Saturday, July 27, 2013

Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi



AlhamdulilLah bini'matilLah! Ustaz Zhulkeflee's last tadzkirah was a timely reminder to make regular supplications (ibadah) for the act of doing so strengthens one's relationship with Allah SWT, in that He wants us to keep Him close. The lesson reminded me of Imam al-Haddad's poem Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi (My Lord's Knowledge has sufficed me):

My Lords knowledge has sufficed me from asking or choosing
For my prayer and agonising supplication is a witness to my poverty.
For this secret I make supplication in times of ease and times of difficulty
I am a slave whose pride is in his poverty and obligation
O my Lord and my King, You know my state
And what has settled in my heart, of agonies and preoccupations
Save me with a gentleness from You, O Lord of Lords
Oh save me, Most Generous before I run out of patience

My Lords knowledge has sufficed me from asking or choosing
O One who is swift in sending aid, I ask for aid that will arrive to me swiftly
It will defeat all difficulty and it will bring all that I hope for
O Near One Who answers and All-Knowing and All-Hearing
I have attained realisation through my incapacity, my submission and my brokenness

My Lords knowledge has sufficed me from asking or choosing
I am still standing by the door, so please my Lord have mercy on my standing
And in the valley of generosity, I am in itikaf (solitary retreat)
So, Allah, make my retreat here permanent
And I'm abiding by good opinion (of You), for it is my friend and ally
And it is the one that sits by me and keeps me company all day and night

My Lords knowledge has sufficed me from asking or choosing
There is a need in my soul, O Allah so please fulfill it, O Best of Fulfillers
And comfort my secret and my heart from its burning and its shrapnel
In pleasure and in happiness and as long as You are pleased with me
For joy and expansion is my state and my motto and my cover
My Lords knowledge has sufficed me from asking or choosing

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