs.
Limit your desires with its bonds.
252
‫مُحَم ّ ٍد‬ ِ ‫شف‬

‫ِيع‬ ّ َ ‫لِل‬ ‫ك‬
َ ِّ ‫بِ حُب‬ ْ‫و َاسْ ب َح‬
ّ َ ‫فَه ُو َ ال ْمُحَاـمِي و َالاِم َاـم ُ ال‬

ِ‫سيِّد‬
ِ ‫حزْبِه‬
ِ ِ ‫ق عَلَى كِلَاءَة‬ ّ َ ‫و َه ُو َ ال‬
ُ ‫شف ِي‬
ٰ
‫يَا َر ِّب َص ِّل َع َلى ا َّلن ِب ِّي ُم َح َّم ٍد َو َءال ِ ِه‬
‫ِسر ال ْ ُو ُجو ِد َو َأ ْصلِ ِه َو َس َن ُاه ۝‬
ِّ
Be swift with your love and go to the intercessor Muhammad.
He is the protector and the Imam, the Master.
He has compassionate concern for the safekeeping of his party.
253
A Qasida
by Sidi Fudul ibn Muhammad al-Huwari
‫قصيدة‬
‫لسيدي فضول بن محمد الهواري‬
‫كوْكَب ًاـ ع ََم ّن َاـ نُور ًا ب ِأَ حْ ي َاـنَاـ‬

َ ‫يَاـ‬
‫َط و َالاَدْنَى ٰ و َأَ قْصَاـنَاـ‬
َ ‫شَرْقًا و َأَ ْوس‬
O star whose light enveloped those of us alive,
both in the east and middle, far and near!
‫حم ًا‬ ِ ‫بَد َا يَش ُُقّ سَ ح َاـبَ الْج َ ْه‬

ِ َ ‫ل مُقْت‬
‫سكًاـ بِيمُ ْن َاـنَاـ‬
ِ ‫لَغْبَ ال ْهِد َايَة ِ م َاـ‬
He split apart the clouds of ignorance, quickly piercing through them,
showing the path of guidance while holding our right hands.
‫م َاـ أَ َمّ نَاـحِي َة ً ِإ َلّا وَمَعْشَر ُه َاـ‬

‫بَيْنَ الْق ُر َى أَ خْ صَب َْت عَيْشًاـ و َِإيم َاـنَاـ‬
ٰ
He did not go to a region but that its towns
flourished with abundant livelihood and faith.
254
A Qasida by Sidi Fudul ibn Muhammad al-Huwari
‫لم َِنْز ِلِه ِ ْم‬ ‫م ُغ َاـدِر ًا‬ ُ ‫ت َر َاه‬ ‫أَ ل َا‬

‫تَبْكِي الد ِّيَاـر ُ أَ س ًى عَلَيْه ِ م ُ ْذ بَاـنَاـ‬
Do you not see that when he leaves their homes
the houses weep for him after he has left?
ِ ‫و َفِي ال ْوَد‬
‫َاع ت َر َى و َفْدًا ي ُر َادِف ُه‬
ٰ
‫و َفْدٌ مُشَاـتًاـ عَلَى بُعْ ٍد وَرُكْ ب َاـنَاـ‬
ٰ
When he takes his leave you see a delegation following him,
walking and riding from afar
‫ح ََت ّى نَئَى م ُتَجَاـف ِي ًاـ و َق َ ْد م ُلِئ َْت‬

ٰ ٰ
‫ق أَ ْشج َاـنَاـ‬ ِ ‫قُلُو بُه ُ ْم م ِنْ جَو َى الْف ِرَا‬
Until he is distant and out of sight while their hearts
are full of the sorrow of separation.
ِ ‫ك َ ْم م ِنْ م َع َاـهِد َ ق َ ْد سَم َْت بِمَوْرِدِه‬

‫ن ه ََت ّاـنَاـ‬
ِ ‫ق َ ْد أَ ْمطَرَتْه َاـ سَن َاـ ال ْعِر ْف َاـ‬
Until he is distant and out of sight while their hearts
are full of the sorrow of separation.
ِ ْ ‫ي َ ْدع ُو لِس َُن ّة ِ خَيْر ِ الْخَل‬

‫ق ك ُلِّه ِ ِم‬
‫ن ب ِر َبِّه ِ ل َا يَصْ ب ُو لِدُن ْي َاـنَاـ‬
ٍ َ‫غ‬
He called people to the Sunna of the best of all creation,
Enriched by his Lord, not hankering after this world.
255
ِ ‫م ِنْ نُورِ نِبْر َاسِن َاـ الاَع ْلَى وَد َ ْوحَتِه‬

ٰ
‫قَدِ اسْ تَم َ َ ّد سُلَالَة ً وَعِرْف َاـنَاـ‬
The purest wine and gnosis are sought
From the most sublime light of our lanterns and its tree.
ِ ‫أَ ْعظ ِ ْم بِه ِ َمّتِه ِ ال ْعَل ْي َاـ و َأَ خْلَاقِه‬

‫ال ْع ُ ْظم َى وَشِيم َتِه ِ ب ًِر ّا و َِإحْ سَاـنَاـ‬
ٰ
Exalt his sublime himma and splendid character
and nature in righteousness and ihsan,
ُ ‫نَصِ يحَت َه‬ ٍ‫سد‬

ْ ُ ‫بَش َاـشَت َه ُ م‬ ‫مُب ْ ٍد‬
‫و َِإع ْلَانَاـ‬ ‫س ِ ًرّا‬ ُ ‫م َوَاعِظَه‬ ‫ق‬
ٍ ْ ‫م ُل‬
Displaying a smile, offering good advice,
giving his admonitions both secretly and openly.
ُ ‫ع ُ َ ّدتُه‬ ‫و َالْج ِ ُ ّد‬ ُ ‫حِل ْيَت ُه‬ ُ ‫فَالْحِلْم‬

‫خ ْدم َت ُه ُ و َالذِّك ْر ُ د َيْد َانَاـ‬
ِ ‫ح‬ ُ ‫و‬
ُ ْ‫َالن ّص‬
Forbearance is his adornment and earnestness is his tool,
Advice is his work and dhikr his practice
ُ ‫خ ال ْب َحْ ر َي ْ ِن مَشْر َبَه‬

َ َ ‫د َ ْوم ًا ت َر َى بَرْز‬
ٰ
‫ق عُن ْوَانَاـ‬ َ ْ ‫و َالْح َقّ مَشْهَدَه ُ و َالْخَل‬
Constantly. You see that he drinks from the barzakh of the two seas.
The Real is his witnessing and creation his sign.
256
‫وب كَم َاـ‬

ِ ُ ‫تح ْي َى بتِ َ ْذكِيرِه ِ مَو ْتَى الْق ُل‬
َ
‫تج ْلَى ا�ل ْك ُر ُوبُ و َيَضْ حَى الْق َل ْبُ ج َ ْذل َانَا‬
ُ
His reminding revives those whose hearts are dead
as cares are removed and the heart becomes exuberant.
ِ ‫ن بِه‬ َ ُ ‫ع َ َ ّم ال ْو َق َاـر‬
َ ْ ‫مج َاـلِسًاـ شَر ُف‬
‫ِيمـ و َِإ ْذع َاـنَاـ‬ ّ َ ‫م َ َع ال‬
ً ‫سكِينَة ِ تَعْظ‬
Gravity fills the assemblies honoured by him,
along with tranquillity, out of respect and submission,
ُ ‫مج ْلِس ُه‬

َ ‫ل‬ ِ ْ ‫مُطَ َهّر ُ الْقَو‬
ِ ‫ل و َالاَف ْع َاـ‬
ُ ‫فَالذِّك ْر ُ يَم ْل ُأه ُ و َال ْوَع‬
‫ْظ أَ حْ ي َاـنَاـ‬
His gathering is purified in words and deeds,
and dhikr fills it, as well as admonition at times.
ٌ ‫ل شَاـهِدَة‬ ُ ‫ل و َالاَحْ وَا‬

َ ِ ‫حَاـز َالْفَضَاـئ‬
ِ ‫ب ِا�لْك َ ِّد فِي صَاـلِ ِح الاَعْم َاـ‬
‫ل عِي َاـنَاـ‬
Virtues and witnessed states are seen
to be obtained by exertion in righteous actions.
‫ل ع َنْ ك َ ٍ ّد وَع َنْ كَب َ ٍد‬ ّ َ ‫ِإ‬

َ ِ ‫ن الْفَضَاـئ‬
‫بُرْه َاـنَاـ‬ ِ ّ‫لِلْح َق‬ ِ ‫نَت‬
‫َاـئج ُ أَ ث ْبَت َْت‬
Virtues come from exertion and from toil,
results which confirm the evidence of the Truth.
257
ً ‫أَ كْر ِ ْم بِم َنْ سَاـد َ أَ خْلَاق ًاـ وَمَك ْرُم َة‬
‫َت ر َانَاـ‬
ْ ‫وب ِإذ َا م َاـ د ُن ِ ّس‬
ِ ُ ‫ءَاسِي الْق ُل‬
Honour the one who has mastered character and honour.
He treats the hearts when they are soiled with rust.
‫ه ُو َ الْحبَ ِيبُ ال َ ّذ ِي ن َ ْفدِيه ِ ب ِال ْمُه َِج‬

‫ِيب غَد َا لِل ْع َيْنِ ِإنْس َاـنَاـ‬
ُ ْ ‫و َاب‬
He is the Beloved whom we would ransom with our lifeblood.
Ibn al-Habib, who became a fount for human beings.
َ ‫اصحَب ْه ُ ب َِالن ّصْر ِ و‬

ِ‫َالت ّأْ ييِدِ و َال ْمَدَد‬ ْ َ‫ف‬
‫و َاحْ فَظْه ُ يَاـ ر َ َب ّن َاـ وَزِ ْده ُ ِإيق َاـنَاـ‬
Accompany him with help, support and aid.
Preserve him, our Lord, and increase him in certainty.
ً ‫ستْر ِ ق َاـطِب َة‬

ِّ ‫ل ال‬
َ ‫و َاسْ د ُلْ عَلَي ْن َاـ جَم ِي‬
ْ ‫وَكُنْ لَن َاـ و َل ًِي ّاـ دُن ْي ًاـ و َ ُأ‬
‫خر َانَاـ‬
Drop over all of us a beautiful veil
And be our protector in this world and the Next,
ْ‫ن أَ حْمَد َ م َن‬

ِ ‫ْب د َائ ِرَة ِ الاَكْ وَا‬
ِ ‫بِقُط‬
‫ت رِسَاـلَت ُه ُ ج ًِن ّا و َِإنْس َاـنَاـ‬
ْ ّ ‫ع ََم‬
By the Qutb, the axis of beings, Ahmad,
whose Message embraces both jinn and human beings.
258
‫ت‬ْ َ ‫عَلَيْه ِ أَ وْفَى ٰ صَلَاة ِ ال� ل�ه ِ م َاـ جُعِل‬

‫ل الْ حِج َى للِذِّكْر ِ مَيْد َانَاـ‬
ِ ْ ‫أَ وْق َاـتُ أَ ه‬
ٰ
On him be the most ample blessing of Allah as long as
the people of intelligence assign times as arenas for dhikr,
‫َاـب أَ جْم َعِه ِ ْم‬

ِ ‫صح‬ ْ َ ‫و َءَالِه ِ ال ْغ ُرِ ّ و َالا‬
‫سم َأْ و َانَا ۝‬
ِ ‫كفِيالْفِرْد َ ْو‬َ ِ ‫و َاجْ ع َلْ بِف َضْ ل‬
And on his glorious family and all his Companions
and make Paradise our resting place, by Your bounty.
259
Another Qasida
by Sidi Fudul ibn Muhammad al-Huwari
‫قصيدة أخرى‬
‫لسيدي فضول بن محمد الهواري‬
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫ن ذ َا الا َ ْمر ُ عَج‬
ِ ‫ر َائِد ُ الا ِخْ وَا‬
‫ِيب‬ ُ ْ ‫سيْر ِ و َال َنّه‬
ْ ‫ج رَس‬ ّ َ ‫حَاـنَ و َق ْتُ ال‬
Scout of the brothers, the business is extraordinary!
The time of the journey is near and the path is firm.
‫الصب َاـ‬
ِّ ّ‫ضَاـعَ هَذ َا ال ْعُمْر ُ فِي غَ ِي‬
ْ ‫و َانْق َض َى ح ََت ّى بَد َا م ِن ِ ّي ال ْمَش‬
‫ِيب‬
ٰ ٰ
This life was squandered in the error of youth,
which ended when our white hair appeared.
‫حي ْثُ ال ْمُل ْتَق َىى‬

َ ُ‫ذ َه َبَ الر ِّف َاـق‬
ٰ
‫الز ّادِ وَز َادِي م ِنْ لَع ِْب‬ َ ‫بتُِقَى‬
Companions left at the meeting place
with taqwa for provision, while my provision was merely games.
260
Another Qasida by Sidi Fudul ibn Muhammad al-Huwari
‫ب‬
ٌ َ‫و َأ‬ ٌ ّ‫ُأم‬ ‫ن‬
َ ْ ‫أَ ي‬ ‫ِإل ٌْف‬ ‫ن‬
َ ْ ‫أَ ي‬
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫ن الْقَر‬ ٌّ ‫ن ح‬
َ ْ ‫ِب و َال ْعِد َى أَ ي‬ َ ْ ‫أَ ي‬
ٰ
Where is friendship? Where are one's mother and father?
Where are lovers and enemies? Where are relatives?
ُ ‫حَرْبَه‬ ‫عَلَيْه ِ ْم‬ ُ‫ال ْمَو ْت‬ َ ‫أَ شْه َر‬

‫يب‬
ْ ِ ‫و َقَل‬ ‫س‬
ٍ ‫ل ِر َ ْم‬ ‫أَ سْر َى‬ ‫ف َغَدَوْا‬
ٰ
Death declared war on them,
and they were captured by the tombs and ditches.
‫ل ع َنْ يَق ِينٍ وَجَب َْت‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ْس ك‬
ُ ‫شَم‬
‫ِب‬
ْ ‫سَتَج‬ ‫ِيب‬
ٍ ‫قَر‬ ْ‫ع َن‬ ‫وَشُم ُوسِي‬
The sun of everyone is necessary by certainty,
and my suns are necessary by proximity.
‫الصب َاـ ك َ ْم لَع ِب َْت‬

ِّ ُ ‫ن أَ حْلَام‬
َ ْ ‫أَ ي‬
‫يب‬
ْ ِ‫الْف َ ْهم َ ال ْم ُص‬ ‫ت َ ّدعِ ي‬ ‫ل‬
ٍ ‫ب ِعُق ُو‬
Where are the dreams of youth? How often they toyed
with minds which claimed to have sound understanding!
ِ ‫م َاـ هَذِه ِ ال ْغَفْلَة ُ يَاـ ص‬

‫َاـح وَم َاـ‬
‫ِب‬
ْ ‫أَ ج‬ ِ ‫ب ِال� ل�ه‬ ُ ‫الْقَسْوَة‬ ِ ‫هَذِه‬
What is this headlessness, friend?
What is this hardness with which I answer Allah?
261
‫مُزْعِ جًا‬ ‫ي َ ْدع ُو‬ ِ‫ال ْوَعْظ‬ ُ ‫و َنَذِير‬

‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫مج‬ُ ‫ه َلْ ِإلَى ال� ل�ه ِ سَم ِي ٌع أَ ْو‬
The warner with admonitions summons and unsettles.
Is there anyone who listens to or answers Allah?
ِ ‫ه َ ُّب م ِنْ نَو ْ ٍم قَسَاـ الْق َل ْبُ بِه‬

‫ِب‬
ْ ‫كَذ‬ ْ‫و َاغْتَنِم ْ عُم ْرًا كَحلُْم ٍ م ِن‬
The heart was propelled from a sleep by which the heart became hard
and which captured its life, like a dream of lies.
ْ ‫ْس و َت ُْب ث َُم ّ أَ ج‬

‫ِب‬ َ ‫ِف‬
َ ‫الن ّف‬ ِ ‫خَاـل‬
ْ ِ‫د َاعِ ي َ ال� ل�ه ِ تَحُز ْ أَ ع ْلَا نَص‬
‫يب‬
Oppose the nafs and turn in tawba. Then respond to
the one who calls to Allah and you will win the highest share.
‫عَلَى‬ ِ ‫و َب ِال� ل�ه‬ ِ ‫ال� ل�ه‬ َ ‫د َاعِ ي‬

ٰ
‫ِيب‬ْ ‫يخ‬
َ ‫ْس‬
َ ‫ْف ق َصْ دِ ق َصْ دُه ُ لَي‬
ِ ‫صد‬ ِ
He calls to Allah and by Allah
with sincere intention. His aim does not fail.
ُ ‫بـ َحْ ـر ُ عِـلْـ ٍم و َنـَدًى مَــنْ أَ َمّـه‬

‫يب‬
ْ ِ‫ل عِرْف َاـنًاـ وَمَعْر ُوف ًاـ خَص‬
َ ‫نَاـ‬
A sea of knowledge and dew. The one who goes to him
obtains gnosis and ample kindness.
262
ٌ ‫ن بـ َحـ ْر ٌ ز َاخِـر‬
ِ ‫ه ُو َ فِي الْـعِـر ْف َاـ‬
‫ِيب‬ َ ‫ْث‬
ْ ‫الصّ ب‬ ِ ‫ُوف ك َال ْغَي‬
ِ ‫وَه ْو َ فِي ال ْمَعْر‬
He is a sea abounding in gnosis,
and in kindness he is like the abundant rain.
‫مِث ْلَم َاـ‬ ‫جه َاـر ًا‬

ِ ‫ح‬ ُ
َ ْ‫الن ّص‬ ‫ل‬
ُ ُ ‫يَبْذ‬
ْ ‫يُطْعِم ُ ال َد ّانِي و َالْقَص ِي ال ْغَر‬
‫ِيب‬
He gives counsel publicly as
he feeds both the near and distant stranger.
ٍ‫ليَِّن‬ ٍ‫ب ِوَعْظ‬ َ

َ ‫الد ّاء‬ ُ ‫يحْطِم‬ُ
ْ ِ‫ل م َاـء ٍ فِي الْق َض‬
‫يب‬ َ ْ ‫حي ْثُ يَسْر ِي مِث‬َ
The illness is shattered by gentle admonition
which flows like water in the stalk.
‫َطه ُر َْت‬ ‫ق‬

ٍ ‫و َ َطرِ ي‬ ٍ ‫عِلْم‬ ‫خ‬
ُ ْ ‫شي‬
َ
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫م ُن‬ ِ ‫ل َِل ّٰه‬ ‫ال ْب َحْ ر َي ْ ِن‬ ‫خ‬
ُ َ ‫بَرْز‬
A shaykh of knowledge and a purified Path,
the barzakh of the two seas, turning to Allah.
ْ‫عُن ْصُرِه‬ ْ‫م ِن‬ َ ‫الاَسْر َار‬ َ‫وَرِث‬

ْ ِ‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ أَ ْزكَاـه ُ ْم نَص‬
‫يب‬ ِ ْ‫خَيْر ِ ر ُس‬
He inherits secrets from his line,
from the best of the Messenger of Allah with the purest portion.
263
ٌ‫ق عَن ْه ُ نَاـئ ِب‬ َ

ِ ‫الت �ّحْ ق ِي‬ ‫ه ُو َ فِي‬
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫ال ْعَج‬ ِّ‫ب ِالس ِّر‬ ّ ُ ‫ال‬
َ ‫س َن ّة‬ ُ ‫يَن ْشُر‬
He represents him in realisation,
spreading the Sunna by the wondrous secret.
ُ ‫و َاسْم ُه‬ ٌ ‫مُسْتَمِ ّد‬ ‫ِيب‬

ٍ ‫حَب‬ ْ‫م ِن‬
‫ِيب‬ ُ ْ ‫كِ َإسْمِه ِ �لَك َِنّ هَذ َا اب‬
ْ َ‫ن الْحب‬
From a beloved whose help is sought.
His name is the same as his, but this is Ibn al-Habib.
ّ َ َ ‫مج ْلِسًاـ ح‬
ِ ‫ل بِه‬ َ ‫م َاـ ُأحِيلَا‬
‫يب‬
ْ ِ‫و َه ُو َ يمُْل ِي و َ ْعظَه ُ س َ ْهمٌ م ُص‬
How sweet is his gathering,
when he gives his admonition straight as an arrow.
ٍ ‫نَظْرَة‬ ٌ‫ك َ ْم ت َر َقَ ّى ٰ سَاـل ِك‬

ْ‫م ِن‬
‫يب‬
ْ ِ ‫س سَل‬ َ ‫شو ْقًا لِه َو َى‬
ِ ‫الن ّ ْف‬ َ َ ‫جَاـء‬
How often a wayfarer rose by a single glance
when he came in yearning, dispossessed by the passion of the nafs.
ً ‫سَلْ و ُفُود ًا ك َ ْم أَ ت َْت مُشْت َاـق َة‬

‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫تج‬ُ ُ ‫ي دَعْوَاه‬ ِ ّ ِ‫نَاـئ َي‬
ّ ِ َ ‫اـت الْح‬
Ask those who come. How many came from distant lands
in yearning to answer his call!
264
ِ ‫عِرْف َاـنِه‬ ْ‫م ِن‬ َ‫يَشْر َبُونَ ال ْعَذْب‬

‫ِب‬
ْ ‫اسْ تِعْد َادِ هَذ َا ال ْمُن ْتَس‬ َ‫حسَب‬
َ
They drink sweet water from His gnosis,
according to the predisposition of those affiliated to him.
ٍ ِ ‫ل ع َاـ ٍم م ِنْ ر َب‬

‫يع يَاـ لَه َاـ‬ ّ ُ ُ‫ك‬
‫ِيب‬ َ ‫الر ّب ْ َع‬
ْ ‫الر ّح‬ َ ُ ‫م ِنْ و ُفُو ٍد تَقْصِ د‬
Every year in Rabi‘
how many delegations make for his ample house,
‫ق َصْ د َ ِإحْ ي َاـء ِ لِذِك ْر َى ال ْم ُصْ طَفَى‬

ٰ
ْ ‫مَن ْب َِع الان َ ْوَارِ شَرْق ًاـ وَم َغ‬
‫ِيب‬
Intending to be revived by the remembrance of the Chosen,
the fount of lights, both east and west.
ِ ‫مَو ْلِدِه‬ ْ‫م ِن‬ ُ‫كوْن‬

َ ْ ‫ا�ل‬ َ ‫فَاسْ تَن َاـر‬
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫سكًاـ وَط‬ ّ َ ‫ْف ال‬
ْ ِ ‫شذ َا م‬ ِ ‫ح م ِنْ عَر‬
َ ‫ف َاـ‬
Existence was illuminated from his birth,
diffusing the musk and perfume of the fragrance of the wine.
ِ ‫هَي ْبَتِه‬ ُ ْ‫خ َرّ صَر‬

ْ‫ح ا�لْكُ ْفرِ م ِن‬
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫نح‬َ َ‫و‬ ‫ل‬
ٌ ‫عَوِ ي‬ ُ ‫مِن ْه‬ ‫و َبَد َا‬
The lofty tower of kufr fell out of awe of him,
and wailing and lament appeared from it.
265
‫كوْنَ سَن َاـء ً وَسَن َى‬ َ ْ ‫َلأ ا�ل‬

َ ‫م‬
ٰ
‫يب‬ َ َ ‫ْس ال ْهُد َى غَي ْم‬
ْ ِ ‫الصّ ل‬ ُ ‫مح َْت شَم‬َ َ‫و‬
ٰ
He filled all existence with radiance and splendour,
and the sun of guidance obliterated the cloud of the cross.
‫ل حَاـز َ مِن ْه ُ ال ْمُنْت َهَ ى‬ ّ ُ ُ‫ك‬

ٍ ْ‫ل ف َض‬
ٰ
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫يح ْصِ يه ِ مَدِيح ٌ أَ ْو أَ د‬
ُ ‫كي َْف‬ َ
The utmost of every virtue is obtained from him,
so how can an eulogiser or writer enumerate them?
ٰ ‫َب عَلَى ال َد ّاعِ ي ِإلَى‬ِّ ‫ل يَاـ ر‬ ِّ ‫ص‬

َ
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫ْب ال ْمُن‬
ِ ‫س ذَوِي الْق َل‬ ِ ‫حضْرَة ِ الْق ُ ْد‬ َ
O Lord, bless the one who calls those with repentant hearts
to the Presence of Purity.
‫م َاـ‬ ‫ع َ ّد‬ ‫َاـب‬

ٍ ‫و َِصح‬ ‫ل‬
ٍ ‫آ‬ ّ ‫ث َُم‬
ْ ِ ‫وَغ ََن ّى ال ْعَنْد َل‬
‫يب‬ ٌ‫ح ََنّ مُشْت َاـق‬
And on his family and Companions
as long as anyone has yearning and the nightingale sings.
ْ‫و َاحْ ف َظِ الا ِخْ وَانَ و َالا ِسْ لَام َ م ِن‬
ْ ‫َاـت ال َد ّهْرِ نِعْم َ ال ْمُسْتَج‬
‫ِيب‬ ِ ‫نَكَب‬
Preserve the brothers and Islam from the misfortunes of time,
You are the best Answerer.
266
‫ل أَ تَاـ‬
ِ ْ‫ل لِلْف َض‬ َ ْ ‫يَاـ ُأهَي‬
ِ ْ‫ل الْف َض‬
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫يخ‬ ٍ ‫ك ُ ْم فَضُو‬
َ ‫ل ع َس َى أَ ْن ل َا‬
ٰ
O You worthy of favour, show favour to Fudul who has come to You,
hopefully he will not be disappointed.
‫عَد َ ٍد‬ ْ‫وب م َاـلَه َاـ م ِن‬

ٌ ُ ‫ل ِي ذ ُن‬
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫وَكَئ‬ ‫حَز ِي ٌن‬ ‫مِنْه َاـ‬ ‫ِإ َن ّنِي‬
I have wrong actions beyond number, and
I am sorrowful and grieved by them.
َ ‫و‬
‫َالن ّجَاـ‬ ‫أَ ب ْتَغ ِي الْخَت ْم َ بِ حُسْن َى‬
ٰ
‫يب ۝‬
ْ ِ ‫ة َ غَدًا م ِنْ حَرّ ِ نَاـ ٍر و َلَه‬
I desire for my seal to be the best
and to obtain salvation tomorrow from the heat and flames of a Fire.
267
A Qasida
by Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib ad-Dar‘i
‫قصيدة‬
‫رعي‬
ّ ‫لسيدي محمد بن احلبيب ا َّلد‬
ٍ ‫بح ْر َ شِرْعَة ٍ وَمَعْف ِرَة‬

َ ‫حُي ِّيتَ يَاـ‬
‫و َل َ ْم ت َز َلْ لِل ْع ُلَا تَعْلُو م َع َاـلِيكَاـ‬
You revived, O sea of the Shari‘a and gnosis,
and your fine qualities continue to ascend to the heights.
ُ ‫ن مَقْبَس ُه‬ َ ْ ‫ُأسْ دِيتَ س ِ ًر ّا سَر َى فِي ا�ل‬

ِ ْ ‫كو‬
ٰ
‫يُه ْدى بِه ِ م َنْ نَئَى وَم َنْ يُد َانيِكَاـ‬
ٰ
You conferred a secret whose torch flows in existence,
by which those who are far and those near are guided to you.
ٍ ‫خ تَرْبيَِة‬
َ ْ ‫شي‬
َ َ‫يَاـ مُفْرَد ًا عَلَمًا أ‬
‫أَ قُطْبَ عَصْرٍ أفَوْز َ م َنْ يُوَالِيكَاـ‬
O unique in knowledge, Shaykh of teaching,
Qutb of the age! Those who befriend you win!
268
A Qasida by Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib ad-Dar‘i
ِ ‫لأ ْرو‬
‫َاح نِعْم َ ف َت ًى‬ َ ِ ‫كن ْتَ ال ْم ُر َب ِ ّي َ ل‬
ُ
ْ ّ ‫ر ََب ّى ٰ وَر ُب ِ ّي َ ق َ ْد ج ََل‬
‫ت مَسَاـعِيكَاـ‬
You were tending to the spirits while still an excellent youth,
both teaching and taught, with noble efforts.
‫يَاـ سَيِّدِي يَاـ أَ بَاـ عَبْدِ الْإلَٰه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي‬

‫طَاـب َْت ع َن َاـصِرُه ُ ت ُ ْكفَى أَ عَادِيكَاـ‬
ٰ
O Master, O slave of Allah whose origins
are excellent and defend against enemies:
‫ِيب ال َس ّر ِي‬ ِ ّ ‫ِيف ال ْمُح ََب‬

ِ َ‫ب الْحب‬ ِ ‫ل ال َش ّر‬
ُ ْ ‫نج‬
َ
‫م ِنْ ف َضْ لِه ِفِي ال ْوَر َى أَ ْن كَاـنَ مُبْق ِيكَاـ‬
ٰ
The scion of the beloved sharif al-Habib.
It is part of His favour to mankind if He makes you remain.
ْ‫ِيس م َن‬
َ ‫ل ِإ ْدر‬
َ ْ ‫نج‬
َ ‫ي‬
ْ َ‫أَ فَرْعَ أَ مْغ َاـرِه ِ ْم أ‬
‫يُعْز َى ِإلَى ال ْم ُصْ طَفَى ال ْم ُخْ ت َاـرِنَاه ِيكَاـ‬
ٰ
A branch of Amghar, i.e. the descendent of Idris.
It is enough to say that your lineage goes back to the Chosen one.
‫ن د َ ْوحَتَك ُ ْم عِ ْقد ُ َال ّلآل ِي عَلَى‬ ّ َ َ‫ك َأ‬

ٰ
‫ك و َق َ ْد ف َاـقَ ال ْمَم َاـلِيكَاـ‬
ِ ‫ه َاـ ِم ال ْمُلُو‬
It is as if your family tree were a necklace of pearls
on the head of kings, but it is far above kingdoms.
269
‫ه َاـك َ ال ْبَر َاه ِينَ فَاق ْرأْ َ ه َاـ و َأَ صْ ِغ لَه َاـ‬
‫كن ْتُ ُأه َادِيكَاـ‬
ُ ‫تَصْ د ُْق لَطَاـئ َِف م َاـ‬
Here are proofs, so read them and listen to them.
They tell about the subtleties to which I guide you.
‫ْس مَنْجَاـة ً لم َِغْرِبنِ َاـ‬

ُ ‫ق َ ْد جَاـء َ ِإ ْدرِي‬
‫فَنَجْلُه ُ الْف َ ُ ّذ و َه ُو َ غَي ْر ُ خَاـف ِيكَاـ‬
Idris came as salvation to our Maghrib,
His descendant is unique and he is not hidden from you.
‫الت ّوار ِِيخ ق َ ْد‬

َ ‫و َهَكَذَا و َا ْلجم َِي ُع فِي‬
‫َت مَر َاق ِيكَاـ‬
ْ ‫َت م َآث ِرُه ُ د َام‬
ْ ‫ذ َاع‬
It is like that with all those in history
whose feats are known, as long as your ascent continues.
ْ ‫حسَيـ‬
ُ ‫ل‬ َ ِ ‫وَمِنْكُم ُ الْقُطْبُ عَبْد ُ ال� ل�ه‬
ُ ْ ‫نج‬
َ ُ ‫ن اِل َ ّذ ِي س ِ ُر ّه‬
‫يحْكِي م َع َاـنيِكَاـ‬ ٍ
They include the Qutb ‘Abdullah, an excellent son
whose secret conveys your meanings.
‫و َالْفَرْد ُ ِإب ْر َاه ِيم ُ ءَايَاـتُه ُ اشْ تَه َر َْت‬

‫تِرْ يَاـقُ تُرْبَتِه ِ عَنْه َاـ سَلَاكِيكَاـ‬
The signs of the unique individual Ibrahim are famous
The antidote of his earth is your coat of mail.
270
‫ل ال َد ّهْرِ لَسْتَ ت َر َى‬

ِ ‫و َهَكَذَا فِي طِوَا‬
ٰ
‫ِإ َلّا هُم َاـم ًاـ بنِ ُورِه ِ يُف َاـجِيكَاـ‬
Similarly, for all time, you will not see
other than a gallant one whose light overwhelms you.
‫ك ال ْعُه ُود ُ تَوَار َث َْت مَكَاـرِمَه َاـ‬

َ ْ ‫تِل‬
‫اِب ْن َاـ م ِنْ آبَاـئِه ِ ْم بُشْر َى بِه َاـتيِكَاـ‬
ٰ
Those times have passed down their noble qualities.
A son conveys the good news of that from their fathers.
‫حصِر ًا‬
َ ْ ‫ْس مُن‬
َ ‫ل الاِلَٰه ِ لَي‬
ُ ْ‫هَذ َا و َف َض‬
ّ َ َ ‫يخ ْت ُ َّص م َنْ شَاـء َفَاحْمَد‬
‫ن ه َاـدِيكَاـ‬ َ
Furthermore, the favour of Allah is unconfined,
He singles out for it whomever He wishes, so praise Allah, your Guide.
ِ ‫سَلَام ُ مَو ْلَى ال ْم َوَال ِي م َعْ رَو َادِفِه‬

‫ك و َال ْمُن ْتَمِينَ م َعْ أَ ه َاـلِيكَاـ‬
May the Master of masters and His viceregents
grant peace to you, your descendants and your family.
‫ِف فُرِق َْت‬

ٌ ‫َت م َع َاـر‬
ْ ‫يَاـ م َنْ لَه ُ جُم ِع‬
‫و َه َلْ ي ُر َى جَم ْعُه َاـ فِي غَيْر ِ نَاـدِيكَاـ‬
ٰ
O you for whom gnoses were joined which had been separated!
Is their joining seen in other than your circle?
271
‫َت‬
ْ ‫طر ْقًا لِلْهُد َى دَرَس‬
ُ ُ ‫ك ال� ل�ه‬َ ِ ‫حي َ ب‬
ْ َ‫أ‬
ٰ
‫ل َاكِنْ أَ زِ َمّتُه َاـ َطوْع ُ أَ يَاـدِيكَاـ‬
By you Allah revived paths of guidance which had been effaced,
But their reins are subject to you.
‫سبْحَاـنَ م َنْ نَاـلَه ُ ع ِل ْم ًاـ لَه ُ لَدُنِي‬

ُ
‫فِي عَصْرِه ِ فُه ْ بِذ َا فَم َنْ يُب َاـرِ يكَاـ‬
Glory be to Allah who gave him laduni knowledge,
in his time. Say that, and who will vie with you?
‫ل و َفِي‬ َ ‫يَاـ م َنْ لَه ُ فِي‬

ٌ ‫الن ّد َا بَاـعٌ َطوِ ي‬
ّ ُ ُ ‫َب ال ْوَر َى ك‬
‫ل تَف َاـنيِكَاـ‬ ِّ ‫م َ ْرضَاـة ِ ر‬
ٰ
You have great strength in the call and in pleasing
the Lord of mankind with total dedication!
‫وَرِجْلُه ُ ر َسَ خ َْت فِي عِلْم ِ شِرْع َت ِن َاـ‬

‫م َاـ رُمْتَ مِنْه َاـ بِه ِ فَوْر ًا يُوَاف ِيكَاـ‬
His foot is firm in the knowledge of our Shari‘a.
and he immediately satisfies you with what you desire of it.
‫و َفِك ْرُه ُ د َار ٌِس َطر ْقَ الْحَق ِيقَة ِ م َاـ‬

‫م ِنْ خُبْر ِه َاـ شِئ ْت َه ُ ِإ َلّا و َيَأْ تيِكَاـ‬
His reflection treads the paths of the Reality –
by report, if you wish, unless he comes to you.
272
‫ل‬ ِ ْ‫الت ّوَاض ُِع م َع‬

ٌ َ ‫حلْم ٍ لَه ُ ح ُل‬ َ ‫ق‬ ُ ْ ‫خ ُل‬
‫و َهَي ْب َة ٌ ع َنْ أَ ذ ًى فَلَا يُج َاـزِ يكَاـ‬
He is robed in the qualities of humility and forbearance,
too awesome for harm, and so he does not punish you
‫َب ال ْع ُلَا‬ ْ ‫ِإ َلّا ِإذ َا انْتُهِك‬

ِّ ‫َت ح ُ ْرم َة ُ ر‬
‫فَلَا ي ُر َى أَ حَدٌ مِن ْه ُ يُف َاـدِيكَاـ‬
ٰ
Unless the sanctity of the Lord of the High is violated.
Then there is no one who can ransom you from him.
‫ل فَم َاـ‬ َ ِ ‫خطْوَة‬

ِ ‫الر ّسُو‬ ُ َ ‫أَ قْد َام ُه ُ ِإث ْر‬
‫كَاـن َْت َطرِ يق َت ُه ُ ِإ َلّا عَلَى تيِكَاـ‬
ٰ
His feet follow in the tracks of the steps of the Messenger.
His Path only follows that.
َ ‫يح ِْي‬
‫الل ّي َاـل ِي فِي الا َ ْذكَاـرِ م َعْ ك َر َ ٍم‬ ُ
‫ل يُنْسِيكَاـ‬ َ َ ‫و َِإ ْن حَضَرْتَ ال َنّه َاـر‬
َ ْ ‫الل ّي‬
He brings the nights to life with dhikr and generosity,
and if you recall the day in the night, it makes you forget.
ٍ ‫تَرْبيَِة‬ ‫خ‬
ُ ‫شُي ُو‬ ‫هَكَذَا‬ ‫فَهَكَذَا‬
‫فَد َ ْع دُع َاـة ً عَلَى ال ْعَل ْي َاـ مَر َاه ِيكَاـ‬
That is how it is with the shaykhs of teaching.
So summon callers on your fine swift mounts.
273
ْ ُ ‫و َِإ ْن يُق َ َ ّد ْر ب ِأَ ْن أَ ب ْصَرْتَ م‬

ُ ‫شبِه َه‬
‫ل َا تَعْد ُ هَذ َا ال ْم ُعَلَ ّى فَهْو َ كَاـف ِيكَاـ‬
ٰ
If it is decreed that you see someone like him,
do not miss this exalted one. He is enough for you.
‫ض‬
ٍ ِ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم لِسَل ْم َى وَل َا تَرْكَنْ لم ُِعْتَر‬
َ
ٰ
‫ل ل َا يُع َاـدِيكَاـ‬ٌ ‫َاض عُضَاـ‬ ٌ ‫فَذ َا اع ْتِر‬
Greet Salma and do not place any trust in an opponent.
That is an inveterate opposition which will not drive you away.
ّ ُ ُ ‫م َاـ ك‬
ُ ‫ل م َنْ جَاـ ا ْلحِمَى ل َاقَى أَ حَاـسِن َه‬
ٰ
‫َت دَر َانيِكَاـ‬ْ ‫وَل َا جَم ِي ُع الْحل َُى صَاـر‬
ٰ
Not all who come to the sanctuary discover its beauties.
Not all of its finery becomes your stubble.
‫ص سِو َى‬ ِ ‫ِب لِ حَظَاـئِر ِ الْخُصُو‬ ْ ‫ل َا تَقْتَر‬

ٰ
‫ظ َنّ ط ًُر ّا فِي تَد َانيِكَاـ‬
ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
َ ‫س‬ِ ْ ‫تح‬
ُ ‫أَ ْن‬
Do not approach the preserves of the elite except
always with a good opinion when you approach.
ً ‫يَاـ م َنْ ي َر ُوم ُ أَ م َاـن ًيِ ّاـ وَمَعْرِف َة‬

‫بَاـدِ ْر ل ِز َ ْور َتِه ِ م َعْ م َنْ يُوَاتيِكَاـ‬
O you who desire hopes and gnosis,
Set out to visit him with those who agree with you.
274
‫شف َـ‬
ِ َ‫وَل َا تَق َاـع َْس ف َز َ ْور ُ ال ْع َاـرِف ِين‬
‫ك م ُ ْرغِمٌ لِق َاـلِيكَاـ‬ َ ِ ‫اء ُ د َاء ِ قَل ْب‬
Do not hold back. Visiting the gnostics contains healing
for the illness of your heart, despite those who hate you.
ْ ‫ح‬
ِ ‫كمَتِه‬ ِ ِ‫بحْر‬
َ ْ‫جئ ْت َه ُ فَا ْغر ِف َنْ م ِن‬
ِ ‫ِإ ْن‬
‫ق و َل ْت َصْ د ُ ْد تَوَانيِكَاـ‬
َ ِ ‫ل ال ْع َوَائ‬
ِ ِ ‫و َاق‬
If you come to him, then take a handful from the sea of his wisdom,
and remove attachments and confront your lassitude.
ِ ‫تَأَ َدّبَنْ ِإ ْن لَق ِيت َه ُ وَكُنْ خَاـ‬

‫ضع ًاـ‬
ُ ‫ِإ َي ّاـك َ أَ ْن‬
‫يج ْتَلَى لَه ُ تَع َاـلِيكَاـ‬
ٰ
Show adab if you meet him and be humble.
Take care lest your lack of respect be disclosed to him.
َ ُ ‫و َاخْ ف ِْض لَه‬

‫الصّ و ْتَ و َاق ْصُر ِالْك َلَام َفَلَا‬
‫تَنْط ِقْ بِم َاـ كَاـنَ ه ُو َ غَيْر َ بَاـدِيكَاـ‬
Lower your voice before him and speak little.
Do not speak about what he does not start.
ْ‫س وَكُن‬
ٍ ‫ك فِي غَيْر ِ ع ُب ُو‬
َ ‫ُض لِ حا َ َظ‬
ْ ‫و َا ْغض‬
‫ْف تَن َاـف ِيكَاـ‬
ِ ‫مُسْتَقْب ِلا ً و َجْ ه َه ُ و َان‬
Lower your glance without a frown,
face him and banish your contrariety.
275
ُ ‫ُوس لَه‬ ُ ‫ِس م َاـ ت َ ْدع ُو‬

ُ ‫الن ّف‬ َ ‫وَد َ ْع وَسَاـو‬
‫َت لَه ُ خَوَاف ِيكَاـ‬
ْ ‫شف‬
ِ ‫ك‬
ُ ‫ف َر َُب ّم َاـ‬
Abandon the whisperings to which the selves call.
Often your secrets will be disclosed to him.
‫ن‬
ٍ َ ‫ل َا تَنْخَدِ ْع ِإ ْن يَب ِ ْن ِإ ْغضَاـ فَك َ ْم مِ ح‬
‫فِي ذ َاك َ و َالْجأْ َ ل ِر َب ِ ّي فَهْو َ و َاق ِيكَاـ‬
Do not be deceived if you are overlooked. How many afflictions
lie in that! Seek refuge in my Lord. He will protect you.
ُ ‫تجْه َلُه‬
َ َ‫وَل َا تَكُنْ مُنْك ِرًا م َاـ أَ ن ْت‬
‫ك الْقُصُور َ م َعْ تَغ َاـضِيكَاـ‬
َ ْ ‫ُب ِإلَي‬
ْ ‫و َانْس‬
Do not deny that of which you are ignorant.
Ascribe shortcoming to yourself if he seems not to notice you.
‫َت‬ ّ َ َ ‫يَا أَ ُ ّيهَا الْف َخْ م ُ يَا أَ ج‬

ْ ‫ل م َنْ نُشِر‬
‫أَ ْمد َاح ُه ُ فَاب ْشِر َ ْن و َاشْ كُر ْ م ُوَال َِي ّك َا‬
O splendour! How excellent is the one whose praises are unfolded,
so give good news and thank your Master.
‫ب ِرُؤْيَتِك ُ ْم‬ ‫أَ مَم ْتُك ُ ْم عَل ّنِي ُأحْ ظَى‬

ٰ
‫لِآتيِك َا‬ ‫َت قَلْبِي‬ْ ‫وَدَعْوَة ٍ نَو ّر‬
I went to you hoping to manage to see you
and by a call which inspired my heart to come to you,
276
ً ‫ح ََت ّى ي ُر َى م ِلَؤُه ُ ع ِل ْمًا وَمَعْرِف َة‬

ٰ ٰ
َ ‫و َيَنْمَحِي‬
‫الر ّانُ م َعْ م َا ك َانَ تَاف ِيك َا‬
Until it is seen filled with knowledge and gnosis
and its rust is removed along with what is trivial.
ُ ‫ن الْخَت ْم ُ و َالر ِّضْ وَانُ يَصْ حَب ُه‬

ُ ُ ‫يحْس‬
َ َ‫و‬
‫ح الْحَرَاكِيك َا‬ ُ َ‫و َال ْغَفْر ُ ِإ ْذ فَار َق‬
ُ ‫الر ّو‬
And I hope for a good seal accompanied by divine pleasure,
And forgiveness when ruh departs from life,
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ م َِم ّنْ نَجَو ْا‬ ّ َ ‫و َأَ ْن ُأ َظ‬

ِ ّ ِ ‫ل بِظ‬
‫َاب وَم َول َانَا يَجازِ يك َا‬
ِ ‫ن الْحِس‬
َ ِ‫م‬
And to be shaded in the shade of Allah among those who are saved
from the reckoning – may our Master repay you –
ْ‫ِيس م َع‬ ِ ‫و َأَ ْن ُأر َى فِي الْف َرَاد‬

ٰ
‫أَ ح َِب ّتِي ك ُلِّه ِ ْم راق َْت م َعالِيك َا‬
And for I and my family to be in Paradise
with all my beloveds. You are greatly exalted.
ْ‫شفِع ًا سَيِّدِي بِفَي ْضِ ك ُ ْم و َبِم َن‬

ْ َ ‫مُسْت‬
‫حَوالِيك َا‬ ‫وَم َن‬ ‫لِ حَضْرَتِك ُ ْم‬ ‫ينُْمَى‬
ٰ
Seeking intercession, my master, by your generosity and by
those ascribed to your presence and those around you.
277
‫َف‬
ٍ ‫ق م ِنْ تُح‬ ّ َ ‫لٌ يُق َ ّدِم ُ م َا فِي ال‬
ِ ْ ‫طو‬ ّ ُ‫ك‬
‫ف ِيك َا‬ ‫ُأنْش ُودَتِي‬ ‫�لَك ُ ْم‬ ‫فَت ُحْ فَتِي‬
Every one offers whatever gifts he can.
My gifts to you are my songs about you.
‫حتِي ِإ ْذ أَ ت َْت‬
َ ‫خطَل ِي فِي م ِ ْد‬
َ ْ‫ض ع َن‬
ِ ْ‫و َل ْتُغ‬
ْ ّ ‫بِق َ ْدرِ مُه ْ ٍد لَهَا ج ََل‬
‫ت أَ يَادِيك َا‬
Overlook my prattle in my praise when it occurs
by the decree of the One Who guided to it. Your authority is sublime.
ِ ‫ن طَاع َتِه‬ ِ ‫س‬ْ ‫ح‬ ُّ ‫ل ر‬

ُ ‫َب ال ْوَر َى فِي‬ َ ‫أَ طَا‬
ٰ
‫ال َد ّءَالِيك َا‬ ُ ‫وَو َقَاكُم‬ ‫حَيَاتَك ُ ْم‬
May the Lord of mankind prolong excellent obedience to Him
in your life and protect you from illness.
ُ ‫وَل َا ت َز َلْ فِي ر ُق ِ ٍيّ ل َا انْتِهاء َ لَه‬

‫و َل َ ْم ت َر َ أَ بَد ًا سُوءًا يُحَاذِيك َا‬
You continue to rise constantly without end
and you do not ever see any evil to counter it.
ْ‫ب ِال ْم ُصْ طَفَى خَيْر ِ م َنْ بِه ِ تَش َ َ ّف َع م َن‬

ٰ
‫يخ ْش َى وَخَيْر ِ م ِنْ بِه ِ عِيك َا‬ َ َ ‫يَرْجُو و‬
ٰ
The Chosen is the best person who can intercede
for someone who hopes and fears, and the best to whom one can resort.
278
‫س َل ّم َ الاِلَٰه ُ و َءَآ‬
َ َ ‫صَلَ ّى عَلَيْه ِ و‬
ٰ
‫حه ِ حِيك َا ۝‬ ِ ‫لِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ م َا فِي م َ ْد‬
May Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his family
and Companions as long as his praises are composed.
279
A Qasida
by Sidi ‘Abdullah ibn al-Habib ad-Dar‘i
‫قصيدة‬
‫لسيدي عبد الله بن احلبيب ا َّلدر ِعي‬
‫جَم ْع ُن َاـ هَذ َا يُباـهِي‬

‫ل جَم ِْع فِي ال ْمَلَا‬
ّ َ ُ‫ك‬
This group of ours vies
with every group in its gathering
ِ ‫ْث ف ِيه‬
ِ ‫ب ِوُجُودِ ال ْغَو‬
‫شيْخُن َاـ قُطْبُ ال ْع ُلَا‬
َ
Because of the existence of the Ghawth,
our shaykh, the Qutb of the high.
‫جَم ْع ُنَا سَاـد َ ا ْلجم ُُوع َاـ‬

ُ
ٰ ‫و َغَد َا لِلر ّشْ دِ م َ ْرعَى‬
Our gathering is the chief of all gatherings,
and has become a pasture for guidance.
280
A Qasida by Sidi ‘Abdullah ibn al-Habib ad-Dar‘i
‫ح ََب ّذ َا م َنْ جَاـء َي َ ْسع َى‬

ٰ
‫س جَم ْع َا‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الن ّا‬ ُ ْ‫ه ُنَا حِص‬
How excellent is the one who came running:
here is the fortress of protection for all people.
‫ن بُشْر َى‬ ِ ‫مَعْشَر َالا ِخْ وَا‬

ٰ
‫س ط َُر ّا‬ َ ُ‫هَذ َا غَو ْث‬
Company of brothers, good news!
This is the Ghawth of all people,
ُ ‫ل م َنْ أَ تَاـه‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫م َلْجَاـ ك‬
‫بِه ِ جَم ْ ُع الْخيَْر ِ ي ُ ْدر َى‬
ٰ
The refuge of all who come to him,
and by him all good is perceived.
ٌ ‫شيْخُن َاـ هَـذ َا ح َل ِيم‬

َ
‫وَجَـوا ْد‬ ٌ‫وَكَـرِ يـم‬
This Shaykh of ours
is forbearing, noble and generous.
‫زِ ْده ُ عُل ًُو ّا‬ ‫ر َ َب ّن َاـ‬

‫ل نَاـ ْد‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫وَسَن َاـ فِي ك‬
Our Lord, increase him
in sublimity and radiance in every circle!
281
ِ ‫و َابْقِه ِ ل ِ َلن ّاـ‬

‫س نَفْع َاـ‬
‫و َاهْدِنَاـ لِلْخَيْر ِ جَم ْع َاـ‬
Make him endure for the benefit of people
and guide us to all good.
‫ل الر ِّض َى‬ّ َ ُ ‫ْض عَن ْه ُك‬

َ ‫و َار‬
ٰ
‫ِب م َِن ّا ال ُد ّع َاـ‬ ْ ‫و َاسْ تَج‬
Be completely pleased with him,
and grant our supplication.
‫شيْخُن َاـ يَعْس ُوبُ قَو ْ ٍم‬

َ
‫لِل ْم َع َاـل ِي ق َ ْد أَ و َ ْو‬
Our Shaykh is the prince of a people
who sought refuge in the heights,
ٍّ‫ل سِر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َبِه ِ فِي ك‬
‫ث َُم ّ اق ْتَفَو ْا‬ ‫اق ْتَدَوْا‬
And who follow him in every secret,
and imitate him.
‫بحْرِ وِ ْز ٍر‬
َ ‫و َبِه ِ فِي‬
َ ‫ك‬
‫الن ّجَاـ‬ َ ْ ُ‫امْتَطَو ْا فل‬
And who board the ship of salvation
in the sea of the burdens of sin.
282
‫ك الْف َي َاـفِي‬
َ ْ ‫قَطَع ُوا تِل‬
َ ‫وَصَلُوا م َأْ و َى‬
‫الر ّج َا‬
ٰ
They crossed those deserts
and reached the refuge of hope.
‫و َبِه ِسَاـد ُوا وَع َاـد ُوا‬

َ َ ‫لِلْهُد َى بَعْد‬
‫الر ّد َى‬
ٰ ٰ
By him they became masters
and returned to guidance after ruin.
ّ َ ُ ‫و َاسْ تَف َاـد ُوا ك‬

ٍ‫ل خَيْر‬
‫ال ْعِد َا‬ ّ ‫ش َ َر‬ ‫وَو ُقُوا‬
They profited from every good,
and are protected from the evil of the enemy.
‫فَل ْتَق ِْف م َ ْدحِي فَهَذ َا‬

‫بح ْر ُ سِرٍّ ق َ ْد بَد َا‬
َ
So understand my praise.
This is a sea of a secret which has appeared.
َ َ ‫حصْر‬
‫الل ّئ َاـل ِي‬ َ ‫ل َا ت َر ُ ْم‬
‫ف ِيه ِ د َ ْوم ًاـ سَرْمَد َا‬
Do not desire to restrict
the pearls in it constantly and forever.
283
َ
ً ‫ر َب ّن َاـ زِ ْده ُ سَن َاـء‬
‫و َهُد َى‬ ‫وَفَخَاـر ًا‬
ٰ
in radiance, glory and guidance,
ً ‫و َنَم َاـء‬ ً ‫و َبَق َاـء‬

‫و َقِه ِ ش َ َرّ ال ْعِد َا‬
And going on and expansion,
and protect him from the evil of enemies!
ُ ‫ر َ َب ّن َاـ بَوِّأْ نَاـ مِن ْه‬

ّ َ ُ‫ك‬
‫ل عِزٍّ وَرِضَاـ‬
Our Lord, provide us
with every might and pleasure from him.
‫ل م َِن ّاـ‬
َ ‫ل الاَف ْع َا‬
ِ َ ‫و َاجْ ع‬
‫تج ْتَبِي م َاـ يُرْتَض َى‬
َ
ٰ
Make our actions
bear pleasing fruit.
ٍ ‫جَم ْع ُن َاـ جَم ْ ُع ِإخَاـء‬
ْ‫وَصَلَاح‬ ‫وَوِد َا ٍد‬

Our gathering is one of brotherhood,
love and righteousness,
284
ٍ ‫وَحَي َاـء‬ ‫وَو َق َاـ ٍر‬

ْ‫و َفَلَاح‬ ٍ ‫وَنَج‬
‫َاـح‬
And gravity, modesty,
victory and success.
‫ر َ َب ّن َاـ زِ ْده ُ وِءَام ًاـ‬

‫يج ْتَلَى‬
ُ ً ‫وَج َلَالا‬
ٰ
in harmony and majesty which is unmistakable,
‫و َعُل ًُو ّا‬ ‫وَكَم َاـل ًا‬

‫لِل ْع ُلَا‬ ً ‫و َاه ْتِد َاء‬
And perfection and sublimity,
and guidance for the noble-minded.
‫سل ِ ّ ْم‬
َ َ‫ل و‬ َ ‫ر َ َب ّن َاـ‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
‫عَلَى م َنْ جَاـء َ لَن َاـ‬
ٰ
Our Lord, bless and grant peace
on the one who came to us
‫سدْنَاـ‬
ُ ‫بِس َنَا الا ِسْ لَا ِم‬
‫عُدْنَاـ‬ ِ ‫لِلْخَيْر‬ ِ ‫و َبِه‬
With the radiance of Islam; we became leaders
and by it we returned to good.
285
‫ْب‬
ٍ ‫ل و َصَ ح‬ ِ ‫و َعَلَى الآ‬
ٰ
ْ‫ل حِينٍ ب ِاتِّصَاـل‬ ّ َ ُ‫ك‬
And bless his family and Companions
in every time as well,
‫و َعَلَى م َنْ غَد َا ي َ ْقف ُو‬

ٰ
‫لح َالْ ۝‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫أَث َر َه ُ ْمفِيك‬
And those who will follow tomorrow
in our footsteps in every state.
286
THE HAFIDHA
The Hafidha
This is the Wazifa known as the Hafidha which the Master, may Allah be pleased
with him, recited every morning and evening, as do the elite of the mightiest of
the fuqara in every place: and in it are secrets beyond number.
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful: O Allah bless

our master Muhammad and his family. O Allah bless our master
Muhammad, your slave and Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, and his
family and companions, and grant them peace according to the number
of Your creation and Your pleasure and the weight of Your Throne and
the ink of Your words.
I take refuge with Allah, the All-Hearing, the Knowing, from the
accursed shaytan. In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful,
there is no power and no strength except with Allah the Exalted, the
Great. Praise belongs to Allah Who has put away all sorrow from us.
Surely our Lord is All-Forgiving, All-Thankful.
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful: Praise belongs to
Allah Who created the heavens and the earth and appointed darkness
and light. Then those who are kafir make others equal to their Lord!
288
‫الْحَف ِي َ‬
‫ظة ُ‬
‫ومساء‪،‬‬
‫ً‬ ‫صباحا‬
‫وهذه الوظيفة املشهورة باحلفيظة التي يقرؤها األستاذ رضي ال َّله عنه وأرضاه ً‬
‫وكذلك خواص األقوياء من الفقراء في ك ِّل ناحي ٍة وفيها من األسرار ما ال يدخل حتت حصر‬
‫ِيم‪ .‬وَصَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّ ٍد و َءَالِه ِ‪.‬‬ ‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫ن َ‬ ‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫الر ّحْم َٰ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك َ‬
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ‬ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّدٍ عَبْدِك َ وَرَسُول ِ َ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك‬
‫س َ‬ ‫ك وَرِضَا ن َ ْف ِ‬ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‪ .‬عَدَد َ خ َلْق ِ َ‬
‫و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك وَمِد َاد َ كَل ِمَاتِكَ‪.‬‬‫ش َ‬ ‫وَزِنَة َ ع َ ْر ِ‬
‫ن‬ ‫الر ّجِيم‪ ِ.‬ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬

‫الر ّحْم َٰ ِ‬ ‫ن َ‬ ‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫شيْطَا ِ‬ ‫سم ِ‬
‫ِيع ال ْعَل ِِيم م ِ َ‬ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّ‬
‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَل ِ ِيّ ال ْعَظ ِ‬

‫ِيم‪ .‬ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ‬ ‫حو ْ َ‬
‫ِيم‪ .‬وَل َا َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫الر ّح ِ‬
‫ن ر َ َب ّنَا لَغَف ُور ٌ َ‬
‫شكُور ٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ال َ ّذ ِۤي أَ ذْه َبَ ع ََن ّا الْحَزَنَ ِإ َ ّ‬
‫ات‬ ‫ق ال َ ّ‬
‫سم َو َ ِ‬ ‫ِيم ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي خ َل َ َ‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫ات و ُ‬
‫َالن ّور َ‬ ‫ل ال ُ ّ‬
‫ظلُم َ ِ‬ ‫ْض وَجَع َ َ‬
‫و َالاَر َ‬
‫كف َر ُوا ب ِر َ ّبِه ِ ْم يَعْدِلُونَ‪.‬‬ ‫ث َُم ّ ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫ن َ‬
‫‪289‬‬
It is He Who created you from clay and then decreed a fixed term, and
another fixed term is specified with Him. Yet you still have doubts! He
is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He knows what you keep secret
and what you make public and He knows what you earn.
I have put my nafs and my iman and all that I owe to Allah in the
protection of Allah which is the best protection possible, and in the
proximity of Allah which cannot be overlooked, and in the invincibility
of Allah which cannot be perceived, and in the veil of Allah which
cannot be torn, and in the invincible troops of Allah and in the trusts
of Allah which cannot be lost. The proximity of Allah is protected, and
whoever clings to Allah is inviolable. The majesty of Allah is exalted and
there is no place which is empty of Allah. May Allah permit every eye
which looks on me with evil to be humbled.
Glory be to Allah and praise belongs to Allah, and there is no god

except Allah, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah.
Allah is enough for you against them.
He is the All-Hearing, the Knowing.
Allah is enough for me in everything. Allah overcomes all and nothing

can stop the command of Allah. Allah is the Conqueror, the Victor, the
Abaser of every stubborn tyrant, the Protector of the truth where it is.
He has all power and strength.
It is only one shout and then they are silent.
May Allah bless our lord and master Muhammad and his family and
Companions and grant them peace.
290
‫‪The Hafidha‬‬
‫ل مُسَ ًمّى‬
‫ه ُو َ ال َ ّذ ِي خ َلَقَك ُ ْم م ِنْ طِينٍ ث َُم ّ ق َض َۤى أَ جْلًا‪ .‬و َأَ ج َ ٌ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ض‬
‫ٰت و َفِي الا َ ْر ِ‬ ‫عِنْدَه ُ‪ .‬ث َُم ّ أَ ن ْتُم ْ تَم ْت َر ُونَ‪ .‬و َه ُو َ ال� ل�هُ‪ .‬فِي ال َ ّ‬
‫سم َٰو َ ِ‬
‫جهْرَك ُ ْم و َيَعْلَم ُ م َا ت َ ْكسِب ُونَ‪.‬‬‫يَعْلَم ُ س ِ َرّك ُ ْم و َ َ‬
‫جَعَل ْتُ ن َ ْفس ِي و َِإيمَانِي وَجَم ِي َع م َا ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَل َيّ فِي حِم َى ال� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي‬
‫يخْف َر ُ‪ .‬و َفِي مَن ْعَة ِ ال� ل�ه ِ َال ّتِي‬
‫ل َا ي ُر َام ُ‪ .‬و َفِي جِوَارِ ال� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا ُ‬
‫جنْدِ ال�له ِ الْمن ِ‬
‫ِيع‪.‬‬ ‫ستْر ِ ال� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يُه ْتَكُ‪ .‬و َفِي ُ‬
‫ل َا ت ُ ْدرَكْ‪ .‬و َفِي ِ‬
‫�‬
‫ُوظ‪ .‬وَم َنْ‬ ‫و َفِي وَد َائ ِِع ال� ل�ه ِ َال ّتِي ل َا تَضِ يعُ‪ .‬وَجِوَار ُ ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫محْف ٌ‬
‫ن‬
‫ن مِ َ‬ ‫ل ال� ل�هِ‪ .‬وَل َا َ‬
‫يخ ْلُو مَك َا ٌ‬ ‫ل ج َلَا ُ‬ ‫م ب ِال� ل�ه ِ مَعْصُوم ٌ‪ .‬وَج َ َ ّ‬‫يَعْتَص ِ ْ‬
‫ل عَيْنٍ نَظَرَتْنِي بِس ُوء ٍ ب ِِإ ْذ ِ‬
‫ن ال� ل�هِ‪.‬‬ ‫ال� ل�هِ‪ .‬وَذ ََل ّ ْ‬
‫ت كُ ُ ّ‬
‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ‬ ‫سب ْحانَ ال� ل�ه ِ و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ‪ .‬وَل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�هُ‪ .‬وَل َا َ‬
‫حو ْ َ‬ ‫وَ ُ‬
‫ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�هِ‪ .‬فَسَي َ ْكف ِي َ‬
‫كهُم ُ ال� ل�هُ‪ .‬و َه ُو َ ال َ ّ‬
‫سمِي ُع ال ْعَل ِيم ُ‪.‬‬
‫ل شَيْءٍ‪ .‬وَل َا يَق ُ‬

‫ِف‬ ‫ل شَيْءٍ‪ .‬ال� ل�ه ُ يَغْل ِبُ ك ُ َ ّ‬ ‫سبِي َ ال� ل�ه ُ م ِنْ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ح ْ‬
‫َ‬
‫ل ج ََب ّا ٍر ع َن ِيدٍ‪.‬‬
‫ل ك ُ ِّ‬ ‫لأَ ْمر ِ ال� ل�ه ِ شَيْءٌ‪ .‬ال� ل�ه ُ ال ْغ َال ِبُ الْق َاه ِر ُ مُذِ ُ ّ‬
‫ل و َالْق ُ َو ّة ُ‪ِ .‬إ ْن ك َان َْت ِإ َلّا‬
‫حي ْثُ ك َانَ‪ .‬بِه ِ الْحَو ْ ُ‬ ‫نَاصِر ُ الْحَقّ ِ َ‬
‫حدَة ً ف َِإذ َا ه ُ ْم خ َامِد ُونَ‪.‬‬
‫صي ْح َة ً و َا ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫س َل ّم َ تَسْلِيم ًا‪.‬‬
‫وَصَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُعَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد و َءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫‪291‬‬
O Allah praise belongs to You with everything You look to be praised
with, for everything which You love to be praised for. O Allah – thanks
belongs to You with everything You love to be thanked by, and for
everything You love to be thanked for, everlasting praise and thanks
as You are everlasting, in quantity as great as what You know and the
capacity of what You know and the ink of Your words, and many times
more than that. (3)
O Allah, praise and thanks belong to You for all these. O Allah, praise
and thanks be to You for Your gathered gifts. (3)
O Lord, lead me in with a just ingoing and lead me out with a just
outgoing: grant me authority from You to help me. (3)
There is no god but You! Glory be to You!
Truly I have been one of the wrongdoers. Allah is greater. Allah is
greater. Allah is greater. Bismillah on my nafs and my Deen. Bismillah
over what I possess and my household. Bismillah over everything which
my Lord has given me. In the Name of Allah, the best of names.
In the Name of Allah, the Lord of the earth and heaven.
292
‫ِب أَ ْن تُحْمَد َ بِه ِ‪.‬‬ ‫تح ُ ّ‬ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ ُ‬ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ بِك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ل َ َ‬
‫ل‬
‫شك ْر ُ بِك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫ك ال ُ ّ‬
‫ِب أَ ْن تُحْمَد َ عَلَيْه ِ‪ .‬ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ل َ َ‬ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ ُ‬
‫تح ُ ّ‬ ‫عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ِب أَ ْن تُشْك َر َ عَلَيْه ِ‪.‬‬ ‫تح ُ ّ‬ ‫ٍ‬
‫ل شَيْء ُ‬ ‫ِب أَ ْن تُشْك َر َ بِه ِ‪ .‬عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫تح ُ ّ‬ ‫ٍ‬
‫شَيْء ُ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك عَدَد َ م َا عَلِم ْتَ وَزِنَة َ م َا عَلِم ْتَ‬ ‫شك ْرًا د َآئِمَيْنِ بِدَو َام ِ َ‬ ‫حَمْدًا و َ ُ‬
‫َاف ذَٰلِكَ‪.‬‬
‫َاف أَ ضْ ع ِ‬
‫ك و َأَ ضْ ع َ‬
‫وَم ِلْ ء َ م َا عَلِم ْتَ وَمِد َاد َ كَل ِمَات ِ َ‬
‫(ثلاثًا)‬
‫ك كَذَٰلِكَ‪ .‬ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ل َ َ‬

‫ك‬ ‫شك ْر ُ عَلَى ذَٰل ِ َ‬‫ك ال ُ ّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ل َ َ‬
‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ وَل َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ِ‬
‫شك ْر ُ عَلَى جَم ِيع ِإحْ سَانِكَ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ك ال ُ ّ‬
‫ا ْلحم َْد ُ وَل َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ق‬‫ص ْد ٍ‬ ‫ج ِ‬ ‫مخ ْر َ َ‬
‫خر ِجْ نِي ُ‬
‫ق و َأَ ْ‬ ‫ص ْد ٍ‬
‫ل ِ‬ ‫َب أَ ْدخِلْنِي م ُ ْدخ َ َ‬ ‫ر ِّ‬
‫ك سُلْطَانًا نَصِ يْر ًا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫و َاجْ ع َل ل ِّي م ِنْ لَدُن ْ َ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ظالِمِينَ‪ .‬ال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر ُ‬ ‫كن ْتُ م ِ َ‬
‫ك ِإن ِ ّي ُ‬ ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ ُ‬
‫سب ْح َان َ َ‬
‫ال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر ُ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر ُ‪ .‬ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ عَلى ن َ ْفس ِي وَدِينِي‪ .‬ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ عَلَى‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ أَ ْعطَانيِه ِ ر َب ِ ّي‪.‬‬ ‫م َال ِي و َأَ ه ْل ِي‪ .‬ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال�له ِ خَيْر ِ الاَسْمَاء‪ِ.‬‬
‫�‬
‫سم َآءِ‪.‬‬
‫ض و َال َ ّ‬ ‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ ر ِّ‬
‫َب الا َ ْر ِ‬
‫‪293‬‬
In the Name of Allah with whose name nothing is harmed.
In the Name of Allah I have begun and in Allah I have put my trust.
Allah! Allah is my Lord I associate none with Him.
O Allah, from Your blessing I have asked for Your blessing which none
but You can give. Mighty is the one in Your nearness and exalted is Your
praise, and there is no god except You.
O Allah, place me in Your sanctuary and Your protection from every

evil and from the accursed shaytan.
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from everything which You have
created, that I may be on my guard against it through You.Before me I
offer: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate: Say: ‘He is
Allah, Absolute Oneness, Allah, the Everlasting Sustainer of all. He has
not given birth and was not born. And no one is comparable to Him.’
Behind me I offer: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the

Compassionate: Say: ‘He is Allah, Absolute Oneness, Allah, the
Everlasting Sustainer of all. He has not given birth and was not born.
And no one is comparable to Him.’
To my right I offer: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the

294
‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يَض ُ ُرّ م َ َع اسْمِه ِ شَيْءٌ‪.‬‬
‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ اف ْتَت َحْ تُ و َعَلَى ال� ل�ه ِ تَو َ َكّل ْتُ ‪.‬‬
‫أَ َلل ّٰه ُ أَ َلل ّٰه ُ ر َب ِ ّي ل َآ ُأشْرِك ُ بِه ِ أَ حَدًا‪.‬‬
‫الل ّٰه ُ َ ّم خَيْرَك َ م ِنْ خَيْرِك َ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يُعْط ِيه ِ غَي ْرُك َ‬

‫ك َ‬ ‫أَ سْ أَ ل ُ َ‬
‫ل ثَن َآؤُك َ وَل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ ‪.‬‬
‫ع َ َزّ ج َارُك َ وَج َ َ ّ‬
‫ل سُوء ٍ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم اجْ عَلْنِي فِي عِيَاذِك َ وَجِوَارِك َ م ِنْ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ِيم‪.‬‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫الر ّج ِ‬ ‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫شيْطَا ِ‬ ‫وَم ِ َ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ خ َلَقْت َه ُ و َأَ حْتَرِز ُ ب ِ َ‬

‫ك مِن ْه ُ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي َ أَسْ تَجِيرُك َ م ِنْ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ِيم قُلْ ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ حَدٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫و َ ُأق َ ّدِم ُ بَيْنَ يَد ََيّ ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫ال� ل�ه ُ َ‬
‫الصّ مَد ُ‪ .‬ل َ ْم يلَِدْ و َل َ ْم يُولَدْ‪ .‬و َل َ ْم يَكُنْ لَه ُ ُ‬
‫كف ُؤ ًا اَحَدٌ‪.‬‬

‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫وَم ِنْ خ َلْفِي ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬

‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫وَع َنْ يَمِينِي ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫‪295‬‬
To my left I offer: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the

Above me I offer: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the

Underneath me I offer: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the

O Allah, make me content with Your decree and make me firm in what
You have decreed for me so that I do not wish to bring forward what
You have held back nor to hold back what You have brought forward.
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of my nafs and from the
evil of others and from the evil of all that crawls on the earth.
You are my Lord Who takes them by the forelock.
Straight is the path of my Lord.
O Allah, O You Who give profit and You Who harm – O Expander!
O With-holder! O Shielder! O Exalter! O Abaser! O Advancer! O
Deferrer! O Reckoner! O Reviver! Bring life to our essences through
the light of Your Gnosis and illumine our secrets with the inspiration
of Your Wilayat, and let us taste the signs of Your Tawhid until we
recognise only You, O most Merciful of the Merciful, O Lord of the
worlds, O Lord of Majesty and Generosity.
296
‫ِيم قُلْ ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ حَدٌ‪.‬‬

‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫ن َ‬ ‫وَع َنْ شِمَال ِي ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫كف ُؤ ًا اَحَدٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ُ َ‬

‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫ن َ‬ ‫وَم ِنْ فَو ْقِي ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬

‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫ن َ‬ ‫تحْتِي ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫الر ّحْم َٰ ِ‬ ‫وَم ِنْ َ‬
‫ك ل ِي ف ِيم َا ق َ ّدرْتَ ل ِي ح ََت ّى ل َآ‬ ‫ك و َبَارِ ْ‬ ‫ضنِي بِقَضَآئ ِ َ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ر َ ِّ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫خرْتَ وَل َا تَأْ خِير َ م َا عَج ّل ْتَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ل م َآ أَ َ ّ‬ ‫ُأح َ ّ‬
‫ِب تَعْجِي َ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِ َ‬

‫ك م ِنْ شَرِّ ن َ ْفس ِي وَم ِنْ شَر ِّ غَيْر ِي وَم ِنْ شَر ِّ‬
‫خذٌ بنَِاصِيَتِهَا‪.‬‬ ‫ل َ‬
‫دآب ّة ٍ أَ ن ْتَ ر َب ِ ّي آ ِ‬ ‫ك ُ ِّ‬
‫ِإ َ ّ‬
‫ن ر َب ِ ّي عَلَى صِر َاطٍ مُسْتَق ٍِيم‪.‬‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ِط يَا قَاب ُِض يَا م َان ِ ُع يَا م ُع ُِز ّ‬‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا نَاف ِ ُع يَا د َاف ِ ُع يَا بَاس ُ‬
‫محْيِي ُأح ِْي ذَو َاتَنَا‬
‫حسِيبُ يَا ُ‬ ‫يَا مُذ َ ُ ّ‬
‫ل يَا مُق َ ّدِم ُ يَا م ُ َو ّ ِّ‬
‫خر ُ يَا َ‬
‫ك و َأَ ذِق ْنَا مَذ َاقَ‬ ‫ك و َنَوِ ّ ْر سَر َآئ ِر َنَا ب ِِإل ْهَا ِم وِل َايَت ِ َ‬
‫بنِ ُورِ مَعْرِفَت ِ َ‬
‫حم َ َ‬
‫الر ّا ِحم ِينَ يَا‬ ‫ِف سِوَاك َ يَآ أَ ْر َ‬ ‫م َع َال ِ ِم تَوْحِيدِك َ ح ََت ّى ل َا نَعْر َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل و َالاِك ْرَا ِم‪.‬‬ ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ يَا ذ َا الْجلََا ِ‬ ‫ر َّ‬
‫‪297‬‬
O Allah let us be constantly with You and acting through You and let us
return to You with health. O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah, bestow on us a mercy from You which will make us forget the
remembrance of other-than-You, and a gift which will cut us off from
other-than-You, and a gnosis of Yours by which we may witness only You,
surrounded with loving care from trials
and temptations in every state.
Place the sweetness of Your intimacy in our hearts, O most Generous of

the Generous! O most Merciful of the Merciful, O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah, illumine my heart with knowledge and make my body

obedient to You and purify my secret of temptations and occupy my
thoughts with Your worth and protect us from the whisperings of
shaytan and give me shelter from him, O Merciful,
so that he may have no power over me.
I seek refuge with the perfect words of Allah from His wrath, His
punishment, the evil of His slaves, and the insinuations of the shayateen
and from their presence.
I take refuge with Allah, the Generous, for there is nothing greater
than Him, and with the most perfect words of Allah which neither the
awed nor the shameless can surpass, and with all His most beautiful
298
‫ك عَام ِلِينَ وَر ُ َدّنَا ِإلَي ْ َ‬

‫ك‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم اجْ عَل ْنَا عِنْدَك َ د َآئِمِينَ و َب ِ َ‬
‫ب ِالع َاف ِيَة ِ‪ .‬يَا ر َ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‪.‬‬
‫ك تُنْسِينَا ذِك ْر َ م َنْ سِوَاك َ وَم َِن ّة ً‬

‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم امْن ُ ْن عَلَي ْنَا ب ِرَحْمَة ٍ مِن ْ َ‬
‫ك ل َا نَشْهَد ُ بِه َآ ِإ َلّآ ِإ َي ّاك َ‬
‫ت َ ْقطَع ُنَا ع َنْ م َنْ عَد َاك َ وَمَعْرِف َة ً ب ِ َ‬
‫ل ح َالِ‪.‬‬
‫ن و َالْف ِتَنِ فِي ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ن الْمِح َ ِ‬
‫محْف ُوف ِينَ ب ِالع ِنَايَة ِ م ِ َ‬
‫َ‬
‫و َاجْ ع َلْ فِي قُلُوبنَِا ح َلَاوَة َ ُأن ْ ِس َ‬

‫ك يَآ أَ ك ْرَم َ الاَك ْرَم ِينَ‬
‫الر ّا ِحم ِينَ يَا ر َ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫حم َ َ‬
‫يَآ أَ ْر َ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم نَوِ ّ ْر ب ِالعِلْم ِ قَلْبِي و َاسْ تَعْمِلْ بِطَاع َت ِ َ‬

‫ك بَدَنِي وَخ َل ّ ِْص‬
‫ن الْف ِتَنِ سِرِّي و َاشْ غ َلْ ب ِالاِعْت ِبَارِ فِكْر ِي و َق ِنَا ش َ َرّ وَسَاو َ‬
‫ِس‬ ‫مِ َ‬
‫ن‬
‫ج ْرنِي مِن ْه ُ يَا رَحْم َٰ ُ‬
‫ن و َأَ ِ‬ ‫ال َ ّ‬
‫شيْطَا ِ‬
‫ح ََت ّى ل َا يَكُونَ لَه ُ عَل َيّ سُلْطَانٌ‪.‬‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ات م ِنْ غَضَبِه ِ وَعِق َابِه ِ و َشَر ِّ عِبَادِه ِ‬ ‫ات ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫الت ّآ َمّ ِ‬ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ بِكَل ِم َ ِ‬
‫يح ْضُر ُونِ‪.‬‬ ‫ات ال َ ّ‬
‫شيَاطِينِ و َأَ ْن َ‬ ‫وَم ِنْ هَم َز َ ِ‬
‫ات‬ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ا�ل ْكَر ِي ِم ال َ ّذ ِي لَي َ‬

‫ْس شَيْء ٌ أَ ْعظَم َ مِن ْه ُ و َبِكَل ِم َ ِ‬
‫جر ٌ‪ .‬و َب ِجَم ِ‬
‫ِيع أَ سْم َآئِه ِ‬ ‫ات َال ّتِي ل َا يُجَاوِز ُه َُنّ بَر ّ ٌ وَل َا فَا ِ‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫الت ّآ َمّ ِ‬
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names – those which I know and those which I do not know – from
the evil of what He has created and originated and made to multiply,
and from the evil of what He has created in the earth and what He
has brought out from it, and from the evils of what descends from
the heaven and rises to it, and from the evils of the temptations of
the night and day and the disasters of the night and day – except for
what knocks at my door with good, O Merciful!
O Allah, provide us with fear of You that may come between us and
wrongful acts of disobedience against You, and grant us obedience to
You that will bring us to Your Garden, and grant us certainty that will
make the misfortunes of this world easy for us.
O Allah, let us enjoy our hearing and vision and vigour for as long as
You grant us life, and let it be our legacy. Avenge us on those who have
wronged us and give us victory over those who have attacked us.
Do not let this world be the greatest of our cares, nor the scope of our
knowledge, nor the object of our desire, and do not allow us to take the
path to the Fire. Do not place over us because of our wrong actions those
who have no fear of You and will not show mercy to us – O most Merciful of
the Merciful, O Lord of the worlds. (3)
I take refuge with Allah, the All-Hearing, the Knowing from

the accursed shaytan. In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the
Compassionate, and there is no power and no strength except with
Allah the Exalted, the Great.
300
‫ق و َب َر َأَ وَذَر َأَ‬ ‫الْحُسْن َى م َا عَلِم ْتُ مِنْهَا وَم َا ل َ ْم أَ ع ْلَمْ‪ .‬م ِنْ شَر ِّ م َا خ َل َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل‬
‫ج مِنْهَا وَم ِنْ شَرِّ م َا يَنْز ِ ُ‬ ‫يخ ْر ُ ُ‬
‫ض وَم َا َ‬‫وَم ِنْ شَر ِّ م َا ذَر َأَ فِي الا َ ْر ِ‬
‫ق‬‫ل و َال َنّهَارِ وَطَوَارِ ِ‬ ‫ج ف ِيهَا وَم ِنْ شَر ِّ ف ِتَنِ َ‬
‫الل ّي ْ ِ‬ ‫سم َآء ِ وَم َا يَعْر ُ ُ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫مِ َ‬
‫ل و َال َنّهَارِ ِإ َلّا طَارِقًا يَطْر ُقُ بِ خَيْرٍ يَا رَحْم َٰنُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫الل ّي ْ ِ‬
‫ل بِه ِ بَي ْنَنَا و َبَيْنَ م َع َاصِيكَ‪.‬‬

‫ك م َا تَح ُو ُ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ا ْرز ُق ْنَا م ِنْ َ‬
‫خشْيَت ِ َ‬
‫ك م َا تُبَل ِّغ ُنَا بِه ِ ج ََن ّتَكَ‪.‬‬
‫وَم ِنْ طَاع َت ِ َ‬
‫ن ال ْيَق ِينِ م َا تُهَوِ ّنُ بِه ِ عَلَي ْنَا مَصَآئ ِبَ ال ُد ّن ْيَا‪.‬‬
‫وَم ِ َ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم م َتِّعْنَا ب ِأَ سْمَاعِنَا و َأَبْصَارِنَا و َق َُو ّتنَِا م َا أَحْ يَي ْتَنَا‪ .‬و َاجْ عَل ْه ُال ْوَارِثَ‬
‫م َِن ّا‪ .‬و َاجْ ع َلْ ثَأْ ر َنَا عَلَى م َنْ ظَلَمَنَا‪ .‬و َان ْصُرْنَا عَلَى م َنْ عَاد َانَا‪.‬‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ل ال ُد ّن ْيَا أَ كْ ب َر ُ هَم ِّنَا وَل َا‬
‫تج ْع َ ِ‬
‫تج ْع َلْ م ُصِ ي ْبَتَنَا فِي دِين ِنَا‪ .‬وَل َا َ‬
‫وَل َا َ‬
‫مَبْل َ َغ ع ِل ْمِنَا وَل َا غَايَة َ رَغْبَت ِنَا‪ .‬وَل َآ ِإلَى َ‬
‫الن ّارِ م َصِ ير َنَا‪ .‬وَل َا تُس َل ّ ِْط‬
‫حم َ َ‬
‫الر ّا ِحم ِينَ‬ ‫ك وَل َا يَرْحَمُنَا يَآ أَ ْر َ‬
‫عَلَي ْنَا بِذ ُنُوبنَِا م َنْ ل َا يَخَاف ُ َ‬
‫يَا ر َ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫ِيم‪ .‬ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ‬ ‫ن َ‬ ‫ن ال َ ّ‬ ‫سم ِ‬‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّ‬

‫الر ّج ِ‬ ‫شيْطَا ِ‬ ‫ِيع ال ْعَل ِِيم م ِ َ‬

‫ِيم‪.‬‬ ‫حو ْ َ‬
‫ِيم وَل َا َ‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫الر ّح ِ‬ ‫َ‬
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Allah is greater than all, and much praise belongs to Allah

and glory be to Allah morning and evening.
Say: ‘My Lord has guided me to a straight path, a well-founded Deen,

the religion of Ibrahim, a man of pure natural belief.
He was not one of the mushrikun.’
Say: ‘My salat and my rites, my living and my dying, are for Allah alone,
the Lord of all the worlds, Who has no partner. I am commanded to be
like that and I am the first of the Muslims.’
Allah bears witness that there is no god but Him, as do the angels and
the people of knowledge, upholding justice. There is no god but Him,
the Almighty, the All-Wise. The Deen with Allah is Islam.
I bear witness to Allah with what Allah bears witness to Himself and
with what His angels and men possessed of knowledge
from His creation bear witness.
There is no god except Allah, alone, with no associate. To Him belongs

the kingdom and praise. He makes to live and makes to die and He is
the living and never dies. Goodness is in His hand and to Him is the
outcome. He has power over all things.
He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, the First
with no beginning and the Last with no end, and the Manifest without
likeness, and the Hidden without qualification.
He has knowledge of all things.
302
‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ بُك ْرَة ً و َأَ صِيلًا‪.‬‬

‫اَل� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر ُ كَب ِير ًا و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِكَث ِير ًا و َ ُ‬
‫قُلْ ِإ َن ّنِي هَد َانِي ر َب ِ ّيۤ ِإلَى ٰ صِر َاطٍ مُسْت ٍ‬

‫َقيم دِينًا قَيِّم ًا‬
‫م ِلَ ّة َ ِإب ْر َاه ِيم َ حَن ِيف ًا‪ .‬وَم َا ك َانَ م ِ َ‬
‫ن ال ْمُشْرِكِينَ‪.‬‬
‫َآي و َمَمَاتِي َ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر ِّ‬

‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫مح ْي ْ‬ ‫قُلْ ِإ َ ّ‬
‫ن صَلَاتِي و َنُسُكِي و َ َ‬
‫ك ُأمِرْتُ ‪ .‬و َأَ نَآ أَ َ ّو ُ‬
‫ل ال ْمُسْل ِمِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫ك لَه ُ‪ .‬و َب ِ ٰذَل ِ َ‬
‫ل َا شَر ِي َ‬
‫شَهِد َ ال� ل�ه ُ َأَن ّه ُل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ و َال ْمَلَائِك َة ُ و َ ُأولُوا ال ْعِلْم ِ ق َآئِمًا ب ِالقِسْطِ ‪.‬‬
‫ن عِنْد َ ال� ل�ه ِ الا ِسْ لَام ُ‪.‬‬ ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ‪ .‬ال ْعَزِيز ُ الْحَكِيمُ‪ِ .‬إ َ ّ‬
‫ن الد ِّي َ‬
‫َت لَه ُ بِه ِ‬ ‫و َأَ نَآ ُأشْهِد ُ ال� ل�ه َ بِمَا شَهِد َ ال� ل�ه ُ بِه ِ لِن َ ْف ِ‬
‫سه ِ‪ .‬و َبِمَا شَهِد ْ‬
‫م َلَائِكَت ُه ُ و َ ُأولُوا ال ْعِلْم ِ م ِنْ خ َلْقِه ِ‪.‬‬
‫يحْيِي‬
‫ك وَلَه ُ ا ْلحم َْد ُ‪ُ .‬‬ ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ وَحْدَه ُ ل َا شَر ِي َ‬
‫ك لَه ُ‪ .‬لَه ُ ال ْمُل ْ ُ‬
‫و َيمُِيتُ ‪ .‬و َه ُو َ حَيّ ٌ ل َا يَمُوتُ أَ بَد ًا‪ .‬بيَِدِه ِ الْخيَ ْر ُ و َِإلَيْه ِ ال ْم َصِ ير ُ‪.‬‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير ٌ‪.‬‬ ‫و َه ُو َ عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل بِلَا بِد َايَة ِ‪.‬‬ ‫ظاه ِر ُ و َال ْبَاطِنُ‪ .‬الا َ ّو ُ‬ ‫خر ُ و َال َ ّ‬
‫ل و َالآ ِ‬‫ه ُو َ الا َ ّو ُ‬
‫ِيف‪.‬‬
‫ن بِلَا تَكْي ٍ‬
‫ظاه ِر ُ بِلَا تَشْب ِيه ٍ‪ .‬ال ْبَاطِ ُ‬ ‫خر ُ بِلَا نِهَايَة ٍ‪ .‬ال َ ّ‬
‫الآ ِ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ عَل ِيم ٌ‪.‬‬ ‫و َه ُو َ بِك ُ ّ ِ‬
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In whatever direction you turn, there is the Face of Allah. Every man
has his direction to which he turns. And He is with you wherever you
are. Allah encompasses all in knowledge
and He has numbered everything in numbers.
We created man and We know what his nafs whispers to him.

We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
Shall He not know, He Who created? And He is the All-Subtle, the All-
Aware. Allah has created everything and there is nothing like Him,
and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
Truly, His are the creation and the command. Blessed be Allah, the
Lord of all being. Your creation and your uprising are as but a single
self. As We originated the first creation so We shall bring it back again
– a promise binding on Us, so We shall do.
And it is He Who originates creation then brings it back again,

and it is very easy for Him.
Our command is but one word as the twinkling of an eye.

There is no creature that crawls but He takes it by the forelock.
Surely my Lord is on a straight path.
Not a leaf falls but He knows it. Not a grain in the earth’s shadows,
not a thing fresh or withered, but it is in a manifest Book.
304
‫ل وِجْ ه َة ٌ ه ُو َ م ُوَل ِّيهَا‪ .‬و َه ُو َ م َعَكُم ُ ۤ‬

‫و‬ ‫فأَ َ يْنمََا تُو َُل ّوا ف َث َم ّ وَجْه ُ ال� ل�هُ‪ .‬و َلِك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ ع ِل ْمًا‬ ‫َاط بِك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه َ ق َ ْد أَ ح َ‬ ‫كن ْتُم ْ‪ .‬و َأَ َ ّ‬
‫أَ يْنمََا ُ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ عَدَد ًا‪.‬‬ ‫و َأَ حْ ص َى ك ُ َ ّ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ِس بِه ِ ن َ ْفس ُه ُ‬ ‫و َلَق َ ْد خ َلَقْنَا الا ِنْس َانَ و َنَعْلَم ُ م َا تُو َسْ و ُ‬
‫ل ال ْوَرِيدِ‪.‬‬
‫حب ْ ِ‬
‫ن أَ ق ْر َبُ ِإلَيْه ِ م ِنْ َ‬
‫نح ْ ُ‬
‫وَ َ‬
‫ل شَيْءٍ‪.‬‬
‫ق ك ُ ِّ‬
‫ْف الْخبَ ِير ُ‪ .‬ال� ل�ه ُ خ َال ِ ُ‬ ‫ق و َه ُو َ َ‬
‫الل ّطِي ُ‬ ‫أَ ل َا يَعْلَم ُ م َنْ خ َل َ َ‬
‫ْس كَمِثْلِه ِ شَيْءٌ‪ .‬و َه ُو َ ال َ ّ‬
‫سمِي ُع ال ْب َصِ ير ُ‪.‬‬ ‫لَي َ‬
‫ق و َالا َ ْمر ُ‪ .‬تَبَارَك َ ال� ل�ه ُ ر ُ ّ‬

‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‪ .‬م َا خ َلْقُك ُ ْم‬ ‫أَ ل َا لَه ُ الْخَل ْ ُ‬
‫ق نُع ِيدُه ُ‪.‬‬ ‫حدَة ٍ‪ .‬كَمَا بَد َأْ نَآ أَ َ ّو َ‬
‫ل خ َل ْ ٍ‬ ‫وَل َا بَعْثُك ُ ْم ِإ َلّا كَن َ ْف ٍ‬
‫س و َا ِ‬
‫وَعْدًا عَلَي ْنَا‪ِ .‬إ َن ّا ك َُن ّا فَاع ِلِينَ‪.‬‬
‫ق ث َُم ّ يُع ِيدُه ُ‪ .‬و َه ُو َ أَ ه ْوَنُ عَلَيْه ِ‪.‬‬

‫و َه ُو َ ال َ ّذ ِي يَبْدَؤ ُ الْخَل ْ َ‬
‫حدَة ٌك َلَم ٍْح ب ِالب َصَر ِ‪ .‬م َا م ِنْ د ََآب ّة ٍ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ‬

‫وَم َآ أَ ْمر ُنَآ ِإ َلّا و َا ِ‬
‫ن ر َب ِ ّي عَلَى صِر َاطٍ مُسْتَق ٍِيم‪.‬‬ ‫خذٌ بنَِاصِيَتِهَا‪ِ .‬إ َ ّ‬ ‫ءَا ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ض‬ ‫وَم َا ت َ ْسق ُُط م ِنْ وَر َقَة ٍ ِإ َلّا يَعْلَمُه َا‪ .‬وَل َا ح ََب ّة ٍ فِي ظُلُم َ ِ‬
‫ات الا َ ْر ِ‬
‫ِس ِإ َلّا فِي ك ِت َ ٍ‬
‫اب م ُبِينٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ب وَل َا يَاب ٍ‬
‫وَل َا ر َطْ ٍ‬
‫‪305‬‬
And the matter of the Hour is as the twinkling of an eye, or nearer, and
in yourselves, so will you not see? Every day He is upon some labour.
Truly your Lord does what He wants. No-one knows how He is,
glory be to Him, except Him.
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are
fierce to the kafirun, merciful to one another. You see them bowing and
prostrating, seeking Allah’s good favour and His pleasure.
O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, and a bringer of good news

and a warner, and a caller to Allah by His permission and a light-giving
lamp. We have not sent you except to all mankind, good news to carry
and a warning. We have not sent you save as a mercy to all beings.
I testify that what our lord and master Muhammad brought,

may Allah bless him and his family, and grant them peace, is true.
Allah has been true to His promise and has given victory to His slave.
He alone defeats the factions. There is no god save Allah and Allah is
greater. Glory be to Allah and praise belongs to Allah.
There is no power and no strength except with Allah.
Praise belongs to Allah in every state. A state only exists through

the power, strength and support of the Great, the Exalted. Praise be
to Allah for His success and His support and His victory and for His
forbearance in spite of His knowledge,
and for His pardon in spite of His power.
306
‫ساعَة ِ ِإ َلّا ك َلَم ِْح ال ْب َصَر ِ أَ ْو ه ُو َ أَ ق ْر َبُ ‪ .‬و َفِيۤ أَ نْف ُ ِ‬

‫سكُم ُ ۤ‬
‫و‬
‫وَم َآ أَ ْمر ُ ال َ ّ‬
‫أَ فَلَا تُبْصِر ُونَ‪ .‬ك ُ َ ّ‬
‫ل يَو ْ ٍم ه ُو َ فِي شَأْ نٍ‪.‬‬
‫سب ْح َانَه ُ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ‪.‬‬

‫كي َْف ه ُو َ ُ‬ ‫ك ف َع ّا ٌ‬
‫ل لم َِا يُر ِيد ُ‪ .‬ل َا يَعْلَم ُ َ‬ ‫ن ر ََب ّ َ‬
‫ِإ َ ّ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ل ال� ل�هِ‪ .‬و َال َ ّذ ِي َ‬

‫ن م َع َه ُوۤ أَ ِ َ‬
‫ش ّدآء ُ عَلَى ا�لْكُ ّفارِ رُحَم َآء ُ‬ ‫مُحَم ّدٌ رَسُو ُ‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه ِ وَرِضْ وَانًا‪.‬‬
‫بَيْنَهُمْ‪ .‬ت َر َاه ُ ْم ر ُ َكّ ع ًا سُ َج ّدًا يَب ْت َغ ُونَ ف َضْ لًا م ِ َ‬
‫يَآ أَ ُ ّيهَا َ‬
‫الن ّبِيۤ ء ُ ِإ َن ّآ أَ ْرسَل ْنَاك َ شَاهِدًا وَم ُبَش ِّر ًا و َنَذِير ًا وَد َاعِيًا ِإلَى‬
‫ال� ل�ه ِ ب ِِإذْنِه ِ و َسِر َاج ًا ُمّن ِير ًا‪ .‬وَم َآ أَ ْرسَل ْنَاك َ ِإ َلّا ك ََآف ّة ً ل ِ َلن ّا ِ‬
‫س بَشِير ًا‬
‫و َنَذِير ًا‪ .‬وَم َآ أَ ْرسَل ْنَاك َ ِإ َلّا رَحْم َة ً لِل ْع َٰلَمِينَ‪.‬‬
‫ن ال َ ّذ ِي ج َآء َ بِه ِ سَيِّد ُنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّدٌ‬

‫و َأَ شْهَد ُ أَ َ ّ‬
‫س َل ّم َ و َعَل َٓى ءالِه ِ ح ّ ٌ‬
‫َق‪.‬‬ ‫صَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ َ‬
‫حز َابَ وَحْدَه ُ‪.‬‬‫صد َقَ ال� ل�ه ُ وَعْدَه ُ‪ .‬و َنَصَر َ عَبْدَه ُ‪ .‬و َه َزَم َ الا َ ْ‬
‫َ‬
‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ‬
‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ و َال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر ُ و َ ُ‬
‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�هِ‪.‬‬
‫حو ْ َ‬
‫ل و َق َُو ّة ٍ‬‫ل بِ حَو ْ ٍ‬ ‫ل وَم َا ك َانَ م ِنْ ح َا ٍ‬ ‫ل ح َا ٍ‬ ‫اَلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫و َتَأْ ييِدِ ا�لْكَب ِير ِ ال ْمُت َع َالِ‪ .‬ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَلَى تَو ْف ِيقِه ِ و َتَأْ ييِدِه ِ و َنَصْرِه ِ‪.‬‬
‫ٰ‬
‫و َعَلَى حِل ْمِه ِ بَعْد َ ع ِل ْمِه ِ‪ .‬و َعَلَى ع َ ْفوِه ِ بَعْد َ ق ُ ْدر َتِه ِ‪.‬‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
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O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, your slave and Messenger, the
unlettered Prophet, and his family and Companions and grant them
peace, by the number of Your creation and Your pleasure and the
weight of Your Throne and the ink of Your words.
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Praise be to

Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful,
the King of the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship. You alone we
ask for help. Guide us on the Straight Path, the Path of those You have
blessed, not of those with anger on them, nor of the misguided. Amin.
Say: ‘My slaves, you who have transgressed against yourselves, do not
despair of the mercy of Allah. Truly Allah forgives all wrong actions.
He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’ (3)
Your Lord is forgiving to men for all their wrongdoing. (3)
Surely your Lord is wide in His forgiveness. (3)
Your Lord will soon give to you and you will be satisfied. (3)
O Allah, O turner of the hearts and eyes, fix our hearts and eyes on
Your Deen with a Muhammadan firmness for ever and ever, by the rank
of our Lord and master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace and his family and Companions
and all the trusting slaves of Allah.
308
‫ك َ‬
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ و َعَل َٓى‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم صَل ِّي عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّ ٍد عَبْدِك َ وَرَسُول ِ َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ك‬
‫س َ‬ ‫ك وَرِض َى ن َ ْف ِ‬ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‪ .‬عَدَد َ خ َلْق ِ َ‬
‫ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك وَمِد َاد َ كَل ِمَاتِكَ‪.‬‬
‫ش َ‬
‫وَزِنَة َ ع َ ْر ِ‬
‫ن‬ ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‪َ .‬‬

‫الر ّحْم َٰ ِ‬ ‫ِيم ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر ِّ‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫ِيم‪ .‬م َلِكِ يَو ْ ِم الد ِّينِ‪ِ .‬إ َي ّاك َ نَعْبُد ُ و َِإ َي ّاك َ نَسْت َع ِينَ‪ .‬اِهْدِنَا‬ ‫َ‬
‫ُوب‬ ‫َاط ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫ن أَ ن ْعَمْتَ عَلَيْه ِ ْم غَيْر ِ ال ْمَغْض ِ‬ ‫َاط ال ْمُسْتَق ِيم َ صِر َ‬
‫الصِّر َ‬
‫عَلَيْه ِ ْم وَل َا َ‬
‫الضّ آلِّينَ‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪.‬‬
‫قُلْ يَا عِبَادِي ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬

‫ن أَ سْر َفُوا عَل َۤى أَنْفُسِه ِ ْم ل َا تَقْنَط ُوا م ِنْ رَحْمَة ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫الر ّحِيمُ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ال� ل�هِ‪ِ .‬إ َ ّ‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه َيَغْف ِر ُال ُذ ّنُوبَ جَم ِيع ًا‪ِ .‬إ َن ّه ُ ه ُو َ ال ْغَف ُور ُ َ‬
‫ك لَذ ُو مَغْف ِرَة ٍ ل ِ َلن ّا ِ‬

‫س عَلَى ظُل ْمِهِمْ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ن ر ََب ّ َ‬
‫و َِإ َ ّ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫س ُع ال ْمَغْف ِرَة ِ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ك و َا ِ‬ ‫ن ر ََب ّ َ‬
‫ِإ َ ّ‬
‫ك فَتَرْض َى‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ك ر َُب ّ َ‬‫ْف يُعْط ِي َ‬ ‫و َلَسَو َ‬

‫ٰ‬
‫وب و َالاب َْصَارِ ثَب ّ ِْت قُلُوبَنَا و َأَبْصَار َنَا عَلَى‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا مُق َل ِّبَ الْق ُل ُ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك ثَبَاتًا مُحَم ّدِ ًي ّا ِإل َ ۤى ٰ أَبَدِ الاب ََدِ بِ جَاه ِ سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد صَلَ ّى‬ ‫دِين ِ َ‬
‫َأَصحَابِه ِ و َعَلَى جَم ِ‬
‫ِيع عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه ِ ال ْم ُوم ِنِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫س َل ّم َ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و ْ‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ُعَلَيْه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫‪309‬‬
I take refuge with Allah from the accursed shaytan. (3)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. (3)
In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing is harmed in the earth
or heaven, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. (3)
Allah is enough for us, He is the best guardian. (3)
There is no power, no strength except with Allah,
the Mighty, the Great. (3)
O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, your slave and Messenger, the
unlettered Prophet, and his family and Companions and grant them
peace, by the number of Your creation and Your pleasure and the
weight of Your Throne and the ink of Your words.
O Allah, bless our lord and master Muhammad
until nothing remains with which to bless him further.
O Allah bless our lord and master Muhammad among the first and bless
our lord and master Muhammad among the last.
O Allah, bless our lord and master Muhammad among the heavenly
assembly until the Day of Reckoning. Whatever Allah wills. There is no
strength except with Allah, the High, the Great.
310
‫ِيم‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‪.‬‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫الر ّج ِ‬ ‫شيْطَا ِ‬ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ م ِ َ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ن َ‬
‫الر ّحِيم‪( ِ.‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬
‫ب ِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يَض ُ ُرّ م َ َع اسْمِه ِ شَيْء ٌ فِي الا َ ْر ِ‬

‫ض وَل َا فِي‬
‫سم َآءِ‪ .‬و َه ُو َ ال َ ّ‬
‫سمِي ُع ال ْعَل ِيم ُ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ال َ ّ‬
‫حسْبُنَا ال� ل�ه ُ و َنِعْم َ ال ْوَك ِيلُ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬

‫َ‬

‫ِيم‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫حو ْ َ‬
‫ك َ‬
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ و َعَل َٓى‬ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُح َم ّ ٍد عَبْدِك َ وَرَسُول ِ َ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ك وَزِنَة َ‬ ‫س َ‬ ‫ك وَرِض َى ن َ ْف ِ‬ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‪ .‬عَدَد َ خ َلْق ِ َ‬
‫ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك وَمِد َاد َ كَل ِمَاتِكَ‪.‬‬
‫ش َ‬ ‫ع َ ْر ِ‬
‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬

‫ص ِّ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫الصّ لَاة ِ عَلَيْه ِ‪.‬‬‫ن َ‬ ‫ح ََت ّى ل َا يَبْقَى شَيْء ٌ م ِ َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّدٍ فِي الا َ ّولِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫ص ِّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫خر ِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّدٍ فِي الآ ِ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬
‫وَ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُح َم ّدٍ فِي ال ْمَل َ ِإ الاَع ْل َۤى ِإلَى ٰ يَو ْ ِم‬ ‫ص ِّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫الد ِّينِ‪ .‬م َا شَآء َ ال� ل�ه ُ ل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَل ِ ِيّ ال ْعَظ ِ‬
‫ِيم‪.‬‬
‫‪311‬‬
O Allah, bless our lord and master Muhammad and the family of our
lord and master Muhammad, and grant him means of access to you,
merit and high degree, and raise him to the Praiseworthy Station
which You promised him. Your do not fail the promise.
O Allah, exalt him and clarify his proof and make his proof to shine and
make his goodness evident and accept his intercession on behalf of his
Community and make us follow his Sunna,
O Lord of the worlds and Lord of the Mighty Throne.
O Allah, gather us in his company under his banner and give us to drink
from his goblet and profit us through his love.
Amin, O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah, O Lord, bring to him the best of greetings from us, and we
ask you to reward him with the best of that with which you may reward
the Prophet from his Community, O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah, O Lord, I ask You to forgive me and have mercy upon me and
turn to me and protect me from all trials and afflictions
coming out of the earth or descending from heaven. You are powerful
over everything by Your Mercy. Forgive the trusting-ones, men and women –
and the Muslims – men and women – living and dead.
312
‫ل سَيِّدِنَا‬ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد و َعَل َۤى ءَا ِ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد و َأَ ْعطِه ِ ال ْوَسِيلَة َ و َالْف َضِ يلَة َ و َال َد ّرَج َة َ َ‬
‫الر ّف ِيع َة َ‬
‫تخ ْل ُِف الْمِيع َاد َ‪.‬‬ ‫و َاب ْعَث ْه ُ مَق َام ًا مَح ْم ُود ًا اِل َ ّذ ِي و َعَدْتَه َ‪ِ .‬إ َن ّ َ‬
‫ك ل َا ُ‬
‫ظ ِ ْم شَأْ نَه ُ‪ .‬و َبَي ّ ِ ْن بُرْه َانَه ُ‪ .‬و َأَبْل ِجْ حُ َ ج ّت َه ُ‪ .‬و َبَي ّ ِ ْن ف َضِ يلَت َه ُ‪.‬‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ع َ ّ‬
‫شف َاع َت َه ُ فِي ُأ َمّتِه ِ‪ .‬و َاسْ تَعْمِل ْنَا بِس َُن ّتِه ِ‪ .‬يَا ر َ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‬ ‫و َتَق ََب ّلْ َ‬
‫ِيم‪.‬‬
‫ش ال ْعَظ ِ‬ ‫و َيَا ر َ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْعَر ْ ِ‬
‫سه ِ‬
‫تح ْتَ ل ِوَآئِه ِ و َأَ سْ ق ِنَا بِك َأْ ِ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا ر ِّ‬
‫َب احْ شُرْنَا فِي ز ُ ْمر َتِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫و َانْفَعْنَا ب ِمحََب ّتِه ِ‪ .‬ءَام ِين يَا ر َ ّ‬
‫ل م َا‬ ‫جزِه ِ ع ََن ّآ أَ ف ْ َ‬

‫ض َ‬ ‫ل ال َ ّ‬
‫سلَا ِم و َأَ ْ‬ ‫َب بلَِّغْه ُ ع ََن ّآ أَ ف ْ َ‬
‫ض َ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا ر ِّ‬
‫الن ّب ِ َيّ ع َنْ ُأ َمّتِه ِ يَا ر َ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫ج َاز َي ْتَ بِه ِ َ‬
‫ك أَ ْن تَغْف ِر َ ل ِي و َتَرْحَمْنِي و َتَت ُوبَ‬ ‫َب ِإن ِ ّي أَ سْ أَ ل ُ َ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا ر ِّ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ض‬‫ن الا َ ْر ِ‬ ‫ِج م ِ َ‬ ‫عَل َيّ‪ .‬و َتُع َاف ِينِي م ِنْ جَم ِيع ال ْبَلَآء و َال ْبَل ْوَآء الْخا َر ِ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير ٌ ب ِرَحْمَتِكَ‪.‬‬ ‫ك عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫سم َآءِ‪ِ .‬إ َن ّ َ‬ ‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ل مِ َ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫َالن ّازِ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ات الاَحْ ي َآء ِ‬ ‫ات و َال ْمُسْل ِمِينَ و َال ْمُسْل ِم َ ِ‬
‫و َأَ ْن تَغْف ِر َ لِل ْم ُوم ِنِينَ و َال ْم ُوم ِن َ ِ‬
‫ات‪.‬‬
‫مِنْه ُ ْم و َالاَمْو َ ِ‬
‫‪313‬‬
May Allah be pleased with his pure wives,

the mothers of the trusting-ones.
May Allah be pleased with his Companions, the way-marks, the Imams
of guidance, and lamps of the world, and with the followers, and the
followers of the followers. May He be kind to them until the Day of
Reckoning. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
O Allah, bless and grant peace to our lord and master Muhammad,
the first of the lights emanating from the oceans of the sublimity
of the Essence, with every one of Your perfections in all Your self-
manifestations. In the two worlds – the hidden and the seen –
he realised the meanings of the Names and Attributes.
He is the first to give praise and worship with every kind of adoration
and good action. He is the helper of all created beings in the world of
forms and the world of spirits. And blessings be upon his family and
Companions with a blessing that will lift the veil from his noble face for
us in visions and in the waking state and will acquaint us
with You and with him in all ranks and presences.
Be gracious to us, O Mawlana, by his rank, in movement

and in stillness, in looks and in thoughts.
Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of might, above all that they describe,
and peace be upon the Messengers,
and praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
314
‫ات ُأ َمّه َ ِ‬
‫ات ال ْم ُوم ِنِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫جه ِ ال َ ّ‬
‫طاه ِر َ ِ‬ ‫وَرَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ ع َنْ أَ ْزو َا ِ‬
‫صحَابِه ِ الاَع ْلَا ِم أَ ئ َِم ّة ِ ال ْهُد َى وَمَصَاب ِ ِ‬
‫يح ال ُد ّن ْيَا‬ ‫وَرَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ ع َنْ أَ ْ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ن ِإلَى ٰ يَو ْ ِم الد ِّينِ‪.‬‬ ‫الت ّاب ِع ِينَ و َتَاب ِِع َ‬
‫الت ّاب ِع ِينَ لَه ُ ْم ب ِِإحْ سَا ٍ‬ ‫ن َ‬ ‫وَع َ ِ‬
‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر ِّ‬
‫ك عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا‬ ‫ك فِي جَم ِ‬

‫ِيع تَجَلِّيَات ِ َ‬ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم ب ِأَ ن ْو َ ِ‬
‫اع كَمَال َات ِ َ‬ ‫ل وَ َ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ص ِّ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ات‪.‬‬‫ضة ِ م ِنْ بُح ُورِ عَظَمَة ِ ال َذ ّ ِ‬ ‫ل الان َ ْوَارِ الْف َآئ ِ َ‬ ‫وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد أَ َ ّو ِ‬
‫َات‪.‬‬
‫َالصف ِ‬ ‫ظه ُورِ بِم َع َانِي الاَسْم َآء ِ و ِّ‬ ‫ن و َال ُ ّ‬
‫ق فِي عَالَم َِي ال ْبُط ُو ِ‬ ‫ح ّق ِ ِ‬
‫ال ْمُت َ َ‬
‫ات‪ .‬و َال ْمُمِ ُ ّد‬ ‫َات و َالْق ُر ُب َ ِ‬

‫اع ال ْع ِبَاد ِ‬ ‫ل ح َام ِ ٍد وَم ُت َع َب ِّ ٍد ب ِأَ ن ْو َ ِ‬ ‫فَه ُو َ أَ َ ّو ُ‬
‫َات‪ .‬و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ‬
‫يع ال ْمَوْجُود ِ‬ ‫َاح و َالاَشْ ب َ ِ‬
‫اح ِلجم َ ِ ِ‬ ‫فِي عَالَم َي الا َ ْرو ِ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ِف لَنَا النِّق َابَ ع َنْ و َجْ هِه ِ ا�ل ْكَر ِي ِم فِي ال ْم َرَآئِي‬ ‫َأَصحَابِه ِ صَلَاة ً ت َ ْكش ُ‬ ‫و ْ‬
‫َات‪.‬‬
‫ِيع ال ْم َرَات ِِب و َالْحَضَر ِ‬ ‫ك و َبِه ِ فِي جَم ِ‬ ‫َات‪ .‬و َتُع َرِّفُنَا ب ِ َ‬ ‫و َال ْيَقَظ ِ‬
‫ات‬ ‫َات و َال َ ّ‬

‫سك َن َ ِ‬ ‫و َالْط ُْف بنَِا يَا مَوْل َانَا بِ جَاهِه ِ فِي الْحَرَك ِ‬
‫ات‪.‬‬ ‫و َال َ ّلحَظ ِ‬
‫َات و َالْخَطَر َ ِ‬
‫َب ال ْع َِز ّة ِ ع ََم ّا يَصِ ف ُونَ‪ .‬وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى ال ْمُرْسَلِينَ‪.‬‬

‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫سب ْح َانَ ر َب ِّ َ‬
‫ُ‬
‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ•‬
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Allah is enough for you against them. He is the All-Hearing,

the All-Knowing. (3)
Allah is the best protection and the most Merciful of the Merciful. (3)
I commit my affair to Allah: surely Allah sees His servants. (3)

Truly I have been one of the wrongdoers. (3)
‘Our Lord, give us mercy directly from You and open the way for us to
right guidance in our situation.’ (3)
‘Our Lord, do not make our hearts swerve aside after You have guided
us. And give us mercy from You. You are the Ever-Giving.’ (3)
O Allah I offer you before every breath, look, glance, blink made by
the people of the heavens and the earth, and everything which exists in
Your knowledge, now or in the past – before all these I offer You:
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is

not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the
earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His
permission?. He knows what is before them and what is behind them
but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His
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‫كهُم ُ ال� ل�ه ُ و َه ُو َ ال َ ّ‬

‫سمِي ُع ال ْعَل ِيم ُ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫فَسَي َ ْكف ِي َ‬
‫حم ُ َ‬
‫الر ّا ِحم ِينَ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ح ْفظًا و َه ُو َ أَ ْر َ‬
‫فَال� ل�ه ُ خَيْر ٌ ِ‬
‫ِض أَ ْمر ِيَ ِإلَى ال� ل�هِ‪ِ .‬إ َ ّ‬

‫ن ال� ل�ه َ بَصِ ير ٌ ب ِالع ِبَادِ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫و َ ُأفَو ّ ُ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ظالِمِينَ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫كن ْتُ م ِ َ‬
‫شدًا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ر َ َب ّنَا آتنَِا م ِنْ لَدُن ْ َ‬

‫ك رَحْم َة ً وَه َ ِيّء ْ لَنَا م ِنْ أَ ْمر ِنَا ر َ َ‬
‫ر َ َب ّنَا ل َا تُز ِ ْغ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْد َ ِإ ْذ هَد َي ْتَنَا و َه َْب لَنَا م ِنْ لَدُن ْ َ‬
‫ك رَحْم َة ً‪.‬‬
‫ك أَ ن ْتَ ال ْو َ َه ّابُ ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫ِإ َن ّ َ‬
‫س وَلَحْظَة ٍ و َلَم ْحَة ٍ‬

‫ل ن َ ْف ٍ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي َ ُأق َ ّدِم ُ ِإلَي ْ َ‬
‫ك بَيْنَ يَد ََيّ ك ُ َ ّ‬
‫ل الا َ ْرضِ‪.‬‬
‫ٰت و َأَ ه ْ ِ‬
‫سم َٰو َ ِ‬‫ل ال َ ّ‬ ‫و َطر ْفَة ٍ يَطْر ُُف بِهَا أَ ه ْ ُ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ ه ُو َ فِي ع ِل ْم ِ َ‬
‫ك ك َائ ِ ٌن أَ ْو ق َ ْد كاَنَ‪.‬‬ ‫وَك ُ ُ ّ‬
‫ك كُلِّه ِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُأق َ ّدِم ُ بَيْنَ يَد َْي ك ُ َ ّ‬
‫ل ذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫ي الْق َُي ّوم ُ‪ .‬ل َا تَاخُذُه ُ سِن َة ٌ وَل َا نَوْم ٌ‪.‬‬

‫ال� ل�ه ُ ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ الْح َ ُ ّ‬
‫ٰت وَم َا فِي الا َ ْرضِ‪ .‬م َنْ ذ َا ال َ ّذ ِي ي َ ْشف َ ُع‬ ‫لَه ُ م َا فِي ال َ ّ‬
‫عِنْدَه ُوۤ ِإ َلّا ب ِِإذْنِه ِ‪ .‬يَعْلَم ُ م َا بَيْنَ أَ يْدِيه ِ ْم وَم َا خ َلْفَهُمْ‪.‬‬
‫س َع كُرْس ُِي ّه ُ‬ ‫يح ِيط ُونَ ب ِشَيْء ٍ م ِنْ ع ِل ْمِه ِيۤ ِإ َلّا بِمَا شَآءَ‪ .‬و َ ِ‬ ‫وَل َا ُ‬
‫ح ْفظُهُم َا و َه ُو َ ال ْعَل ِ ُيّ ال ْعَظ ِيم ُ‪.‬‬
‫ٰت و َالا َ ْرضِ‪ .‬وَل َا يَؤ ُودُه ُ ِ‬ ‫ال َ ّ‬
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A Messenger has come to you from among yourselves. Your suffering is

But if they turn away, say, ‘Allah is enough for me.

There is no god but Him. I have put my trust in Him.
He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.’ (7)
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful: Say: ‘Kafirun! I do

not worship what you worship and you do not worship what I worship.
Nor will I worship what you worship nor will you worship
what I worship. You have your Deen and I have my Deen.’
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful: When Allah’s help

and victory have arrived and you have seen people entering Allah’s
Deen in droves, then glorify your Lord’s praise
and ask His forgiveness. He is the Ever-Returning.
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful: Say: ‘He is Allah,

Absolute Oneness, Allah, the Everlasting Sustainer of all. He has not
given birth and was not born. And no one is comparable to Him.’ (3)
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful: Say: ‘I seek refuge

with the Lord of Daybreak, from the evil of what He has created and
from the evil of the darkness when it gathers and from the evil of
women who blow on knots and from the evil
of an envier when he envies.’ (3)
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‫سك ُ ْم عَز ِيز ٌ عَلَيْه ِ م َا ع َن ِ ُت ّم ْ حَر ٌ‬

‫ِيص‬ ‫ن اَنْف ُ ِ‬ ‫لَق َ ْد ج َآءَك ُ ْم رَسُو ٌ‬
‫ل مّ ِ َ‬
‫ُوف رَحِيم ٌ‪.‬‬
‫عَلَيْكُمْ‪ .‬ب ِالمُوم ِنِينَ رَؤ ٌ‬
‫سبِي َ ال� ل�هُ‪ .‬ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ‪ .‬عَلَيْه ِ تَو َ َكّل ْتُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ف َِإ ْن تَو َل ّو ْا فَق ُلْ َ‬
‫ح ْ‬
‫ِيم‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬
‫ش ال ْعَظ ِ‬ ‫و َه ُو َ ر ُ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْعَر ْ ِ‬
‫ِيم‪ .‬قُلْ يَآ أَ ُ ّيهَا الْك َاف ِر ُونَ ل َآ أَ عْبُد ُ م َا‬ ‫ن َ‬

‫تَعْبُد ُونَ وَل َآ أَ ن ْتُم ْ عَابِد ُونَ م َآ أَ عْبُد ُ‪ .‬وَل َآ أَ نَا عَابِد ٌ م َا ع َب َ ْدتُم ْ وَل َآ‬
‫أَ ن ْتُم ْ عَابِد ُونَ م َآ أَ عْبُد ُ‪� .‬لَك ُ ْم دِينُك ُ ْم و َلِي َ دِينِ‪.‬‬
‫ِيم‪ِ .‬إذ َا ج َآء َ نَصْر ُ ال� ل�ه ِ و َالْفَت ْ ُ‬

‫ح وَر َأَ ي ْتَ‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫اس ي َ ْدخ ُلُونَ فِي دِي ِن ال� ل�ه ِ أَ ف ْوَاج ًا فَسَب ِّحْ ب ِحَمْدِ ر َب ِّ َ‬
‫ك‬ ‫َ‬
‫الن ّ َ‬
‫و َاسْ تَغْفِرْه ُ‪ِ .‬إ َن ّه ُك َانَ تَو ّابًا‪.‬‬
‫ِيم قُلْ ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ حَدٌ‪ .‬ال� ل�ه ُ َ‬

‫الصّ مَد ُ‪.‬‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫ل َ ْم يلَِدْ و َل َ ْم يُولَدْ‪ .‬و َل َ ْم يَكُنْ لَه ُ ُ‬
‫كف ُؤ ًا اَحَدٌ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫ق م ِنْ شَرِّ م َا‬

‫َب الْف َل َ ِ‬
‫ل اَع ُوذ ُ ب ِر ِّ‬
‫ِيم ق ُ َ‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫الن ّ َ ّفاث َ ِ‬
‫ات في ال ْعُقَدِ‬ ‫ق ِإذ َا و َق َبَ وَم ِنْ شَرِّ َ‬
‫س ٍ‬
‫ق وَم ِنْ شَرِّ غَا ِ‬
‫خ َل َ َ‬
‫حسَد َ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫سدٍ ِإذ َا َ‬
‫وَم ِنْ شَرِّ ح َا ِ‬
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In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful: Say: ‘I seek refuge

with the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind,
from the evil of the insidious whisperer who whispers in people’s
breasts and comes from the jinn and from mankind.’ (3)
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful: Praise be to Allah,

the Lord of all the worlds, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, the
King of the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship. You alone we
O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet and his
family and Companions and grant them peace
with the most perfect of blessings, and the purest peace.
O Allah, I seek good from You by Your knowledge and I ask You for
strength by Your power. I ask You for some of Your great and sublime
overflowing. You have power and I do not. You know and I do not know.
And You are the Knower of the Unseen.
O Allah if You know that my situation – all my movement and stillness,

work and daily life, as regards myself and others,
in this night (or day) and those after it,
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‫س‬ ‫س م َلِكِ َ‬
‫الن ّا ِ‬ ‫َب َ‬
‫الن ّا ِ‬ ‫ل اَع ُوذ ُ ب ِر ِّ‬
‫ِيم ق ُ َ‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫س ال َ ّذ ِي يُو َسْ و ُ‬
‫ِس فِي‬ ‫س الْخ َنَ ّا ِ‬
‫س م ِنْ شَر ِّ ال ْو َسْ وَا ِ‬ ‫ِإلَٰه ِ َ‬
‫الن ّا ِ‬
‫ن الْج َِن ّة ِ و َ‬
‫َالن ّاسِ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫س مِ َ‬ ‫صد ُورِ َ‬
‫الن ّا ِ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ن‬ ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ َ‬

‫ِيم م َلِكِ يَو ْ ِم الد ِّينِ‪ِ .‬إ َي ّاك َ نَعْبُد ُ و َِإ َي ّاك َ نَسْت َع ِينُ‪ .‬اِهْدِنَا‬ ‫َ‬
‫الضّ آلِّينَ‪ .‬ءَام ِينَ‪.‬‬
‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّدٍ َ‬

‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫الت ّسْل ِِيم‪( .‬عشر ًا)‬ ‫الصّ لَاة ِ و َأَ ْزكَى َ‬‫ل َ‬ ‫ض َ‬
‫سل ِ ّ ْم أَ ف ْ َ‬‫وَ َ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي َ أَ سْ تَخِيرُك َ ب ِع ِل ْمِكَ‪ .‬و َأَ سْ ت َ ْقدِرُك َ بِق ُ ْدر َتِكَ‪ .‬و َأَ سْ أَ ل ُ َ‬
‫ك‬
‫ِيم الا َ ْعظَمِ‪ .‬ف َِإ َن ّ َ‬
‫ك ت َ ْقدِر ُ وَل َآ أَ قْدِر ُ‪.‬‬ ‫ك ال ْعَظ ِ‬
‫م ِنْ ف َضْ ل ِ َ‬
‫و َتَعْلَم ُ وَل َآ أَ ع ْلَم ُ‪ .‬و َأَ ن ْتَ علَ ّام ُ ال ْغ ُي ِ‬
‫ُوب‪.‬‬
‫كن ْتَ تَعْلَم ُ أَ َ ّ‬

‫ن هَذ َا الا َ ْمر َ و َه ُو َ جَم ِي ُع حَرَك َاتِي‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ ْن ُ‬
‫ق وَح َالٍ‪.‬‬
‫ل وَخ ُل ُ ٍ‬
‫ل و َفِعْ ٍ‬ ‫سك َناَتِي ال َ ّ‬
‫ظاه ِرَة ِ و َال ْبَاطِنَة ِ‪ .‬م ِنْ قَو ْ ٍ‬ ‫وَ َ‬
‫ح ّقِي و َفِي حَقّ ِ غَيْر ِي‪ .‬فِي هَذِه ِ َ‬
‫الل ّيْلَة ِ‬ ‫عِبَادَة ً و َعَادَة ً‪ .‬فِي َ‬
‫(أَ و ال ْيَو ْم) و َف ِيم َا بَعْد َه َا (أَ و بَعْدَه ُ)‬
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and for all the rest of my life – is good for me in my Deen and in my
worldly existence, in this life and my next life,
and my final end, be it sooner or later,
then decree it for me, make it easy for me and bless me in it.
But if You know that my situation – all my movement and stillness,
work and daily life, as regards myself and others, in this day or night
and those after it, and all the rest of my life – is bad for me in my Deen
and in my worldly existence, in this life and my next life, and my final
end, be it sooner or later, then divert it from me and divert me from it,
and destine the good for me wherever it may be
and make me contented with it. You have power over all things.
You who have iman! Have taqwa of Allah and iman in His Messenger.
He will give you a double portion of His mercy and grant you a Light by
which to walk and forgive you, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful,
so that the People of the Book may know that they have no power at all
over any of Allah’s favour and that all favour is in the Hand of Allah. He
gives it to anyone He wills. Allah’s favour is indeed immense.
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‫و َفِي بَق َِي ّة ِ ع ُمُرِي خَيْر ٌ ل ِي فِي دِينِي وَدُن ْيَايَ‬

‫وَم َع َاشِي وَم َع َادِي و َعَاق ِبَة ِ أَ ْمر ِي و َعَاجِلِه ِ و َءَاجِلِه ِ‪.‬‬
‫فَاقْد ُ ْره ُ ل ِي و َيَس ِ ّرْه ُ ل ِي ث َُم ّ بَارِ ْ‬
‫ك ل ِي ف ِيه ِ‬
‫سك َناَتِي‬ ‫كن ْتَ تَعْلَم ُ أَ َ ّ‬

‫ن هَذ َا الا َ ْمر َ و َه ُو َ جَم ِي ُع حَرَك َاتِي و َ َ‬ ‫و َِإ ْن ُ‬
‫ق وَح َالٍ‪ .‬عِبَادَة ً‬
‫ل وَخ ُل ُ ٍ‬
‫ل و َفِعْ ٍ‬ ‫ال َ ّ‬
‫ظاه ِرَة ِ و َال ْبَاطِنَة ِ‪ .‬م ِنْ قَو ْ ٍ‬
‫ح ّقِي و َفِي حَقّ ِ غَيْر ِي‪ .‬فِي هَذِه ِ َ‬
‫الل ّيْلَة ِ (أَ و ال ْيَو ْم)‬ ‫و َعَادَة ً‪ .‬فِي َ‬
‫و َف ِيم َا بَعْد َه َا (أَ و بَعْدَه ُ) و َفِي بَق َِي ّة ِ ع ُمُرِي شَر ّ ٌ ل ِي فِي دِينِي‬
‫وَدُن ْيَايَ وَم َع َاشِي وَم َع َادِي و َعَاق ِبَة ِ أَ ْمر ِي و َعَاجِلِه ِ و َءَاجِلِه ِ‪.‬‬
‫حي ْثُ ك َانَ‬ ‫فَاصْر ِف ْه ُ ع َن ِ ّي و َاصْر ِفْنِي عَن ْه ُ‪ .‬و َاقْد ُ ْر لِي َ الْخيَْر َ َ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير ٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ك عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫ضنِي بِه ِ‪ِ .‬إ َن ّ َ‬ ‫ث َُم ّ ر َ ِّ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ن ءَام َن ُوا َات ّق ُوا ال� ل�ه َ و َءَام ِن ُوا ب ِرَسُولِه ِ يُوتِك ُ ْم ِ‬
‫كفْلَيْنِ‬ ‫يَآ أَ ُ ّيهَا ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫يج ْع َل َ�لّك ُ ْم نُور ًا تَمْش ُونَ بِه ِ و َيَغْفِر ْ �لَك ُم‪.‬‬
‫م ِنْ رَحْمَتِه ِ‪ .‬و َ َ‬
‫اب أَ َلّا ي َ ْقدِر ُونَ عَلَى‬ ‫ل الْكِت َ ِ‬ ‫و َال� ل�ه ُ غَف ُور ٌ رَحِيم ٌ لِئلَ ّا يَعْلَم َ أَ ه ْ ُ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل بيَِدِ ال� ل�ه ِ يُوتيِه ِ م َنْ يَش َآءُ‪.‬‬
‫ن الْف َضْ َ‬ ‫شَيْء ٍ م ِنْ ف َضْ ِ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ و َأَ َ ّ‬
‫ِيم‪.‬‬
‫ل ال ْعَظ ِ‬ ‫و َال� ل�ه ُ ذ ُو الْف َضْ ِ‬
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Everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs to Allah.
Whether you divulge what is in yourselves or keep it hidden, Allah will
still call you to account for it. He forgives whoever He wills and He
punishes whoever He wills. Allah has power over all things.
The Messenger has iman in what has been sent down to him from his
Lord, and so do the muminun. Each one has iman in Allah and His
angels and His Books and His Messengers. We do not differentiate
between any of His Messengers. They say, ‘We hear and we obey.
Forgive us, our Lord! You are our journey’s end.’ (3)
Allah does not impose on any self any more than it can stand.
For it is what it has earned; against it, what it has merited.
Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake! (3)
Our Lord, do not place on us a load
like the one You placed on those before us!
Our Lord, do not place on us a load we have not the strength to bear! (3)
And pardon us; (3)
and forgive us; (3)
and have mercy on us. (3)
324
‫ٰت وَم َا فِي الا َ ْرضِ‪ .‬و َِإ ْن تُبْد ُوا م َا فِي‬ ‫ل َِل ّٰه ِ م َا فِي ال َ ّ‬
‫سبْك ُ ْم بِه ِ ال� ل�ه ُ فَيَغْفِر ْ لم َِنْ يَش َآء ُ‬

‫تخْف ُوه ُ يُحَا ِ‬
‫سكُم ُوۤ أَ ْو ُ‬ ‫أَ نْف ُ ِ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير ٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ِب م َنْ يَش َآءُ‪ .‬و َال� ل�ه ُ عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫و َيُع َ ّذ ْ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫لٌ ءَام َ َ‬
‫ن‬ ‫ل ِإلَيْه ِ م ِنْ ر َبِّه ِ و َال ْم ُوم ِن ُونَ‪ .‬ك ُ ّ‬ ‫ل بِم َآ ُأنْز ِ َ‬
‫الر ّسُو ُ‬‫ن َ‬ ‫ءَام َ َ‬
‫ب ِال� ل�ه ِ وَم َلَآئِكَتِه ِ وَكُتُبِه ِ وَرُسُلِه ِ‪ .‬ل َا نُف َرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَ ح َ ٍد م ِنْ رُسُلِه ِ‪.‬‬
‫و َقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا و َأَ َطعْنَا‪.‬‬
‫ك ر َ َب ّنَا و َِإلَي ْ َ‬
‫ك ال ْم َصِ ير ُ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫غُفْرَان َ َ‬
‫ل َا يُك َل ّ ُِف ال� ل�ه ُ ن َ ْفسًا ِإ َلّا و ُسْ عَه َا‪.‬‬

‫كسَب َْت و َعَلَيْهَا م َا اكْ تَسَب َْت‪.‬‬
‫لَهَا م َا َ‬
‫ر َ َب ّنَا ل َا تُؤَا ِ‬
‫خذْنَا ِإ ْن نَسِين َآ أَ ْو اخْ طَأْ نَا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫ر َ َب ّنَا وَل َا تَحْم ِلْ عَلَي ْن َآ ِإصْر ًا كَمَا حَمَل ْت َه ُ عَلَى ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬

‫ن م ِنْ قَبْلِنَا‪.‬‬
‫ر َ َب ّنَا وَل َا تُحَم ِّل ْنَا م َا ل َا طَاق َة َ لَنَا بِه ِ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫ْف ع ََن ّا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬

‫و َاع ُ‬
‫و َا ْغفِر ْ لَنَا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫و َا ْرحَم ْنَا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬

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You are our Master, so help us against the people of the kafirun.
To Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names, so call on Him by them and
abandon those who desecrate His Names.
They will be repaid for what they did.
Say: ‘Call on Allah or call on the All-Merciful, whichever you call

upon, the Most Beautiful Names are His.’ Do not be too loud in your
salat or too quiet in it, but try to find a way between the two. And say:
‘Praise be to Allah Who has had no son and Who has no partner in His
Kingdom and Who needs no one to protect Him from abasement.’
And proclaim His Greatness repeatedly!
You who have iman! have taqwa of Allah and let each self look to what
it has sent forward for Tomorrow. Have taqwa of Allah. Allah is aware
of what you do. Do not be like those who forgot Allah so He made them
forget themselves. Such people are the deviators.
The Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the Garden are
not the same. It is the Companions of the Garden who are the victors.
If We had sent down this Qur’an onto a mountain, you would have
seen it humbled, crushed to pieces out of fear of Allah. We make such
examples for people so that hopefully they will reflect.
He is Allah – there is no god but Him. He is the Knower of the Unseen

and the Visible. He is the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful.
326
‫أَ ن ْتَ مَوْل َانَا فَان ْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَو ْ ِم الْك َافِرِينَ‪.‬‬
‫حد ُونَ‬ ‫وَل َِل ّٰه ِ الاَسْم َآء ُ الْحُسْن َى فَا ْدع ُوه ُ بِهَا وَذَر ُوا ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫ن يلُ ْ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫فِيۤ أَ سْم َآئِه ِ‪ .‬سَي ُجْ ز َ ْونَ م َا ك َانُوا يَعْم َلُونَ‪.‬‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ل ا ْدع ُوا ال� ل�ه َ أَ و ُ ا ْدع ُوا الر ّحْم َٰنَ‪ .‬أَ ًي ّا مّا ت َ ْدع ُوا فلََه ُ الاَسْم َآء ُ‬ ‫قُ ُ‬
‫ك‬‫ك وَل َا تُخَاف ِْت بِهَا و َاب ْت َِغ بَيْنَ ذَٰل ِ َ‬ ‫تجْهَر ْ بِصَلَات ِ َ‬ ‫الْحُسْن َى‪ .‬وَل َا َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َ ْم ي َ ّتخ ِ ْذ وَلَد ًا و َل َ ْم يَكُنْ لَه ُ شَر ِيكٌ‬
‫سَب ِيلًا‪ .‬و َق ُ ِ‬
‫كبِّرْه ُ تَكْب ِير ًا‪.‬‬
‫لِ‪ .‬و َ َ‬ ‫فِي ال ْمُل ْكِ و َل َ ْم يَكُنْ لَه ُ و َلِيّ ٌ م ِ َ‬
‫ن ال ُذ ّ ّ‬
‫ْس م َا ق َ ّدم ْ‬
‫َت ل ِغَدٍ‪.‬‬ ‫يَآ أَ ُ ّيهَا ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫ن ءَام َن ُوا َات ّق ُوا ال� ل�ه َ و َل ْتَنْظُر ْ نَف ٌ‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه َ خَب ِير ٌ بِمَا تَعْم َلُونَ‪ .‬وَل َا تَكُونُوا ك َال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫ن نَس ُوا‬ ‫و ََات ّق ُوا ال� ل�هَ‪ِ .‬إ َ ّ‬
‫سق ُونَ‪.‬‬ ‫ال� ل�ه َ فأَ َ نْس َاهُم ُوۤ أَ نْف ُسَهُمْ‪ُ .‬أول ۤ َئ ِ َ‬
‫ك هُم ُ الْف َا ِ‬
‫صحَابُ الْج َنَ ّة ِ هُم ُ‬

‫صحَابُ الْج َنَ ّة ِ‪ .‬أَ ْ‬ ‫صحَابُ َ‬
‫الن ّارِ و َأَ ْ‬ ‫ل َا يَسْتَو ِۤي أَ ْ‬
‫ل‬
‫الْف َآئ ِز ُونَ‪ .‬لَو َ اَن ْزَل ْنَا هَذ َا الْقُر ْءَانَ عَلَى جَب َ ٍ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫خشْيَة ِ ال� ل�هِ‪.‬‬ ‫شع ًا ُمّت َ َ‬
‫ص ّدِعًا م ِنْ َ‬ ‫لَرأَ َ ي ْت َه ُ خ َا ِ‬
‫س لَع َل ّه ُ ْم يَتَف َ َك ّر ُونَ‪.‬‬
‫ل نَضْر ِ بُهَا ل ِ َلن ّا ِ‬
‫ك الاَمْثَا ُ‬
‫و َتِل ْ َ‬
‫ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُال َ ّذ ِي ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ‪ .‬عَالِم ُال ْغَي ِ‬

‫ْب و َال َش ّه َادَة ِ‪.‬‬
‫ن َ‬
‫الر ّحِيمُ‪.‬‬ ‫ه ُو َ َ‬
‫الر ّحْم َٰ َ‬
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He is Allah – there is no god but Him. He is the King, the Most Pure,
the Perfect Peace, the Trustworthy, the Safeguarder,
the Almighty, the Compeller, the Supremely Great.
Glory be to Allah above all they associate with Him.
He is Allah – the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him

belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and earth
glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.
Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Might, beyond anything they

And praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!
Glory be to Allah, by His praise, Glory be to Allah, the Great. (11)

O Allah! Guard us with Your eye which never sleeps. Shelter us in Your
hold which is the best possible. Place us in Your proximity which is
unassailed. Do not destroy us for our wrong actions.
You are our trust and our hope. O Allah! (3)

Truly I have been one of the wrongdoers.
328
‫ن‬
‫سلَام ُ ال ْم ُوم ِ ُ‬ ‫ك الْق ُ ُ ّد ُ‬
‫وس ال َ ّ‬ ‫ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ ال ْمَل ِ ُ‬
‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ ع ََم ّا يُشْرِكُونَ‪.‬‬ ‫ن ال ْعَزِيز ُ الْج َبَ ّار ُ ال ْمُت َ َ‬
‫كب ِّر ُ‪ُ .‬‬ ‫ال ْمُهَيْمِ ُ‬
‫ح لَه ُم َا‬
‫صوِ ّر ُ‪ .‬لَه ُالاَسْم َآء ُ الْحُسْن َى‪ .‬يُس َب ِّ ُ‬
‫ق ال ْبَارِئ ُ ال ْم ُ َ‬ ‫ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُالْخَال ِ ُ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ٰت و َالا َ ْرضِ‪ .‬و َه ُو َ ال ْعَزِيز ُ الْحَكِيمُ‪.‬‬ ‫سم َٰو َ ِ‬‫فِي ال َ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْع َِز ّة ِ ع ََم ّا يَصِ ف ُونَ‪ .‬وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى الْـمُرْسَلِينَ‪.‬‬

‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَظ ِ‬

‫ِيم‪( .‬إحدى وعشرين مرة)‬ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ و َب ِحَمْدِه ِ ُ‬
‫ُ‬

‫الضّ آلِّينَ‪ .‬ءَام ِينَ‪.‬‬
‫ك ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا‬
‫ك َال ّتِي ل َا تَنَام ُ‪ .‬و َاكْ نُفْنَا بِكَنَف ِ َ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ا ْ‬
‫حر ُسْ نَا ب ِعَي ْن ِ َ‬
‫ي ُر َام ُ‪ .‬و َاجْ عَل ْنَا فِي جِوَارِك َ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يُضَام ُ‪ .‬وَل َا تُه ْلِكْناَ بِذ ُنُوبنَِا‬
‫فأَ َ ن ْتَ ثِق َتُنَا وَرَج َآؤ ُنَا يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ظالِمِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫كن ْتُ م ِ َ‬
‫‪329‬‬
O Allah, as You have shown us Your power show us Your pardon.

O Allah. O Allah. O Allah. There is no god but You! Glory be to You!
O Allah, do not expel us from the circle of Lutf

and give us security from what we fear. (3)
O Knower of our secrets, do not rend the veil

covering our wrong actions. (3)
We have come to the morning in Your protection, O Mawlana,

make us come to the evening in Your good pleasure, O Mawlana. (3)
O Allah, O Turner of the hearts and eyes, fix our hearts and eyes on
Your Deen with a Muhammadan firmness for ever and ever. (3)
By the rank of our lord and master Muhammad, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace and his family and Companions
and all the believing slaves of Allah.
O Lord, bless him, out of whom secrets and lights have burst, in whom
rose the truth, upon whom devolved the knowledge of our master
Adam, peace be upon him. Beside him all creatures are incapable, to
him understanding is a trifle. Not one of us has attained his standard,
before or after. The gardens of heaven are embellished
with the beauty of his flowers.
330
‫ك فأَ َ رِنَا عَفْوَك َ‪ .‬يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ‪.‬‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم كَم َآ أَ ر َي ْتَنَا ق ُ ْدر َت َ َ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ظالِمِينَ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫كن ْتُ م ِ َ‬
‫َاف‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ل َا ُ‬

‫تخْرِجْ نَا م ِنْ د َآئ ِرَة ِ الال َْط ِ‬
‫اف‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫و َأَ مّ َِن ّا م ِنْ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ل م َا نَخ َ ُ‬
‫يَا عَالِم َ الس ِّرِّ م َِن ّا ل َا تَه ْت ِكِ ال َ ّ‬

‫ستْر َ ع ََن ّا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫أَ صْ ب َحْ نَا فِي حِمَاك َ يَا مَوْل َانَا‬

‫سِنَا فِي رِضَاك َ يَا مَوْل َانَا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫مَ ّ‬
‫وب و َالاب َْصَارِ ثَب ّ ِْت قُلُوبَنَا و َأَ بْصَار َنَا عَلَى‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا مُق َل ِّبَ الْق ُل ُ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك ثَبَاتًا مُحَم ّدِ ًي ّا ِإل َ ۤى ٰ أَ بَدِ الآبَدِ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫دِين ِ َ‬
‫س َل ّم َ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ‬‫بِ جَاه ِ سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد صَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ِيع عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه ِ ال ْم ُوم ِنِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫صحَابِه ِ و َعَلَى جَم ِ‬ ‫و َأَ ْ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫َت الان َ ْوَار ُ‪.‬‬ ‫ت الاَسْر َار ُ‪ .‬و َانف َلَق ِ‬ ‫ل عَلَى م َنْ مِن ْه ُ انْش َ َ ّق ِ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫سلَام ُ‬ ‫ت عُلُوم ُ سَيِّدِنَآ ءَادَم َ عَلَيْه ِ ال َ ّ‬ ‫َت الْحَق َآئِقُ‪ .‬و َتَنَز ّل َ ْ‬ ‫و َف ِيه ِ ارْتَق ِ‬
‫ق وَل َا‬ ‫ت الْفُه ُوم ُ فَل َ ْم ي ُ ْدرِكْه ُ م َِن ّا سَاب ِ ٌ‬ ‫فأَ َ عْجَز َ الْخلََآئِقَ‪ .‬وَلَه ُ تَضَآءَل َ ِ‬
‫ُوت ب ِزَهْرِ جَمَالِه ِ م ُونِق َة ٌ‪.‬‬
‫اض ال ْمَ�لَك ِ‬
‫حقٌ‪ .‬فَرِي َ ُ‬
‫ل َا ِ‬
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The cisterns of power spill over with the flood of his lights. There is
nothing not dependent on him: for as it was said, ‘without the means
the end would have escaped us’. Bless him in Your way according to his
merits. O Allah, he is your gathered secret that tells of You, Your great
veil that stands before You. O Allah, attach me to his descendants, and
make me realise his honour. Let me know him with a knowledge by
means of which I will be safe from the fountains of ignorance and by
which I will sip from the fountains of bounty. Convey me on his way to
Your Presence, protected by Your help. Let me face falsehood so that I
may conquer it, drive me into the sea of Oneness, snatch me from the
mires of belief in Unification (Tawhid) and let me drown in the sea of
Unity (Wahda) so much that I may not see, hear, feel or except by It.
Make the great veil the life of my spirit and its spirit the secret of my
truth and his truth, the integrator
of my universe through the realisation of the first truth.
O First! O Last! O Manifest! O Hidden! Hear my cry as you heard the
cry of Your slave, our master Zakariah, peace be upon him. Give me
victory through You – for You. Support me through You – for You. Join
me to You – separate me from other-than-You.
ALLAH (3)
332
‫ض أَ ن ْوَارِه ِ م ُتَد َف ِّق َة ٌ‪ .‬وَل َا شَيْء َ ِإ َلّا‬

‫ُوت بِفَي ْ ِ‬
‫اض الْجبَ َر ِ‬
‫وَحِي َ ُ‬
‫ُوط‪.‬‬
‫ل ال ْمَوْس ُ‬
‫سطَة ُ لَذ َه َبَ كَمَا ق ِي َ‬
‫ُوط‪ِ .‬إ ْذ لَو ْ ل َا ال ْوَا ِ‬
‫و َه ُو َ بِه ِ م َن ٌ‬
‫ك ِإلَيْه ِكَمَا ه ُو َ أَ ه ْلُه ُ‪ .‬ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ َن ّه ُ س ِ ُرّك َ الْجا َم ِ ُع‬
‫ك مِن ْ َ‬
‫ق بِ َ‬
‫صَلَاة ً تلَِي ُ‬
‫ك بَيْنَ يَد َيْكَ‪ .‬ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
‫ك الا َ ْعظَم ُ الْق َآئِم ُ ل َ َ‬ ‫ال َد ّآ ُ ّ‬
‫ل عَلَيْكَ‪ .‬و َِحج َاب ُ َ‬
‫ح ّق ِ ْقنِي بِ حَسَبِه ِ‪ .‬وَعَرّ ِفْنِي ِإ َي ّاه ُ مَعْرِف َة ً أَ سْ لَم ُ بِهَا‬
‫أَ لْح ِ ْقنِي بِنَسَبِه ِ‪ .‬و َ َ‬
‫ل‪ .‬و َا ْحم ِلْنِي‬
‫ل‪ .‬و َأَ ك ْرَع ُ بِهَا م ِنْ م َوَارِدِ الْف َضْ ِ‬
‫م ِنْ م َوَارِدِ الْج َ ْه ِ‬
‫ِف بِي‬ ‫محْف ُوفًا بنُِصْرَتِكَ‪ .‬و َاقْذ ْ‬ ‫حضْرَتِكَ‪ .‬حَم ْلًا َ‬ ‫عَلَى سَب ِيلِه ِ ِإلَى ٰ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل فأَ َ ْدم َغ َه ُ‪ .‬وَز َُجّ بِي فِي بِ حَارِ الاَحَد َِي ّة ِ‪ .‬و َانْش ُلْنِي‬
‫عَلَى ال ْبَاطِ ِ‬
‫بحْرِ ال ْوَحْدَة ِ‪ .‬ح ََت ّى ل َآ‬ ‫الت ّوْحِيدِ‪ .‬و َأَ ْغر ِقْنِي فِي عَيْنِ َ‬ ‫ل َ‬ ‫م ِنْ أَ ْوح َا ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل الْ حِجَابَ‬ ‫جد َ وَل َآ ُأح َ ّ‬
‫ِس ِإ َلّا بِهَا‪ .‬و َاجْ ع َ ِ‬ ‫أَ ر َى وَل َآ أَ سْم َ َع وَل َآ أَ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫حق ِيق َت َه ُ ج َام ِ َع‬
‫حق ِيقَتِي‪ .‬و َ َ‬ ‫الا َ ْعظَم َ حَيَاة َ ر ُوحِي‪ .‬وَر ُ ْوح َه ُ س ِ َرّ َ‬
‫ق الْحَقّ ِ الا َ ّولِ‪.‬‬
‫ع َوَالِم ِي بِتَحْق ِي ِ‬
‫خر ُ يَا ظَاه ِر ُ يَا بَاطِنُ‪ .‬اِسْم َعْ نِد َآئِي بِمَا سَمِعْتَ بِه ِ‬ ‫يَآ أَ َ ّو ُ‬
‫ل يَآ ءَا ِ‬
‫ك لَكَ‪.‬‬ ‫نِد َآء َ عَبْدِك َ سَيِّدِنَا زَكَر ِ َي ّآء َ عَلَيْه ِ ال َ ّ‬
‫سلَام ُ‪ .‬و َان ْصُرْنِي ب ِ َ‬
‫ك لَكَ‪ .‬و َاجْم َعْ بَيْنِي و َبَي ْنَكَ‪ .‬وَح ُلْ بَيْنِي و َبَيْنَ غَيْرِك َ‬
‫و َأَ ي ّ ِ ْدنِي ب ِ َ‬
‫أَ َلل ّه ُ‪ .‬أَ َلل ّه ُ‪ .‬أَ َلل ّه ُ‪.‬‬
‫‪333‬‬
He Who has imposed the Qur’an upon you will surely bring you home
again. Our Lord, give us mercy directly from You
and open the way for us to right guidance in our situation. (3)
And bless our lord and master Muhammad

and his family and Companions and grant them peace.

Our Lord, give us refreshment of our wives and children and make
us an Imam to the reality-awed. These shall be recompensed with the
highest heaven, because they endured patiently, and they shall receive
there a greeting and peace. There they shall dwell for ever.
Happy is it as place and station.
Say: ‘My Lord would not concern Himself with you but for your
prayers, for you have denied and there will be judgment.’
Our Lord, grant us contemplation of You accompanied by conversation,

and open our hearing and eyes. If we grow heedless of You remember
us with the best of what You remember when we remember You. Be
merciful to us when we disobey You with the most perfect of what You
are merciful with when we obey You.
You are powerful over everything.
334
‫ك الْقُر ْءَانَ َلر ّآ ُدّك َ ِإلَى ٰ م َع َادٍ‪.‬‬

‫ن ال َ ّذ ِي ف َر ََض عَلَي ْ َ‬
‫ِإ َ ّ‬
‫شدًا‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ر َ َب ّن َآ ءَاتنَِا م ِنْ لَدُن ْ َ‬
‫ك رَحْم َة ً و َه َيِ ّئ ْ لَنَا م ِنْ أَ ْمر ِنَا ر َ َ‬
‫وَصَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد‬

‫ٰ‬
‫س َل ّم َ تَسْلِيم ًا‪.‬‬
‫و َءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬

‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ر َ َب ّنَا ه َْب لَنَا م ِنْ أَ ْزو َاجِنَا وَذُرِّ َي ّاتنَِا ق َُر ّة َ أَ ع ْيُنٍ و َاجْ عَل ْنَا لِل ْم َُت ّق ِينَ‬
‫تح َِي ّة ً‬
‫يج ْز َ ْونَ ال ْغُر ْف َة َ بِمَا صَب َر ُوا و َيلُ َ ّقوْنَ ف ِيهَا َ‬ ‫ِإم َام ًا‪ُ .‬أو۟ل َٰٓئ ِ َ‬
‫ك ُ‬
‫حس ُن َْت مُسْتَق ًَر ّا وَمُق َام ًا‪.‬‬
‫ن ف ِيهَا‪َ .‬‬
‫وَسَلَام ًا خ َالِد ِي َ‬
‫قُلْ م َا يَعْب َؤُا بِك ُ ْم ر َب ِ ّي لَو ْ ل َا د ُع َآؤُكُمْ‪.‬‬

‫فَق َ ْد ك َ َ ّذب ْتُم ْ فَسَو َ‬
‫ْف يَكُونُ ل ِزَام ًا‪.‬‬
‫ر َ َب ّنَا ه َْب لَنَا مُشَاهَدَة ً تَصْ َ‬

‫حبُهَا مُك َالَم َة ً و َاف ْت َحْ أَ سْمَاع َنَا و َأَ بْصَار َنَا‬
‫ن م َا ت َ ْذك ُر ُنَا بِه ِ ِإذ َا ذ َ َك ّر ْنَاك َ‪.‬‬
‫ك ب ِأَ حْ سَ ِ‬
‫و َاذْكُر ْنَآ ِإذ َا غَف َل ْنَا عَن ْ َ‬
‫صي ْنَاك َ ب ِأَ ت َِّم م َا تَرْحَمُنَا بِه ِ ِإذ َآ أَ َطعْنَاك َ‪.‬‬
‫و َا ْرحَم ْن َآ ِإذ َا ع َ َ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير ٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ك عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫ِإ َن ّ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫‪335‬‬
‘Our Lord, accept this from us! You are the All-Hearing, the All-
Knowing. Our Lord, make us both Muslims submitted to You, and our
descendants a Muslim community submitted to You. Show us our rites
of worship and turn towards us. You are the Ever-Returning, the Most
Merciful.’
Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us

and have mercy upon us, we shall surely be among the lost. You are our
protector, so forgive us and have mercy on us
for You are the best of forgivers.
There is no god except You. Glory be to You,

I have been one of the wrongdoers.
O Allah, whatever blessings You have bestowed are from You, by You,
for You alone, without partner to You. I cannot render praise to You
fittingly. You are as You praise Yourself. (3)
O Allah, we follow the belief of Your Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, in the perfection of the sublimity of Your Essence and
Your Attributes and Your Names and whatever comes from You. We
believe as he believed, may Allah bless him and grant him peace in his self.
We followed his intention, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in all
kinds of worship and in daily life.
May Allah ta’ala be pleased with our lords and masters, Abu Bakr,
‘Umar, ‘Uthman, and ‘Ali; and Sa’d, Sa’id, Talha, Az-Zubayr,
Abdarrahman Ibn ‘Awf, Abu ‘Ubayda, Hamza, Al-‘Abbas, Fatima,
‘Aisha, Khadija, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein: may Allah be pleased with
all the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, especially the Muhajirun
336
‫سمِي ُع ال ْعَل ِيم ُ‪ .‬ر َ َب ّنَا و َاجْ عَل ْنَا مُسْل ِمَيْنِ‬
‫ك أَ ن ْتَ ال َ ّ‬
‫ر َ َب ّنَا تَق ََب ّلْ م َِن ّآ ِإ َن ّ َ‬
‫ك وَم ِنْ ذُرّ َِي ّت ِن َآ ُأ َمّة ً مُسْل ِم َة ً َلّ �كَ‪ .‬و َأَ رِنَا م َنَا ِ‬
‫سك َنَا‪ .‬و َت ُْب عَلَي ْنَا‪.‬‬ ‫لَ َ‬
‫الت ّ َو ّابُ َ‬
‫الر ّحِيم ُ‪.‬‬ ‫ك أَ ن ْتَ َ‬
‫ِإ َن ّ َ‬
‫ر َ َب ّنَا ظَلَم ْن َآ أَ نْفُسَنَا و َِإ ْن َلّ � ْم تَغْفِر ْ لَنَا و َتَرْحَم ْنَا لَنَكُون َنّ م ِ َ‬
‫ن‬
‫الْخَاسِر ِينَ‪ .‬أَ ن ْتَ و َل ُِي ّنَا فَا ْغفِر ْ لَنَا و َا ْرحَم ْنَا و َأَ ن ْتَ خَي ْر ُ ال ْغ َافِرِينَ‪.‬‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ك لَكَ‪.‬‬
‫ك وَحْدَك َ ل َا شَر ِي َ‬
‫ك لَ َ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم م َآ أَ ن ْعَمْتَ بِه ِ فم َِن ْ َ‬
‫ك بِ َ‬
‫سكَ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬ ‫ل َآ ُأحْ ص ِي ثَن َآء ً عَلَيْكَ‪ .‬أَ ن ْتَ كَم َآ أَ ث ْنَي ْتَ عَلَى ن َ ْف ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك‬
‫ل عَظَمَة ِ ذ َات ِ َ‬ ‫ك ﷺ فِي كَمَا ِ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ َن ّا عَلَى اعْتِق َادِ نَب ِي ِّ َ‬
‫ك وَم َا ج َآء َ عَنْكَ‪ .‬و َعَلَى اعْتِق َادِه ِ ﷺ فِي‬ ‫ك و َأَ سْم َآئ ِ َ‬ ‫صف َات ِ َ‬ ‫و ِ‬
‫َات‪.‬‬
‫َات و َال ْع َاد ِ‬ ‫اع ال ْع ِبَاد ِ‬ ‫سه ِ و َعَلَى ن َِي ّتِه ِ ﷺ فِيۤ أَ ن ْو َ ِ‬ ‫ن َ ْف ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫وَرَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ تَع َالَى ٰٰ ع َنْ سَاد َتنَِا وَم َوَالِين َآ أَ بِي بَكْر ٍ و َع ُم َر َ وَعُثْم َانَ‬
‫ْف‬
‫ن ب ْ ِن عَو ٍ‬
‫الر ّحْم َٰ ِ‬ ‫سعْ ٍد وَسَعِي ْ ٍد وَطَل ْح َة َ و ُ‬
‫َالز ّبَيْر ِ وَعَبْدِ َ‬ ‫و َعَل ِ ٍيّ‪ .‬و َ َ‬
‫و َأَ بِي ع ُبَيْدَة َ وَحَم ْزَة َ و َال ْع ََب ّا ِ‬
‫س و َفَاطِم َة َ و َع َآئِش َة َ وَخَدِيج َة َ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ أَ جْم َع ِينَ ُ‬
‫خصُوصًا‬ ‫اب رَسُو ِ‬
‫صح َ ِ‬
‫ن و َالْحُسَيْنِ وَع َنْ أَ ْ‬
‫و َالْحَسَ ِ‬
‫‪337‬‬
and the Ansar, and may He be pleased with their followers who were
beloved, and who followed them with Ihsan until the Day of Reckoning.
O Allah, our Lord, make us among the followers with Ihsan who are
beloved to them until the Day of Reckoning. (3)
O Allah bless our master Muhammad, Your slave and Messenger, the
unlettered Prophet, and his family and Companions and grant them peace,
as great as the number of Your creations and Your pleasure and the
weight of Your Throne and the ink of Your words. Amin, Amin, Amin.
O Allah – O Allah. O Allah. O Allah.
O Expander. O Expander. O Expander.
O Irresistible. O Irresistible. O Irresistible.
O Ever-Forgiving. O Ever-Forgiving. O Ever-Forgiving.
O All-Pitying. O All-Pitying. O All-Pitying.
338
‫ن َ‬
‫الت ّاب ِع ِينَ‬ ‫ن و َالان َْصَارِ‪ .‬وَع َ ِ‬
‫جر ِي َ‬
‫مِنْهُم ُ ال ْمُه َا ِ‬
‫ن ِإلَى ٰ يَو ْ ِم الد ِّينِ‪.‬‬
‫ال ْم َحْ ب ُوبِينَ لَه ُ ْم ب ِِإحْ سَا ٍ‬
‫ن َ‬
‫الت ّاب ِع ِينَ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم اجْ عَل ْنَا يَا مَوْل َانَا م ِ َ‬
‫ن ِإلَى ٰ يَو ْ ِم الد ِّينِ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫ال ْم َحْ ب ُوبِينَ لَه ُ ْم ب ِِإحْ سَا ٍ‬

‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ك َ‬
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ‬ ‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُح َم ّدٍ عَبْدِك َ وَرَسُول ِ َ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك‬
‫س َ‬ ‫ك وَرِضَا ن َ ْف ِ‬ ‫س َل ّم َ تَسْلِيم ًا‪ .‬عَدَد َ خ َلْق ِ َ‬
‫و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك وَمِد َاد َ كَل ِمَاتِكَ‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪.‬‬ ‫ش َ‬ ‫وَزِنَة َ ع َ ْر ِ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ‪.‬‬
‫ِط‬
‫ِط يَا بَاس ُ‬
‫ِط يَا بَاس ُ‬
‫يَا بَاس ُ‬
‫يَا ج ََب ّار ُ يَا ج ََب ّار ُ يَا ج ََب ّار ُ‪.‬‬
‫يَا غ َ ّفار ُ يَا غ َ ّفار ُ يَا غ َ ّفار ُ‪.‬‬
‫ُوف‪.‬‬
‫ُوف يَا رَؤ ُ‬
‫ُوف يَا رَؤ ُ‬
‫يَا رَؤ ُ‬
‫‪339‬‬
O Ever-Returning. O Ever-Returning. O Ever-Returning.
O Effacer of wrong actions. (3)
O my help in every trouble, and the answer to my every prayer, and my

refuge in every hardship, and my hope when my deceptions have come
to nothing. O my Helper. O my Helper. O my Helper. (3)
O Lord, dispel my grief. I have become confused in the matter, so take

me by the hand. You are all-powerful over everything.
O Light of everything and its Guide. It is You Whose light rends the
darkness. O Light. O Merciful to all who cry out and are afflicted. You
are his help and refuge, O Merciful.
O Allah, bless and grant peace to our lord and master Muhammad,
the first of the lights emanating from the oceans of the sublimity
of the Essence, with every one of Your perfections in all Your self-
manifestations.. In the two worlds – the hidden and the seen – he realised
the meanings of the Names and Attributes. He is the first to give praise
and worship with every kind of adoration and good action. He is the
helper of all created beings in the world of forms and the world of spirits.
And blessings be upon his family and Companions with a blessing that will
lift the veil from his noble face for us in visions and in the waking state
and will acquaint us with You and with him in all ranks and presences.
340
‫يَا تَو ّابُ يَا تَو ّابُ يَا تَو ّابُ ‪.‬‬
‫يَا عَف ُ ُو ّ يَا عَف ُ ُو ّ يَا عَف ُ ُو ّ‪.‬‬
‫ل دَعْوَة ٍ‪ .‬وَم َع َاذِي‬

‫مج ِيبِي عِنْد َ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ل كُر ْبَة ٍ‪ .‬و َ ُ‬
‫يَا غِيَاثِي عِنْد َ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ش َ ّدة ٍ‪ .‬و َيَا رَج َآءِي حِينَ تَنْقَط ِ ُع حِيلَتِي‪.‬‬ ‫ل ِ‬‫عِنْد َ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫يَا غِيَاثِي يَا غِيَاثِي يَا غِيَاثِي‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫َب ف َرِّجْ كُر ْبَتِي‪ .‬ق َ ْد تَحَي ّرْتُ‬ ‫َت حِيلَتِي ضَاق َْت حِيلَتِي يَا ر ِّ‬ ‫بَار ْ‬
‫ل ش َيء ٍ قَدِير ٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ك عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫فِيۤ أَ ْمر ِي فَخ ُ ْذ بيَِدِي‪ِ .‬إ َن ّ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ات نُورُه ُ‬ ‫ظلُم َ ِ‬ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ و َهُد َاه ُ أَ ن ْتَ ال َ ّذ ِي فَل َ َ‬
‫ق ال ُ ّ‬ ‫يَا نُور َ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ُوب وَغِيَاثَه ُ وَم َع َادَه ُ يَا رَحِيم ُ‪.‬‬ ‫ل صَر ٍِيخ وَمَك ْر ٍ‬ ‫يَا نُور ُ‪ .‬يَا رَحِيم َ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ك عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا‬ ‫ك فِي جَم ِ‬
‫ِيع تَجَلِّيَات ِ َ‬ ‫اع كَمَال َات ِ َ‬ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم ب ِأَ ن ْو َ ِ‬ ‫ل وَ َ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ات‪.‬‬ ‫ضة ِ م ِنْ بُح ُورِ عَظَمَة ِ ال َذ ّ ِ‬ ‫ل الان َ ْوَارِ الْف َآئ ِ َ‬ ‫وَمَوْل َانَا مُحَم ّ ٍد أَ َ ّو ِ‬
‫َات‪.‬‬ ‫َالصف ِ‬ ‫ظه ُورِ بِم َع َانِي الاَسْم َآء ِ و ِّ‬‫ن و َال ُ ّ‬ ‫ق فِي عَالَم َِي ال ْبُط ُو ِ‬ ‫ح ّق ِ ِ‬ ‫ال ْمُت َ َ‬
‫ات‪ .‬و َال ْمُمِ ُ ّد‬‫َات و َالْق ُر ُب َ ِ‬
‫اع ال ْع ِبَاد ِ‬‫ل ح َام ِ ٍد وَم ُت َع َب ِّ ٍد ب ِأَ ن ْو َ ِ‬ ‫فَه ُو َ أَ َ ّو ُ‬
‫َات‪ .‬و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ‬‫يع ال ْمَوْجُود ِ‬ ‫َاح و َالاَشْ ب َ ِ‬
‫اح ِلجم َ ِ ِ‬ ‫فِي عَالَم َي الا َ ْرو ِ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ِف لَنَا النِّق َابَ ع َنْ و َجْ هِه ِ ا�ل ْكَر ِي ِم فِي ال ْم َرَآئِي‬ ‫صحَابِه ِ صَلَاة ً ت َ ْكش ُ‬ ‫و َأَ ْ‬
‫َات‪.‬‬
‫ِيع ال ْم َرَات ِِب و َالْحَضَر ِ‬ ‫ك و َبِه ِ فِي جَم ِ‬ ‫َات‪ .‬و َتُع َرِّفُنَا ب ِ َ‬
‫و َال ْيَقَظ ِ‬
‫‪341‬‬
Be gracious to us, O Mawlana, by his rank, in movement and in
stillness, in looks and in thoughts.
Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of might, above all that they describe.
And peace be upon the Messengers. And praise belongs to Allah,
the Lord of the worlds.
O Gentle, O Knower of subtleties, gentleness is Yours!
You are the Gentle, and from You gentleness engulfs us.
Latif, Latif, I beg You
by Your lutf - be lutf to me - and lutf has descended!
Ya Latif, we have sought refuge in Your lutf - we have
gone into the centre of lutf - and lutf has descended.
We have been freed by the lutf of Allah, the Possessor of lutf,
He is Latif, Latif, His lutf is always that.
O Preserver, O Guardian, guardianship is Yours!
You are the Preserver, and from You guardianship engulfs us.
342
‫ات‬ ‫َات و َال َ ّ‬

‫سك َن َ ِ‬ ‫و َالْط ُْف بنَِا يَا مَوْل َانَا بِ جَاهِه ِ فِي الْحَرَك ِ‬
‫ات‪.‬‬ ‫و َال َ ّلحَظ ِ‬
‫َات و َالْخَطَر َ ِ‬
‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ْف‬ ‫ك ُ‬
‫الل ّط ُ‬ ‫ِيف ل َ َ‬
‫ِيف يَا لَط ُ‬
‫أَ ل َا يَا لَط ُ‬
‫ْف‬ ‫ك ي َ ْشم َلُنَا ُ‬

‫الل ّط ُ‬ ‫ِيف مِن ْ َ‬ ‫فأَ َ ن ْتَ َ‬
‫الل ّط ُ‬
‫ِيف ِإ َن ّنِي م ُت َو ّ َِس ٌ‬

‫ل‬ ‫ِيف لَط ُ‬
‫لَط ُ‬
‫ْف‬ ‫ل ُ‬
‫الل ّط ُ‬ ‫ك فَالْط ُْف بِي و َق َ ْد ن َز َ َ‬
‫بِل ُ ْطف ِ َ‬
‫ن‬
‫نح ْ ُ‬
‫ِيف و َه َا َ‬
‫ك عُذْنَا يَا لَط ُ‬
‫بِل ُ ْطف ِ َ‬
‫ْف‬ ‫ل ُ‬
‫الل ّط ُ‬ ‫ْف و َانْسَد َ َ‬ ‫دَخ َل ْنَا فِي و َسْ طِ ُ‬
‫الل ّط ِ‬
‫ْف ِإ َن ّه ُ‬ ‫ْف ال� ل�ه ِ ذِي ُ‬

‫الل ّط ِ‬ ‫نَجَو ْنَا بِلُط ِ‬
‫ْف‬
‫ِيف ل ُ ْطف ُه ُ د َائِمًا لُط ُ‬
‫ِيف لَط ٌ‬
‫لَط ٌ‬
‫ْظ‬
‫ك الْحِف ُ‬
‫ِيظ ل َ َ‬
‫حف ُ‬‫ِيظ يَا َ‬
‫حف ُ‬‫أَ ل َا يَا َ‬
‫ْظ‬
‫ك ي َ ْشم َلُنَا الْحِف ُ‬
‫ِيظ مِن ْ َ‬
‫فأَ َ ن ْتَ الْحَف ُ‬
‫‪343‬‬
Hafidh, Hafidh, We beg you
by Your hifdh - be hifdh to us - and hifdh has descended.
Ya Hafidh, we have sought refuge in Your hifdh - we have
gone into the centre of hifdh - and hifdh has descended.
We have been freed by the hifdh of Allah, the Possessor of hifdh.
He is Hafidh, Hafidh, His hifdh is always that.
By the rank of the Imam of the Messengers, Muhammad,
If it were not for him, the source of hifdh,
hifdh would not have descended
Blessings be upon him as long as there is one who chants:
Ya Hafidh, ya Hafidh, the hifdh is Yours!
No God – only Allah
To the number of three hundred and at the conclusion of each hundred you say:
Our Master Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. May Allah bless

him and his family and grant them peace. O Lord, make us firm by its
recital, O Mawlana, give us results from its invocation. Let us enter into
344
‫ِيظ ِإ َن ّنَا نَت َو ََسّ ُ‬

‫ل‬ ‫حف ُ‬‫ِيظ َ‬
‫حف ُ‬‫َ‬
‫ْظ‬
‫ل الْحِف ُ‬
‫ك فَاحْ فَظْنَا و َق َ ْد ن َز َ َ‬
‫بِ ح ِ ْفظ ِ َ‬
‫ن‬
‫نح ْ ُ‬
‫ِيظ و َه َا َ‬
‫حف ُ‬‫ك عُذْنَا يَا َ‬
‫بِ ح ِ ْفظ ِ َ‬
‫ْظ‬
‫دَخ َل ْنَا فِي و َسْ طِ الْحِفْظِ و َانْسَد َ َ‬
‫نَجَو ْنَا بِ حِفْظِ ال� ل�ه ِ ذِي الْحِفْظِ ِإ َن ّه ُ‬
‫ْظ‬
‫حف ُ‬
‫ح ْفظ ُه ُ د َائِمًا ِ‬
‫ِيظ ِ‬
‫حف ٌ‬‫ِيظ َ‬
‫حف ٌ‬‫َ‬
‫بِ جَاه ِ ِإم َا ِم الْـمُرْسَلِينَ مُحَم ّ ٍد‬
‫ْظ‬
‫فَلَو ْ ل َاه ُ عَيْنُ الْحِفْظِ م َا ن َز َ َ‬
‫شد ٌ‬ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ م َا قَا َ‬

‫ل مُن ْ ِ‬
‫ْظ‬
‫ك الْحِف ُ‬
‫ِيظ ل َ َ‬
‫حف ُ‬‫ِيظ يَا َ‬
‫حف ُ‬‫أَ ل َا يَا َ‬
‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ‬

‫(ع َد َد َث َل ُث ِمائَ ٍة َم َّرة َو َع َلى َر ْأ ِس ُك ِّل ِمائَ ٍة َم َّرة تَ ُق ُ‬
‫ول)‬ ‫َ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ صَل ِّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و َ َ‬

‫س َل ّم َ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ‪ .‬ثَبِّت ْنَا‬ ‫سَيِّد ُنَا مُحَم ّدٌ رَسُو ُ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ن‬
‫َب بِقَو ْلِهَا‪ .‬و َانْفَعْنَا يَا مَوْل َانَا بِذِكْر ِه َا‪ .‬و َأَ ْدخِل ْنَا فِي مَيْد َا ِ‬ ‫يَا ر ِّ‬
‫‪345‬‬
the fortress of its protection – let us be among its people – and let us say
it and know it at the time of death. Gather us into the company of our
lord and master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his family and
grant them peace.
I ask forgiveness of Allah from what is other than Allah.
I ask forgiveness of Allah. (100)
I ask the forgiveness of Allah, the Great, there is no god except Him,
the Living, the Self-Subsistent, and I turn in self-renewal to Him.
I ask forgiveness of Allah according to the number of those who seek
His forgiveness, and of what He is asked forgiveness for, from the people
of the heavens and the earth, an asking forgiveness which surpasses and
excels as does the excelling of Allah over His creation.
O Allah – the Indulgent. (11)
O Allah, there is no god except You. Glory be to You, I have been one
of the wrongdoers.
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful:
O Allah. (7)
346
‫ْت نَاطِق ِينَ بِهَا‪.‬‬

‫حِصْ نِهَا‪ .‬و َاجْ عَل ْنَا م ِنْ أَ ف ْرَادِ أَ ه ْلِه َا‪ .‬وَعِنْد َ ال ْمَو ِ‬
‫عَالِمِينَ بِهَا و َاحْ شُرْنَا فِي ز ُ ْمرَة ِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّ ٍد‬
‫س َل ّم َ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ‪.‬‬
‫صَل ِّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ م َِم ّا سِو َى ال� ل�هِ‪.‬‬
‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�هَ‪( .‬مائة مرّة)‬
‫ي الْق َُي ّوم ُ‬

‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ ال ْعَظ ِيم َ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ الْح َ ُ ّ‬
‫و َأَ تُوبُ ِإلَيْه ِ‪.‬‬
‫ٰت‬ ‫ل ال َ ّ‬
‫سم َٰو َ ِ‬ ‫ن وَم َا يَسْتَغْف ِرُه ُ بِه ِ أَ ه ْ ُ‬
‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه َ عَدَد َ ال ْمُسْتَغْفِرِي َ‬
‫ل‬
‫ض ُ‬
‫ل الاَرَضِينَ اسْ تِغْف َار ًا يَف ُوقُ و َي َ ْف ُ‬
‫و َأَ ه ْ ُ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ عَلَى سَآئِر ِ خ َلْقِه ِ‪.‬‬
‫كف َضْ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا ح َل ِيم ُ‪( .‬إحدى عشر مرة)‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ك ِإن ِ ّي ُ‬ ‫يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ‪ .‬ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ ُ‬
‫ِيم‪.‬‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫يَآ أَ َلل ّه ُ‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬
‫‪347‬‬
O All-Merciful. (7)
O Most Merciful. (7)
O Loving. (7)
O Sublime. (7)
O One Who settles every debt. (7)
O Glorious. (7)
O Allah, forgive the trusting-ones, men and women – and the Muslims
– men and women – living and dead. And by Your pure love and
compassion, forbearance, kindness, pardon and forgiveness, forgive us
and our fathers and our shaykhs and all the brothers, our offspring, our
country and all its people and all the people of our age, those who do
evil and those who do good, those who turn to You and those who turn
away, those who give and those who refuse.
Pardon all these with Divine compassion, eternal sympathy and pre-
eternal care which never vanishes or perishes in the post-eternity
of every post-eternity, through Your mighty Divine Unity which
never ends. Through Your pure excelling, glory be to You and Your
encompassing inclination and the universal mercy and totality of words
– there is no god except You.
348
‫يَا رَحْم َٰنُ‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬
‫يَا رَحِيم ُ‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬
‫يَا ح ََن ّانُ‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬
‫يَا م ََن ّانُ‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬
‫يَا د َ َي ّانُ‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬
‫سب ْح َانُ‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬

‫يَا ُ‬
‫ات الاَحْ يَاء ِ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ا ْغفِر ْ لِل ْم ُوم ِنِينَ و َال ْم ُوم ِن َ ِ‬
‫ات و َال ْمُسْل ِمِينَ و َال ْمُسْل ِم َ ِ‬
‫ك‬
‫ك و َِإحْ سَان ِ َ‬
‫ك وَحِل ْم ِ َ‬
‫ك وَر َأْفَت ِ َ‬
‫ض حَنَان ِ َ‬
‫ات‪ .‬و َب ِمحَ ْ ِ‬
‫مِنْه ُ ْم و َالاَمْو َ ِ‬
‫ك ا ْغفِر ْ لَنَا وَل ِوَالِد ِينَا و َلم َِشَآئِ خ ِنَا و َ ِلجم َ ِ ِ‬
‫يع ِإخْ وَاننَِا‬ ‫وَع َ ْفوِك َ وَمَغْف ِرتَ ِ َ‬
‫ل م َنْ‬
‫ل و َق ْت ِنَا وَلِك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫وَذُرِّ َي ّاتنَِا و َبِلَادِنَا وَجَم ِ‬
‫ِيع أَ ه ْلِه َا وَلِك ََآف ّة ِ أَ ه ْ ِ‬
‫ن و َأَ سَآء َ و َأَق ْبَلَ‪ .‬و َأَ دْب َر َ و َأَ ْعطَى وَم َنَعَ‪.‬‬ ‫أَحْ سَ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ ر َأْ ف َة ً ر َ َب ّان َيِ ّة ً وَع َ ْطف َة ً َ‬
‫صمْد َان َيِ ّة ً وَعِنَايَة ً أَ زَل َِي ّة ً ل َا تَفْن َى‬ ‫و َلِك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل أَ بَدٍ‪ .‬وَحْد َان َيِ ّة ً عَز ِيزَة ً ِإل َاه َِي ّة ً غَيْر َ م ُتَنَاه ِيَة ٍ‬ ‫وَل َا تَب ِيد ُ ب ِأَ بَدِ ك ُ ّ‬
‫ك ال ْع َا َمّة ِ‬
‫ل وَرَحْمَت ِ َ‬ ‫ك ال َ ّ‬
‫شام ِ ِ‬ ‫ك وَع َ ْطف ِ َ‬
‫ك ُ‬
‫ض ف َضْ ل ِ َ‬
‫ب ِمحَ ْ ِ‬
‫الت ّا َمّة ِ ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ سِوَاك َ‬
‫ك َ‬ ‫وَكَل ِمَات ِ َ‬
‫‪349‬‬
We praise You with Your praise and thank You with Your thanks: O
Praiser! O Thankful! O Rememberer! O Light! O Living! O Existent!
O Hearing! O Seeing! O Irresistible!
Mend my broken heart and that of every abject person. Unite with Your
Ihsan all those who have been separated by Your power
which is mighty beyond the comprehension of the intellect.
O Allah! Let love for all the trusting-ones dwell in our hearts, so that
they may be dearer to us than every dear one, and that everything other
than them may be mean, humble and lowly in our sight. You say to a
thing, ‘Be!’ and it is. You are a generous, noble Lord,
knowing and bestowing. So we ask You, by You,
to hear the entreaty of him who only sees You.
O most Merciful of the Merciful, (3) O Lord of the worlds.
O Lord, let me develop with the Latif of Your sovereignty, with the
growth of one who is in need of You, unable to manage without You,
and watch over me with the eye of Your custody with a watchfulness
that protects me from every calamity which occurs that might bring
torment to my nafs or disturb ‘the moment’ for me, or write for me on
the tablet of my essence, any amount of that which amounts to me.
Provide me with the comfort of intimacy with You, and elevate

me to the station of nearness to You, and clothe me with the robe
350
‫نَحْمَدُك َ و َنَشْك ُرُك َ يَا ح َامِد ُ يَا شَاك ِر ُ يَا ذ َاك ِر ُ يَا نُور ُ يَا حَ ُيّ‬
‫يَا مَوْجُود ُ يَا سَم ِي ُع يَا بَصِ ير ُ يَا ج ََب ّار ُ‬
‫ك كُ َ ّ‬
‫ل‬ ‫ل م َ ْكس ُورٍ‪ .‬وَو َاصِلْ ب ِِإحْ سَان ِ َ‬
‫كسْر َ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫كسْر َنَا و َ َ‬
‫اجْبُرْ َ‬
‫ن ال ْعُق ُولِ‪.‬‬ ‫ك َال ّتِي ع َ َزّ ْ‬
‫ت عَ ِ‬ ‫ل بِق ُ ْدر َت ِ َ‬
‫م َ ْفصُو ٍ‬
‫ِيع ال ْم ُوم ِنِينَ ح ََت ّى‬ ‫كِنْ فِي سُو َيْد َآء ٍ قُلُوبنَِا َ‬
‫محَب ّة َ جَم ِ‬ ‫س ّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ سِوَاه ُ ْم‬ ‫ل عَز ِيز ٍ و َيَكُونَ ك ُ ُ ّ‬ ‫يَكُونُوا عِنْد َنَا أَ عِ َزّ م ِنْ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ل لِل َش ّيْء ِ كُنْ فَيَكُون‪.‬‬ ‫ك تَق ُو ُ‬ ‫حق ِير ًا‪ .‬ف َِإ َن ّ َ‬
‫لَدَي ْنَا مَهِينًا ذ َلِيلًا َ‬
‫ل م َنْ ل َا‬
‫ك سُؤَا َ‬
‫ك بِ َ‬
‫ن وَصُولٌ‪ .‬فَنَسْأَ ل ُ َ‬
‫س ٌ‬
‫مح ْ ِ‬ ‫وَر ّ ٌ‬
‫َب جَوَاد ٌ كَر ِيم ٌ ُ‬
‫ي َر َى سِوَاك َ‪.‬‬
‫ٰ‬
‫الر ّا ِحم ِينَ‪( .‬ثلاثًا) يَا ر َ ّ‬
‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‬ ‫حم َ َ‬
‫يَآ أَ ْر َ‬
‫ك ل َا يَسْتَغْنِيۤ أَ بَد ًا‬ ‫ِيف ر ُبُوب َِي ّت ِ َ‬

‫ك تَرْبيِ َة َ مُفْتَق ِ ٍر ِإلَي ْ َ‬ ‫َب ر َبِّنِي بِلَط ِ‬
‫ر ِّ‬
‫ق‬
‫ل طَارِ ٍ‬
‫تحْفَظُنِي م ِنْ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ك مُر َاقَب َة ً َ‬
‫عَنْكَ‪ .‬و َارْقُبْنِي ب ِع َيْنِ رِعَايَت ِ َ‬
‫يَطْر ُقُنِي ب ِأَ ْمر ٍ يَس ُوۤ ءُنِي فِي ن َ ْفس ِي أَ ْو يُك َ ِّدر ُ عَل َيّ و َقْتِي أَ ْو يَكْت ُبُ‬
‫حظ ُوظِي‪.‬‬ ‫حظ ُوظِ ُ‬ ‫ظا م ِنْ ُ‬ ‫فِي لَو ِْح ذ َاتِي َ‬
‫ح ًّ‬
‫ك‬
‫ْب مِن ْ َ‬
‫ك وَر َق ِّنِي ِإلَى ٰ مَق َا ِم الْقُر ِ‬
‫ْس ب ِ َ‬ ‫و َا ْرزِقْنِي ر َاح َة َ الانُ ِ‬
‫ل و َه َْب ل ِي‬ ‫وَرَدِّنِي بِرِد َآء ِ الر ِّضْ وَا ِ‬
‫ن و َأَ ْورِ ْدنِي م َوَارِد َ الْق َب ُو ِ‬
‫‪351‬‬
of acceptance. Let me drink from the fountains of acceptance and
grant me Your mercy which encompasses all things. Straighten my
crookedness through Your mercy and perfect my lack. When I wonder
– bring me back, and guide me when I am confused. For You are the
Lord and teacher of all things. You had mercy on the essences and raised
the degrees. Your nearness is the refreshment of spirits and sweet basil
of delight and the token of success and the comfort of all who enjoy it.
You give the baraka of the Lord of Lords, the Liberator of slaves, and
the One Who lifts away torment. Your mercy and knowledge embrace
all things. You forgive wrong actions out of generosity and clemency,
and You are the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Praise and thanks belong to Allah. (100)
O Allah – O Latif. (9)
O Allah – There is no god but You! Glory be to You!
352
‫ك تَل ُ ُمّ بِهَا شَم ْل ِي و َتُقَوِ ّم ُ بِه َآ ِإ ْعوِج َاجِي و َت ُ َ‬

‫كمِّل ُ ن َ ْقص ِي‬ ‫رَحْم َة ً مِن ْ َ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ وَمُرَب ّيِه ِ‪.‬‬ ‫ك ر ُّ‬
‫َب ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫و َت َر ُ ُدّ شَارِدِي وَتَهْدِي ح َآئِر ِي ف َِإ َن ّ َ‬
‫ح الا َ ْرو ِ‬
‫َاح‬ ‫ك ر َ ْو ُ‬ ‫َات وَر َفَعْتَ ال َد ّرَج ِ‬
‫َات قُر ْب ُ َ‬ ‫ر َ ِحم ْتَ ال َذ ّو ِ‬
‫ل مُرْت َ ٍ‬
‫اح‬ ‫اح وَر َاح َة ُك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫اح‪ .‬وَعُن ْوَانُ الْف َلَ ّ ِ‬
‫وَر َيْ حَانُ الاِرْتيِ َ ِ‬
‫َاب‪.‬‬
‫ِف ال ْعَذ ِ‬ ‫اب وَك َاش َ‬ ‫ق الر ِّق َ ِ‬
‫اب وَمُعْت ِ َ‬ ‫َب الاَرْب َ ِ‬ ‫تَبَارَكْ تَ ر َ ّ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ رَحْم َة ً وَع ِل ْمًا‪ .‬وَغَفَر ْتَ ال ُذ ّنُوبَ ك َرَم ًا‬
‫سعْتَ ك ُ َ ّ‬
‫وَ ِ‬
‫ُوف َ‬
‫الر ّحِيم ُ‪.‬‬ ‫وَحِل ْمًا‪ .‬و َأَ ن ْتَ َ‬
‫الر ّؤ ُ‬
‫الحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ و َال ُ ّ‬

‫شك ْر ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ‪( .‬مائة َ)‬
‫الحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر ِّ‬

‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا لَط ُ‬

‫ِيف‪( .‬تسع مرات)‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬

‫ِيف‪( .‬عشر ًا)‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬

‫ِيف‪( .‬عشر ًا)‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫‪353‬‬


O Allah, bless and favour us with good health. Lift Your wrath from us,
for we are powerless before it. Look at us with the eye of Your approval.
O All-Pitying. (3)

O Allah. O All-Pitying. (7)

O Allah. O All-Pitying. (180)

I have put my trust in the Living Who does not die. And say: ‘Praise be
to Allah Who has had no son and Who has no partner in His Kingdom
and Who needs no one to protect Him from abasement.’ And proclaim
His Greatness repeatedly!
If Allah helps you, none can overcome you. (3)

354

‫ِيف‪( .‬مائة مرة)‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫سل ِ ّ ْم و َأَ ن ْع ِ ْم عَلَي ْنَا ب ِالع َاف ِيَة ِ‪ .‬و َارْف َعْ ع ََن ّا غَضَبَكَ‪ .‬ف َِإ َن ّه ُ ل َا‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ك ِإلَي ْنَا‪.‬‬
‫طَاق َة َ لَنَا عَلَيْه ِ‪ .‬و َانْظُر ْ ب ِع َيْنِ رِضْ وَان ِ َ‬
‫ُوف‪( .‬ثلاث مرات)‬

‫يَا رَؤ ُ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫(ثلاث مرات)‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا رَؤ ُ‬

‫ُوف‪( .‬سبع مرات)‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم يَا رَؤ ُ‬

‫ُوف‪( .‬مائتين وثمانون مرة)‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ل ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َ ْم‬

‫ي ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يَمُوتُ ‪ .‬و َق ُ ِ‬
‫تَو َ َكّل ْتُ عَلَى الْح َ ِ ّ‬
‫ي َ ّتخ ِ ْذ وَلَد ًا و َل َ ْم يَكُنْ لَه ُ شَر ِيكٌ فِي ال ْمُل ْكِ و َل َ ْم يَكُنْ لَه ُ و َلِيّ ٌ م ِ َ‬
‫ن‬
‫كبِّرْه ُ تَكْب ِير ًا‪.‬‬ ‫ال ُذ ّ ّ‬
‫ل‪ ِ.‬و َ َ‬
‫ِإ ْن يَن ْصُرْكُم ُ ال� ل�ه ُ فَلَا غَال ِبَ �لَكُمْ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫‪355‬‬
Succour! Succour! Messenger of Allah. (25)
May Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his family and
Companions, and all the believing slaves of Allah. Amin, Amin, Amin.
356
‫ل ال� ل�هِ‪( .‬خمسة وعشرونَ مرة)‪.‬‬

‫المدَد َ الْمدَد َ يَا رَسُو َ‬
‫صحَابِه ِ و َعَلَى جَم ِ‬
‫ِيع عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه ِ‬ ‫س َل ّم َ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َأَ ْ‬
‫صَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ال ْم ُوم ِنِينَ ءَام ِين ءَام ِين ءَام ِين‪.‬‬
‫‪357‬‬
Qasida of Ahmad al-Badawi
‫هذه قصيدة الشيخ سيدي احمد البدوي الفاسي‬
ُ ‫ِإل َاهِي ضَاـق َِت‬

‫الصّ د ُور ُ م َِن ّاـ‬
‫فَـثَـبِّـتْـن َاـ و َأَ يِّدْنَاــــ تَــأْ يِيــد َا‬

My God, our breasts are constricted,
so strengthen us and help us.
‫َت الال َ ْب َاـبُ م َِن ّاـ‬

ِ ‫ِإل َاهِي حَاـر‬
ُ ‫ك َِـن ّاــ وَر َق ِّـن َاـ‬
‫الصّ ـعُـود َا‬ ّ ‫فَمَـ‬
My God, our minds are confused,
so make us firm and raise us to the heights.
‫ِإل َاهِي ع َنْ سِوَاك َ اقْطَعْ رَجَاـنَاـ‬
‫بحْرِ ال ْمُن َاـ فَاجْ ع َلْ وُر ُود َا‬

َ ْ‫وَم ِن‬
My God, cut off our hopes from other-than-You,
and let us drink from the sea of raja’.
359
‫ح ً ّقاـ‬
َ ُ‫فأَ َ ن ْتَ نَصِ ير ِي و َال ْم ُع ِين‬
ُ ‫ك رَجَاـؤُنَاـ فَق ِن َاـ‬
‫الصّ د ُود َا‬ َ ‫و َف ِي‬
Truly You are my helper and aid.
Our hopes lie with You, so keep us from rejection.
ٌ‫ن أَ ْمرُه ُ عَظ ِيـم‬ ّ َ ‫ف َِإ‬

َ ‫ن الد ِّيـ‬
‫ف َو َف ِّـقْـن َاـ و َأَ كْ ـفِـن َاـ ال ْوَعِيـد َا‬

The Deen is a vast matter,
so give us success and fulfil the promise.
ْ‫ل فأَ َ حْ سِن‬ ّ َ ‫و َِإ‬

َ ‫ن ال ْو َق ْتَ ق َ ْد أَ ه َاـ‬
‫لَـن َاـ ال ْعُقْب َى وَكُـنْ لَـن َاـ رَشِيـد َا‬

ٰ
The moment has come, so be kind to us
in its results and be our guide.
ْ ‫و َتـَوِّجْ ـنَاــ بِـف َـرْد َِي ّة ٍ عَظ ِيـمَه‬
‫َب لَـن َاـ ال ْمَزِيد َا‬

ِّ ‫ك ر‬
َ ‫و َأَ جْ ـعَـلْ م ِـنْـ‬
Crown us with a tremendous uniqueness,
and, O Lord, give us increase from You,
360
The Hafidha
‫ل قُطْـ ٍر‬
ِ ّ ‫ـض مَدَد ًا لَـن َاـ فِي كُـ‬
ْ ِ ‫أَ ف‬
‫ل الْـوُر ُود َا‬

ِ ‫َاـب سَـهّ ِـ‬
ِ ‫و َلِـلاَحْ ب‬
Pour out help upon us from every quarter
and make the arrival easy for the lovers.
ٌ ّ ‫فَي َاـ فَرْد ُ يَاـ صَمَد ُ م ُع ِز‬
‫ن ال ْمَجْدِ أَ ْدخِلَنْ فَرِيد َا‬

ِ ْ‫لِ ح ِص‬
O Self-sufficient, the Goal, the Enhancer!
Bring us alone into the fortress of glory.
ِ‫و َيَاـ ق َهّاـر ُ فَا ْحم ِن َاـ بِق َ ْهر‬
‫فأَ َ ن ْتَ نَصِ ير ُ م َنْ أَ تَى ٰ وَحِيد َا‬

And, O Ever-compelling, protect us with Your force
for You are the helper of whoever comes alone.
ٍ‫فَي َاـ ج ََب ّاـر ُ فَاجْبُرْنَاـ بِ خَيْر‬
‫و َيَاـ ر َ َزّاقُ ه َْب رِزْق ًاـ مَدِيد َا‬

O Irresistible, help us with the good,
and O Provider, give us adequate provision.
361
‫حر ُْس مَق َاـمِي‬

ْ ‫ب ِع ِزِ ّك َ يَاـ عَز ِيز ُ ا‬
‫َب ج ََب ّاـر ًا ع َن ِيد َا‬

ِّ ‫وَو َف ِّقْ ر‬
O Almighty, guard my station with Your might,
and O Lord, bring the stubborn tyrant to agreement.
‫سل ِ ّ ْم أَ ْمر ِي‬

َ ‫ن‬
ُ ِ‫ك يَاـ مُهَيْم‬
َ ِ ‫بِ ح َ ّق‬
‫شدِيد َا‬
َ ‫َب ل ِي رُكْ ن ًاـ‬
ِّ ‫وَكُنْ يَاـ ر‬
O Protector, protect my affair with Your truth,
and O Lord, be a strong support for me.
ُ‫كَب ِير ُ يَاـ قَو ُِيّ يَاـ م َتِين‬
‫و َيَاـ ق َُي ّوم ُ صُنْ سِر ّشي ال ْوَحِيد َا‬

O Great, Overpoweringly strong, Firm!
O Self-Subsisting, keep my secret, alone.
‫ْي‬
ٍ ‫ل هَد‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َأَ بْدِلْ بِدْع َة ً بِك‬
‫ح ّقِقْن َاـ لِن ُ ْدرِك َ ال ُش ّه ُود َا‬
َ َ‫و‬
Replace bida’ with every guidance,
and grant us realisation so we may perceive the witnessing.
362
The Hafidha
‫خو ْفَن َاـ و َاق ْب َلْ دُع َاـنَاـ‬

َ ْ‫و َأَ مّ ِن‬
‫فَحَاـشَاـك َ أَ ْن تُخَي ِّبَ ال ْمُرِيد َا‬

Give us safety from our fear and accept our supplication,
far be it from You that You should disappoint the murid.
ْ ‫بِ خ َاـتِمَة ٍ لَن َاـ فَاخْ تِم ْ عَظ ِيمَه‬
‫و َنَسْل ِي ك َُل ّه ُ فَاجْ ع َلْ سَع ِيد َا‬

Grant us with a mighty seal at the end,
and make all my children fortunate.
‫ل م َنْ ق َ ْد‬ ِ ‫بِ ج َاـه ِ ال ْم ُصْ طَفَى و َالآ‬

ٰ
ّ َ ‫بِه ِ نَاـلُوا ال‬
‫سع َاـدَة َ و َال ْمَزِيد َا‬
By the rank of the Chosen One and his family and all
who have won happiness and increase through him.
‫صح َاـبِه ِ وَم َنْ تَبِع ُوا و َأَ ُسّ وا‬

ْ َ‫ب ِأ‬
‫بنِ َاـء َ الد ِّي ِن ح ََت ّى غَد َا مَشِيد َا‬

ٰ
By his Companions and those who followed him
and helped establish the Deen until it became strong —
363
ٍ‫ل لَفْظ‬ َ ‫لَه ُ ْم ُأهْدِي‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫الصّ لَاة َ بِك‬
‫ِس و َال ْمَعْن َى فَرِيد َا‬
ِ ّ ‫ي ُر َى فِي الْح‬
ٰ ٰ
I bestow a prayer on them with every word
seen to be one in spiritual and material meaning.
ٌ ّ ‫و َيَت ْب َعُه َاـ سَلَام ٌ مُسْتَمِر‬
‫ن ي ُر َى جَدِيد َا‬ َ ِ ّ‫عَلَى مَر‬

ِ ‫الز ّم َاـ‬
ٰ ٰ
The prayer is followed by peace extending throughout time,
yet seen to be renewed over the passage of time.
‫صَلَاة ً تَم ْل َ ُأ الاَكْ وَانُ نُور ًا‬
‫و َتُسْعِد ُ و َق ْتَن َاـ فَيَكُونُ عِيد َا‬

It is a prayer which fills beings with light,
and makes our age happy so that it becomes a festival,
‫و َي َ ْظه َر ُ خَي ْر ُه َاـ فَنَف ُوز ُ فُوز ًا‬
‫عَظ ِيم ًاـ و َاف ِر َ ال ْمَعْن َى مَدِيد َا‬

ٰ
whose goodness is clearly manifest,
so we win a great victory full of vastness and meaning.
364
The Hafidha
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ ف ِين َاـ‬

َ ‫تَش َ َ ّفعْ يَاـ رَسُو‬
ّ َ ‫فَم َاـ نَرْجُو ال‬

‫شـف َاع َة َ م ِنْ سِوَاكَاـ‬
O Messenger of Allah, intercede for us,
we do not hope for intercession from anyone except you.
‫ق ال� ل�ه ِ قَوْم ًاـ‬

ِ ْ ‫ِث يَاـ خَيْر َ خ َل‬
ْ ‫أَ غ‬
‫ضِع َاـفًا ظ ُِل ّه ُ ْم أَ بَد ًا ل ِوَاكَاـ‬

O Best of Allah's creation, grant help
to a weak people whose protection is always your banner.
‫و َأَ سْر ِ ْع فِي ِإغ َاـثَت ِن َاـ ف َِإ َن ّاـ‬
‫ن َر َى ال ْمَو ْلَى ٰ يُس َاـرِع ُ فِي رِضَاكَاـ‬

Hasten to aid us, for we see
that the Lord is swift to approve of you.
ّ َ ُ ‫ك صَلَاة ُ ر َب ّنِ َاـ ك‬

ٍ‫ل حِين‬ َ ْ ‫عَلَي‬
‫ك ك ُلِّه ِ ْم وَم َنْ و َال َاكَاـ ۝‬
َ ِ ‫و َآل‬
May the blessings of your Lord be upon you at every instant
and on all your family and those who are your friends.
365
.)‫ (ثلاثًا‬.ِ‫ل ال� ل�ه‬

ُ ‫ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ مُح َم ّدٌ رَسُو‬
There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (3)
ِ ‫صحَابِه ِ و َعَلى جَم‬

ِ ‫ِيع عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه‬ ْ َ‫س َل ّم َ و َعَل َۤى ءَالِه ِ و َأ‬
َ َ ‫صَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ و‬
ٰ
.‫ ءَام ِين‬.‫ ءَام ِين‬.‫ ءَام ِين‬.َ‫ال ْم ُوم ِنِين‬
– may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, and his
Companions and all the believing slaves of Allah. Amin. Amin. Amin.
)‫ (ثلاثًا‬.َ‫وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى الان َ ْب ِيَاء ِ و َال ْمُرْسَلِين‬

And peace be upon the Prophets and the Messengers (3)
ِ ‫و َعَلَى جَم‬
َ ِ ‫ِيع عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه‬
.َ‫الصّ الِ حِين‬
ٰ
and on all the slaves of Allah who are Saliheen.
‫ل وَل َا‬
َ ْ ‫حو‬ ِّ ‫ن ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬
َ ‫ وَل َا‬.َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِين‬ ِ َ‫خر ُ دَعْوَانَآ أ‬
ِ ‫و َءَا‬
ُ‫ عَلَيْه ِ تَو َ َكّل ْت‬.ِ‫ وَم َا تَو ْف ِيقِي ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه‬.‫ِيم‬
ِ ‫ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَل ِ ِيّ ال ْعَظ‬
َ َ ‫ ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَلَى نِعْمَة ِ الا ِسْ لَا ِم و‬. ُ‫و َِإلَيْه ِ ُأنِيت‬
.ً ‫كفَى بِهَا نِعْم َة‬
ٰ ٰ
The last of our prayer is: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
There is no power and no strength but through Allah, the Mighty,
the Great. My help is only with Allah. In Him I have put my trust
– and to Him I turn in renewal. Praise belongs to Allah for the
blessing of Islam, and it is blessing enough.
366
367
Surah Yasin
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful
Ya Sin. By the Wise Qur’an. Truly you are one of the Messengers on
a Straight Path. The revelation of the Almighty, the Most Merciful so
that you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned
and who are therefore unaware.
The Word has been justly carried out against most of them so they
have no iman. We have put iron collars round their necks reaching
up to the chin, so that their heads are forced back. We have placed a
barrier in front of them and a barrier behind them,
blindfolding them so that they cannot see.
It makes no difference to them whether you warn them
or do not warn them: they will not have iman.
You can only warn those who act on the Reminder and fear the All-
Merciful in the Unseen. Give them the good news of forgiveness and a
generous reward. We bring the dead to life and We record what they
send ahead and what they leave behind.
We have listed everything in a clear register.
368
369
Make an example for them of the inhabitants of the city when the
Messengers came to it. We sent them two and they denied them both,
so We reinforced them with a third. They said, ‘Truly We have been
sent to you as Messengers.’ They said, ‘You are nothing
but human beings like ourselves.
The All-Merciful has not sent down anything. You are simply lying.’
They said, ‘Our Lord knows we have been sent as Messengers to you.
We are only responsible for clear transmission.’
They said, ‘We see an evil omen in you. If you do not stop we will stone
you and you will suffer a painful punishment at our hands.’
They said, ‘Your evil omen is in yourselves. Is it not just that you have
been reminded? No, you are an unbridled people!’
A man came running from the far side of the city, saying, ‘My people!
follow the Messengers! Follow those who do not ask you for any wage
and who have received guidance.
Why indeed should I not worship Him Who brought me into being,
Him to Whom you will be returned?
Am I to take as gods instead of Him those whose intercession, if the
All-Merciful desires harm for me, will not help me at all
and cannot save me?
In that case I would clearly be misguided.
I have iman in your Lord so listen to me!’
He was told, ‘Enter the Garden!’ He said, ‘If my people only knew how
my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honoured ones!’
370
The Hafidha
371
We did not send down to his people any host from heaven after him
nor would We send one down.
It was but one Great Blast and they were extinct.
Alas for My slaves! No Messenger comes to them

without their mocking him.
Do they not see how many generations before them We have destroyed
and that they will not return to them?
Each and every one will be summoned to Our presence.
A Sign for them is the dead land which We bring to life and from which
We bring forth grain of which they eat.
We place in it gardens of dates and grapes,

and cause springs to gush out in it, so they may eat its fruits –
they did not do it themselves.
So will they not be thankful? Glory be to Him Who created all the
pairs: from what the earth produces and from themselves
and from things unknown to them.
A Sign for them is the night: We peel the day away from it
and there they are in darkness.
And the sun runs to its resting place.
That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
And We have decreed set phases for the moon,
until it ends up looking like an old palm spathe.
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon
nor for the night to outstrip the day;
each one is swimming in a sphere.
372
The Hafidha
373
A Sign for them is that We carried their families in the laden ship. And
We have created for them the like of it in which they sail.
If We wished, We could drown them with no one to hear their cry, and
then they would not be saved – except as an act of mercy from Us,
to give them enjoyment for a time.
They are told, ‘Have taqwa of what is before you and behind you
so that hopefully you will have mercy shown to you.’
Not one of your Lord’s Signs comes to them
without their turning away from it.
And when they are told, ‘Spend from the provision Allah has given
you,’ those who are kafir say to those who have iman, ‘Why should we
feed someone whom, if He wished, Allah would feed Himself?
You are clearly in error.’
And they say, ‘When will this promise come about if you are telling the
truth?’ What are they waiting for but one Great Blast to seize them while
they are quibbling? They will not be able to make a will
or return to their families.
The Trumpet will be blown and at once
they will be sliding from their graves towards their Lord.
They will say, ‘Alas for us! Who has raised us from our resting-place?
This is what the All-Merciful promised us.
The Messengers were telling the truth.’
It will be but one Great Blast,
and they will all be summoned to Our presence.
Today no self will be wronged in any way.
You will only be repaid for what you did.
374
The Hafidha
375
The Companions of the Garden are busy enjoying themselves today,

they and their wives reclining on couches in the shade.
They will have fruits there and whatever they request.
‘Peace!’
A word from a Merciful Lord.
‘Keep yourselves apart today, you evildoers!
Did I not make a contract with you, tribe of Adam, not to worship
Shaytan, who truly is an outright enemy to you, but to worship Me?
That is a straight path.
He has led huge numbers of you into error.
Why did you not use your intellect?
This is the Hell that you were promised.
Roast in it today because you were kafirun.’

Today We seal up their mouths and their hands speak to us,
and their feet bear witness to what they have earned.
If We wished, We could put out their eyes. Then, though they might
race for the path, how would they see?
If We wished, We could transform them where they stand so they
would neither be able to go out nor return.
When We grant long life to people, We return them to their primal
state. So will you not use your intellect?
We did not teach him poetry nor would it be right for him.
It is simply a reminder and a clear Qur’an
376
The Hafidha
377
so that you may warn those who are truly alive and so that the Word
may be carried out against the kafirun.
Have they not seen how We created for them, by Our own handiwork,
livestock which are under their control?
We have made them tame for them and some they ride
and some they eat.
And they have other uses for them, and milk to drink.
So will they not be thankful?
They have taken gods besides Allah so that perhaps they may be helped.
They cannot help them even though they are an army
mobilised in their support.
So do not let their words distress you.
We know what they keep secret and what they divulge.
Does not man see that We created him from a drop yet
there he is, an open antagonist!
He makes likenesses of Us and forgets his own creation,
saying, ‘Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?’
Say ‘He Who made them in the first place will bring them back to life.
He has total knowledge of each created thing;
He Who produces fire for you from green trees
so that you use them to light your fires.’
Does He Who created the heavens and earth
not have the power to create the same again?
Yes indeed! He is the Creator, the All-Knowing.
His command when He desires a thing is just to say to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.
Glory be to Him Who has the Dominion of all things in His Hand.
To Him you will be returned.
378
The Hafidha
379
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is

not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the
earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His
permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them
but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His
O Allah, we take refuge in Your satisfaction from Your wrath and in
Your gifts from Your punishment and in You from You. I am unable to
praise You adequately as You have praised Yourself.
Glory be to You, O Allah, and by Your praise I witness that there is
no god except You. I ask forgiveness of You and I turn to You in self-
renewal. I have done wrong and I have wronged myself, so forgive me,
for none forgives wrong actions except You. There is no god but You!
Glory be to You!
Messenger, the unlettered Prophet and his family and Companions and
grant them peace by the measure of the sublimity of Your Essence at
every time and in every age. Amin. Amin. Amin.
the Lord of all the worlds, the All-Merciful,
380
‫ي الْق َُي ّوم ُ‪ .‬ل َا تَاخُذُه ُ سِن َة ٌ وَل َا نَوْم ٌ‪ .‬لَه ُ‬

‫ال� ل�ه ُ ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّا ه ُو َ الْح َ ُ ّ‬
‫ٰت وَم َا فِي الا َ ْرضِ‪ .‬م َنْ ذ َا ال َ ّذ ِي ي َ ْشف َ ُع عِنْدَه ُ ۤ‬
‫و‬
‫م َا فِي ال َ ّ‬
‫يح ِيط ُونَ‬‫ِإ َلّا ب ِإذْنِه ِ‪ .‬يَعْلَم ُ م َا بَيْنَ أَ يْدِيه ِ ْم وَم َا خ َلْفَهُمْ‪ .‬وَل َا ُ‬
‫ٰت‬
‫سم َٰو َ ِ‬ ‫س َع كُرْس ُِي ّه ُ ال َ ّ‬ ‫ب ِشَيْء ٍ مّ ِنْ ع ِل ْمِه ِيۤ ِإ َلّا بِمَا شَآءَ‪ .‬و َ ِ‬
‫ح ْفظُهُم َا‪ .‬و َه ُو َ ال ْعَل ِ ُيّ ال ْعَظ ِيم ُ‪.‬‬
‫و َالا َ ْرضِ‪ .‬وَل َا يَؤ ُودُه ُ ِ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ َن ّا نَع ُوذ ُ بِرِضَاك َ م ِنْ سَ خَطِكَ‪ .‬و َبِمُع َافَات ِ َ‬
‫ك م ِنْ عُق ُوبَتِكَ‪.‬‬
‫ك مِنْكَ‪ .‬ل َآ ُأحْ ص ِي ثَن َآء ً عَلَيْكَ‪ .‬أَ ن ْتَ كَم َآ أَ ث ْنَي ْتَ عَلَى‬ ‫و َب ِ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ظالِمِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫كن ْتُ م ِ َ‬ ‫ك ِإن ِ ّي ُ‬
‫سب ْح َان َ َ‬‫سكَ‪ .‬ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ ُ‬ ‫ن َ ْف ِ‬
‫ك َالل ّٰه ُ َ ّم و َب ِحَمْدِك َ أَ شْهَد ُ أَ ْن ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ أَسْ تَغْف ِرُك َ‬
‫ُ‬
‫و َأَتُوبُ ِإلَيْكَ‪ .‬عَم ِل ْتُ سُوۤ ءًا وَظَلَم ْتُ ن َ ْفس ِي فَا ْغفِر ْ ل ِي ف َِإ َن ّه ُ ل َا يَغْف ِر ُ‬
‫ال ُذ ّنُوبَ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ ‪ .‬ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ ‪.‬‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ك ِإن ِ ّي ُ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ك َ‬
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ‬ ‫ك وَرَسُول ِ َ‬‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّدٍ عَبْدِك َ و َنَب ِي ِّ َ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك فِي‬ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‪ .‬بِق َ ْدرِ عَظَمَة ِ ذ َات ِ َ‬‫الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ْت وَحِينٍ‪ .‬ءَام ِين ءَام ِين ءَام ِين‪.‬‬ ‫ل و َق ٍ‬ ‫ك ُ ِّ‬

‫‪381‬‬
the Most Merciful, the King of the Day of Judgment. You alone we
worship. You alone we ask for help. Guide us on the Straight Path, the
Path of those You have blessed, not of those with anger on them,
nor of the misguided. Amin.
O Lord, lead me in with a just ingoing and lead me out with a just
outgoing: grant me authority from You to help me.
Normal;Qurantext;Glory be to You, O Allah, and by Your Praise I

bear witness that there is no god except You. I ask forgiveness of You
and I turn to you in self-renewal. I have done wrong and I have wronged
myself, so forgive me, for none forgives wrong actions except You.

382
‫َاط ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫ن أَ ن ْعَمْتَ عَلَيْه ِ ْم‬ ‫َاط ال ْمُسْتَق ِيم َ صِر َ‬
‫ُوب عَلَيْه ِ ْم وَل َا َ‬
‫الضّ آلِّينَ‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪.‬‬ ‫غَيْر ِ ال ْمَغْض ِ‬

‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ق و َاجْ ع َلْ‬
‫ص ْد ٍ‬
‫ج ِ‬
‫مخ ْر َ َ‬
‫خر ِجْ نِي ُ‬
‫ق و َأَ ْ‬
‫ص ْد ٍ‬
‫ل ِ‬
‫َب أَ ْدخِلْنِي م ُ ْدخ َ َ‬
‫ر ِّ‬
‫ك سُلْطَانًا نَصِ ير ًا‪ .‬ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ‬
‫ل ِي م ِنْ لَدُن ْ َ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫الل ّٰه ُ َ ّم و َب ِحَمْدِك َ أَ شْهَد ُ أَ ْن ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ أَ سْ تَغْف ِرُك َ‬

‫ك َ‬ ‫سب ْح َان َ َ‬
‫ُ‬
‫و َأَ تُوبُ ِإلَيْكَ‪ .‬عَم ِل ْتُ سُوۤ ءًا وَظَلَم ْتُ ن َ ْفس ِي فَاغْفر ْ ل ِي ف َِإ َن ّه ُ ل َا‬
‫يَغْف ِر ُ ال ُذ ّنُوبَ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ ‪ .‬ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ك َ‬
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ‬ ‫ك وَرَسُول ِ َ‬‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَم ّدٍ عَبْدِك َ و َنَب ِي ِّ َ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك فِي‬ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‪ .‬بِق َ ْدرِ عَظَمَة ِ ذ َات ِ َ‬‫الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ْت وَحِينٍ‪ .‬ءَام ِين ءَام ِين ءَام ِين‪.‬‬ ‫ل و َق ٍ‬ ‫ك ُ ِّ‬
‫‪383‬‬

blessed, not of those with anger on them, nor of the misguided.
And peace be upon the Messengers.
And praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
O Allah, bless us in our provision, our Deen and our children, and our
country. We take refuge with You from the evil of our nafs and from
the evil of all that is evil. There is no god but You! Glory be to You!
O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god except You. You created
me and I am your slave, and I follow Your command and promise as
much as I am able. I take refuge with You from the wrong I have done. I
acknowledge to you Your blessing upon me, and I acknowledge my wrong
actions, so forgive me, for none forgives wrong actions except You.

384

‫الضّ آلِّينَ‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪.‬‬

‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم بَارِ ْ‬

‫ك لَنَا فِي رِزْق ِنَا وَدِين ِنَا وَذُرِّ َي ّاتنَِا و َبِلَادِنَا و َنَع ُوذ ُ‬
‫ل ذِي شَرٍّ‪ .‬ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ‬
‫ك م ِنْ شَرِّ أَ نْفُسِنَا وَم ِنْ شَر ِّ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫بِ َ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم أَ ن ْتَ ر َب ِ ّي ل َآ ِإلَٰه َ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ خ َلَقْتَنِي و َأَ نَا عَبْدُك َ و َأَ نَا عَلَى‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك م ِنْ شَر ِّ م َا صَنَعْتُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ع َ ْهدِك َ وَوَعْدِك َ م َا اسْ تَطَعْتُ ‪ .‬أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِ َ‬
‫ك عَل َيّ و َأَ بوُۤ ء ُ بِذ َنْبِي‪ .‬فَا ْغفِر ْ ل ِي‬
‫ك بنِِعْم َت ِ َ‬
‫أَ بوُۤ ء ُ ل َ َ‬
‫ف َِإ َن ّه ُ ل َا يَغْف ِر ُ ال ُذ ّنُوبَ ِإ َلّآ أَ ن ْتَ ‪.‬‬
‫ك َ‬
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ‬ ‫ك وَرَسُول ِ َ‬‫ل عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمّدٍ عَبْدِك َ و َنَب ِي ِّ َ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ك فِي‬ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم تَسْلِيم ًا‪ .‬بِق َ ْدرِ عَظَمَة ِ ذ َات ِ َ‬
‫الا ُ ِم ّ ِيّ و َعَل َٓى ءَالِه ِ و َصَ ح ْبِه ِ و َ َ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ْت وَحِينٍ‪ .‬ءَام ِين ءَام ِين ءَام ِين‬ ‫ل و َق ٍ‬ ‫ك ُ ِّ‬
‫‪385‬‬

blessed, not of those with anger on them, nor of the misguided.
Amin. Amin. Amin.
Allah. (7)
Allah is greater. (3)
Allah is greater and much praise is due to Allah. Glory be to Allah in

the morning and evening.
I have turned my face to Him Who originated the heavens and the
earth, a man of the ancient way. I am not of the mushrikin.
Say: ‘My salat and my rites, my living and my dying, are for Allah alone,
the Lord of all the worlds, Who has no partner. I am commanded to be
like that and I am the first of the Muslims.’
386

‫ِيم م َلِكِ يَو ْ ِم الد ِّينِ‪ِ .‬إ َي ّاك َ نَعْبُد ُ و َِإ َي ّاك َ نَسْت َع ِينُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫َاط ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫ن أَ ن ْعَمْتَ عَلَيْه ِ ْم‬ ‫َاط ال ْمُسْتَق ِيم َ صِر َ‬
‫اِهْدِنَا الصِّر َ‬
‫ُوب عَلَيْه ِ ْم وَل َا َ‬
‫الضّ آلِّينَ‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪ .‬ءَام ِين‪.‬‬ ‫غَيْر ِ ال ْمَغْض ِ‬

‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ال� ل�هُ‪( .‬سبع ًا)‬
‫ال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر ُ‪( .‬ثلاثًا)‬
‫ال� ل�ه ُ أَ كْ ب َر ُ كَب ِير ًا و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ حَمْدًا كَث ِير ًا‬
‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ بُك ْرَة ً و َأَ صِيلًا‪.‬‬
‫وَ ُ‬
‫ْض حَن ِيف ًا‬

‫ٰت و َالاَر َ‬ ‫ي ل َلِ ّذ ِي فَطَر َ ال َ ّ‬
‫سم َٰو َ ِ‬ ‫ِإن ِ ّي و َ َ ّ‬
‫جهْتُ و َجْ ه ِ َ‬
‫ن ال ْمُشْرِكِينَ‪.‬‬
‫وَم َآ أَ نَا م ِ َ‬
‫َآي و َمَمَاتِي َ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر ِّ‬

‫َب ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‬ ‫مح ْي ْ‬ ‫ل اَِ ّ‬
‫ن صَلَاتِي و َنُسُكِي و َ َ‬ ‫قُ ِ‬
‫ك ُأمِرْتُ ‪ .‬و َأَ نَآ أَ َ ّو ُ‬
‫ل ال ْمُسْل ِمِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫ك لَه ُ‪ .‬و َبِذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫ل َا شَر ِي َ‬

‫ك ر ِّ‬
‫ُ‬
‫‪387‬‬
The 99 Beautiful Names
‫لتوسل بأسماء ال َّله (تعالى) احلسنى‬
ّ ‫هذه القصيدة الرائية في ا‬
‫للسيد أحمد بن عبد العزيز الفيالني‬
ِ‫س ْطر‬ ِ ‫ت بِبِس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ فِي أَ َ ّو‬

ّ َ ‫ل ال‬ ْ َ‫بَد َأ‬
ِّ‫ن ال ُض ّر‬
َ ِ ‫ن م َن ِي ٌع م‬
ٌ ْ‫فأَ َ سْم َاـؤُه ُ حِص‬
I have begun with the name of Allah in the first line,
for His most Beautiful Names are a fortress invincible against harm.
َ ‫وَص ََل ّي ْتُ فِي‬

ِ ‫الث ّاـنِي عَلَى خَيْر ِ خ َلْقِه‬
ٰٰ
َ ‫ُوث ب ِالفَت ِْح و‬
ِ ‫َالن ّصْر‬ ِ ‫مُحَم ّ ٍد ال ْمَب ْع‬
In the second, I pray for blessings on the Best of Creation,
Muhammad, who was sent with an opening and triumph.
ُ ‫ح الْق َُر ّاء ُ فِي‬

ِ ‫محْكَم ِ الذِّكْر‬ َ َ ‫ِإذ َا اسْ تَفْت‬
ْ‫ح ال ْم ُ ْقرِئ‬
ُ ِ ‫ش يَسْتَفْت‬
ِ ْ ‫ك يَاـ ذ َا ال ْعَر‬
َ ِ ‫فَبِاسْم‬
When they begin in the circle of dhikr it is with Your name,
O Lord of the Throne, that the reciter must begin.
388
The Hafidha
‫ص ْدرِي‬
َ ِ ‫ْب وَضَاـقَ بِه‬
ٌ ‫خط‬
َ ‫ِإذ َا نَاـبَنِي‬
َ ْ‫ْف ال� ل�ه ِ م ِن‬

‫حي ْثُ ل َا أَ ْدرِي‬ ُ ‫تَلَاف َاـه ُ لُط‬
When I am in trouble and my breast constricts,
the lutf of Allah enters it, coming from where I do not know.
‫جئ ْت ُه ُ م ُت َو َّسِلًا‬ َِ ‫وَل َا‬

ِ ‫س ّيم َاـ ِإ ْذ‬
ّ َ َ ‫ب ِأَ سْم َآئِه ِ الْحُسْن َى ال ْم ُع‬

ِ‫ظمَة ِ الْق َ ْدر‬
Especially when I come to Him, entreating Him
by His most beautiful and mighty Names.
‫ن ِإن ِ ّي لَذ ُو ف َ ْق ٍر‬

ُ َ ‫فَيَا ال َلّه ُ يَاـ رَحْم‬
ِ ‫ق و َالا َ ْمر‬
ِ ْ ‫ك الْخَل‬
ُ ِ ‫حي ْم ٌ م َاـل‬
ِ َ ‫و َأَ ن ْتَ ر‬
So Allah, O All-Merciful, truly I am in dire poverty,
You are Compassionate, the Lord of Creation and the command.
‫ن‬ ٌ ‫ك ق ُ ّد‬
ٌ ِ ‫وس سَلَام ٌ وَمُؤْم‬ َ ‫س‬
ِ ‫بِق ُ ْد‬
ِ‫ن ق َ ّدِسْ نِي لَد َى الس ِّرِّ و َالْج َ ْهر‬

ٌ ِ‫مُهَيْم‬
By Your purity, O Pure, O Peace, O Safety-giver,
O Protector, purify me both inside and outside.
389
َ َ ‫عَز ِيز ٌ وَج ََب ّاـر ٌ و َيَاـ م ُت‬

ُ ‫كب ِّر‬
ِ‫ق اكْ فِنِي أ ْزم َة َ ال َد ّهْر‬

ِ ْ ‫ق الْخَل‬
َ ِ ‫و َيَاـ خَاـل‬
O Hard of Access, Irresistible, Rightly Proud,
Creator of creation, shelter me on the Day of Reckoning.
ٌ ‫صوِ ّر‬
َ ُ ‫و َيَاـ بَاـرِئ ُ م َاـل ِي سِوَاك َ م‬
َ ‫وَغ َ ّفاـر ُ يَاـ ق َهّاـر ُ جَبْر ًا لِذ ِى‬

ِ ‫كسْر‬
O first Creator and Giver of Form, I have none but You.
O Forgiving, O Compeller, mend the one who has been broken.
‫و َه َْب لِي َ يَاـ و َ َه ّاـبُ ر َ َزّاقُ مَطْلَبِي‬
ُ ‫و َف َت ّاـ‬
‫ح أَ شْر ِْق يَاـ عَل ِيم ُ دُجَى ٰ فِكْر ِي‬
O Giver, give me what I seek, O Provider.
O Opener, All-Knowing, illumine the darkness of my thoughts.
‫ِض ال ْعِد َا‬

َ ‫ِط خَاـف‬
ُ ‫و َيَا ق َاـب ُِض يَا بَاـس‬
ِ ‫و َيَاـ ر َاف ِ ُع اِرْف َعْ ب ِالت ِّب‬
‫َاـع ال ْهُد َى ذِكْر ِي‬
ٰ
O He-Who-contracts, He-Who-expands, O Abaser, O Exalter,
exalt my dhikr by making me follow guidance.
390
The Hafidha
‫لٌ يَاـ سَمِي ْ ُع بَصِ ي ْر ُ ج ُ ْد‬

ّ ِ‫م ُع ِز ّ ٌ مُذ‬
ِ ‫ستْر‬
ِّ ‫ْب ب ِال‬ ِ ‫عَلَى م َاـ ت َر َى م ِنْ ف َاـد‬
ِ ‫ِح ال ْعَي‬
ٰ ٰ
O Enacter, O One Who humbles, O Hearing O Seeing,
Draw Your veil and cover the ugliness of my faults.
‫ْف خَبِي ْر ُ م َاـ‬

ُ ‫ل لَطِي‬
ُ ‫و َيَاـ حَكَم ُ ع َ ْد‬
ِ ‫ق و َال ْعُسْر‬ َ ‫لَن َاـ وَزَر ٌ ِإ َلّاك َ فِي‬

ِ ْ ‫الضّ ي‬
O the Just, O the Judge, the Latif, Aware of all things,
We are overcome unless we have You in distress and hardship.
ْ‫شكُوْر ُ لَن‬
َ ُ ‫ح َلِي ْم ُ عَظِي ْم ُ يَاـ غَفُوْر‬
ِ‫يخِي ْبَ ا ْمرُؤ ًا يَرْجُوك َ ب ِالحِلْم ِ و َال ْغ َ ْفر‬

َ
O Indulgent, Immense, Utterly Forgiving, Grateful,
You do not disappoint the one who hopes for gentle pardon from You.
َ ‫عَل ِ ُيّ كَبِي ْر ُ يَاـ‬

‫حفِي ُْظ مُقِي ْتُ ه َْب‬
ِ ‫ِث ال ْو َ ْعر‬
ِ ‫ك الاَحْم َى لَد َى الْحا َد‬
َ َ‫ح ْفظ‬
ِ ‫لَنَا‬
ٰ
O High, Great, All-Preserver, Nourisher, grant us
Your sheltering protection in every difficult event.
391
ْ‫ل يَاـ ر َقِي ْبُ كَر ِ يْم ُ م َن‬

ُ ْ ‫سي ْبُ ج َلِي‬
ِ ‫ح‬
َ
ِ‫ِي ف َ ْقر‬
ْ ‫جيْه ِ لِ خل َ ّة ِ ذ‬
ِ ّ َ ‫سِوَاك َ ن ُر‬
O All-Reckoning, Majestic, Ever-Watchful, Generous,
who other than You can we hope will be a friend for one in poverty?
‫كي ْم ُ يَاـ‬
ِ َ ‫س ُع يَاـ ح‬
ِ ‫ِب يَاـ و َا‬
ْ ‫مجِي ْبُ أَ ج‬
ُ
ّ ِ‫ك م ُضْ طَر‬ ٍ ‫وَد ُ ْود ُ دُع َاـ د‬
َ ِ ‫َاع لِف َضْ ل‬
O Answerer, Utterly Vast beyond measure, Ever-Wise, Loving,
answer the prayers of the one who, hard-pressed, prays for Your bounty.
‫مجِيْدٌ فَج ُ ْد يَاـ بَاـعِثُ يَاـ شَهِيْد ُ ب ِا‬

َ
ِ‫تج ِي يَاـ ح َُقّ م ِنْ جُودِك َ ال ْغ َ ْمر‬
َ ْ‫ل َ ّذ ِي نَر‬
O Glorious, Raiser of the Dead, Directly-perceiving Haqiqa,
by Whom we hope, be generous with Your all-engulfing generosity.
ْ‫ل قَو ُِيّ يَاـ م َتِينُ و َل ِ ُيّ كُن‬

ُ ْ ‫وَك ِي‬
ِ ‫خطَاـيَاـه ُ فِي أًسْر‬

َ ْ‫و َل ًِي ّا ل ِعَب ْ ٍد م ِن‬
O Reliable Guardian, Overpoweringly Strong, Firm, Protector,
protect Your slave from falling into the captivity of wrong action.
392
The Hafidha
ْ‫محْص ِي مُبْدِئ ُ وَم ُع ِيد ُ لَن‬

ُ َ ‫حَمِيْد ُ و‬
َ ‫ك جُود ٌ يَن ْتَح َِنّ بِلَا‬
ِ ‫حصْر‬ َ ْ ‫ي َز َلْ مِن‬
O Praiseworthy, Knower of each separate thing, O Bringer-into-Being
and Bringer-Back, Your incalculable giving never ceases.
ِ ‫ْيي مُمِي ْتُ حَ ُيّ ق َُي ّوم ُ و َا‬

ُ ‫جد‬ ِ ‫مح‬ُ َ‫و‬
َ ‫جد ُ ل َا تُو ْلِنِي الْخِز ْيَ فِي‬
ِ ‫الن ّشْر‬ ِ ‫و َيَاـ م َاـ‬
O Life-Giver, Life-Taker, Living, Self-Sustaining, Un-needing, All-Glorious,
do not assign me to punishment on the Day of Gathering.
‫و َيَاـ أَ حَد ُ نَرْجُوك َ يَاـ صَمَد ُ ِإذ َا‬
ِ‫ق بنِ َاـ يَاـ ق َاـدِر ُ فُسْح َة ُ ال ْع ُ ْمر‬

ُ ْ ‫تَضِ ي‬
O One, Self-Sufficient, All-Powerful Lord,
we have hope in You when the fullness of life becomes narrow.
‫وَمُقْتَدِر ُ ارْف َعْ يَاـ مُق َ ّدِم ُ ر ُت ْبَتِي‬
ّ َ ُ ‫خ ْر ك‬
‫ل م َنْ يَب ْتَغ ِي ضُر ِّي‬ ِّ َ‫خر ُ أ‬
ِّ َ ‫م ُؤ‬
O Determiner, the Bringer-Near, the One Who puts it far, raise my rank
and put all who wish me harm far away from me.
393
‫خر ُ ظَاـه ِر ُ و َبَاـ‬ ُ ‫و َيَاـ أَ َ ّو‬

ِ ‫ل يَاـ آ‬
ّ ُ ‫حضْرَة ِ ال‬
ِ‫ط ْهر‬ َ ٰ ‫ل اِجْذِبْنِي ِإلَى‬
ٍ ‫ن و َا‬
ُ ِ‫ط‬
O First, Last, Outwardly Manifest, Inwardly Hidden,
Protecting Master, draw me into the presence of purity.
‫ل ب َُر ّ تَو ّابُ ج ُ ْد و َت ُْب‬

ِ ‫و َيَاـ م ُت َع َاـ‬
ِّ‫وَمُن ْتَقِم ُ ح ُلْ بَي ْنَن َاـ وَذَوِي ال َش ّر‬

O Sublime, Benign, Relenting – be generous to us and turn to us,
and, O Avenger, defend me against those who are evil.
‫ك ال ْمُل ْكِ أَ ن ْتَ ذ ُو‬ ُ ُ ‫عَف ُ ُو ّ ر َء‬

ُ ِ ‫وف م َاـل‬
ِ‫ل م َا وِ ْزر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ْف ع َنْ ك‬
ُ ‫ل و َالاِك ْرَا ِم اع‬
ِ ‫الْجلََا‬
O Effacer of wrong actions, All-Pitying, Possessor of the kingdom,
You are the Lord of Majesty and Gifts – forgive every wrong action.
‫ِط جَاـم ِ ُع غَن ِ ُيّ فأَ َ غْن ِن َاـ‬

ُ ‫وَم ُ ْقس‬
ِ‫ن ال ْو َفْر‬
ِ َ‫ن ع‬
َ ْ‫ْب يَاـ مُغْنِي لِنَغ‬
ِ ‫غِن َى الْق َل‬
O Equitable, O Gatherer, O Rich, Enricher,
enrich our hearts so that they may be rich to overflowing.
394
The Hafidha
‫و َيَاـ م َاـن ِ ُع يَاـ ضَاـ ُرّ يا نَاـف ِ ُع اِهْدِنَا‬
ِ ‫بنُِوْرِك َ يَاـ نُور ُ و َه َاـدٍ ِإلَى ال ْيُسْر‬

O Preventer, Harmer, and Benefitter, Light and Guide –
guide us by Your light to tranquillity.
‫ق و َارِثُ يَاـ رَشِيد ُ يَاـ‬

ٍ ‫بَدِي ْ ُع و َبَاـ‬
َ ‫شكْر ِ و‬
ِ ‫َالصّ بْر‬ ُ ‫صَب ُور ُ أَ ِتحْ ل ِي‬
ّ ُ ‫الر ّشْ د َ لِل‬
O Originator, O Enduring, Inheritor, Infallible-Guide,
All-Patient, give me right guidance in gratitude and fortitude.
‫ك الْحُسْن َى دَعَو ْنَاـك َ نَب ْتَغ ِي‬ َ ِ ‫ب ِأَ سْم َاـئ‬

ٰ
ِ ‫رِضَاـك َ و َل ُ ْطف ًا فِي الْحيَ َاـة ِ و َفِي الْقَبْر‬
We beg You by Your most beautiful Names,
seeking Your approval and lutf in this life and the grave.
‫ِف ال َ ّذ ِي‬
ِ ‫الن �شْر ِ ث َُم ّ الْحَشْر ِ و َال ْمَو ْق‬
ّ َ ‫و َفِي‬
ِّ‫ق يَاـ ع َاـلِم َ الس ِّر‬

َ ْ ‫تُح َاـسِبُ ف ِيه ِ الْخَل‬
And on the Day of Rising and Gathering at the stopping place
where creation will be taken to account, O Knower of secrets!
395
‫ن بَعْد َه َا‬
ِ ‫ف و َال ْو َ ْز‬ ُ ِ‫ل اَخْذ‬
ِ ْ‫الصّ ح‬ ِ ‫و َفِي ح َا‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْم ُر ُورِ عَلَى الْجَسْر‬

ِ ‫ك فِي حَاـ‬
َ ِ ‫كَذَال‬
When the books of actions are taken and weighed
and at the arrival and when we pass over the bridge.
ً ‫وَع َاـف ِي َة َ دِين ًاـ وَدُن ْي ًاـ وَرَحْم َة‬
ِ ‫ك فِي ال َد ّار َي ْ ِن يَاـ و َا‬

ِّ ‫س َع ال ْبِر‬ َ ِ ‫بِف َضْ ل‬
O Vast in Goodness, give us health in our Deen,
and this world, and mercy in the two abodes by Your generosity.
‫ختْم ًا بِ حُسْن َى م َعْ جِوَارِ نَب ِي ِّن َاـ‬ َ َ‫و‬

ٰ
ِ ‫ِف الْحَشْر‬ ِ ‫مُح َم ّ ٍد ال ْم َحْ م ُودِ فِي ال ْمَو ْق‬
We ask for a seal of goodness, and to be near the Prophet Muhammad,
the Praiseworthy, in the Station of Gathering.
ُ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ ث َُم ّ سَلَام ُه‬
ّ ِ‫ل م َعْ صَ ح ْبِه ِ ال ْغ ُر‬

ِ ‫بِلَا مُنْت َهَ ى و َالآ‬
ٰ
May the blessings of Allah be upon him, and His peace without end,
and on his family and glorious Companions.
396
The Hafidha
ِ ‫وَل ِ َلن ّاـظِ ِم ا ْغفِر ْ يَاـ ِإلَٰه ِي و َأَ ه ْلِه‬
ِ ‫ستْر‬
ِّ ‫و َأَ حْ ب َاـبِه ِ و َاسْ ترْهُم ُ د َائِم َ ال‬
O my God, pardon the poet and his family and loved ones,
and always veil and conceal their wrong actions,
‫و َق َاـرئِه َاـ و َال ْمُسْل ِمِـينَ جَم ِيـعِه ِـ ْم‬
ّ ُ ‫َب د َائِم ُ ا ْلحم َْدِ و َال‬

‫شكْر ِ ۝‬ ِّ ‫وَل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬
And pardon the reader and all the Muslims.
Praise and thanks endlessly belongs to Allah, my Lord.
397
This Qasida in Fa by its Author
as-Sayyid Ahmad al-Hilali
‫هذه القصيدة الفا ّئية لناظمها السيد أحمد الهياللي‬
‫ْف‬ ُ َ ‫حم‬
ِ ‫الضّ ع‬ ّ َ ُ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ ك‬
ِ ‫ل ا ْلحم َْدِ يَاـ ر َا‬ َ َ‫ل‬
ِ ‫ق و َُالل ّط‬
‫ْف‬ ِ ْ ‫ن و َالر ِّف‬
ِ ‫و َيَاـ د َائِم َ الا ِحْ سَاـ‬
All praise is due to You, O You Who are merciful to the weak,
and constant in kindness, gentleness and Lutf.
ّ ُ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ ث َُم ّ ال‬

ٍ ‫شك ْر ُ د ُونَ نِه َاـيَة‬ َ َ‫ل‬
‫ف‬
ِ ْ‫ن ال ْع َ ّدِ و َال ْو َص‬ ْ ّ ‫عَلَى ن ِع َ ٍم ج ََل‬
ِ َ‫ت ع‬
ٰ
Endless praise and thanks belong to You
for Your blessings which are beyond number and description.
ْ ‫ن الاَسْ وَاء ِ م َاـ ل َا يُط ِيقُه‬

َ ِ ‫صَر َف ْتَ م‬
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫ق فأَ َ ن ْتَ ال� ل�ه ُ ذ ُو ا�ل ْك َر َ ِم الصِّر‬
ٌ ‫مُط ِي‬
You are pure of evil as no-one else can be,
for You are Allah, the Lord of Pure Generosity.
398
The Hafidha
‫ل تَف َُضّ لًا‬

َ ‫وَج ُ ْدك َ و َأَ سْ دَي ْتَ ا ْلجم َِي‬
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫ضع‬
ِ ‫ضعْف ًا عَلَى‬
ِ ‫ن الاِن ْع َاـ ِم‬
َ ِ ‫وَزِدْتَ م‬
ٰ
You are generous and You have extended Your favours with kindness
and You have increased Your blessings many times over.
ُ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ يَاـ ق َهّاـر ُ و َالا َ ْمر ُ كُل ّه‬

َ َ‫ل‬
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫ِإذ َا قلُ ْتَ كُنْ كَاـنَ ال ْم ُرَاد ُ بِلَا خ ُل‬
Praise belongs to You, O Conquerer, and the command belongs to You,
when You say, ‘Be!’ what You have willed happens without opposition.
‫َف ك َ ْي م َاـ تمُ ِ ُ ّدنَاـ‬

ّ َ ‫ك مَدَدْنَاـ ا�لْك‬
َ ْ ‫ِإلَي‬
‫َف‬
ِ ّ ‫ك ال ْبَسْطِ و َا�لْك‬
َ ِ ‫تج ِي يَاـ م َال‬
َ ْ‫بِم َاـ نَر‬
We stretch out our hands to You, that You may provide us
with what we hope for, O Lord of restraint and extension.
‫َب و َاكْ ف ِنَا‬

ِّ ‫ح ْم يَاـ ر‬
َ ‫َاـف وَد َاف ِعْ و َا ْر‬
ِ ‫ف َع‬
‫نخ ْش َى ف َغَي ْرُك َ ل َا ي َ ْكفِي‬

َ ‫ك م َاـ‬
ٰ
Pardon us, defend us and have mercy on us, O Lord, suffice us
with Your protection from what we fear, for other than You is not enough.
399
ٍ ‫ل حَاـلَة‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ستْر َ فِي ك‬
ِّ ‫ق عَلَي ْن َاـ ال‬
ِ ْ ‫و َأَ ب‬
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫كش‬ ْ ُ ‫ك فِي ال ُد ّن ْيَا و َالا‬
َ ‫خر َى بِلَا‬ َ ِ ‫بِف َضْ ل‬
ٰ
Spare us by veiling our wrong actions in every state
by Your overflowing in this world and the next with a veil that is not
drawn aside.
‫و َأَ ْعظ ِ ْم و َأَ ْعز ِ ْز يَاـ عَز ِيز ُ جَن َاـبَن َاـ‬
‫ْف‬ َ ‫نو‬
ِ ‫َالضّ ي ِْم و َالْخَس‬ ِ ‫ن الْخ ِ ْذل َا‬
َ ِ ‫حطْنَا م‬
ُ َ‫و‬
O Powerful, exalt us and strengthen us
and protect us from disappointment, in fair times and in shame.
‫الن ّعْم َاـء ِ فَو ْقَ مَر َام ِن َاـ‬

َ ‫ن‬ َ ِ ‫وَزِدْنَاـ م‬
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫كي‬
َ ْ ‫ن ا�ل‬
ِ َ ‫َاي تَع َالَى ٰٰ ع‬
ْ ‫ك يَاـ مَوْل‬
َ ِّ ‫بِمَن‬
Increase us in blessings beyond our desire with Your graciousness,
O my Master, exalted above qualification.
ّ َ ‫ك عَلَى ال‬
ْ‫شف ِيع‬ ْ ِ‫سل ِ ّ ْم ث َُم ّ بَاـر‬
َ َ‫ل و‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
َ َ‫و‬
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫ن الْخَو‬
َ ِ ‫ك الاَم َاـنَ م‬
َ ْ ‫تج ِي مِن‬
َ ْ‫بِه ِ نَر‬
Bless and grant peace to the Intercessor and bless him again.
Through him we hope You will grant us security from fear.
400
The Hafidha
‫ِيب‬ ْ ِ‫سل ِ ّ ْم ث َُم ّ بَاـر‬

ْ َ‫ك عَلَى الْحب‬ َ َ‫ل و‬
ٍّ ‫ص‬
َ َ‫و‬
‫ف‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ْ‫الر ّج‬ َ ِ ‫ك الاَم َاـنَ م‬
َ ْ ‫بِه ِ نَطْلُبُ مِن‬
Bless and grant peace to the Beloved and bless him again!
Through him we look to You for security from trembling.
ِ ‫مُحَم ّ ٍد ال ْم ُخْ ت َاـرِ و َال ْغ ُرِ ّ أَ ه ْلِه‬
‫ف‬ َ َ ‫َاب يَوْم‬

ِ ْ‫الر ّج‬ ِ ‫صح َاـبِه ِ الاُسْ دِ ال ْغِض‬
ْ َ‫و َأ‬
Muhammad, the Chosen. O grant the same to his mighty family
and his Companions – the raging lions – on the Day of Trembling.
‫وَو َاصِلْ عَلَيْه ِ ْم ذ َاك َ م َاـ ل َاذ َ خَاـئ ٌِف‬
‫ْف‬
ِ ‫ن الْخَو‬ ِ ‫بِه ِ ْم فَت َحلَ ّى ب ِالاَم َاـ‬
َ ِ‫ن م‬
ٰ
Bestow safety on them as long as there is one who fears (Allah)
seeking refuge with them, so that he may be robed in security from fear
ِ ‫ضعْفِه‬
ُ ‫ل‬ ِ ‫ل م َ ْرحُوم ٌ عَلَى حَاـ‬ َ ‫وَم َاـ ق َاـ‬
ٰ
‫ْف ۝‬ ُ َ ‫حم‬
ِ ‫الضّ ع‬ ِ ‫ل ا ْلحم َْدِ يَا ر َا‬ّ َ ُ ‫ك ا ْلحم َْد ُ ك‬
َ َ‫ل‬
And as long as there is one in a state of weakness
to whom You have shown mercy,
saying: ‘All praise is due to You Who are merciful to the weak.’
401
A Tawassul composition
by the Gnostic of Allah Shaykh Zarruq
‫توسل من نظم العارف بال َّله الشيخ زروق‬
‫ْف ر َب ّنِ َاـ‬

ِ ‫َاـف م ِنْ لُط‬
ِ ‫فَي َاـ نَفْح َة َ الال َْط‬
ِ ‫ِت لِل ْعُسْر‬

ِ ّ ‫و َيَاـ سُرْع َة َ ال ْيُسْر ِ ال ْمُشَت‬
O Gust of Goodness from the Lutf of our Lord,
O Swift Help Who scatters our difficulties.
‫سم َاـوِ َي ّة َ َال ّتِي‬

ّ َ ‫و َيَاـ رَحْم َة َ ال ْمَو ْلَى ال‬
‫حي ْثُ ل َا أَ ْدرِي‬ َ ْ‫تَه ُ ُّب ه ُب ُوبَ الر ّ ِِيح م ِن‬

O Celestial Mercy of the Lord which comes,
blowing like the wind, from where I know not.
ْ ّ‫ُوف أَ ض َ َر‬
ِ ‫ت بِ ح َاـلِه‬ ٍ ‫ِإغ َاـثَة َ م َلْه‬
ِّ‫تخْف َاـك َ يَاـ ع َاـلِم َ الس ِّر‬

َ ‫نَوَائ ِبُ ل َا‬
You are the help of the one who is troubled, oppressed by his state
and his misfortunes which hold no fear for You, O Knower of Secrets.
402
The Hafidha
َ ‫ل و َاشْ ت َ ّد‬
ُ ‫خطْب ُه‬ ُ ‫و َلَم ّاـ د َه َاـنِي الْحَاـ‬
‫َب م ِنْ ضُر ِّي‬

ِّ ‫كو ْتُ ِإلَى ٰ رُحْم َاـك َ يَا ر‬
َ ‫ش‬
َ
When a state overtakes me and misfortune is violent,
I complain to Your mercy, O Lord of my affliction.
‫ل م َاـ‬
ِ ‫ف َعَجِّلْ وَسَارِ ْع يَا سَر ِي ُع بِ ح َاـ‬
ِّ ‫ل و َال ْبِر‬
ِ ْ‫س َع الْف َض‬
ِ ‫ق بِي يَا و َا‬
َ َ ‫تَضَاي‬
O Swift, make haste, and quickly help me in the state
which distresses me, O Vast Overflowing Kindness.
َ ‫فَم َنْ ذ َا ال َ ّذ ِي أَ ْرجُو سِوَاك َ لِ حَاـ‬

‫جتِي‬
ِ ‫ك الا َ ْمر‬
َ ِ ‫ك حَاـل ِي يَا م َاـل‬
ْ ِ‫و َف َ ْقرِي فَد َار‬
In my need and poverty who can I have hope in, except You?
So, O master of the command, overtake my state.
‫فأَ َ ن ْتَ الْقَرِيبُ ال ْمُسْتَجِيبُ لم َِنْ دَع َاـ‬
ِّ ‫غَنِيّ ٌ كَر ِيم ٌ د َائِم ُ ال ْع َ ْفوِ و َال‬

ِ ‫ستْر‬
You are the Near, the One Who answers whoever prays to You;
You are the Rich, the Generous, with perpetual pardon of wrong actions.
403
‫ل عَلَى خَيْر ِ الان ََاـ ِم مُحَم ّ ٍد‬

ِّ ‫ص‬
َ َ‫و‬
ٰ
‫ِيف الا َ ْمر ِ ۝‬ ِ ‫ك الاَحْك َام ُ فِي تَصْر‬ َ َ ‫َت ل‬
ْ ‫م َا د َام‬
And bless the best of mankind, Muhammad,
as long as Your judgments in the disposition of the command remain.
404
Here ends the Noble Hafidha
With praise of Allah and His excellent help – and there is no power nor
strength except with Allah, the Exalted, the Great.
In the Hafidha:
The ‘Asma l-Husna was written by Sidi ‘Abdalaziz Hilali of Marrakesh
The first two qasidas were added by Sidi Tayyib.
The Lakal-Hamd was written by Sidi Muluqsur of Marrakesh.
Fa Ya Nafhata ‘l-Altafi – and also the Tashaffa ya Rasulu’llah – written by:

Sidi Ahmad Mowla Milyana of Algeria.
Ala ya Latifu was written by Shaykh Moulay al-‘Arabi ad-Darqawi
Ilahi Daqati Sudura Minna – written by Shaykh Ahmad al-Badawi
Allahumma salli ‘ala man minhu’n shaqqati ‘l-asrar – written by Shaykh

‘Abdassalam al-Mashish
Allahumma salli wa sallim bi anwa’i kamalatika – is from Shaykh

Muhammad Ibn al-Habib
405
A Story by Abu Hafs Umar
‫تشو ُف الراغبني في الطريق‬
ِّ ‫حكاية‬
‫و ُت َث ِّبت َأقدام السائرين عليها‬
‫ِيم‬ َ ‫ن‬
.َ‫ن ال ْمُخْل ِصِ ين‬

َ ‫َت هِمَم ُ ال ْع َابِدِي‬ ِ ِ ‫ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل� ل�ه ِ ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل� ل�ه ِ ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي بِس َاب‬
ْ ‫ق عِنَايَتِه ِ تَس َابَق‬
َ ‫ن‬
.َ‫الصّ ادِق ِين‬ َ ‫َت النِّعْم َة ُ عَلَى ال ْمُرِيدِي‬
ْ ‫ِيم تَو ْف ِيقِه ِ عَظُم‬
ِ ‫ و َب ِعَظ‬.ِ ‫َت قُلُو بُه ُ ْم لم َِعْرِفَتِه‬ ّ َ َ ‫فَت َع‬
ْ ‫طش‬
‫ت الْمنِ ْح َة ُ عَلَى‬
ِ ّ ‫ و َبِتمََا ِم ل ُ ْطفِه ِ تَم‬.ِ ‫حزْبِه ِ وَوِل َايَتِه‬ ِ ْ ‫حه ُ ْم ل ِ َلت ّط َُل ّ ِع عَلَى أَ ه‬
ِ ‫ل‬ ُ ‫فَتَاق َْت أَ ْرو َا‬
‫حسْبَم َا و َق َ َع‬
َ ‫ل و َقْتِه ِ ْم‬ ّ َ ‫حه ُ ْم بِ خَا‬
ِ ْ ‫صة ِ أَ ه‬ ْ َ ‫ ف َ َات ّصَل‬.َ‫ال ْم َحْ ب ُوبِينَ ال ْم ُحْ سِنِين‬
ُ ‫ت أَ شْ بَا‬
ُ ‫ُف‬
ِ ‫الر ّوحِي فِي عَال َِم م َ�لَكُوتِه‬ َ
ُ ‫الت ّع َار‬
Praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah Whose concern existed
before the himmas of the sincere worshippers vied against one another so that their
hearts thirsted for gnosis of Him. By His vast bestowal of success, the true murids
received an immense blessing and so their arwah yearned to see the people of His
Party and His awliya’. By His undiminished lutf He bestowed the complete gift on
the lovers who do good, received the perfect gift and their physical forms joined the
elite people of their time, commensurate with their spiritual mutual recognition in
the world of His Malakut.
َ ‫سب ْح َانَه ُ و َتَع َالَى حَمْد َ عَب ْ ٍد أَ ن ْعَم َ ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ بنِِعْم َت َ ْي الا ِسْ لَا ِم و‬
.ِ‫َالت ّصْ دِيق‬ ُ ُ ‫أَ حْمَدُه‬
. ‫ق‬ِ ‫َالت ّحْ ق ِي‬ ِ ‫الت ّشْر‬
َ ‫ِيع و‬ َ ‫ل‬ِ ْ ‫شك ْر َ م َنْ أَ ك ْرَم َه ُ مَوْل َاه ُ بِمُوَال َاة ِ أَ ه‬ ُ ‫ل و َعَلَا‬ ّ َ َ ‫و َأشْ ك ُره ُ ج‬
َ ُ ‫حد ُ الاَحَد‬
.ُ ‫الصّ مَد ُ ال ْمَعْب ُود‬ ِ ‫و َأَ شْهَد ُ أَ ْن ل َا ِإلَه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ ال ْوَا‬
I praise Him — glory be to Him and may He be exalted! — with the praise of a slave
on whom Allah has bestowed the twin blessings of Islam and affirmation. I thank Him,
the Majestic and High, with the thankfulness of someone who has been granted by his
Master the friendship of the people of the Shari‘a and the Haqiqa. I testify that there
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is no god but Allah, the One, the Unique, the Everlasting Support, the Worshipped.
ُ ّ‫ن سَيِّد َنَا وَمَوْل َانَا مُح َم ّدًا عَبْدُه ُ وَرَسُولُه ُ ال ْمُف ََض‬
‫ و َعَلَى‬. ِ‫ل عَلَى سَائِر ِ ال ْوُجُود‬ ّ َ َ‫و َأَ شْهَد ُ أ‬
ِ ْ‫الصّ الِ حِينَ ال ْبَاذِلِينَ فِي نُص‬
‫ح‬ َ ِ ‫ و َعَلَى ك ََاف ّة ِ عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه‬.ِ‫ل ا�ل ْك َر َ ِم و َالْجُود‬
ِ ْ ‫صحَابِه ِ أَ ه‬
ْ َ‫آلِه ِ و َأ‬
.ُ ‫لٌ بِهَا يَج ُود‬
ّ ُ ‫ع َب ِيدِ ر َ ّبِه ِ ْم أَ نْف ُسَه ُ ْم وَك‬
I testify that our master Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, preferred over
all existence. May Allah bless him and grant him peace, and bless his family and
Companions, the people of nobility and generosity, and all the righteous slaves of
Allah who expend themselves in giving good counsel to the slaves of their Lord, and
all who are generous with it.
ِ ‫َف بِه ِ فِي جَم‬
‫ِيع‬ َ ‫ و َلَط‬،َ‫ بلَ ّغ َه ُ ال� ل�ه ُ الآم َال‬،َ ‫ص ع ُم َر‬
ٍ ‫ح ْف‬
َ ‫ أَ بُو‬،ُ ‫ل ال ْع ُبَيْد ُ الْمفْتَق ِر‬
ُ ‫و َبَعْد ُ فَيَق ُو‬
.ِ ‫شي ِْخ الاَكْ بَر‬
ّ َ ‫ِف ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال‬ َ ُ ‫ لَم ّا ك َانَ الد ِّيوَانُ ال ْعَدِيم‬:ِ‫الاَحْ وَال‬
ِ ‫ دِيوَانُ ال ْع َار‬:ُ ‫الن ّظ ِير‬
،ّ‫َلا ّم َة ُ اللّوْذ َعِ ُي‬
َ ‫ ال ْع‬،ِ‫ و َنُور ُ حَدِيقَة ِ ال ْعِر ْفَان‬،ِ‫الز ّم َان‬
َ ُ ‫لا ّم َة‬
َ َ ‫ ع‬،ِ‫و َالاُسْ تَاذِ الاَشْهَر‬
ُ ‫ح َمّدِي‬
.‫الن ّور َانِي‬ َ ِ ‫َلا ّمَة‬
َ ُ ‫ و َالْفَرْدِ ال ْم‬،ّ‫الر ّ َب ّان ِ ِي‬ َ ‫ ال ْع‬،ّ‫ْث ا�لْكَب ِير ِ الالَ ْمَعِي‬
ِ ‫ْب ال ْغَو‬
ِ ‫و َالْقُط‬
ِ ‫ مَوْل َانَا أَ بُو عَبْدِ ال� ل�ه‬،‫َات‬
ِ ‫ن الاَسْر َارِ و َال ْبَرَك‬
ِ ِ‫َات وَمَعْد‬
ِ ‫َات و َالا ِ ْمد َاد‬
ِ ‫أَ بُو الْف ُي ُوض‬
‫ي الْحَسَنِيّ نَس َبًا ال ْمَا�لِكِي‬
ّ ِ ‫ِيب الاَمْغ َارِي الا ِ ْدرِيس‬
ِ َ‫خ مُحَم ّدٌ ب ْ ِن سَيِّدِنَا الْحب‬ ّ َ ‫سَيِّد ُنَا ال‬
ُ ْ ‫شي‬
ّ ‫ي ث َُم‬
ّ ِ ‫ح َمّدِي فَيْضًا وَمَشْر َبًا الْف َاس‬
َ ُ ‫شاذِل ِي ال َد ّرْقَاوِي َطرِ يق َة ً و َان ْتِسَابًا ال ْم‬
ّ َ ‫مَذْه َبًا ال‬
،‫ي مَنْشَأ وَد َار ًا‬
ّ ِ ‫ال ْمَكْنَاس‬
The needy slave, Abu Hafs ‘Umar, whose hopes were realised by Allah Who showed
kindness to him in his every state, says concerning the unique and unparalleled Diwan,
the Diwan of the gnostic of Allah, the greatest shaykh and most famous master, the
guidepost of his time and light of the garden of gnosis, the brilliant Guidepost and
Qutb and Greatest Ghawth, the radiant sovereign guide and luminous Muhammadan
individual, who possesses overflowing effulgence and assistance, a veritable lode of
secrets and blessings, our master Abu ‘Abdullah, our shaykh, Shaykh Muhammad ibn
al-Habib al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani al-Maliki ash-Shadhili ad-Darqawi of Fes and
then Meknes.
‫ق ِإ َلّا‬
ٌ ِ ‫ و َأَ َن ّه ُ م َا تَأَ َمّلَه ُ سَال ِكٌ ذ َائ‬.ِ ‫ل َ ْم ت َ ْسم َحْ قَرِ يح َة ٌ بِمِثَالِه ِ و َل َ ْم يُنْسَجْ عَلَى مِن ْوَالِه‬
‫ص َ ّفح َه ُ مُر ِيد ٌ صَادِقٌ ِإ َلّا وَتَه َ ّذبَ و َت َر ََب ّى وَم َا طَر َقَ سَم ْ َع‬
َ َ ‫وَم َا عِنْدَه ُ نَمَا وَر َبا وَم َا ت‬
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‫ِف‬ ْ ‫ق و َل َب ّى ث َُم ّ بَعْد َ َطب ْعِه ِ أَ َ ّول ًا نَب َع‬

ُ ‫َت م َع َار‬ ّ َ ‫ل فِي ال‬
ِ ‫طر ِ ي‬ َ َ ‫ق ِإ َلّا وَدَخ‬
ٍ ِ ‫ن شَائ‬
ِ ْ ‫خ َال ِي الذِّه‬
ِ ‫اص الْفُق َرَاء ِ و َأَ عْيَا‬
‫ن‬ ّ َ َ ‫ك عَزَم َ خَو‬
َ ِ ‫ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ لِذَٰل‬،ِ ‫َات أَ سْر َارِ م ُؤَلِّفِه‬
ِ ‫م ِنْ فُي ُوض‬
‫اب عَلَى َطب ْعِه ِ ثَانيًِا‬
ِ َ ‫الاَحْ ب‬
No spring has burst forth like it and it is totally unique. No wayfarer with spiritual
tasting reflects on it but that what he already has grows and increases, and no sincere
murid studies it but that he is taught and instructed. No one with an open mind
happens to hears it but that he enters the Tariq and turns to Allah. After it was
published the first time, gnoses flowed forth from the overflowing of the secrets of
its author, may Allah be pleased with him. That is why the elite fuqara’ and lovers
resolved to publish it a second time.
ٍ ‫الت ّلَامِذَة ِ فِي شَيْء‬
َ ‫ْض‬ُ ‫ض قَصَائِدِ أَ نْش َأَ ه َا بَع‬
ِ ْ‫ك ال ْمَزِيد َ م َ َع بَع‬
َ ِ ‫ل ذَٰل‬
َ ُ ‫فَنَاسَبَ أَ ْن ي ُ ْدخ‬
ٍ ‫حك َايَة‬
ِ ْ‫ك ال ْمُنَاسَبَة ِ أَ ذْك ُر ُ نُبْذَة ً قَلِيلَة ً م ِن‬
َ ْ ‫ و َلِتِل‬،ِ‫ن ال ْم َ ْذكُور‬
ِ ‫ِب الد ِّيوَا‬
ِ ‫ل صَاح‬
ِ ِ ‫م ِنْ شَمَائ‬
:‫ل‬ ّ َ ‫سب َِب الْجا َم ِِع ل ِي بِهَذ َا ال‬
ِ ‫سيِّدِ الْجل َِي‬ ّ َ ‫عَج ِيبَة ٍ فِي ال‬
Therefore it seemed fitting that this murid should include some qasidas which some of
his students wrote, on some of the virtues of the author of this Diwan. It also provides
an opportunity to mention a small part of an extraordinary story about the manner in
which I met this illustrious master.
ّ َ ‫ل بِ خَا‬
ِ ‫صة‬ ِ ‫ح ال ْعَطَايَا و َالْمن َِنِ و َق َر ُب َْت سُو َي ْع َاتُ ا ْل ِاتِّصَا‬ ْ ّ ‫ل أَ َ ّنهَا لَم ّا ه ََب‬
ُ ‫ت رِيَا‬ ُ ‫(أَ قُو‬
‫الصّ لَاة ِ عَلَى سَيِّدِ الاَنَا ِم‬َ ‫ل‬ ِ ‫َت أَ حْ وَال ِي فَت َع َل ّقْتُ ب ِأَ ذْيَا‬
ْ ‫ش بَال ِي و َتَغ َي ّر‬ َ ّ ‫ل هَذ َا تَش َ َو‬
ِ ْ ‫أَ ه‬
،‫سب ْح َانَه ُ أَ ْن يَجْم َعَنِي بِشَي ٍْخ مُر َب ِ ّي‬
ُ ُ ‫ب ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يَنَام ُ طَالِبًا مِن ْه‬ َ ِ ‫و َتَو ََسّ ل ْتُ بِ جَاهِه‬
ِّ ّ ‫للر‬
‫ فَل َم ّا أَ تْمَمْتُ ال ْْعَدَد َ َظه َر َْت‬.ِ ‫الصّ لَاة ِ الْك َام ِلَة‬
َ ‫ن‬ َ ِ ‫فأَ َ ل ْهَمَنِي ال� ل�ه ُ لِق ِرَاءَة ِ عَد َ ٍد مَعْلُو ْ ٍم م‬
‫ِب‬
ِ ‫نح ْو َ ال ْمَغْر‬
َ ‫جه ًا‬ ّ َ ‫ ث َُم ّ تَش َ َو ّق ْتُ لِل‬،ِ‫عَلَام َاتُ الْق َب ُول‬
ّ َ ‫سفَرِ فَخَر َجْ تُ م ُت َو‬
When the winds of gifts and presents blew, and the time of joining the elite of the
people of this time was close at hand, my mind became confused and my circumstances
changed. After the prayer, I turned myself to the Master of Mankind and sought
intercession by his rank with the Lord Who does not sleep, asking Him to take me
to a shaykh of instruction. Allah inspired me to recite the well-known number of the
perfect prayer. When I completed the number, the signs of its acceptance appeared.
Then I yearned to travel and set out in the direction of Morocco.
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َ ‫ن‬
،ُ‫الر ّجُل‬ َ ْ ‫ل م ِنْ أَ ي‬ َ َ ‫ل عَلَيْه ِ سِيم َة‬
َ ‫الصّ الِ حِينَ و َقَا‬ ْ ‫فَل َم ّا وَصَل ْتُ مَدِي ْن َة َ تيَِار‬
ٌ ُ ‫ِت لَق ِيَنِي رَج‬
‫ل أَ َمّا أَ نَا‬
َ ‫ قَا‬،َ‫خ تَرْبيَِة ٍ قلُ ْتُ ل َا عِلْم َ ل ِي بِذَٰلِك‬
ُ ‫ل و َه َلْ ف ِيهَا شُي ُو‬ َ ‫ و َقَا‬،ْ ‫قلُ ْتُ م ِنْ وَرْقلََه‬
ُ ‫ِب الاَق ْص َى فِي ال ْبُلَيْدَة ِ اسْم ُه ُ سَيِّدِي مُح َم ّد‬ِ ‫ل عَال ِ ٍم م ِنْ عُلَمَاء ِ ال ْمَغْر‬ٍ ُ ‫فَق َ ْد اجْ تَمَعْتُ ب ِرَج‬
ُ َ ‫خ تَرْب َيِ ّة ٍ فَه ُو َ ذ َاك َ و‬
‫سكْناَه ُ فِي مَدِينَة ِ فَاس‬ ُ ْ ‫شي‬
َ ِ ‫ِيب ف َِإ ْن ك َانَ فِي هَذ َا ال ْعَصْر‬
ُ ْ‫ب‬
When I reached the city of Tiaret, I met a man who had the appearance of one of the
righteous. He asked, “Where are you from?” I replied, “From Ouargla.” He inquired,
“Are there shaykhs of teaching there?” I answered, “I have no knowledge of that.” He
said, “As for myself, I have met one of the men of knowledge in a town in Morocco.
His name is Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib. If there is a shaykh of teaching in this time,
it is him. He lives in the city of Fes.”
‫ فَل َم ّا دَخ َل ْت ُه ُ وَجَدْتُ رَج ُلًا‬،ْ‫ص ْدتُهَا و َتَي َم ّمْتُ ج َام ِعَه َا الا َ ْعظَم َ ج َام ِ ُع الْق َرَوِ يِّين‬
َ َ ‫فَق‬
ِ ‫ض فَاسْ ت َأْ ذَن ْت ُه ُ فِي الْا ِسْ تِم‬
َ‫َاع فأَ َ ذِن‬ ِ ِ‫فِي نَاحِيَة ٍ و َبيَِدِه ِ دِيوَانُ سَيِّدِي ع ُم َر ب ْ ِن الْف َار‬
ُ‫سكَتَ قلُ ْتُ سَيِّدِي أَ مَوْجُود ُونَ الآنَ أَ رْبَاب‬ َ ‫صو ْتَه ُ ب ِالْق ِرَاءَة ِ فَل َم ّا‬
َ ‫ل ِي وَر َف َ َع‬
.) ‫ل طَائِف َة ٌ م ِنْ ُأ َمّتِي‬ ُ ‫َالن ّب ِ ُيّ يَق ُو‬
ُ ‫ ( ل َا ت َز َا‬: ‫ل‬ َ ‫كي َْف ل َا و‬ َ ْ‫ل أَ ج َل‬ َ ‫َن؟ قَا‬
ِ ّ ‫هَذ َا الْف‬
.‫الحديث‬
I went there and made for its greatest mosque, the Qarawiyyin Mosque. When I
entered it, I found a man in a corner who had the Diwan of Sidi ‘Umar ibn al-Farid
in his hand. I asked for permission to listen and he gave me permission. He raised his
voice and read. When he was silent I asked, “Sidi, are there now any masters of this
science?” “Certainly,” he replied, “How could there not be when the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘There will continue to be a group of my
Community…’ (the hadith).”
ّ َ ‫ن الشّر َفَاء ِ وَخَو‬

‫اص‬ ِ ‫فَق ُل ْتُ لَه ُ و َهَذِه ِ مَدِين َة ٌ عَظ ِيم َة ٌ لَم ّا ف ِيهَا م ِنْ أَ ك َابِر ِ ال ْع ُلَمَاء ِ و َأَ عْيَا‬
‫ل نَع َ ْم ه ُو َ هَذ َا سَيِّدِي مُحَم ّدٌ ب ْ ِن‬ َ ْ‫ فَه َلْ م ِن‬.‫الصّ لَح َاء ِ قَدِيمًا وَحَدِيثًا‬
َ ‫شي ٍْخ ف ِيهَا قَا‬ ُ
ُ ِ ‫سكْن َى فِي ق َصْ بَة‬
ُ‫الن ّ َو ّارِ فأَ َ خَذْتُ ال ْعُن ْوَانَ وَذ َهَب ْت‬ ّ ُ ‫الز ّاوِ يَة ِ و َال‬
َ ُ ‫ِيب مَشْه ُور‬
ِ َ‫الْحب‬
‫ن‬
َ ِ‫ل م‬
ُ ْ ‫جدُه ُ قَب‬
ِ َ‫كن ْتُ أ‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫ل ع َن ِ ّي ك‬
ُ ‫ل م َا‬ َ ‫ك‬
َ ‫الز ّاوِ يَة ِ ز َا‬ َ ْ ‫مُسْر ِعًا و َب ِمج ُ ََر ّدِ م َا دَخ َل ْتُ تِل‬
ّ َ َ‫ و َأَ خْب َر ُونِي ب ِأ‬،َ‫َالت ّغْي ِير ِ وَطَابَ و َقْتِي وَوَجْدتُ تَلَام ِيذَة ً مُه َ ّذبِين‬
‫ن سَيِّدِنَا‬ َ ‫ِيش و‬
ِ ‫شو‬ َ
ْ ّ ‫الت‬
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،‫اس‬
َ َ ‫ل ِإلَى ز َاوِيَتِه ِ ال ْع ُ ْظم َى بِمَكْن‬
ِ ‫ن الْاِرْتِ حَا‬ ٌ ‫شي ِْخ مَشْغ ُو‬
ِ ‫ل بِش ُؤ ُو‬ ّ َ ‫ال‬
I asked him, “This great city has had notable scholars and noble individuals and elite
righteous people, both old and modern. Is there a shaykh in it?” “Yes,” he replied.
“There is Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib. His zawiyya and home is well known in the
Qasba an-Nuwar.” So I took the address and went there immediately. The moment
I entered that zawiyya, all the confusion and change that I had experienced before
vanished, and I felt good. I found well-mannered disciples who told me that Sayyiduna
Shaykh was busy preparing to travel to his main zawiyya in Meknes.
َ ِ ‫و َبَق ِيتُ م َ َع الْفُق َرَاء ِ ح ََت ّى طَل َ َع عَلَي ْنَا الاُسْ تَاذ ُ و َق ْتَ صَلَاة ِ ال ْعَصْر ِ م‬
‫ن ال ْيَو ْ ِم‬
ْ ‫الث ّال ِِث فَتَن َو ّر‬
ِ ‫َت قُلُو بُنَا ب ِر ُ ْؤ يَتِه ِ و َأَ ْذك َارِه ِ وَطَاب َْت أَ وْقَاتُنَا ب ِأَ سْر َارِه ِ و َأَ ن ْو َارِه‬ َ
ّ ‫ وَوَجَدْتُ م ِنْ قَلْبِي م َا ال� ل�ه ُ أَ ع ْلَم ُ بِه ِ ث َُم‬،ِ ‫َت أَ ْرو َاحُنَا ب ِِإشَار َاتِه ِ و َت ِ ْذك َارِه‬
ْ ‫و َت َر َ َ ّوح‬
ِ‫ قلُ ْتُ َطمَع ًا فِي م ُلَاقَاة ِ أَ مْثَا�لِك ُ ْم و َتَع َُر ّضًا لِلانْ خ ِرَاط‬،‫حتِي‬
َ ‫سَأَ لَنِي ع َنْ سَب َِب سِيَا‬
‫حز َابِك ُ ْم‬
ْ َ‫فِي أ‬
I remained with the fuqara’ until the master came out to us at the time of the ‘Asr
prayer on the third day. Our hearts were filled with light at the sight of him and his
dhikr. Our moments were made delightful by his secrets and lights, and our spirits
revived by his indications and reminders. I felt in my heart what Allah knows best.
Then he asked me what the reason for my journey was and I said, “The desire to meet
those like you and to be included in your party.”
ُ ‫ك ق ََر ّبنِي ِإلَيْه ِ و َأَ جْلَسَنِي بَيْنَ يَد َيْه ِ و َه ُو َ يَق ُو‬
ُ ‫ل أَ ه ْلًا و َسَهْلًا وَم َ ْرحَبًا وبايَعت ُه‬ َ ِ ‫ف َعِنْد َ ذَٰل‬
ِ ‫َت ب ِحَمْدِ ال� ل�ه ِ ه َِم ّتِي عَلَيْه‬ َ ‫و َل َ ّقنَنِي وِ ْردَه ُ ال َش ّر‬
ْ ‫ِيف و َأَ ذِنَ ل ِي فِي ذِكْرِه ِ و َاجْ تَم َع‬
Then he drew me to him and had me sit before him, saying, “Welcome! Welcome!”
So I gave him ba‘ya and he taught me his noble wird and gave me idhn to recite it.
Praise be to Allah, my himma was concentrated on it.
ْ‫اص الْفُق َرَاء ِ و َأَ عْيَانُ ال ْمُحِبِّينَ م ِن‬

ّ ُ َ ‫ت تَرِد ُ عَلَي ْنَا خَو‬ َ َ ‫ث َُم ّ ا ْرتَحَلنا ِإلَى مَكْن‬
ْ َ ‫اس وَجَعَل‬
‫ك‬
َ ِ ‫ن م ِنْ ذَٰل‬
َ ‫ق ال ْوَافِدِي‬ َ ُ ‫ق لِ حَفْلَة ِ سَاب ِِع الْمِيلَادِ ال ْم‬
ِ ّ ‫ح َمّدِيّ ث َُم ّ بَعْد َ تَف َُر‬ ٍ ‫فَج ّ عَم ِي‬
ٍ ‫ل‬
ِّ ُ ‫ك‬
‫نح ْو ًا م ِنْ ثَلَاثَة ِ أَ شْه ُر‬ َ ‫ن فِي‬
َ ِ ‫الز ّاوِ يَة‬ َ ‫ال ْمَو ْس ِ ِم بَق ِيتُ م َ َع سَادَتِي الْفُق َرَاء ال ْمُتَجَرِ ّدِي‬
Then we travelled to Meknes and the elite of the fuqara’ and lovers began to come to
us from every deep ravine to attend the gathering held on the Mawlud of the Prophet
411
Muhammad. When those who came to that moussem departed, I remained with my
masters, the fuqara’ who were divested, in the zawiyya for about three months.
‫ بَعْدَم َا أَ ْوصَانِي‬،ِ‫ق و َالدِّل َالَة ِ و َالا ِ ْرشَاد‬ ّ َ ‫ن لِنَشْر ِ ال‬

ِ ‫طر ِ ي‬ ِ ‫ِالر ّج‬
ِ ‫ُوع ِإلَى ال ْو َ َط‬ ُ ‫ث َُم ّ أَ مَرَنِي ب‬
َ ِ ‫ و َأَ خْبَرَنِي ب ِشَيْء ٍ م َِم ّا أَ ك ْرَم َه ُ بِه ِ مَوْل َاه ُ وَذَٰل‬،‫ وَذ َاك َرَنِي بِمَا ذ َاك َرَنِي‬،‫بِمَا ْوصَانِي‬
‫ك عَلَى‬
ّ َ ‫الصّ لَاة ِ و َأَ ْزكَى ال‬
.‫سلَا ِم‬ َ ‫ل‬ َ ‫ض‬
َ ْ ‫سطَة ال ْع ُ ْظم َى سَي ِّد الاَنَا ِم عَلَيْه ِ أَ ف‬
ِ ‫يَدِ ال ْوَا‬
Then he told me to return to my homeland to spread the Tariq and to guide and direct
people after he gave me some advice, reminded me and told me about some of that
with which his Master had honoured him. That was all at the hand of the greatest
means, the Master of Mankind, may the best blessing and purest peace be upon him.
‫ وَو َ َدّعَنِي الاُسْ تَاذ ُ وَش ََي ّعَنِي‬،ِ‫ْب م ِنْ أَ ل َِم الْف ِرَاق‬ َ ‫ث َُم ّ سَافَر ْتُ بَاكِي َ ال ْع َيْنِ حَز ِي‬
ِ ‫ن الْق َل‬
‫جعْتُ ِإلَى و َ َطنِي‬
َ َ ‫ وَد َعَا بِمَا شَاء َ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ ْن ي َ ْدع ُو وَر‬،ِ ‫الز ّاوِ يَة‬ َ ‫ِج‬ ِ ‫سه ِ ِإلَى خ َار‬ ِ ‫بنِ َ ْف‬
‫ْت‬
ِ ‫ِب ال ْو َق‬
ِ ‫ل بِصَاح‬ِ ‫ك كُلّه ُ بِبَرَكَة ِ الْاِتِّصَا‬َ ِ ‫ن الْفُق َرَاء ِ م ُتَنَوِ ّرَة ٌ وَذَٰل‬
َ ِ ‫ك َو ّن َْت طَائِف َة ٌ م‬
َ َ ‫و َت‬
.ِ ‫و َسِر ّ ِإذْنِه‬
Then I departed in tears, with a heart filled with sorrow at the pain of parting. The
master bade me farewell and he himself accompanied me to the exit of the zawiyya
and made whatever supplication Allah wished for him to make. I returned to my
homeland and an illuminated group of fuqara’ formed. All of that was due to the
baraka of meeting the master of the moment and of the secret of his idhn.
‫ ءَام ِين ءَام ِين ءَام ِين‬،ِ ‫ن بِ حَيَاتِه‬ َ ‫ن‬

ِ ‫الز ّم َا‬ َ ِ ‫ م ََت ّع َنَا ال� ل�ه ُ بُرْه َة ً م‬.َ‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ عَلَى ذَٰلِك‬
.ِ ‫َت الْحا َج َة ُ ِإلَى ذِكْرِه‬ ِ ‫و َهَذ َا م َا دَع‬
‫وبه أبو حفص المذكور‬

Praise belongs to Allah for that. May Allah let us enjoy his life for an instant of time.
Amin. Amin Amin.
Abu Hafs.
412
The Isnad of the Tariq
Sayyiduna
Muhammad
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him
Sayyiduna ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib

Sayyidi al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali Sayyidi al-Hasan al-Basri
Sayyidi Abu Muhammad Jabir In the name of Allah, Sayyidi Habib al-‘Ajami
Sayyidi Sa‘id al-Ghazwani Sayyidi Da’ud at-Ta’i
All-Merciful,
Sayyidi Fathu’s-Su’ud Sayyidi Ma‘ruf al-Karkhi
Sayyidi Sa‘d
Most Merciful Sayyidi Sari as-Saqati
Sayyidi Sa‘id Say: ‘He is Allah, al-Imam al-Junayd
Sayyidi Ahmad al-Marwani Absolute Oneness, Sayyidi ash-Shibli
Sayyidi Ibrahim al-Basri Allah, the Everlasting Sayyidi at-Tartusi
Sayyidi Zaynu’d-Din al-Qazwini Sayyidi Abu-l-Hasan al-Hukkari
Sustainer of all.
Sayyidi Muhammad Shamsu’d-Din Sayyidi Abu Sa‘id al-Mubarak
Sayyidi Muhammad Taju’d-Din
He has not given birth Mawlana ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Sayyidi Nuru’d-Din Abu’l-Hasan ‘Ali and was not born. Sayyidi Abu Madyan al-Ghawth
Sayyidi Fakhru’d-Din And no one is Sayyidi Muhammad Salih
Sayyidi Taqiyyu’d-Din comparable to Him.’ Sayyidi Muhammad ibn Harazim
Sayyidi ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-‘Attar
Sayyidi ‘Abdu’s-Salam ibn Mashish
Sayyidi Abu’l-Hasan ash-Shadhili
Sayyidi Abu’l-‘Abbas al-Mursi
Sayyidi Ahmad ibn ‘Ata’illah
Sayyidi Da’ud al-Bakhili
Sayyidi Muhammad Wafa
Sayyidi ‘Ali Wafa
Sayyidi Yahya al-Qadiri
Sayyidi Ahmad al-Hadrami
Sayyidi Ahmad Zarruq
Sayyidi Ibrahim al-Fahham
Sayyidi ‘Ali ad-Dawwar
Sayyidi ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Majdhub
Sayyidi Yusuf al-Fasi
Sayyidi Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah
Sayyidi Qasim al-Khassasi
Sayyidi Ahmad ibn ‘Abdillah
Sayyidi al-‘Arabi ibn ‘Abdillah
Sayyidi ‘Ali al-Jamal
Mawlana al-‘Arabi ibn Ahmad ad-Darqawi
Sayyidi Abu Ya‘za al-Muhaji Sayyidi Ahmad al-Badawi

Sayyidi Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Basha A man came running Sayyidi Muhammad al-‘Arabi
Sayyidi Muhammad ibn Qudur Sayyidi al-‘Arabi al-Hawwari
from the far side of
Sayyidi ibn al-Habib al-Buzidi Sayyidi Muhammad ibn ‘Ali
Mawlana Ahmad ibn Mustafa al-‘Alawi the city, saying, ‘My Sayyidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib
people! follow the Sayyidi Muhammad al-Fayturi Hamuda
Messengers!’
Sayyidi ‘Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Moulay Murtada al-Boumashouli
‫إسناد الطر يق‬

‫سيدنا‬
‫دمحم ‪s‬‬
‫سيدنا علي بن أبي طالب‬
‫ن‬ ‫م ال� ل�ه ِ َ‬

‫الر ّ ْحمَٰ ِ‬ ‫بِس ْ ِ‬
‫سيدي الحسن البصري‬ ‫سيدي الحسن بن علي ‬
‫سيدي حبيب العجمي‬ ‫سيدي أبو محمد جابر ‬
‫ل هُو َ ال� ل�ه ُ‬ ‫حيم ِ ق ُ ْ‬‫الر ِ‬

‫سيدي داوود الطائى‬ ‫سيدي سعيد الغزواني ‬
‫َّ‬
‫سيدي معروف الخركي‬ ‫سيدي فتح السعود ‬
‫سيدي ساري السقطي‬ ‫سيدي سعد ‬
‫الصمَدُ‪.‬‬ ‫حدٌ‪ .‬ال� ل�ه ُ َّ‬ ‫َأ َ‬

‫الإمام جنيد‬ ‫سيدي سعيد ‬
‫سيدي الشبلي‬ ‫سيدي أحمد المرواني ‬
‫سيدي الطرطوسي‬
‫سيدي أبو الحسن الهكاري‬
‫ل َْم يَل ِ ْد وَل َْم يُول َ ْد‪.‬‬ ‫سيدي إبراهيم البصري ‬
‫سيديزين الدين القزويني ‬
‫سيدي أبو سعيد المبارك‬
‫كن ل َّهُۥ‬ ‫وَل َم ي َ ُ‬ ‫سيدي محمد شمس الدين ‬
‫مولانا عبد القادر الجيلاني‬
‫ْ‬ ‫سيدي محمد تاج الدين ‬
‫حدٌ‪.‬‬ ‫كفُؤًا ا َ َ‬ ‫ُ‬

‫سيدي أبو مدين الغوث‬ ‫سيدي نور الدين أبو الحسن علي ‬
‫سيدي محمد صالح‬ ‫سيدي فخر الدين ‬
‫سيدي محمد بن حرازم‬ ‫سيدي تقي الدين ‬
‫سيدي عبد الرحمن العطار ‬
‫سيدي عبد السلام بن مشيش‬
‫سيدي أبو الحسن الشاذلي‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي أبو العباس المرسي‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي أحمد بن عطاء ال� ل �ه‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي داود الباخلي‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي محمد وفى‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي علي وفى‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي يحيى القادري‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي أحمد الحضرمي‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي أحمد زروق‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي إبراهيم الفحام‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي علي الدوار‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي عبد الرحمن المجذوب‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي يوسف الفاسي‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي عبد الرحمان الفاسي‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي محمد بن عبد ال� ل �ه‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي قاسم الخصاصي‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي أحمد بن عبد ال� ل �ه‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي العربي بن عبد ال� ل �ه‬ ‫ ‬
‫سيدي علي الجمل‬ ‫ ‬
‫مولانا العربي بن أحمد الدرقاوي‬
‫ج ٓاء َ م ِ ْن َأق ْ َ‬
‫سيدي أحمد البدوي‬ ‫سيدي أبو يعزى المحاجي ‬
‫سيدي محمد العربي‬ ‫صا‬ ‫وَ َ‬ ‫سيدي محمد عبد القادر الباشا ‬
‫ل ي َ ْسعَى‬ ‫ج ٌ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ال َْمدينَة رَ ُ‬
‫سيدي العربي الهواري‬ ‫سيدي محمد بن قدور ‬
‫ٰ‬
‫ل يَٰق َوْ ِم ا َتّبِعُوا ۟‬ ‫ق َا َ‬
‫سيدي محمد بن علي‬ ‫سيدي ابن الحبيب البوزيدي ‬
‫سيدي محمد بن الحبيب‬ ‫سيدي أحمد بن مصطفى العلوي ‬
‫ِ‬
‫سلي َن‬ ‫ال ْ ُمرْ َ‬
‫سيدي محمد الفيتوري حمودة ‬
‫سيدي عبد القادر الصوفي‬

‫مولاي مرتضى البومسهولي‬
‫‪414‬‬
‫‪The Isnad of the Tariq‬‬
‫سند الطريق‬
‫تلقيتها عن العارف بال� ل �ه العل ّامة الربّاني سي ّ ِدنا الشيخ محمد بن سيدي الحبيب‪،‬‬
‫العربي‪،‬‬
‫ّ‬ ‫عن سيدي محمد بن علي‪ ،‬عن سيدي العربي الهواري‪ ،‬عن سيدي محمد‬
‫الدرقاوي‪ ،‬عن سيدي‬‫ّ‬ ‫العربي‬
‫ّ‬ ‫البدوي‪ ،‬عن سيدي مولاي‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫عن سيدي أحمد‬
‫العربي بن عبد ال� ل �ه‪ ،‬عن سيدي أحمد بن عبد ال� ل �ه‪ ،‬عن‬
‫ّ‬ ‫علي الجمل‪ ،‬عن سيدي‬
‫خصاصي‪ ،‬عن سيدي محمد بن عبد ال� ل �ه‪ ،‬عن سيدي عبد الرحمان‬
‫ّ‬ ‫سيدي قاسم ال‬
‫الفاسي‪ ،‬عن سيدي يوسف الفاسي‪ ،‬عن سيدي عبد الرحمان المجذوب‪ ،‬عن‬
‫سيدي علي الدوار‪ ،‬عن سيدي إبراهيم الفحام‪ ،‬عن سيدي أحمد زروق‪ ،‬عن‬
‫القادري‪ ،‬عن سيدي علي وفا‪ ،‬عن‬‫ّ‬ ‫حضرمي‪ ،‬عن سيدي يحي‬
‫ّ‬ ‫سيدي أحمد ال‬
‫سيدي محمد وفا‪ ،‬عن سيدي داود الباخلي‪ ،‬عن سيدي أحمد بن عطاء ال� ل �ه‪ ،‬عن‬
‫ّ‬
‫الشاذلي‪ ،‬عن سيدي عبد‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫المرسي‪ ،‬عن سيدي أبي الحسن‬
‫ّ‬ ‫سيدي أبي العبّاس‬
‫أيضا عن سيدي محمد بن حرازم‪،‬‬
‫الشاذلي ً‬
‫ّ‬ ‫السلام ابن مشيش ‪ .‬وأخذ القطب‬
‫عن سيدي محمد صالح‪ ،‬عن سيدي أبي مدين الغوث‪ ،‬عن مولانا عبد القادر‬
‫الجيلاني‪ ،‬عن سيدي أبي سعيد المبارك‪ ،‬عن سيدي أبي الحسن الهكاري‪ ،‬عن‬
‫الطرطوسي‪ ،‬عن سيدي الشبلي‪ ،‬عن الإمام الجنيد‪ ،‬عن سيدي السري‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫سيدي‬
‫ّ‬
‫ا�لكرخي‪ ،‬عن سيدي داود الطائي‪ ،‬عن سيدي‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫السقطي‪ ،‬عن سيدي معروف‬
‫ّ‬
‫البصري‪ ،‬عن سيّدنا علي بن أبي طالب‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫حبيب العجمي‪ ،‬عن سيدي الحسن‬
‫ّ‬
‫رضي ال� ل �ه عنه و كر ّم ال� ل �ه وجهَه‪ ،‬عن سيد الأوّلِين وال َآخرين‪ ،‬عن سيدنا‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫رب العالَمين ‪.‬‬ ‫جبر يل الأمين‪ ،‬عن مَن جلت عظمته وتق َ ّدست أسماؤه ُ و ِ‬
‫صفاته ّ ِ‬
‫‪415‬‬
I took it from the gnostic of Allah and scholar, Sayyiduna Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-
Habib, from Sayyidi Muhammad ibn ‘Ali from Sayyidi al-‘Arabi al-Huwari from Sayyidi
Muhammad al-‘Arabi from Sayyidi Ahmad al-Badawi from Sayyidi Moulay’l-‘Arabi ad-
Darqawi from Sayyidi ‘Ali al-Jamal from Sayyidi al-‘Arabi ibn ‘Abdullah from Sayyidi
Ahmad ibn ‘Abdullah from Sayyidi Qasim al-Khassasi from Sayyidi Muhammad ibn
‘Abdullah from Sayyidi Sidi ‘Abdu’r-Rahman al-Fasi from Sayyidi Yusuf al-Fasi from
Sayyidi ‘Abdu’r-Rahman al-Majdhub from Sayyidi ‘Ali ad-Duwwar from Sayyidi
Ibrahim al-Fahham from Sayyidi Ahmad Zarruq from Sayyidi Ahmad al-Hadrami from
Sayyidi Yahya al-Qadiri, from Sayyidi ‘Ali Wafa from Sayyidi Muhammad Wafa from
Sayyidi Dawud al-Bakhili from Sayyidi Ahmad ibn ‘Ata’illah from Sayyidi Abu’l-‘Abbas
al-Mursi from Sayyidi Abu’l-Hasan ash-Shadhili who took from Sayyidi ‘Abdu’s-Salam
ibn Mashish, and the Shadhili Qutb also took from Sayyidi Muhammad ibn Harazim
from Sayyidi Muhammad Salih from Sayyidi Abu Madyan al-Ghawth from Mawlana
‘Abdu’l-Qadir al-Jilani from Sayyidi Abu Sa‘id al-Mubarak, from Sayyidi Abu’l-Hasan
al-Hukkari from Sayyidi at-Tartusi from Sayyidi ash-Shibli from Imam al-Junayd from
Sayyidi as-Sari as-Saqati from Sayyidi Ma‘ruf al-Karkhi from Sayyidi Da’ud at-Ta’i from
Sayyidi Habib al-‘Ajami from Sayyidi al-Hasan al-Basri from Sayyiduna ‘Ali ibn Abi
Talib, may Allah be pleased with him and honour his face, from the Master of the first
and the last, from our master Jibril, the Trusty, from the One Whose majesty is vast,
and Names and Attributes are pure, the Lord of the Worlds.
: ‫ قلت‬.‫ثم نظمت ذلك تسهيل ًا للحفظ لمَن رامه‬

Then I turned that into verse to make it easy to memorise
if someone wishes to do so.
ٍ ‫فَإ ْن شِئ ْتَ أَ ْن تُعْز َى ِإلَى ٰ خَيْر ِ فِر ْقَة‬

ٰ
ِ ‫ِب ِإم َاـم َ ال ْع َاـرِف ِينَ الاَجِلَ ّة‬ ْ ‫فَصَاـح‬
If you wish to be ascribed to the best party,
then accompany the Imam of the lofty gnostics,
َ ‫ل‬
‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ و َارِثَ الس ِّر ِّ م َنْ بَد َا‬ َ ‫سَلِي‬
ِ ‫شبْهَة‬
ُ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫ن م ِنْ د ُو‬
ِ ‫يَت ِيم ًا لِذ َا الاَو َا‬
The descendant of the Prophet, heir of the secret
of the one who appeared as an orphan at that time without doubt,
416
ِ ‫ِيب ال َش ّر‬
ْ‫ِيف م َن‬ ِ ّ ‫ل ال ْمُح ََب‬
ِ َ‫ب الْحب‬ َ ‫سَلِي‬
ِ ‫يُس َ َمّى مُحَم ّدًا بَدِي َع ال ْع ِب َاـرَة‬
ٰ
The descendant of the beloved sharif al-Habib.
His name is Muhammad, and he has extraordinary expressions.
‫ف َعَن ْه ُ أَ خَذْتُ ال ْع َ ْهد َ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ و َاثِق ًاـ‬

ِ ‫ع َنْ اب ْ ِن عَل ِ ٍيّ ذِي الْح ِب َاـ و َال ْبِشَاـرَة‬
I took the contract with Allah from him with trust
from Ibn ‘Ali who had gifts and good news,
ِ ِ ّ ‫الر‬
ِ ‫اسخ فِي الْحَق ِيقَة‬ َ ‫ن ال ْع َاـل ِ ِم‬
ِ َ ‫وَع‬
ِ ‫سَيِّدِي ال ْع َر َبِي ال ْه ُوَارِي ذِي ال ْمَح ََب ّة‬
And from the scholar who is firmly rooted in the Reality,
Sayyidi al-‘Arabi al-Huwari, master of love,
‫ع َنْ ُأسْ ت َاـذِه ِ مُحَم ّدِ ال ْع َر َبِي ال َس ّر ِي‬

ِ ‫ِي ذِي ال ْع ُلُو ِم ال ْغَزِيرَة‬
ِ ّ ‫ن ال ْبَدَو‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From his teacher, the noble Muhammad al-‘Arabi,
from al-Badawi, master of innate knowledges,
‫ظ ِم‬ َ ‫ن ال َد ّرْق َاـوِي‬

ّ َ َ ‫الز ّكِي ال َش ّه ِير ِ ال ْم ُع‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
ّ َ ‫ل ال‬
ِ ‫طوْدِ ا�لْكَث ِير ِ الاِنَاـبَة‬ ِ َ َ‫ن الْجب‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From ad-Darqawi, pure, famous and exalted,
from the lofty mountain with much repentance,
417
ُ ‫ن اب ْ ِن ع ُبَيْدِ ال� ل�ه ِ م َنْ ف َاـقَ عَصْرَه‬ ِ َ‫ع‬

ِ ‫ن اب ْ ِن ع ُبَيْدِ ال� ل�ه ِ أَ حْمَدِ فِر ْقَة‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From Ibn ‘Abdullah, pre-eminent in his time
a group from Ahmad ibn ‘Abdullah,
َ‫ن الْق َاـس ِ ِم الْخ َصّ اص ِي م َنْ صَاـر َ م َل ْج َأ‬

ِ َ‫ع‬
َ ِ ‫ن اب ْ ِن ع ُبَيْدِ ال� ل�ه‬
ِ ‫بحْرِ ا�ل ْك َرَامَة‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
From al-Qasim al-Khassasi who was a refuge,
from Ibn ‘Abdullah, the sea of nobility,
ُ ‫ن الْف َاسِي م َنْ ر َقَ ّى ذُر َى ال ْمَجْدِ و‬

‫َالت ّقَى‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
ٰ ٰ
ِ ‫بحْرِ ال َش ّر ِيعَة‬
َ ‫َن‬
ِ ّ ‫ن الْف َاـسِي ح َاوِي الْف‬ِ َ‫ع‬
From al-Fasi who ascended to the peaks of glory and taqwa,
from al-Fasi, Master of the Art, the Sea of the Shari‘a,
‫اـج َطرِ يق ِن َاـ‬

ِ َ ‫ُوب ت‬
ِ ‫ل ال ْمَجْذ‬
ِ َ‫ن ال ْبَط‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ‫طرِ يقَة‬ َ ِ‫الصّ نْه َاـجِي ال ُد ّ َ ّوار‬
ّ َ ‫كنْز ِ ال‬ َ ‫ن‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
From the hero al-Majdhub, the Crown of our Tariq,
from as-Sanhaji, ad-Duwwar, the treasure of the Tariqa,
ِ ‫ع َنْ ِإب ْر َاه ِيم َ الْف ََحّ اـ ِم زِينَة ِ و َق ْتِه‬

ِ ‫الز ّ ُرّو‬
ِ ‫ق وِتْر ِ الاَئ َِم ّة‬ َ ِ‫ن الْجَهْبَذ‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From Ibrahim al-Fahham, the adornment of his time,
from the brilliant Zarruq, the unique Imam,
418
‫سي ِّد ال َذ ّك ِي‬

ّ َ ‫ن الْحَضْرَمِي ب ْ ِن عُقْب َة َ ال‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ‫ِيف الاِشَاـرَة‬
ِ ‫ي لَط‬
َ ْ ‫يح‬
َ ّ‫ن الْق َاـدِرِي‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From al-Hadrami ibn ‘Uqba, the intelligent sayyid,
from Yahya al-Qadiri, with subtle indications,
‫الصّ فِي ال ْمُسَ َمّى عَل ِي و َف َاـ‬ َ ِ‫سيِّد‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬

ِ َ‫ع‬
ٰ
ِ ‫ع َنْ ُأسْ ت َاـذِه ِ مُح َم ّ ٍد ذِي ال ْم ُر ُوءَة‬
From the pure Sayyid called ‘Ali Wafa
from his teacher Muhammad, master of chivalry,
‫ق ي ُ ْدعَى ٰ بِد َاو ُ ٍد‬ِ ‫الص ّدِي‬ِّ ‫ن ال ْب َاـخِل ِي‬ ِ َ‫ع‬

ِ ‫الن ّصِ يحَة‬ َ ‫سدِي‬ ْ ُ ‫ن اب ْ ِن عَطَاـء ِ ال� ل�ه ِ م‬ِ َ‫ع‬
From al-Bakhili the truthful, called Da’ud,
from Ibn ‘Ata’illah, who gave us good advice,
ٍ ‫ي م َنْ جَاـ بِ حلَُ ّة‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬

ّ ِ ِ ‫سيِّدِ ال ْمُر ْس‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ‫ْث ا ْلجم ََاـعَة‬
ِ ‫ْب غَو‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
ِ ‫شاـذِل ِ ِيّ الْقُط‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
From the Sayyid al-Mursi who brought a robe of honour,
from the Qutb ash-Shadhili, the Ghawth of the Community.
‫لَق َ ْد شَر ِبَ الس ِّ َرّ الْمصُونَ ال ْمُح ََجّ ب َاـ‬

ِ ‫تلَ َ ّقاـه ُ ع َنْ قَو ْ ٍم ك ِرَا ٍم أَ عِ َزّة‬
He drank the veiled protected secret,
which he received from noble mighty people,
419
‫ش الْحـ َرِي فَخْرِ غَرْبنِ َاـ‬

ٍ ‫ل مَشِي‬
ِ ْ‫كَنَج‬
ِ ‫ح َج ّة‬
َ َ ‫ل حَـرَازِ ِم شَـه ِيـرِ الْـم‬
ِ ‫نجْـ‬
َ َ‫و‬
Like the worthy son of Mashish, the glory of our West,
and the son of Harazim, whose path is famous,
‫ع َنْ ُأسْ ت َاـذِه ِ مُحَم ّ ٍد صَاـلـ ِِح الْخنَ َاـ‬

ِ ‫كن ْيَة‬ ٍ ‫ن َالل ّذْ قَدِ اشْ تَهَر ْ ب ِغَو‬
ُ َ ‫ْث و‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
From his teacher, Muhammad Salih of the tavern,
from the one who is known as a Ghawth and by his kunya,
‫ل عَب ْ ٍد لِق َاـدِ ٍر‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ْث الْك‬
ِ ‫ْب غَو‬
ِ ‫ن الْقُط‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
ٍ ‫ن َالل ّذْ ي ُ ْدعَى ٰ م ُب َاـرَك ًا ذ َا سَع َاـدَة‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From the Qutb, the Ghawth of all, ‘Abdu’l-Qadir,
from the one called Mubarak, who possessed true happiness,
ّ َ ُ ‫ن الاُسْ ت َاـذِ ال ْه‬

ْ‫كارِ ي ُ ْدعَى ٰ أَ بَا الْحَسَن‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ‫ي ذِي الْحيَ َاـ و َال ْمَه َاـبَة‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
ّ ِ ِ ‫طرْطُوس‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
From the master al-Hukkari called Abu’l-Hasan,
from at-Tartusi who had modesty and awe,
ِ ‫ل زَم َاـنِه‬
ِ ْ ‫شب‬
ِ ِ‫شبْلِيّ ال ْمَشْه ُور‬
ِّ ‫ن ال‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ‫ن ال ْمُر ْتَض َى الْجن َُيْدِ مُبْدِي الْحَق ِيقَة‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From ash-Shibli famous as the lion of his time,
from the pleasing al-Junayd, who brought the Reality to light,
420
ّ َ َ ‫س ْقط ِي م َنْ غَد َا عَظ ِيم ًاـ م ُع‬

‫ظم ًا‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ‫سق َاـ ُأنَاـسًاـ ب ِسُرْعَة‬
َ ْ‫ن ا�ل ْكَرْخِي م َن‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From as-Saqati who became great and venerated,
from al-Karkhi who swiftly quenched people’s thirst,
ّ َ ‫ن ال‬
ً ‫طاـئِي م َنْ بَد َا ِإم َاـم ًاـ و َق ُ ْدوَة‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ‫ن ال ْغَرِيبَة‬
ِ ‫ي ذِي الْف ُن ُو‬
ّ ِ ِ‫جم‬
َ َ ‫ن ال ْع‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
From at-Ta’i who was an imam and model,
from al-‘Ajami, master of rare sciences,
‫خر ِ سَب ِيلِن َاـ‬

ْ ُ ‫ِي ذ‬
ِ ّ ‫ن ال ْبِصْر‬
ِ َ‫ن الْحَس‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ن َالل ّذْ لَه ُ يَد ٌ عَلَى ك‬
ِ ‫ل نِسْبَة‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
ٰ
From al-Hasan al-Basri, the treasure-house of our Path,
from the one who has a place in every ascription,
ِ ‫ن ع َم ِ ّه‬ َ ُ ‫وَزِير‬
ُ ْ ‫الن ّب ِ ِيّ صِهْرُه ُ و َاب‬
ِ ‫ن ال ْم ُصْ طَفَى ال ْم ُخْ ت َاـرِ سِرِّ الْخل َِيقَة‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
The wazir of the Prophet, his in-law and nephew,
from the Chosen Selected one, the secret of creation,
‫س ر ُسْ لِن َاـ‬

ِ ‫ِي الاَم ِينِ نَاـم ُو‬
ِ ّ ‫ن الْقَو‬
ِ َ‫ع‬
ِ ‫سوِ َي ّة‬
ّ َ ‫ق ال‬ ّ َ ‫الصّ مَدِ ال ْمُعْط ِي ال‬
َ ‫طر ِ ي‬ َ ‫ن‬ ِ َ‫ع‬
From the strong Trusty One, the Namus of our Messengers,
from the Eternal Support, the Giver of the Straight Path.
421
‫سكِينُ ي َ ْدع ُوك َ د َائِم ًاـ‬

ْ ِ ‫ص الْم‬
ٍ ‫ح ْف‬
َ ‫أَ بُو‬
ْ ‫لم َِاـ ق َ ّدم‬
ِ ‫َت يَد َاه ُ م ِنْ فَر ْطِ غَفْلَة‬
Abu Hafs, the impoverished, prays to You always
on account of the excessive heedlessness he has sent ahead.
‫ِيع ال ْمُشَ َ ّف ِع‬

ِ ‫شف‬ّ َ ‫تَو ََسّ ل ْتُ ب ِال ْه َاـدِي ال‬
‫خط ِيئَتِي‬
َ ‫ل‬
َ ‫ك ِإل َاهِي أَ ْن تُق ِي‬
َ ْ ‫ِإلَي‬
I turn for help to the interceding guide who is granted intercession
with You, my God, to cancel my errors.
ٌ ِ ‫عَلَيْه ِ صَلَاة ُ ال� ل�ه ِ م َاـ ح ََنّ شَاـئ‬

‫ق‬
ِ ‫ِإلَى الْحَضْرَة ِ ال ْعَل ْي َاـ مُق َاـ ِم ا ْلْأَ ح َِب ّة‬
On him be the blessing of Allah as long as someone yearns
for the sublime Presence, the station of the lovers,
ْ‫ل م َن‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ب ا�لْك ِرَا ِم وَك‬ َ ‫و َءالِه ِ و‬
ِ ْ‫َالصّ ح‬ َ
‫لإ ْرشَاـدِ م ِنْ خَيْر ِ ُأ َمّة ِ ۝‬
ِ ِ ‫ص َ ّدر َ ل‬
َ َ‫ت‬
And on his family and noble Companions and everyone
among the best of the Community who is sent to guide.
‫ من هجرة خير األنام‬1368 ‫انتهى بحمد الله وحسن عونه غرة ربيع األول عال‬
. ‫عليه أفضل الصالة وأزكى السالم‬
Completed with praise of Allah and His help
Rabi‘ al-Awwal 1368 AH
422
The Prayer of Ibn Mashish
‫الصالة املشيشية‬
.ُ ‫َت الان َ ْوَار‬ ِ ‫ل عَلَى م َنْ مِن ْه ُ انْش َ َ ّق‬

ِ ‫ و َانف َلَق‬.ُ ‫ت الاَسْر َار‬ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
ّ َ ‫ت عُلُوم ُ سَيِّدِنَا ءَادَم َ عَلَيْه ِ ال‬
ُ ‫سلَام‬ ْ َ ‫ و َتَنَز ّل‬.ُ‫َت الْحَق َآئِق‬
ِ ‫و َف ِيه ِ ارْتَق‬
ُ ‫ت الْفُه ُوم‬
ِ َ ‫ وَلَه ُ تَضَآءَل‬.َ‫فأَ َ عْجَز َ الْخلََآئِق‬
‫ق‬
ٌ ‫ح‬ ٌ ِ ‫فَل َ ْم ي ُ ْدرِكْه ُ م َِن ّا سَاب‬
ِ ‫ق وَل َا ل َا‬
O Lord, bless him, out of whom secrets and lights have burst, in whom
rose the truth, upon whom devolved the knowledge of our master
Adam, peace be upon him. Beside him all creatures are incapable, to
him understanding is a trifle. Not one of us has attained his standard,
before or after.
.ٌ ‫ُوت ب ِزَهْرِ جَمَالِه ِ م ُونِق َة‬

ِ ‫اض ال ْمَ�لَك‬
ُ َ ‫فَرِي‬
.ٌ ‫ض أَ ن ْوَارِه ِ م ُتَد َف ِّق َة‬
ِ ْ ‫ُوت بِفَي‬
ِ ‫اض الْجبَ َر‬
ُ َ ‫وَحِي‬
The gardens of heaven are embellished with the beauty of his flowers.
The cisterns of power spill over with the flood of his lights.
‫سطَة ُ لَذ َه َبَ كَمَا‬ ٌ ‫وَل َا شَيْء َ ِإ َلّا و َه ُو َ بِه ِ م َن‬

ِ ‫ ِإ ْذ لَو ْ ل َا ال ْوَا‬.‫ُوط‬
.ُ ‫ك ِإلَيْه ِكَمَا ه ُو َ أَ ه ْلُه‬
َ ْ ‫ك مِن‬
َ ِ‫ق ب‬
ُ ‫ صَلَاة ً تلَِي‬.‫ُوط‬
ُ ‫ل ال ْمَوْس‬
َ ‫ق ِي‬
There is nothing not dependent on him: for as it was said, ‘without the
means the end would have escaped us’.
Bless him in Your way according to his merits.
423
ُ ‫ك الا َ ْعظَم ُ الْق َآئِم‬ ّ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإ َن ّه ُ س ِ ُرّك َ الْجا َم ِ ُع ال َد ّآ‬

َ ُ ‫ و َِحج َاب‬.َ‫ل عَلَيْك‬
.َ‫ك بَيْنَ يَد َيْك‬
َ َ‫ل‬
O Allah, he is your gathered secret that tells of You, Your great veil that
stands before You.
َ َ ‫ و‬.ِ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم أَ لْح ِ ْقنِي بِنَسَبِه‬

ً ‫ وَعَرّ ِفْنِي ِإ َي ّاه ُ مَعْرِف َة‬.ِ ‫ح ّق ِ ْقنِي بِ حَسَبِه‬
.‫ل‬
ِ ْ‫ و َأَ ك ْرَع ُ بِهَا م ِنْ م َوَارِدِ الْف َض‬.‫ل‬
ِ ‫أَ سْ لَم ُ بِهَا م ِنْ م َوَارِدِ الْج َ ْه‬
O Allah, attach me to his descendants, and make me realise his honour. Let
me know him with a knowledge by means of which I will be safe from the
fountains of ignorance and bring me to the fountains of goodness.
.َ‫محْف ُوفًا بنُِصْرَتِك‬

َ ً ‫ حَم ْلا‬.َ‫حضْرَتِك‬
َ ‫و َا ْحم ِلْنِي عَلَى سَب ِيلِه ِ ِإلَى‬
.ِ ‫ وَز َُجّ بِي فِي بِ حَارِ الاَحَد َِي ّة‬.ُ ‫ل فأَ َ ْدم َغ َه‬
ِ ِ‫ِف بِي عَلَى ال ْبَاط‬
ْ ‫و َاقْذ‬
.ِ ‫بحْرِ ال ْوَحْدَة‬ َ ‫ل‬
َ ِ‫ و َأَ ْغر ِقْنِي فِي عَيْن‬.ِ‫الت ّوْحِيد‬ ِ ‫و َانْش ُلْنِي م ِنْ أَ ْوح َا‬
ّ َ ‫جد َ وَل َآ ُأح‬
.‫ِس ِإ َلّا بِهَا‬ ِ َ‫ح ََت ّى ل َآ أَ ر َى وَل َآ أَ سْم َ َع وَل َآ أ‬
Convey me on his way to Your Presence, protected by Your help. Let me
face falsehood so that I may conquer it, drive me into the sea of Oneness,
snatch me from the mires of belief in Unification (Tawhid) and let me
drown in the sea of Unity (Wahda) so much that I may not see, hear,
feel or sense except by It.
424
The Prayer of Ibn Mashish
َ ّ‫ وَر ُ ْوح َه ُ س ِ َر‬.‫ل الْ حِجَابَ الا َ ْعظَم َ حَيَاة َ ر ُوحِي‬

.‫حق ِيقَتِي‬ ِ َ ‫و َاجْ ع‬
.ِ‫ق الْحَقّ ِ الا َ ّول‬
ِ ‫حق ِيق َت َه ُ ج َام ِ َع ع َوَالِم ِي بِتَحْق ِي‬
َ َ‫و‬
Make the great veil the life of my spirit and its spirit the secret of my truth
and his truth, the integrator of my universe through the realisation of the
first truth.
.ُ‫خر ُ يَا ظَاه ِر ُ يَا بَاطِن‬ ُ ‫يَآ أَ َ ّو‬

ِ ‫ل يَآ ءَا‬
O First! O Last! O Manifest! O Hidden!
ِ ‫اِسْم َعْ نِد َآئِي بِمَا سَمِعْتَ بِه ِ نِد َآء َ عَبْدِك َ سَيِّدِنَا زَكَر ِ َي ّآء َ عَلَيْه‬
‫ و َاجْم َعْ بَيْنِي‬.َ‫ك لَك‬
َ ِ ‫ و َأَ ي ّ ِ ْدنِي ب‬.َ‫ك لَك‬ ّ َ ‫ال‬
َ ِ ‫ و َان ْصُرْنِي ب‬.ُ ‫سلَام‬
.َ ‫ وَح ُلْ بَيْنِي و َبَيْنَ غَيْرِك‬.َ‫و َبَي ْنَك‬
Hear my cry as you heard the cry of Your slave, our master Zakariah,
peace be upon him. Give me victory through You – for You. Support
me through You – for You. Join me to You – separate me from other-
than-You.
ُ ‫ال� ل�ه ُ ال� ل�ه ُ ال� ل�ه‬

ALLAH (3)
425
From the Diwan
of Shaykh Muhammad al-Fayturi
Hamuda
‫ِمن ديوان الشيخ محمد الفيتوري حمودة‬
1
َ ‫َاـت‬
‫الصّ ف َاـ‬ ِ ‫وَمَق َام‬ ْ ‫يَا طَال ِبَ ال ْمَعْرِفَه‬
ْ ‫بِـعـُب ُود َِي ّـة ِ ال� ل�ه‬ ٰ ‫ا ِْصح َْب خِلً ّا ق َ ْد و َفَى‬
O seeker of gnosis and the stations of serenity!
Keep the company of a close friend
who has fully met the obligation of slavehood to Allah.
ْ‫َف ب ِالاَق ْوَالْ اِنْه َْض بَادِ ْر ب ِالاَعْمَال‬

ِ ‫ل َا تَكْت‬
ْ ‫ل َا ِإلَــه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه‬ ْ‫تَبــْلُــغْ مَق َام َ ا�ل ْكـَم َال‬
Do not be content with words. Arise and embark on deeds without delay!
You will reach the Station of perfection – there is no god except Allah.
‫فِي اس ْ ِم ذ َاتـِه ِ فَاف ْن َى‬ ‫و َِإ ْن تـُرِ يـد ُ ال ْمَعْن َى‬

ٰ ٰ
ِ
ْ ‫تحْظ َٰى بِلِق َاـء ال� ل�ه‬
ُ ‫ك َرَر ًا مُعْلِن َاـ‬
If you desire the meaning, then seek annihilation in the name of His essence.
Often and openly – you will obtain encounter with Allah.
429
‫شـه ُـو ْد‬ ّ ُ ‫س ال‬ِ ْ‫بِه ِ تَب ْل ُ ُغ ال ْم َ ْقصُو ْد ت ُ ْسقَى بِكَـأ‬

ٰ
ّ َ ُ ‫فَتَر َى ك‬
ْ ‫ل ال ْوُجُـو ْد ظَاه ِرًا بنِ ُورِ ال� ل�ه‬ ٰ
You will obtain the goal by it –
you will be given the cup of witnessing to drink.
Then you will see all of existence outwardly manifest by the light of Allah.
ُ ْ‫م ِن‬
‫الن ّورِ تَقْتَب ِْس‬ ّْ ‫اُذْكُرْه ُ مَعْن ًى وَح‬
‫ِس‬
ْ ‫د َائِمًا فَرْح َكْ ب ِال� ل�ه‬ ‫ت َ ْدخ ُلْ فِي مَق َا ِم الانُ ْْس‬
Remember Him in meaning and the senses – you will acquire light.
You will enter the Station of intimacy – your joy constantly with Allah.
ً ‫و َس ِ ًرّا وَخ َل ْوَة‬ ً ‫جهْرَة‬

َ ُ ‫ل ال� ل�ه‬
ِ ُ‫ق‬
ْ ‫َات ال� ل�ه‬

ِ ‫ك فِي ذ‬
َ ‫ك نَفْح َة ٌ تُفْن ِي‬
َ ‫فَيَـأْ تِيـ‬
Say ‘Allah!’ openly, secretly, and in retreat,
A breath of fragrance will come to you
which will annihilate you in the essence of Allah.
‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫ه ُو َ الْقَرِيبُ ال ْمُج‬ ‫ِيب‬
ْ َ‫ل الْحب‬
َ ‫ر َاق ِْب جَمَا‬
ْ ‫ي ب ِشُهُـودِ ال� ل�ه‬

َ ْ ‫تح‬
ُ ‫ِيب‬
ْ ‫ح غَر‬
ٌ ْ ‫ك فَت‬
َ ‫يَـأْ تِـي‬
Watch the beauty of the Beloved with fear –
He is the Near, the Answerer –
A startling opening will come to you –
you will be brought to life by the witnessing of Allah.
430
From the Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad al-Fayturi Hamuda
‫ِيب‬
ْ َ‫نح ْو َ الْحب‬
َ ‫و َيَم ّ ِ ْم‬ ْ ‫ضـأْ بِم َاـء ِ ال ْغَي‬
‫ْب‬ ّ َ َ ‫تَو‬
ْ ‫تَشْه َـدِ ال� ل�ه َ ب ِاـل� ل�ه‬ ْ ‫ف َث َم ّ سِرّ ٌ عَج‬

‫ِيب‬
Do wudu with the water of the unseen
and direct yourself toward the Beloved.
There is a wondrous secret! You will see Allah by Allah!
‫و َأَ ْذو َاقَ ال ْع َاـرِف ِي ْن‬ َ ِ‫و َِإ ْن تُر ِيد‬

‫التمّْكِي ْن‬
ْ ‫اَل ْع َلَو ِي س ِ ُرّ ال� ل�ه‬ َ ُ‫ُأسْ تَاذِي عَيْن‬

‫الت ّعْيِي ْن‬
If you desire the firm establishment and the tasting of the gnostics,
My master is the very one designated, al-‘Alawi, the secret of Allah.
‫مِن ْه ُ أَ تَتْنِي الا ِ ْمد َا ْد‬ ‫فَه َي ِّمْني ب ِالْوِد َا ْد‬
ْ ‫صِرْتُ غ َن ًِي ّا ب ِال� ل�ه‬ ‫فَنِل ْتُ أَ ع ْلَا ال ْم ُرَا ْد‬

He bewildered me in love. Help has come to me from him,
So I obtained the highest desire – I became rich in Allah.
‫سِو َى‬
ّ ‫ن ال‬ ِ َ ‫يَاـ م َـنْ تُر ِيدِ ال َد ّو َا و َال ْغَي ْبَ ع‬
ٰ
ْ ‫ل ال� ل�ه‬
َ ‫فَتَنْظُر ْ جَمَا‬ ‫َب م ِنْ خَمْرِي تُرْو َى‬
ٰ
ْ ‫اِشْر‬
O you who desire the cure and withdrawal from other!
Drink from my wine and you will be quenched.
Then you will see the beauty of Allah.
431
‫َات‬ ِّ ‫ات ب ِالاَسْمَاء ِ و‬

ْ ‫َالصف‬ ْ ّ ‫ُوس ال َذ‬
ُ ‫ك شُم‬
َ َ ‫تَب ْر ُ ْز ل‬
‫ق ال� ل� ْه‬
ِ ‫ات ك َانَ ال� ل�ه ْ و َبَا‬ ِ ‫فِي جَم‬
ْ َ ِ‫ِيع الْك َائن‬
The suns of the essence will bring you the names and the attributes
in all beings. Allah was and Allah remains.
‫ت َر َى ال� ل�ه َ ل َا الاَكْ وَا ْن‬ ‫ح َ ّدِ ْد بَصَر َ الا ِيمَا ْن‬
ْ ‫ن ال� ل�ه‬
َ ِ ‫ا ِخْ تِصَاصًا م‬ ‫هَذ َا مَق َاـم ُ الا ِحْ سَا ْن‬
Make the eye of Iman keen –
you will see Allah, not phenomenal beings.
This is the Station of Ihsan, a special favour from Allah.
‫ن الْجَوَا ْد‬
َ ِ ‫عَطَاء ٌ م‬ ‫ل َا بِ ج ِ ّدٍ و َاجْ تِه َاـ ْد‬
ْ ‫شك ْرًا وَحَمْدًا ل َِل ّٰه‬ ُ ‫ا َ َلر ّؤ‬

ُ ‫ُوف ب ِال ْع ِب َاـ ْد‬
Not by diligence or striving – a gift from the Generous,
the Compassionate to the slaves. Thanks and praise be to Allah!
ِ‫مُعْتَر ِْف ب ِالْقُصُـور‬ ‫مُحَم ّد ُ الْفَي ْت ُورِي‬
ْ ‫ق ب ِاـل� ل�ه‬
ِ ‫ن و َبَاـ‬
ِ ‫ف َاـ‬ ‫بِه ِ ت ََم ّ سُر ُورِي‬
Muhammad al-Fayturi admits his incapacity,
In Him my happiness was complete – annihilated and going-on in Allah.
432
َ ‫ُوف‬
ْ ‫الر ّحِيم‬ َ ‫عَلَى‬
ِ ‫الر ّؤ‬ ْ ‫ل مَوْل َانَاـ ال ْعَظ ِيم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
َ
‫ن ال� ل�ه ْ ۝‬
ِ ‫َاط الْقَوِيم ْ ه َاـدِيًاـ ب ِِإ ْذ‬
ُ ‫ه ُو َ الصِّر‬
Our Master, the Great, bless the gentle, the merciful.
He is the straight path, guiding by the permission of Allah.
433
2
‫َت قَلْبِي انْكَو َى‬ ْ ‫لَدَع‬ ‫َت نَار ُ ال ْه َو َى‬ْ ‫أَ ضْرَم‬
ٰ ٰ
‫ع َاـد َ فَر ْعِ ي ل ِأَ صْ ل ِي‬ ‫سِو َى‬ ّ ‫لَنْ تَذ َ ْر ف ِيه ِ ال‬
ٰ
The fire of passion was kindled and it called my heart: Be burned!
It will not leave other in it, so it became a branch of my root.
ْ‫كوْنَ سَنَاه‬
َ ْ ‫أَ ضَاء َ ا�ل‬ ْ‫مج ْلَاه‬
َ ‫خِل ِّي ظَاـهِر ْ فِي‬
َ ُ ‫م َاــ أَ بْدَع‬
‫الت ّجَـل ِّي‬ ْ‫ْس بـَه َاــه‬
ُ ‫َظه َر َْت شَم‬
My close Friend is outwardly manifest in His place of tajalli.
The cosmos illuminated His radiance.
The sun of His splendour appeared – how marvellous the tajalli is!
ّ َ ‫ه ُو َ ال‬
‫شاــه ِ ْد و َال ْمَش ْهـ ُو ْد‬ ‫فَه ُو َ س ِ ُرّ ال ْوُجُـو ْد‬
‫ل‬
ِ ّ ‫هُـو َ م ُ ْرشِـد ُ الْـكُـ‬ ‫ِإلَـــيْه ِ الا َ ْمر ُ يَع ُـــو ْد‬
He is the secret of existence. He is the Witness and the Witnessed.
The command returns to Him. He is the guide of all.
434
‫مـ فَهِمْتُ ال ْمَعْن َى‬

ّ َ َ ‫أَ وْق َاـتِي بِه ِ ه َن َاـ ل‬
ٰ
‫حصَلْ ل ِي‬ َ ‫حَب ِيبِي م ِن ِ ّي د َنَا وَمَطْلُو بِي‬
My moments were full of delight with Him
when I understood the meaning –
My Beloved drew near me and my goal was obtained for me.
‫س ال ُش ّه ُو ْد‬
َ ْ‫سق َانِي ك َأ‬
َ ‫ن الْق ُي ُو ْد‬
َ ِ ‫أَ طْ لَقَنِي م‬
‫مِن ْه ُ ن ُ ْطقِي و َفِعْل ِي‬ ‫سِوَاه ُ عِنْدِي م َ ْفق ُو ْد‬

He freed me of fetters and let me drink from the glass of witnessing.
Other-than-Him is lost with me. My speech and action is from Him.
‫ق‬ ّ َ ُ ‫َت سَاقِي ال ْع‬

ِ ‫شا‬ ْ ‫َاق م ِنْ ر َاح‬
ْ ‫شَر ِ ب ْتُ خَم ْر َ الا َ ْذو‬
َ ‫ن‬
‫الت ّحَل ِّي‬ ُ ‫س‬
ْ ‫ح‬
ُ ‫بَد َى‬ ‫اق‬
ْ َ ‫ْس الا ِطْ ل‬
ُ ‫َت شَم‬
ْ ‫ب َرَز‬
ٰ
I drank the wine of tasting
from the hands of the cupbearer of the passionate ones.
The sun of liberation emerged and the beauty of adornment appeared.
‫م َا ل َا ت ُ ْدرِك ُ الاب َْصَا ْر‬ ‫سِتَا ْر‬

ّ ‫نَظَر ْتُ خ َل َْف ال‬
‫صَار َ بَعْضِيَ ك ُل ِّي‬ ‫بحْرِ الان َ ْوَا ْر‬

َ ‫غِب ْتُ فِي‬
I looked behind the veil at what the eyes do not perceive,
I withdrew into the sea of lights – part of me became all of me.
435
ْ‫ُأ ْدنُ م ِن ِ ّي يَا ر َف ِيق‬ ّ َ ‫َت كُؤو ُُس ال‬

ْ‫طرِ يق‬ ْ ‫د َار‬
‫ل‬ ِ ‫تحْظَى ب ِر‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ُوح الْك‬ ُ ْ‫ك خَم ْر َ ع َت ِيق‬
َ ‫ن ُ ْسق ِي‬
ٰ
The goblets of the Path were passed around:
‘Come near Me, My friend!
We will let you drink an ancient wine – you will obtain the joy of all!’
ُ
ْ ‫مِن ْه ُك َانَ الاِب ْتِد َاء‬ ْ ‫أسْ تَاذِي ن ُ ْقطَة ُ ال ْبَاء‬
‫فَافْهَم ُو يَا عُذ َال ِي‬ ‫ظه ُور ًا و َانْتِهَا‬
ُ
My master is the dot of the ba’. The beginning was from him,
Outwardly as well as at the end. Understand then, O critic!
‫ن‬
ِ ‫ل الا ِحْ سَا‬
ِ َ ‫ِإلَى ٰ مِنْه‬ ‫ل ال ْعِر ْفَا ْن‬
َ ْ ‫ه َلُم ّوا أَ ه‬
‫بِه ِ ت ََم ّ وِصَال ِي‬ َ ُ‫اَل ْع َلَو ِي غَو ْث‬

‫الز ّم َا ْن‬
People of gnosis! Come now to the spring of Ihsan!
Al-‘Alawi, the ghawth of the age. My arrival was completed by him.
‫َأس و َا ْلخم َ ّا ْر‬

ْ ‫و َه ُو َ الْك‬ ‫فَه ُو َ فَج ْر ُ الاَسْر َا ْر‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫كمَا‬
َ ْ ‫م ِنْ خَم ْرَة ِ ا�ل‬ ّ َ ‫و َه ُو َ ال‬
ِ‫ساقِي لِلاَحْ بَار‬
He is the glory of the secrets. He is the glass and the wine.
He is the Cupbearer of the wine of perfection to the learned.
436
‫ِب م ِنْ خَمْرِهْ نَشْوَا ْن‬

ْ ‫شَار‬ ‫فَي ْتُوِري بِه ِ وَل ْهَا ْن‬
‫ل‬
ِ ‫عَبْدًا بِلَا انْفِصَا‬ َ ُ ‫ِإن ِ ّي لَفَرْد‬
‫الز ّم َا ْن‬
Al-Fayturi is out of his head with love from him –
he drinks intoxicated from his wine.
I am an individual of the age, a slave without interruption.
‫عَلَى أَ ْعظَ ِم ال ْوَر َى‬ ‫فَص َُل ّوا يَا فُق َرَا‬
ٰ ٰ
‫ل ۝‬ِ ‫كمَا‬
َ ْ ‫ِيس ا�ل‬
ُ ‫مَغْنَاط‬ ‫خَي ْر ُ م َنْ بِه ِ أَ سْر َي‬
Fuqara! Then ask for blessings on the greatest of mankind,
The best, by whom the magnet of perfection flows!
437
3
‫ا ِف ْر َحْ يَا قَلْبِي‬ ‫تَجلَ ّى حِب ِ ّي‬

ٰ
ْ ّ ‫فَجْرِي تَب َ َس‬
‫م‬ ‫حر ِ ْم و َلَب ِ ّي‬ْ ِ‫ا‬
My Beloved appeared to me in tajalli! Rejoice, my heart!
Divest yourself while my core, my glory smiles.
‫غَر َامِي ز َاد َ سَاق ِيه ِ نَاد َي‬

ٰ
ْ ّ ‫ض و َال َض‬
‫م‬ ِ ‫أَ خْذ َ الْف ُؤَاد َ ب ِالْخ َ ْف‬
My passion increased – His cupbearer called –
He took the heart with joining and subduing.
‫َت كُؤو ُسِي أَ حْ ي َْت نُف ُوسِي‬

ْ ‫د َار‬
‫م‬
ْ َ ‫َت شُموسِي م ِنْ ح ُلْو ِ ال ْمَب ْس‬
ْ ‫ل َاح‬
My cups went around – my selves gave life –
my suns shone because of the sweetness of the smile.
438
‫مح ْو َي ثَبَاتِي‬ َ ‫ه ُو َ حَيَاتِي‬

ٰ
ّ َ ‫ات لِل‬
‫سيْر ِ ت َ ْفه َ ْم‬ ِ ّ ‫ن فِي ال َذ‬
َ ْ ‫أَ ف‬
He is my life, the focus of my firmness –
annihilate yourself in the essence for the journey,
then you will understand!
‫مَوْتِي وُجُودِي غَيْبِي شُه ُودِي‬
ْ ‫فَالْجُود ُ جُودِي و َالْحيَْرَهْ تَم ْتَم‬

My death is my existence, my withdrawal is my witnessing –
so generosity is my generosity and confusion stutters.
ِ‫ل حِين‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫فِي ك‬ ‫هَذ َا تَلْو ِينِي‬
ْ ‫ك تَغْنَم‬
ْ ِ ‫كنْز‬
َ ِ ‫أَ ب ْصَرْ ب ِعَيْنِي �ل‬
This is my sign in every time.
Look with my eye at your treasure, you will obtain booty.
ْ‫تح ْيَا حَيَاتَك‬

َ ْ‫اُنظُر ْ فِي ذ َات ِك‬
‫م‬ ّ َ ‫لِف ََكّ ال‬

ْ َ ‫طل ْس‬ ْ‫ر ُوح ُكْ نَاد َات ِك‬
Look at your essence – you will be brought to life by your life.
Your spirit called to you to unwind the talisman.
439
ْ ‫ْف الْوِل َايَه‬ َ ْ ‫س ِ ُرّ ال ْهِد َايَه‬

ُ ‫كه‬
‫ل أَ ن ْع َ ْم‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫سَيِّدِي مَوْل َايَ لِلْك‬
The secret of guidance is the cavern of wilaya,
my master, my lord giving favours to all.
ّ َ ‫ال ْعُرْوَة ُ ال ْو َثيِقَه ْ عَيْنُ ال‬

ْ ‫طرِ يقَه‬
ْ ‫كن ْز ُ الْحَق ِيقَه ْ الْفَرْد ُ الْخا َ ِتم‬

َ
The firm grip, the source of the Path,
the treasury of the Haqiqa, the unique individual, the seal.
‫ن‬
ِ ‫لآ‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ه ُو َ سُلْطَانِي فِي ك‬
‫ن اَل ْع َلَو ِي الا َ ْعظَ ْم‬
ِ ‫ْس ال ْعِر ْفَا‬
ُ ‫شَم‬
He is my sultan at every moment,
the sun of gnosis, al-‘Alawi, the greatest.
ِ‫ل نَاد‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫صَرِّحْ يَا ح َادِي فِي ك‬
‫ع ُبَي ْ ْد ُأسْ يَادِي اَلْفَي ْت ُورِي فَاع ْل َ ْم‬
Announce, caravan leader! to every circle
the little slave of my lords, al-Fayturi, and learn!
440
‫َب عَلَى ال ْم ُر َب ِ ّي‬

ِّ ‫ل يَا ر‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
َ
‫م ۝‬ ّ َ ‫َك ال‬
ْ َ ‫طل ْس‬ ِّ ‫أَ حْ يَا ل ِي قَلْبِي بِف‬
O Lord! Bless the one who tends
he brought my heart to life by unwinding the talisman.
441
4
‫حضْرَهْ قُر ْبِي‬
َ ْ‫نَاد َانِي حِب ِ ّي م ِن‬
ِ
ْ ‫قُم ْتُ م ُلَب ِ ّي لِنِد َاء ال� ل�ه‬
My Beloved called me from the presence of my nearness –
I stood up to answer the call of Allah.
‫اب‬
ْ َ ِ‫اب م ِنْ غَيْر ِ ارْتي‬
ْ َ ‫أَ تَي ْتُ لِل ْب‬
ْ ‫حضْرَة ِ ال� ل�ه‬

َ ‫اب فِي‬
ْ َ ‫وَجَدْتُ الاَحْ ب‬
I came to the door without hesitation
I found the lovers in the presence of Allah.
َ ‫َات‬
ْ‫الر ّاح‬ ِ ‫شَر ِ ب ْتُ ب ِالاَقْد َاحْ م ِنْ دَنْد‬
ْ ‫طَر َبًا ب ِال� ل�ه‬ ِ � ‫فَاه ْت َز‬

ْ‫ّت الاَشْ بَاح‬
I drank cups from the wine-jars of joy,
so the forms quivered out of rapture with Allah.
442
ْ ‫َاب قَدِيم ْ ق َ ْدرُه ُ عَظ ِيم‬

ٌ ‫شَر‬
ْ ‫َاط قَوِيم ْ لم ُِرِيدِ ال� ل�ه‬

ٌ ‫صِر‬
A timeless drink whose value is immense,
a straight path for the one who desires Allah.
ْ‫بنِ ُورِ الْف َلَاح‬ َ ‫طَل َ َع‬

ْ‫الصّ بَاح‬
ْ ‫ُوت ال� ل�ه‬

ِ ‫م ِنْ م َ�لَك‬ ْ‫صِرْنَا ب ِالا َ ْرو َاح‬
The morning came with the light of success –
we went with the spirits from the Malakut of Allah.
ْ ‫ل َاقَي ْنَا الْحَكِيم ْ اَل ْغَو ْثَ ال ْعَظ ِيم‬

ِ ‫اَل ْع َلَو ِي ال ْمُق ِيم ْ فِي ج َب َر‬
We met the wise, the great ghawth,
al-‘Alawi, residing in the Jabarut of Allah.
‫سِو َي‬ّ ‫كوْنِي طَو َى ف َغ َابَ ال‬ َ ِ ‫�ل‬

ٰ ٰ
ْ ‫فَق ُل ْتُ ه ُو َ ه ُو َ ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه‬
He crossed to my being and Other withdrew.
Then I said: He! He! He! Allah!
443
ْ ‫مج ْلِي َ ال ْغ ُ َمّه‬ ِ َ‫ن‬

ُ ْ ‫اـصح ُ الا َُمّه‬
ِ ‫صَاـحِبُ ال ْه ِ َمّه ْ فِي َطرِ ي‬
ْ ‫ق ال� ل�ه‬
The counsellor of the community, he who manifests sorrow,
the possessor of himma in the Path of Allah.
ْ‫ل و َالْقَو ْل‬ َ ُ‫و َارِث‬

ِ ْ‫الر ّسُولْ ب ِالْفِع‬
ْ ‫حضْرَة ُ الْق َب ُولْ ل ِأَ حْكَاـ ِم ال� ل�ه‬

َ
The heir of the Messenger in action and word,
the presence of acceptance of the judgments of Allah.
‫محْيِي الان ََاـ ِم‬

ُ ‫ْف الا ِسْ لَا ِم‬
ُ ‫سي‬
َ
ْ ‫حَاـز َ ال ْمَق َا ِم ا ِصْ طَف َاـه ُ ال� ل�ه‬

The sword of Islam, the reviver of people,
he won the station which Allah chose.
َ ُ ‫الز ّم َاـ ْن خ ََل ّف َه‬

ْ‫الر ّحْم َٰن‬ َ ُ ‫آدَم‬
ْ‫شيْطَاـ ْن ت ُ ْشقَى بِلِق َاـه‬

َ ْ‫ل َا تَكُن‬
ٰ
The Adam of the age whom the Merciful made a Khalifa.
Do not be a shaytan, you will have trouble when you meet him.
444
ِ ‫ُأتُوا ِإلَيْه ِ وَه ِيم ُوا بِه‬

ِ
ْ ‫خ ُرّوا ِإلَيْه ِ سُ َج ّدًا ل َلّه‬
ِ
They came to him and thirsted with passionate love for him.
They swooned before him, prostrating to Allah.
ْ‫شذ َاهْ ح َي ّرْنِي مَعْن َاـه‬

َ ‫أَ سْ كَرْنِي‬
ْ ‫شنِي بَه َاـهْ سَ جَدْتُ ل َِل ّٰه‬

ْ َ ‫أَ دْه‬
His fragrance intoxicated me and his meaning put me in confusion –
his radiance dazzled me, I prostrated to Allah.
ْ ‫يَا مُر ِي ْد ُأقْدِ ْم ِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ تَغْنَم‬
ْ‫تحْظَى بِلِق َاـه‬

َ ‫سل ِ ّ ْم‬
َ َ ‫اُذْكُر ْ و‬
ٰ
O murid! Advance if you desire booty!
Do dhikr and greet, you will obtain his encounter.
ْ ّ ‫ن فِي ال َذ‬
‫ات‬ َ ْ ‫َات و َأَ ف‬
ْ ‫الصف‬
ِّ ‫ن‬
ِ َ ‫ِب ع‬
ْ ‫غ‬
ْ‫ك الْحيَ َاـهْ تَبْقَى ببَِق َاـه‬

َ ‫تح ْي ِي‬
ُ
ٰ
Withdraw from the attributes and annihilate yourself in the essence
– it will bring you completely to life and you will go on
with His going-on.
445
‫ْب الاَنَا ْم‬

ِ ‫عَلَى قُط‬ ‫ل يَا سَلَا ْم‬
ِّ ‫ص‬
َ
ٰ
‫فُز ْتُ بِلِق َاـهْ ۝‬ ‫بِه ِ قَلْبِي ه َاـ ْم‬
O peace! Bless the pole of men!
My heart thirsts after him with passionate love, so I won his encounter.
446
5
‫ك يَا مُر ِي ْد ن َ ْفسَكْ م َا تُر ِي ْد‬
ْ ُ ‫اُت ْر‬
ْ ‫ِإ ْن رُمْتَ ال ْمَزِي ْد م ِنْ أَ سْر َارِ ال� ل�ه‬

O murid! Abandon your self and what it wants
if you desire increase from the secrets of Allah!
َ ‫و َال ْز َ ِم‬
ْ‫الر ّف ِيق‬ ّ َ ‫ل ال‬
ْ‫طرِ يق‬ ِ ُ ‫ا ُ ْدخ‬
ْ ‫م ِنْ خَم ْرَة ِ ال� ل�ه‬ ْ‫ك ال ْع َت ِيق‬

َ ‫ي ُ ْسق ِي‬
Enter the path and cling to the friend –
he will give you an ancient vintage of the wine of Allah to drink.
ْ ‫ِيب س ِ َرّه ُ ال ْعَج‬

‫ِيب‬ ْ َ‫ك الْحب‬
َ ‫يُعْط ِي‬
ْ ‫ِب فِي أَ ن ْوَارِ ال� ل�ه‬

ْ ‫ه ِ ْم بِه ِ وَغ‬
The Beloved will give you His wondrous secret –
thirst with love for him and withdraw into the lights of Allah.
ْ‫لَم ّاـ حِب ِ ّي بَاح‬ ْ‫ذ َاب َِت الاَشْ ب َاـح‬
ْ ‫لم ُِرِيدِ ال� ل�ه‬ ْ‫ب ِِإس ْ ِم الْف ََت �ّاـح‬

The forms melted away when my Beloved divulged
the name of opening for the one who desires Allah.
447
ْ‫بَي ْنَنَا يَا صَاـح‬ ْ‫َت الاَقْد َاح‬

ِ ‫د َار‬
ْ ‫شكَاـة ِ ال� ل�ه‬

ْ ِ ‫م ِنْ م‬ ْ‫ح الس ِّ ُرّ ف َاـح‬
َ ‫فَا‬
The cups went around among us, O friend,
the secret diffused a fragrant scent from the niche of Allah.
ْ‫شُرْبُه ُ م ُب َاـح‬ َ ‫ن‬

ْ‫الر ّاح‬ ِ ُ ‫أَ ْدنَ لَد‬
ْ ‫َى وَجْه َ ال� ل�ه‬ ‫ت َر‬ ْ‫ح ً ّقاـ تَرْتَاح‬

َ ِ ‫بِه‬
ٰ
Draw near to the wine whose drink is permitted.
By it you will truly be pleased, you will see the face of Allah.
‫فَلَا تُع َاـن ِ ْد‬ ‫ح ْد‬

ِ ‫ا ِ ْرجِعْ يَا جَاـ‬
ْ ‫ه ُو َ نُور ُ ال� ل�ه‬ ‫ش ْد‬

ِ ْ ‫لِلْفَرْدِ ال ْمُر‬
O denier! Refrain and do not be stubborn
towards the unique individual, the guide who is the light of Allah.
ْ‫ي ُر َب ِ ّي ب َِالن ّظْرَهْ يُدَخِّلْ لِلْحَضْرَه‬

ِ ‫صَاـحِبُ الاِسْر َا فِي ج َب َر‬
He teaches with the glance and he admits
the possessor of the night-journey in the Jabarut of Allah to the Presence.
448
ِ ‫فَهِمْتُ بِه ِ مِن ْه ُ ِإلَيْه‬
ْ ‫م َنْ ذ َا ي ُ ْدرِ يه ِ جَاـم ِ َع سِرِّ ال� ل�ه‬

I understood by him, from him, to him
whoever knows him to contain the secret of Allah.
َ ُ‫سُلْطَاـن‬
ْ‫الت ّحْ ق ِيق‬ ّ َ ‫ج ال‬
ْ‫طرِ يق‬ ُ َ ‫مِنْه‬
ْ ‫لم ُِرِيدِ ال� ل�ه‬ َ َ ‫فَنِعْم‬

ْ‫الر ّف ِيق‬
The open road of the Path, the Sultan of realisation!
How excellent is the friend for the one who desires Allah!
‫ن ال ْب ُوزيدِي‬
ُ ْ ‫اَل ْع َلَو ِي سَيِّدِي ِإب‬
ِ
ْ ‫أَ طْ لَقْ ل ِي قَيْدِي أَ صْ ب َحْ تُ ل َلّه‬
Al-‘Alawi is my master, the son of al-Buzidi.
He set me free from my fetters and I was sent forth to the company of Allah.
‫ع َ َرّفْنِي ن َ ْفس ِي أَ ْدخ َلْنِي ُأن ْس ِي‬
ْ‫حضْرَهْ قُدْسِي غِب ْتُ ع َنْ سِوَاه‬

َ ‫فِي‬
He made me recognise my self, he made me enter my intimacy –
I withdrew from other-than-Him in the presence of purity.
449
ْ ‫سق ِيم ْ أَ تَى ٰ ب َِالت ّسْل ِيم‬

َ ‫فَي ْت ُورِي‬
ْ ‫ْث ال ْعَظ ِيم ْ مِنْه َلْ عِلْم ِ ال� ل�ه‬

ِ ‫لِل ْغَو‬
Fayturi is wasting-away and brings the greeting
to the great Ghawth, the spring of the knowledge of Allah.
‫ل ال ْمَو ْلَى ٰ عَلَى نُورِ ال ْهُد َى‬

ِّ ‫ص‬
َ
ٰ ٰ
‫أَحْ يَا ل ِي قَلْبِي شَاهَدْتُ ال ْمَو ْلَى ۝‬
ٰ
May the Master bless the light of guidance!
He brought my heart to life and I saw the Master.
450
Refuge Prayer
by Shaykh Muhammad Wafa
(from Seasons of the Realities)
‫املعاوذة للشيخ محمد وفى‬
‫من كتاب فصول احلقائق‬
‫بسم ال� ل�ه الرحمن الرحيم‬
In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful
‫ن‬
ِ ْ ‫كو‬ ِ ْ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ م ِنْ شَيَاطِينِ الْخَل‬
َ ْ ‫ق و َا�ل‬
I seek refuge with Allah from the shaytans of creation and existence,
َ ‫ل و َأَ غْيَارِ ال ْمَعْرِفَة ِ و‬

ِ ‫َالن ّك ِرَة‬ ِ ‫و َأَ بَالِسَة ِ ال ْعِلْم ِ و َالْج َ ْه‬
and from the devils of knowledge and ignorance, and from otherness
resulting from recognition and denial.
َ ‫ك م ِنْ سِرِّ حُد ُودِك‬

َ ِ ‫ق قِدَم‬ َ ِ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب‬
ِ ْ ‫ك و َبِسَب‬
‫ك‬
َ ِ ‫صف َات‬
ِ ِ‫ك م ِنْ نُور‬
َ ِ ‫و َبِظ ُل ْمَة ِ ذ َات‬
O Allah, I seek refuge with You and Your prior timelessness from the
secret of the limits You set, and with the darkness of Your Essence from
the light of Your Attributes,
451
َ ‫ْف ِإيجَادِك‬
ِ ‫ضع‬ َ ِ ‫و َبِق ُ َو ّة ِ سُلو ُب‬
َ ْ‫ك م ِن‬
and with the strength of Your negation from the weakness of what You
bring into existence,
‫ك‬
َ ِ ‫ك م ِنْ نُورِ تَأْ ضِوَات‬
َ ِ ‫و َبِظ ُل ْمَة ِ عَدَم‬
and with the darkness of Your void from the light of what You make
shine.
‫ك‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ك فِي ك‬ َ ِ ‫و َأَ ع ُ ْذنِي الله ُ َ ّم ب‬
َ ْ ‫ك مِن‬
O Allah, give me refuge with You from You in all of that,
‫كي َْف‬
َ ‫ك م ِنْ وَجْه ِ ال ْعِلْم ِ وَل َا‬
as well as from superficial knowledge and “without how”,
‫ل وَل َا‬
ِ ‫حي ْثُ ال ْع َ ْق‬
as well as from the “where” of the intellect and “no”,
‫س وَل َا‬ َ ِ‫جهَة ِ ق َصْ د‬

ِ ‫الن ّ ْف‬ ِ ْ‫ك م ِن‬
as well as from the control of the intent of the self and “no”,
‫ص ُو ّرِ ال ْوَه ْ ِم‬

َ َ ‫حي ْثُ ت‬
as well as from the “where” of the conceptualisation of the imagination.
‫ك‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫ك م ِنْ ك‬
َ ِ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب‬
I seek refuge with You from all of that
452
Refuge Prayer of Shaykh Muhammad Wafa
َ ِ ‫حي ْثُ ِإ َن ّه ُكَذَٰل‬

‫ك‬ َ ْ‫ك م ِن‬
inasmuch as it is like that,
.َ‫ك و َل ِ َيّ ذَٰلِك‬

َ ّ ‫حي ْثُ ِإ َن‬
َ ْ‫ل َا م ِن‬
not inasmuch as You are the Master of that.
َ ِ ‫ك ع َنْ بَق َاء ِ آل َات‬

َ ‫ك و َب ِِإح َا َطة ِ وُجُودِك‬ َ ِ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم اغْنِنِي بِدَيْمُوم َت‬
ِ ‫ص ُو ّرِ ال ْوَا‬
ِ‫حدِ الاَحَد‬ َ َ ‫ع َنْ ت‬
O Allah, by Your perpetuity free me of the need of the continuance
of Your blessings and by Your all-encompassing existence from
conceptualising the One, Unique,
َ ِ ‫و َبِق َُي ّوم َِي ّة ِ ق ِيَام‬

ِ‫ك ع َنْ ِإسْ تِق َامَة ِ ت َ ْقوِي ِم ال ْمَدَد‬
and by the everlastingness of Your support from seeking to arrange help,
ُ ‫ك َال ّتِي تَعْجِز ُ ف ِيهَا الاب َْصَار ُ و َال ْبَصَائ ِر‬

َ ِ ‫وَغَي ْبَتِي فِي ظُل ْمَة ِ ذَٰل‬
ِ ‫ل الا ِلَه َِي ّة ِ ذ‬

ِ‫َات الاَسْر َار‬ ِ ‫ِف ال ْعُق ُو‬
َ ‫ل ف ِيهَا م َع َار‬
ُ ‫و َيَسْتَحِي‬
ِ ‫و َال َس ّر َائِر‬
and make me withdraw into the darkness of that in which both eyes and
inner eyes are powerless and in which the divine gnoses of intellects
which possess secrets and inner secrets are transformed.
453
َ ِ‫َالن ّظَرِ ب ِع َيْن‬

‫الت ّلَاشِي‬ َ ‫ن الْوِقَايَة ِ و‬
ِ ‫ن الْحَقّ ِ ل َا بِلِسَا‬
ِ ‫و َأَ سْ تَغْف ِرُك َ بِلِسَا‬
I ask You for forgiveness with the tongue of the Truth, not with the
tongue of precaution, while looking with the eye of disappearance,
ِ ‫ل َا ب ِع َيْنِ الر ِّعَايَة‬

not the eye of attention,
ِ ‫ْب ب ِسِر ِّ ال ْعَد َ ِم ل َا بِق ُ َو ّة ِ ال ْهِد َايَة‬

ِ ‫و َالْجَذ‬
and attraction by the secret of non-existence, not the strength of guidance,
َ ‫َالت ّلَاشِي بنَِفِي‬

ِ ‫الر ّس ْ ِم ل َا ب ِرُسُو ِم الْوِل َايَة‬ َ ‫و‬
and disappearance by the negation of forms, not the formalities of wilaya.
‫ك م ِنْ وَجْه ِ م َا أَ ن ْتَ ل َا م ِنْ وَجْه ِ م َا أَ نَا‬

َ َ ‫سب ْح َان‬
ُ
Glory be to You by the standpoint of Yourself, not by my standpoint.
‫ك م ِنْ وَجْه ِ ال ْوَجْه ِ ال ْم ُنَز ّه ِ ع َنْ وَس ْ ِم الاَسْمَاء ِ و َا�لْكُن َى‬

ُ
ٰ
Glory be to You by the Face which is disconnected from the designation
of the Names and allusions!
ِ ‫ق بِه ِ ال ْبَق َاء ِ وَل َا الْف َنَاء‬ ِ َ ‫ْث ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا يلَ ْت‬

ُ ‫ح‬ ِ َ‫ك فِي الْحي‬
ُ
Glory be to You in the “where”
which is not connected to going-on or annihilation!
454
ِ ْ ‫ن الْق ُ َو ّة ِ و َالْحَو‬
‫ل‬ َ ْ ‫ل و َ ُأنَزِّه‬
ِ َ‫ك ع‬ ِ ْ ‫ن ال ْعِلْم ِ و َالْقَو‬ َ ‫ُأح َاشِي‬
ِ َ‫ك ع‬
‫ل‬
ِ ْ ‫طو‬ ُ ِ ‫و َ ُأشَاع‬
ّ َ ‫ل ل َا فِي ال ْم َُن ّة ِ و َال‬
I proclaim You far from knowledge and words and I disconnect You
from strength and power. I am not distracted by favour or generosity.
َ َ ‫و َأَ م ُ ُ ّد ل‬
َ َ ‫ك يَد‬
ِ ‫الت ّأْ ييِدِ ل َا يَد َ ال ْوَسِيلَة‬
I stretch out to you the hand of support, not the hand of means.
ِ ‫ل الْف َضِ يلَة‬

َ ْ‫ل ل َا ف َض‬ َ ‫ك بِسَب ِْح‬
ِ ‫الت ّفْضِ ي‬ َ ُ ‫و َأَ سْ أَ ل‬
I ask You by the glorification of granting favour, not the excellence of virtue,
ِ ‫َلات الْح ِيلَة‬

ِ ‫محَاو‬
ُ َ‫ل و‬
ِ ‫حوِ ّ ي‬ َ ‫ل‬
ُ ّ ‫الت‬ ِ ‫تح ْلِي‬
َ ِ ‫و َأَ ع ُوذ ُ ب‬
and I seek refuge with You from allowing transference and from the
ruses of stratagems.
ٍ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ ه َال‬
‫ِك‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫حي ْثُ ك‬ َ َ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم أَ رِنِي و َجْ ه‬
َ ْ‫ك ل َا م ِن‬
O Allah, show me Your Face, not inasmuch as all things pass away.
‫ك‬
ِ ِ ‫ك لِهَال‬
ِ ِ ‫ل ال ْمَه َال‬
َ ‫ك بِي ل َا سَب ِي‬
I ask You for me not the path of perils by which one perishes.
455
ِ ّ ‫ك و َب ِال َذ‬
‫ات‬ َ ِ ‫َات ذ َات‬
ِ ‫ك و َبِذ‬
َ ِ ‫َات عَدَم‬ َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي أَ سْ أَ ل‬
ِ ‫ك بِذ‬
ِ ّ ‫َالت ّلْو ِي ِن و َب ِال َذ‬

‫ات‬ َ ‫َات وِي ِن و‬
ِ ‫ات ال ْم َُت ّصِ فَة ِ بِذ‬
ِ ّ ‫ال ْمُج ََر ّدَة ِ و َب ِال َذ‬
ِ ّ ‫الْف َاع ِلَة ِ و َب ِال َذ‬

ِ ‫ات ال ْمُنْف َعِلَة‬
O Allah, I ask You by the essence of Your non-existence and the essence
of Your essence, and by the Essence of Your Essence and by the divested
Essence and by the Essence described by the essence of where and
change, and by the active Essence and by the reactive Essence!
‫ات‬ ِ ‫َات ال َذ ّو‬

ِ َ ‫َات وَمَشْر ِقًا لأَ ن ْوَارِه َا ال ْمُشْر ِق‬ ِ ‫ث َُم ّ اجْ عَلْنِي عَي ْنًا لِذ‬
Then make me a source for the Essence of Essences and a place where
its radiant lights rise,
ِ ّ‫وَمُسْتَوْد َعًا أَ سْر َارِه َا ال ْمُكْتَتِمَة ِ فِي ع ُي ُو بِهَا ال ْمُه ِ َم‬

‫ات‬
and a repository for its secrets concealed in its dark unseen worlds.
‫س‬ َ ‫ك ع َنْ الْجِس ْ ِم و‬

ِ ‫َالن ّ ْف‬ َ َ‫ن ل‬
ِ ‫س‬ َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي ُأنَز ِّه‬
ْ ُ ‫ك ل َا لِتَنْز ِيه ِ الْح‬
O Allah, I disconnect You, but not to disconnect Your beauty, from the
body and soul,
456
َ ُ ‫ْب و َ ُأنَز ِّه‬

‫ك‬ ِ ‫س و َالْق َل‬ َ ‫ق‬
ِ ‫الن ّ ْف‬ ِ ‫طب ِْع و َال ْع َ ْق‬
ِ ‫ل وَع ِلَا‬ ّ َ ْ ‫ات ال‬
ِ َ ‫ع َنْ شَه َو‬
ْ‫ك و َيِدِه ِ وَخِلَافِه ِ و َغَيْرِه ِ تَنْز ِيهًا مَعْجُوز ًا ع َن‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫ع َنْ ك‬
‫ص ُو ّرِه ِ و َتَو َ ُه ّمِه ِ ۝‬
َ َ‫ت‬
from the appetites of nature and the intellect and the attachment of the
self and heart. I disconnect You from all of that, and from its hand and
its opposite and other than it, with a disconnection which cannot be
conceptualised or imagined.
457
Qasidas of Shaykh Moulay Murtada
al-Boumas-houli
Treasured Letters
A Qasida about Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi
‫قصيدة في حق الشيخ عبد القادر الصوفي‬
ِ ‫َاـط بِه‬
َ ‫ْب ق َ ْد أَ ح‬ ّ ُ ُ ‫يح ْيَا بِه ِك‬
ٍ ‫ل قَل‬ َ
َ ‫ل بِـنـَظْــرَة ٍ و َب‬
ِ‫ِاـلن ّــظَــر‬ ُ ‫ن يَـــز ُو‬
ٌ ‫ر َا‬
Through him every rusted heart is brought to life
and the rust is removed by a single glance.
ُ ‫ل بِ حُلْو ِ م َاء ٍ يُطْعِم ُه‬

َ ‫ي َ ْشفِي ال ْعَلِي‬
ُ ‫صو‬
ِ‫َالن ّور‬ ِ ‫ذَوِي ال ْمَح ََب ّة ِ و َالاِخْلَا‬
He cures the sick with the sweetness of the water he gives
to the people of love, true sincerity and light.
‫ن ل َا يَنْضُبُ أَ بَد ًا‬

ٌ ‫ف َعَي ْن ُه ُ م َع ِي‬
ِ‫و َبَاـؤُه ُ و َبَاـء ٌ عَلَى ذَوِي ال َش ّرَر‬
ٰ
His ‘Ain is an ever-flowing spring,
His Baa a plague upon the wicked.
461
ِ ‫ل عَلَى ال� ل�ه‬

ّ ُ ُ ‫وَد َالُه ُ د َائِم ًاـ يَد‬
ِ ‫و َأَ ل ٌِف أَ ل َِف الا ِحْ سَاـنَ ب ِالْفَق ِير‬
His Daal always leads to Allah,
His Alif has made the Faqir intimate with Ihsan.
ٍ ‫س أَ َمّاـرَة‬ ّ َ ُ ‫وَل َام ُه ُ ل َام َ ك‬

ٍ ‫ل ن َ ْف‬
ِّ‫ل سُوء ٍ شَر‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫َاـف أَ وْقَفَه َاـ ع َنْ ك‬ ِ ‫ب ِالْق‬
His Laam condemns every nafs commanding to wrong,
his Qaaf stops them from all wickedness and harm.
ِ ‫ف ل ِ َلن ّاـ‬
ً ‫س مَوْسُوع َة‬ َ ّ ‫و َأَ ل ُِف أَ َل‬
ُ ‫بِد َالِه ِ أَ دْنَاـه ُ للِد ِّي ِن و‬
ِ‫َالن ّور‬
His Alif has composed a vast oeuvre for the people,
His Daal has drawn them near to the Deen and the Light.
ِ ‫الر ّاء ُ ر ََب ّى ٰ شَب َاـبَ الْج ِي‬

ً ‫ل تَرْبيِ َة‬ َ َ‫ف‬
ِ ‫َت فِي جُودِه ِ ْم و َالْخيَْر‬
ْ ‫أَ خْلَاقُه ُ ْم ق َ ْد بَد‬
His Raa has raised a generation’s youth,
Their good character manifesting in their generosity and fineness.
‫ُوف ا�لْكُن ُوزِ ق َ ْد َظه َر َت‬ ُ ‫و َهَذِه ِ حُر‬

ِ‫م ِنْ ِإسْمِه ِ خَي ْر ُ أَ سْم َاـء ٍ بِلَا فَخَر‬
These are the treasured letters manifest in his name,
The best of names, and that is no boast.
462
Qasidas of Shaykh Moulay Murtada al-Boumashouli
َ ِ ‫أَ دِ ْم ِإلَه ِي عَفْوا ً و‬

ً ‫َصح ّة ً د َائِما‬
ِ ‫ل الذِّكْر‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫شي ٍْخ خَاـدِ ٍم لِك‬
ِ ْ ‫ل أَ ه‬ َ ‫عَلَى‬
ٰ
Oh Allah, grant always wellbeing and good health
To a Shaykh, a servant of all the people of dhikr.
‫ل حِينَ د َنَا‬ َ ‫الصّ لَاة ُ عَلَى م َنْ ق َاـ‬ َ ّ ‫ث َُم‬

ٰ
ِ ‫م ِنْ ر َبِّه ِ ُأ َمّتِي و َ ُأ َمّتِي فِي الْحَشْر‬
Peace be upon the one who, when brought near to his Lord
on the Day of Gathering, says, “My Ummah, my Ummah.”
‫ب ك ُل ّ ِـــــه ِــ ِم‬ َ ‫و َآل ِــــه ِ و‬

ِ ْ‫َالصّ ــح‬
‫خطْو َه ُ ْم ب ِال َنّه ِْج و َالاَثَر ِ ۝‬
َ ‫خطَى‬
َ ْ‫وَم َن‬
ٰ
And upon his family and all the noble companions,
And all who follow and tread in their footsteps.
463
The True Shaykh
‫قصيدة رائية في حق الشيخ عبد القادر الصوفي الدرقاوي عنوانها الشيخ الصادق‬
ِ ‫كي َْف أَ بْد َأْ ِإ ْن ل َ ْم أَ بْد َأْ بِـبِـس ْ ِم ال� ل�ه‬

َ
ُ ‫ِـيم و َهُـو َ ا�لْكَـبِـير‬ َ ‫ن‬
ِ ‫الر ّح‬ َ
How should I begin other than with the name of Allah,
The All-Merciful, the Most Merciful? He is the Great.
ْ‫ى ع َـلَى م َـن‬ َ ‫ل ال� ل�ه َ أَ ن يـ ُصَـلِّـ‬

ُ َ‫أَ سْ ـأ‬
ٰ
َ ‫بِـه ِ نِـل ْن َاـ ال ْمُـن َى‬
ُ ‫الن ّذِير ُ ال ْبَشِير‬
I ask Allah for blessings upon the one
by whom we achieved our desire – The Warner and Bringer of Good
News.
‫ب‬ َ ‫لو‬
ِ ْ‫َالصّ ح‬ ِ َ ‫ْض يَا ر َ َب ّن َاـ ع‬
ِ ‫ن الآ‬ َ ‫و َار‬
َ َ‫الـت ّاـبِــع ِينَ أَ نْـت‬
ُ ‫الن ّـصِ ــير‬ َ ‫م َـ َع‬
And be pleased, our Lord, with his family and companions,
And the followers – you are the Helper who gives Victory.
ُ ‫قـَ ْد بـَد َا لِـلان ََاـ ِم خَـيْر ٌ كِثِـير‬

ُ ‫خ كَـبـ ِيـر‬
ٌ ‫بِـظ ُـه ُورِ ال ْم ُر َب ِ ّي شَــيْـ‬
A source of immense good has appeared to humanity.
In the emergence of the Great Shaykh of Instruction.
‫ي‬ ّ ُ ‫وَه ْـو َ ال َد ّا‬

ِّ ‫ل ع َـلَـى الاِلـ َه ِٰ ال ْعَلِـ‬
ُ ‫ق وَه ْـو َ ال ْمُـن ِير‬ ّ َ ‫قـَ ْد أَ نَاـر َ ال‬
َ ‫طـرِ ي‬
He is the one who indicates the way to God, the High.
He has shed light on the Way – he is the illuminator.
‫ْماـ‬
ً ‫أَ كْ ـرَم َ ال� ل�ه ُ بِاـــل ْهـِد َايـَة ِ قَــو‬
ُ ‫ح‬
ُ ‫الصّ ـد ُور َ الْق َـدِيـر‬ َ َ ‫بَـلْ بِـه ِ شَر‬
Allah has honoured a people by guidance.
Moreover, through the Shaykh, the All-Powerful has opened hearts.
‫فَـلَأ ْن يَه ْـدِيَ الاِلَــه ُ رِجَاـل ًا‬

ُ ‫ل فَذ َاك َ هُـو َ الا ِكْ ـسِير‬
ٍ ‫بِـرَجَاـ‬
The fact that Allah guides men
through other men – that is the rare elixir.
َ ‫لصّ وف ِ ُيّ ال َد ّرْق َاـو ُِيّ ال َ ّذ ِي ق َ ْد عَر‬

‫َف‬ ُ َ‫ا‬
ُ ‫مَعْـنَـى الاَسْ ـرَارِ وَه ْـو َ الْخبَِــير‬
As-Sufi, ad-Darqawi, the one who knows
The meanings of the secrets, he is the expert.
465
ٍّ ‫ِيــب شُرْبَة َ سِــر‬

ُ ْ ‫سَـق َاـه ُ اب‬
ُ ‫فَسَق َاـه َاـ الاَف ْرَاد َ وَه ْـو َ الاَم ِير‬
Ibn al-Habib gave him a drink from a drink of secrets;
He then gave to the others – he is the commander.
ٌ ‫ف َاـلْمـ ِرِ يـد ُ ال َ ّذ ِي لَـه ُ أَ د‬

ْ‫َب م َع‬
ُ ‫حَـضْ ـرَة ٍ وَذِكْ ـ ٍر فـَه َـذ َا فـَقِـير‬
The Murid who has Adab in the Hadra and the Dhikr
– He is the genuine Faqir.
‫خ قـَ ْد طَـو َى‬ ّ َ ‫فَـتَـرَاه ُ لَم ّاـ أَ تَـى ال‬

َ ‫شيْـ‬
ٰ
ُ ‫ـس هَــذ َا م ُـث ِيـر‬ َ ْ ‫رُكْ ـبَيْـه ِ أَ لـ َي‬
When the Shaykh comes you see him
Drawing in his outstretched feet. Is that not striking?
‫فـَف َـضْ ـلُـه ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ث َُم ّ بِـكـ ُ ْم يَاـ‬

ُ ‫مَــنْ جَـعَـلْـتَ تَعْـسِير َه ُ ْم تَيْسِير‬
His favour is by Allah, then by you
Who has made his difficulties easy.
‫ِيـماـ‬
ً ‫ـئاـ عَظ‬ َ ‫أَ َل ّفْتَ لِلا ِسْ لَا ِم‬
ً ْ ‫شي‬
ُ ‫ح م ِـنْـه ُ ال ْيَسِير‬ َ َ‫ـىي ّنْـت‬
َ ‫الصّ حِي‬ َ َ ‫و َب‬
You have written great works for Islam,
And you have clarified and made simple what is correct in it.
466
ٍ ‫ل شَـيْ ء‬
َ ‫الت ّـوْحِيـد َ أَ َ ّو‬
َ َ‫فَجَـعَـلْـت‬
َ َ ‫ع َ َرّفْـتَـه ُ الْمـُرِ يـد َ نِـعْم‬
ِ‫الت ّـفْـكِيـر‬
You began by teaching Tawhid to the Murid.
What a great inspiration!
ِّ ‫ـب ال� ل�ه ِ وَح‬

‫ُــب‬ ِّ ُ ‫و َث َ َـن ّيْـتَ بِ ح‬
ّ َ ‫رَسُـولِـن َاـ ال‬
ُ ‫طـه ُـورِ نِـعْم َ الْـبَشِير‬
You made the second subject Love of Allah and Love of our Messenger,
The pure one and the best bringer of news.
‫و َنـَشَـر ْتَ ال ْمَـح ََـب ّـة َ بَـيْنَ قـَو ْ ٍم‬

ُ ‫ــب ِإ َن ّـه ُـ ْم أَ بْــرَار‬
ّ َ ُ ‫أَ لِــف ُـوا الْح‬
You have spread this love among a people
Who have become accustomed to it. They are the people of Birr.
‫ل خَـيْر َ خِت َاـ ٍم‬

َ ‫وَجَعَل ْتَ الاَعْم َاـ‬
ُ ‫ن لِـل ْع ِب َاـدِ الْـب َصـ ِير‬
َ ‫خَـتـَم َ الـ ّدِي‬
And you made ‘Amal the best possible seal
May the All-Seeing seal the Deen for the slaves.
ٍ ‫ل وَجْه‬ َ َ‫وَع َـ َمّـر ْت‬

ِ ّ ُ ‫الز ّو َايَاـ فِي ك‬
َ ‫فِي ُأور‬
َ َ ‫ُوب ّاـ ِإفْرِ يقْي َاـ نِعْم‬
ُ ‫الت ّعْمِير‬
And you have filled zawiyyas everywhere
In Europe, in Africa – what an excellent achievement!
467
‫و َفِي آسِي َاـ و َأَ ْمر ِيكَاـ و َأَ سْ تُر َال ْي َاـ‬
َ ِ ‫أَ نْـتَ و َال� ل�ه‬
ُ ‫شيْخُـن َاـ و َال ْمُشِـير‬
And in Asia, America and Australia,
You are, by Allah, our Shaykh and the one to ask for counsel.
‫ل يَو ْ ٍم‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َهَـذ َا فـَيْضُـك ُ ْم و َفِي ك‬
َ ‫ل‬
ُ ‫الـت ّ ْكف ِير‬ َ ‫قب‬
ُ ْ ‫ِالـت ّوْحِيدِ أَ ه‬ ُ ‫يـَنْط ِـ‬
This is your overflowing gift. And every day
The kuffar pronounce the word of Tawhid.
‫وباـ‬
ً ُ ‫ح ال� ل�ه ُ لِل ْع ِب َاـدِ قُل‬
َ َ ‫شَر‬
ُ ‫لٌ فـَق ِير‬
ّ ‫نِس َاـء ً وَرِجَاـلا ً كُـ‬
Allah has opened the hearts of many slaves,
Women and men, all fuqara.
‫ق ق َ ْد نِل ْتُم ُ الْح َ ّظ‬ ّ َ ‫خ ال‬

ِ ‫طرِ ي‬ َ ْ ‫شي‬
َ ‫أَ يَاـ‬
ُ ‫فِي قَـلْـبِي وِدّا ً فَـأَ نَاـــ الْـفَخُـور‬
O Shaykh of the Path! You have made good fortune
Reach my heart with affection, and I am proud.
‫قـَ ْد شَـكَـر ْتُ الاِلَه َ ِإ ْذ أَ ي ْسَر َ ل ِي‬

ُ ‫نـَظْـرَة ً فِي وُجُـوه ِـكُم ُ ال ْمُنِـير‬
I have thanked Allah, as He has permitted me
To see your illuminating face.
468
‫ل ال� ل�ه َ أَ ْن تَم ُ ُـن ّـوا ع َـلَي ْن َاـ‬

ُ َ‫أَ سْ ـأ‬
ُ ‫ُـوع فَـأَ نْـتُــم ُ الاَمْــطَاـر‬ ٍ ‫بِـرُج‬
I ask Allah to bless us with a return,
For you are the rains that fall.
‫تح ْي َاـ أَ ْرضُن َاـ و َالاَر َاض ِي‬

َ ‫و َبِك ُ ْم‬
ُ ‫و َبِك ُ ْم نَسْـتـَض ِيء ْ فَـأَ نْـتُم ْ أَ ن ْوَار‬
By you our land came alive, and other lands too.
We seek light in you, for you are lights.
‫ـيـب‬
ِ ِ َ‫ن الْحب‬
َ ْ ‫شيْخَن َاـ اب‬
َ ُ ‫حم َ ال� ل�ه‬
ِ َ‫ر‬
ُ ‫وَجَز َاك ُ ْم ع ََـن ّاـ الْجَـزَاء َ الْـو َف ِير‬
May Allah have mercy upon our Shaykh, Ibn al-Habib,
And may He reward you for us with an abundant reward.
ٍ ‫و َتَـغَـ َمّـ ْد بِـر َحْ ـم َـة ٍ وَرِضْ ـوَا‬

‫ن‬
ُ ‫شيْخَن َاـ الْـف َت ُورِي فَـأَ ن ْتَ الْجـ َدِير‬
َ
And cover with mercy and pleasure Our Shaykh,
Al-Fayturi – as You are well able.
‫ي ال ْمُـم ََـجّ ـ ْد‬ َ ‫وَصَـلَاة ٌ عَلَى‬

ِّ ‫الن ّبِـ‬
ُ ‫َاـب الاَخْ ي َاـر‬
ِ ‫َالصح‬
ِّ ‫ل و‬
ِ ‫و َعَلَى الآ‬
Blessings be upon the Prophet, the honoured one,
And upon his family and excellent companions
469
ّ ُ ‫و َالْحـ َمْـد ُ لِلاِلـ َه ِ وَه ْو َ ال ْعَـلِـ‬

‫ي‬
َ ُ ‫نِعْم َ ال ْمَـو ْلَى ٰ و َنِـعْم َ ال� ل�ه‬
ُ ‫الـن ّـصِ ير‬
Praise be to the God, He is the High,
The best Protector, the best Helper.
‫اِنْت َهَ ى ق َصْ دِي بَعْد َ سَرْدِيَ ل ِأَ ب ْي َاـ‬

ٰ
‫ت ع َـ ُ ّده َا عُمْرِي و َأَ نَا الْـفَق ِيـر ُ ۝‬ ٍ
I have achieved my aim by completing these verses,
The number of which is my age – and I am the faqir.
470
The Strength of the Shaykh
‫َق ِص َيد ٌة ِفي َح ِّق ا َّلش ْي ِخ َع ْب ِد ال ْ َقا ِد ِر ا ُّلصو ِفي‬
‫َت َْت َع ْن َوا ِن ُق َّو ُة ا َّلش ْي ِخ‬
ْ ‫ن هُو‬ َ ْ ‫ِف الْح َقّ أَ ي‬َ ‫يَا م َنْ يُر ِ ْد أَ ْن يَعْر‬

‫شي ِْخ ف ِيه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي ت َر َى‬
ّ َ ‫فَانْظُر ْ جَبِينَ ال‬
ٰ
O you who desire to know where the truth is,
look upon the Shaykh’s forehead, that is what you will see.
ِ ‫ح ع َـلَـى الان ََاـ ِم بِـسِـرِ ّه‬

ُ ‫نُـور ٌ يلَُـو‬
‫فِي ظَاهِرِ ي َ ْسقِي الْفَق ِير َ وَم َا حَو َى‬
ٰ
A light which shines over all mankind by his secret
giving the Faqeer to drink in the inward and outward.
ُ ‫ِإ ْن غِب ْتَ أَ عْوَام ًا و َعُدْتَ ِإلَيْهَم‬

‫ل وَم َا انْطَو َى‬ ّ َ ‫م َا غَي ّر َ ال َد ّه ْر ُ ال‬
ُ ‫طوِ ي‬
ٰ
If you are absent for years and then return to them
you will find time has not changed him nor bent his back.
471
ُ ‫فَتَر َاه ُ فِي ذ َا ال ْمَو ْس ِ ِم م َا ز َادَه‬

ّ َ ‫ِإ َلّا ال‬
‫شـجَاـع َـة َ و َال ْمُـر ُوؤَة َ و َالْق ُـو َى‬
ٰ
You see him in this Mawsim – it only increased him
in courage, manliness and strength.
ِ ‫الز ّم َاـنُ لَـي َاـتِـي َ َـنّ بِـمِثْلِه‬

َ ‫ـف‬َ َ ‫حَـل‬
ٰ ‫َك فِي م َا ا َدّعَى‬ َ َ‫حَن َث‬

ٍّ ‫الز ّمانُ بَلَا ش‬
Had time swore it would bring another like him
time would doubtless not have been true to its word.
ُ ‫ب ِاـل� ل�ه ِ يَاـ م َـنْ زُرْتَـه ُ وَشَـهـَدْتَـه‬

‫ْخاـ مِثْلَه ُ يَاـ ذ َا ال ْفـَتـ َى‬
ً ‫أَ ر َأَ يْـتَ شَـي‬
ٰ
By Allah, O you who have visited and seen him,
O youth, have you seen a Shaykh anywhere like him?
ً ‫أَ يَا فُق َرَا يَا م َنْ حَضَرْتُم ْ مَوْسِما‬

‫فَه ُو َ ال ْم َع ِينُ لَم َنْ أَ ر َاد َ الاِرْت ِو َى‬
ٰ
O Fuqara, O you who have attended a Mawsim
he is the spring that satisfies the thirst of every drinker.
‫شَر ِ ب ْنَا م ِنْ نَظْرَتِه ِ تَع ُ ُ ّم جُم ُوع َنَا‬

‫َش بَعْد َ اللِّق َاء ِ وَل َا َظم َى‬ ٌ ‫فَلَا عَط‬
ٰ
We drank from his glance which encompassed everyone,
so that no thirst remained after the encounter.
472
ّ‫شيْخَنَا الاَمْغ َار َِي‬

َ ُ ‫حم َ الاِلَه‬
ِ َ‫ر‬
‫و َالْفَي ْت ُورِي يَا ر َب ِ ّي فِي ج ََن ّة ِ ال ْم َأْ و َى‬
ٰ
May Allah have mercy on our Amghari Shaykh
and al-Fayturi, O Lord, in the Garden of Refuge.
‫ك يَا ذ َا ال ْعُلَى‬
َ َ‫ح ْفظ‬
ِ ‫و َأَ دِ ْم ِإلَه ِي‬
ٰ
‫شيْخِنَا وَم َنْ لَه ُ قَدِ اق ْتَفَى ۝‬ َ ‫عَلَى‬
ٰ ٰ
And protect forever, O Exalted God,
our Shaykh and all those who follow him.
473
Commentary on the Qasida
‘Counsel on Death’
»‫تخميس قصيدة «نصيحة‬
‫ومس ُهو ِل الله و ُّليه‬
ْ ‫ملوالى املرتضى ا ُلب‬
‫ل‬
ُ ‫ـه ُ ع َنْ دِينِه ِ مُنْشَـغِـ‬
َ ‫يَاـ م َـنْ بِدُن ْي‬
ُ ‫و َ غ ََـر ّه ُ شَـهْــو َة ً ثَرْ و َ ة ٌ و َ م َاـــ‬
‫ل‬
ُ ‫ك ل َا ب ُ َ ّد ر َا حِـ‬
‫ل‬ َ ّ ‫هَـلْ ت َ ْد رِي أَ َن‬
‫َت َـز َ ّو ْد َأ ِخي ل ِ ْل َم ـ ْـو ِت إِ ن َّ ُـه نَـ ـ ــا ِز ُل‬
‫َو َل ُت ِط ِل ا َال َم َال يَ ْق ُسو لَ َك ال ْ َق ْل ُب‬
O you who are busy with your world and neglect your deen,
whose appetite for wealth has deceived him,
do you not realise that you will have to depart?
Prepare yourself for death, O my brother, for it will descend.
Do not draw out your hopes, in case your heart becomes hard.
474
‫و َأَ كْ ثِرْ م ِنْ ذِكْرٍ و َفِكْر ٍ م ِنْ غَيْر ِ ع َ ٍّد‬

ِ‫ل خَيْرٍ م ِـنْ غَيْر ِ ح َ ّد‬
ِ ّ ‫و َبَاـ دِ ْر بِكُـ‬
ِ‫و َِإ َي ّاـ ك َ أَ ْن تَن ْس َى ه َا دِم ًاـ لِل ْمَلَا ذ‬
ٰ
‫َو َو ِاظ ْب َع َلى ال ْ ِف ْك ِر ا ْ ُل ِع ِني َع َلى ْ ِال ِّد‬
‫َو َسا ِر ْع إِلَى ا َال ْع َما ِل َفال ْ ُع ْم ُر يَ ْذ َه ُب‬
Engage a great deal in dhikr and reflection without counting
and hasten to do every good action without limit.
Beware of forgetting the demolisher of pleasures.
Persevere in reflection which will make you aware
and move you to do good works, for life will soon depart.
‫ح َ ّقه ُ ْم د َائِم ًاـ‬

َ ‫ق‬
ِ ‫و َأَ عْطِ ذَوِي الْحُق ُو‬
‫وَل َا تَنْسَاـه ُ حَدِيثًا ك َانَ أَ ْو قَدِيم ًاـ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ غَانِم ًاـ‬
ِ ْ ‫فَبِذ َا تَكُو نُ بِ حَـو‬
‫َو َف ِّك ْر ِفي َأ ْح َوا ِل ال ْ ِق َي َـام ِة َدائ ِ ًمـا‬
‫َك َب ْع ٍث َو نَ ْش ٍر َوا ْ َل َوا ِز ُين ُت ْن َص ُب‬
Always fulfil the rights of those who have rights
and do not forget it whether it is recent or old
for by means of that, by the power of Allah, you will be successful.
Constantly reflect on the states of the Last Hour, the Rising,
the Gathering and the Balance of actions which is set up.
475
َ ‫و َِإ َي ّـ‬
ْ‫ك م ِـنْ فِكْر ٍ بِـلَا اعْتِـب َاـ ٍر يَحُـول‬
ُ ‫ل‬
ْ‫الر ّسُل‬ ِ ّ ُ ‫َـج ك‬
ِ ‫اف لِمِنْـه‬
ٌ َ ‫فـَف ِيه ِ خِـل‬
ْ‫ل ال ْع َاص ِي لِوِ ْز ٍر يَوْم َ الد ِّي ِن يَثْق ُل‬
ُ ‫فَح َ ْم‬
‫اط ال َّ ِـذ ي لَ ُه َع َق َبـا ُت ُـه‬ ِ ‫ـالصـر‬
َ ِّ ‫َو َك‬
‫ـاصي َو َم ْش ُي ُه يَ ْص ُع ُب‬ ِ ‫َتطُ ُول َع َلى ال ْ َع‬
Beware of thinking without consideration
because in that you are at variance with the way of all the Messengers.
The disobedient’s burden on the Day of Reckoning is heavy.
Then there is the Bridge which has its steep and difficult ascents;
it will be lengthy for the disobedient and walking on it will be hard,
‫ِـنّ م َنْ ق َ ْد تَاـبَ ل َِل ّٰه ِ خ َال ِصً اـ‬

َ ‫و َلَــك‬
‫ن قـَصَـصً اـ‬
ِ ‫ل عِبْرَة ً فِي الْقُر ْءَا‬
ُ ‫و َيـَنْـه َـ‬
‫حصَصً اـ‬ ِ ‫و َي َر َى ف ِيه ِ نَصِ يبَ ال ْمُط‬
ِ ‫ِيع‬
ٰ
‫ُم ْخلِ ًصـا‬ ‫َو َم ْن َك َان َطائ ِ ًعـا َول ِ َّل ِه‬
‫َ ُي ُّر َك َب ْر ٍق َأ ْو َك ِر ٍيح َف َي ْذ َه ُب‬
However, whoever has turned sincerely to Allah in tawba
and drinks an admonition from the stories of the Qur’an
and sees in it the portion of the obedient
while whoever was obedient and sincere towards Allah
will pass over it like lightning or a wind and will go on.
476
ّ َ ‫ج نِعْم َ ال‬
ِ ‫سيْر‬ َ َ ‫أَ يَاـ م َنْ أَ رَدْتَ أَ ْن تَنْه‬
َ ‫ل قَبْرٍ وَمَطْل َ ِع‬
ِ ‫الن ّشْر‬ ِ ْ ‫خفْتَ م ِنْ هَو‬
ِ َ‫و‬
ّ ِ‫تخْـشَاـه ُ يَوْم َئ ِ ٍذ م ِـنْ حَـر‬
َ ٍ ‫أَ ْو َظم َـإ‬
‫َو إِ ْن ِش ْئ َت َأ ْن ُت ْس َقى ِم َن احل َْو ِض ِفي ْال َْش ِر‬
‫َف َال ِز ْم ُح َّب ا َّلن ِبي َو َم ْن لَ ُه ُي ْن َس ُب‬
O you who want to travel the easiest of journeys
and are afraid of the terror of the grave and the coming of the gathering
or the thirst which you fear on that day from the great heat.
If you wish to be given a drink from the Basin on the Day of Gathering,
you must love the Prophet and his descendants.
ٰ‫َب ف ِيه ِ شُرْ بَة ً ه َن َِي ّة ً لِتْر َو َى‬

ْ ‫فَا شْر‬
ٰ‫شكْوَى‬ ِ ‫لال� ل�ه ِم ِنْ صَاح‬
ّ َ ‫ِبال‬ ّ َ َ‫وَاع ْل َ ْمأ‬
َ ْ‫نف َض‬
َ ‫فـَسَـل ِ ّ ْم عَلَيْه ِ ب ِالس ِّرِّ ث َُمّ � ب‬
ٰ‫ِالن ّجْ و َى‬
‫َو َص ِّل َع َلى ال ْ َها ِدي ا ْ ُل َش َ ّف ِع ِفي ا َلو َرى‬
َ ْ ‫ول َأنَا لَ َها إِ َذ ا‬
‫ال ْل ُق يَ ْر َه ُب‬ ُ ‫يَ ُق‬
Then drink a pleasant drink in order to be slaked.
Know that the bounty of Allah comes from the Owner of the Complaint.
Ask for peace for him in secret and then in intimate converse.
And bless the Guide whose intercession for mankind is accepted,
for he is the one who intercedes when people are terrified.
477
‫ن‬
ٍ َ ‫شفْعَة ِ ال ْم ُخْ ت َاـرِ م ِنْ حَز‬
ُ َ ‫فَم َاـ بَعْد‬
‫ن‬ ّ َ ُ ‫تح ْتَ ل ِوَا ال ْم ُصْ طَفَىٰ تَن ْسَىٰ ك‬
ٍ َ ‫ل مِ ح‬ َ
‫ن‬ ّ َ ‫فأَ َ ح‬
ٍ ‫ِب ء َا لَه ُ فأَ َ ن ْتَ فِي أَ م َاـ‬
‫َع َل ْي ِه َص َل ُة ال َّل ِه ِفي ُك ِّل َم ْو ِط ٍن‬
ٍ ‫َو َء ا ٍل َو َأ ْص َح‬
‫اب َو َم ْن يَ َت َح َّب ُب‬
There is no grief after the intercession of the Chosen One
under the banner of the Mustafa, you will forget every trial
so love his family and you will be safe.
May the blessings of Allah be upon him in every land,
and on his family and Companions and those who show love for him.
ِ ‫َب ب َِالن ّب ِ ِيّ صَاـح‬

ٍ ‫ِب دَعْوَة‬ ِّ ‫فَي َاـ ر‬
ٍ ‫ِيب ب ِر َحْمَة‬
ِ َ‫ن ا لْحب‬
َ ْ ‫خ اب‬ ّ َ ‫تَغ َ َمّدِ ال‬
َ ْ ‫شي‬
ٍ ‫شي ٍْخ بِ ح ُ َج ّة‬
َ ْ‫ل س ِ َرّه ُ م ِن‬
َ ‫و َم َنْ نَاـ‬
ٍ‫نَـي َل سع َـاد ة‬ ‫َو َأ ْس َأ ُل َر ِّب ال َّل َه‬
ََ ْ
‫يَ َت َقر ُب ۝‬ ‫اب َو َم ْن‬ ِ ‫لِي َو ل ِ َأل ْح َب‬
َّ
O my Lord, by the Prophet, the owner of da‘wah
enfold Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib in mercy
and enfold whatever Shaykh obtains his secret with a proof.
I ask my Lord, Allah, for the gift of true happiness
for me and the beloved ones and those who draw near.
478
Commentary on the Qasida
‘Ahimu Wahdi’
»‫تخميس قصيدة «أهيم وحدي‬
‫ملوالي املرتضى البومسهولي الله و ّليه‬
َ َ‫ف َِإ ْن ضَاق‬

‫الصّ ْدر ُ م َ َع قَلْبِي‬
‫ي بِي‬ َ ّ ِ ‫و َاشْ ت َ ّد هَم‬
َ ّ ِ ‫ي و َغ َم‬
‫أَ ْو أَ ْزم َة ٌ أَ ْو د َاء ٌ ِإشْ ت َ ّد بِي‬
‬‫َأ ِه ُيم‮ َ‬و ْح ِـد ي‮‬بِ ِذ ْك ِر‮ َ‬ربِّي‮‬
ِّ ‫َف ِذك ُْر‮ َ‬ربِّي‮ ُ‬ه َـو‮‬
‫‬الش َف ُاء‬
When my heart and breast become oppressed
and my worries and sorrows are severe
and a crisis or affliction overcomes me,
I am ecstatic, alone, in the dhikr of my Lord,
for the dhikr of my Lord – it is the cure.
ٌ ّ ‫ِإ ْن ك َانَ لِلْقَو ْ ِم ح‬

‫ُب بَادِي‬
ِ‫فِي م َاـلِه ِ ْم وَدُن ْي َاـ ال ْوُجُود‬
ُ ُ ‫ْس ل ِي حِيلَة‬
ِ‫الصّ ع ُود‬ َ ‫أَ ْو لَي‬
ْ ‫ت َ‬ربّ ً‮ا ُ‬ه َ‮و‬

‫‬اع ِت َما ِدي‬ ‫َأ ْح َب ْب ُ‮‬
‫يء‮‬هـُ َو‮‬يَ َش ُـاء‬
ٍ ‫‬ش‬ َ ‫ل ِ ُك ِّل‮‬
If the People have a manifest love
for their wealth and this world,
and I don’t find a way of getting on,
I have loved a Lord – on Whom I rely;
in each single thing – it is He Who wills it.
‫ُب‬
ِّ ‫يَا م َنْ أَ ضَاعَ عُم ْرًا فِي ح‬
ِّ ‫أَ لْقَي ْت َه ُك َُل ّه ُ فِي ج‬
‫ُب‬
‫ْب‬
ِ ‫صع‬
َ ‫ل‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫أَ ت ْعَب ْتَ ن َ ْفسًا بِك‬
‬‫‬ح ٍّـب‮ ‬ل ِ َغ ْيـ ِر‮ َ‬ر بِّي‮‬
ُ ‫َو ُك ُّل‮‬
َّ ‫ِفي ِه‮ ‬ا ل ْ َع َـذ ُاب‮ ‬ ِفي ِه‮‬
‫‬الش َق ُاء‬
Oh you who have wasted your life in vain love,
you have thrown it all into the bottom of a well.
You have tired yourself with every trouble.
In every love for other than my Lord
there is torment and grief.
480
ِ ‫ِب ال َد ّاء‬
ِّ ‫ِإ ْن شِئ ْتَ عَج ِّلْ بِط‬
ِ ‫سم َاـء‬ ّ َ ‫ح ب ِال‬ ُ ‫ك‬
َ ‫الر ّو‬ َ ِ ‫ب ِو َصْ ل‬
ِ ‫بِـغَي ْبـَة ٍ وَصَـف َاـ صَـف َاـء‬
‫‬ع ِن‮‬ال ْ َف َن ِاء‬

َ ‫يَا َف ْو َز‮‬ َفـا ٍن‮‬
‫‬ال ََيـا ُة‮ ‬لَ ُـه‮ ‬ال ْ َب َق ُـاء‬
ْ ‫لَ ُه‮‬
If you wish it, hasten to the cure of the disease
by directing your Ruh to Heaven,
withdrawing into Him and cleansing yourself totally.
Oh the victory of the one annihilated to annihilation,
he will have life and going on.
ِ‫ن الْحَسَد‬
َ ِ ‫فَطَهِّرِ الْق َل ْبَ م‬
‫ل عِلْم ٍ ف َ ْه ٍم تَج ََر ّ ْد‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫م ِنْ ك‬
‫ل جَم ٍْع مُم َ َج ّ ْد‬
ِ ّ ُ ‫و َقُلْ فِي ك‬
َ ‫‬ص ِّل‮‬
‫‬ع َلى ُم َح َّم ْد‬ َ ‫يَا َر ِّب‮‬
ِّ ‫ور‮ َ‬و‬
‫الض َي ُاء‬ ُّ ‫ِم ْن‮‬ َذا تِ ِه‮‬
ُ ‫‬الن‬
Purify the heart of envy,
strip away all knowledge and understanding,
and in every exalted meeting say:
O my Lord, bless Muhammad.
From his essence there is light and radiance.
481
‫و َِإ ْن تُر ِ ْد حِصْ ن ًاـ م ِنْ حَر َا ِم‬

‫خ فِي الْك َلَا ِم‬ ّ َ ‫فَا َت ّب ِ ِع ال‬
َ ْ ‫شي‬
ّ َ ‫و َنَبِ َ ّي ال� ل�ه ِ فِي ال‬
‫سـلَا ِم‬
‫ب‬ال ْ ِكـ َـرا ِم‬
‫َو َءال ِ ِ‮ه َ‬وا َّلص ْح ِ‮‬
‫۝‬ ‫ـود‮‬لَ ُه ْـم‮ َ‬و َف ُاء‬
ٌ ‫لَ ُه ْم‮ ُ‬ع ُه‬
And if you wish protection from the Haram,
follow the Shaykh in what he says,
and the Prophet of Allah regarding the prayer on him –
And bless his family and noble Companions.
They have covenants; they fulfil them.
482
‫تحْق َة ُ ال َ ّ‬
‫سا�لِكِينَ الع َارِف ِينَ‬ ‫ن وَ ُ‬ ‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫سائِر ِي َ‬ ‫بُغْي َة ُ المُرِيدِي َ‬
‫ظه ُور َ م َا فِي‬

‫ي ُ‬ ‫ل ال ُ ّ‬
‫ظهْر َ‪ ،‬أَ ْ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬
‫ي َ‬
‫ل ال ْعَصْر ِ) أَ ْ‬ ‫ل صَلَاة َ ال ُ ّ‬
‫ظ ْهرِ فِي أَ َ ّو ِ‬ ‫ص ِّ‬
‫عَن ْه ُ (و َ َ‬
‫ك وَهِي َ دَو َام ُ ال ُش ّه ُودِ لِ حَضْرَة ِ ال ْمَلِكِ ال ْمَعْب ُودِ‪ ،‬كَمَا تَق َ َ ّدم َ فِي أَ َ ّو ِ‬
‫ل ال ْعَصْر ِ‬ ‫ك ل ِر َب ِّ َ‬
‫ِإد َار َت ِ َ‬
‫ْس مُر َادُه ُ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ‪ ،‬صَلَاة َ‬

‫ك ال ِْإر َادَة َ لَه ُ‪ ،‬و َلَي َ‬
‫ك وَسَل ْب ِ َ‬
‫خ َ‬
‫ك لِشَي ْ ِ‬
‫ي م ُع َاصَرَت ُ َ‬
‫أَ ْ‬
‫ن ال ُ ّ‬
‫ظهْر َ ال ْمَعْلُوم َ يُطْلَبُ ف ِيهَا‬ ‫سجُودِ‪ ،‬لأَ َ ّ‬ ‫الر ّك ِ‬
‫ُوع و َال ُ ّ‬ ‫ظ ْهرِ و َال ْعَصْر ِ ال ْمُشْتَمِلَة ِ عَلَى ُ‬
‫ال ُ ّ‬
‫ل ال ْعَصْر ِ‪ ،‬فم َ ِنْ ث ََم ّ حَمَل ْنَاه َا عَلَى م َا ذ َكَر ْنَا فَافْه َ ْم‬
‫ل و َقْتِهَا ل َا فِي أَ َ ّو ِ‬
‫أَ ْن تُصَلَ ّى فِي أَ َ ّو ِ‬
‫ش ْد و َال� ل�ه ُ يَت َو َلَ ّى هُد َانَا و َهُد َى ال ْعَٰـلـَمِينَ‪ ،‬ءَام ِين‪ .‬و َقَو ْلُهُ‪( :‬فَتِل ْ َ‬
‫ك صَلَاة ُ ال ْع َارِف ِينَ‬ ‫تُرْ َ‬
‫ب ِر َ ّبِهِمْ) وَهِي َ دَو َام ُ ال ُش ّه ُودِ لِ حَضْرَة ِ ال ْمَلِكِ ال ْمَعْب ُودِ فَلَا تَنْقَط ِ ُع صَلَاتُه ُ ْم �ل ِ َ‬
‫كوْنِه ِ ْم‬
‫ي عَلَى شُه ُودِه ِ ْم ل ِر َ ّبِه ِ ْم م ُوَاظِب ُونَ‪ ،‬و َقَو ْلُه ُ‬ ‫ن ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬

‫ن ه ُ ْم عَلَى صَلَاتِه ِ ْم د َائِمُونَ‪ ،‬أَ ْ‬ ‫مِ َ‬
‫ن ال ْع َارِف ِينَ و َهُم ُ ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬

‫ن ل َا‬ ‫كن ْتَ م ِ َ‬ ‫كن ْتَ مِنْه ُ ْم فَانْض ِ‬
‫َح ال ْب َر ّ ب ِال ْب َحْ رِ)‪ ،‬ف َِإ ْن ُ‬ ‫(ف َِإ ْن ُ‬
‫ي ر َ ُّش ب َر ّ شَر ِيع َت ِك‬

‫ن الْخلْقِ‪ ،‬فانْضَحْ أَ ْ‬
‫ن الْحَقّ ِ وَل َا ب ِالْحَقّ ِ ع َ ِ‬
‫ق عَ ِ‬
‫يحْجَب ُونَ ب ِالخَل ْ ِ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ل ِإم َام ُنَا م َال ِكٌ ‪ ،‬رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ ‪:‬‬
‫ن الْجا َم ِع ِينَ بَيْنَهُم َا‪ ،‬كَمَا قَا َ‬
‫ك وَكُنْ م ِ َ‬
‫حق ِيق َت ِ َ‬
‫بِبَحْرِ َ‬
‫ق و َل َ ْم يَت َش َ َر ّ ْع فَق َ ْد ت َزَنْد َقَ ‪ ،‬وَم َنْ جَم َ َع‬

‫ق وَم َنْ تَح َ ّق َ‬ ‫(م َنْ تَش َ َر ّعَ و َل َ ْم يَتَح َ ّققْ فَق َ ْد تَف َ َ ّ‬
‫س َ‬
‫يف‪.‬‬ ‫يف وَع ُب ُود َِي ّة ِ َ‬

‫الت ّعْرِ ِ‬ ‫ق ب ِال ْع ُب ُودِ َي ّتَيْنِ‪ :‬ع ُب ُود َِي ّة ِ َ‬
‫الت ّكْل ِ ِ‬ ‫ي تَح َ ّق َ‬
‫بَيْنَهُم َا فَق َ ْد تَح َ ّققَ) أَ ْ‬
‫‪484‬‬
‫‪.‬‬
‫مقدمة الشخي دمحم بن احلبيب ‪‬‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫طه َارَة َ عَلَى‬ ‫أَ مَر َ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ ال ْمُرِيد َ ب َِالت ّ ْطه ِير ِ بِمَاء ِ الغَي ِ‬
‫ْب و َيُؤْخَذ ُ مِن ْه ُ أَ َ ّ‬
‫س َِي ّة ٌ و َتَكُونُ ب ِال ْمَاء ِ الْحِس ِّي‪ ،‬وَم ُت َع َل ّقُه َا ال ْبَدَنُ ك ُل ّه ُ ِإ ْن ك َانَ‬
‫ح ّ‬
‫سم َيْنِ‪َ :‬طه َارَة ٌ ِ‬
‫قِ ْ‬
‫َت هَذِه ِ‬
‫الْحَد َثُ أَ كْ بَر َ أَ وِ الْأَ ْعضَاء ُ ال ْم َخْ صُوصَة ُ ِإ ْن ك َانَ الحَد َثُ أَ صْ غ َر َ و َلَيْس ْ‬
‫الث ّانِي ال َ ّ‬
‫طه َارَة ُ ال ْمَعْنَوِ يَة ُ‪ ،‬وَهِي َ َطه َارَة ُ‬ ‫مُر َادَة ً ل ِ َلن ّاظِمِ‪ ،‬رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ‪ ،‬و َالقِسْم ُ َ‬
‫ُوب‪ ،‬و َهَذِه ِ ال َ ّ‬

‫طه َارَة ُ‬ ‫حضْرَة ِ ع َ َ‬
‫لا ّ ِم ال ْغ ُي ِ‬ ‫ض الْحا َجِبَة ِ لَهَا ع َنْ َ‬
‫ن الْأَ ْمر َا ِ‬
‫وب م ِ َ‬
‫الْق ُل ُ ِ‬
‫ِف و َالْأَ سْر َارِ الْجا َرِي م ِنْ‬ ‫لا ّ ب ِال ْمَاء ِ ال ْمَعْنَو ّ ِ‬
‫ِي و َه ُو َ م َاء ُ ال ْع ُلُو ِم و َال ْم َع َار ِ‬ ‫ل َا تَكُونُ ِإ َ‬
‫ْب ال َ ّذ ِي يُف ِيضُه ُ‬

‫ن ال ْعَي ِ‬ ‫شي ِْخ ال ْع َار ِ‬
‫ِف ب ِال� ل�ه ِ المُطَ َهّر ُ م ِ َ‬ ‫ْب ال َ ّ‬
‫ْب ِإلَى قَل ِ‬
‫حضْرَة ِ الغَي ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ِف و َالْأَ سْر َارِ‪ ،‬و َهَذ َا‬ ‫خ عَلَى ال ْمُرِيدِ‪ ،‬فَيَتَطَ َهّر ُ قَل ْب ُه ُ م ِ َ‬
‫ن الْأَ غْيَارِ و َيمُ ْلَا ُ ب ِال ْم َع َار ِ‬ ‫ال َ ّ‬
‫شي ْ ُ‬
‫ل بِهَا ِإلَى م َنْ يَأْ خُذ ُ بيَِدِه ِ و َه ُو َ‬ ‫ي بَصِ يرَة ٍ يَت َو َ َ ّ‬

‫ص ُ‬ ‫ِإ ْن ك َانَ ال ْمُرِيد ُ صَاحِبَ سِرٍّ أَ ّ ِ‬
‫ْب كَمَا ق َ ّدمْنَا‪ ،‬و َِإ ْن ل َ ْم يَكُ ِ‬
‫ن ال ْمُرِيد ُ صَاحِبَ‬ ‫خ ال َ ّذ ِي يَسْتَمِ ُ ّد م ِن َ‬
‫حضْرَة ِ ال ْغَي ِ‬ ‫ال َ ّ‬
‫شي ْ ُ‬
‫الر ّسْم َِي ّة ِ ح ََت ّى يَفْت َ َ‬

‫ح ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَيْه ِ‬ ‫ظاه ِرَة ِ و َال ْع ُلُو ِم َ‬
‫ل ال َ ّ‬
‫سِرٍّ و َبَصِ يرَة ٍ فَل ْيَتَي َمّ ْم بِصَع ِيدِ الْأَ عْمَا ِ‬
‫كن ْتَ أَ ن ْتَ أَ م َام َه ُ)‬

‫ب ِالس ِّر ِّ و َال ْب َصِ يرَة ِ‪ .‬و َأَ شَار َ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ بِقَو ْلِه ِ‪( :‬و َق َ ّدِ ْم ِإم َام ًا ُ‬
‫شيْخ ًا عَارِفًا ب ِال� ل�ه ِ يَقْتَدِي بِه ِ فِي َ‬
‫الصّ لَاة ِ‬ ‫يج ِبُ عَلَيْه ِ أَ ْن يُق َ ّدِم َ ِإم َام ًا َ‬ ‫ِإلَى أَ َ ّ‬
‫ن ال ْمُرِيد َ َ‬
‫يج ِبُ عَلَيْه ِ أَ ْن‬ ‫ال ْمَعْنَوِ َي ّة ِ َال ّتِي هِي َ ال ُش ّه ُود ُ لِ حَضْرَة ِ ال ْمَلِكِ ال ْمَعْب ُودِ كَمَا أَ َ ّ‬
‫ن ال ْم َأْ م ُوم َ َ‬
‫كن ْتَ أَ ن ْتَ أَ م َام َه ُ)‬

‫سجُودِ‪ ،‬و َقَو ْلِه ِ ( ُ‬ ‫الر ّك ِ‬
‫ُوع و َال ُ ّ‬ ‫َات ُ‬ ‫الصّ لَاة ِ ذ ِ‬ ‫يَقْتَدِيَ ب ِِإم َا ٍم فِي َ‬
‫ل‬
‫ص َ‬
‫ح َ‬ ‫شي ِ‬
‫ُوخ ِإ َلّا ِإذ َا َ‬ ‫ن ال ْمُرِيد َ ل َا يَقْتَدِي بِشَي ٍْخ م ِ َ‬
‫ن ال ُ ّ‬ ‫أَ شَار َ بِه ِ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ ِإلَى أَ َ ّ‬
‫مج َن ّدَة ٌ م َا‬

‫ح جُن ُود ٌ ُ‬ ‫ل عَلَيْه ِ ال َ ّ‬
‫سلَا ِم‪( :‬الْأَ ْرو َا ُ‬ ‫ُف بَيْنَهُم َا فِي عَال َِم الْأَ ْرو ِ‬
‫َاح‪ ،‬قَا َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫الت ّع َار ُ‬
‫ف)‪ ،‬فَيَكُونُ ال ْمَعْن َى عَلَى هَذ َا و َق َ ّدِ ْم ِإم َام ًا‬

‫ف وَم َا تَنَاك َر َ مِنْهَا اخْ تَل َ َ‬
‫َف مِنْهَا ائ ْتَل َ َ‬
‫تَع َار َ‬
‫ُف ال َ ّذ ِي‬ ‫ل الْمق َابلََة ِ و َ‬

‫َالت ّع َار ِ‬ ‫كن ْتَ أَ م َام َه ُ فِي عَال َِم الْأَ ْرو ِ‬
‫َاح‪ ،‬و َل ِأَ جْ ِ‬ ‫فِي عَال َِم الْأَ شْ ب َ ِ‬
‫اح ُ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ل فِي عَال َِم الْأَ ْرو ِ‬
‫اف فِي عَال َِم الْأَ شْ بَاح‪ ،‬و َقَو ْلُه ُ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ‬
‫ل الْاِئ ْتِل َ ُ‬
‫ص َ‬
‫ح َ‬
‫َاح َ‬ ‫ص َ‬
‫ح َ‬
‫َ‬
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‫َف ِإ ْن َك َان ِم ْن ُه ال َّل ْف ُظ َج َاء بِ ُح َّل ِة‬ ‫ ‬

‫َو َأ ْع ِني بِ َها ْ َال ْس َر َار َت ْس ِري بِ ُس ْر َع ٍة‬
‫ل ِ َق ْل ِب ُم ِر ِيد ْال َِّق ِم ْن َغ ْي ِر ِش ْر َك ِة‬ ‫ ‬
‫و ُز ْه ُد ُه ِفي ْ َالكْوا ِن ُعم َد ُة سي ِرهِ‬
‫َ ْ َْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫يب بِ ُر ْؤيَ ِة‬ ‫َو ُش ْغ ٌل بِ ِإ ْف َرا ِد ْ َال ِب ِ‬ ‫ ‬
‫ال ْذ ِن ِم ْن َخ ْي ِر ُأ َّم ٍة‬‫َو َت ْص ِر ُيح ُه بِ ْ ِ‬
‫َع َل ْي ِه ْاع ِت َم ُاد ا َّلصا ِد ِق َني ْ َال ِج َّل ِة‬ ‫ ‬
‫َف ِإ ْن َح َص َل ا َمل ْق ُص ُود ِمَّا َذ َك ْر ُت ُه‬
‫َف َبا ِد ْر َو َأ ْع ِط ا َّلن ْف َس ِم ْن َغ ْي ِر ُم ْه َل ِة‬ ‫ ‬
‫َو َل َت ْع َت ِب ْر َش ْي ًئا ِس َوى َما َر َس ْم ُت ُه‬
‫ِفف ِيه ال َّ ِذي ُي ْغ ِني و ُك ُّل ا ْلسرةِ‬ ‫ ‬
‫َ َّ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ل الجن َُيْد ُ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْهُ‪:‬‬

‫و َقَا َ‬
‫َت َط َّه ْر ِ َب ِاء ال ْ َغ ْي ِب إِ ْن ُك ْن َت َذا ِس ٍّر‬

‫َوإِ َّال َت َي َّم ْم بِا َّلص ِع ِيد َأ ِو ا َّلص ْخ ِر‬ ‫ ‬
‫َو َق ِّد ْم إِ َم ًاما ُك ْن َت َأن ْ َت َأ َم َام ُه‬
‫َو َص ِّل َص َل َة ا ُّلظ ْه ِر ِفي َأ َّو ِل ال ْ َع ْص ِر‬ ‫ ‬
‫َف ِت ْل َك َص َل ُة ال ْ َعا ِر ِف َني بِ َربِّ ِه ْم‬
‫َف ِإ ْن ُك ْن َت ِم ْن ُه ْم َفان ْ َض ِح ال ْ َب َّر بِال ْ َب ْح ِر‬ ‫ ‬
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‫‪.‬‬
‫ن‬
‫حد ِ ب ُ‬
‫ل سَيِّدِي عَبْد ُ الوَا ِ‬ ‫حس ُن َْت ن َِي ّت ُه ُ ف ِيه ِ م ِنْ مَش ِ ِ‬
‫َائخ ال ْعَصْر ِ‪ .‬و َقَا َ‬ ‫ك بِم َنْ َ‬ ‫يَتمَ َ َ ّ‬
‫س َ‬
‫عَاشِرٍ‪:‬‬
‫يَ ْص َح ُب َش ْي ًخا َعا ِر َف ا ْ َل َسال ِ ْك‬

‫يَ ِقي ِه ِفي َط ِري ِق ِه ا ْ َل َهال ِ ْك‬ ‫ ‬
‫ُي َذك ُِّر ُه ال َّل َه إِ َذا َر ُآه‬
‫وص ُل ال ْ َع ْب َد إِلَى َم ْو َل ُه‬ ‫و ُي ِ‬ ‫ ‬
‫َ‬
‫ن عَطَاء ِ‬
‫ل اب ْ ُ‬
‫ك ال ِْإشْ ك َالَ‪ ،‬و َقَا َ‬
‫ل عَن ْ َ‬
‫ات ي َز ُو ُ‬ ‫اُنْظُر ْ م َا قَالَه ُ ال ُش ّ َر ّا ُ‬
‫ح فِي هَذِه ِ الْأَ ب ْي َ ِ‬
‫ك ح َالُه ُ وَل َا يَد ُل ّ َ‬

‫ك عَلَى‬ ‫ض َ‬
‫َب م َنْ ل َا يُنْه ِ ُ‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ِ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ فِي ِ‬
‫حكَمِه ِ ل َا تَصْ ح ْ‬
‫يج ِ ْد هَذِه ِ‬ ‫ل م ِنْ نَت ِيجَة ِ ُ‬

‫الصّ حْ بَة ِ فَم َنْ ل َ ْم َ‬ ‫ل وَدَل َالَة ُ ال ْمَق َا ِ‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ِ مَق َالُه ُ ف َِإنْه َ ُ‬
‫اض الْحا َ ِ‬
‫صف َت ُه ُ ف َِإ َن ّه ُ ي َ ْظف َر ُ بِه ِ عَلَى‬ ‫الْحَالَة َ م ِنْ صَاحِبِه ِ فَلِيَتْرُكْه ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ و َل ْيَبْح ْ‬
‫َث عَلَى م َنْ هَذِه ِ ِ‬
‫صدْقِه ِ و َق َُو ّة ِ ع َ ْزمِه ِ و َال� ل�ه ُ ال ْمُسْت َع َانُ‪ .‬و َقلُ ْتُ فِي ق َصِ يدَة ٍ ل ِي تَائ َيِ ّة ٍ ذ َكَر ْتُ‬
‫َب ِ‬
‫حس ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ص الم َ ْقصُودِ مِنْهَا ‪:‬‬‫شي ِْخ ال ْم ُر َب ِ ّي و َن َ َ ّ‬
‫َاف ال َ ّ‬
‫ف ِيهَا أَ ْوص َ‬
‫َو َه ْي َل َل ٌة َت ْن ِفي َج ِم َيع ال ْ َو َسا ِو ِس‬

‫ال ِقي َق ِة‬‫بِ َت ْل ِق ِني َش ْي ٍخ َعا ِر ٍف بِ ْ َ‬ ‫ ‬
‫َوآيَا ُت ُه ُن ٌور يَ ُل ُوح بِ َظا ِه ٍر‬
‫َو ِس ٌّر َب َدا ِم ْن َب ِاط ٍن َم َع ِه َّم ِة‬ ‫ ‬
‫َو َت ْر ِق ٌية بِال َّل ْح ِظ َق ْب َل َت َل ُّف ٍظ‬
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‫ن عَطَاء ِ ال� ل�ه ِ فِي‬ ‫ق ب ِال� ل�ه ِ وَل َِل ّٰه ِ‪ ،‬و َقلُ ْتُ كَمَا قَا َ‬
‫ل اب ْ ُ‬ ‫ال َتّهْدِيد ُ عَلَى ال ْب ُر ُوزِ فَبَرَزْتُ لِلْخَل ْ ِ‬
‫كسْوَة ِ الْأَ ن ْوَارِ وَهِد َايَة ِ‬

‫جعْنِي ِإلَيْهَا ب ِ ِ‬ ‫ِالر ّج ِ‬
‫ُوع ِإلَى الْأَ ثَر ِ فَا ْر ِ‬ ‫حكَمِه ِ ِإلَه ِي أَ مَرْتَ ب ُ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ن َ‬
‫الن ّظَرِ‬ ‫ك مِنْهَا مَصُونَ الس ِّر ِّ ع َ ِ‬
‫ك مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخ َل ْتُ عَلَي ْ َ‬ ‫الْا ِسْ تِبْصَارِ ح ََت ّى أَ ْر ِ‬
‫ج َع ِإلَي ْ َ‬
‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير ٌ‪ ،‬و َاع ْلَم ُوا سَادَتِي‪،‬‬ ‫ن الْاِعْتِم َادِ عَلَيْهَا ِإ َن ّ َ‬
‫ك عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫ِإلَيْهَا وَمَرْفُوعَ ال ْه ِ َمّة ِ ع َ ِ‬
‫ُوب‬ ‫ل مُر ِي ٍد طَال ٍِب لِ حَضْرَة ِ ال� ل�ه ِ وَد َلِي ُ‬
‫ل ال ْوُج ِ‬ ‫ِب عَلَى ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫شي ِْخ الْح َ ِ ّ‬
‫ي و َاج ٌ‬ ‫اتخَاذ َ ال َ ّ‬ ‫أَ َ ّ‬
‫ن ِّ‬
‫الصّ ادِق ِينَ﴾‪ .‬و َال ْم َع َِي ّة ُ‬

‫ن ءام َن ُوا َات ّق ُوا ال� ل�ه َ وَكُونُوا م َ َع َ‬ ‫ُ َ‬
‫قَو ْلُه ُ تَع َالَى ‪﴿ :‬يَا أَ ّيهَا ال ّذ ِي َ َ‬
‫ل م َنْ أَ نَابَ‬ ‫ل تَع َالَى ‪﴿:‬و َا َت ّبِعْ سَب ِي َ‬ ‫اح ل َا ب ِالْأَ ْرو ِ‬
‫َاح و َقَا َ‬ ‫تَقْتَض ِي ال ْمُصَاحَب َة َ ب ِالْأَ شْ ب َ ِ‬
‫ِإل َيّ﴾‪ .‬فأَ َ مَر َ تَع َالَى فِي هَذِه ِ الْآيَة ِ ال ْوَلَد َ بِمُتَابَعَة ِ و َالِد ِ الْأَ ْرو ِ‬
‫َاح د ُونَ م ُتَابَعَة ِ و َالِد ِ‬
‫ك الْح َ ِّس وَش ََت ّانَ م َا‬ ‫الر ّ ِ‬

‫وح ي ُر َب ِ ّي ال ْمَعْن َى وَو َالِد ِ الْجِس ْ ِم ي ُر َب ِ ّي ل َ َ‬ ‫ن و َالِد َ ُ‬ ‫الْأَ شْ ب َ ِ‬
‫اح لأَ َ ّ‬
‫ل ‪( a‬ال ْمَر ْء ُ عَلَى دِي ِن خ َلِيلِه ِ فَل ْيَنْظُر ْ‬ ‫بَيْنَ م َنْ ه َِم ّت ُه ُ الْح َ ِّس وَم َنْ ه َِم ّت ُه ُ ال ْمَعْن َى‪ ،‬و َقَا َ‬
‫ف‬ ‫أَ حَدُك ُ ْم م َنْ يُخَال ِلْ )‪ .‬وَو َق َ َع الاِتِّف َاقُ م ِنْ هَذِه ِ ا ْل ُأ َمّة ِ ال ْم ُ َ‬
‫ح َمّد َِي ّة ِ سَلَف ًا ع َنْ خ َل َ ٍ‬
‫شي ٍْخ ن َ ِ ٍ‬
‫اصح‬ ‫ن ال ْغَفْلَة ِ أَ ْن يَعْمَد َ ِإلَى َ‬
‫يج ِبُ عَلَى ال ْمُرِيدِ بَعْد َ ان ْت ِبَاهِه ِ م ِ َ‬ ‫ن أَ َ ّو َ‬
‫ل م َا َ‬ ‫عَلَى أَ َ ّ‬
‫سه ِ‬ ‫س وَدَو َاعِيهَا و َأَ ْدوِ يَة ِ أَ ْمر َاضِه َا فَار ٍِغ م ِنْ نَهْذ ِ‬
‫ِيب ن َ ْف ِ‬ ‫الن ّ ْف ِ‬ ‫ش ٍد عَال ِ ٍم ب ِع ُي ِ‬
‫ُوب َ‬ ‫م ُ ْر ِ‬
‫سه ِ لأَ َ ّ‬
‫ن م َنْ ل َ ْم يَكُنْ لَه ُ‬ ‫ح ِّ‬
‫يخْرِج ُه ُ م ِنْ د َائ ِرَة ِ ِ‬
‫سه ِ و َ ُ‬
‫ُوب ن َ ْف ِ‬
‫و َأَ ْغر َاضِه َا يُبَصِّرُه ُ ب ِع ُي ِ‬
‫ق َ‬
‫الر ّد َى‪ ،‬و َالمُرِيدِ‬ ‫محَالَة َ ِإلَى َطرِ ي ِ‬ ‫ق ال ْهُد َى قَادَه ُ ال َ ّ‬
‫شيْطَانُ ل َا َ‬ ‫خ يَق ُودُه ُ ِإلَى َطرِ ي ِ‬
‫شي ْ ٌ‬
‫َ‬
‫حق ِيق َة ُ ال ْمُرِيدِ أَ َن ّه ُ ال ْمُتَجَرِ ّدِ ع َنْ ِإر َاد َتِه ِ‬ ‫مُشْت ّ ٌَق م ِ َ‬
‫ن ال ِْإد َارَة ِ وَم ُت َع َل ّقُه َا ال ِْإخْل َ ُ‬
‫اص و َ َ‬
‫ْس ِإ َ‬
‫لا ّ‬ ‫لم َِا أَ ر َاد َ ال� ل�ه ُ مِن ْه ُ و َه ُو َ عِبَادَة ُ ال� ل�هِ‪ ،‬لِقَوْمِه ِ تَع َالَى ‪﴿ :‬وَم َا خ َلَقْتُ الج َِنّ و ِ‬
‫َالإن َ‬
‫ن‬
‫سه ِ ِإذِ الْوِل َايَة ُ فِي ال ْبَاطِ ِ‬ ‫لِيَعْبُد ُونَ‪ ﴾....‬و َل َم ّا ك َانَ ال ْمُرِيد ُ ضَع ِيف ًا ع َنْ تَهْذ ِ‬
‫ِيب ن َ ْف ِ‬
‫َف وِل َايَتِه ِ أَ عَانَه ُ عَلَى طَاعَة ِ‬ ‫شي ِْخ َ‬

‫تح ْتَ كَن ِ‬ ‫ن ف َِإذ َا ك َانَ فِي ح ُ ْكم ِ ال َ ّ‬ ‫س و َال َ ّ‬
‫شيْطَا ِ‬ ‫ل ِ َلن ّ ْف ِ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ ف َوَجَبَ عَلَيْه ِ أَ ْن‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه ِ وَك َلَامِه ِ ال ْم ُؤَثِّر ِ بِف َضْ ِ‬
‫ال� ل�ه ِ وَعِبَاد َتِه ِ بِه ِ َمّتِه ِ ال ْع َام ِلَة ِ ب ِِإ ْذ ِ‬
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‫‪.‬‬
‫وَمَوْل َانَا أَ حْمَد ُ ال ْبَدَوِي رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْهُ‪:‬‬
‫َو َف ْي ُض ُك ْم ِفي ْاز ِديَا ٍد‬

‫َو ُج ُود ُك ْم ِفي َت َوالِي‬ ‫ ‬
‫َو َق ْد َأ َش ْر ُت ِفي َق ِص َيدةٍ لِي إِلَى َب ْع ِض َما َخ َّص ِني ا َلله بِ ِه َت َُّدثًا بِ ِن َع ِم الل ِه َونَ ُّص َها‪:‬‬
‫يب َج َمالً‬ ‫َق ْد َك َسانَا ِذك ُْر ْ َال ِب ِ‬

‫َو َب َه ًاء َو ِر ْف َع ًة َو ُس ُر ًورا‬ ‫ ‬
‫َو َخ َل ْع َنا ال ْ ِع َذ َار ِع ْن َد ال َّت َدانِي‬
‫َو َج َه ْرنَا ِ َب ْن ُن ِح ُّب ا ْف ِت َخ ًارا‬ ‫ ‬
‫ك ف ِيهَا عِشْر ُونَ بَي ْتًا فِي‬

‫ن المُبَار َ ِ‬
‫وَهِي َ ق َصِ يدَة ٌ مَشْه ُورَة ٌ م َ ْذكُورَة ٌ فِي هَذ َا الد ِّيوَا ِ‬
‫خ سَيِّدِي مُح َم ّدٌ ب ْن عَل ِ ٍيّ رَضِيَ‬ ‫تج ِ ْد م َا أَ شَرْتُ لَكَ‪ ،‬وَمُنْذ ُ تُو ُف ِ ّي َ ال َ ّ‬
‫شي ْ ُ‬ ‫صفْحَة ٍ طَالِعْه َا َ‬
‫َ‬
‫ك ال ْمَق َا ِم‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ‪ ،‬و َال ِْإ ْذنُ يَتَج َ ّدد ُ عَل َيّ و َأَ نَا أَ سْ ت َحْ ق ِر ُ ن َ ْفس ِي و َأَ ر َاه َا لَيْس ْ‬
‫َت أَ ه ْلا ً لِذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫ح ََت ّى أَ تَانِي ال ْمَش ِ‬
‫َائخ ُ الْأَ رْبَع َة‪ ،‬و َه ُ ْم سَيِّدِي مُح َم ّدٌ ب ُ‬
‫ن عَل ِ ٍيّ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ‪ ،‬وَسَيِّدِي‬
‫ِي رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ‪ ،‬وَسَيِّدِي مُح َم ّدٌ ال ْعَر ْب ِ ُيّ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ‪ ،‬وَسَيِّدِي‬ ‫ال ْعَر ْب ِ ُيّ ب ِ ُ‬
‫ن ال ْه ُ َو ّار ّ ِ‬
‫أَ حْمَد ُ ال ْبَدَو ُِيّ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَنْه ُ ْم و َأَ مَر ُونِي ب ِال ْب ُر ُوزِ ِإلَى الْخَل ْ ِ‬
‫ق وَدَل َالَتِه ِ ْم عَلَى ال ْمَلِكِ‬
‫ن ال ْمَاء َ ال َ ّذ ِي شَر َب ْت َه ُ م َِن ّا ه ُو َ أَ عْذ َبُ الْميَِاه ِ و َأَ حْلَاه َا فَم ُ َ ّد يَدَك َ شَرْقًا‬
‫الْحَقّ ِ‪ ،‬و َقَالُوا ِإ َ ّ‬
‫وَغَرْبًا وَل َا تَخ َْف م ِنْ أَ حَدٍ‪ ،‬ث َُم ّ بَعْد َ هَذ َا و َق َ َع ال ِْإ ْذنُ م ِ َ‬
‫ن المُصْ طَفَى ‪ a‬وَو َق َ َع‬
‫‪489‬‬
‫ق ال� ل�ه ُ رَج َاءَه ُ ف ِينَا‪ ،‬ف َوَالله ِ ث َُم ّ و َال� ل�ه ِ م َا مَرَرْنَا عَلَى مَدِينَة ٍ وَل َا قَر ْيَة ٍ‬
‫ح َ ّق َ‬
‫ال� ل�هُ‪ .‬و َق َ ْد َ‬
‫ك‬
‫ن الْحيََاة ِ فِي قُلُو بِهِمْ‪ ،‬وَذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫ل ال ْمَدَدِ ِإلَيْه ِ ْم و َسَر َيَا ِ‬ ‫وَل َا بَادِيَة ٍ ِإ َ‬
‫لا ّ و َشَهِد َ أَ ه ْلُه َا ب ِوُصُو ِ‬
‫س ِ ُر ّ ال ِْإ ْذنِ‪ ،‬وَم َا ج َل َ َ‬

‫س م َع َنَا‪ ،‬و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ‪ ،‬فَق ِير ٌ ِإ َ‬
‫لا ّ و َا ْزد َاد َ ع ِل ْمًا ل َ ْم يَكُنْ عِنْدَه ُ‪،‬‬
‫طرِ يقَة ِ ِإ َ‬
‫لا ّ و َقَوِي َْت قَرِ يحَت ُه ُ‬ ‫س م َع َنَا مُر ِيد ُ ال َ ّ‬
‫كسَار ٌ وَل َا ج َل َ َ‬
‫خضُوعٌ و َان ْ ِ‬
‫ل مِن ْه ُ ُ‬
‫ص َ‬
‫ح َ‬
‫وَ َ‬
‫لا ّ و َا ْزد َاد َ ذَوْقًا ِإلَى‬ ‫خ م ِنْ مَش ِ ِ‬
‫َائخ ال ْعَصْر ِ ِإ َ‬ ‫ب مَعْرِفَة ِ ال� ل�ه ِ وَل َا َ‬
‫شي ْ ٌ‬ ‫ت ه َِم ّت ُه ُ لِطَل َ ِ‬
‫و َعَل َ ْ‬
‫ل‬ ‫ك ك ُل ّه ُ م ِنْ سِر ِّ ال ِْإ ْذ ِ‬

‫ن و َب َرَكَتِه ِ‪ ،‬قَا َ‬ ‫ذَوْقِه ِ و َاسْ تَف َاد َ م َِن ّا َ‬
‫شي ْئًا ل َ ْم يَكُنْ عِنْدَه ُ‪ ،‬وَذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫َت فِي مَسَام ِِع الْخَل ْ ِ‬

‫ق عِبَار َتُه ُ‬ ‫الت ّعْب ِير ِ فُهِم ْ‬ ‫ن عَطَاء ِ ال� ل�ه ِ فِي ِ‬
‫حكَمِه ِ (م َنْ ُأذِنَ لَه ُ فِي َ‬ ‫اب ْ ُ‬
‫وَج ُلِي َْت ِإلَيْه ِ ْم ِإشَار َتُه ُ و َال ْم َْأذ ُونُ ه ُو َ ال َ ّذ ِي يَتَك ََل ّم ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ وَل َِل ّٰه ِ‪ ،‬وَلِذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫ك أَ َث ّر َ ك َلَام ُه ُ‬
‫شيْخِنَا سَيِّدِي‬
‫خ َ‬
‫شي ْ ُ‬
‫ل َ‬
‫ُوب‪ ،‬و َق َ ْد قَا َ‬
‫مح ْب ٍ‬
‫ص وَ َ‬
‫مخْصُو ٍ‬ ‫وب و َانْق َاد َ ِإلَيْه ِ ك ُ ُ ّ‬
‫ل َ‬ ‫فِي الْق ُل ُ ِ‬
‫ل تَح َ ُ ّدثًا بنِِع َ ِم ال� ل�ه ِ‬
‫ل و َأَ نَا أَ قُو ُ‬ ‫مُح َم ّدٌ ال ْع َر َبِي‪ ،‬رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ و َال� ل�ه ِ ل َا ي َْأتِينِي ِإ َ‬
‫لا ّ ال ْمَقْب ُو ُ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ن ال� ل�ه‬ ‫ل ل ِي ‪ a‬فِي بِش َارَة ٍ‪ :‬اِع ْل َ ْم يَا وَلَد ِي أَ َ ّ‬ ‫لا ّ المحَ ْب ُوبُ ‪ ،‬و َق َ ْد قَا َ‬ ‫و َال� ل�ه ِ ل َا ي َْأتِينِي ِإ َ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ هَذِه ِ الْميَِاه ُ هِي َ م ِيَاه ُ ال ِْإسْ لَا ِم و َال ِْإيمَا ِ‬
‫ن‬ ‫ك بِمِيَاه ٍ عَذْبَة ٍ ح ُل ْوَة ٍ قلُ ْتُ يَا رَسُو َ‬
‫يُكْرِم ُ َ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ هَذِه ِ الْميَِاه ُ أَ شْر َبُهَا وَحْدِي أَ ْو أَ نَا‬

‫ل ل ِي ‪ a‬هِي َ قلُ ْتُ يَا رَسُو َ‬
‫ن قَا َ‬
‫و َال ِْإحْ سَا ِ‬
‫ق‬ ‫ك م ِنْ ُأ َمّتِي‪ .‬و َق َ ْد َ‬
‫ح َ ّق َ‬ ‫ن اق ْتَد َى ب ِ َ‬ ‫ل تَشْر َبُهَا أَ ن ْتَ وَك ُ ُ ّ‬
‫ل مَ ِ‬ ‫ن اق ْتَد َى بِي فَق َا َ‬ ‫وَك ُ ُ ّ‬
‫ل مَ ِ‬
‫ق‬
‫ِالص ْد ِ‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ُ لَنَا م َا و َعَد َنَا بِه ِ ‪ ،a‬ف َوَالله ِ لَق َ ْد شَر ِ ب ْنَا هَذِه ِ الْميَِاه َ وَك ُ ُ ّ‬
‫ل م َنْ صَ ح ِبَنَا ب ِّ‬
‫ن فَاحْمَد ُوا ال� ل�ه َ سَادَتِي و َاشْ ك ُر ُوه ُ عَلَى م َا أَ ك ْرَمَك ُ ْم بِه ِ مَوْل َاك ُ ْم‬
‫يَشْر َبُهَا فِي أَ ق ْر َِب زَم َ ٍ‬
‫ات بِ خَيْرٍ مِّنْهَا أَ ْو مِثْلِه َا﴾‪.‬‬
‫خ م ِنْ ءَايَة ٍ أَ ْو نُنسِه َا ن َ ِ‬
‫ل تَع َالَى ﴿م َا نَنسَ ُ‬
‫فِي و َق ْتِكُمْ‪ .‬قَا َ‬
‫ل ل َا ب ُ َ ّد أَ ْن ي َ ْظه َر َ‬ ‫و َق َ ّدم َ ال� ل�ه ُ تَع َالَى الْخيَْر َِي ّة َ عَلَى الْمثِْل َِي ّة َ ِإشَارَة ً ِإلَى أَ َ ّ‬
‫ن ال ْو َل ِي الْك َام ِ َ‬
‫و َارِثُه ُ و َلَو ْ بَعْد َ حِينٍ و َيَكُونُ أَ كْ مَل َ مِن ْه ُ فِي ال ْعِلْم ِ و َال ْمَعْرِفَة ِ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ تَع َالَى ك َرَام َة ً لِذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫ك‬
‫خ سَيِّد ُنَا‬
‫شي ْ ُ‬ ‫ن مَدَد َ ال� ل�ه ِ تَع َالَى و َفَيْضَه ُ فِي الز ِّيَادَة ِ‪ ،‬قَا َ‬
‫ل ال َ ّ‬ ‫ل‪ ،‬و َل ِأَ َ ّ‬
‫ال ْو َل ِ ِيّ الْك َام ِ ِ‬
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‫‪.‬‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه ِ وَرَسُولِه ِ وَم ِنْ سَائِر ِ أَ وْلِيَاء ِ ال� ل�ه ِ و َه ُو َ الْفَرْد ُ ال ْم ُ َ‬
‫ح َمّد ُِيّ ال َ ّذ ِي ل َا‬ ‫ال ْم َْأذ ُونُ م ِ َ‬
‫ك‬ ‫حدٌ و َِإ ْن كَثُر َ ال ْمَش ِ‬

‫َائخ ُ فِي عَصْرِه ِ فَالح ُ ْكم ُ لِذَٰل ِ َ‬ ‫ْت مِن ْه ُ ِإ َ‬
‫لا ّ و َا ِ‬ ‫ل و َق ٍ‬
‫يَكُونُ فِي ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫الْفَرْدِ عَلَيْه ِ ْم شَع َر ُوا أَ ْو ل َ ْم يَشْع ُر ُوا‪ .‬و َق َ ْد كَثُر َ ال ْم ُ َ ّدع ُونَ لم َِق َا ِم الْفَرْد َانيَِة ِ ب ِالْبُه ْتَا ِ‬
‫ن‬
‫ن ا َدّعَى‬ ‫سة ِ و َاسْ تِجْلَابًا للِ ُد ّن ْيَا الْف َانيَِة ِ وَم َا شَع َر َ هَذ َا ال ْم ُ َ ّدعِ ي أَ َ ّ‬
‫ن مَ ِ‬ ‫و ُ‬
‫َالز ّورِ طَلَبًا لِلرِّيَا َ‬
‫ن عِنْد َه َا يُع َُز ّ ال ْمَر ْء ُ أَ ْو يُهَانُ‪ .‬و َق َ ْد ك َانَ‬ ‫ن ل ِأَ َ ّ‬
‫ْس ف ِيه ِك َ َ ّذبَت ْه ُ شَوَاهِد ُ الْاِمْت ِح َا ِ‬‫م َا لَي َ‬
‫الصّ ادِقُونَ يَكْتَف ُونَ ب ِعِلْم ِ ال� ل�ه ِ وَل َا يَت َع َل ّق ُونَ ب ِأَ حَدٍ سِو َى ال� ل�ه‪ ،‬و َِإ ْن ب َرَز َ مِنْه ُ ْم‬ ‫ال ْمَش ِ‬
‫َائخ ُ َ‬
‫ِث﴾‪.‬‬
‫ك فَح َ ّد ْ‬ ‫ث بنِِع َ ِم ال� ل�هِ‪ .‬قَا َ‬
‫ل تَع َالَى ﴿ و َأَ َمّا بنِِعْمَة ِ ر َب ِّ َ‬ ‫الت ّح َ ُ ّد ِ‬
‫شَيْء ف َعَلَى وَجْه ِ َ‬
‫ٌ‬
‫فَه َا ه ُو َ ال ْعَبْد ُ الْفَق ِير ُ ِإلَى مَوْل َاه ُ ال ْغَن ِ ُيّ بِه ِ ع ََم ّا سِوَاه ُ مُح َم ّدٌ بن الْحبَ ِ‬
‫ِيب الْأَ مْغ َارِي‬
‫ث بنِِع َ ِم ال� ل�هِ‪ ،‬ق َ ْد و َق َ َع لَنَا‬

‫الت ّح َ ُ ّد ِ‬
‫ل عَلَى وَجْه ِ َ‬
‫ي مَنْشَئًا وَد َار ًا يَق ُو ُ‬
‫الْحَسَنِي نَس َبًا الْف َاس ِ ّ‬
‫ل ال� ل�ه ِ وَم ِنْ سَائِر ِ أَ وْلِيَاء ِ ال� ل�هِ‪ .‬و َأَ ف ْرَدَنِي ب ِع ُلُو ٍم و َأَ سْر َا ٍر‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه ِ وَم ِنْ رَسُو ِ‬
‫ال ِْإ ْذنُ م ِ َ‬
‫ْط م َا أَ ن ْعَم َ ال� ل�ه ُ بِه ِ عَلَي ْنَا ل َاحْ ت َجْ نَا‬ ‫ح َمّد ّ ِ‬
‫ِي و َلَو ْ أَ رَدْنَا بَس َ‬ ‫ل َ ْم تَكُنْ ِإ َ‬
‫لا ّ عِنْد َ الْفَرْدِ ال ْم ُ َ‬
‫َات‪ ،‬و َ�لَكِنْ ن َ ْذك ُر ُ ِإلَى الْفُق َرَاء ِ م َا خ ََصّ نِي بِه ِ َ‬
‫شيْخِي و َ ُأسْ تَاذِي سَيِّدِي‬ ‫مجلَ ّد ٍ‬
‫ِإلَى ُ‬
‫ص َ ّدر َ‪ ،‬رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ‪ ،‬كَتَب ْتُ لَه ُ رِسَالَة ً فِي َ‬
‫تجْدِيدِ‬ ‫ك أَ َن ّه ُ ل َم ّا ت َ َ‬
‫مُح َم ّدٌ بنْ عَل ِ ٍيّ وَذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫شي ِْخ ال ْع َار ِ‬
‫ِف ب ِال� ل�ه ِ سَيِّدِي‬ ‫ق عَلَى ال َ ّ‬ ‫كن ْتُ أَ خَذْتُ ال َ ّ‬
‫طرِ ي َ‬ ‫ال ْع َ ْهدِ م َع َه ُ بَعْد َ أَ ْن ُ‬
‫ن اله ُ َو ّارِي فَكَت َبَ ِإل َيّ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ و َأَ مَرَنِي ب ِالْقُد ُو ِم ِإلَى َ‬
‫حضْرَتِه ِ‬ ‫ال ْع َر َبِي ب ُ‬
‫كشَة َ‪ ،‬فَل َم ّا دَخ َل ْتُ عَلَيْه ِ رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ‪ ،‬دَخ َ َ‬
‫ل‬ ‫فَامْتَثَل ْتُ أَ ْمرَه ُ و َقَدِمْتُ ِإلَى م ُ َرّا ُ‬
‫طائِف َة ُ‬‫ل ل ِي ج َاءَتْنِي ال َ ّ‬ ‫حصْرٍ‪ ،‬و َقَا َ‬ ‫تح ْتَ َ‬‫ل َ‬ ‫ن الْف َر َِح و َال ُس ّر ُورِ م َا ل َا ي َ ْدخ ُ ُ‬
‫عَلَيْه ِ م ِ َ‬
‫ل ذِك ْر ُه َا‪ :‬أَ ن ْتَ عِنْد َنَا‬ ‫ل ل ِي م َ َرّة ً ُأ ْ‬

‫خر َى فِي بِش َارَة ٍ يَط ُو ُ‬ ‫ك ُُل ّه َا ل َم ّا ِ‬
‫جئ ْتَنِي أَ ن ْتَ ‪ .‬و َقَا َ‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه َ أَ حْ يَا ال َ ّ‬

‫طرِ يق َة َ‬ ‫كمَا أَ َ ّ‬
‫شاذِل َِي ّة ِ‪،‬ف َ َ‬
‫طائِفَة ِ ال َ ّ‬ ‫فِي طَائِف َت ِنَا بِمَنْز ِلَة ِ اب ْ ِن عَطَاء ِ ال� ل�ه ِ م ِ َ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ك ِإ ْن شَاء َ‬ ‫يح ِْي ال� ل�ه ُ هَذِه ِ ال َ ّ‬

‫طرِ يق َة َ ال ْمُبَارَك َة َ ب ِ َ‬ ‫شاذِل َِي ّة َ ب ِاب ْ ِن عَطَاء ِ ال� ل�ه ِ كَذَٰل ِ َ‬
‫ك ُ‬ ‫ال َ ّ‬
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‫مقدمة الشيخ محمد بن احلبيب ‪‬‬
‫مسب اهلل الرحمن الرحيم‬
‫ْت ل ِإحْ يَاء ِ‬ ‫ل رَضِيَ ال� ل�ه ُ عَن ْه ُ و َأَ ْرضَاه ُ‪ ،‬ا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي أَ قَام َ فِي ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ل و َق ٍ ِ‬ ‫قَا َ‬
‫ن اق ْتَد َى‬ ‫ح َمّد َِي ّة ِ م َا يَسْتَمِ ُ ّد بِه ِك ُ ُ ّ‬

‫ل مَ ِ‬ ‫ن الْأَ ن ْوَارِ ال ْم ُ َ‬
‫َطرِ يق َتِه ِ أَ ف ْرَاد ًا و َبَس ََط عَلَيْه ِ ْم م ِ َ‬
‫سب ْح َانَه ُ و َتَع َالَى عَلَى م َا خ ََصّ نَا بِه ِ م ِ َ‬

‫ن‬ ‫ن ال ْمُحِبِّينَ أَ ْزو َاج ًا و َأَ ف ْرَاد ًا‪ .‬نَحْمَدُه ُ ُ‬
‫بِه ِ ْم م ِ َ‬
‫شك ْرًا‬ ‫ِف و َالْأَ ن ْوَارِ و َنَشْك ُرُه ُ ج َ َ ّ‬

‫ل ج َلَالُه ُ ُ‬ ‫ن ال ْع ُلُو ِم و َال ْم َع َار ِ‬
‫الْأَ سْر َارِ وَم َا أَ فَاضَه ُ عَلَي ْنَا م ِ َ‬
‫يَسْتَغْرِقُ سَائ ِر َ الن ِّع َ ِم ال ْوَاصِلَة ِ ِإلَي ْنَا و َإلَى جَم ِ‬
‫ِيع عِبَادِ ال� ل�ه ِ ال ْع َب ِيدِ و َالْأَ ْ‬
‫حر َارِ‪ .‬و َنَشْهَد ُ أَ ْن‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ن المُق ََر ّبِينَ‪.‬‬ ‫ل الْف َنَاء ِ فِي َ‬
‫الت ّوْحِيدِ م ِ َ‬ ‫ل َا ِإلَه َ ِإ َلّا ال� ل�ه ُ وَحْدَه ُ ل َا شَر ِي َ‬
‫ك لَه ُ شَه َادَة َ أَ ه ْ ِ‬
‫ن سَيِّد َنَا مُحَم ّدًا عَبْدُه ُ وَرَسُولُه ال َ ّذ ِي أَ ْرسَلَه ُ ال� ل�ه ُ رَحْم َة ً لِل ْع َالم َي ِنَ صَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ‬ ‫و َنَشْهَد ُ أَ َ ّ‬
‫ن بَذ َلُوا أَ نْف ُسَه ُ ْم و َأَ مْوَالَه ُ ْم فِي ِإحْ يَاء ِ َطرِ يق َتِه ِ و َِإقَامَة ِ‬‫صحَابِه ِ ال َ ّذ ِي َ‬
‫عَلَيْه ِ و َعَلَى آلِه ِ و َأَ ْ‬
‫س َُن ّتِه ِ وَم َا ال ْتَف َت ُوا ِإلَى ِإذ َايَة ِ ال ْمُنَافِق ِينَ و َال ْم َحْ جُوبِينَ‪.‬‬
‫شاذِل َِي ّة ِ‬
‫طائِفَة ِ ال َد ّرْقَاوِ َي ّة ِ ال َ ّ‬
‫ن ال َ ّ‬
‫ن مِ َ‬
‫و َبَعْد ُ‪ ،‬فَاع ْلَم ُوا ع ِل ْمًا يَق ِينًا يَا مَعْشَر َ ال ِْإخْ وَا ِ‬
‫ل م َنْ أَ ر َاد َ الْا ِق ْتِد َاء َ م ِنْ ع َب ِيدِ ر َب ّنَِا فِي سَائِر ِ بِلَادِ ال� ل�ه ِ وَعِبَادِ‬ ‫و َغَيْرِه ِ ْم م ِنْ ك ُ ّ ِ‬
‫ْت م َنْ يُقَوِ ّم ُ‬ ‫ل و َق ٍ‬ ‫ض لِهَذِه ِ ال َ ّ‬
‫طرِ يقَة ِ المُبَارَكَة ِ فِي ك ُ ّ ِ‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ِ أَ َ ّ‬
‫ن ال� ل�ه َ تَبَارَك َ و َتَع َالَى قَي ّ َ‬
‫خ الْجا َم ِ ُع بَيْنَ الْحَق ِيقَة ِ و َال َش ّر ِيعَة ِ‬ ‫جه َا و َي ُ ْظه ِر ُ أَ سْر َار َه َا و َأَ ن ْوَار َه َا و َه ُو َ ال َ ّ‬
‫شي ْ ُ‬ ‫ا ْعوِج َا َ‬
‫‪492‬‬
‫ِيم‬ ‫ن َ‬
‫وَصَلَ ّى ال� ل�ه ُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُح َم ّ ٍد و َءَالِه ِ‬
‫ن‬
‫َات‪ ،‬وَمَعْد َ ِ‬ ‫ل عَلَى ال� ل�ه ِ أَ بِي الْف ُي ُوض ِ‬
‫َات و َال ِْإ ْمد َاد ِ‬ ‫ِف ب ِال� ل�ه ِ و َال َد ّا ّ ِ‬
‫دِيوَانُ ال ْع َار ِ‬
‫الن ّور َان ِ ُيّ مَوْل َانَا أَ بُو عَبْدِ‬

‫ح َمّد ُِيّ ُ‬
‫الر ّ َب ّان ِ ُيّ و َالْفَرْد ُ ال ْم ُ َ‬
‫َلا ّم َة ُ َ‬
‫َات ال ْع َ‬
‫الْأَ سْر َارِ و َال ْبَرَك ِ‬
‫ي الْحَسَن ِ ُيّ نَس َبًا ال ْمَا�لِكِ ُيّ‬

‫ْب الْأَ مْغ َار ُِيّ ال ِْإ ْدرِيس ِ ُ ّ‬ ‫خ سَيِّد ُنَا مُح َم ّدٌ ب ْ ُ‬
‫ن الْحبَِي ِ‬ ‫ال� ل�ه ِ ال َ ّ‬
‫شي ْ ُ‬
‫ي ث َُم ّ ال ْمَكْنَاس ِ ُ ّ‬
‫ي‬ ‫ح َمّد ُِيّ فَيْضًا وَمَشْر َبًا الْف َاس ِ ُ ّ‬
‫شاذِل ِ ُيّ َطرِ يق َة ً و َان ْتِسَابًا ال ْم ُ َ‬
‫مَذْه َبًا ال َ ّ‬
‫مَنْشَئًا وَد َار ًا‬
‫م ََت ّ َع ال� ل�ه ُ ال ْمُسْل ِمِينَ بِ حَيَاتِه ِ ءَام ِين‬

‫بسم ال� ل�ه الرحمن الرحيم وصلى ال� ل�ه وسلم وبارك على سيدنا ونبينا ومولانا محمد وعلى آله‬
‫وصحبه وسلم تسليما‪.‬‬
‫ولا حول ولا قوة الا بال� ل�ه العلي العظيم‪.‬‬
‫ص‬
‫نح ْب َه ُ وَمِنْه ُم َم�ّن‬
‫الل �ّه َ عَلَيْه ِ فم َِنْه ُم َم�ّن ق َض َى َ‬‫صد َقُوا م َا عَاهَد ُوا َ‬
‫ل َ‬
‫ن ال ْمُوْم ِنِينَ رِج َا ٌ‬
‫مِ َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ص‬ ‫ص‬
‫يَنتَظ ِر ُ وَم َا ب َ �دّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا‬
‫إن رسالة الشيخ سيدي محمد ابن الحبيب رضي ال� ل�ه عنه وأرضاه التي تتضمن أوراده‬
‫الشر يفة ووظيفته الحفيظة وقصائده الهادفة لها تأثير في نفوس كل قارئ وسامع في‬
‫أقطار العالم وخصوصا بعد ترجمتها الى لغات عديدة مكنت الغربيين وغيرهم من فهم‬
‫المضمون ‪،‬وإن هذا كل بفضل ال� ل�ه وفضل سر الإذن منه رضي ال� ل�ه عنه‪،‬إذ لما أذن‬
‫للشيخ عبد القادر الصوفي رضي ال� ل�ه عنه في تلقينه للأوراد وطبع ديوانه ‪،‬ظهرت‬
‫بركاته بإقبال الناس عليه ‪،‬حيث أصبح لكل مريد (ديوان) في حقيبته وخزانته‪،‬ومما‬
‫يدل على تزايد المريدين حاجتنا للمزيد من النسخ منه‪.‬‬
‫ولذا فقد أذن الشيخ عبد القادر رضي ال� ل�ه عنه بتحقيق وطبع الديوان مرة أخرى في‬
‫نسخته الجديدة ‪،‬وبدورنا نبارك هذا الإذن راجين من ال� ل�ه أن يجعله خالصا لوجهه‬
‫ونافعا لعباده وكل من قرأه أوسمعه أو نظر فيه ولم يكن ذا اختبارا‪.‬‬
‫وصلى ال� ل�ه على واسطتنا إليه وقدوتنا سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما‪.‬‬
‫خادم أهل ال� ل�ه محمد المرتضى البومسهولي ال� ل�ه وليه‪.‬‬
‫ين‬
‫السا ِئ ِر َ‬
‫ين َّ‬‫يد َ‬‫ُب ْغ َي ُة ْال ُم ِر ِ‬
‫ني‬
‫ار ِق َ‬ ‫ك َ ْ‬ ‫ت َق ُة َّ‬ ‫َو ُ ْ‬
‫ني ال َع ِ‬ ‫السالِ ِ‬
‫ديوان‬
‫الشيخ محمد بن الحبيب‬

‫ديوان‬
‫الشخي دمحم بن احلبيب‬

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of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib

The Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib

Published by: Diwan Press Ltd.

Author: Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib

ISBN-13: 978-1-908892-47-8 (Hardback)

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Introduction to the Diwan by Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib 1

The Wird of the Salat 42

1. Commentary on the Wird 59

TAKHMIS COMMENTARIES ON QASIDAS 205

THE HAFIDHA 287

A Story by Abu Hafs Umar 407

THE DIWAN OF SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AL-FAYTURI HAMUDA 427

‫ مقدمة الشيخ محمد بن الحبيب‬ 492

The servant of the people of Allah, Muhammad al-Murtada al-Boumas-houli,

1 I’ve been informed that this should be Sidi Husayn

‘As for the blessing of your Lord – declare it.’

So let Muhammad ibn al-Habib, al-Amghari al-Hasani by lineage, dwelling in

was not beloved.’

‘Your overflowing increases

‘Invocation of the Beloved clothed us in beauty and radiance, exaltation

the existence-traces, so return me to it with a robe of lights and the guidance

La ilaha illa’llah banishes all whisperings

By that I mean the secrets which flow rapidly into the

Al-Junayd, may Allah be pleased with him said:

‫ِم ْف َت ُاح ال ْ ِو ْر ِد‬

.‫ِيم‬ َ ‫ن‬ ّ َ ‫ن ال‬ ِ ‫سم‬ّ َ ‫أَ ع ُوذ ُ ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال‬

ِ ‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَل ِِيّ ال ْعَظ‬

)‫ (ثلاثا‬.َ‫أَ سْ تَغْف ِر ُ ال� ل�ه‬

)‫ (ثلاثا‬.ٌ ‫ل شَيْء ٍ قَدِير‬

ِ ‫ل وَل َا ق َُو ّة َ ِإ َلّا ب ِال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَل ِ ِيّ ال ْعَظ‬

ِ ‫سب ْح َانَ ال� ل�ه ِ ال ْعَظ‬

ّ ُ ‫ا َ ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ و َال‬

.ْ ‫سك ُ ْم عَز ِيز ٌ عَلَيْه ِ م َا ع َنِـ ُت ّم‬

َ ُ ‫ ا َ َلل ّـه‬.ٌ‫ِيم قُلْ ه ُو َ ال� ل�ه ُ أَ حَد‬

)‫(ثلاثا‬.ُ‫تَبَٰـرَك َ ال� ل�ه‬

‫ن‬ َ َ‫َب ال ْعَٰـلَمِين‬

.َ‫ وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى الْـمُرْسَلِين‬.َ‫َب ال ْع َِز ّة ِ ع ََم ّا يَصِ ف ُون‬

ِّ ‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬

Companions and grant them perfect peace, by the measure of the

.َ‫ وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى الْـمُرْسَلِين‬.َ‫َب ال ْع َِز ّة ِ ع ََم ّا يَصِ ف ُون‬

ِّ ‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬

َ ُ ‫ا َ َلل ّٰه ُ َ ّم ِإن ِ ّي َ أَ سْ أَ ل‬

.َ‫يَصْ حَب ُه ُ الا ِسْ تِسْلَام ُ ل ِ َأو َامِرِك َ و َنَوَاه ِيك‬

.َ‫شبَه ِ و َالْـمَه َالِك‬ ِ ‫محْف ُوظًا م ِنْ جَم‬

.‫ُوب‬ ِ ‫و َِإحْ سَانًا يَـز ُُجّ بنَِا فِي حَضَر‬

.‫َات‬ ِّ ‫َات الاَسْم َآء ِ و‬

َ َ ‫كي َْف نَـتَـأَ َدّبُ م َع‬

ِ ْ‫ل دآئ ِرَة ِ الْف َض‬

.َ‫ق الْاِعْتِم َادِ عَلَيك‬

.‫ات‬ ِ ‫ن فِي بُطُو‬

َ ِ ‫ِيف ر ُبُوب ِ َـي ّـت‬

. ُ‫ل الْـم ُن َو ّر َات‬

ِ ِ ‫ك ال َ ّذ ِي جَعَل ْتَ رِسَالَت َه ُ ع َآ َم ّة ً وَرَحْم َة ً لِلْخَلَآئ‬

.‫ل سَام ٍِع‬

.ُ‫تجْرِي لَه ُ الْـمَد َامِع‬

.ُ‫سع‬ ّ ُ َ ‫ك أَ ن ْتَ الْق َادِر ُ الْـمُرِيد ُ ال ْع َالِم ُ الْح‬

.َ‫ وَسَلَام ٌ عَلَى الْـمُرْسَلِين‬.َ‫َب ال ْع َِز ّة ِ ع ََم ّا يَصِ ف ُون‬

ِّ ‫و َا ْلحم َْد ُ ل َِل ّٰه ِ ر‬

‫ك‬ ِ ‫ك فِي جَم‬

.‫َات‬ ِّ ‫بِـم َع َانِي الاَسْم َآء ِ و‬

.‫َات‬ ِ َ ‫َاح و َالاَشْ ب‬