qaadiriya khatim


Al-Qaadiriyya

Make my affairs excellent in this world and in the Hereafter
            By the spiritual place of those who supplicate by means of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord make all hardships easy for me when
            Death comes by the spiritual place of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord then make my ending be excellent
            From the spiritual rank which is called Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord make easy for me the answering of Munkar
            And Nakeer by the spiritual place of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord save me from the punishment of the grave
            O Lord by the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord bless me with the blessings of the grave from
            The spiritual ranks of the one named Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord save from the heat of the sun of the Day of Standing
            O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
My Lord give me my book in my right hand
            O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord make easy for me the Reckoning during my standing
            O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord make my scales heavy for me Tomorrow
            O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord permit me to pass over the Bridge over Hell
            O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord enter me under the intercession of Ahmad
            The best of creatures by the spiritual place of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord give me to drink from the Basin of Ahmad
            The best of creatures by the spiritual place of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord redeem me from the Fire and let me enter
            Into the Paradise by the spiritual place of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord marry me to Its large eyed virgins
            O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir Show me, my Allah, the face of Ahmad my refuge
The best of creatures by the spiritual place of Abd’l-Qaadir
O Lord regarding the Vision of Your Essence count me
And answer my supplications by means of Abd’l-Qaadir
And answer the supplications of our men and our women
O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
As well as the supplications of every believer, accept them
My poetic verses are our means to access Abd’l-Qaadir
Answer the supplications of the author along with the scribe
O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
Answer the supplications of the one who memorizes it and recites it
O Lord from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
Answer the supplications of the one who hears it along with the one made happy
With the poem from the spiritual ranks of Abd’l-Qaadir
It is completed in the month of Rabi’l-Awwal
The month of Ahmad the grandfather of Abd’l-Qaadir
According to the history of his hijra basheer (1212), so rejoice
And take as an intermediary Shaykh Abd’l-Qaadir
I have Arabized what my brother, my Shaykh composed in non Arabic
Both of us together taking as intermediary Abd’l-Qaadir
The letters of my poem following exactly the pattern of his letters
Except in a few places, step by step
I hope through my partnership with him for acceptance
Because I am a disciple of the disciple of Abd’l-Qaadir
The blessings of Ahmad in the lands of Allah
Has become universal and abundant by Abd’l-Qaadir.”


Shaykh Abdullahi ibn Fuduye`, Tazyeenl-Waraqaat, unpublished manuscript in the hands of the author, folios 35-38.