Qad Kafani - My Lord is Sufficient - by Imam Haddad, sung by Nader Khan by Nader Khan's SoundCloud published on 2011-06-20T17:35:54Z "Qad Kafani `Ilmu Rabbi" (My Lord's Knowledge Suffices Me) is a powerful statement of reliance and trust on Allah, authored by Imam Abdullah b. Alawi al-Haddad (1634 CE [1044 Hijri] - 1720 CE [1132 Hijri]), the great Islamic scholar and spiritual guide from Hadhramawt, Yemen. Imam al-Haddad was a distinguished poet, and this particular qasida (devotional song) is one of his most-recited poems. A brief bio of the Imam may be found here: http://www.alhaddad.org/blog/?p=382. (Accompanying picture of the Imam's mosque in Yemen is taken from http://thedowra.com.) This particular rendition of the qasida is something I'd first heard performed at the Seekers Retreat in Melbourne (April 2011), by "The Singaporean Haqqani Ensemble" - Sidi Abdul Shakor Hadi leading the vocals, along with drumming and choral support from Sidi Muhammad Nassir, and the rest of the ensemble. I was fortunate enough to recite this rendition of the qasida to Habib Umar bin Hafidh, at a private gathering in Melbourne Australia, in May 2011, before returning to Canada. Many thanks to Sidi Usama Canon for facilitating this auditioning. TECHNICAL NOTES: I've recorded it here in Apple's GarageBand, using a Blue Yeti USB microphone (reviewed here at wired.com: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2009/11/pr_yeti/), a recent gift from a good friend that I'm putting to good use. [NOTE: Booking requests are not processed through this website. To book Nader Khan, please contact "bookings@naderkhan.com"] ENGLISH TRANSLATION: (the lyrics in Arabic, along with the translation, may be downloaded from: http://www.halaqa.org/Media/Docs/Qad%20kafani%20english.pdf) My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me from asking or 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 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 realisation 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 (solitary retreat) So, 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 fulfill it, O Best of Fulfillers And comfort my secret and my heart from its burning and its shrapnel In pleasure and in happiness and as long as You are pleased with me For joy and expansion is my state and my motto and my cover ---------- Genre Devotional Songs Comment by Asim Ali subhanAllah 2021-10-20T12:12:33Z Comment by Yaseen Ps thank you 2021-09-21T13:23:13Z Comment by Shejk Abou Islam Joneidi الله هو يا الله 2021-03-03T19:25:57Z Comment by suzana 💕💕💕 2020-03-30T07:10:46Z Comment by User 37599070 Masha Allah sidi 2019-08-29T02:32:46Z Comment by ABDUL RAVOOF beautifullllllll♥♥♥♥ 2015-08-12T12:35:19Z Comment by Smmea Khan Subhan'Allah 2012-11-03T17:57:55Z Comment by Mikael Pittam Beautiful 2011-06-20T17:58:30Z