Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi

Qasida Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi

Imam 'Abdullah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad

My Lord's Knowledge has sufficed me

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 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)

Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi...

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

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

Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi...

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

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

So, Allah, make my retreat here permanent

And I am abiding by good opinion

For it is my friend and my ally.

And it is the one that sits by me and keeps me company

All day and night

Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi...

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

There is a need in my soul, O Allah

so please fulfil 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

Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi...

My Lord's knowledge has sufficed me

from asking and choosing

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For Tayyiba who exemplifies the path of illumination for showing me such patience and mercy and for sharing and teaching me so many things including this beautiful qasida of Imam al-Haddad. I am greatly indebted to her beautiful spirit and heart.