ICON OF MYSTICS: SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASS (RTA): November 2019

ṬABĪBĪ QARĪBUN (RESTORATION OF MY HEALTH IS NEARER)

Written by: Shaykh Ibrahim Niass [during Hajj, 1385 (1965)]

Translated by: Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq

Culled from:

Dīwān “Sayru l-Qalb bi-l Mustafā al-ḥibbi ilā ḥadrat ar-Rabb” (Anthology [titled] “Spiritual Journey of the Heart for Muṣṭafā the beloved, [and] to the Platform of the Lord”)

Published in:

Majmū’ah Ad-Dawawin (Collection of Eulogy Works) [Harf Ṭā’, Verses 210-235], pgs. 571 to 576

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‎طَبِيبِي قَرِيبٌ هَلْ سِقَامِيَ تَسْمَعُ *** يُقَابِلُنِي يَوْمِي الْمُقَفَّى الْمُشَفَّعُ

Ṭabībī qarībun hal siqāmiya tasma‘u *** yuqābilunī yaumī l-muqaffā l-mushaffa‘u

Restoration of my health is nearer. Could my illness feel it?

The role model and solicitor (SAW) will accept me in my day.

‎أَرَانِي إِذَا مَا جِئْتُ يَوْمًا مُحَمَّدًا *** تَحَقَّقُ آمَالِي كَمَا أَتَوَقَّعُ

Arānī idhā mā ji’tu yaumān muhammadān *** taḥaqqaqu āmālī kamā atawaqqa’u

I believe that whenever i have connection with Muhammad in a day,

my aspirations will be actualized according to my expectation.

‎مُحَمَّدُ خَيْرَ العَالَمِينَ وَسِيلَتِي *** أَتَاكَ خَدِيمٌ ضَارِعٌ يَتَشَفَّعُ

Muhammadu khayra l-‘ālamīna wasīlatī *** atāka khadīmun ḍāri ‘un yatashaffa’u

Muhammad, the best of creation is my means (to God)

a humble servant (Niass) has come before you seeking for your divine intervention.

‎أَتَيْتُ بِصِنْوِي ثُمَّ أَهْلِي وَإِلْدَتِي *** سِرَاعاً وَحَوْلَ الهَاشِمِي نَتَجَمَّعُ

Ataytu bisinwī thumma ahlī wa ildatī *** sirā’ān wa ḥawla l-hāshimī natajamma’u

Here I am with my brother (Sirumbaye), then my family and children.

We quickly gather ourselves beside al-Hashimite.

‎وَخَلْفِي جُمُوعٌ يَنْتَمُونَ لِحِزبِكُمْ *** يَعُمُّهُمُ التَّشْفِيعُ أَجْمَعُ أَكْتَعُ

Wa khalfī jumū’u yantamūna li-hizbikum *** ya’ummuhumu t-tashfī’u ajma’u akta’u

And behind me are groups of your followers.

May your divine intervention have effect on all and sundry.

‎أَيَا نَفْسُ أَدْرَكْتِ الْأَمَانِي فَهَذِهِ *** مَرَابِعُ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ وَالنُّوْرُ يَسْطَعُ

Ayā nafsu adrakti l-amānī fa-ādhihi *** marābi’u khayri n-nāsi wa n-nūri yasta’u

O soul! Have you achieved your needs? This is..

..abode of the best of mankind the light emanates.

‎فَأَلْقَتْ عَصَاهَا وَاسْتَقَرَّتْ بِهَا النَّوَى *** وَنِلْتِ الْمُنَى مَا بَالُ عَيْنِكِ تَدْمَعُ

Fa-alqat ‘aṣāhā wa’staqarrat bihā n-nawā *** wa nilti l-munā mā bālu ‘ayniki tadma’u

Your pilgrim staff does throw and reside wherefrom

And you have obtained your needs, why is it that your eyes are shedding tears?

‎وَمَا بَالُ هَذَا الشَّوْقِ وَالشَّمْلُ جَامِعٌ *** وَذَا الحَبْلُ مَوْصُولٌ فَمَا الوَصْلُ يُمْنَعُ

Wa mā bālu hādhā sh-shauqi wa sh-shamlu jāmi’un *** wa dhā l-ḥablu mauṣūlun famā l-waṣlu yumna’u

What is the thought of this yearn and what does this care embody?

This rope has been connected. Would the contact be thwarted?

‎فَلَوْ صَوَّرُونِي فِي الحَقِيقَةِ لَمْ يَرَواْ *** سِوَى شَخْصِ مَحْبُوبٍ بِهِ نَتَمَّتَّعُ

Falau ṣawwarūnī fī l-ḥaqīqati lam yarau *** siwā shakhṣi maḥbūbin bihi natammatta’u

If at all men could depict my real image, i’m nothing save that beloved that we have pleasure in.

‎فَبَاعِثُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِلشَّوْقِ وَاحِدٌ *** فَلَسْتُ أُثَنِّيهِ وَلَمْ أَكُ أَجْمَعُ

Fa-bā’ithu Ibrāhīma li sh-shauqi wāḥidun *** falastu uthanīhi wa lam aku ajma’u

The impetus of Ibrahim (Niass) is for longing just one incentive.

I will not make it two or more.

‎وَهُوَ الْمُصْطَفَى خَيْرُ الخَلَائِقِ أَحْمدُ *** بِهِ قُوتُ رُوحِي عِنْدَهُ القَلْبُ يَخْشَعُ

Wa huwa l-Muṣṭafā khayru l-khalā’iwi Ahmadu *** bihi qūtu rūḥī ‘indahu l-qalbu yakhsha’u

For he is the chosen and the best of creation, Ahmad

the spiritual victual of my soul, the heart submits to him.

‎عَكَفْتُ عَلَى بَابِ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ *** وَمَنْ رَامَ ضُرِّي فَهُوَ أَجْدَى وَأَنْفَعُ

‘Akaftu ‘alā bābi n-nabiyyi Muḥammadin *** wa man rāma ḍurrī fahiwa ajdā wa anfa’u

I retreat at the main door of Apostle Muhammad

against whoever wants to harm me, and he is my benefactor.

‎بِمَكَّةَ بِالْمَسْعَى بِخَيْفٍ وَمَشْعَرٍ *** ضِيَاءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ لِلطَّرْفِ يَلْمَعُ

Bi-Makkata bi l-mas’ā bi-khayfin wa mash’arin *** ḍiyāu rasuli-llahi li t-tarfi yalma’u

In Mecca between Safah, Marwa and Munna

Light of Messenger of Allah illuminates the eyes.

‎بِغَارِ حِرَاءٍ بِالْمُحَصَّبِ لَا أَرَى *** رَفِيقاً سِوَى الهَادِي بِهِ أَتَمَتَّعُ

Bi-gāri ḥirā’in bi l-muḥaṣṣabi lā arā *** rafīqān siwā l-hādī bihi atamatta’u

At Cave of Hira, in Muhasab I did not see..

..any companion save al-Hadi my pleasure.

‎مُحَمَّدُ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَحْمَدُ عَاقِبًا *** بِحُبِّ الْإِمَامِ الْهَاشِمِي أَتَشَبَّعُ

Muḥammadu ‘Abdu-llahi Ahmadu ‘āqibān *** bi-hubbi l-Imāmi l-Hāshimī atashabba’u

Muhammad (son of) Abdullah, Ahmad the successor.

I am satisfied via my love for the leader al-Hashimite.

‎عَلَيْكَ أَمِينَ اللهِ نَاصِرُ حَامِدًا *** بَشِيرٌ نَذِيرٌ مَاحِيَ الْكُفْرِ أَرْوَعُ

‘Alayka Amīna-llahi nāṣiru ḥāmidān *** Bashīrun Nadhīrun maahiya l-kufri arwa’u

I thrill on you, Allah’s Trustworthy, Helper (of religion), Praiseworthy,

he who gives glad tiding, (he who) warns (against sin) and obliterator of polytheism.

‎مَكِّيٌّ وَيَا مَأْمُونُ حِبِّي وَمَرْكَزِي *** فَمَا فِي سِوَى هَادِي الْبَرِبَّةِ أَطْمَعُ

Makkiyyu wa Yā ma’mūnu ḥibbī wa markazī *** famā fī siwā hādī l-bariyyati aṭma’u

Makkiyu, O Mamun! My beloved and my honey-pot,

I do not crave for anything except for the Guide of mankind.

‎أَيَا جَامِعَ الخَيْرَاتِ يَا مَلْجَأَ الوَرَى *** فَصِلْنِي بِحَبْلٍ لَا يُرىَ يَتَقَطَّعُ

Ayā jāmi’a l-khayrāt Ya malja’a l-warā *** faṣilnī bi-ḥablin lā yurā yataqaṭṭa’u

O who encompass all good things! O Shelter of creations!

Connect me to a channel that it’s network shall never fail.

‎عَلَيْكَ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُ *** فَإِنَّ فُؤَادِي عِنْدَكَ الدَّهْرَ أَجْمَعُ

‘Alayka ṣalātu-llahi thumma salāmuhu *** fa-inna fu’ādī ‘indaka d-dahra ajma’u

May blessing and peace of Allah be upon you.

Verily, my mind is always with you.

‎عَلَيْكَ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُ *** فَعَيْشٌ بِدُونِ الْحُبِّ فِيكَ مُضَيَّعُ

Alayka ṣalātu-llahi thumma salāmuhu *** fa-ayshun bi-dūni l-ḥubbi fīka muḍayya’u

May blessing and peace of Allah be upon you.

A life without love in you is worthless.

‎عَلَيْكَ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُ *** لِقَاءٌ كَحَسْوِ الطَّيْرِ لِلْقَلْبِ مُوجِعُ

Alayka ṣalātu-llahi thumma salāmuhu *** liqā’un kaḥaswi t-tayri lil-qalbi mūji’u

May blessing and peace of Allah be upon you.

A meeting like a sip of bird is an agony for the heart.

‎وَيَوْمٌ كَأَلْفٍ مِنْ سِنِينَ أَعُدُّهُ *** قَصِيراً فَمَا نَفْسِي بِذَالِكَ تَقْنَعُ

Wa yawmun ka-alfin min sinīna a’udduhu *** qaṣīrān famā nafsī bi-dhālika taqna’u

Thousands years of my counting

would not satisfy my soul.

‎عَلَيْكَ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُ *** عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِي بِالسَّلَامِ أُوَدِّعُ

Alayka ṣalātu-llahi thumma salāmuhu *** ‘alā ragmi anfī bi s-salāmi uwaddi’u

May blessing and peace of Allah be upon you.

Despite my unwillingness, I bid farewell with peace.

‎عَلَيْكَ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُ *** وَهَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا كُلِّهِ سَوْفَ أَرْجِعُ

Alayka ṣalātu-llahi thumma salāmuhu *** wa hal ba’ada hādhā kulluhu saufa arji’u

May blessing and peace of Allah be upon you.

Shall I ever come back after all these?

‎عَلَيْكَ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُ *** مَدَى الدَّهْرِ دِيْنَ الْمُصْطَفَى القَرْمِ أَرْفَعُ

Alayka ṣalātu-llahi thumma salāmuhu *** madā d-dahri dīna l-muṣṭafā l-qarmi arfa’u

May blessing and peace of Allah be upon you.

I will persistently propagate the religion of the great leader, al-Mustafa.

‎عَلَيْكَ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُ *** مَقَامُكَ مَحْمُودٌ لَدَى الحَشْرِ تَشْفَعُ

Alayka ṣalātu-llahi thumma salāmuhu *** maqāmuka mahmūdu ladā l-ḥashri tashfa’u

May blessing and peace of Allah be upon you.

You have a praiseworthy station at the day of resurrection and you will intercede on my behalf.

Written by: Shaykh Ibrahim Niass [during Hajj, 1385 (1965)]

Translated by: Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq

Culled from:

Published in:

Majmū’ah Ad-Dawawin (Collection of Eulogy Works) [Harf Ṭā’, Verses 210-235], pgs. 571 to 576

Transliterated by: Isma'eel Bakare (SmileBak)

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