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مَالِي مَعَ اللهِ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ مِنْ سَبَبٍ

Ma Li Ma'a Allahi Fi ad-Darayni Min Sabab

Shaykh Abdur Rahim al-Bura’i الشيخ عبد الرحيم البرعي

مَالِي مَعَ اللهِ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ مِنْ سَبَبٍإِلَّا الشَّهَادَةُ أُخْفِيهَا وَأُبْدِيهَا

Mālī maʿa Allāhi fī ad-dārayni min sababin, Illā ash-shahādatu ukhfīhā waʾubdīhā

I have no tie with Allah in either world except the testimony of faith, which I keep hidden and proclaim.

وَسِيلَةٌ لِي عِنْدَ اللهِ خَالِصَةٌعَنْ كُلِّ مَا لَا يُؤَدِّيهَا أُؤَدِّيهَا

Wasīlatun lī ʿinda Allāhi khāliṣatun, ʿan kulli mā lā yuʾaddīhā uʾaddīhā

It is my pure means of approach to Allah; I offer it in place of all that cannot stand in its stead.

تِجَارَةٌ أَشْتَرِيهَا غَيْرَ بَائِرَةٍتُضَاعِفُ الرِّبْحَ أَضْعَافاً لِشَارِيهَا

Tijāratun ashtarīhā ghayra bāʾiratin, Tuḍāʿifu ar-ribḥa aḍʿāfan lishārīhā

A trade I purchase that will never fail, multiplying the profit many times over for its buyer.

دَلَّالُهَا المُصْطَفَى وَاللهُ بَائِعُهَامِمَّنْ يُحِبُّ وَجِبْرِيلُ مُنَادِيهَا

Dallāluhā al-muṣṭafā wallāhu bāʾiʿuhā, Mimman yuḥibbu wajibrīlu munādīhā

Its broker is the Chosen One, and Allah sells it to those He loves, and Gabriel calls it out.

From the dīwān of ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Burʿī (d. 803 AH / 1400 CE). Metre: al-Basīṭ; rhyme letter: hāʾ.

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