Oh Master of
existence
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
Who is the opener
of the beginning
The door to the
Great treasure
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
Who always speaks
truthfully
extending his
hands to the helpless
the weak and those
in need
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
that sits in Hira
and ponders deep as his heart seeks
Your Countenance
he whose heart knows your Glory
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
in Taif whose lips
are moist with mercy
Though he stands
with blood flowing down his feet
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
Whom you permit
to leave his home
city
In order to carry
out a command from Thee
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
at the cave
standing with the enemy at his heel
and yet his trust
in you has not become weak
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
In battle at Badr
who beseeches Thee
so beautifully
for your help and
now his companions watch Satan flee
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
Who travels at a
marvelling speed
passing the seven
heavens without wings
Inspire me with
the love for that Sufi
Who bears the
sceptre of all Your messengers
from Adam to the
blessed son of Mary
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
To whom you
revealed your speech
And to whom you
promise the praiseworthy degree
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
Whom you have made
the prophetic seal
The best of all
creatures!
Inspire me with
the love for that Sufi
that reigns from
Ain Madi
The flower from
the clan of At-Tijani
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
that holds firmly
to the path of Imam Maliki
shining therein
with immeasurable beauty
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
who sits at the
feet of grand masters purely
For the sake of
nearness to Your Majesty
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
Who travels to Fez the shiny city
To sit day and
night in worship of Thee
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
That submerges
himself in Thee
And in the ways of
your Nabi
Inspire me with the Sujood of that Sufi
Whom you conceal
in concealment
And raise him to
be the special one amongst the special ones
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
who opens his hand
to receive
means from Your
Perfect Prophet that fill the journey with ease
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
with whose
teaching millions of tongues mention you so lively
as their hearts
worship you vividly
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
whose actions of
goodness are done with consistency?
a slave who is
ever grateful to the bounties You give
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
whose image is a
reflection of your Nabi
a jewel of light
that shines ever so brightly
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
whom you have made
the saintly seal
who never leaves
the countenance of the Real
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
This sterling
scholar, this fragrant ruby
the son of the
blessed Al Hajj Abdullahi
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
that ploughs the
field of servitude to Thee so gracefully
leading the great
Jihad of the self so relentlessly
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
that floods the
heart of multitudes with knowledge of Thee
till an inner
state of worship is reached
where it is only
You they see
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
who carves in the hearts of his followers
goodness and
purity
with the chisel
tip of his poetry
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
whose heartbeats
replicate the footsteps
of the source of
Your Mercy
in whose light his
soul is buried deeply
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
who travels from
the furthest
part of the
Maghreb to the
Ancient Fareast in
worship of Thee
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
whose standing,
sitting and lying
only has You to
please, his lungs
are filled with
gratitude to You as he breathes
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
whose love for
your beloved
permeates his
being inwardly and outwardly
The one whom you
have given the sweetness of Your intimacy
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
whose love for
Thee turned Kaolack into a city
with a light of
love for Thee
that lights the
best of communities
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
Upon whom you
bestow with knowledge that overflows
beyond the limit
that every knower has come to know
The seal’s unseen
shadow
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
Whose presence is
a heavenly breeze
A seed of the
upright Sayidina Aliou Cisse
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
That roams the
globe
In Your beloved’s
robe
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
By whose hand
those that did not know
Enter into
submission to You in droves
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
That acts upon
your commands so lively
And bows to you so
gracefully
Inspire me with love
for that Sufi
That drowns the
soul deep
In the ocean of
servitude with his pure speech
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
whose crown is
Your worship
and Your
remembrance has dyed his lips
Inspire me with
love for that Sufi
that leads on a
luminous mantle of Quran and Hadith
with an aspiration
that raises the student’s state to a galactic zenith
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
whose sacred chain
is endowed with complete ease
Whose Sujood to
You does not retreat
Inspire with love
for that Sufi
Who is an
ambassador of women and children,
philanthropist and
businessman in service of Islam
Inspire me with
the Sujood of that Sufi
Whose station is
light years beyond me
A diamond in
time’s crown that shines so brightly
Inspire me with love
for this Sufi
That says to me:
Perform your five
daily prayers in congregation timeously
Respect your
parents and treat them kindly
Purify your heart
with the water of Allah’s remembrance morn and evening daily
And seek His
Mercy, send prayer upon His beloved and negate All but Him.
Renew your faith
with your beloved brothers weekly
And meet your
beloved brethren for Allah's sake every day, remember your Lord sincerely
Foster in your
heart the love for all Awliyah Allah
And remember that
Allah has hidden his friends amongst those that submit
Inspire me with
the Sujood of this Sufi
That says to me:
Hold on to Allah’s
rope firmly
Remember Allah as
often as you breathe
Inspire me with
love for this Sufi
That Glows with
Love for Muhammad your beloved slave
a love that engulfs
his own existence
Inspire me with
the Sujood of this Sufi
Whose eyes look at
You only and seem to have forgotten sleep
This Sufi that
lies beneath the blade of
Your Divine Will
like a submissive sheep
Inspire me with
love for this Sufi
Whose supplication
is perfumed with sincerity
whose actions
overpower my sight with serene humility
Inspire me with
the Sujood of this Sufi
That says to me:
Propagate Islam to
the members of your family
And the closest
members to you are your limbs
Inspire me with
love for this Sufi
That says to me:
It is a great
aspiration to attain inward and outward likeness of the Nabi
But if you must
choose sacrifice outward beauty.
And so I pondered:
That the rose’s
fragrance is sweeter than her sight
Inspire me with
the Sujood of this Sufi
That says to me:
You will achieve
more if you do less continuously
Than if you do a
lot occasionally
Inspire every part
of me
With everything in
him,
Inspire me from
deep within.
O Allah fill our
hearts with love for your beloved slave
And All those whom
You love
And send serene
salutations upon Muhammad Our Master and guide
