HE IS THE FLOOD OF GRACE (HUWA-L FAYD)

A poem in praise of Sahib al-Faydah Mawlana Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (RA)

- By renowned Mauritanian poet Shaykh Muhammad Abdur-Rahman Faffa al-Alawi  -

هُوَ الْفَيْضُ لا يَخْفَى عَلَى مَنْ تَبَصَّرَا

فَـمَنْ شَـاءَ يَأْتِيهِ وَ مَـنْ شَاءَ أَنْكَـرَا

He is the Flood of Grace (Fayd)…and that is apparent to anyone with vision!

So approach him if you wish to… or deny him if you wish to!

وَ خَصَّ بـِهِ الْـمَــوْلَى مَدِينَةَ كَـوْلَــخٍ

فـَكَـانَتْ لَـهُ دُونَ الْمَـدَائِنِ مَظْهَــرَا

And the Lord chose the Medina of Kaolack…as his abode!

And from all the towns (of this World)…He manifests from there!

وَ مَظْـهَـرُ هــَذَا الْفَيْضِ لَا شَكَّ أَنـَّهُ

تَنـَالُ بِهِ الْأَيَّــــامُ عِــزّاً وَ مَفْـخَـــرَا

And the sign of this Grace is that without doubt…

All that is connected to him…will be honoured & glorified!

مَتَى تَأْتِهِ يـَوْمـاً وَ تُـلـْمِـمْ بـِدَارِهِ

تـَرَى الْأَمْرَ مِنْ شَمْسِ الظَّهِيرَةِ أَظْهَــرَا

And the day you approach him and visit his abode…

You will see that the truth of his matter is brighter than the Sun!

تَجِدْ فِتْيَةٌ سَكْرَى بِذِكْرِ إلَهِنَا 

وَ كُلَّ فَتَىً يُلْفَى لَدَى الذِّكْرِ أَزْوَرَا 

You will find there young men…intoxicated in the remembrance of their Lord!

And you’ll see every one of them…swaying in the remembrance of their Lord!

فَأَصْغَرُهُم فِيهِ يُزَاحِمُ أَكْبَراً

وَ أَكْبَرُهُم فِيهِ يُزَاحِمُ أَصْغَرَا   

And the youngest of them (his disciples)…will compete with the oldest!

And the oldest of them will compete with the youngest (in the praise of their Lord)!

 فَـلَا مُـتـَـقَـدِّمٌهِيَ الْفَيْضَةُ الْـعـُظْـمَى 

 يـَحُــومُ حـَـوَالَـيـْهَــا وَ لَا مُـتـَـأَخِّـــرَا

Surely, it is the Grand Flood (Faydah)…and no one (else)

Can come close to it…neither before him or after him (i.e. Shaykh Ibrahim)! 

The Bringer of the Divine Flood 

of Grace (Sahib al-Faydah) in the Tijani Tariqah 

Mawlana Shaykh-al-Islam al-Hajj Ibrahim Niasse (RA)

Translated by Imām Fakhruddin Owaisī

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SELECTED WRITINGS ON/BY SHAYKH IBRĀHĪM NIASSE

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👉🏿 RESEARCH WORK ON SIGHTING OF THE RAMADAN CRESCENT [BAH'TH FĪ THUBŪT RU'YAT AL-HILĀL]

👉🏿 BIOGRAPHY & LITERATURE/WRITINGS OF SHAYKH IBRĀHĪM NIASSE {The Greatest Figure of Islam and the Tijaniyya in 20th Century Africa}

👉🏿 CORRECT BIRTHDATE OF SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASSE [Rajab 15, 1318, equivalent to 8th November, 1900]

👉🏿 UNDERSTANDING THE FAYDAH TIJANIYYAH

👉🏿 RŪH AL-ADAB [THE SPIRIT OF ETIQUETTE] {Fundamental Text for Basic Sūfī Instruction in the Faydah Tijānīyyah Community}

👉🏿 CORE OF THE FAYDAH (DIVINE FLOOD){Spiritual Training (Tarbiya), Spiritual Realization (Tahaqquq) & Illumination/Spiritual Opening (Fat’hu)}

👉🏿 THE LAST JOURNEY OF SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASSE (RTA)