ألستُ بربكم

Imam al-Shāfiʿī (may God have mercy on him) said:

In a stance of humility before Your supreme might,
With a hidden secret whose knowledge I cannot encompass,
With my head bowed low, confessing my lowliness,
With my hands outstretched, seeking the rain of generosity and mercy.

By Your Most Beautiful Names, some of whose descriptions—
By their majesty—overwhelm both prose and verse,
By an ancient covenant from “Am I not your Lord?”
By Him who was concealed, then made known through the Names—

Let us taste the drink of intimate closeness,
O You who, when You give drink to a lover,
Grant a draught that brings neither harm nor thirst.

قال الإمام الشافعي رحمه الله

بموقفِ ذلي دونَ عزتكَ العظمى

بِمَخفيِّ سِرٍّ لاَ أحِيطُ بِهِ عِلْمَا

بِإطْرَاقِ رَأْسي، باعتِرَافي بِذِلّتي

بمدِّ يدي، استمطرُ الجودَ والرُّحمى

بأسْمَائِكَ الحسنى التي بَعْضُ وصْفِهَا

لعزتها يستغرقُ النثرَ والنظما

بعهدٍ قديمٍ من” ألستُ بربكم”؟

بِمَنْ كَانَ مَكْنوناً فَعُرِّف بالأَسْمَا

أَذِقْنَا شَرَابَ الأنْسِ يَا مَنْ إذَا سَقَى

مُحِبّاً شراباً لاَ يُضَامُ وَلاَ يَظْمَا