qasidaat

أسماء الله الحسنى - للحبيب عمر بن حفيظ

"Qad Kafani `Ilmu Rabbi" (My Lord's Knowledge Suffices Me) is a powerful statement of reliance and trust on Allah, authored by Imam Abdullah b. Alawi al-Haddad (1634 CE [1044 Hijri] - 1720 CE [1132 Hijri]), the great Islamic scholar and spiritual guide from Hadhramawt, Yemen. Imam al-Haddad was a distinguished poet, and this particular qasida (devotional song) is one of his most-recited poems. A brief bio of the Imam may be found here:http://www.alhaddad.org/blog/?p=382. Information taken by Nader Khan.

The Qasida was sung on the bus route to Dar al Mustafa by Belal Nikro (AUS) and brothers who attended the 2013 annual dowra. Picture taken by Belal Nikro.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: 
(the lyrics in Arabic, along with the translation, may be downloaded from:http://www.halaqa.org/Media/Docs/Qad%20kafani%20english.pdf)

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me 
 from asking or choosing 
For my du’a and my agonising supplication 
 is a witness to my poverty. 
For this secret (reason) 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 (with myself) 
---------- 
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 
---------- 
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 i’tikaf (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 
---------- 
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 
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Qad Kafani (My Lord is Sufficient) - Belal Nikro (Dowra 2013)

Recorded in Cambridge on Friday the 7th of March, 2014

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Na't al-Baratina

Ahl al Wafa - Ya Mawlay

Seyyid Ahmed er Rifai was born in the first half of Rajab in the Muslim year of 512 AH (1119 CE) on a Thursday. His birthplace was in the town of Ummu Abeyde, in the township of Beta, in the province of Basra, Iraq. Hz. (for Hazreti, meaning the Honorable) Ahmed Rifai passed to the other side on Thursday, Jamadi al-Awwal 22, 578 AH (1183 CE), in the town of Wasit, in Basra, Iraq. His father was Seyyid Ali Abul Hasan. His mother was Fatima ul-Anseri bint Yahya Nijjeri. His Shaykh was Aleyyul Vasiti. His maternal uncle, who helped raise him, was Shaykh Mansur Rabbani. 

Shaykh Ahmed Rifai is known as one of the four major aqtab-i erbaa (qutbs of the time, which is the highest spiritual station after the prophets and messengers). Another major qutb was his cousin Abdul Qadir al Geylani.

‎⁨سيد احمد رفاعي تاج الاقطاب - الحضرة ⁩

Qasida Burda - Chapter 1 - Yemeni Tune

‎⁨المسك فاح  المنشد الحاج خالد الأطير⁩

Group of friends from SA keeping the Cape Tradition alive in the communities with the remembrance of Allah in a tranquil way.

Hajj Medley - Al Ahly Thikr Jamaah

Lyrics:

في حب في وجد
In love, in ecstasy

واشتياق لا يحاد
And longing without bounds

يا رسول الله قلبي
O Messenger of Allah, my heart

لم يزل باسمك يشدو
Continues to sing in your name

حبك ساكن فيا لم يزال يهمي علي
Your love dwells within me, always flowing upon me

بهجة في روحي فاضت وسلاما ابديه
Joy overflowed in my soul, and eternal peace

صلي يا ربي عليه واسقينا من راحتيه
Send blessings upon him, O my Lord, and give us to drink from his hands

ذابت الروح وتاقت وبكت شوقا اليه
The soul melted, longed, and wept in yearning for him

طلع البدر علينا من ثانيه الوداعي
The full moon rose upon us from the second of farewells

وجاب الشكر علينا ما دعا لله داعي
And gratitude became due upon us as a caller invited to Allah

قل الله قل الله لا إله إلا الله

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