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ولو قيل لي للشيخ إبراهيم بن محمد بن ناصر الدين المويلق In Praise of Imam Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī By Shaykh Ibrāhīm Muḥammad ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Muwaylaq Arabic text: Returning to Allah English translation: Returning to Allah damas.nur. nu وَلَوْ قِيلَ لِي مَنْ فِي الرِّجَالِ مُكَمَّلٌ *** لَقُلْتُ إِمَامِي الشَّاذِلِيُّ أَبُو الحَسَنِ If I were asked, "Who among men is perfected?" (after the Prophet ﷺ and his ṣahābah) ❉ I would say, "My Imam, al-Shadhili Abu al-Hasan." لَقَدْ كَانَ بَحْرًا فِي العُلُومِ وَرَاسِخًا *** وَلَا سِيَّمَا فِي عِلْمِ الفَرَائِضِ وَالسُّنَنِ ​He was an ocean of knowledge, deeply rooted, ❉ especially in the science of inheritance and the Prophetic traditions (i.e. fiqh and ḥadīth) وَمِنْ مَنْهَلِ التَّوْحِيدِ قَدْ غَبَّ وَارْتَوَى *** فَلِلَّهِ كَمْ أَرْوَى قُلُوبًا بِهَا شَجَنٌ ​From the spring of Tawhid, he filled his vessels and drank copiously; ❉ how many hearts afflicted by trials did he revive for Allah? وَحَازَ عُلُومًا لَيْسَ تُحْصَى لِكَاتِبٍ *** وَهَلْ تَحْصُرُ الكُتَّابُ مَا حَازَ مِنْ فَنَنٍ؟ ​He acquired sciences that no writer could count ❉ — can books ever encompass the sciences he mastered? فَكُنْ شَاذِلِيَّ الوَقْتِ تَحْظَى بِسِرِّهِ *** وَفِي سَائِرِ الأَوْقَاتِ مُسْتَغْنِيًا بِعَنْ ​So be a Shādhilī in this time to attain his secret, ❉ and at all times be a Shādhilī, and you will be sufficed. فَإِنِّي لَهُ عَبْدٌ وَعَبْدٌ لِعَبْدِهِ *** فَيَا حَبَّذَا عَبْدٌ لِعَبْدِ أَبِي الحَسَنِ ​I am his servant, and a servant to his servant ❉ oh, how great it is to be the servant of the servant of Abū al-Ḥasan! إِذَا لَمْ أَكُنْ عَبْدًا لِشَيْخِي وَقُدْوَتِي *** إِمَامِي وَذُخْرِي الشَّاذِلِيِّ أَكُنْ لِمَنْ؟ ​If I am not a servant to my Sheikh and my exemplar, ❉ my Imam and my treasure, al-Shadhili — then whom would I serve? فَيَا رَبِّ بِالسِّرِّ الَّذِي قَدْ وَهَبْتَهُ *** تَمُنُّ عَلَيْنَا بِالمَوَاهِبِ وَالفِطَنِ ​O Lord, by the secret You granted him, ❉ Bestow upon us Your gifts and insights! ۞ Edited by Damas Cultural Society Last edit: 15th April 2026