THE POEM OF SEEKING FORGIVENESS

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

(From his Diwan: Miftah al-‘Atiyyah)

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي

لَـيْسَ إِلـٰــهٌ غَيْرُهُ يَغْفِرُ

Astaghfiru Allaha al-ʿAẓima al-ladhī 

laysa Ilāhun ghayruhu yaghfiru

I seek forgiveness from Allah the Great!

Besides whom there is no God that can forgive (our sins)!

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سُبْحَانَهُ الْغَفَّارُ سُبْحَانَهُ

سُبْحَانَهُ السَّتَّارُ عَيْبِيَ يَسْتُرُ

Subḥānahu-l Ghaffāru subḥānahu 

Subḥānahu-s Sattāru ʿaybiya yasturu

Sanctified is He, the Most Forgiving One! How Sanctified!

Sanctified is He, the Concealer of my sins!

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أَلْبَسَنِي مِنْ سِتْرِهِ سَابِغاً

سُبْحَانَهُ يَعْفُو إِذْ يَقْدِرُ

Albasanī min sitrihi sābighan 

Subḥānahu yaʿafu ʾidh yaqdīru

He covered me with the Garment of His Concealment!

Sanctified is He! He pardons even when he can punish!

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حادَتْ ظُنُونٌ عَنْكَ يَا بَهْجَتِي

إِذْ كَلَّ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِكَ الْأَبْصُرُ

Ḥādat ẓunūnun ʿanka yā bahjatī 

ʾidh kalla ʿan ʾidrākika al-ʾabṣuru

Lost are our thoughts when pondering of You O my Joy!

As our visions are unable to comprehend You!

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هذَا عُبَيْدٌ خَائِفٌ مُرْهَبٌ

وَ لَا لَهُ غَيْرُكَ: مَنْ يَنْصُرُ

Hadhā ʿubaydun khāʾifun murhabun 

wa lā lahu ghayruka: man yanṣuru

This is (your) Slave, frightened & fearful (of Your wrath)…

And he has no one to save him but You (o Allah)!

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وَ هَمُّهُ زَادَ عَلَى وَجْدِهِ

لَوْلَاكَ يَا رَحْمٰـنُ لَا يُنْظَرُ

Wa hammuhu zāda ʿalā wajdihi 

lawlāka yā Raḥmānu lā yunẓaru

And his worries have overwhelmed his passion!

Besides Your Mercy O Most Merciful One, he has no relief!

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هَبْ لِي حُلُولِي طَيْبَةَ الْمُصْطَفَى

وَ حَجُّ فَرْضٍ مِنْكُمُ تَيْسُرُ

Hab lī ḥulūlī ṭayyibata al-Muṣṭafā 

wa ḥajjun farḍin minkum taysuru

Grant me to visit Taybah (the Purified City) of the Chosen Prophet!

And to perform the obligatory Hajj! All eased through Your Grace!

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صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ اللهُ مَعَ صَحْبِهِ

وَالْآلِ مَا أَمْطَارُهُ تَمْطُرُ

Ṣallā ʿalayhi Allāhu maʿa ṣaḥbihi 

wa-l ʾāli mā ʾamṭāruhu tamṭuru

May Allah bless him and his Companions…

And his Family, as long as His rains shower (this Earth)! 

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- آمين -

Fully Translated & Transcribed by 

Imām Fakhruddin Owaisi al-Tijani

THE PRAYER OF DIVINE PLEASURE

 صلاة رضا الله تعالى- -

Prescribed by Shaykh Sidi Ahmad al-Tijani (RA)

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammad

O Allah send Your blessings upon our master Muhammad

 السَّابِقِ لِلْخَلْقِ نُورُهُ

as-sābiq lil-khalqi nūruhu 

Whose light preceded all Creation!

وَالرَّحْمَةُ لِلْعَالَمِينَ ظُهُورُهُ

wa-r raḥmatu lil-ʿālamīna ẓuhūruhu

And whose appearance was a mercy for the worlds!

عَدَدَ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ مَنْ بَقِيَ

ʿadada man maḍā min khalqika wa man baqiya 

(Blessings) the sum of all those who passed from Your creation & all those who remain!

وَ مَنْ سَعِدَ مِنْهُمْ وَ مَنْ شَقِيَ

wa man saʿida minhum wa man shaqiya

And all those who are fortunate among them & all those who are unfortunate!

صَلاةً تَسْتَغْرِقُ الْعَدَّ

ṣalātan tastaghriqu al-ʿadda

A Blessing that exhausts all numbers!

 وَ تُحِيطُ بِالْحَدِّ

wa tuḥīṭu bil-ḥaddi

And extends to all limits!

  صَلَاةً لَا غَايَةَ لَهَا وَ لَا انْتِهَاءَ

ṣalātan lā ghāyata lahā wa lā intihāʾ 

A Blessing that is limitless & endless!

وَ لَا أَمَدَ لَهَا وَ لَا انْقِضَاءَ

wa lā amada lahā wa lā inqiḍāʾ

(A Blessing) that is timeless and non-stop!

صَلَاتَكَ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ عَلَيْهِ

ṣalātaka al-latī ṣallayta ʿalayhi 

The Blessing that You personally blessed him with!

صَلَاةً دَائِمَةً بِدَوَامِكَ

ṣalātan dāʾimatan bidawāmika 

A Blessing that continues with Your Being

بَاقيةً بِبَقَائِكَ

bāqiyatan bibaqāʾika

And remains as long as You remain

 وَ عَلَى آلِهِ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ كَذَلِكَ

wa ʿalā ālihi wa aṣḥābihi kadhālik

And upon his Family & Companions as well

وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ

wal-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿalā dhālik

And all praise be for Allah for that!

NOTE:

Sayyiduna Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (RA) is narrated to have stated that whoever recites this Salat 10 times in the morning & the evening after the Fajr & Asr prayers, will attain the grand pleasure of Allah, be safe from Divine Wrath and be surrounded by Divine Mercy & Shelter. It is also stated that one recitation of this blessed Salat is equal to the recitation of 10,000 Salawat and that it is a sure cure for all difficulties.

(From the Miftah al-Sa’adah al-Abadiyyah)

Transcribed & Translated by Imām Fakhruddin Owaisī al-Madanī