Shaikh Abdal-Hakim Murad singing Imam Al-Haddad’s poem (قدس الله سره)



قَدْ كَفَانِي عِلْمُ رَبِّي	My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
مِنْ سُؤَالِي وَاخْتِيَارِي	from asking or choosing
فَدُعَائِي وابْتِھَالِي	For my du’a and my agonising supplication
شَاھِدٌ لِي بِافْتِقَارِي	is a witness to my poverty
فَلِھَذَا السِّرِّ أَدْعُو	For this secret (reason) I make supplication
فِي يَسَارِيْ وَعَسَارِي	in times of ease and times of difficulty
أَنَا عَبْدٌ صَارَ فَخْرِي	I am a slave whose pride
ضِمْنَ فَقْرِي وَاضْطِرَارِي	is in his poverty and obligation
يَا إِلَھِي وَمَلِيْكِي	O my Lord and my King
أنْتَ تَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ حَالِي	You know my state
وَبِمَا قَدْ حَلَّ قَلْبِي	And what has settled in my heart
مِنْ ھُمُوْم وَاشْتِغَالِي	of agonies and preoccupations
فَتَدَارَكْنِي بِلُطْفٍ	Save me with a gentleness
مِنْكَ يَا مَوْلَى الْمَوَالِي	from You, O Lord of Lords
ً يَا كَرِيْمَ الْوَ جْهِ غِثْنِي	Oh save me, Most Generous
قَبْلَ أنْ يَفْنَى اصْطِبَارِي	before I run out of patience (with myself)
يَا سَرِيْعَ الْغَوْثِ غَوْثًا	O One who is swift in sending aid
مِنْكَ يُدْرِكْنَا سَرِيْعًا	I ask for aid that will arrive to me swiftly
يَھْزِمُ الْعُسْرَ وَيَأْتِي	It will defeat all difficulty
بِالَّذِي نَرْجُو جَمِيْعًا	and it will bring all that I hope for
يا قَرِيْبًا يا مُجِيْبًا	O Near One Who answers
يا عَلِيْمًا يا سَمِيْعًا	and All-Knowing and All-Hearing
قَدْ تَحَقَّقْتُ بِعَجْزِي	I have attained realization through my incapacity
وخُضُوْعِي وانْكِسَارِي	my submission and my brokenness
لَمْ أَزَلْ بِالْبَابِ وَاقِفْ	I am still standing by the door, so please my Lord
فَارْحَمَنْ ربِّي وُقُوْفِي	have mercy on my standing
وبِوَادِي الْفَضْلِ عَاكِفْ	And in the valley of generosity, I am in i’tikaf (solitary So, (retreat)
فَأَدِمْ ربِّي عُكُوْفِي	Allah, make my retreat here permanent
ولِحُسْنِ الظَّنِّ لاَزِم	And I’m abiding by good opinion (of You)
فَھُوَ خِلِّي وحَلِيْفِي	For it is my friend and ally
وأَنِيْسِي وجَلِيْسِي	And it is the one that sits by me and keeps me company
طُوْلَ لَيْلِي ونَھَارِي	All day and night
حَاجَةً فِي النَّفْسِ يَا ربّ	There is a need in my soul, O Allah
فَاقْضِھَا يا خَيْرَ قَاضِي	so please fulfil it, O Best of Fulfillers
وأَرِحْ سِرِّي وقَلْبِي	And comfort my secret and my heart
مِنْ لَظاَھَا والشُّوَاظِ	from its burning and its shrapnel
فَالْھَنَا والْبَسْطُ حَالِي	For joy and expansion is my state
وشِعَارِي ودِثَارِي	and my motto and my cover