NĀLA-T TIJĀNĪ ABŪ-L ABBAS ĀYĀTI

A POEM IN PRAISE OF SHAYKH ABUL-ABBAS AHMAD al-TIJANI (RA)

- By Sahib-al-Faydah Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (RA)  -

نَالَ التِّجَانِي أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ آيَاتِ

قَدْ فَازَ مِنْهَا قُطُوبٌ بِالْكَرَامَاتِ

Nāla-t Tijani Abū-l ‘Abbās Āyāti

Qad fāza minhā Qutūbun bi-l karāmāti

Indeed, Abul-Abbas al-Tijani attained such Wonders (from Allah)!

All Saints gained their bounties (of Allah) through them!

لِعَائِشَ الْفَخْرُ إِذْ جَاءَتْ بِسَيِّدِنَا

قُطْبِ الْقُطُوبِ فَرِيدًا فِي الْمَقَامَاتِ

Li ‘Āisha-l fakhru Idh jā'at bi-Sayyidinā

Qutbi-l Qutūbi Fareeda fī-l Maqāmāti

All pride to Aisha (his mother)...for giving birth to our Master!

The Supreme Saint of Saints…the Unique in Ranks!

خَتْمُ الْوِلَايَةِ سُلْطَانُ الْوِلَايَةِ

بَابٌ لِلْوِلَايَـــةِ مِفْتَاحُ الْوِلَايَاتِ

Khatmu-l Wilāyati Sultānu-l Wilāyati

Bābun lil-Wilāyati Miftāhu-l Wilāyati

The Seal of Sainthood…the Sultan of Sainthood!

The Door of Sainthood …the Key of Sainthood!

لِذَاكَ هِمْتُ غَرَامًا مِنْ مَوَدَّتِهِ

تَعْتَادُنِـي زَفَرَاتٌ كُلَّ أَوْقَاتِـي

Li-dhāka himtu gharāmān min mawaddatihi

Ta‘atādunī zafarātun kulla awqātī

That’s why I became so enamoured in his love…

Continuously weeping & sighing fervently!

أَقْسَمْتُ بِالطُّورِ أَنَّ الشَّيْخَ حَمَّلَنِي

مَـا دُكَّ طُـورٌ بِهِ وَقْتَ الْمُنَاجَـاةِ

Aqsamtu bi-t Tūri Anna-sh Shaykha hammalanī

Mā Dukka tūrun bihi waqta-l munājāti

I swear by Mount Tur (where Musa AS spoke to Allah), the Shaykh  made me carry…

The (secret) which blasted the Tur at that moment of Divine Conversation!

خَلِيفَةُ اللّٰهِ رَمْزُ الْكَوْنِ رُوحُ

جَمِيــعِ الْخَلْقِ وَهْوَ لَأَصْلٌ لِلْوُجُـودَاتِ

Khalīfatu-llahi Ramzu-l Kaun Rūhu

Jamī‘i-l khalqi wahwa la-aslun lil-Wujūdāti

The Deputy of Allah…the Cypher of this Universe!

The Spirit of all Creation…And the Origin of this Existence!

مُبَرِّقُ الْبَرْقِ مِرْعَادُ الرُّعُودِ وَ

مِمْــطَارُ الْمُزُونِ وَ مِنْقَــاذُ الْبَرِيَّــاتِ

Mubarriqu-l barqi mir‘ādu-r ru‘ūdi wa

Mimtāru-l muzūni wa minqādhu-l bariyyāti

The causer of Lightening…the causer of Thunder!

The sender of Rains…the Saviour of Mankind!

تِلْكَ الْمَكَارِمُ لاَ قَعْبَـــانِ مِنْ لَبَنٍ 

تِلْكَ الْوِرَاثَةُ مِنْ أَعْلَى الْأَرُومَاتِ

Tilka-l Makārimu Lā qa‘abāni min labanin

Tilka-l wirāthatu min a‘alā-l arūmāti

Those are the virtues (of a true Saint)…and not cups of Milk (i.e. something insignificant)!

That indeed is the Inheritance (he received)…from the Best of Lineages!

هَـٰذَا ابْنُ فَاطِمَةٍ فَرْعُ النُّبُوَّةِ هَـٰذَا

 أَحْمَدُ الْخَتْمِ مُعْطٍ لِلْمَقَامَاتِ

Hādhā ibnu Fātimatin far‘u-n Nubuwwati hādhā

Ahmadu-l khatmi mu‘utin lil-Maqāmāti

For this is the Son of Fatimah….the offshoot of Prophethood!

This is Ahmad the Seal….the Distributer of Ranks!

هَـٰذَا الَّذِي مِنْهُ أَرْجُـــو كُلَّ آوِنَةٍ

نَيْلَ الْفُتُوحِ وَ تَسْهِيلَ الْمَرَامَاتِ

Hādhā-l Ladhī minhu arjū kulla āwinatin

Nayla-l Futūhi wa tas‘heela-l marāmāti

This is the one from whom I continuously seek…

All my openings...and the easing of all my affairs!

أَزْكَى صَلاَةٍ وَ تَسْلِيمٍ عَلَى سَنَدِي

وَ الْآلِ وَ الصَّحْبِ شُهْبٍ لِلْخَلِيقَاتِ

Azkā Salātin wa Taslīmin ‘alā Sanadī

Wa-l Āli wa-s Sahbi shuhbin lil-khalīqāti

May the Purest Blessings & Salutations be upon my Master!

And his Family & Companions…the Stars of Creation!

Transcribed & Translated by Imām Fakhruddin Owaisī (South-Africa)