A Poem of Utmost Devotion and Submission by Shaykh Muhammad al-Hasan al-Khadim

Sublime Lights Presents: قصيدة تنم عن أقصى درجات الإخلاص والخضوع للشيخ محمد الحسن الخديم رحمه الله A Poem of Utmost Devotion and Submission by Shaykh Muhammad al-Hasan al-Khadim, may Allah have mercy on him يَا رَافِعَ الْبَلْوَى وَدَافِعَ النِّقَمْ وَمُذْهِبَ الْبَأْسِ وَشَافِيَ السَّقَمْ O Thou who liftest away affliction and repellest retribution, Who banishst adversity and healest infirmity, أَدْعُوكَ يَا مُجِيبُ حِينَ الْخَطْبُ طَمْ وَإِذْ طَمَا مَوْجُ الْهُمُومِ وَلْتَطَمْ I call upon Thee, O Answerer of prayers, when calamity swells, And when the billows of sorrows surge and crash upon me وَقَدْ تَوَسَّلْتُ بِأَفْضَلِ الْأُمَمْ وَآلِهِ الأُلَى بِهِمْ تَسْمُو الْهِمَمْ And I have sought nearness through the Best of Creation ﷺ, And through his household, by whom all high resolves are raised, وَبِالصَّحَابَةِ البَهَالِيلِ البُهُمْ فَالْتَكْفِنَا يَا رَبِّ كُلَّ مَا أَهَمْ And through the noble Companions, radiant and steadfast— So suffice us, O Lord, against all that weighs upon us, وَلْتَشْفِ كُلَّ مَا أَلَمَّ مِنْ ألَمْ بِنَا وَفَرِّجْ مَا مِنَ الْكَرْبِ أَلَمْ And heal every pain that has befallen us, And disperse every anguish that has grieved us يَا مَنْ نَوَالُ فَضْلِهِ لِلْكُلِّ عَمْ عُذْتُ بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ سَلْبِ النِّعَمْ O Thou whose overflowing grace embraces all creation, I seek refuge in Thee, O Allah, from the withdrawal of blessings, وَمِنْ شَمَاتَةٍ وَفَجْأَةٍ نِقَمْ فَاشْفِ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمْ And from the gloating of foes and the suddenness of calamities— So grant us a healing that leaves no ailment behind, وَهَبْ لَنَا طُولَ حَيَاةٍ فِي حَرَمْ وَرَفْعَ شَأنٍ لَا يُدَانِيهِ أَرَمْ And bestow upon us length of days within the Sacred Precinct, And an exalted rank no other eminence can approach يَا أَحْمَدُ الْقُطْبُ التِّجَانِيُّ الْخَضَمْ مَنْ جَارُهُ لَمْ يُهْتَضَمْ وَلَمْ يُضَمْ O Ahmad, the Spiritual Pole, the Tijānī, the boundless ocean, Whose neighbor is never wronged nor ever diminished, إِنَّكَ مُفْرَدٌ مُعَرَّفٌ عَلَمْ فَمَنْ يُنَادِيكَ بِرَفْعٍ لَمْ يُلَمْ Thou art indeed a singular soul, a beacon known to all, And whoever invokes thee for elevation shall never be reproached وَلِي بِذَلِكَ الْجَنَابِ الْمُحْتَرَمْ تَوَسُّلٌ مُسْتَفْتِحًا بَابَ الْكَرَمْ Through that revered threshold I have sought my intercession, Opening thereby the gate of divine munificence وَالشَّيْخُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ كَاشِفُ الظُّلَمْ مَنْ كُلُّ الْأَقْطَابِ لَهُ أَلْقَى السَّلَمْ And Shaykh Ibrāhīm, dispeller of darknesses, To whom all the spiritual poles have bowed in surrender مِنْهُ نُؤَمِّلُ لِكُلِّ مَا انْبَهَمْ فَتْحًا وَفِي الدَّارَيْنِ نُكْفَى كُلَّ هَمْ From him we hope, for all that remains veiled, An unveiling, and in both abodes to be delivered from every care أَدْعُوكَ يَا رَبِّ بِالِاسْمِ ذِي الْعِظَمْ وَإِذْ دَعَوْتُكَ بِهِ شَمْلِي انْتَظَمْ I call upon Thee, O Lord, by Thy Name of Supreme Might, And when I call upon Thee thereby, my scattered affairs are gathered whole بِالْمُصْطَفَى اعْتَصَمْتُ مَنْ بِهِ اعْتَصَمْ وُقِيَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْأُخْرَى مَا وَصَمْ Through the Chosen One I have clung fast—and whoever clings to him Is shielded in this world and the Hereafter from every stain عَلَيهِ وَالآلِ ابْتِدًا وَمُخْتَتَمْ ألْفَ صَلَاةٍ وَسَلَامٍ وَأتَمْ Upon him and upon his kin, from first to last, Be a thousand blessings and salutations of peace, and yet more complete Original video credit: ‪@nourcommunity‬