وحي السماء منزل ببيوتنا — Bahaa Al Sayadi

وَحْيُ السَّماءِ مُنَزَّلٌ ببُيوتِنا

وحَقائقُ الآياتِ عنَّا تُنقَلُ

Heaven's revelation is sent down into our homes,

and the truths of the verses are transmitted from us.

ولقدْ وَرِثْنا المُرْسَلينَ بعلمِهِمْ

ولنا من الغيبِ المُقَدَّسِ مَنهَلُ

And indeed we are heirs to the messengers through their knowledge,

and ours is a wellspring from the sacred unseen.

كَفَلَتْ حُجورُ الأَوصِياءِ صِغارَنا

وكِبارُنا مِنها النَّوائِبُ تَذهَلُ

The laps of the guardians have nurtured our young,

and our elders—calamities are bewildered by them.

وإذا تَجَلْجَلَتِ الشُّؤُنُ فإنَّنا

في الأَوْلِياءِ لنا الطِّرازُ الأوَّلُ

And when affairs thunder, we indeed

hold the foremost rank among the saints.

عنَّا رِواياتُ الأُصولِ صَحيحُةٌ

ورِحابُنا يومَ المَخاوِفِ مَوْثِلُ

The foundational traditions transmitted from us are sound,

and our spacious courts are a refuge on the day of terrors.

هذا أَبو العَلَمَيْنِ أَحمدُ جَدُّنا

فحلٌ له في القومِ باعٌ أَطْوَلُ

This is Abu al-'Alamayn, Ahmad, our forefather,

a champion whose reach among the people is longest.

سِرُّ الوَلايَةِ من جنابِ المُرْتَضى

أَبداً بِنا بوِراثَةٍ يتَسَلْسَلِ

The secret of sainthood, from al-Murtada's presence,

passes down through us forever in a chain of inheritance.

ما عُدَّ في عصرٍ رِجالُ زَمانِهِ

إِلاَّ ومِنَّا الأَلْمَعِيُّ الأَفضَلُ

Never, in any age, have the men of its time been counted

without the brilliant, most excellent man being one of us.

نحن شُموسُ القومِ في حَضَراتِها

لَمَّاعَةً أمَدَ المَدى لا تَأْفَلُ

We are the suns of the people in their assemblies,

radiant throughout the whole span of time, never setting.

إنْ راحَ منَّا سيِّدٌ جاءَ ابنُهُ

والحالُ مَوْصولٌ به لا يُفْصَلُ

If a master of ours departs, his son comes,

and the spiritual state remains linked to him, never severed.

ذُرِّيَّةٌ من بعضِها بعضٌ بَدا

بشُؤُنِ أَوَّلِها يَميسُ ويَرْفُلُ

A lineage, one part of which has sprung from another,

bearing its first forebear's qualities, it sways proudly and trails its robes.

قلْ للحَسودِ اقْعُدْ فإنَّكَ قاصِرٌ

ولنَحْنُ طَوْراً فوقَ ما تَتَخَيَّلُ

Tell the envious one: Sit down, for you fall short;

and indeed we stand at a stage beyond what you imagine.

ستَرى لنا منَّا بُدورَ حَقائقٍ

ببُروجِ أَفلاكِ العُلى تتجوَّلُ

You will see our full moons of truths, sprung from among us,

wandering through the constellations of the spheres on high.

فلنحنُ أُسْدُ الغابِ في عَتَباتِنا

ربَّاضَةٌ عن خَشْيَةٍ تتَمَلْمَلُ

For indeed we are forest lions at our thresholds,

crouching, shifting restlessly out of awe.

ولنا الخَوارِقُ والحَقائِقُ سِيمَةٌ

فيها حَديثُ المَكْرُماتِ مسلسَلُ

And miracles and truths are our distinguishing mark;

within it, the account of noble deeds runs in a chain.

ما جاءَ منَّا في المَدارِجِ آخِرٌ

إِلاَّ لهُ فوقَ المَعارِجِ أَوَّلُ

No successor among us has come to the ascending stages

without a predecessor of his above the stairways of ascent.

بَطَلَتْ عَزائِمُ أُمَّةٍ قد شابَهَتْ

أَطْوارَنا وشؤونُنا لا تبطُلُ

The resolves of a people have failed, though they resembled

our ways; yet our own affairs do not fail.

نحن الضِّراعُ إذا تَهاجَمَ حادِثٌ

بأُصُولِنا يتوسَّلُ المُتَوَسِّلُ

We are the humble ones when a calamity assails;

through our ancestral roots the seeker seeks intercession.

وإذا دَعا الباري بنا وبأَهلِنا

ذو نِيَّةٍ صافي السَّريرَةِ يُقْبَلُ

And when the Creator is invoked through us and our kin

by one with purpose and a pure heart, he is accepted.

قدْ فاضَ في أَهلِ الحَقائِقِ بحرُنا

فبكلِّ قلبٍ سالَ منهُ جدوَلُ

Our sea has indeed overflowed among the people of truths,

so in every heart a brook has flowed from it.

وإذا الجِبالُ تحوَّلَتْ عن أَرضِها

عن شأْنِنا في اللهِ لا نتحوَّلُ

And when the mountains shift from their ground,

we do not turn away from our state in God.

ما نظَّمَ التَّعْدادَ في أَنسابِنا

إِلاَّ وَليٌّ أو نبيٌّ مُرْسَلُ

No one has set out the reckoning of our lineages

except a saint or a prophet sent forth.

في العَصْرِ منَّا سادَةٌ أحوالُهُمْ

بسُمُوِّها يتمثَّلُ المُتَمَثِّلُ

In this age, there are masters among us whose spiritual states

are emulated in their loftiness by whoever seeks an example.

القُطْبُ إبراهيمُ من أَفرادِهِمْ

والفَحْلُ عبد اللهِ وهو الأَكمَلُ

The Pole, Ibrahim, is one of their exceptional men,

and the champion Abd Allah, who is the most perfect.

وأَبو المَفاخِرِ هاشِمٌ وألْحِقْ به

زيداً ويَعْقوباً وعَدُّكَ يشمَلُ

And Abu al-Mafakhir, Hashim; and add to him

Zayd and Ya'qub, and your count encompasses them.

أفرادُ قومٍ في العِراقِ عهِدَتُهُمْ

شوسٌ بهِمَّتِهِمْ يُحَلُّ المُشْكِلُ

Exceptional men of a people in Iraq, whom I have known,

fierce-eyed men through whose resolve difficulties are solved.

ولنا بأَرضِ الشَّامِ أيُّ عِصابَةٍ

شَمْخاءَ عنها يقصُرُ المُتَطَوِّلُ

And what a fellowship we have in the land of al-Sham,

so lofty that whoever seeks to tower above it falls short.

فعليٌّ الحبرُ الكَريمُ وأَحمدٌ

ويَليهِ عبدُ القادِرِ المُسْتَوْجِلُ

So there are Ali, the noble scholar, and Ahmad,

and after him comes Abd al-Qadir, filled with awe;

وفَتى الحِمى رَجَبٌ أَبو الهِمَمِ التي

فيها دَلالٌ قدْ طَواهُ تَذَلُّلُ

and the sanctuary's youth Rajab, Abu al-Himam, whose aspirations

contain a loving familiarity that humility has veiled.

والجَنْدَلِيُّ محمَّدٌ وأَمينُهُمْ

وبصالِحُ خيلِ العِدى تَتَجَنْدَلُ

And Muhammad al-Jandali, and their trusted one;

and through Salih the enemies' horses are felled.

وبنا أَبو البَرَكاتِ واحِدُ صفِّهِمْ

ويُقالُ فيه السَّيِّدُ المُتَوَكِّلُ

And among us is Abu al-Barakat, peerless in their ranks,

and he is called al-Sayyid al-Mutawakkil.

شيخٌ ترَقْرَقَ بالمَعارِفِ باطِناً

وعليهِ سِيمَةُ جدِّهِ لا تُجْهَلُ

A sheikh whose inner being shimmers with spiritual knowledge,

and his forefather's mark upon him is unmistakable.

فبِبَيْتِهِ سيقومُ من أَسْرارِنا

فوقَ المِنَصَّةِ للحُقيقةِ مُحْفَلُ

So in his house, from our secrets, there will arise

a gathering for the Truth upon the dais.

ويَجولُ منها للطَّريقَةِ في الوَرَى

منهُ هِزَبْرٌ وجهُهُ لا يُخْذَلُ

And from it, for the Path, there will roam among humankind

a lion sprung from him, whose face is never forsaken.

يا حَيْرَةَ الحُسَّادِ إنَّ قُيودَهُمْ

ثَقُلَتْ ألا بالوهمِ فلْيَتَأَوَّلوا

O bewilderment of the envious! Indeed, their fetters

have grown heavy; behold, let them interpret through delusion.

هذا الكَمالُ الأَحْمَدِيُّ تلامَعَتْ

أَنوارُهُ وجَلا هُداهُ الكُمَّلُ

This Ahmadi perfection—there have gleamed

its lights, and the perfected ones have unveiled its guidance.

فاذْكُرْ حَديثاً جاءَ بالإِحْسانِ عن

خيرِ البَرِيَّةِ والمَحاسِنُ تُفعَلُ

So recall a tradition about excellence that came from

the best of creation, and good deeds are performed.

واجْعَلْكَ عبداً مُحْسِناً فالنَّصُّ قدْ

وافَى صِراحاً إنَّما يَتَقَبَّلُ

And make yourself a servant who does good, for the text has

come plainly: 'He accepts only...'

وانْظِمْ فُؤادَكَ يا بُنيَّ بسِلْكِنا

واسْمَعْ فذا داعي العِنايَةِ يَزْجَلُ

And string your heart, my dear son, upon our thread,

and listen, for this herald of divine care calls aloud.

فطَريقُنا معمورَةٌ وشُؤُنُنا

محفوظَةٌ وقُلوبُنا لا تُفْتَلُ

For our path is well peopled, and our affairs

are protected, and our hearts are never twisted.

وعلى سَمَواتِ المَعالي لم يزَلْ

لرِجالِ عُصْبَتِنا الكَريمَةِ منزِلُ

And upon the heavens of high attainments there has always been

a dwelling for the men of our noble fellowship.

بالرَّحمَةِ العُظمى جَرَتْ قِيعانُنا

فالفيضُ يُمْطِرُ والعِنايَةُ تهطُلُ

Through the greatest mercy, our lowlands have flowed,

so the outpouring rains down, and divine care pours.