دَعَوْتُ رَسُولَ رَبِّ الْخَلْقِ طُرَّا
لِيَشْفَعَ فِيَّ وَ يَدْفَعَ مَا أَضَرَّا
Da'awtu Rasula Rabbi l-khalqi ṭurrā
li yashfa'a fīyya wa yadfa' mā adarrā
I called on the Messenger of the Lord of all Creation (SAW)...
To intercede for me & ward off all harms!
مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرُ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ طُرًّا
مُمِدَّ جَمِيعِهِمْ سِرًّا وَ جَهْرَا
Muḥammadu khayru khalqi llāhi ṭurrān
mummidda jamī'ihim sirrān wa jahrā
Muhammad! The Best of all Creation...
And their supporter, inwardly & outwardly!
بِأَحْمَدَ قَدْ تَوَسَّلَ كُلُّ عَبْدٍ
أُنِيلَ مَرَامَهُ وَ أَزَالَ ضُرَّا
bi-Aḥmada qad tawassala kullu 'abdin
un'ila marāmahu wa azāla ḍurrā
For Ahmad's intercession was sought by every servant (of God)...
That attained his goal and warded off the harms!
فَآدَمُ قَدْ تَوَسَّلَ بِالْمُقَفَّىٰ
وَ نُوحٌ بَعْدَهُ وَ هَلُمَّ جَرَّا
fa-Ādamu qad tawassala bil-muqaffā
wa Nūḥun ba'dahu wa halumma jarrā
For Adam (AS) himself beseeched (God) through the Final (prophet)...
And Nuh (AS) as well, and every prophet thereafter!
لِهَـٰذَا يَا إِلـٰهِي يَا إِلـٰهِي
أَرُومُ بِهِ الْمَطَالِبَ وَهْيَ تَتْرَا
li-hāzā yā Ilāhī ya Ilāhī
arūmu bihi l-maṭāliba wahya tatrā
Therefore (I pray): O my Lord O my Lord...
I seek my wishes through his intercession...and how many are they!
وَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْخَلَائِقُ أَنَّ طَٰهَٰ
الْـوَسِيلَةُ لِي إِمَامُ الْخَلْقِ طُرَّا
wa qad 'alima l-khalā'iqu anna Ṭāhā l-
wasīlatu lī imāmu l-khalqi ṭurrā
And all Mankind knows that Taha, my means (to God)...
Is indeed the Leader of all Creation!
وَثِقْتُ بِهِ وَ يَهْوَاهُ فُؤَادِي
وَ عَوَّدَنِي الْجَمِيلَ أَنَالَ فَخْرَا
wa thiqtu bihi wa yahwāhu fu'ādī
wa 'awwadanī l-jamīla anāla fakhrā
In him, I’ve placed my trust & my heart is in love with him....
For he always showed me goodness, and granted me honour!
وَ أَعْطَانِي الْجَزِيلَ بِكُلِّ آنٍ
وَ جَاوَرَنِي بِذَٰلِكَ نِلْتُ سِرَّا
wa a'ṭānī l-jazīla bi-kulli ānin
wa jāwaranī bi-dhālika niltu sirrā
And he always gave to me in abundance....
And blessed me with his company, by which I attained a great secret!
وَ رَافَقَنِي بِبَحْرٍ أَوْ بِبَرٍّ
وَ أَعْلَانِي عَلَىٰ الْأَقْوامِ بِرَّا
wa rāfaqanī bi-baḥrin aw bi-barrin
wa a'lānī 'alā l-aqwāmi birrā
And he accompanied me, on sea & on land...
And he raised me above all people, out of his kindness!
مُحَمَّدُ وَهْوَ رُوحُ الْحَمدِ سِرُّ
الْـوُجُودِ وَ دَافِعُ الْأَصْنَامِ كَسْرَا
Muḥammadu wa huwa rūḥu l-ḥamdi sirru l-
wujūdi, wa dāfi'u l-aṣnāmi kasrā
Muhammad! The Spirit of Praise, the Secret of Existence!
And the Destroyer of all idols!
مُحَمَّدُ مِدْفَعِي دَهْرِى وَ دِرْعِي
وَ فِي السَّرَّاءِ عُدَّتُنَا وَ ضُرَّا
Muḥammadu midfa'ī dahrī wa dir'ī
wa fī s-sarrā'i 'uddatunā wa ḍurrā
Muhammad! My Cannon & my Shield (against all enemies) forever....
And my Support, during easy & hard times!
مُحَمَّدُ سَيِّدِى كَنْزِى وَ غَوْثِي
حَبَانِي بِالْمُرَادِ وَ زَادَ مَيْرَا
Muḥammadu sayyidī kanzī wa ghawthī
ḥabānī bil-murādi wa zāda mayrā
Muhammad! My Master, My Treasure, My Helper!
Who granted me my wishes and all my needs!
شِفَائِي عِنْدَ أَمْرَاضِي وَ غَيْثِي
وَ مُسْتَنَدِي لِدَهْرِى حِينَ غَرَّا
Shifā'ī 'inda amrāḍī wa ghaythī
wa mustanadī li-dahrī ḥīna gharrā
My Cure when I am sick, he is my Support!
And the one I rely on when times get tough!
مُحَمَّدُ مَرْكَزِى وَ مَدَارُ أَمْرِى
عَلَى الْمَحْمُودِ دُنْيَائِي وَ أُخْرَىٰ
Muḥammadu markazī wa madāru amrī
'ala l-maḥmūdi dunyā’ī wa ukhrā
Muhammad! The point of my focus! The Mahmood, who I rely on....
In all my affairs, in this World & the Hereafter!
مُحَمَّدُ قُدْوَتِي وَ أَرَاهُ حَسْبِي
فَلَا زَيْدًا وَ لَا عَمْرًا وَ بَكْرَا
Muḥammadu qudwatī wa arāhu ḥasbī
falā Zaydān wa lā 'Amrān wa Bakrā
Muhammad is my Exemplar and he is sufficient for me...
And I need not Zayd or Amr or Bakr (i.e. anyone else) besides him (to guide me)!
نَدِيمِي سُنَّةُ الْمُخْتَارِ لَا لَا
عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَدِيثِ أَرُومُ خَيْرَا
Nadīmī sunnatu l-mukhtāri lā lā
'alā ghayri l-ḥadīthi arūmu khayrā
For the Sunnah of the Chosen One is my dearest companion....
I do not seek goodness in anything other than his Words...No No!
سَأَرْفَعُهَا وَأَقْبِضُهَا جِهَارًا
عَلَىٰ ذَا فَلْيَلُمْنِي النَّاسُ طُرَّا
sa'arfa‘uhā wa aqbiduhā jihārān
‘alā dhā falyalumnī-n nāsu turrā
Therefore I will raise my hands (in prayer) & fold them (as per the Sunnah)....
And do not care if the whole world condemns me for it!
إِذَا رَضِيَ الْأَمِينُ فَلَا أُبَالِي
أَذَمَّ سِوَاهُ أَمْ أَطْرَا وَ أَطْرَا
izā raḍiya l-amīnu falā ubālī
azamma siwāhu am aṭrā wa aṭrā
Because if the Trustworthy (Prophet) is pleased with me....
Then I do not care if others condemn me or extol me!
إِذَا كَانَ النَّصِيبُ سِوَى الْمُقَفَّىٰ
فَإِنِّي لَا أَرَىٰ لِىَ الْحَظَّ دَهْرَا
Izā kāna n-naṣību siwā l-muqaffā
fa-inni lā arā lī l-ḥaẓẓa dahrā
For if my share is anything but the Final (Prophet).....
Then I see myself as an unfortunate one forever!
صَلَاةُ اللَّهِ يَتْبَعُهَا سَلَامٌ
عَلَىٰ الْمُخْتَارِ مَنْ مَوْلَاهُ أَسْرَى
Ṣalātu llāhi yatba'uhā salāmun
'alā l-mukhtāri man mawlāhu asrā
May the Blessings & Peace of Allah be upon the Chosen One...
The one taken on the (glorious) Night Journey by his Lord!
وَآلٍ ثُمَّ أَصْحَابٍ كِرَامٍ
نَجُومِ الْمُهْتَدِينَ وَلَّوْهُ نَصْرَا
wa ālin thumma aṣ’ḥābin kirāmin
nujūmu l-muhtadīna wallawhu nasrā
And upon his noble Family & Companions....
The Stars of Guidance, who supported him!
NOTE
وَ هَـٰذِهِ الْقَصِيْدَةُ قَائِلُهَا يَنَالُ مَا يَتَمَنَّى وَ كَذَلِكَ حَاكِيهَا بَفَضْلِ الْمَمْدُوحِ بِهَا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم
Wa hāzihi l-Qasīdatu qā'iluhā yanal mā yutamanna wa kadhālika hākiha bafaḍli l-mamdūhi bihā, Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam
The composer of this blessed poem, Mawlana Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (RA) stated that whoever recites this Qasidah will attain whatever he desires, by the Barakah of the one being praised (SAW)!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
الْفَاتِحِ لِمَا أُغْلِقَ وَالْخَاتِمِ لِمَا سَبَقَ
نَاصِرِ الْحَقِّ بِالْحَقِّ وَالْهَادِي إِلَىٰ صِرَاطِكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ
وَ عَلَىٰ آلِهِ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَ مِقْدَارِهِ الْعَظِيمِ
- آمِين -
Transcribed & Translated by Imām Fakhruddin Owaisī al-Madanī
