Here are some beautiful verses I came across recently in praise of our master Sayyidna Abdal Qadir Jaylani, may Allah be well pleased with him.
From Qasida Raiyya of Imam Abdullah bin Alawi al-Haddad (ra)
Wa bi sibtihim wa hafidihim wa salilihim
Ash-Shaykh Muhyiddin-i ‘Abdul Qadiri
Al-Jiliyyi’l mash-huri fardu zamanihi
Shaykh u’sh shuyukhi bi-batinin wa bi-zahiri
Ghawth u’l bilaadi wa Ghaythuha wa Mughithuha
‘An idhn Sayyidi-hi’l Maliki’l Qahiri
Tawdush-shari’a wa’t tariqa wa’l hudaa
Bahru’l Haqiqa’l Khadmi’z zakhiri
For the sake of his (The Prophet’s) grandson, his descendant,
The Reviver of the faith, Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir
The famous Jilani, unmatched in his time
The master of the spiritual masters, hidden as well as manifest
The helper of the country and its refreshing rain and succour
With the permission of his Lord, Allah, who is The King, The Supreme
A towering peak of sacred law, the spiritual path and guidance
A vast overflowing ocean of spiritual realities
(Ad-Durr u’l Manzum li-Dhawi’l ‘Uqul wa’l Fuhum)
Shaykh Afifuddin al-Yafi’i al-Yamani also has some nice verses:
abduka fawqa’l ma’ali rutbatan
wa lahu’l mahasinu wa’l fakhar al-afkharu
wa lahu’l haqaiqu wa’t taraiqu fi’l mada
wa lahu’l ma’arifu ka’l kawakibi tazharu
wa lahu’l fadailu wa’l makarimu wa’n nida
wa lahu’l manaqibu fi’l mahafili tunsharu
wa lahu’t taqaddumu wa’l ma’ali fi’l ‘alaa
wa lahu’l maratibu fi’n nihayati takthuru
ghawthu’l waraa gaithu’n nada nuru’l huda
badr u’d duja shams u’d duha bal anwaru
qata’al ‘uluma ma’al ‘uquli fa-asbahat
atwaruha min dunihi tatahayyaru
ma fee ‘ulahu maqalatun li-mukhalifin
fa-masailu’l ijma’i feehi tusattaru
Your servant is above the highest heights in rank
and his are all the virtues and the finest glory
The realities and the paths are his to the fullest extent
and the intimate forms of knowledge shine for him like stars
His are all the merits, the graces and the call
and in his gatherings, his marvels are renowned
Preeminence is his and the high points in nobility
and many are his degrees in ultimate achievement
The helper of mankind, the rain of generosity, the light of guidance
the full moon of the night, the sun of the fore-noon – nay, even brighter
He traversed all the sciences with the faculties of reason
so their mountain peaks are in confusion far below him
No one can bring an argument, disputing his high standing
for consensus of opinion on the matter has duly been recorded
(Transliteration and translation by Shaykh Muhtar Holland, in Qalaid al-Jawahir).