WE ATTAINED A SECRET NOT KNOWN BEFORE US!
ظَفِرْنَا بِسِرٍّ قَبْلَنَا لَيْـــــسَ يُحْفَـــــظُ
A Poem by Shaykh-al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (RA)
(From his Diwan: Iksir al-Sa’adat: Harf al-Za)
ظَفِرْنَا
بِسِرٍّ قَبْلَنَا لَيْـــــسَ يُحْفَـــــظُ
فَبَحْرُ
رَسُـــولِ اللّٰهِ بِالسِّـــرِّ يَلْفِـــظُ
We attained a Secret
not known before us…
For the Ocean of the Messenger of Allah
emitted it (to us)!
وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ الْأَقْوَامُ أَنِّي خَدِيمُهُ
الْمُتَيَّمُ
شَوْقًا وُدَّهُ الدَّهْرَ أَحْفَظُ
And all nations know
that I am his servant…
Enamoured in his yearning…forever in his love!
شُغِفْتُ
بِحُبِّ الْـهَاشِمِيِّ وَ إِنَّمَـــا
أَخَالُ
سَفِيهًا مَنْ سِوَاهُ يُقَـــــرِّظُ
Yes I am infatuated in
the love of the Hashemite (Prophet)…
And I consider a fool anyone who fancies other
than him!
فَلَيْسَ
كَرِيمٌ يُرْتَجَى غَيْرُ أَحْمَدٍ
وَ لَيْسَ مَلِيحًا مَا سِوَاهُ فَيُلْفَــظُ
For there is no
Generous one to be sought but Ahmad!
And there is nothing Beautiful other than him
worth mentioning!
وَ مَاذَا عَلَى بَرْهَامَ تَـــامَ بِحُبِّـــهِ
كَرِيمٌ
جَمِيلُ الْخُلْقِ مَا قَطُّ يُغْلِظُ
So why blame Barham if
he’s captivated in his love…
For he’s the Generous & Well- mannered one
who never did wrong (to anyone)!
فَلَيْسَ
عَلَىَّ اللَّوْمُ فِي ذِكْرِ وَصْفِهِ
وَ إِنْ كُنْتُ لاَ أُغْنِي فَتِيلاً أُقَــرِّظُ
Therefore there’s no
blame on me for extolling his qualities…
Even though my praises add no value (to his lofty
rank)!
فَذِكْرِي
لَهُ إِكْسِيرُ كُـــلِّ سَعَـــادَةٍ
عَلَيْهِ
صَلاَةٌ آخِرَ الدَّهْرِ تُحْفَـــــظُ
For my mentioning of
him is the Elixir of every Delight…
May the blessing (of Allah) be upon him till
the end of times!
عَلَيْـــهِ
صَــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــمَّ سَلاَمُـــــهُ
بِهَا
أَرْتَقِي فِي الْحُبِّ وَالْمَدْحَ أَحْفَظُ
May the Blessing &
Salutation of Allah be upon him…
A blessing through which I ascend in his love &
composing his praises!
عَلَيْهِ
صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُــــمَّ سَلاَمُــــهُ
لِأَبْقَـى
خَدِيمًـــــا بِالثَّنَـــا أَتَلَفَّـــــظُ
May the Blessing &
Salutation of Allah be upon him…
A blessing through
which I remain a servant who continues to praise him!
عَلَيْهِ
مَعَ الْآلِ الْكِرَامِ وَصَحْبِــــهِ
صَلاَةٌ
وَ تَسْلِيمٌ مَدَى الْدَّهْرِ تُحْفَظُ
Blessings &
Salutations of Allah be upon him and his Family & Companions!
Blessings & Salutations that continue till
the end of times!
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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ
عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَاتِحِ لِمَا أُغْلِقَ وَالْخَاتِمِ لِمَا سَبَقَ
نَاصِرِ الْحَقِّ
بِالْحَقِّ وَالْهَادِي إِلَى صِرَاطِكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ
وَ عَلَى آلِهِ
حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَ مِقْدَارِهِ الْعَظِيمِ
-
آمِين -
Fully Transcribed and Translated by
Imām Fakhruddin Owaisi (Cape Town, South Africa)
