It has been quite some time since I last posted my writing here. Not that I don't have the time but I just couldn't make the time sufficient for writing and for that I'm charged with guiltiness. Anyway with the hope of making up what I missed, I would like to share a Qasidah in which I found to be very close to my heart. Reading at it attentively is enough to make one understand that it was written purely for the love of our Lord, Allah Exalted is He. This qasidah was written by Al Habib Abdullah bin Alwi Al Haddad and has been widely known and recited by Muslims.
My Lord's knowledge has sufficed me from asking and 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 my 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 realization 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
So retreat
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 fulfil it, O Best of Fulfillers
And comfort my secret and my heart from its burning and its shrapnel
For joy and expansion is my state and my motto and my cover
