THE DIVINE FLOOD: December 2023

HIS LOVE ERASED ALL OTHERS!

مَحَا حُبُّ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ حُبَّ سِوَاهُ

A Poem by Shaykh-al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (RA)

(From his Diwan: Awthaq al-Ura: Harf al-Mim)

مَحَا حُبُّ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ حُبَّ سِوَاهُ

بِقَلْبِــي الَّذِي أَحْيَـــاهُ سِـــرُّ سَنَـــاهُ

Mahā hubbu khayri-l khalqi hubba siwāhu

bi-qalbī-l ladhi ahyahu sirru sanāhu

The love of the Best of Creation (SAW) erased the love of all others…

in my heart that was illuminated by the secret of his light!

فَلَسْتُ أَرُومُ الْوَصْلَ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَامِدٍ

فَدَعْ عَنْكَ مَحْبُوبًــا سِـــوَاهُ وَ هَــاهُ

fa-lastu arūmu-l wasla man ghayri hāmidin

fada‘a ‘anka mahbubān siwāhu wa hāhu

And I seek no other beloved but Hamid (The Prophet)

So leave aside all other beloveds…for here he is (facing you)!

فَإِنَّ جَمَـــالاً غَيْـــرَ وَجْـــهِ مُحَمَّــدٍ

نَفَاهُ جَمَـــالُ الْمُصْطَفَـــى وَ مَحَــاهُ

fa-inna jamālān ghayra waj'hi Muhammadin

nafāhu jamālu-l Mustafā wa mahāhu

And indeed all beauty but the face of Muhammad (SAW)…

has been effaced & erased by the beauty of the Chosen One (SAW)!

هُوَ الْحُسْنُ وَالنُّورُ الْمُبِينُ فَمَنْ نَحَا

لِحَضْرَتِـــــهِ بِالْحُـــبِّ نَـــالَ مُنَــاهُ

huwa-l husnu wa-n nuru-l mubīnu fa-man nahā

li-hadratihi bi-l hubbi nāla munāhu

Surely, he (SAW) is all Beauty and he is the Clear Light…

And whosoever turns towards his presence with love shall attain their wish!

هُوَ الْكُلُّ مِنْهُ الْكُّلُّ حَقًّا وَ لَمْ أَكُنْ

أُجَسِّمُ مَعْنًـــى إِذْ قَصَــدْتُ ثَنَــاهُ

huwa-l kullu minhu-l kullu haqqān wa lam akun

ajassimu ma‘anan idh qasadtu thanāhu

In fact, he is everything…and everything is from him!

And I exaggerate not just to praise him (SAW)!

فَإِيَّاكَ وَالْإِعْرَاضَ عَنْ كُلِّ صُورَةٍ

إِذَا رُمْتَ مِنْ سِــرِّ الْوُجُــودِ لِقَــاهُ

fa-iyyāka wa-l i‘irada ‘an kulli sūratin

idhā rumta min sirri-l wujūdi liqāhu

So turn not away from any form (of beauty & mercy that manifests to you)…

if you wish to encounter his secret in this Existence!!

فَصَلِّ وَ صُمْ وَاشْرَبْ وَ كُلْ وَانْكِحَنْ وَ صِلْ

فَمَــا ثَـــمَّ غَيْـــرُ الْمُصْطَفَـى وَ حُــلاَهُ

kul wan'kihan wa sil fa-salli wa sum washrab wa

famā thamma ghayru-l Mustafā wa hulāhu

So Pray & Fast! Eat food & Marry women! And keep ties (with friends)!

For there is nothing (in this existence) but the Mustafa (SAW) & his beauty!

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـــهُ

صَلاَةً بِهَا أُلْفَـــى لِوَسْـــطِ حِمَــاهُ

‘alayhi salātu-llahi thumma salāmuhu

salātan bihā ulfā li-wasti himāhu