A POEM IN PRAISE OF THE SEAL OF THE SAINTS SHAYKH AHMAD TIJANI (RA)
- By Shaykh-al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (RA)
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ﻣَﻌَﺎﻧِﻲ ﺃَﺑِﻰ الْعَبَّاسِ
ﺃَﻓْﻨَﻰ ﺍﻟْﻤَﻌَﺎﻧِﻴَﺎ
ﻭَ ﺃﻓْﻨَﻰ ﻣَﻌَﺎﻧِﻲ
ﺷَﻮْﻗِﻪِ ﺫَﺍ ﺍﻟﻤُﻌَﺎﻧِﻴَﺎ
The Meanings of Abul-Abbas have annihilated
all other meanings!
And the yearning for him has annihilated this languishing one (in his love)!
أَبَى الشَّوْقُ إلَّا
أَنْ يَكُونَ مُلاَزِمِي
وَ طَنَّبَ حَتَّى
صِرْتُ سَكْرَانَ صَاحِيَا
For the yearning for
him refuses to leave me…
Nay! It has entrenched
itself (in me) & left me intoxicated in my full senses!
ﻭَ ﻗَﺪْ ﻏُﺼْﺖُ ﺑَﺤْﺮَ
ﺍﻟْﻐَﻴْﺐِ ﻓِﻲ ﺑَﺤْﺮِ سِرِّﻩِ
ﻭَ ﻟَﻢْ ﺃَﻙُ ﻭَﺍﻥٍ ﻻَ ﻭَ
ﻻَ ﻣُﺘَﻮَﺍﻧِﻴَﺎ
And I dived into the Sea
of the Unseen…in the Ocean of his Secret
And (I swam therein)…and
was neither weak nor lazy (in my swim)!
حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ الْقُطْبَ
أَحْمَدَ أَحْمَداً
وَ قَصْرَ وُجُودِ الْكَوْنِ
شَيَّدَ بَانِيَا
Until I witnessed the Qutb
Ahmad…as the most Praised One (of God)
And the foundation-layer
of the edifice of this Existence!
ﺣَﻘِﻴﻘَﺔُ سِرِّ ﺍﻟْﻜَﻮْﻥِ
ﺛَﺎﻧِﻲ مُكَوَّﻥٍ
ﻭَ ﺧَﺎﺗِﻤَﺔُ ﺍَلْأَﻓْﺮَﺍﺩِ
ﻓَﺮْﺩﺍً ﻣُﺴَﺎﻣِِﻴَﺎ
The Reality behind the
Secret of Existence! The Second Creation from God…
And the towering Seal
of the Unrivalled Saints (of God)!
تَنَوَّﺭْﺗُﻪُ ﻓِﻲ ﺣَﻀْﺮﺓٍ
ﻗُﺪْسِيَّةٍ
ﻣُﺪِﻳﺮﺍً ﻟِﻜَﺎﺳَﺎﺕِ ﺍﻟْﻤَﻌَﺎﺭِﻑِ
ﺳَﺎﻗِﻴَﺎ
I saw him in the most illuminated
Divine Presence…
Passing on &
distributing the Glasses (of the Wine) of Ma’rifah !
ﻟَﻌَﻤْﺮِﻱَ ﻫَﺬَﺍ الشَّيْخُ
ﻋﻴْﻦُ ﻭِﻻَﻳَﺔٍ
تَفَجَّرَ ﻣِﻦْ ﺑَﺤْﺮِ النُّبُوَّﺓِ
ﺻَﺎﻓِﻴَﺎ
I swear by my being!
This Shaykh is the Fountain of Sainthood…
That sprang from the pure
Ocean of Prophethood!
ﻭَ ثَمَّ ﻭَﺭَﺍﺀَ ﺍﻟْﻌَﻘْﻞِ
ﻣَﺎ ﻟَﻮْ ﺫَﻛَﺮْﺗُﻪُ
ﻳُﺮِﻳﻖُ ﺩِﻣَﺎﺋِﻲ ﻣَﻦْ
ﺃَﺧَﺎﻝُ ﻣُﻮَﺍﻟﻴَﺎ
Thereafter is that
which is beyond the pale of rational comprehension…
If I mention it, even those
I close as friends will spill my blood!
فَذَا الشَّيْخُ سِبْطُ
الْمُصْطَفَى عَيْنُ مُصْطَفَىً
وَ وَارِثُ مَاحٍ كَانَ
مِنْ قَبْلُ مَاحِيَا
Indeed this Shaykh is
the grandson of the Mustafa (Chosen Prophet) & the Mustafa
himself !
And the inheritor of
the Mahy (Erasing Prophet) who had erased all that came before him!
عَلِمْتُ بِأَنَّ اللهَ
أَوْلاَهُ خُطَّةً
تَذَبْذَبَ عَنْهَا الْعَارِفُونَ
تَوَانِيَا
I know for sure that
Allah granted him a station…
which even the
greatest Gnostics are hesitant & incapable of come near of!
عَلِمْتُ بِأَنَّ اللهَ
أَوْلاهُ خُطَّةً
تُسَكِّتُ شُعَّارًا تَفُوتُ
الْمَعَانيَا
And I know that Allah
granted him a station…
that silences all lines
of poetry and surpasses all meanings!
ﻟَﻌَﻤْﺮِﻱ ﻭَحَقِّ الشَّيْخِ
ﺗَﻜْﻔِﻲ إﺷَﺎﺭَﺓٌ
ﻓَﺄَﺳْﻜُﺖُ ﻋَﻦْ ﻫَﺬَﺍ
ﻭَ ﻟَﺴْﺖُ ﻣُﻮَﺍﻧﻴَﺎ
I swear by my life &
by the Honor of the Shaykh! A subtle indication is sufficient here!
So I keep quiet about
this; though I’m not incapable (of revealing it)!
صَلاَةٌ وَ تَسْلِيمٌ عَليْهِ
بِقَدْرِهِ
مَدَى الدَّهْرِ مَا أَحْيَا
الوَرَى وَ الْمَغَانيَا
Salutations &
Greetings upon him, in accordance with his rank!
Forever…as long as
people live and gardens blossom!
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Transcribed & Translated by Imām Fakhruddin Owaisī
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