Powerful Ya Lateefu Qasidah

Words to Ya Lateefu Qasidah
Ala Ya Latifu Ya Latifu lakal-lutfu
fa antal-latifu minka yashmalunal-lutfu
Latifu Latifu innani mutawassilun
bi-lutfika fa-lutf bi wa qad nazalal-lutfu
Bi-lutfika 'udhna Ya Latifu wa ha nahnu
dakhalna fi wastil-lutfi wansadalal-lutfu
Najawna bi-lutfi 'llahi dhil-lutfi innahu
latifun latifun lutfuhu da'iman lutfu

A section that is sung with the words of Lutf -Shadhili/darqawi

Ya Latifu, ya Latifu, the lutf is Yours!
You are the Latif, and from You the lutf engulfs us.

Ya Latifu, ya Latifu, I beg You by Your lutf - be the lutf to me -
and the lutf has descended!

Ya Latifu, we have hidden in Your lutf -
we have gone into the centre of lutf - and the lutf has descended.

We have been freed by the lutf of Allah, the Possessor of lutf,
Latifu, Latifu, His lutf is always that.

Ya Hafidhu, ya Hafidhu, the hifdh is Yours!
You are the Hafidh, and from You the hifdh engulfs us.

Ya Hafidhu, ya Hafidhu, I beg you by Your hifdh -
be the hifdh to me - and the hifdh has descended.

Ya Hafidhu, we have hidden in Your hifdh - we have gone
into the centre of hifdh - and the hifdh has descended.

We have been freed by the hifdh of Allah, the Possessor of hifdh.
Hafidhu, Hafidhu, His hifdh is always that.

By the rank of the Imam of the Messengers, Muhammad,
were he not the source of the hifdh, then it would not have descended.

Blessings be upon him as long as there is one who chants:
'Ya Hafidhu, ya Hafidhu, the hifdh is Yours!'

Bismillahir-rahman-niraheem

Powerful Dua Wird --Ya Lateef - O Gentle
-Ya Lateef /Ya Latif - O Gentle / Subtle

Allah is gentle with His servants. he provides for whom He wills, and he is the Strong the Mighty.
Allahu Latifun bi 'ibadihi, yarzuqu man yasha'u, wa huwa l'-Qawiyyu l-'Aziz

From His beautiful and excellent Names is (Ya Lateef -O Gentle) Al-lateef: the meaning is the Ever-Discreetly Gentle, most affectionate, the knower of all sublities, The Subtle One, The Gracious, The One who is kind to His slaves and endows upon them, Most affectionate or knower of innermost secrets. He is the most delicate, fine, gentle, beautiful one. He is the one who knows the finest details of beauty. The finest of His beauties are hidden in the secrets of the beauties of the soul, wisdom, and divine light.

Subtle/Gentle: (1) so slight as to be difficult to detect or analyze, (2) operating in a hidden way [American Heritage Dictonary, 3rd Edition]. Latif: in the Arabic language: (1) the One who gives us our wants in a subtle way, (2) the One who does not wrong his servants even a little bit, (3) the One who shows grace to His creation by giving them their needs with gentleness and subtlety, (4) the One who knows the hidden delicacies of affairs [Fayruzabadi, The Encompassing Dictionary].

Whoever reads this Name Ya Lateef daily, Allah will grant abundance in his rizq (sustenance) and cause all his tasks to be accomplished without difficulties.

It is the noble attribute of Allah that saves one from poverty, misery, sickness, loneliness or any adversity, for Allah will surely grant him deliverance – Insha-Allah. ( For the one that has the ‘Ijaza-permission to recite Ya Lateef which is part of our daily Wird in our Tariqah )

( the hint is that the word lateef reminds you of lutf.. and basically ‘lutf in food’ ..like the pleasure in eating. So, rizq is easy to remember and others (poverty, misery & sickness) are non-lutf stuff)

He (Allah) is the One who is so discreet in His actions that He discerns the hidden and secret, and what the hearts are filled with. He also perceives what is in the lands, of enclosed grains and seeds.

He is Ever-Gentle with His devoted slaves and makes things easy for them and keeps them away from difficulties. He makes the path to His Pleasure and Generosity easy for them.

He protects them from every and means that may lead to His anger. This is through means that they may perceive as well as means that they do not perceive. He (Allah) also decrees matters for them that they dislike in order for them to be granted what they love.

He is Gentle with them with respect to their own souls as He guides them to His beautiful ways and His noble creations.

He is Gentle with them with respect to matters that are external to them with every goodness and righteousness.

The name Al-Lateef is close in its meaning to Al-Khabeer (the Well-Acquainted with all things), Al-Ra`oof (the Clement) and Al-Kareem (the Generous).


أَلاَ يَا لَطِيْفُ يَا لَطِيْفُ لَكَ اللُّطْفُ ٫ فَأَنْتَ اللَّطِيْفُ مِنْكَ يَشْمَلُنَا اللُّطْفُ
Ala Ya Latifu Ya Latifu lakal-lutfu,
fa antal-latifu minka yashmalunal-lutfu
O kind and gentle one, O kind and gentle one, the kindness is Yours!
You are the kind and gentle one, and from You the kindness engulfs us

لَطِيْفُ لَطِيْفُ إِنَّنِي مُتَوَسِّلٌ ٫ بِلُطْفِكَ فَالْطُفْ بِي وَ قَدْ نَزَلَ اللُّطْفُ
Latifu Latifu innani mutawassilun,
bi-lutfika fa-lutf bi wa qad nazalal-lutfu
O kind and gentle one, O kind and gentle one,
I beg You by Your gentleness
– be kind to me – and the kindness has descended!

بِلُطْفِكَ عُدْنَا يَالَطِيْفُ وَهَا نَحْنُ ٫ دَخَلْنَا فِي وَسْطِ اللُّطْفِ وَنْسَدَلَ اللُّطْفُ
Bi-lutfika ‘udna Ya Latifu wa ha nahnu,
dakhalna fi wastil-lutfi wansadalal-lutfu
O kind and gentle one, we have hidden in Your kindness –
we have gone into the centre of gentleness –
and the gentleness has descended

نَجُونَا بِلُطْفِ اللهِ ذِي اللُّطْفِ إِنَّهُ ٫ لَطِيْفٌ لَطِيْفٌ لُطْفُهُ دَائِمًا لُطْفُ
Najawna bi-lutfi ‘llahi dhil-lutfi innahu,
latifun latifun lutfuhu da’iman lutfu
We have been freed by the kindness and gentleness of Allah,
the Possessor of kindness,
O kind and gentle one, O kind and gentle one,
His gentleness is always that

أَلاَ يَا حَفِيْظُ يَا حَفِيْظُ لَكَ الْحِفْظُ ٫ فَأَنْتَ الْحَفِيْظُ مِنْكَ يَشْمَلُنَا الْحِفْظُ
Ala Ya Hafizhu Ya Hafizhu lakal-hifzhu,
fa antal-hafizhu minka yashmalunal-hifzhu
O protector, O protector the protection is Yours!
You are the protector, and from You the protection engulfs us

حَفِيْظُ حَفِيْظُ إِنَّنَا نَتَوَسِّلٌ ٫ بِحِفْظِكَ فَاحْفَظْنَا وَ قَدْ نَزَلَ الحِفْظُ
Hafizhu hafizhu innana natawassilun,
bi-hifzhika fahfazna wa qad nazalal-hifzhu
O protector, O protector, I beg you by Your protection –
be the protector to me – and the protection has descended

بِحِفْظِكَ عُدْنَا يَاحَفِيْظُ وَهَا نَحْنُ ٫ دَخَلْنَا فِي وَسْطِ الحِفْظِ وَنْسَدَلَ الْحِفْظُ
Bi-hifzhika ‘udna Ya hafizhu wa ha nahnu,
dakhalna fi wastil-hifzhi wa insadalal-hifzhu
O protector, we have hidden in Your protection – we have gone
into the centre of protection – and the protection has descended

نَجُونَا بِحِفْظِ اللهِ ذِي الْحِفْظِ إِنَّهُ ٫ حَفِيْظٌ حَفِيْظٌ حِفْظُهُ دَائِمًا حِفْظُ
Najawna bi-hifzhi ‘llahi dhil-hifzhi innahu,
hafizhun hafizhun hifdhuhu da’iman hifzu
We have been freed by the protecion of Allah,
the Possessor of protection
O protector, O protector, His protection is always that

بِجَاهِ إِمَامِ الْمُرْسَلَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ٫ فَلَولاَهُ عَيْنَ الْحِفْظِ مَا نَزَلَ الْحِفْظُ
Bijahi imamil mursalayna Muhammeddin,
falawla hu ‘aynal hifzhi ma nazalal hifzhu
By the rank of the leader of the Messengers, Muhammad,
were he not the source of the protection, then it would not have descended

عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةُ اللهِ مَا قَالَ مُنْشِدٌ ٫ أَلاَ يَا حَفِيْظُ يَا حَفِيْظُ لَكَ الْحِفْظُ
‘alyahi salatullahi ma qaala munshidu,
alaa ya hafezhu ya hafezhu lakalhifzhu
Blessings be upon him as long as there is one who chants:
Oh protector, O protector, the protection is Yours!