الحَمدُ لِلّه في صُبح وَإِمساء
عَلى تَرادف إِنعام وَآلاء
Praise be to God in morning and evening,
Praise be to Allah in the morn and eve
For favors and blessings bestowed in succession.
For the succession of blessings and grace
الحَمدُ لِلّه حَمداً استضيء بِهِ
في ظُلمة الجَهل مِن شَك وَإِغواء
Praise be to God—a praise by which I find light
Praise be to Allah, a praise that illuminates
In ignorance's darkness of doubt and misguidance.
The darkness of ignorance, doubt, and temptation
الحَمدُ لِلّه حَمداً أستعيذُ بِهِ
يَوم القِيامة مِن نار وَرَمضاء
Praise be to God—a praise through which I seek refuge
Praise be to Allah, a praise I seek refuge in
On Resurrection Day from fire and scorching ground.
On the Day of Resurrection, from the Fire’s blaze
ثُم الصَلاة عَلى النور الَّذي انقدحت
بُروقه بَينَ أَنوار وَأَضواء
Then blessings upon the light whose
Then prayer upon the Light that sparked forth
Lightning flashes were kindled amid lights and radiance.
Among lights and illumination
الطاهر الأَصل مِن أُم وَخَير أَب
حَتّى لآدم إِذ يعزى وَحَواء
Pure in lineage, through his mother and the best of fathers,
Of pure origin, from the best mother and father
All the way to Adam and Eve, when his descent is traced.
Even to Adam when he was downcast and Eve
وَمَعدن السر وَالوَحي الَّذي اِنفَرَجَت
بِبعثه كُل ضَراء بِسَراء
And the mine of mystery and revelation, through whom
And the source of mystery and revelation that opened up
At his sending, every hardship was eased with joy.
With his mission, every harm with good
خَير النَبيين أَزكاهُم وَأَطهَرهُم
قَلباً وَأَصبَرَهُم في كُل بَأساء
The best of prophets, the most virtuous and purest
The best of prophets, the purest and most patient of heart
In heart, and the most patient in every hardship.
In every tribulation and trial
أَضحت شَريعتهُ البَيضاء مغدقة
كَالغَيث مد سيولاً فَوقَ بَطحاء
His radiant white law became bountiful,
His white radiant law overflowed
Like rain that spread torrents over a gravelly plain.
Like rain, pouring streams over the plain
قامَت بِها بَعده أَصحابه فَغَدت
لَدَيهم إِرث آباء لأَبناء
His companions upheld it after him, and it became
After him, his companions upheld it
Among them an inheritance from fathers to sons.
And it became for them an inherited duty
فَشَيدوها بِأَسياف مصممة
بِاللَه ما بَين مقدام وَعَداء
So they built it up with keen-edged swords,
They built it with resolute swords
With God's aid, amid bold attackers and swift chargers.
By God, between determination and steadfastness
رُهبان لَيل فإن ثار الوَغى طَلعت
مِنهُم طَلايع أَنوار وَأَنواء
Monks by night; but when battle flared, there rose
Ascetics by night, when war stirred
From them vanguards of lights and rainstorms.
Vanguards of light and brilliance set forth from them
لِلّه تلكَ الوُجوه البيض ما فعلت
سُيوفهم حينَ صلت بَينَ أَعداء
To God belong those white faces—what deeds
By God, those white faces – what their swords wrought
Their swords wrought when unsheathed among enemies!
When they clashed with the enemies
فَسل مسيلمة الكَذاب ما وجدت
خُيوله مِن كِرام الفعل أَكفاء
Then ask Musaylima the Liar what
Ask Musaylimah the liar, what he found
His cavalry encountered: worthy opponents, noble in deed.
Their steeds to be: equals in valorous deed
وَكَيف جالَت عَلى اليَرموك وَانتَشَرت
في أَرض كِسرى وَحَلت قَصر تَيماء
And how they swept across the Yarmuk and spread
And how they charged at Yarmouk and spread
Through Kisra's land, and settled in Tayma's palace.
Through the land of Persia and halted at Taima’s palace
ما فارقَ الصدق صَديق لَهُ وَغَدا
كَاللَيث ما بَينَ إقدام وَإمضاء
A friend of his never forsook truth, and became
Loyalty never parted from its companion
Like a lion, bold in advancing and carrying through.
Who became like a lion between resolve and execution
وَما تَفَرق عَن فاروقهم مَلأ
إِلا عَلى حسن تَدبير وَآراء
And no assembly dispersed from their Faruq
And no group ever parted from their pioneering Farooq
Except with sound planning and counsel.
Except by good management and counsel
وَقَد أَنار بِذي النورين حالكهم
وَالمُرتَضى لَم يَدع في الدين مِن داء
And through Dhu al-Nurayn their darkness was illumined,
He who has two lights enlightened their state
And al-Murtada left no ailment in the faith.
And the Chosen One left no sickness in religion
وَكُلُهم أنجم تهدى الأَنام بِهم
إِلى مَسالك إرشاد وَإرضاء
And all of them are stars by whom humankind is guided
All of them stars by which people are guided
To paths of guidance and pleasing God.
To paths of guidance and contentment
وَجاءَ مِن بَعدهم قَوم فَطابَ بِهم
وَرد الشَريعة لِلقاصي وَلِلنائي
And after them came people, through whom grew fragrant
And after them came a people by whom
The rose of the sacred law, for the far-off and distant.
The Law returned to the near and the distant
ما خالَفوهم وَلَكن أَوضَحوا نكتاً
وَنوروا بِهداهم كُل ظَلماء
They did not oppose them, but clarified subtle points,
They did not oppose them, but clarified subtleties
And with their guidance illumined every darkness.
And by their guidance illuminated every darkness
كَالسَيد السند النُعمان من نشرت
أَقواله بَينَ تَدريس وَإفتاء
Like the master and mainstay, al-Nu'man, whose
Like the noble al-Sanusi who propagated
Teachings spread through instruction and legal rulings.
His words amid instruction and jurisprudence
وَمالك وَطأ الدين القَويم بِما
أَبدى موطأه في كُل أَنحاء
And Malik made the upright faith accessible through what
And Malik who walked the straight path
His Muwatta set forth in every region.
Through what his Muwatta displayed in every land
وَالشافعي ابن عم المُصطَفى فَلَهُ
مَعالم في الهُدى للمبصر الرائي
And al-Shafi'i, cousin of al-Mustafa—to him belong
And al-Shafi’i, the Prophet’s cousin, for him
Landmarks of guidance for the clear-sighted observer.
There are signposts in guidance for the keen observer
وَأَحمَد حافظ الشَرع الصَبور عَلى
بَلائه يا لَها مِن حُسن بَلواء
And Ahmad, guardian of the sacred law, patient through
And Ahmad, guardian of the Law, patient
His affliction—oh, what a beautiful ordeal!
In his tribulation - oh what a fine trial!
بِجاههم وَبجاه السالِكين عَلى
منهاجهم اشف يا رَب العُلى دائي
By their standing, and that of those who walk upon
By their status, and the status of those who tread
Their path, heal my ailment, O Lord of the heights.
Their methodology, heal, O Lord of Majesty, my affliction
أَهل الطَرائق من لِلّه قَد وَصَلوا
عَلى مَعارج أَفضال وَنعماء
The people of the paths, who have reached God
The people of spiritual paths who through God connected
Along stairways of grace and blessing.
Upon degrees of virtue and blessing
كَالعادلي الَّذي جلت فَضائله
عَن أَن تعد بِتَمييز وَإحصاء
Like al-Adili, whose virtues are too great
Like al-Adl whose merits transcended
To be numbered by distinguishing and counting.
Enumeration and counting
كَهف المريدين بَدر الدين سَيدنا
مُحَمد من تَحلى خَير أَسماء
The seekers' cave of refuge, Badr al-Din, our master,
The cave of disciples, Badr al-Din our master
Muhammad, who is adorned with the finest of names.
Muhammad, embodiment of the best names
تُروى طَريقته الغَراء مسندة
إِلى مَراتب تَقديس وَأَنباء
His resplendent path is transmitted, traced by a chain
His noble path, supported
To ranks of sanctity and tidings,
By stations of sanctification and tidings
عَن شَيخنا الفَرد عَبد اللَه مَن ختمت
بِهِ المَعالي فَأَضحى نُقطة الخاء
From our peerless shaykh, Abd Allah, with whom
From our unique master Abdullah, through whom
Lofty attainments were sealed, so he became the dot of the letter kha.
The heights were concluded, so he became the final dot
العارف العَيدَروسي الَّذي انتَشَرت
أَعلامه للمريدين الأخلاء
The gnostic al-Aydarusi, whose
Al-Aydarusi the Gnostic, whose banners
Banners spread for the seekers, his intimate friends.
Spread for sincere disciples
عَن شَيخه جمعة المولى الَّذي جمعَت
لَهُ الفَضائل في جهر وَإخفاء
From his shaykh, Jum'a, the master, for whom
From his master Jum’ah the Protector who gathered
Virtues were gathered, openly and in secret.
Merits publicly and in secret
وَكانَ عَن سَيدي يَعقوب آخذها
عَن جُمعة الأَكبر
And he received it from my master Ya'qub,
And he was from my master Yaqub, taking from him,
From Jum'a the Elder,
From Jum’ah the Elder
عَن سَيدي الشَيخ بَدر الدين أَوحدهم
مُحمد العادلي العارف النائي
From my master, Shaykh Badr al-Din, the peerless among them,
From my master Badr al-Din, unique among them
Muhammad al-Adili, the far-removed gnostic.
Muhammad al-Adl, the Knowing, the Far
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