Al-Uqud al-Durriyya - Ibn Abd al-Hadi - (الكتاب/517)

O bearer of burdens away from the seeker of insight; O remover of anguish from the one who pleads for rescue (1),
O banisher of doubts from the wavering soul; O repeller of want from the supplicant in need.

The eyes of those who dwell beside you have found coolness, rejoicing that to lie near your grave is better for them than the softest couch (2).
It is as though those tombs were fragrant gardens, boasting fresh, dewy narcissus in bloom (3).

O seal of the scholars, with your death the report recited by every careful transmitter has proved true:
Today the withdrawal of knowledge is a matter agreed upon by all, without the least dispute or hesitation.

Had not Ahmad been the seal of the imams, I would have brought glad tidings to the people of both horizons of yet another Ahmad.

Plunging into daunting tasks was ever his habit; by him the horsemen found their way through the narrowest straits (4).
A shaykh who, whenever you beheld him in an assembly, made the eyes of the envious smart at the very sight of him.

He possessed radiant virtues and noble traits—time itself may perish, yet their remembrance will never be exhausted (5).

O you who would search for his equal among humankind, you pursue, like the phoenix, that which has never existed (6).

(1) MSS F and K read “al-aʿyaʾ ʿan,” whereas T has “mustansir.” (2) MSS F and K read “al-murfad.” (3) In K the preceding four verses are lightly struck through, perhaps because they contain excessive praise of the shaykh. (4) MSS F and K read “tazillu min …,” and K also has “fihi al-fawaris.” (5) K reads “wa-dhakarahu.” (6) The base manuscript has “ma la.”

يا حامل الأعْباءِ عن مُسْتَبْصِرٍ ... يا كاشفَ الغَمَّاء عن مُستنجدِ (١) يا طارد الشُّبُهات عن مُتَرَدِّدِ ... يا دافع الفاقاتِ عنْ مُسترفد قرَّتْ عُيُونُ مُجاوريك وقد غَنُوا ... بجوار قَبْرك عن وثير المَرْقدِ (٢) فكأنَّما تلك اللُّحودُ حدائقٌ ... تزهُو بنرجسِ زهرها الغضِّ النَّدِي (٣) يا خاتَم العلماءِ صحَّ بموتِك الـ ... ـخَبَرُ الذي يرويه كُلُّ مُجَوِّد اليومَ قبضُ العلم قولًا واحدًا ... من غيرِ ما مَنْعٍ وغير تردُّد لو لم يكن خَتْمَ الأئمةَ أحمدٌ ... بَشّرْتُ أهلَ الخافقين بأحمد خوضُ الكرائه لم يَزَل من دأبهِ ... فبه الفوارسُ في المضايق تهتدي (٤) شيخٌ إذا أبصرتَهُ في محْفِلٍ ... تَقْذِيْ برؤيته عيونُ الحُسَّد ذو المَنْقبات الغُرِّ والشِّيَمِ التي ... يفنى الزّمانُ وذكرُها (٥) لم ينفد يا من يروم له عديلًا في الورى ... قد رُمتَ كالعنقاء ما لم (٦) يوجد

(١) (ف، ك): «الأعياء عن». (ط): «مستنصر». (٢) (ف، ك): «المرفد». (٣) الأبيات الأربعة السابقة ضرب عليها في (ك) بخط دقيق، فلعله لما فيها من مبالغة في مدح الشيخ. (٤) (ف، ك): «تزل من .. ». و (ك): «فيه الفوارس». (٥) (ك): «وذكره». (٦) الأصل: «ما لا».