Unhein Jānā, Unhein Mānā

[Oowais Qassim Ali]

What is the Best Translation for this Canonical Couplet of Maslak e Raza ;

انھیں جانا انھیں مانا نہ رکھا غیر سے کام
لِلّٰہِ الْحَمْد میں دُنیا سے مسلمان گیا

Only him ﷺ I knew,
In him ﷺ only I believed,
With the outsiders....,
Not even Even The faintest relationship I kept

Praises Be To The Almighty!
As A believing Muslim....,
I Depart From This World....

or...

He ﷺ was all I ever knew,

He ﷺ was all I believed in/
Him alone I devoted myself to/
To Him alone I Devoted Myself/
In him only I placed my trust.

With the Outcasts/
With those Estranged....,

Not even the faintest Affinity I kept

All praises to Allah,
As a Muslim,
I Depart from this world

 

[Oowais Qassim Ali]

This version recited in Allāma Khādim Hussein's unique Andāz works the best

Only him I knew
Only him I believed in

With the Outcasts...,
Not the faintest Affinity I kept...,

All praise to Allah,
As a Muslim....,
I Depart from this world

(Interesting Insight; Allāmah Khādim Hussein kept reciting 'Unhein Jana' throughout his life, But towards the end of his Dāstān, when he gained Maqbūliyat from the Bārgāh of Rasūlullah ﷺ He started proclaiming 'Inhein Jānā Inhein mānā', because at this point, he attained the greatest Qurbah to the Prophet عليه السلام (ref

 

[Oowais Qassim Ali]

*Only him I knew
Only him I Esteemed

With the Outcast...,
No Affinity I kept....

(More accurate & akhaf a'lal lisān)
(Unhein mānā / main aapko maanta houn : To hold in high regards/High Esteem
Unko Mānā : To believe in, Un par īmān laana الله اعلم)

 

[abu Hasan]

him, i knew; him i believed in - had nothing to do with others
praise be to Allah - i left this world as a muslim

 

[Ikhwaan]

Shaykh Abu Hasan... kindly consider:

him, i knew; him i believed in - had nothing to do with others
praise be to Allah - i leave this world as a muslim

 

[Oowais Qassim Ali]

French:

Que lui ﷺ je ne connaissais,
En lui seul j’avais foi.

Avec les exclus...
Aucun lien je n’ai gardé.

Louange à Allah !
En tant que musulman,
Je quitte ce monde...

 

[abu Hasan]

kindly consider:

the tone of the couplet is looking back after having left.

or if you wish to make the second line as a prayer:

praise be to Allah - i will leave this world as a muslim.
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but the certainty of having left a muslim, and the satisfaction of that achievement BECAUSE of believing in him is lost if you do not translate it as "left".

 

[Oowais Qassim Ali]

Reciting this couplet in one's last moments WHILE beholding the Prophet ﷺ seems more impactful.

Kay this is that very short but crucial moment which determines my eternity, when my soul is being separated from my body and بحمد لله through unflinching wafādārī to the dar of Rasūlullah ﷺ I am successfully *leaving* this world....
and he departs with a most satisfied pleasant smile.