THE INTERCESSORY ODE

BY

SULTAN ABDLHAMID I

ENGLISH APPRECIATION BY SHAIKH GIBRIL FOUAD HADDAD

In him I have taken refuge: perhaps Allah will

forgive me. This is what I count on and firmly
believe. Therefore his tireless praise shall never
cease to be my task and love of him sustains me in
the presence of the Lord of the Throne.

Be my intercessor with the Merciful regarding

my mistakes, and grace me with what eludes my
heart. And look upon me always and ever with
kind eyes, and cover with your favor my
shortcomings all my life.

O my master, O Messenger of Allah, take my

hand: I have none besides you, nor will I pause to
rely on anyone but you. For you are the light of
guidance in everything that exists, and you are the
secret of munificence and the best reliance.

Upon him the purest of endless blessings

without cease, with greetings that cannot be
stemmed nor counted. And upon his Family and
Companions, a glorious folk all, the ocean of
forgiveness, the people of generosity and aid!

Kindly bestow on me encompassing forgiveness

for from you, O my master, I was never separated.
I have sought as my means the elect one, the
noblest of any that ascended the heavens, the
secret of the Unique One.

And you are in truth the helper of all creation,

and you are the guide of mortals to Allah, Owner
of help. O you who stand on the Station of Praise,
singled out, by the One Who is Single, Who is not
begotten and does not beget.

Then blessings be upon the best of creation, to

whom came Gabriel with Allahs Revelation.
(May) blessings cascade upon the best of guides, as
long as lightning flares across the stars horizons.

O Lord of beauty! Exalted is Allah Who created
him, for such as him in all creation I have never
seen! The best of created beings, the apex of
Messengers, the treasure of humankind and their
guide to integrity!

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O you from whose fingers rivers burst forth

so that he quenched the thirst of the numerous
army. Verily, if I am faced with harm and fearful
injustice, I say: O Master of masters, O my support!

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