MAJAMI’ AL-HAMD (THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE OF PRAISES)

A COMPREHENSIVE PRAISE (HAMD) OF ALLAH مَجَامِعُ الْحَمْدِ

by Shaykh-al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (RA)

(From his personal prayer-book entitled: Al-Kanz al-Masun)

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّه بِجَمِيعِ مَحَامِدِهِ

All praise be to Allah by all His praises!

 

 وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَحَامِدِهِ

And all praise be to Allah for all His praises!

 

 وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَدَدَ مَحَامِدِهِ

And all praise be to Allah according to the number of all His praises!

 

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بِجَمِيعِ صِفَاتِهِ 

All praise be to Allah by all His Attributes!

 

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ صِفَاتِهِ

And all praise be to Allah for all His Attributes!

 

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَدَدَ جَمِيعِ صِفَاتِهِ

And all praise be to Allah according to the number of all His Attributes!

 

 الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بِلِسَانِ سَيِّدِنَا محَمَّدٍ

All praise be to Allah by the tongue of our master Muhammad (SAW)!

 

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

And all praise be to Allah for our master Muhammad (SAW)!

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مِقْدَارَ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

And all praise be to Allah according to the capacity our master Muhammad (SAW)!

 

الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بِلِسَانِ الصِّدِّيقِ الْأَكْبَرِ

All praise be to Allah by the tongue of the greatest Siddiq (Believer)!

 

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى الصِّدِّيقِ الْأَكْبَرِ

And all praise be to Allah for the greatest Siddiq (Believer)!

 

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مِقْدَارَ الصِّدِّيقِ الْأَكْبَرِ

And all praise be to Allah according to the capacity of the greatest Siddiq (Believer)!

 

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بِأَلْسِنَةِ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ

All praise be to Allah by the tongue of all His creation!

 

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ 

And all praise be to Allah for all His creation!

 

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَدَدَ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ

And all praise be to Allah according to the number of all His creation!

 

الحمْد لِلَّهِ بِجَمِيعِ نِعَمِهِ

All praise be to Allah by all His favours!

 

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ نِعَمِهِ 

And all praise be to Allah for all His favours!

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَدَدَ جَمِيعِ نِعَمِهِ

And all praise be to Allah according to the number of all His favours!

 

وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

And may Allah send His blessings on our master Muhammad

 

وَ آلِهِ وَ صَحْبِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ

And his Family & Companions

حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَ مِقْدَارهِ الْعَظِيمِ 

According to his immense rank & capacity!

 

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NOTE

This is a very special prayer of praise that was inspired to Mawlana Shaykh-al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (RA) from the Divine Presence, in which our Creator Most High is praised from different angles and at various levels of the Divine Manifestation. 

It is for this reason that Shaykh Ibrahim (RA) aptly named it as Majami’ al-Hamd i.e. The Most Comprehensive of Praises or The Combination of all Praises. 

It may be recited any time of the day and the night with the sole intention of praising Our Creator Most High!

Fully Transcribed & Translated by

Imām Fakhruddin Owaisi al-Tijani 

(Muqaddam of the Tariqah Tijaniyyah, 

Cape Town, South Africa)

POEM BY SHAYKH AHMAD SUKAYRIJ (RA) OF MOROCCO

[In Praise of His Student, Shaykh-al-Islam  Ibrahim Niasse (RA)]

شَهِدْتُ لَكُمْ فَــتْحًا مُـبِينًا بِمَا لَكُـمْ

مِن الْحَــقِّ مِنْ بَيْــنِ الْبَرِيـَّـةِ قَدْ خَصَّا

I testify that you have gained a manifest opening…

Specially granted to you by God from amongst all people!

وَرِثْتَ عَنِ الشَيْخِ التِّجَانِي خِلَافَةً

وَ إِنِّي لَكُمْ فِيــهَا أَنُصُّ لَكُمْ نَصَّا

Indeed you’ve inherited the Khilâfah from Shaykh (Ahmad) al-Tijânî! 

And I state to you my clear testimony to that!

وَ إِنِّي أَرَى الشَّيْخَ التِّجَانِـي خَاتِمًا

وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَدْ صِرْتَ فِي الْخَاتِمِ الْفَصَّا

And I see the Shaykh (Ahmad) al-Tijânî as a Ring…

And you’re the one who has become the Bezel in the Ring!

وَ مَا قُلْتُ هَـذَا عَنْ هَوَى وَ تَبَجُّحٍ

وَ لاَ كَانَ عَنْ شَطْحٍ رَقَصْتُ بِهِ رَقْصَا

And I do not state this out of my own desire or vanity…

Nor due to an ecstatic condition making me dance!

وَ لَكِنَّهُ عَنْ وَارِدٍ جَاءَ نَاشِرًا

لِوَاءَ سُرُورٍ مِنْهُ حَاسِدُكُمْ غَصَّا

Rather, it is due to a Divine Inspiration that came upon me…                                                           

And spread the Banner of Good Fortune that casts down those jealous of you!

وَ كَمْ طَائِرٍ فَخْراً يُعَدُّ مُزَاحِمًا

لَكُمْ فِي الْمَعَالِي وَ الْجَناَحُ لَهُ قُصَّا

And how many a Bird arrogantly tries to compete with you…                                                                

in the heights of rank & status…only to get their wings cut!

Translated by Imam Fakhruddin Owaisi (South Africa)

Shaykh Ahmad Sukayrij & Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (RAA)

 

Imam Fakhruddin Owaisi (South Africa)

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