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grace upon us that we completely get out of the habit of sins...
O Lord! Bestow such grace upon us that we completely get into
the habit of good deeds... O Allah Ȑ  ÄÇ ǑÄ ¾ÄÄ ǢÇ ǽÄ ! May we have no sins
with us when presented in Your court! O Allah! Indeed we
cannot bear punishment; O Lord! Bestow grace upon us and
protect our grave from snakes and scorpions... O Lord! May
our grave continue to shine with the Noor of Your Beloved
Nabi ȔÄÇȒǥÄ ¾ȻÄ Ȝȳ Æ ȑü¾ȻÄ ȜÆ È ȦÄȒÄʋȻ Ţǀü ÄǾÄljȻ ƣȻ Äǭ
Å ʄÇ Ä ! O Lord of the worlds! Show mercy to
the permissible wishes of those Islamic brothers who have
requested me to make Du’as.

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O Allah Ȑ ÄÇ ǑÄ ¾ÄÄ ǢÇ ǽÄ ! Your bondmen ask me to make supplication

Fulfil the supplication and wish of every helpless person

Forty Quranic Du’as

Ð Â ÁÄ Á Ð Á Á ÁÄ ÁÄ Ð ÁÄ Á Á Á ÁÄ Á
1.  èÛÜáé ȗ ȝÐ “à Á ’ɗ«Ð —à g’IššÃ Ĕ C›ɐà ‘G‹JC›F
O our Lord, accept from us; undoubtedly, You alone are All-Hearing,
All-Knowing.

Á Á Á Á Á Á Á ÁÄ ¾ Á Ð ÂÄ ¾ ÁÄ Â Ó Á ÁÄ Ä Â Ð Á Á Á Ð Á Ð Â Á Ð Á Ð Á Á ÁÄ Á
2.    C›Á fC
à ›ɐCšà  0ę’ §—“à g– §– C›Kà ªà  ™–à  0 ’ ǂà Lj—“à g–C›“R 0C›F
ÁÄ Â ÁÄ ÁÄ Á Ð Á Á ÁÄ Á Ð Á Á Ð Â Á
 èÛÜâé ȗ ȝÐ Và ǖǘ¡K’IššÃ ĕ C›«“ɑ EJ0
O our Lord! Make us subservient to You and raise from our offspring a

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nation obedient to You, teach us the ways of our worship, and turn
towards us with Your mercy. Surely, You alone are the Greatest
Acceptor of repentance, the Most Merciful.

Á Ð ÁÁÁ Á Á Â Ì ÁÄ Á Ð Â Ð Ð Á Ð Ä Á
3. èÞÚé à 7~ ‘GÄ ‹J0Á C›Á ÄFÁ Ś ƍÐ Ʋà ĪÃÄ ™Ð –à 0Á  2à ȵȴo’ȗȝ‹Ã –ƍƴà “Rà 
O my Lord! Make me the one who keeps Salah established, and (also)
some of my descendants; O our Lord! And accept our Du’a.

ÁÐ Á ÐÁ Á Ó ÁÄ Ó Á Ð Á Â Á Á ÁÄ Á
4.  ĕCšCwZ0Ð  C›Á «Ð gà ɂ.ÃÐ  Cš_Z
à ;J°¬C›F
O our Lord! Do not seize us if we forget or make a mistake.

Á ÐÁ Ð Á ÁÄ Á Â Ð Á
Ð 0Á ĢC›Á Á ’ ǓÐ Ǖ‚
IšĢC›Á —Ð VÁ  ÁÁ Á Á Á Á ÁÐ Á Á Á ÁÁ Á
5. à 0 ĢC›~ …~ 0 ĕÉ ÃF C›’  §ŠCv °¬ C–Á C›“—ÃÄ ǟǤ  °¬ 0  C›ÄF
Ì ÁÐ Á Á Ð Á Á Ì ÐÁ
 èÜâàé™Á ЪÃǓÃǕɕÐɘ-à ¡Ð ‹’ƑƷɑÁ CšljÐ Ǒ šC†C›¥ ’¡–
O our Lord! And do not place on us a burden, for which we do not have
the strength (to bear); and pardon us, and forgive us, and have mercy on
us, You are our Master, so help us against the disbelievers.

Á Ð Á Á ÁÄ ¾ Á Ð Á Á Ð Â ÁÄ ™Ð – Á Á Ð Á Á Á Á Ð Á Á Ð Á Ð Á Á Á Ð Â Â Ð Â Á Á ÁÄ Á
 žÁÄ ¡Á Ð ’I
6.  èâé C ššÃĕ§—Vš]’ à C›’Ež0C›Kª]žÃ ]FC›FȵȴŠ(cà J°¬C›F
O our Lord! Do not cause our hearts to deviate after You have guided
us, and bestow mercy on us from Yourself; indeed You only are the
Greatest Provider.

Ì ÁÄ
Á Á «Ð —Ð’… “ǡÐ ǧ °Á¬ õÁ Äö´ ÁÄ ÁÄ Â Á ÁÄ Ó Á Á
7. èãă é C à à .à Ĕ Ã «Ð †Ã  EÁ ЪÁ °¬-À ¡Ð «ÃÁ ’ !C à RÁ šÃ C›ÄFÁ
à ›’ ɗɐC
O our Lord! Indeed You are the Assembler of all the people on that Day
about which there is no doubt; indeed, Allah’s promise never changes.

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ÄÌ Á Ð Á Á ÁÄ Á Ð Á ÁÄ Á Á Ð Á Ð Á Ó Á ÁÄ Á Ì Ó Á ÁÄ Á
8. èßÝé™Á Ъ]à ŸÃ k’ɗɐÁ C›Á GÐ K ɔC†,¡Ð f ǖǘC›GJ0 I’cšC—ÃFC›ɐC›F
O our Lord! We have believed in what You have sent down and we obey
the Rasool; therefore, write us among the witnesses of the truth.

ÁÐ Á Á Ð Á ]Á ŠÐ Á  I
-à ¡Ð ‹’ ƑƷɑÁ CšljÐ Ǒ š 0Á C›Á ɐ
Ð Ä Á Á Á Ð Á Ó Ð Á Á Á Ð Á Á Á Ð Â Â Á Á Ð Ð Á ÁÄ Á
Gà N 0 Cša½
9. à – ƎÃƞ C›†ljNjà 0 C›F¡š C›’ ǓÃǕ‚ C›F
Ì
 èÛÞáé™Á ЪÃǓÃǕɕÐɘ
O our Lord! Forgive our sins and the excesses we committed during our
affairs, and keep our feet firm, and help us against these disbelieving
people.

ÁÄ Á Á Á Á Á Á Á Ì Ð Â ¾ Á Á Ì Á Ð Á Á Á Á ÁÄ Á
10.  èÛãÛéà C›’_~ C›‹Ã † ›dzǷfĕ °­ÃvCF_žI‹“ZC–C›F
O our Lord! You have not created this in vain; Glory be to You, so save
us from the punishment of fire.

Á Ð Á Ð Á Ð Ä Ì Á Á Ê Á Ð Á Ð Á Ð Á Á Á ÁÄ Ð Â Ð Á Á ÁÄ Ó Á ÁÄ Á
11. À oš ™–à  ǂLj—à “à {“à ’ C–0Ĕ KªcZ]‹†C›’‘à Zà ]J™– šÃ C›F
èÛãÜéC
O our Lord! You have indeed given disgrace to whomever You put in
Hell; and the unjust have no helpers.

Á ÌÁ Â Â Ì Á Á Ð Ð Ð Á ÂÄ ¾ Á Â Á Ð Á Á ÁÄ Ó Á ÁÄ Á
12. ŚC›Ä ɐÁ C† •Ð ÄÃFaÁ ÃF¡Ð Ɋɐà .Ð .C
à —ª°Ã ­Ã ’ 3ÃC›ªCªÃC›ɐC›Ȯà ȯC›šÃ C›F
O our Lord! We have heard a proclaimer calling towards faith, (saying)
‘Believe in your Lord’ so we have believed.

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ÁÐ Á ÁÄ Á Ì Á Á ÄÁ ÂÂ Á Ð Á Á
13. èÛãÝéà aÁ ÐF°¬ɗɐÁ C›Á †¡Á J0Á C›Á à JC«ÃÄ fÁ C›Ä ~ǓÐ Ã Ǖɖ0Á C›Á Á F¡Ð šC›Á ’ǓÐ Ã Ǖ‚C†C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Forgive our sins, and wipe off our evil deeds, and cause us
to die with the righteous ones.

Á ÁÄ Á Ì Ð Á Ð Á Á Ð Â Á Á Á Â Â Ì Á Á ÁÄ Ð Á Á Á Á Ì Á Á ÁÄ Á
Á Á «Ð —Ð’… “ǡÐ Ǥ °Á¬
14.  èÛãÞéC à à šÃĔ§Ã —«‹Ã ’-¡ªCšcà ǡǤ°¬0“à fƑƷɑC›J]~0C–C›ÃJ0C›F
O our Lord! And give us what You have promised to us through Your
Rusul, and do not humiliate us on the Day of Resurrection; indeed You
do not break promise.

ÄÌ Á Ð Á Á ÌÓ Á
15.  èâÝé™Á Ъ]à ŸÃ k’ ɗɐÁ C›Á GÐ K ɔC†C›Ä ɐÁ C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! We have accepted faith; therefore, record us among the
witnesses of truth.

Ð Ð Á
16.  èÛÛÞéC—¾ “ Ãɑ ƎÐ Ã Ɯ à  Ä Ã Ä
O my Lord! Bestow upon me more knowledge.

ÌÐ ÁÁ Â Á Á Á Ð Á ÁÄ Ð Â ÐÁ Ó Á Á Á
17. èÜÝé™Á Ъljà Ǎà ǡDZ™Á –à  ™Ä šȵÐ ȳ›Á ’C›Á —Ð VÁ aÐ J0Á C›Á ’ǓÐ Ã ǕƒJ•Ð ’.à 0Á ġ C›Á gÁ ‡šC›Á —Ð “zC›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! We have wronged ourselves; so if You do not forgive us and
do not have mercy on us, then certainly, we are among the losers.

Ð ÌÐ Ð Á Á ÐÁ Ä Ð Á Ð Ð Ð Á
18.  èâãé ǂÁ Ljdzà Ǹà ‡’ ǀ LjZIš0Á ‰Ã ÁǟDZCÃFC›Á ɐà ¡Ð ŠǂÁ LjÁF0Á C›Á ›Á «Ð Á FƅKÁ †C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Make a true decision between us and our people, and Your
decision is the best.

 
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Ð ÁÄ Á Á Ð Á Ð ÐÁ Ó Á
19.  èÛÜàé ǂÁ Lj—à “à gÐ – C›Á †¡Á J0Ä  ǀ¾ DŽnÁ C›Á «Ð “ɑÁ (aà †C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Pour upon us patience, and resurrect us as Muslims.

Ð ÄÌ ÁÐÄ ¾ Ð Ð Á Á Á
20.  èâßĈ é ǂÁ Lj—à “à {’-à ¡Ð ‹“à ’ §›Á K†Ã  C›Á “Á ǠÐ Ǥ °¬C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Do not make us a test for the unjust people.

 Ð Á Á Á ÁÄ Ó Á
21.  Ĕ™Â “à Ð šC–Á 0Á ƏÐ Ɵà ǡǦC–Á •Â “Ð JšÃ C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! You know what we conceal and what we disclose.

Ð
 gÁ ǟDZ  РРРÁ ÁÄ Á Á Ð ÁÁ
22.  èÞÛă é C à - ¡Ð ‹Áª -Á ¡Ð Á ª ǂÁ Lj›Ã ɐà ;— “à ’ 03]à ’¡ÃÁ ’0 ƎÐ Ã ƶǓÐ Ã Ǖ‚C›ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and all the Muslims on the
day when accountability will take place.

¾ Á Á Á Á Ð Á ¾ Á Ð Â ÁÄ ÌÓ Á
23.  èÛÚé]jÁ Cšaà ½–Ð ™Ð –à C›Á ’ ƍÇ ƵÄ Ã žÁ 0Ä  §—Á VÐ Á  š]’™Ð –à C›Á ÃJC›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Bestow upon us mercy from Yourself, and provide guidance
for us in our affair.

Ì Ð Á Á Á Ó Á Á Ð Á Á Â Á Á ÁÄ Ó Á
24.  èÞßé ƏƻwĪ.Ð 0Ð  C›Á «Ð “ɑÁ %Ǔ ǕĪ.Ð )CǡǦC›Á šÃ C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Indeed we fear that he may commit excess against us or
confront us with mischief.

Ð Ä Ì Â Ð Á Á Ð Á Á Á Ð Á Ð Á Á Á Ð Ð Á ÁÄ Á Ì Ó Á ÁÄ Á
25. İ é ǂÁ Lj—Ã Và ǖǘ
 èÛÚã  ǀLjZIš 0  C›—V0C›’ǓÃǕ‚C†C›ɐC›F
O our Lord! We have believed, therefore forgive us and have mercy on
us, and You are the Best to bestow mercy.

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Á Á Á Á Á Á Á ÁÄ Á ÁÄ Á Á Á Á Á ÁÄ Á Ð Ð Á ÁÄ Á
¾ aÁ ‚
26.  èàßř é C–  .CƋCŸF_~.Ã ŚȗȜŸR_~C›~)ljà ǏC›F
O our Lord! Avert the punishment of Hell from us; indeed its
punishment is a noose around the neck.

¾ –ÃÁ  ǂÁ ÐLj‹Ã KÁÄ — Р“à ’ C›Á Ð “Á R

C–C Ð 0ÁÄ ǂÂLj~Ð Á 2Á aÁÄ ÂŠC›Á KÄªÌ Ä  0Á C›Á R0Á Ð Á ™Ð –C›Á Á ’EÐ žÁ C›Á ÁÄFÁ
à à Ã
27. À Ã
O our Lord! Grant us coolness of eyes (comfort) from our wives and our
children, and make us leader of the pious.

Á Á Á Ð Â Á ÁÄ Á Ð Â Á ™Á Ъ ÁÄ Ð Ð Á ¾ Ð ÁÄ ¾ Á Ð ÁÄ Ð Á ÁÄ Â Á Ð Á Á ÁÄ Á
28.  ȞÐ ÃȠŠÃ  0Á “«Ð Gà f ¡GJ 0¡FCJ _à “Ã ’ ǓÃǕ‚C†C—“ Ãɑ 0 §—V À ƍƮ ‘Ƌ Ifà 0C›F
Ð Á Á Á
 èáé ȗÃ ȝÐ WÃ ÁǠDZ  _~
O our Lord! Your mercy and knowledge encompass all things, therefore
forgive those who repented and followed Your path, and save them from
the punishment of Hell.

 ÁÄ Ð Á ÁÄ Ð Á Ä Ì Á Ð Â Ð Ð Á Á Á ÁÄ Á
29.  ȞÐ ȠJ]~0Á  ƍÐ Ʋà ’ó.à ]~I
à ›RȞȠ“Zà 0C›F
O our Lord! And admit them into the Gardens of dwelling which you
have promised them.

ÁÄ Ä ¾Ä  РÁ Á Ð Ð Á Ð Â Á  Á Ъ_ÁĒC›Á à š¡Á ZÐ °Ã¬0Á C›Á Á ’ǓÐ Ǖ‚

Ð ÁÁÁ
30. ™Á Ъ_à “Ã ’  °­ɒà C›Á ÃFȵÐ ȴŠ ƎÐ Ã ƞ‘Á ǠÐ Ǥ°¬0Á .C
à —Á ª°Ã ¬CÃFCš¡‹GÁ f ™ à à à C›ÄF
 Ì
 ¡Ð ɊɐÁ 
O our Lord! Forgive us, and our brothers who accepted faith before us,
and do not keep any malice in our hearts towards the believers.

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Ð Ð Á Á ÁÁ Á Á Ð ÁÄ Á Á Á Á
31.  èÞé ǀ Ljoà —Á ’«Ð ’à 0Á C›Á GÐ š «Ð ’à 0Á C›Á “Ƌ¡Á J«Ð “ɑÁ C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! We have only relied upon You, and towards You only we
have turned and only towards You is the (final) return.

Á Ð ÁÁ ÁÄ Ä ¾ Ð Ð Á Á Á
32.  C›Á ’ǓÐ Ã Ǖ‚0Á 0Ð Ǔ ǕŽ ™Á Ъ_à “Ã ’ §›Á K†Ã  C›Á “Á ǠÐ Ǥ °¬C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Do not make us a trial for the disbelievers and forgive us.

ÁÄ Á Á Á Á ÁÄ ¾ Á Á Á Á Ì Ð ÁÄ ¾ Á Á Á Á Ð ÂÄ ÌÓ Á
33. èÜÚÛé à C›’ _~C›ŠÃ 0 §›gV2à aZà °¬ƎÃƞ0 §›gVC«š]’ƎÃƞC›Á ÃJC›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Give us good in the world and (also) good in the Hereafter,
and save us from the punishment of Hell.

Á ÁÄ Á Ê Ð Á Ð Ó Á Ð Á Á
34.  C›Á “à GÐ Š™Ð –à  ™Á Ъ_à ’ƑƷɑÁ KÁ “—Á VÁ C—Á Ž lj¾ Ǐà C›Á «Ð “ɑÁ ‘—à ǟÐ Ǥ°¬
O our Lord! And do not place a heavy burden upon us as You placed on
those before us.

ÁÄ Á Á Á Á Á Á Á Ð Â Â Á Á Ð Ð Á ÁÄ Á Ì Ó Á ÁÄ Ó Á ÁÄ Á
35.  èÛàĉ é à C›’_~C›ŠÃ 0C›F¡šC›’ǓÃǕ‚C†C›ɐC›šÃ C›F
O our Lord! We have accepted faith, (we plead) You [to] forgive our sins
and save us from the punishment of Hell.

Á Ð Á ÐÁ Á Á Ì Á Á Ð Á Ó ÁÄ Á Â ÐÁ ÐÁ Ó Ð Á
36. C¾ǟDZCà nÁ ‘—Á ~ . 0Á 3Ä ]à ’0Á ƑƷɑÁ 0Á ƑÁÄ ƷɑÁ I—Ð Á š ƍÐ Ʋà ’ KÁ —Á Ð Ã š  aÁ j . ƍÐ ƴà ~ à 0Ð  Ä Ã Á
Ð ÄÌ Á Á Ð Á Á Ð Á Ð Ð Ð Á Á Â Ì Ð Á
 èÛãé ǂÁ Ljdzà Ǽà o’  +ÃCG~à  ƎÃƞKà —VaÃF ƍƴà “Zà 0 ¥raJ
O my Lord! Enable me to thank You for the favour which You have
bestowed upon me and my parents, and so that I may perform such
good deed which pleases You, and, by Your mercy, include me among

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Your bondmen who are worthy of Your special closeness.

Ä ¾ Á ÐÂ ÐÂ Ð Á Á Ó Á ÜßĈ é 3Ð ]Ð n

Á ƎÐ ƶ Ð ljÁ nj Ð Ä Á
37.     èÜáĈ é ƎÐ Ã ƜCgÃÁ ’ ™Ð –Äà  2]‹~ ‘“V  Ð aà ½–Ð  ƎÐ Ã ƶ ljÐ ǍÃ Ä Á ª 0è
0  èÜàĈ é  3 à à à 
Á ÁÐ
 èÜâČ é  ƎÐ Ã ƶ¡Ð Š ¡Ð ŸÂ ‹‡Áª
O my Lord! Open up my chest for me (to increase my confidence). And
make my task easy for me. And undo the knot of my tongue. In order
that they may understand my speech.

Ð Á Á Ð Ä ÁÄ
38.  èÜÞý é ǀ¾ LjƒÃ nÁ  ƍÐ ƴà «Ì ÄFÁ C—Á Ž C—Á ŸÂ —Ð VÁ  Ã
O my Lord! Have mercy on them both, as they brought me up in my
childhood.

Ð ÄÌ ÁÐ Á Ð Á Á Á
39.  èÞáă é  ǂÁ Lj—à “à {’ -à ¡Ð ‹’ ɗɐÁ C›Á “Á ǠÐ Ǥ°¬C›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Do not put us with the unjust.

Á Ð Á Â Á ÐÁ Ó Á
40.  ĕC›Á ’ǓÐ Ã Ǖ‚0Á CšÁ ¡Ð šC›Á ’ •Ð —à JC›Á ÄFÁ
O our Lord! Complete our light for us, and forgive us.

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recites Ṣalāt upon me 3 times every day and 3 times every
night out of love and affection for me, it is for Allah      to
forgive the sins he committed during that day and that night.’
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Imān-e-Mufaṣṣal [Comprehensive Faith]

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will be resurrection after death.

Imān-e-Mujmal [Concise Faith]

‫ﷲ ﻛﻤﺎ ﻫﻮ ﺑﺎ‬ ٰ
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Translation: I solemnly declare my belief in Allah      as He is
with all His names and attributes, and I have accepted (to obey) all
His commands by pledging with my tongue and testifying them
with my heart.

Six Kalimāt [Articles of Faith]

First Kalimaĥ: Sanctity

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Translation: There is none worthy of worship except Allah     

Muhammad )   ٖ  %    . &%  *  ( 

 '  is the Prophet of Allah      .


Second Kalimaĥ: Evidence

ۡ ٗ ۡ ٗ ٰ ۤ ۡ
>#  ‫ ﺷ ﻬ ﺪ‬T ‫ﻚ‬ ‫ﻳ‬
  ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ 1 ‫ﺪ‬
 ‫ﺣ‬  ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ # 
 T 
 ‫ﻻ‬ # >    
‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻬ‬  ‫ﺷ‬
   
ٗ ‫ﺳ ﻮ‬, 1ٗ ‫ﺪ ﻋ ﺒﺪ‬m ‫ﻣﺤﻤ‬
~ST       #  
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Translation: I testify that there is none worthy of worship except

Allah      . He is all alone and He has no associate and I testify that
Muhammad )   ٖ  %    .  &%  *  (
 '  is His (Distinguished) Servant and His
Prophet.

Third Kalimaĥ: Glory of Allah 

ٰ  ۤ ‫ﷲ ﻻ‬ ‫ﺳ‬
~‫ﱪ‬
 ‫ﻛ‬   ‫ﷲ‬  ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬  # 
 T    ‫ﺪ‬
 ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﷲ  ﻟﺤ‬   >‫ﺒﺤﺎ‬
         

~‫ﻈ ۡﻴ ﻢ‬  ‫ ﻟ ﻌ‬Y #  ‫ﷲ ﻟ ﻌ‬  ‫ﻻ ﺑﺎ‬#  8 ‫ﻮ‬#  ‫ ﻻﺣ ﻮ '  ﻻﻗ‬
  
Translation: Glory be to Allah      and all praise be to Allah     
and there is none worthy of worship except Allah     , and Allah
     is Great and there is no power to keep away from sins and no

ability to do good but from Allah      who is the greatest.

Fourth Kalimaĥ: Oneness of Allah 

ٗ ‫ ﻻﺷﺮﻳۡﻚ‬1‫ﺣﺪ‬  ‫ﻻﷲ‬#  Tٰ  ۤ ‫ﻻ‬

‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻤ‬‫ﺤ‬ ‫ﻟ‬
      T  ‫ﻚ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ T T
           
  
‫ﻻﻳﻤ‬# „V ‫\ ﻳﻤ ۡﻴﺖ ﻫﻮ‬ ۡ
' ‫ﻼ‬ m ‫ﺪ ﺑ‬m ‫ ﺑ‬I‫ﻮ‬
 ‫ﺠ‬
‫ﺪ~ *ﻟ‬
  
   #          
‫ﻳ‬
ۡ ۡ ٰ ۡ
V
~‫ ﻗ  ﺪﻳﺮ‬rl † ‫ﻞ‬ # ‫ﻛ‬
 Y‫ﻫ ﻮ ﻋ‬   ~‫ﲑ‬
 
‫ ﻟﺨ‬1 ‫~ ﺑﻴ ﺪ‬-

 ‫ﻻﻛﺮ‬  


Translation: There is none worthy of worship but Allah      . He is
all alone. He has no associates. All Kingdom is for Him and all
praise is for Him. He gives life and He gives death. He is alive;
death will never come to him. The great and the glorified One, in
His Power is goodness and He has power over everything.
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Fifth Kalimaĥ: Repentance

‫"ﺮ‬ ‫ﺐ  ﻧ ﺒﺘ ٗﻪ ﻋﻤ ﺪ   ﺧﻄ"ﺄ ﺳ‬ 


‫ﻧ‬  ‫ﻞ‬
‫ﻛ‬
 ‫ﻦ‬  ‫ﻣ‬
   ‫ ﺳﺘ ﻐ ﻔﺮ ﷲ‬
            
  ۡ  
‫ﺐ‬ ‫ﻧ‬,  ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ ﻋ ﻠﻢ ﻣ‬/,  ‫ﺐ‬  ‫ﻧ‬,
 ‫  ﻋ ﻼ ﻧﻴ ﺔ  ﺗ  ﻮ) ﻟ  ۡﻴ ﻪ ﻣﻦ‬
      

 ‫"ﻮ) ﺳ"ﺘﺎ ﻟﻌﻴ‬ 
 ‫ ﻟﻐﻴ‬4‫ ﻻ  ﻋﻠﻢ ﻧﻚ ﻧﺖ ﻋ ﻼ‬/ ۡ 
) ‫"ﻮ‬
                    , 
 
>‫ﻈ ۡﻴ ﻢ‬
     ‫ﷲ ﻟ‬
‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ = ‫ﻌ‬  ‫ ﻻ ﻗ  ﻮ ;  ﻻ ﺑﺎ‬8 ‫) ﻻﺣ ﻮ‬ ‫ﻧ  ﻮ‬,
  ‫ﺎ‬‫ﻏﻔ‬
       
Translation: O my Rab      I seek forgiveness from you for all the
sins I have committed knowingly or unknowingly, openly or secretly
and I repent of the sins that I am aware of and the sins that I am
unaware of, for you are the knower of all the Ghuyūb (hidden) and
Sattār of all the faults and forgiver of all sins, and there is no
strength and power except that of Allah     , the Almighty and the
Greatest.

Sixth Kalimaĥ: Refutation of Disbelief

    ٰ
‫"ﻚ ﺷ" ۡﻴ ﺌﺎ  ﻧ"ﺎ ﻋ ﻠ"ﻢ‬   ‫ﺑ‬
 D ‫"ﺮ‬
 ‫ﺷ‬   F   ‫"ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
 ‫ﻚ‬ ‫ﺑ‬

    ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ ۤ ﻋ‬C
 ۡ   A‫ﻟ ﻠ‬
 

ۡ ۤ
L
ۡ  ‫ ﻟﻤ""ﺎ ﻻ  ﻋﻠ""ﻢ ﺑ " ٖﻪ ﺗ‬D‫"ﻪ  ﺳ""ﺘ ﻐﻔﺮ‬
                      ٖ "‫ﺑ‬
I ‫"ﱪ‬ " ‫ﺗ‬ ‫"ﻪ‬ " ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫"ﺖ‬ " ‫ﺒ‬
   ۡ   
‫) ﻟ ﻐ ۡﻴﺒ"" ﺔ ﻟ ﺒﺪﻋ"" ﺔ‬ ‫ﺬ‬ "" ‫ﻜ‬
 ‫ﻟ‬ D  ‫ﻟﺸ‬
‫""ﺮ‬  ‫""ﺮ‬ ‫ﻔ‬ ‫ﻜ‬
 ‫ﻣ""ﻦ ﻟ‬
        
 ۡ  
ۡ
‫""""ﻲ‬ ‫ ﻟ ﻤﻌﺎ ﺻ‬F‫ﺎ‬  """"‫ﺣ ﺶ ﻟﺒﻬﺘ‬  ‫ﻟﻨ ﻤ ۡﻴ ﻤ"""" ﺔ ﻟ ﻔ""""ﻮ‬  
      
V ۤ  
>‫ ﷲ‬8 ‫  ﻻ ﷲ ﻣﺤ ﻤﺪ ﺳ ﻮ‬Tٰ  ‫ ﻻ‬8 ‫ﺖ ﻗ  ﻮ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻛ  ﻠﻬﺎ ﺳﻠ‬
           
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Translation: O Allah      I seek Your refuge from associating

anything with you knowingly, and I seek forgiveness from You for
(polytheism) that I do not know. I have repented from it and I have
detested disbelief, idolatry, telling lies, backbiting, bad innovations,
tale-telling, indecency, accusations and all the sins. I embrace Islam
and proclaim that there is none worthy of worship but Allah      ,
Muhammad )   ٖ  %    . &%  * ' ( is the Prophet of Allah      .

5 Excellences of Invoking Istighfār

(Seeking Forgiveness)

1. Cleansing the Rust of the Heart

It is narrated by Sayyīdunā Anas   -  &%   *  
 +  , that the Knower of
the Hidden, the Immaculate Prophet )    ٖ  %    .  &%   *  (
 '  has
stated, ‘Without doubt, just like iron, the heart also rusts; reciting
Istighfār cleanses it.’ (Majma’-uz-Zawāid, pp. 346, vol. 10, Ḥadīš 17575)

2. Salvation from Worries and Misery

It is narrated by Sayyīdunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin ‘Abbās 0   -  &%   *  
 + ,
that the Holy Prophet )   ٖ  %    .  &%   *  (
 '  has stated, ‘Whoever
makes (invocation of) Istighfār necessary for himself, Allah
     will distance every worry from him, will bless him with

relief from every misery, and will bestow him with sustenance
from such a source which he cannot conceive.’ (Sunan Ibn Mājah,
pp. 257, vol. 4, Ḥadīš 3819)

3. Appealing Record of Deeds

It is narrated by Sayyīdunā Zubaīr bin ‘Awwām   - &%  *  
 , that
 +
the Beloved and Blessed Prophet  )   ٖ  %    .  &%   *  (
 '  has stated,
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‘Whoever would like for his record of deeds to make him happy
should increase the recitation of Istighfār in it.’ (Majma’-uz-Zawāid,
pp. 347, vol. 10, Ḥadīš 17579)

4. Glad Tidings!
It is narrated by Sayyīdunā ‘Abdullāĥ bin Busr    
     
  that
 
he heard the Prophet of Raḥmaĥ    ٖ        
    
   saying, ‘Glad


tidings are for him who finds Istighfār in abundance in his

record of deeds.’ (Sunan Ibn Mājah, pp. 257, vol. 4, Ḥadīš 3818)

5. Excellence of Sayyīd-ul-Istighfār
It is narrated by Sayyīdunā Shaddād bin Aws     
      
   that
the Prophet of Raḥmaĥ, the Intercessor of Ummaĥ, the Owner
of Jannaĥ    ٖ        
      has stated, ‘This is Sayyid-ul-Istighfār:

‫ﺪ ﻧﺎ‬  ‫ ﻧﺎ ﻋ‬
‫ﺒ‬  ‫ﺘ‬‫ﻘ‬

‫ﻠ‬‫ﺧ‬ ‫ﺖ‬

‫ﻧ‬  ‫ﻻ‬     ٰ  ۤ ‫ ﻻ‬   ٰ
         

        ‫ﻟ‬
‫ﺖ‬ ‫ﻧ‬   ‫ﻠ‬


‫ﺮ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﻦ ﺷ‬ ‫ ﺑﻚ ﻣ‬$‫ﺳﺘﻄ ﻌﺖ ﻋ ﻮ‬  ‫ﻋ ٰ* ﻋ ﻬﺪ   ﻋﺪ ﻣﺎ‬
  
      
      

  ‫ﺎﻏ ﻔ ﺮ‬  ‫ ﺑﺬﻧ‬.‫ﻮ‬  ‫ ﻟﻚ ﺑ ﻨ ﻌﻤ ﺘﻚ ﻋ* ﺑ‬.‫ﺻﻨ ﻌﺖ ﺑ ﻮ‬
/ ‫ ﻓ‬3               
  ٗ
‫  ﻻ ﻧﺖ‬7‫ﻧ ﻮ‬8  ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﻔ‬
 ‫ﻐ‬ ‫ﻓ  ﺎﻧﻪ ﻻ ﻳ‬
  
Translation: O Allah      ! You are my Rab; there is none worthy
of worship except You; You created me; I am Your servant and to
the best of my ability I adhere to Your covenant and promise; I
seek Your refuge from the evil that I have committed; I acknowledge

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 َّ ٰ ْ َّ
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬

SALAWAAT
of: GAWTH U’L-A‘ZAM MUHYUDDEEN
SHAYKH ‘ABDUL QADIR AL-JILANI
(Rady Allahu ‘Anhu )

An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

(Please recite Subhanahu wa Ta‘ala after the Name of Allah. Please recite Sallallahu ‘alayhi
wa Sallam ‫ ﷺ‬after the name of Prophet Muhammad, and ‘Alayhissalam after the name of

any other Prophet. Please recite Rady Allahu ‘Anhu , or Rahmatullahi ‘alayh after the
names of the other great and nobles personalities as appropriate).

1. THE MOST WELL-KNOWN SALAWAAT OF GAWTH U’L-A‘ZAM

Gawth u’l-A‘zam Muhyuddeen Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (470-561 A.H / 1077-1166
C.E) traces his descent to the Holy Prophet ‫ﷺ‬. He was born in Jilan, Persia and his shrine is in
Baghdad, Iraq. His father, As-Sayyid Abu Salih was a descendant of Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali
. His mother, Ummu’l-Khayr Fatima was the daughter of Shaykh ‘Abdullah Sawma‘i who
was a descendant of Imam al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali . Thus Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani is
both Hasani and Husayni. He is a descendant of the Ahl u’l-Bayt (The Prophet’s Household)
about whom Allah says in the Holy Qur’an Kareem:

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Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you,

O people of the House,
and to purify you a thorough purification. (33:33)

Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani is famous for converting thousands of people to Islam,
among whom were Christians and Jews. He is also famous for his salawaat (invocation of
blessings), his awraad and azkaar (regular voluntary invocations); his qasaaid (religious
poems), his khutubaat (sermons) and his nasiha (advice) which have been compiled and handed
down through centuries as classics of Muslim spirituality.

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As we recite these masterpieces, we are struck by the fact that his style of expression is different
from that of any other Shaykh (spiritual master), ‘alim (learned scholar), or wali (saint). He is so
saturated with the spiritual power of Tawheed (pure Islamic monotheism) and brimming with
the realisation that the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬is his ancestor, that his exposition and its flow has a
spiritually confident personality all its own. Anyone who reads his khutubaat and recites his
salawaat, awraad and azkaar, spontaneously admits that he is the muhyuddeen (reviver of
Faith), the qutb u’l-aqtaab (the spiritual authority of all spiritual authorities), the Shaykh u’l-
mashaayikh (the spiritual master of all spiritual masters), the Gawth u’l-A‘zam (the greatest
spiritual helper) and much more..... a Shaykh who epitomises both mujaddidiyyah (Faith
revival) and wilayah (sainthood).

This chapter is about his salawaat (invocation of blessings).

Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani was so profuse in “reciting” salawaat on our beloved
Prophet Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad al-Mustafa ‫ ﷺ‬that their compilation could easily
fill a volume. The word “reciting” has been used here advisedly rather than the word “writing”
because what he said or recited was recorded by the scribes. Most of these salawaat are
contained in Fuyudaat u’r Rabbaniyyah (Overflowing Abundance from The Lord), compiled by

al-Hajj Isma‘il ibn as-Sayyid Muhammad Sa‘eed al-Qadiri .

Three salawaat of the Shaykh (spiritual master), who is lovingly referred to by millions across
the world as the Gawth u’l-A‘zam (the greatest spiritual helper), are well-documented. These
are:

1. As-Salaat u’l-Gawthiyyah, also known as As-Salaatu’s-Sughraa or the “small salaat”. This

salaat, although short in length, is so famous that it has lovingly been named after him as As-
Salaat u’l-Gawthiyyah (Durood Gawthiyyah in Urdu).

2. Kibriti’l-Ahmar, also known as As-Salaat u’l-Wusta or the "median salaat". This is a

spiritual combination of five salawaat, one of which interestingly, is As-Salaat u’l-Gawthiyyah
itself. Kibriti’l-Ahmar means red sulphur. It also means “the Philosopher’s Stone”, or
something that is rare to come by.

3. As-Salaat u’l-Kubra or the “big salaat. This is a spiritual combination of 33 salawaat, 25

verses of the Holy Qur’an Kareem, and du‘a (supplication to Allah ) covering about 20 pages.

We will now study each of these salawaat in a little more detail.

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2. AS-SALAAT U’L-GAWTHIYYAH

This salaat of the Gawth u’l-A‘zam is so famous that many mashaayikh (spiritual masters)
choose to include it in their kutub (books) as part of the awraad and azkaar (regular voluntary
invocations). Some of the kutub that contain this salaat are:

1. Dalaail u’l-Khairaat (Proofs of Good Deeds) of Imam Muhammad bin Sulayman al-

Jazuli ,

2. Hizb u’l-A‘zam (The Great Supplication) of Hadrat Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari ,

3. Majmu‘ah Salawaat u’r-Rasul (Compendium of Blessings On The Prophetic Messenger

‫ )ﷺ‬of Hadrat Khwaja Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Chohravi ,

4. Afdal u’s-Salawaat (The Best Blessings) of Imam Yusuf ibn Isma‘il an-Nabahaani ,

5. Awraad u’l-Qaadiriyyah (Regular Voluntary Invocations of the Qaadiriyyah), compiled

by Muhammad Salim Bawwaab ,

6. Durood Shareef (Noble Blessings) (in Urdu) by Khwaja Nisar (Nithaar) Ahmad ,
and

7. Fazaaile Durood Shareef (The Benefits of the Noble Blessings) (in Urdu) by al-Allamah

Habibu’l Bashar Khayri Rangooni .

Here then is As-Salaatu’l-Gawthiyyah, shining as distinctly as the north-star.

َ‫ﻮر ُە َﻋ َﺪ َد َ ْ َﻣ َﴤ ِ ْ َﺧ ْﻠﻘﮏ‬
ُ ُ‫ﲔ ُﻇﻬ‬َ َ َْ ٌَََْ ُُ ُ َْْ
ْ ‫ﺎﻟﻤ‬ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ ٔ
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ٱﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ ﻟِﻠﺨﻠ ِﻖ رە ورﲪﺔ ﻟِﻠﻌ‬
َ َ ً ْ
َ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ّ َ ُ ُ َ َّ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ً َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ
َ
‫ﳤﻲ َوﻻ‬ ‫و ﺑ ِ و ﺳ ِﻌﺪ ِﻣﳯﻢ و ﺷ ِ ﺻﻼة ﺗﺴﺘﻐ ِﺮق اﻟﻌﺪ وﲢِﻴﻂ ِابﳊ ِﺪ ﺻﻼة ﻻ ﻏﺎﻳﺔ ﻟﻬﺎ وﻻ ﻣﻨ‬
َ ٰ َْ ً َ ّ َ ‫ﺎء َﺻ َﻼ ًة َد ِاﲚَ ًﺔ ﺑ َﺪ َواﻣ‬
ْ َ ‫ﮏ َو َ َ ٓا ِﻟ ِﻪ َو‬ َ ‫ا ْﻧ ِﻘ َﻀ‬
‫ﲱ ِﺒ ِﻪ َو َﺳ ِﻠ ْﻢ ﺗ ْﺴ ِﻠ ْامي ِﻣﺜﻞ ذ ﻟِﻚ‬ ِ ِ
O Allah! Bless our master Sayyidina Muhammad
whose light was created first,
and whose appearance is a mercy for all the worlds,
as many times as the number of Your creations past and yet to come
of those that are blessed and those that are unfortunate;
(which means: as many times as the number of all your creations),

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such a blessing that submerges all counting (is uncountable), is unlimited and unbounded,
a blessing that is endless, never finishing;
a blessing that is permanent with Your Everlastingness,
and (blessing as well) on his Family and Companions,
and in the same manner complete salutations as well.

In this salaat, Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani clearly declares his ‘aqeeda (belief) that
before Allah created anything else, He created Nur Muhammadi, the Nur (light) of
Sayyidina Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬.

SubhanAllah! (Glorified is Allah!)

3. KIBRITI’L-AHMAR

Kibriti’l-Ahmar which means red sulphur is also included in many kutub some of which are:

1. Fuyudaat u’r-Rabbaniyyah, compiled by al-Hajj Isma‘il ibn as-Sayyid Muhammad

Sa‘eed al-Qadiri ,

2. Awraad u’l-Qaadiriyyah Rahmaniyyah, compiled by Hadrat al-‘Allamah as-Sayyid

Muhammad Tayyib Shah ,

3. Awraad u’l-Qaadiriyyah, compiled by Muhammad Salim Bawwab ,

4. Mishkaat u’s-Salawaat (A Niche of Lit-Up Blessings) of Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas

Burney ,

5. Majmu‘ah Wazaaif ma‘ Dalaail u’l-Khayraat (Compilation of Regular Voluntary

Invocations together with Dalaail u’l-Khayraat), translated into Urdu and compiled by Pir

Muhammad Karam Shah .

Kibriti’l-Ahmar is truly magnificent. It weaves verses of the Holy Qur’an Kareem together with
Asma u’n-Nabi ‫( ﷺ‬his attributive names of praise), du‘a (supplication to Allah ), and five
salawaat, three of which are famous. These are:

(a) As-Salaatu Kanzi’l-A‘zam, the salaat with which Kibriti’l-Ahmar begins and which will
be observed in more detail later,

(b) As-Salaatu’l-Gawthiyyah, which we have already looked at, and

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(c) As-Salaatu’l-In‘aam, which is now presented.

As-Salaatu’l-In‘aam

َ ْ َ ِ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ٓ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ و ا ِﻟ ِﻪ ﻋﺪد ﻧﻌﻤﺎئ ﷲ ِو ِٕاﻓﻀﺎ ِﻟ ِﻪ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on him and on his Family,

as many times as Allah’s bounties and His Grace.

Kibriti’l-Ahmar ends with the following verses of the Holy Qur’an Kareem.

Éb>u‘ ¬! ߉ôϑptø:$#uρ ∩⊇∇⊇∪ š⎥⎫Î=y™ö ßϑø9$# ’n?tã íΝ≈n=y™uρ ∩⊇∇⊃∪ šχθà ÅÁtƒ $¬Ηxå Í﨓Ïèø9$# Éb>u‘ y7În/u‘ z⎯≈ysö6ß™

∩⊇∇⊄∪ š⎥⎫Ïϑn=≈yèø9$#

Glory is to your Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power

(He is free) from what they ascribe to Him.
And peace be on the Prophetic Messengers.
And all praise is for Allah, the Lord of the worlds. (37:180-182)

4. AS-SALAAT U’L-KUBRA

As-Salaat u’l-Kubra or the “big salaat”, is a spiritual mosaic of 33 salawaat, 25 verses of the
Holy Qur’an Kareem and du‘a (supplication to Allah ) interspersed among the salawaat. It is
included in books already mentioned such as Fuyudaat u’r-Rabbaniyyah, Awraad u’l-
Qaadiriyyah Rahmaniyyah, Awraad u’l-Qaadiriyyah, and Afdal u’s-Salawaat.

The very first of its 20 pages gives us a flavour of this spiritual masterpiece.

َّ ٰ ْ َّ
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬
ٌ َّ ٌ ُ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ٌ َ ْ ُّ َ َ ْ َ َ ٌ َ ْ ُ ُ َٔ ْ ِ ّ ٌ ُ َ ْ ُ َ ٓ َ ْ َ َ
۞‫ﻟﻘﺪ ﺟﺎءﰼ رﺳﻮل اﻧﻔ ِﺴﲂ ﻋ ِﺰ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻋ ِﻨﺘﻢ ﺣ ِﺮﻳﺺ ﻋﻠﻴﲂ ِابﻟﻤﺆ ِﻣ ِﻨﲔ رءوف ر ِﺣﻴﻢ‬
ْ‫ﻚ َٔان‬ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ٔ َّ َ ٰ َ َ َّ ُ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ٓ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ُ ْ َ ٔ ّ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ ً ْ َ ِ ُ ْ ُ ٔ َ َ ّ َ َ ُ ُ ْ َ ٔ
‫ﴍك ِﺑﻪ ﺷﻴﺌﺎ۞ اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ِٕا ِﱏ ادﻋﻮك ِﺑﺎﲰﺎﺋِﻚ اﳊﺴﲎ ﳇﻬﺎﻻ ِٕاﻟﻪ ِٕاﻻاﻧﺖ ﺎﻧ‬ ِ ‫اﻋﺒﺪ ﷲ ر ِﰉ وﻻا‬
َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ ٌ ْ َ ٌ ْ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ ٓ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ َ ّ َ ُ
‫ﲪﻴﺪ ِﳎﻴﺪ ۞ اﻟﻠﻬﻢ‬ ِ ‫ﺗﺼ ِﲇ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﮐﻤﺎﺻﻠﻴﺖ ِٕا ا ِﻫﻴﻢ و ا ِل ِٕا ا ِﻫﻴﻢ ِٕاﻧﮏ‬
ً َ َ َ َّ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ُ َّ َ َ ً ْ ْ َ ْ ّ َ َ ْ َ َ ٓ َ َ َ ّ ّ ُ ٔ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ
‫ﱊ و ا ِﻟ ِﻪ وﲱ ِﺒ ِﻪ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺗﺴ ِﻠامي وﺻﲇ ﷲ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪﺻﻼۃ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﱮ اﻻ‬ّ
ِ ِ ‫ﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ اﻟﻨ‬

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 َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ ُ ُ ْ َ ٔ َ ُ َ ً َّ َ ُ ْ َ َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َّ َ ُ َّ َ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ َ ُ ْ َ ٔ َ ُ
‫ﻫﻮاﻫﻠﻬﺎ۞ اﻟﻠﻬﻢ اي رب ﳏﻤ ٍﺪوا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ  واﺟ ِﺰﳏﻤﺪاﷺ ﻣﺎﻫﻮاﻫﻠﻪ۞ اﻟﻠﻬﻢ‬
َّ َ ْ ْ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ ّ ُ َّ َ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َ َ ْ َّ َّ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺰ ُ ِر‬ ‫اﻻ ِﳒﻴ ِﻞ و‬ ِٕ ‫و‬ ‫ۃ‬
ِ ‫ا‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫اﻟﺘ‬ ‫ل‬ ‫ﲋ‬ِ ‫ﻣ‬‫و‬ ‫ء‬
ٍ ‫ﳽ‬ ‫ﰻ‬ِ ‫ب‬ ‫ر‬‫و‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ﻢ‬
ِ ‫ﻴ‬‫ﻈ‬ِ ‫ﻌ‬‫اﻟ‬ ‫ش‬ِ ْ
‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ب‬
ِ ‫ر‬‫و‬ ِ‫ﻊ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ‬ ‫ات‬
ِ َ ‫اﻟﺴ ٰﻤ‬
‫ﻮ‬ ‫رب‬
َ‫ک َﳽ ٌء َو َٔا ْﻧﺖ‬ َ ‫اﻻ ِﺧ ُﺮ َﻓﻠَ ْﻴ َﺲ َﺑ ْﻌ َﺪ‬ ٓ ْ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ٌ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ ٔ ْ َ ْ َ ٔ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ ْ َ ُْْ َ
‫ﺎن اﻟ َﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ ِﻢ ۞  اﻟﻠﻬﻢ اﻧﺖ اﻻول ﻓﻠﻴﺲ ﻗﺒﻠﮏ ﳽ ء واﻧﺖ‬ ِ ‫واﻟﻔﺮﻗ‬
ُ‫ﮏ ۤ ٕا ِ ّﱏ ﮐُ ْﻨﺖ‬
َ ‫ﺖ ُ ْ ٰ َﻨ‬ َ َ
َ ‫ﻤﺪ َﻻ ٕا ٰﻟ َﻪ ٕا ّﻻ ٔا ْﻧ‬ ْ َ
ُ َ َ َ َ ٌ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ٔ َ ٌ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َّ
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻈﺎ ِﻫﺮﻓﻠﻴﺲ ﻓﻮﻗﮏ ﳽ ئ واﻧﺖ اﻟﺒﺎ ِﻃﻦ ﻓﻠﻴﺲ دوﻧﮏ ﳽ ء ﻓﻠﮏ اﳊ‬
ٰ ْ
َ‫ﺎئ ﷲُ َﰷ َن َو َﻣﺎ َ ْﱂ ﻳ َ َﺸ ٔﺎ َ ْﱂ ﻳَ ُﮑ ْﻦ َﻻ ُﻗ َّﻮ َۃ ا َّﻻ ابهلل ِ ۞   َا ّﻟﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ّﻞ َ َ ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َﻋ ْﺒﺪک‬ َ ‫ﺎﺷ‬ َ َ َ ْ ّٰ َ
‫ِ اﻟﻈ ِﻠ ِﻤﲔ۞ ﻣ‬
ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِٕ
َ ّ َ َ
َ ّ َ ُ ْٔ َ َْٔ ََ ًَّ َ ًَ َ َُ ً َ َ َ ُ ََ َ ّ ََ
‫ﲇ َﻋﻠ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺳ ِﻠ ْﻢ ﺗ ْﺴ ِﻠ ْ ًامي‬
َ ِ ‫وﻧ ِﺒ ِﻴﮏ ورﺳﻮﻟِﮏ ﺻﻼۃ ﻣﺒﺎرﮐﺔ ﻃ ِﻴﺒﺔ ﮐﻤﺎ اﻣﺮت ان ﻧﺼ‬

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.

Certainly, there has come to you a Prophetic Messenger from among yourselves,
grievous to him is your suffering, full of concern for you,
to the believers, (he is) compassionate, merciful. (9:128)

I worship Allah, Who is my Lord and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.
O Allah! I ask of You for the sake of Your Most Beautiful Names.

None is to be worshipped except You, Glorified are You. (21:87)

(O Allah) Bless Sayyidina Muhammad

and the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
as You blessed Sayyidina Ibrahim
and the Family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

O Allah! Bless and bestow complete peace on Sayyidina Muhammad,

the Prophet not taught by any human (but directly by You, O Allah)
and on his Family and Companions.
And may Allah’s blessing be on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
such a blessing which he deserves.

O Allah! O Lord of Sayyidina Muhammad and the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,

bless Sayyidina Muhammad and the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
and bestow a reward on Sayyidina Muhammad (Allah's blessings and peace be on him)
which he deserves.

O Allah! Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne,
our Lord and the Lord of everything,
and the One Who sent the Tawraat, the Injeel, the Zabur and the Great Qur’an.
O Allah! You are The First so there is nothing that came before You,

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and You are The Last so there is nothing that comes after You,
and You are The Manifest with nothing above You,
and You are The Hidden with nothing below You.
All praise belongs to You.

None is to be worshipped but You.

Glorified are You; surely, I have been one of the unjust. (21:87)

Whatever Allah wished, happened.

Whatever He does not wish, does not happen.
There is no strength except with Allah.

O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad,

Your Ultimate Devotee, and the Prophet sent by You, and Your Prophetic Messenger,
a favourable, agreeable blessing,
as You have ordered us to invoke blessing on him
and grant him complete peace.

We notice that As-Salaatu’l-Kubra begins with verse number 128 from Surah at-Tawba, then
invokes Allah with his Most Beautiful Names, follows this up with As-Salaatu
Ibrahimiyyah and two other salaat, after which there is du‘a, verse number 87 from Surah al-
Anbiyaa, praise of Allah , and more salawaat, and so it continues. As-Salaatu’l-Kubra ends
with this verse of the Holy Qur’an Kareem.

Éb>u‘ ¬! ߉ôϑptø:$# Èβr& óΟßγ1uθôãyŠ ã Åz#u™uρ 4 ÖΝ≈n=y™ $pκ Ïù öΝåκçJ§‹ÏtrBuρ §Νßγ¯=9$# š oΨ≈ysö6ß™ $pκ Ïù öΝßγ1uθôãyŠ

š⎥⎫Ïϑn=≈yèø9$#

Their prayer therein will be: “Sanctity to You, O Allah”,

and their greeting therein will be: “Peace”,
and the end of their prayer will be:
“All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds”. (10:10)

As Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani was a Hafiz u’l-Qur’an, we should intend to become
Hafiz u’l-Qur’an, and/or make our children/grand-children huffaz u’l-Qur’an. As he was so
profuse in reciting the Qur’an, we should have the good habit of reciting at least one juz of the
Qur’an every day. Since he has included the Asma’ al-Husna (the Most Beautiful Names of
Allah) in his salawaat, we should memorize the Asma’ al-Husna. As he was so profuse in
reciting salawaat, we should recite salat ala’n-Nabi ‫ ﷺ‬at least a hundred times a day. Since
he has included the Kalim at-Tawhid (The Declaration of Muslim Faith) with the salawaat, we
should recite the Kalima at-Tawhid at least a hundred times every day.

Laa ilaha Illallah Muhammad u’r-Rasulullah

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None is to be worshipped but Allah.
Muhammad is the Prophetic Messenger of Allah.

In total, there are 25 verses of the Holy Qur’an Kareem in As-Salaatu’l-Kubra. Some of these
verses in which Allah Himself praises and honours the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬are:

∩⊆∪ 5ΟŠÉ)tGó¡•Β :Þ≡u ÅÀ 4’n?tã ∩⊂∪ t⎦⎫Î=y™ö ßϑø9$# z⎯Ïϑs9 y7¨ΡÎ) ∩⊄∪ ÉΟ‹Å3ptø:$# Éβ#u™ö à)ø9$#uρ ∩⊇∪ û§ƒ

Yaa Seen.
By the Qur’an full of Wisdom.
Most surely, you are one of the Prophetic Messengers,
on a straight way. (36:1-4)

öΝÍκ Åe2t“ãƒuρ ⎯ÏμÏG≈tƒ#u™ öΝÍκö n=tæ (#θè=÷Gtƒ ôΜÎγÅ¡à Ρr& ô⎯ÏiΒ Zωθß™u‘ öΝÍκ Ïù y]yèt/ øŒÎ) t⎦⎫ÏΖÏΒ÷σßϑø9$# ’n?tã ª!$# £⎯tΒ ô‰s)s9

A⎦⎫Î7•Β 9≅≈n=|Ê ’Å∀s9 ã≅ö6s% ⎯ÏΒ (#θçΡ%x. βÎ)uρ sπyϑò6Ïtø:$#uρ |=≈tGÅ3ø9$# ãΝßγßϑÏk=yèãƒuρ

Certainly, Allah conferred a great favour on the Muslim believers

when He sent among them a Prophetic Messenger from among themselves,
who recites to them His revelations, and purifies them,
and teaches them the Book and the Wisdom,
although before that they were surely in manifest error. (3:164)

×−Ïd‰|Á•Β ×Αθß™u‘ öΝà2u™!%y` ¢ΟèO 7πyϑõ3Ïmuρ 5=≈tGÅ2 ⎯ÏiΒ Νà6çG÷ s?#u™ !$yϑs9 z⎯↵ÍhŠÎ;¨Ψ9$# t,≈sW‹ÏΒ ª!$# x‹s{r& øŒÎ)uρ

tΑ$s% 4 $tΡö‘t ø%r& (#þθä9$s% ( “Ì ô¹Î) öΝä3Ï9≡sŒ 4’n?tã ôΜè?õ‹s{r&uρ óΟè?ö‘t ø%r&u™ tΑ$s% 4 …çμ¯Ρã ÝÁΨtGs9uρ ⎯ÏμÎ/ £⎯ãΨÏΒ÷σçGs9 öΝä3yètΒ $yϑÏj9

t⎦⎪ωÎγ≈¤±9$# z⎯ÏiΒ Νä3yètΒ O$tΡr&uρ (#ρ߉pκô−$$sù

And when Allah took the Covenant of the Prophets,

(He said): (Behold) what I have given you of the Book and Wisdom.
Afterward, there will come to you a Prophetic Messenger confirming what is with you;
you shall believe in him and you shall help him.
He said: do you agree and take this My Covenant as binding on you?
They said: We agree.
He said: Then bear witness. And I am with you among the witnesses. (3:81)

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 š⎥⎫Ïϑn=≈yèù=Ïj9 ZπtΗôqy‘ ωÎ) š ≈oΨù=y™ö‘r& !$tΒuρ

And We sent you not but as a mercy for all the worlds. (21:107)

$VϑŠÏàtã y7ø‹n=tã «!$# ã≅ôÒsù šχ%x.uρ

And great is the Grace of Allah upon you (O Prophet). (4:113)

#©yÌ÷ tIsù y7•/u‘ y ‹ÏÜ÷èムt∃öθ|¡s9uρ

And your Lord will give you (all good) that you will be well-pleased.(93:5)

The Shaykh goes on to give a tafsir (explanation) of this verse. He quotes part of the Hadith
Qudsi (Sacred Saying) from which we learn that on the Day of Judgement, the Beloved Prophet 
‫ ﷺ‬shall go into sajda (prostration) before Allah to seek intercession. He will be told:
“Speak and you shall be heard, and ask and you shall be given, and intercede and your
intercession will be accepted.” All that the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬wanted was the forgiveness of his
Ummah. May Allah forgive us, Aameen.

These verses and their tafsir in some instances are interspersed in an intricate pattern among the
salawaat (invocation of blessings) and du‘a (supplication to Allah ), with du‘a following one
or more salawaat, as in this instance.

ّ‫ﻮل ْاﻟ َﻌ َﺮ ِﰉ‬ َّ َ ّ ّ ُ ٔ ّ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ

ُ‫اﻟﺮﺳ‬
ِ َ ِ َ ‫ﱊو‬ ِ ِ ‫ﱮ اﻻ‬ِ ِ ‫ﮏ ورﺳﻮﻟِﮏ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻧ ِﺒ ِﻴﻨﺎﳏﻤ ٍﺪ اﻟﻨ‬ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﻋﺒ ِﺪ ک و ﻧ ِﺒ ِﻴ‬
ٔ َٔ ّ ُ َ ً َ َ ُ ُ َ ً َ َ ِ ْ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ِ َّ ّ ُ َ ِ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ِ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ِ ٓ َ َ َ
‫ﮏ ِرﴈ َوﻟﻪ َﺟ َﺰ ًائ َو ِﳊَ ِﻘ ِﻪ اد ًائ َوا ْﻋ ِﻄ ِﻪ‬ ‫و ا ِﻟﻪ و اﲱﺎ ِﺑﻪ و ازوا ِﺟﻪ وذ ِراي ِﺗﻪ واﻫ ِﻞ ﺑﻴ ِﺘﻪ ﺻﻼۃ ﺗﮑﻮن ﻟ‬
ََ ٔ ُ َ َْ َ ّ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ
‫ﺎم اﻟ َﻤ ْﺤ ُﻤﻮداﻟ ِﺬی َو َﻋﺪﺗﻪ َايا ْرﰘ‬ ‫اﻟﻮ ِﺳﻴﻠﺔ واﻟﻔ ِﻀﻴﻠﺔ واﻟﴩف واﻟﺪرﺟﺔاﻟﻌﺎﻟِﻴﺔ اﻟﺮ ِﻓﻴﻌﺔ واﺑﻌﺜﻪ اﻟﻤﻘ‬
َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ْ َ ْ َ ّ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ ٔ ْ َ َ َ ُ َّ َ َ َ َّ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ َ ْ ِ َّ
‫اﲪﲔ۞ اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ِٕاان ﻧﺘﻮﺳﻞ ِﺑﮏ وﻧﺴﺎﻟﮏ وﻧﺘﻮﺟﻪ ِٕاﻟﻴﮏ ِﺑﮑِﺘﺎ ِﺑﮏ اﻟﻌ ِﺰ ِ وﻧ ِﺒ ِﻴﮏ اﻟﮑ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺮ‬
َ َ
َ ٰ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ َٔ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ
ٓ ْ ْ َ ُّ َُ ْ ٔ
‫ﻮر ِ ُﻋ َامث َن َوا ِﻟ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﲰ ِﻌ ْﻴﻞ َو ِﺑ َﺼﺎ ِﺣ َﺒ ْﻴ ِﻪ ا ِﰉ َﺑﮑ ٍﺮ َوﲻ َﺮ َو ِذی اﻟﻨ‬‫ﷺ و ِﺑﴩ ِﻓ ِﻪ اﻟﻤ ِﺠﻴ ِﺪ و ِاب ﻳ ِﻪ ِٕا ا ِﻫﻴﻢ و ِٕا‬
َ َ َ َ ََ َ ََْ ْ ََ
ِ
ْ
َّ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َّ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ َ ِ َ
‫ﲔ وﲻﻴ ِﻪ اﳊﻤﺰ ِۃ واﻟﻌﺒﺎس وزوﺟﺘﻴ ِﻪ ﺧ ِﺪﳚﺔ و ﻋﺎﺋِﺸﺔ‬ ِ ‫ﻓﺎ ﺔ و ِ ٍ ووﻟﺪ ِﳞﻤﺎ اﳊﺴ ِﻦ واﳊﺴ‬
O Allah! Bestow blessing and peace
on Your Ultimate Devotee, the Prophet sent by You, and Your Prophetic Messenger,
our master, our Prophet Muhammad,
who was not taught by any human

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(but directly by You, O Allah),
the Arabian Prophetic Messenger,
and on his Family and Companions
and his blessed wives, and offspring and his blessed household;
such a blessing that may please You, and be a reward for him and fulfil his rights,
and (O Allah), give him the Wasila (means of intercession)
and distinction, and nobility, and the highest exalted position,
and raise him to the highest Praised Station
which You have promised him,
O The Most Merciful of those who show mercy.

O Allah! Indeed, You are our only Means

and we beg of You and we turn our faces towards You
with Your exalted Book
and through the means of the noble Prophet sent by You,
our master Sayyidina Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace),
and through the means of his glorious nobility,
and through the means of his forefathers
Sayyidina Ibrahim and Sayyidina Isma‘il,
and through the means of his Companions,
Sayyidina Abu Bakr and Sayyidina ‘Umar,
and the Possessor of the Two Lights, Sayyidina ‘Uthman,
and his family members Sayyidatina Fatima and Sayyidina ‘Ali,
and their sons Sayyidina al-Hasan and Sayyidina al-Husayn,
and his uncles Sayyidina Hamza and Sayyidina ‘Abbas,
and his blessed wives Sayyidatina Khadija and Sayyidatina ‘Aisha.

In this salaat and the du‘a following it, Gawth u’l-A‘zam Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani
not only shows his deep love for Allah , and for the blessed Prophet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬, but also
for the Prophets ( ‘Alayhimussalam) who came before him, as well as for the ahlu'l bayt
(the blessed Household of the Prophet) and his glorious sahaba (Companions) . In the
salaat, he includes the du‘a that is recited after the adhan. We notice that this entire du‘a is in
honour and praise of the beloved Prophet ‫ﷺ‬. In the du‘a that follows, he invokes Allah
using the wasila (means), of Allah Himself, of the Holy Qur’an Kareem, the noble Prophet
‫ﷺ‬, Nabi Ibrahim and Nabi Isma‘il , the Khulafa ar-Rashidin (the Rightly-Guided
Khulafa), and the ahlu’l bayt and the sahaba, .

May Allah bestow on us the love of all of them. Aameen.

When we complete the recitation of As-Salatu’l-Kubra, we realize that interspersed in it are all
the Arkan al-Iman (Pillars of Muslim Faith). These are: Belief in Allah as the One and Only
God to be worshipped, belief in His angels, in His Revealed Books (Scriptures), in His Prophetic

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Messengers, in the Last Day (of Judgement), in the Pre-Ordainment by Allah of good and
bad, and the Resurrection after death (on the Day of Judgement). So, when we are reciting As-
Salatu’l-Kubra, we are declaring our ‘aqida (tenets of Faith) as well.

Al-Hamdu Lillah. (All Praise if for Allah!)

We will do well to conclude this section by reciting these verses of du‘a (supplication to Allah
) in As-Salat u’l-Kubra.

ÞΟŠÎ=yèø9$# ßìŠÏϑ¡¡9$# |MΡr& y7¨ΡÎ) ( !$¨ΨÏΒ ö≅¬7s)s? $uΖ−/u‘

Our Lord! Accept this (service) from us. Indeed, You, only You are the All-Hearing, the
All-Knowing. (2:127)

ÞΟŠÏm§ 9$# Ü>#§θ−G9$# |MΡr& y7¨ΡÎ) ( !$oΨø‹n=tã ó=è?uρ

And relent towards us. Indeed, You, only You are the Most Relenting (One Who accepts
repentance), The Merciful. (2:128)

Ü=ŠÏΡé& Ïμø‹s9Î)uρ àMù=©.uθs? Ïμø‹n=tã 4 «!$$Î/ ωÎ) þ’Å+ŠÏùöθs? $tΒuρ

And my guidance is only from Allah. In Him I trust, and to Him I turn in repentance.
(11:88)

t⎦⎫ÅsÎ=≈¢Á9$$Î/ ©Í_ø)Åsø9r&uρ $VϑÎ=ó¡ãΒ ©Í_©ùuθs? ( Íοt ÅzFψ$#uρ $u‹÷Ρ‘‰9$# ’Îû ⎯Çc’Í<uρ |MΡr&
You are my Helper in this world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die as a Muslim and unite
me with the righteous. (12:101)

t⎦⎫ÏΗÍ>ó¡ßϑø9$# z⎯ÏΒ ’ÎoΤÎ)uρ y7ø‹s9Î) àMö6è? ’ÎoΤÎ) ( û©ÉL−ƒÍh‘èŒ ’Îû ’Í< ôxÎ=ô¹r&uρ çμ9|Êö s? $[sÎ=≈|¹ Ÿ≅uΗùår& ÷βr&uρ
And that I may do good deeds which may please You, and make my off-spring righteous
for me. Truly, I turn to You in repentance and truly, I am one of the Muslims. (46:15)

The teaching that is repeated in these verses is to turn to Allah in repentance. May Allah
forgive us, Aameen.

5.AS-SALAATU KANZI’L-A‘ZAM
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One of the salawaat present in both Kibriti’l-Ahmar as well as in As-Salaatu’l-Kubra, is such
a gem it is referred to as Kanzi’l-A‘zam (The Great Treasure). Khwaja Shaykh Abdur-Rahman

Chohravi naturally chose to include it in his Majmu‘ah Salawaat u’r-Rasul and al-Hajj

Isma‘il ibn as-Sayyid Muhammad Sa‘eed al-Qadiri had it printed separately in Fuyudaat
u’r-Rabbaniyyah, identifying it as Kanzi’l A‘zam. In it, Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani
pours his heart out in superlative praise of the Holy Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad al-Mustafa
‫ﷺ‬.

َ ْ َ ٔ َ َ ً َ َ َ ً ْ َ َ َّ َ َ َ ٔ َ ً َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ٰ ْ َ ٔ َ ً َ َ ٔ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ٔ ْ َ ْ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ اﺟﻌﻞ اﻓﻀﻞ ﺻﻠﻮا ِﺗﮏ ا ﺑﺪا واﳕﻲ ﰷ ِﺗﮏ ﴎﻣﺪا وازﰽ ﲢِﻴﺎ ِﺗﮏ ﻓﻀﻼ وﻋﺪدا اﴍ ِف‬
ْ َٔ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ ْ َّ ّ َ َّ ْ ُ َ َّ َ ْ ْ َ َّ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ ْ َ َّ َ ْ ْ ََْ
َ
‫اﻻﺣﺴﺎ ِﻧﻴ ِﺔ وﻣﻬﺒ ِﻂ اﻻﴎا ِر‬ َ ّ ِ ‫اﻻﳝﺎ ِﻧﻴ ِﺔ وﻃﻮ ِر اﻟﺘﺠ ِﻠﻴ‬
ِٕ ‫ﺎت‬ ِٕ ‫اﻻﻧﺴﺎ ِﻧﻴ ِﺔ واﳉﺎ ِﻧﻴ ِﺔ وﳎﻤﻊِ اﻟﺪﻗﺎﺋ ِِﻖ‬ ِٕ ‫اﳊﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻖ‬
َْ ََ َ ْ َ ُْ ْ ْ َ ّ َ ُ َ َ ْ ّ َّ ْ َ ‫اﻟﺮ َّابﻧ َّﻴ ِﺔ َو‬ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ‫اﻟﺮ‬ َّ
‫ﺐ‬ ِ ‫اﺳﻄ ِﺔ ِﻋﻘ ِﺪاﻟﻨ ِﺒ ِﻴﲔ وﻣﻘ ِﺪ ِم ﺟﻴ ِﺶ اﻟﻤﺮﺳ ِﻠﲔ وﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﺪ رﮐ‬ ِ ِ ّ ‫ﲪﺎ ِﻧ ّﻴ ِﺔ َوﻋ ُﺮ ْو ِس اﻟ َﻤ ْﻤﻠﮑ ِﺔ‬
َٔ ْ ْ َ َٔ ْ َٔ ْ ْ َ َ ْ ْ ّ ّ َ َٔ ْ
‫ﲔ َﺣﺎ ِﻣ ِﻞ ﻟ َِﻮا ِئ اﻟ ِﻌ ِّﺰاﻻ ٰ َو َﻣﺎﻟ ِِﮏ ا ِز ّﻣ ِﺔ اﻟ َﻤ ْﺠ ِﺪ اﻻ ْﺳ َﲎ‬ َ ْ ‫ﲔ َو ٔا ْﻓ َﻀﻞ ْاﳋَﻼَﺋِﻖ ٔا ْﲨَ ِﻌ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺪﻳ ِﻘ‬ ِ ‫و‬ ِ
‫ئ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ َ
‫ِﻴ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫و‬ ْ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ا‬
َ ِ َ ِ َ َ
ْ ْ ْ ْ َ ْ َ ‫ﻻ َّول َو َ ْ ُﲨَﺎن ﻟ‬ ٔ ْ َّ ْٔ َ ُ َ َٔ ْ َ ْٔ َ
‫ﺎن اﻟ ِﻘﺪ ِم َو َﻣ ْﻨ َﺒﻊِ اﻟ ِﻌﻠ ِﻢ َواﳊِﻠ ِﻢ‬ ِ ‫ِﺴ‬ ِ ِ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻖ‬
ِ ِ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻮ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ‬ ‫ر‬
ِ ‫ا‬ َ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺪ‬
ِ ‫ﻫ‬
ِ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺸ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ل‬ِ ‫ز‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ر‬
ِ ‫ا‬ ‫ﴎ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ِ ‫ﻫ‬
ِ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺷ‬
َْ ْ َ ْ َ َ ِ ْ ُ ّ ْ ُّ َ ّ ْ ُ ْ ْ ُ ُ ْ ْ َ َْ َ ّ ُ ْ َ ّ ْ ُ ْ ْ ُ ُ ْ ّ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ
‫ﲔ‬ ِ ‫ﲇ روح ﺟﺴ ِﺪاﻟﮑﻮﻧ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﲔ اﻟﻮ ْﺟﻮ ِد ّاﻟﻌﻠ ِ َٔﻮ ِی واﻟﺴ ْﻔ‬ ِ ‫ﺎن ﻋ‬ ِ ‫اڵ و ِٕاﻧﺴ‬ ّ ِ ‫ﴎ اﻟﻮﺟﻮ ِد اﳉﺰ ِ ِﰄ واﻟ‬ ِ ِ ‫واﳊِﮑ ِﻢ وﻣﻈﻬ ِﺮ‬
ِ َ ٔ
َ َ ْ َ ََ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ ْ ُ ُ ْ َُ َْ ّ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ َّ ْ َ ْ ‫َو َﻋ‬
‫اﻻ ْﺻ ِﻄﻔﺎﺋ ِّﻴ ِﺔ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﺎﻣ‬ ‫ﻘ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ق‬
ِ ‫ﻼ‬ ‫ﺧ‬ ‫اب‬
ِ ِ ِ ‫ﻖ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﺨ‬ ‫ﺘ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﺔ‬ ِ ‫ﻳ‬ ‫د‬
ِ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﺐ‬ِ ‫ﺗ‬ ‫ر‬ ‫اب‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﲔ ﺣ َﻴﺎ ِۃ اﻟﺪار ِ اﻟﻤﺘﺤ‬
‫ﻖ‬ ‫ﻘ‬ ِ
ُ‫َا ْﳋَ ِﻠ ْﻴﻞ اﻻ ْﻋ َﻈﻢ َواﳊَﺒ ْﻴﺐ اﻻﮐ َﺮ ِم َﺳ ّﻴﺪ َان َو َﻣ ْﻮﻻ َان َو َﺣﺒ ْﻴﺒ َﻨﺎ ﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ ْ َﻋ ْﺒﺪ ﷲ ِ ْ َﻋ ْﺒﺪاﻟ ُﻤ َّﻄ ِﻠﺐ َﺻ ّﲇ ﷲ‬
َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ ٔ ْ ْ َ ٔ ْ
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
َ َ َ َ ّ ُ َ َ َ َ َ ّ ُ َ َ
َ َ َ َ ْ َْ َ َ ِ َْ َ ِ ُ َ َ ٔ ٓ َ َ
ْ َ ‫ﮏ ﳇ َﻤﺎ ذﮐ َﺮ َک َوذﮐ َﺮە اﻟﺬاﮐِ ُﺮ ْو َن َوﻏﻔﻞ‬ َ ‫اد ﳇ َِﻤﺎﺗ‬
ِ ‫َﻋﻠ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو ا ِﻟﻪ واﲱﺎ ِﺑﻪ ﻋﺪد ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎ ِﺗﮏ و ِﻣﺪ‬
َ

‫ﲑا‬ً ْ ‫ِذ ْﮐﺮ َک َو ِذ ْﮐﺮ ِە ْاﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻓﻠُ ْﻮ َن َو َﺳ ِّﻠ ْﻢ ﺗ َ ْﺴ ِﻠ ْ ًامي َد ِاﲚًﺎ َﮐ ِﺜ‬
ِ ِ
O Allah! Confer for ever Your best blessings
and ever increasing and never ending favours;
and Your Purest, Gracious, and abundant salutations on him
who is the most noble in the realm of the realities of the nature of humans and jinn,
and is fully aware of all subtleties of Faith,
and is the mountain of excellent manifestations
and the place on which descend the mysteries of the All-Beneficent
and who is a bridegroom in the Kingdom of the Lord,
the centrally placed jewel in the chain of the Prophets,
the first and the foremost in the army of the Prophetic Messengers,
the leader of the caravan of the saints and the truthful,
the best in all creation,
the bearer of the flag of the highest honour,
the owner of the keys to the shining gallery,

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the beholder of the secrets of eternity,
the beholder of the first created lights,
the interpreter of the Divine Language,
the fountain-spring of knowledge, tolerance and wisdom,
the manifestation of the secret of the existence of the whole and its parts,
who is the cause of the existence of (everything) above and below,
the soul in the body of both the worlds (that keeps them alive),
the fountain of life of this world and the Hereafter,
the one who has achieved the high rank of servitude to Allah
and is created with the highest spiritual stations of morality,
the foremost among the friends of Allah
and His highly honoured beloved,
our master, our patron, our beloved,
Muhammad, son of ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib,
may Allah bless him, his Family and Companions,
as many times as the number which is in Your Knowledge (O Allah)
and (as many times as) the amount of ink used to write Your Words,
whenever You are remembered and he is remembered
by those who remember
and whenever You are not remembered and he is not remembered
by the negligent,
(that is, not leaving out any one in the count)
and bestow on him abundant, never ending, complete salutations (as well).

For sure, Kanzi’l-A‘zam is at such a high level in terms of ‘ulum and ‘irfan (direct spiritual
knowledge) that it is breath-taking and awe-inspiring. One of its interesting features is that it is in
rhyming prose. We notice that in this salaat, the following words rhyme:

(i) abadan, sarmadan, fadlan and ‘adadan;

(ii) insaaniyyah, jaanniyah , Imaniyyah, Ihsaaniyyah, Rahmaaniyyah and Rabbaaniyyah;
(iii) Nabiyyeena, Mursaleena, Siddiqeena, and ajma‘eena;
(iv) a‘laa and asnaa;
(v) azali, awwali, qidami, and hikami;
(vi) ‘ilmi and hilmi;
(vii) juz’iyyi, kulliyyi , ‘ulwiyyi and sufliyyi;
(viii) kawnayni and daarayni;
(ix) ‘ubudiyyati and istifaaiyyati;
(x) A‘zam and Akram;
(xi) Ma‘lumaatika and Kalimaatika; and
(xii) zaakirun and ghaafilun.

There are twelve different rhymes in just one salaat.

Allahu Akbar! (Allah is Supremely Great)!

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It must be remembered that this is not the only remarkable feature of this salaat. There are
various other levels of ‘ulum (knowledge) here, both manifest and hidden that call for more
intensive study.

6.HURUF U’L-MUQATTA‘AT

An ancient tradition among the ‘ulama (the learned) and the mashaayikh (spiritual masters) is
to compose salawaat giving a meaning to each letter in the name of the beloved Prophet
Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬. On earth, the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬is called Muhammad and in the heavens, he is
called Ahmad. The name Muhammad is composed of four letters: “Meem”, “Haa”, “Meem”,
and “Daal”, while the name Ahmad is composed of “Alif”, “Haa”, “Meem” and “Daal”. The
mashaayikh have composed salawaat with these letters. Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani
went a step beyond this. He composed a salaat with these letters together with the Huruf u’l-
Muqatta‘at.

The Huruf u’l-Muqatta‘at are the letters with which some of the surahs (chapters) of the
Qur’an Kareem start. These are:

Alif Laam Meem, (2:1), (3:1), (29:1), (30:1), (31:1), (32:1)

Alif Laam Meem Saad, (7:1)
Alif Laam Raa, (10:1), (11:1), (12:1), (14:1), (15:1)
Alif Laam Meem Raa, (13:1)
Kaaf Haa Yaa ‘Ain Saad, (19:1)
Taa Haa, (20:1)
Taa Seen Meem, (26:1), (28:1)
Taa Seen, (27:1)
Yaa Seen, (36:1)
Saad, (38:1)
Haa Meem, (40:1), (41:1), (42:1), (43:1), (44:1), (45:1), (46:1)
Haa Meem ‘Ain Seen Qaaf, (42:1-2)
Qaaf, (50:1) and
Noon. (68:1)

Only Allah knows the true meanings of these huruf u’l muqatta‘at, as well as those to
whom He gives this knowledge, the foremost among them being our Holy Prophet Muhammad
al-Mustafa ‫ﷺ‬. The mashaayikh have explained that some of these huruf u’l-muqatta‘at refer
to the sifaat (Noble Attributes) of Allah and some refer to the sifaat (noble attributes) of the
Prophet ‫ﷺ‬. Many of them have also stated that Taa Haa and Yaa Seen are attributive names
of praise of the blessed Prophet ‫ﷺ‬. Some other mashaayikh have composed salawaat with the
huruf u’l-muqatta‘at.

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Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani combined all this ‘ulum (knowledge) in a grand convocation
in just one salaat. We find that in one of the salawaat given in Fuyudaat u’r-Rabbaniyyah, the
Gawth u’l-A‘zam has used the letters in the blessed names Muhammad and Ahmad as well as
the Huruf u’l-Muqatta‘at without repeating any of the Huruf u’l-Muqatta‘at! Who can beat
such scholarship? As we appreciate this learning that is open, manifest and clear, we begin to
understand the depth of his spiritual knowledge that was a secret and even more hidden.

Let us then approach this salaat after reciting Surah al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha!

َّ ٰ ْ َّ
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬
ُ َّ ُ ٌ َ ُ ُ ْ ُ ْ ُ ّ َ ْ ُ َ ْ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ ْ َْ َ َ َ
ّ ِ ‫َو َﻻ َﺣ ْﻮل َو َﻻ ُﻗ َّﻮۃ ِٕا ّﻻ ِابهلل ِ اﻟﻌ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺎ ِدق‬ ِ ‫ﲔ ﳏ َ ّﻤﺪ َر ُﺳﻮل ﷲ‬ ‫ﲇ اﻟ َﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ ِﻢ ۞    ﻻ ِٕاﻟﻪ ِٕاﻻ ﷲ اﻟﻤ ِﻠﮏ اﳊﻖ اﻟﻤ ِﺒ‬ ِ
ّْ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ َ ْ َّ َ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ٔ َ َّ َ ٓ َ َّ َ ُ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ْ
‫اﻟﻮﻋ ِﺪ اﻻ ِﻣﲔ   ۞   رﺑﻨﺎ اﻣﻨ ِﺎﲟﺎا ﻟﺖ واﺗﺒﻌﻨﺎ اﻟﺮﺳﻮل ﻓﺎﮐﺘﺒﻨﺎﻣﻊ اﻟﺸﺎ ِﮬ ِﺪ ۞  اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ‬
ْ ْ
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻄﺎ ِ ِ َواﳊَ ّﻖ اﻟ َﻮ‬ َّ ُ ّ َ ِ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َ ِ ِ َّ ّ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ٔ َ َّ َ ٔ َ ْ ْ َ ٔ َ َّ َ
‫اﰣ ِﻣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ِ ِ ‫و ِ و اﮐ ِﺮم وا ِﻋﺰ واﻋ ِﻈﻢ وارﰘ اﻟ ِﻌ ِﺰ اﻟﺸﺎ واﻟﻤﺠ ِﺪ اﻟﺒﺎ ِذخ و‬
‫ر‬ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ‬
ُ َ ْ َ َّ ‫ﱪوت َو َﺣﺎ ِئ‬ ْ َ ٔ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ ْ ْ َ ِ َ ْ َّ ِ َ َ ِ َ َ ْ َ ْ
‫ﻮت‬ ِ ‫ﻮت َو ِﻣ ْﻴ ِﻢ اﻟ َﻤﻠﮑ‬ ِ ُ‫اﻟﺮﲪ‬ ِ ُ َ َ‫ِﻒ اﳉ‬ ِ ‫ال اﻟﺪﻻﻟ ِﺔ َو اﻟ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻤﻤﻠﮑﺔ و ﺣﺎئ اﻟﺮﲪﺔ و ِﻣﻴ ِﻢ اﻟ ِﻌﻠ ِﻢ و‬
‫د‬
َ ْ ْ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َّ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ‫اﻻ ْﻟ‬
َْ ََ َ َ ْ َ َ
‫ﲔ اﻟ ِﻌ َﻨﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َوﰷ ِف‬ ِ ‫ﻋ‬‫و‬ ِ
‫ﺔ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﻓ‬
ِ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﲍ‬ ِ ‫ﻤ‬
ِ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ن‬ ِ ‫و‬ ِ
‫ﺔ‬ ‫ﻴ‬‫ﻔ‬ِ ‫اﳋ‬ ِ
‫ﺔ‬ ‫ﻓ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫اﻟﺮ‬ ِ
‫ئ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ر‬ ‫و‬ ِ
‫ﺔ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﻔ‬
ِ ‫اﳋ‬ ‫ﺎف‬ ِ ‫ﻄ‬ ‫م‬
ِ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ال اﻟ ِﻬﺪاﻳ ِﺔ و‬ِ ‫ود‬
ََ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ ِ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ َّ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ َ ْ
ِ
‫ﺎف اﻟﻘﺮ ِب وﻃﺎئ اﻟﺴﻠﻄﻨ ِﺔ وﮬﺎئ ﻟﻌﺮو ِۃ وﺻﺎ ِداﻟ ِﻌﺼﻤ ِﺔ و‬ ِ ‫ﲔ اﻟﺴﻌﺎد ِۃ وﻗ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﺎد ِۃ و ِﺳ‬ ِ
ِ ‫اﻟﮑِﻔﺎﻳ ِﺔ وايئ‬
َ َ
ْ ‫ٓا ِﻟ ِﻪ َﻫ َﻮاﺟﺮ ﻋ ْﻠﻤ ِﻪ اﻟ َﻌﺰ ْ َو ٔا ْﲱَﺎﺑ ِﻪ َ ْ ٔا ْﺻ َﺒ َﺢ اﻟ ّﺪ ْ ُ ﲠ ْﻢ ﰲ ﺣ ْﺮز َﺣﺮ‬
ْ
ٍ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِِ
In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful (1:1)

And there is no power nor strength except with Allah, The Most High, The Magnificent.
None is worthy of worship except Allah, The Sovereign Lord, The Clear Truth.
Muhammad is the Prophetic Messenger of Allah, Truthful to his promise, the Trustworthy.

Our Lord! We have believed in what You have Revealed, and we have followed the
Prophetic Messenger, so record us among those who bear witness. (3:53)

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace and honour,

and give nobility, glory and greatness; and have mercy
on the one who is lofty in strength and high in grandeur,
and is the high-aspiring light and the clear truth;
the letter Meem (in the name Muhammad) is for the kingdom,
Haa is for mercy, (the second) Meem is for knowledge, and Daal is for evidence (proof);
the letter Alif (in the name Ahmad) is for might and power, Haa is for the realm of mercy,

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Meem is for sovereignty, and Daal is for guidance;
the letter Laam (in the Huruf u’l-Muqatta‘at) is for hidden kindness,
Raa is for hidden compassion, Noon is for perfect benevolence,
‘Ain is for providential care and concern, Kaaf is for sufficiency,
Yaa is for headship and becoming master, Seen is for bliss, Qaaf is for nearness,
Taa is for the sultanate, Haa is for the tie or bond (of friendship),
and Saad is for preservation (from wrong-doing);
and (bless and bestow peace as well) on his Family,
who are the bright noon-time of his esteemed knowledge,
and on his Companions,
through whom the religion was well protected in an impenetrable fortress.

This is just the opening portion of this momentous salaat which is only about a quarter of it. The

remaining three quarters consists mostly of du‘a (supplication to Allah ).

This calls for a Fatiha. Al-Fatiha!

7.SALAAMS ON THE BELOVED PROPHET ‫ﷺ‬

It is apt to conclude by presenting the salaams (salutations) of the Gawth u’l-A‘zam on the
Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬as given in Mishkaat u’s-Salawaat (A Niche of Lit-Up Blessings) of Mawlana

Muhammad Elyas Burney .

َ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﮏ اي رﺳﻮل ﷲ‬
ِ‫ﱮ ﷲ‬ َّ َ‫ﮏ َاي ﻧ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
ِ
ِ ‫ﮏ َاي َﺻ ِ َّ ﷲ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫ﮏ َاي ﺧ ِﻠ ْﻴﻞ ﷲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴ‬
ِ‫ﺐ ﷲ‬ َ ‫ﮏ َاي َﺣ ِﺒ ْﻴ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
ُ ‫ﴍﻓ ُﻪ‬ َ َ
َّ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ َ
‫ﷲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﮏ اي‬
ُ‫ﮏ َاي َ ْ َﮐ َّﺮ َﻣ ُﻪ ﷲ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
َ
ُ ‫ﮏ َاي َ ْ َﻋ ّﻠ َﻤ ُﻪ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫ﷲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
َ
ُ‫ﮏ َاي َ ْ َﻋ ّﻈ َﻤ ُﻪ ﷲ‬ َ
َ ‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم َﻋﻠ ْﻴ‬ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
ُ ‫ﮏ َاي َ ْ َز َّﻳ َﻨ ُﻪ‬
‫ﷲ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬

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 ‫ﲔ‬َ ْ ‫ﮏ َاي َﺳ ّﻴ َﺪ ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ َﺳ ِﻠ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
ِ
َّ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
َ ْ ‫اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ّﻴ‬ َ
‫ﲔ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﮏ اي ﺧﺎﺗﻢ‬
‫ﲔ‬
ْ
َ ْ ‫ﺎم اﻟ ُﻤ َّﺘ ِﻘ‬ َ ‫ﮏ َاي ا َِﻣ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
‫ﲔ‬ َ ْ ‫ﮏ َاي َﺷ ِﻔ ْﻴ َﻊ ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺬ ِﻧ ِﺒ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬
َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
‫ﲔ‬ َ ْ ‫ﲪ ًﺔ ّﻟ ِْﻠ ٰﻌﻠَ ِﻤ‬
َ ْ ‫ﮏ َاي َر‬َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﮏ اي ﺧﲑ ﺧﻠ ِﻖ ﷲ‬
ُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫ﮏ َاي َر َﻋ ْﺮ ِش ﷲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴ‬
ٓ ٖ‫ﲱﺒﻪ‬ْ َ ‫ﲨ ْﻴ َﻊ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻘﻪٖ َ ٰ َﺳ ّﻴﺪ َان ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َو َ ٰ ٓ ٰا ِﻟﻪٖ َو‬
ِ ِ َ َ ‫ات ﷲ ِ َو َﻣﻠٰ ِﺌ َﮑ ِﺘ ِﻪ َو َا ْﻧﺒ َﻴ ٓﺎ ِﺋﻪٖ َو ُر ُﺳ ِﻠﻪٖ َو‬
َ ‫ﲪﻠَ ِﺔ َﻋ ْﺮﺷﻪٖ َو‬ ُ ‫َﺻﻠَ َﻮ‬
ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ
ْ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ‫َا ْﲨَ ِﻌ‬
ِ ‫ﲔ اِﱄ ْ ِم اﻟ ِﺪ‬
Blessing and salutation to you, O Prophetic Messenger of Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O Prophet of Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O Sincere Friend of Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O Intimate Friend of Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O Beloved of Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the one whom Allah has honoured.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the one whom Allah has made noble.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the one taught by Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the one whom Allah has exalted.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the one whom Allah has beautified.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the master of Prophetic Messengers.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the final in the line of the Prophets.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the leader of the pious.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the intercessor for sinners.
Blessing and salutation to you, O mercy for all the worlds.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the best of Allah’s creation.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the light of the Throne of Allah.

May blessings of Allah, and His angels, His Prophets and His Prophetic Messengers,
and the bearers of His Throne, and all His creation,
be on our master Sayyidina Muhammad, on his Family and all his Companions,
till the Day of Judgement.

May Allah fill our hearts with the nur (spiritual light) of these salawaat and salaams.
Ameen.

Acknowledgement: I am grateful to Brother Mahdy ‘Ali for help with some of the Arabic
translation during the first edition of this chapter. JazakAllah, Brother Mahdy.

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Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad
First edition: 1417 A.H / 1996 C.E, Toronto.
Updated with Arabic text: Rabi‘ al-Thani 1436 A.H / 2015 C.E, Toronto.

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 DALAAIL U’L KHAYRAAT
of: IMAM AL-JAZULI
(Rahmatullahi ‘alayh )
An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

1. THE FIRST MAJOR BOOK OF SALAWAAT

Dalaail u’l Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds) is a kitab (book) of salawaat (blessings) on our
beloved Holy Prophet Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad al-Mustafa composed by Imam
Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli of Morocco. He was a Shaykh in the Shazili tariqa
(spiritual path) who traced his ancestry to Imam Hasan ibn ‘Ali , the noble Prophet’s
grandson, and left his earthly existence in 870 A.H / 1465 C.E. He is considered to be one of the
seven greatest Awliya’ Allah (Friends of Allah, sufi masters) of Morocco. Al-Habib ‘AbdAllah
bin ‘Alawi bin Hasan al-‘Attas informs us in The Way of Bani ‘Alawi that Imam al-Jazuli
had twelve thousand muridin (disciples). Seventy seven years after he passed ahead, his body
was exhumed for re-burial in Marrakesh and it had not undergone any change. This is one of the
miracles that has been recorded in books of history.

The full name of his kitab is Dalaail u’l Khayraat wa Shawaariq u’l Anwaar fee Zikri’s Salaati
‘ala’n Nabiyyi’l Mukhtaar (Proofs of Good Deeds and the Brilliant Burst of Sunshine in the
Recitation of Blessing on the Chosen Prophet ). It is the most acclaimed, the most popular,
and the most recited among books of salawaat on the beloved Prophet . Just as al-Muwatta of
Imam Malik is the first major book of Hadith Sharif to be compiled, Dalaail u’l Khayraat is
the first major book of salawaat. In it, Imam al-Jazuli presents to us as a gift a precious and
spontaneous composition and recitation of salawaat that poured out directly from his heart. The
recitation is obviously from memory as is the tradition of our ‘ulama’ (learned scholars) and the
spontaneous composition is from the waaridaat (spiritual perceptions) that Allah poured into
his heart as a reward for loving the Prophet . It does not contain all the salawaat that existed
in his time because that would have taken many volumes. We can understand this better when
we recite the many salawaat of just one Imam, the great grandson of the blessed Prophet
himself, namely, Imam Zayn al-‘Abidin ‘Ali ibn Husayn ibn ‘Ali (38-95 A.H / 658-713 C.E)
in his huge kitab of supplications to Allah titled As-Sahifa Sajjadiyyah (The Book of the
Worshipper).

The mode of presentation of Imam al-Jazuli is all his own, musk-scented with the love of
RasulAllah . The writing flows smooth and fast with an exhilarating pace. This kitab has
caught the imagination of Muslims to such an extent that many ‘ulama’ have written whole
books of explanation or commentary (Arabic: sharh) on it. One such sharh was written by al-
‘Allamah Mahdi Fasi titled Mataali‘ul Masarraat (The Dawns of Happiness), which has been
translated into Urdu by al-‘Allamah Muhammad ‘Abdul Hakim Sharaf al-Qaadiri. These
“shuruh” (plural of sharh) have been referred to, for example, by Imam Yusuf ibn Ismaʻil an-
Nabhaani , another Shaykh in the Shazili tariqa, in his book Afdalus-Salawaat (The Best of
Blessings). The Dalaail has been translated into Turkish by Kara Dawud Efendi who also wrote a

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commentary on it. And it has also been translated into Urdu by Shaykh Pir Muhammad Karam
Shah Saheb in the kitab Majmuʻah Wazaaif Ma‘a Dalaail u’l Khayraat (A Compendium of
Regular Voluntary Invocations Together with Dalaail u’l Khayraat).

Another pleasing feature of Dalaail u’l Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds) is that its introduction
contains Asma u’l Husna (the Most Beautiful Names of Allah ) as well as Asma u’n Nabi,
(the Blessed Attributive names of the beloved Prophet Muhammad ) one of which is Dalil u’l
Khayraat (Proof of Good Deeds). Isn’t that remarkable!

Dalaail u’l Khayraat is presented in eight parts. You are expected to commence recitation on
Monday with the Introduction and Part One. Each part is to be recited one day of the week for
ease of completion except that on Monday you complete the recitation of Part Eight as well.
Each part takes about ten to twenty minutes to recite and with consistent recitation, the book can
be completed in a week, and the following week you may start all over again. In this way, many
a saalik (traveller on the spiritual path) has made Dalaail u’l Khayraat a weekly wird (regular
voluntary invocation). And of course, at least one juz (part) of the Holy Qur’an is also to be
recited every day.

The muhibbin (loving disciples) in Tariqa ash-Shaziliyyah have an annual recitation of the
Dalaail in Toronto where it is recited in congregation in one sitting in about two hours. Al-
Hamdu Lillah (All Praise is for Allah !). Shaytaan becomes helplessly weak when he
encounters love for the Prophet .

Dalaail u’l Khayraat is normally printed in the ancient Muslim tradition where the text is printed
in the middle and in wide borders on the sides can be found some other treasures, in this instance
Hizb u’n Nasr, Hizb u’l Barr and Hizb u’l Bahr of Imam Abu’l Hasan Shazili, Hizb of Imam
an-Nawawi, Hizb of Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari, Hizb u’d Durril A‘laa of Shaykh u’l Akbar
Muhyuddin ibn ‘Arabi, Hizb of Ustadh al-Bayyumi, As-Salaat u’l Mashishiyya of Imam
Abdu’s Salaam bin Mashish , and Qasida al-Munfarija, among other awraad and azkaar
(additional voluntary supplications to Allah ). Can Qasida al-Burda of Imam al-Busiri
ever be left out? It naturally brings the kitab to a resounding close.

The impact of Dalaail u’l Khayraat on subsequent Muslim scholarship on the subject of salawaat
has obviously been tremendous. One illustration suffices at this juncture. The Hizb u’l A‘zam of
Hadrat Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari , a great Hanafi ‘aalim (scholar), is in seven parts, one part to be
recited one day of the week. In fulfillment of the teachings of the beloved Prophet Muhammad
to recite more salawaat on Fridays, Friday’s recitation in his Hizb consists only of salawaat.
And almost all of these salawaat naturally happen to be from Dalaail u’l Khayraat!
(SubhanAllah! Glorified is Allah !). The language of salawaat is the language of the heart
and it is based on love.

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 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF SALAWAAT

The introduction to Dalaail u’l Khayraat explains the importance of love for the Holy Prophet
and of recitation of salawaat on him. The wording of one Hadith Sharif that is quoted is:

َّ ‫ﻮل ﷲ ِ َﺻ َّﲇ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴﻪ َو َﺳ َّﻠ َﻢ َﻻ ُ ْٔ ِ ُ َا َﺣ ُﺪﮐُ ْﻢ َ َّ َاﮐُ ْﻮ َن َا َﺣ‬

ْ ِ ‫ﺐ ا َِﻟ ْﻴ ِﻪ‬ ُ ُ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َّ َ َ َ َ َ
‫و ْ اﻧ ٍﺲ اﻧﻪ ﻗﺎل ﻗﺎل رﺳ‬
َ ْ ‫ﺎس َا ْﲨَ ِﻌ‬ َّ َ َ َْ
‫ﲔ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻨ‬ ‫ﻧﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َو َﻣﺎ ِﻟ ِﻪ َو َوﻟ ِﺪ ِە َو َوا ِﻟ ِﺪ ِە و‬

Hadrat Anas reported that Allah’s Prophetic Messenger said, “None of you truly believes
until he loves me more than himself, his wealth, his son, his father, and all people".

This Hadith has been reported in both Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim with a slightly
different wording.

If you invoke Allah’s blessings on the Holy Prophet once, Allah blesses you ten times,
according to a Hadith narrated by Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas and reported in
Sahih Muslim. According to another Hadith narrated by Sayyidina ‘Ali and reported by Imam
Tirmidhi, if you hear the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah mentioned and
if you do not invoke Allah’s blessings on him, then you are counted among the bukhalaa (plural
of bakheel, the miserly). As reciting salawaat on the Holy Prophet is such a good and
meritorious deed, Imam al-Jazuli perhaps decided to call his kitab of salawaat Dalaail u’l
Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds).

3. THE NIYYAH (INTENTION)

The kitab begins with the following niyyah.

َّ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ً ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ٔ ً َ ْ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ ّ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ﱮ ﺻﲇ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ اِﻣ ِﺘﺜﺎﻻ ِﻻﻣ ِﺮک وﺗﺼ ِﺪﻳﻘﺎﻟِﻨ ِﺒ ِﻴﮏ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﺻﲇ‬ ّ
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ا ِِﱏ ﻳ َﺖ ِﺑﺼﻼ ِﰏ اﻟﻨ‬
َ ‫ﷲُ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺳ ّﻠ َﻢ َو َﳏ َ َّﺒ ًﺔ ﻓ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺷ ْﻮ ًﻗﺎ ا َِﻟ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺗ ْﻌﻈ ْ ًامي ﻟ َِﻘ ْﺪرە َوﻟ َِﮑ ْﻮﻧ ِﻪ َا ْﻫ ًﻼﻟ َِﺬ ﻟ‬
َ ‫ِﮏ َﻓ َﺘ َﻘ َّﺒ ْﻠ َﻬﺎ ﻣ ّﲎ ﺑ َﻔ ْﻀﻠ‬
‫ﮏ‬ ِ ِ ِِ ِ ِِ ِ ِ
َ ْ ‫ﺎﳊ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺼ‬َّ َ َ ْ ِ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ِ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ
ْ ْ َ
‫ِﲔ‬ ‫واِﺣﺴﺎ ِﻧﮏ وا ِزل ﲩﺎب اﻟﻐﻔﻠ ِﺔ ﻗﻠ ِﱮ واﺟﻌﻠ ِﲎ ِﻋﺒﺎ ِد ک‬

O Allah! I make the intention to invoke blessings on the Prophet,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
in compliance with Your Command and having Faith in
Your Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace;
and with love and yearning for him
and with the respect due to him as he merits that.
So, accept it from me by Your Grace and Beneficence,

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and remove the veil of negligence from my heart
and make me among one of Your righteous servants.

4. SALAWAAT TAUGHT BY THE BELOVED PROPHET

The most famous salaat (invocation of blessing) taught by the Holy Prophet is of course As-
Salaatu Ibrahimiyya which is recited in Salah (obligatory five times daily Prayer). This salaat
has been reported in the blessed Hadith Sharif in Sahih al-Bukhari by Hadrat ‘Abd ar-Rahman
ibn Abi Layla . We also find it in books of Hadith Sharif compiled by Imam Muslim, Imam
Abu Dawud, Imam Tirmidhi and Imam an-Nasaai as noted by Imam Yusuf an-Nabhaani
in Al-Anwaar u’l Muhammadiyyah (The Muhammadan Lights). Let us recite it:

ٌ َ ٌ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ ٓ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
۞ ‫ﲪ ْﻴﺪ ِﳎ ْﻴﺪ‬ِ ‫ا ِل ِا ا ِﮬﻴﻢ اِﻧﮏ‬ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﮐﻤﺎ ﺻﻠﻴﺖ ِا ا ِﻫﻴﻢ و‬
ٌ ْ َ ٌ ْ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ ٓ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ﲪﻴﺪ ِﳎﻴﺪ‬ ِ ‫ا ِل ِا ا ِﮬﻴﻢ اِﻧﮏ‬ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ اب ِرک ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﮐﻤﺎ ابرﮐﺖ ِا ا ِﻫﻴﻢ و‬

O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad

and the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
as You blessed Sayyidina Ibrahim
and the Family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.
O Allah! Bestow favours on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
as You bestowed favours on Sayyidina Ibrahim
and on the Family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Al-Hafiz as-Sakhawi compiled about forty different ways of reciting As-Salaatu

Ibrahimiyyah that have been reported in books of Hadith Sharif, a majority of which we find
interspersed in Dalaail u’l Khayraat. An example of one such variation as narrated in a Hadith
Sharif by Hadrat ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud and reported by Imam Haakim is:
َ
َ ‫ﰘ ُﳏ َ َّﻤ ًﺪا َو ٓا َل ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َﮐ َﻤﺎ َﺻ ّﻠ ْﻴ‬
ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ﺖ‬ ٍ ‫ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ وار‬ ‫ا ِل ﳏ َ ّﻤ ٍﺪ َو َاب ِر ْک‬ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و‬
ٌ َ ٌ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ ‫َ ا ِﮬ ْﻴ َﻢ َو َ َ ٓال ِا‬ ْ ‫ﺖ َ َ ِا‬ ْ َّ َ َ ‫ﺖ َو‬
َ ‫ﲪ‬ َ ‫َو َاب َر ْﮐ‬
‫ﲪ ْﻴﺪ ِﳎ ْﻴﺪ‬
ِ ‫ا ِﻫﻴﻢ اِﻧﮏ‬ ِ
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad
and the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
and bestow favours on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
and bestow mercy on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
as You blessed, and bestowed favours and bestowed mercy

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on Sayyidina Ibrahim and on the Family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Besides As-Salatu Ibrahimiyyah, RasulAllah also taught his sahaba (Companions )

many other salawaat. We learn of one such salaat and its benefits from a blessed Hadith Sharif
quoted by Sayyidina al-Imam al-Habib ‘AbdAllah bin ‘Alawi al-Haddad (1044-1132 A.H.) in
An-Nasaaih id-Diniyya (Sincere Religious Advices) as narrated by Hadrat Ruwayfiʻ ibn Thaabit
al-Ansari and reported by Imam Ahmad .
َ َ ْ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ َ َّ ْ َ َ َ َ َ
‫ ﻗﺎل‬:‫وﻗﺎل ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺼﻼۃ واﻟﺴﻼم‬
َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ ْ َ ٔ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ و ا ِ ﻟﻪ اﻟﻤﻘﻌﺪ اﻟﻤﻘﺮب ِﻋﻨﺪک م اﻟ ِﻘﻴﺎﻣ ِﺔ‬،‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
‫ﺎﻋ ِﱴ‬ َ ‫ﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺷ َﻔ‬
ْ ‫َو َﺟ َﺒ‬

And he said, may blessing and salutation be upon him,

“My intercession is obligatory on whoever recites (this salaat):
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad
and give him a position nearest to You on the Day of Judgement”.

Dalaail u’l Khayraat contains this salaat but with slightly different wording as follows:

َ‫ﲋ َل ْاﻟ ُﻤ َﻘ َّﺮ َب َ ْ َم ْاﻟ ِﻘ ٰﻴﻤ ِﺔ‬ْ َ ْ ُ ْ ْ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ

ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ وا ِ ﻟﻪ اﻟﻤ‬
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad
and give him the nearest place on the Day of Judgement.

5. LABBAYK ALLAHUMMA LABBAYK

Allah commands us to go for Hajj if we have the means, and when we are ready to go for
Hajj, we say Labbayk (meaning: Here I am, ready to obey Your Command, O Allah). Allah
also commands us in the Holy Qur’an to invoke blessings and salutations on the Holy Prophet
and what a pleasant surprise it is to find a salaat in Part 1 of Dalaail u’l Khayraat with the
relevant verse (33:56) and the response of Labbayk as follows:

∩∈∉∪ $¸ϑŠÎ=ó¡n@ (#θßϑÏk=y™uρ Ïμø‹n=tã (#θ=|¹ (#θãΖtΒ#u™ š⎥⎪Ï%©!$# $pκš‰r'¯≈tƒ 4 Äc©É<¨Ζ9$# ’n?tã tβθ=|Áム…çμtGx6Íׯ≈n=tΒuρ ©!$# ¨βÎ)
َ‫اﻟﺼ ّ ِﺪ ْﻳ ِﻘ ْﲔ‬ َّ َ َ ْ َّ َ ُ ْ َ ٰ َ ْ َ ْ ّ ّ َ ْ
َ ْ ‫اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ّﻴ‬
ِّ ‫ﲔ َو‬ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ َ ْ َّ َ
ِ ‫ﱪاﻟﺮ ِﺣﻴ ِﻢ واﻟﻤﻠ ِﺌﮑ ِﺔ اﻟﻤﻘﺮ ِﺑﲔ و‬ ِ ‫ﻟﺒﻴﮏ اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ر ِﰉ وﺳﻌﺪﻳﮏ ﺻﻠﻮات ﷲ ِ اﻟ‬
َ َ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ ِ َ َ ُ ّ َ
َ ْ
‫َﺳ ِ ّﻴ ِﺪ َان ﳏ َ ّﻤ ِﺪ ْ ِ َﻋ ْﺒ ِﺪ ﷲ ِ ﺧﺎﺗ ِﻢ‬ ٍ ‫ﺎﳊِﲔ وﻣﺎ ﺳﺒﺢ ﻟﮏ ِ ﺷ‬
‫ئي اي رب اﻟﻌﺎﻟ ِﻤﲔ‬ ِ ‫واﻟﺸﻬﺪائ واﻟﺼ‬

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 َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ ْ َّ ُ ْ
َ ‫ﻟﺸﺎﻫﺪ ْﻟ َﺒﺸ ْﲑ اﻟ َّﺪا ِ ا َِﻟ ْﻴ‬ َ ْ ‫ﲔ َو َﺳ ّﻴ ِﺪ ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ َﺳ ِﻠ‬ َّ
َ ْ ‫اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ّﻴ‬
‫ﮏ‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﲔا‬ ِ ‫ﲔ َو ا َِﻣ‬
‫ﺎم اﻟﻤﺘ ِﻘﲔ و رﺳﻮ ِل ر ِب اﻟﻌﺎﻟ ِﻤ‬ ِ ِ
َ َ َ
ّ ‫ﲑ َو َﻋﻠ ْﻴ ِﻪ‬ ْ ْ َ ‫اب ِْذﻧ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم‬ ِ ‫اج اﻟ ُﻤ ِﻨ‬ ِ
َ ِّ ‫ﮏ‬
‫اﻟﴪ‬ ِ ِ
Indeed, Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet.
O you who believe! Invoke (Allah’s) blessings on him
and salute him with a worthy salutation. (33:56)

I am here and ready to obey You O Allah, my Lord Sustainer.

May the blessings of Allah, the Kind, the Merciful,
and the angels who are closest (to Allah ),
and the Prophets, the Truthful, the martyrs and the pious
and those of Your creation that glorify You, O Lord of the worlds,
(may the blessings of all of them)
be on Sayyidina Muhammad son of ‘Abdullah
the Seal of the Prophets, the Master of the (Prophetic) Messengers (of Allah)
and the Leader of the pious,
and a (Prophetic) Messenger of the Lord of the worlds,
the Witness who brought glad tidings and who calls people to You
(O Allah) with Your permission,
who is a Shining light,
and peace be upon him.

6. THE SALAWAAT THAT EXISTED IN HIS TIME

To recapitulate, Dalaail u’l Khayraat is a spontaneous composition, and recitation from memory
of salawaat by Imam al-Jazuli in the tradition of salawaat recitation that prevailed in his
time. That being the case, we are naturally curious to find out which of the salawaat that we
know about, already existed in his time. To find out, we have to reference books such as: Afdal-
u’s-Salawaat (The Best of Blessings) of Imam Yusuf an-Nabhaani, Abwaab al-Faraj (Doors of
Freedom From Sorrow) and Shawaariq u’l-Anwaar (Brilliant Burst of Sunshine) of Imam As-
Sayyid Muhammad bin ‘Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani, Durud Sharif (Noble Blessings) of Khwaja
Nisaar (Nithaar) Ahmad (in Urdu), and Majmuʻah Wazaaif (A Compendium of Regular
Voluntary Invocations) of Qaari Ridaa u’l Mustafa Aʻzami (in Urdu). Dalaail u’l Khayraat has
thus rejuvenated Muslim scholarship through centuries.

Besides the salawaat taught by the blessed Prophet , Dalaail u’l Khayraat naturally includes
the salawaat composed by luminaries such as Imam Shafiʻi (passed ahead in 204 A.H),
Shaykh Abu’l Hasan al-Karkhi (the companion of Shaykh Maʻruf al-Karkhi ), (passed
ahead in 200 A.H / 815 C.E), and Ghawth u’l Aʻzam Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (470-561
A.H, 1077-1166 C.E). Some of the salawaat in Dalaail u’l Khayraat are so famous that ‘ulama’
have given them specific names and explained the merits of each of them. Examples of such
salawaat are: “Munjiya” (or “Tunjina”), “Anwaar”, “Kawthar”, “Saʻadah” and “Uli’l

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ʻAzm”. As-Salaat ul-Munjiya for example is so meritorious that we have been recommended to
recite it at least a thousand times in our life-time.

Allahu Akbar (Allah is Supremely Great!).

The salaat by Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani has already been presented in the previous
chapter and is not repeated here. The rest of the salawaat mentioned are now presented. The
wording used here is of Dalaail u’l Khayraat. Some of these salawaat are sometimes reprinted in
other books of salawaat with a slightly different wording.

Salaat by Imam Shafiʻi

Imam al-Ghazali (450-505 A.H, 1058-1111 C.E) reports in Ihya’ ‘Ulum id-Deen (Revival of
Religious Knowledge, Vol I, Book 2, Chapter 2) that Shaykh Abu’l Hasan al-Shafiʻi saw the
Holy Prophet in a dream and asked him how Imam Shafiʻi had been rewarded on his
behalf to which he replied that Imam Shafiʻi would enter Paradise without questioning for the
sake of the salaat he wrote in his book, Ar-Risalah (The Message).

SubhanAllah (Glorified is Allah !).

The salaat is:

َّ ُ َ َ َّ ُ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ ّ ٰ ّ َ
َ‫اﻟﺬاﮐِ ُﺮ ْو َن َو َﻏ َﻔ َﻞ َ ْ ِذ ْﮐﺮ ِە ْاﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻓﻠُ ْﻮن‬
ِ ‫و َﺻ ِﻞ اﻟﻠﻬ ّﻢ ﳏ َ ّﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏ َ ّﻤ ٍﺪ ﳇ َﻤﺎ ذﮐ َﺮە‬

And O Allah, bless Sayyidina Muhammad and the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
whenever he is remembered by those who remember
and whenever he is not remembered by the negligent
(that is, not leaving out anyone in the count).

Does anything make for a more total Zikr than this salaat?

Salaat by Shaykh Abi’l Hasan al-Karkhi

َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ٓ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ّ َ ْ َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻞءاﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎو ِﻣﻞءاﻻ ِﺧﺮ ِۃ واب ِرک‬ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ‬
َّ َ ُ َ ٓ َ ً َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ٓ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ّ َ ْ َّ َ ُ َ ٓ َ ً َّ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ٓ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ّ َ
‫ِﻣﻞءاﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎو ِﻣﻞءاﻻ ِﺧﺮ ِۃ وارﰘ ﳏﻤﺪا و ال ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻞ ءاﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎو ِﻣﻞ ءاﻻ ِﺧﺮ ِۃ ۞ واﺟ ِﺰ ﳏﻤﺪا وال ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ٓ ْ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ّ َ ْ َّ َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ َ ٓ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ ّ َ ْ
‫ﺎو ِﻣﻞ َءاﻻ ِﺧ َﺮ ِۃ‬ ‫ِﻣﻞءاﻟﺪ ِﻧﻴﺎ و ِﻣﻞءاﻻ ِﺧﺮ ِۃ ۞وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻞ ءاﻟﺪﻧﻴ‬
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad
and the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
(such a blessing)
that would fill this world and the next (the Hereafter),
and bestow favours on Sayyidina Muhammad
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and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
that would fill this world and the next,
and bestow mercy on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
that would fill this world and the next,
and bestow a reward on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
that would fill this world and the next,
and bestow peace on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
that would fill this world and the next.

As-Salaaat u’l Munjiya

َ‫اﻻ َﻓﺎت َو َﺗ ْﻘﴤ َﻟ َﻨﺎ ﲠَﺎ َﲨ ْﻴﻊ‬ٓ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ ُ ً ٰ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ

ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ال و‬
ِ ‫ﲨﻴﻊِ اﻻﻫﻮ‬
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﺻﻠﻮۃ ﺗﻨ ِﺠﻴﻨﺎ ِﲠﺎ‬
َّ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ
َ‫اﻟﺪ َر َﺟﺎت ۞ َو ُﺗ َﺒ ّﻠ ُﻐ َﻨﺎﲠﺎ‬ َ ّ َّ ْ َ ْ ِ َ َ ُ ّ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ
ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﺎت۞ و ﻓﻌﻨ‬
‫ﺎﲠﺎ ِﻋﻨﺪک ا‬ ِ ‫ﲨﻴﻊِ اﻟﺴ ِﻴﺌ‬ ِ ‫ﺎت ۞ وﺗﻄ ِﻬﺮان ِﲠﺎ‬ ِ ‫اﳊﺎﺟ‬
َ َ ْ َ ََْ ََ ْ َ ْ
ْ َ‫ﺎايت ِ ْ َﲨ ْﻴﻊِ اﳋ‬
َ َ ْ َ َْ
‫ﺎت‬
ِ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻌ‬‫ﺑ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ۃ‬
ِ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻴ‬‫ﳊ‬ ‫ٱ‬ ‫ﰲ‬ ‫ات‬
ِ ِ ‫ﲑ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﻐ‬ ‫اﻗﴢ اﻟ‬

O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad,

such a blessing by means of which
You may save us from all terrors and oppression,
and fulfill all our needs,
and purify us of all evils,
and grant us high ranks in Your Presence,
and make us reach the utmost limit
of whatever is good in this life and after death (in the Hereafter).

Salaatu’l Anwaar

َ َْْ َ ْ َ ُْْ ََْ ْ َْ ّ َ َ ْ َْ ّ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ

۞‫ﴎاﻻﴎا ِر ۞ وﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪاﻻ ا ِر ۞ وز ِ اﻟﻤﺮﺳ ِﻠﲔ اﻻﺧﻴﺎ ِر‬
َ َ ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ِراﻻ ا ِر ۞ و‬
ْ َ ْ َ ٓ َ َ ْ ُّ َّ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َّ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ ْ َّ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ
‫واﮐﺮ ِم اﻇﻠﻢ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﻠﻴﻞ واﴍق ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﳯﺎر ۞ وﻋﺪدﻣﺎ ل ِ او ِل اﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎاِﱄ ا ِﺧ ِﺮﻫﺎ ِ ﻗﻄ ِﺮ‬
ُْ َ َ ًَ َٓ ً ٰ َ َ َْْ َ َّ َ َ ٓ َ َ ْ ُ ّ ََ َْ
َ ‫اﻻ ْﻣ َﻄﺎر ۞ َو َﻋ َﺪ َد َﻣﺎﻧَ َﺒ‬
‫ام ﻣﻠ ِﮏ‬ ِ ‫ﺎت واﻻﴭﺎ ِر۞ ﺻﻠﻮۃ داﲚﺔ ِﺑﺪو‬
ِ ِ ‫ﺖ ِ ْ ا ّو ِل اﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎاِﱄ ا ِﺧ ِﺮﻫﺎ ِ اﻟﻨﺒ‬
َ ِ
ََْ ْ
۞‫ﷲ ِاﻟ َﻮا ِﺣ ِﺪاﻟﻘ ّﻬﺎ ِر‬
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad,
who is the light of lights, the secret of secrets,
and the master of all the righteous people,
the beauty of all the chosen Prophetic Messengers ;
who is more noble than all those whom the night covers with darkness
and for whom the day brings brightness;
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as many times as the drops of rain that fall
from the beginning of the world to its end,
and as many times as the number of plants and trees
which grow from the beginning of the world to its end;
a perpetual blessing,
as permanent as the Kingdom of Allah, The One and Only, The Subduer.

Salaat u’l Kawthar

ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َّ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ٓ ْ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ ْ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﻓ ِـﮯاﻻوﻟِﲔ۞ وﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﻓ ِـﮯ اﻻ ِﺧ ِﺮ ۞ وﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﻓ ِـﮯاﻟﻨ ِﺒ ِﻴﲔ ۞ وﺻ ِﻞ‬
ْ ّ َ َ ََْْ ََْٔ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َّ َ ُ َ َ
‫ﺪ‬
ِ ِ ِ‫اﻟ‬ ‫م‬ ْ ‫ـﮯ‬‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬
ِ ‫اﻻ‬ ‫ﻼ‬
ِ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ـﮯ‬
ِ ٍ ‫ﺻﻞ ﳏ‬
‫ﻓ‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ِ ‫و‬ ۞‫ﲔ‬ ‫ﻠ‬
ِ ‫ﺳ‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﻤ‬‫اﻟ‬ ‫ـﮯ‬
ِ ‫ﻓ‬ ‫ﺪ‬
ٍ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﳏ‬

O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad among those of earlier times,

and bless Sayyidina Muhammad among those of later times,
and bless Sayyidina Muhammad among the Prophets,
and bless Sayyidina Muhammad among the Prophetic Messengers,
and bless Sayyidina Muhammad among the angels in the Highest Heavenly Assembly
till the Day of Judgement.

Salaat u’s Saʻadah

ُْ َ َ ًَ َ ً ٰ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
۞ِ ‫ام ﻣﻠ ِﮏ ﷲ‬
ِ ‫ﺎﰲ ِﻋﻠ ِﻢ ﷲ ِﺻﻠﻮۃ د ِاﲚﺔ ِﺑﺪو‬
ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﻋﺪد ﻣ‬
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad
as much as the (limitless) number which is in Allah’s Knowledge,
a blessing that is forever, as permanent as the Kingdom of Allah.

As-Salaatu Uli’l ‘Azm

َّ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ٍ ْ ُ َ َ َ ٓ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
َ‫اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ّﻴ ْﲔ‬
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﻋﻠﮯ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ وادم و ح و ِا ا ِﻫﻴﻢ وﻣﻮﳻ و ِﻋﻴﴗ وﻣﺎﺑﻴﳯﻢ‬
َ‫ات ﷲ ِ َو َﺳ َﻼ ُﻣ ُﻪ َﻋﻠَ ْﳱ ْﻢ َا ْﲨَ ِﻌ ْﲔ‬ َ ْ ‫َو ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ َﺳ ِﻠ‬
ُ ‫ﲔ َﺻﻠَ َﻮ‬
ِ
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina
Nabi Muhammad, Nabi Adam, Nabi Nuh, Nabi Ibrahim, Nabi Musa and Nabi ‘Isa
and all the (other) Prophets and Prophetic Messengers who came in-between.
May Allah’s blessings and His peace be upon them all.

This salaat is referred to as As-Salaatu Uli’l ‘Azm because it contains the names of the five
Prophets who are considered Uli’l ‘Azm (the Possessors of Strong Determination). They are
Sayyidina Nabi Muhammad, Sayyidina Nabi Ibrahim, Sayyidina Nabi Musa, Sayyidina Nabi
‘Isa, and Sayyidina Nabi Nuh .

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Imam Yusuf ibn Isma‘il an-Nab-haani explains in Afdal u’s-Salawaat that according to Imam
al-Jazuli , if someone recites this salaat three times, it is equivalent in merit to reciting the
whole of Dalaail u’l Khayraat. For this reason perhaps, we are recommended in Dalaail u’l
Khayraat to recite this salaat three times.

At this juncture, let us recite Surah al-Ikhlas eleven times and Surah al-Fatiha once and
supplicate to Allah to convey its thawab (heavenly reward) to all the Prophets , the
Family and Companions of the Prophet , the Awliya’ Allah (Friends of Allah), and the salihin
(the pious) who have been mentioned in this chapter.

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In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.

Say! (O Prophet Muhammad): He, Allah, is One.
Allah, The Eternally Besought.
He begets not, nor is He begotten.
And there is none like Him. (112:1-4)

Al-Fatiha!

7. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE BLESSINGS

A popular form of reciting salawaat is to specify the number of times a particular salaat is
intended. For example, in part two of Dalaail u’l Khayraat, we come across this salaat:

َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﻋﺪدﻗﻄ ِﺮاﻻﻣﻄﺎ ِر‬

O Allah! Bless our Master and Patron Sayyidina Muhammad,

as many times as the number of drops of rain.

In the same way, there are salawaat on the Holy Prophet as many times as are the
(uncountable) Words of Allah (‘adada Kalimaatika), as many times as the Pen wrote in the
Mother of Books (‘adada maa jaraa bihi’l Qalamu fee Ummi’l Kitab), the number of stars in
the sky (‘adada nujumi’s samaa’), the number of leaves of trees (‘adada awraaqi’l ashjaar),
the number of women and men (‘adad-an-nisaa’i wa’r-rijaal), and so on.

Muslims of course never become satiated in sending salawaat on the blessed Prophet . A form
of salaat that occurs most often in Dalaail u’l Khayraat is the one that invokes blessings a
thousand times the number of days from the day Allah created the earth till the Day of
Judgement. An example of one such salaat is:
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 ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ ّ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ٰ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ّ ُ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ِم ﺧﻠﻘﺖ اﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎ اِﱄ ِم‬ ِ ‫ﰻ ﻗﻄﺮ ٍۃ ﻗﻄﺮت ِ ﲰﻮا ِﺗﮏ اِﱄ ار ِﺿﮏ‬
ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﻋﺪد‬
َ َ َْ ّ ُ َ ٰ ْ
‫ﰻ َ ْ ٍم اﻟﻒ َﻣ ّﺮ ٍۃ‬ِ ‫اﻟ ِﻘﻴﻤﺔ ِِﰲ‬
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad
as many times as the number of rain drops
that drop from Your heavens to Your earth
from the day You created the world till the Day of Judgement
a thousand times a day!

8. ALLAH IS THE CREATOR

When we recite Dalaail u’l Khayraat we realize that one of the Attributes of Allah that is
most close to the heart of Imam al-Jazuli is that Allah is the Khaaliq (Creator). In this
salaat, he mentions all of the creations of Allah in general.
ُ َ ٰ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
َ‫ﺎﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َﻋ َﺪ َد َﳐْﻠُ ْﻮ َﻗﺎﺗﮏ‬
ِ ٍ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻟﻨ‬

O Allah! Bless our Master and Patron Sayyidina Muhammad,

as many times as the number of Your creations.

In the same way, he invokes the blessings of Allah on the Holy Prophet Muhammad as
many times as are each of the creations of Allah , such as the number of people, the jinn, the
angels and what they witness; the sky, the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the heavens
and what they contain; the plains, mountains, hills and valleys; the breaths, phrases, words, hair,
footsteps, glances and heartbeats of people; the number of two-legged animals and four-legged
animals; the number of fish, birds, bees, reptiles, ants and insects; clouds and winds; the plants,
trees, branches, leaves, crops, fruits and flowers; the seas and what they contain, sweet and salty
waters, rivers, fountains, the waves and the foam on the waves; the grains of sand, pebbles,
stones, mud and clay; drops of rain and the dew; and he goes on and on mentioning the
innumerable creations of Allah .

(Glorified is Allah!).

And of course Prophet Muhammad is the best creation of Allah , better than all the
Prophets and all the angels so the Imam has weaved salawaat together with this attribute,
referring to the Prophet as:

Atammi Khalqillah (the most Complete creation of Allah),

Ajalli Khalqillah (the most Exalted creation of Allah),
Ajmali Khalqillah (the most Beautiful creation of Allah),
Ahsani Khalqillah (the Best creation of Allah),
A‘zami Khalqillah (the Greatest creation of Allah),

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Afdali Khalqillah (the most Excellent creation of Allah),
Akrami Khalqillah (the Noblest creation of Allah),
Akmali Khalqillah (the most Perfect creation of Allah), and
Khayri Khalqillah (the Best creation of Allah).

9. SALAWAAT WITH ASMA’ AND SIFAT UN-NABI

There is salawaat on Muhammad ‘Arabi with the Asma’ un-Nabi (his attributive names
َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
of praise), for example:
ْ ُ ْ َ ْ ََْ َ
‫ﺎم اﻟﻤﺤﻤﻮ ِد‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺻﺎ ِﺣ‬
ِ ‫ﺐ اﻟﻤﻘ‬
O Allah! Bless the one raised to the Praised Station.

In the same way, there is salawaat on the one who physically ascended to the heavens to meet
Allah (Saahibi’l miʻraaj), on the one who performed miracles (Saahibi’l muʻjizaat), on the
Possessor of the means (to Allah’s Mercy) (Saahibi’l Wasilah), on the one Endowed with
intercession (Saahibi’sh-Shafaʻah), on the Master of the site of Witnessing (Saahibi’l
Makaani’l Mash-hud), and so on. Apart from the miracle of mi‘raaj, Imam al-Jazuli
mentions many other miracles of RasulAllah .

Imam al-Jazuli also presents simple salawaat easy to recite and memorize with the Asma’
un-Nabi as follows: ٰ
َّ ْ َ ْ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ َ
ْ ‫اﻟﻨﺬ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﲑ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ اﻟﺒ ِﺸ‬
O Allah! Bless the Bearer of glad tidings (of Paradise) and the Warner (against hell-fire).

In the same way, there is salawaat with his other sifaat (attributes) such as afdalihim mawlida
(the Best of the Prophets in birth), manin shaqqa lahu’l qamar (the one for whom the moon
cleaved into two parts), Saaqi li’n-naasi mina’l hawd (the quencher of the thirst of people from
his Pond of Kawthar on the Day of Judgement), and so on.

When we count the Asma’ un-Nabi and the Sifat un-Nabi in the Dalaail, we find that they
amount to more than four hundred. Asma’ un-Nabi are Jamali (Majestically Beautiful) and
Imam al-Jazuli does not wish to miss out on the Jalal (Majestic Might) of Asma’ Allah (the
Most Beautiful Names of Allah ), so he refers to them continuously. We should also note that
each salaat contains the name of Allah and usually begins with the supplication: Allahumma
(O Allah!). So, when we recite salawaat, we are doing the zikr (remembrance) of Allah as
well.

(All Praise is for Allah).

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Imam al-Jazuli is also profuse in mentioning the names of the Prophets and of the angels
mentioned in the Holy Qur’an which is an indication of his special connection with them as well.
(Glorified is Allah !)

Some of the salawaat combine the praise of RasulAllah in an enriching totality with a
flourish of artistry as in this salaat which sparkles on earth as a gem and lights up the sky as does
the full moon.

ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ﺐ‬ ِ ‫ﺎم اوﻟِﻴﺎﺋِﮏ وﺧﺎﺗ ِﻢ اﻧ ِﺒﻴﺎﺋِﮏ وﺣ ِﺒﻴ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﻋﻠﮯ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ اﻓﻀ ِﻞ اﻧ ِﺒﻴﺎﺋِﮏ واﮐﺮ ِم اﺻ ِﻔﻴﺎﺋِﮏ و اِﻣ‬
ْ ّ ِ ْ ُ ْ َ َْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ٓ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ْ ُ ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ
‫اﻟﺬﮐ ِﺮ ﻓ ِـﮯ‬ ِ ‫ر ِب اﻟﻌﺎﻟ ِﻤﲔ۞ وﺷ ِﻬﻴ ِﺪاﻟﻤﺮﺳ ِﻠﲔ وﺷ ِﻔﻴﻊِ اﻟﻤﺬ ِﻧ ِﺒﲔ وﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪ وﻟ ِﺪ ادم اﲨ ِﻌﲔ۞ اﻟﻤﺮﻓﻮع‬
َ َ ْ ‫اﻻﻣ ْﲔ۞ َا ْﳊَ ّﻖ ْا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒ‬ َٔ ْ َّ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ َّ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َ ُ ْ َ ٰ َ ْ
‫ﲔ۞ ا ّﻟﺮ ُء ْو ِف‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ق‬ ‫د‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻟﺼ‬ ‫ا‬ ۞ ‫ﲑ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻤ‬‫اﻟ‬ ‫اج‬ َ
‫ﻟﴪ‬ ّ
ِ ِ ۞ ِ ‫ﲑاﻟﻨ ِﺬ‬
‫ا‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻤﻠ ِﺌﮑ ِﺔ اﻟﻤﻘﺮ ِﺑﲔ۞ اﻟﺒ ِﺸ‬
ْ ٓ ُ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ً ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ ٓ َّ َ َ ُْْ َ َ ‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴﻢ۞ َا ْﻟ‬
ّ‫ﺮا ِن اﻟ َﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ َﻢ۞ ﻧَ ِﱮ‬ ‫ﻘ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﺎﱏ‬
ِ ‫ﺜ‬ ‫ﻤ‬‫اﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﺳ‬ ‫ﻪ‬‫ﺘ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﺗ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ی‬ ‫ﺬ‬
ِ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ۞ ‫ﻢ‬
ِ ْ
‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﻘ‬
ِ ‫ﺘ‬ ‫ﺴ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫اط‬
ِ َ
‫اﻟﴫ‬ ِ ّ ‫ِﱄ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ي‬ ‫د‬
ِ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻬ‬ ِ ّ
َ
ِ
َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َّ َ ٔ ُ ْ َ َ َّ َ ْ ُ ُ ْ َ َ ُ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ُ ّ َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َّ ُ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ
‫ﱪﻳﻞ و ِﻣﻴﲀﺋِﻴﻞ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺮﲪ ِﺔ۞ وﻫﺎ ِدی اﻻﻣ ِﺔ۞ او ِل ﺗﻨﺸﻖ ﻋﻨﻪ ٱﻻرض وﻳﺪﺧﻞ اﳉﻨﺔ۞ واﻟﻤﻮﻳ ِﺪ ِ ِﲜ‬
َ ُ ِ ِ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ َْ َ َ ْ ُ َْ َ َ ْ ُ َْ
‫ﺎﰟ۞ ﳏ َ ّﻤ ِﺪ ْ ِ َﻋ ْﺒ ِﺪ ﷲ ِ ا ْ ِ َﻋ ْﺒ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﺐ ا ِﰉ اﻟﻘ‬ ‫ﺨ‬ ‫ﺘ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻤ‬‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﱮ‬ ‫ﺘ‬ ‫ﺠ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻟ‬‫ا‬ ‫ﻄ‬ ‫ﺼ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ۞ ‫ﻞ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ْ ‫اﻻ ْ ِﳒ‬ٔ ْ َ َ ْ َّ
‫و‬ ‫ۃ‬
ِ ‫ا‬ ‫ر‬‫ﻮ‬ ‫اﻟﺘ‬ ‫ﰲ‬ ِ ِ
‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﺑ‬
َّ َ ُ ْ َ
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻤﺒ‬
‫ﴩ‬
ِ ِ ِ
َّ ُ ْ
ٍ ِ ‫ﺐ ْ ِ َﻫ‬
‫ﺎﴌ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻤ‬
‫ﻠ‬
ِ ‫ﻄ‬

O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad,

who is the best of Your Prophets
and the most noble of Your Purely Sincere people,
the leader of Your Friends, and the Seal of Your Prophets,
and the beloved of the Lord of the worlds,
the witness of the Prophetic Messengers of Allah
and the Intercessor for the sinners,
the leader of all the children of Prophet Adam ;
whose remembrance has been exalted among the angels close to Allah,
the Bearer of glad tidings (of Paradise), the Warner (against hell-fire),
the Shining light, the Truthful, the Trustworthy, the Manifest truth,
the compassionate, the merciful, the Guide to the Straight Path (of Islam),
to whom You gave the seven often-repeated Verses (of Surah a-Fatiha)
and the Magnificent Qur’an,
the Prophet of mercy and the Guide of the Muslim community,
the first one for whom the earth will be split open (to be resurrected) and to enter Paradise,
and the one supported by angels Jibril and Mikaail,
glad tidings about him had been given in the Torah and the Gospel,
the Chosen one, the Selected one, the Elect, the father of Qasim,
Muhammad, son of ‘Abdullah, son of ‘Abdul Muttalib, son of Hashim.

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 10. PRAISE WITH EACH LETTER IN HIS NAME
It has become traditional for Muslim scholars to praise the beloved Prophet Muhammad al-
Mustafa in association with each letter in his name and Imam al-Jazuli offers it to us in
salawaat. The word Muhammad means "the Praised one" and is formed using the letters
“meem”, “haa” and “daal”. The following salaat uses these letters in the order “haa”,
“meem”, and “daal” which forms the word “hamd”, again meaning “praise”. We also notice
that this salaat has sprinklings from parts of the salawaat by Imam Shafi‘i and Gawth u’l-A‘zam
Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani . It is to be recited three times.

َْ ِِ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ َ َ َّ ََ ْ ُ ْ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ام۞ اﻟﺴ ِﻴ ِﺪ اﻟﲀ ِﻣ ِﻞ اﻟﻔﺎﰌ اﳋﺎ ِﺗ ِﻢ‬ ِ ‫ال اﻟﺪو‬ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﺣﺎ ِء اﻟﺮﲪ ِﺔ و ِﻣﻴ ِﻢ اﻟﻤﻠ ِﮏ۞ ود‬
َ َ
ْ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ّ ُ َ َ ْ ُ َّ ُ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َّ ُ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ٌ َ َ ْ َ ََ
َ
‫ِذﮐ ِﺮک و ِذﮐِ ِﺮ ِە‬ ‫ﺎﰲ ِﻋﻠ ِﻤﮏ ﰷﺋِﻦ او ﻗﺪﰷن ﳇﻤﺎذﮐﺮک وذﮐﺮە اﻟﺬاﮐِﺮون۞ وﳇﻤﺎﻏﻔﻞ‬ ِ ‫ﻋﺪد َﻣ‬
ٌ ْ ‫ﳽ ٍء َﻗ ِﺪ‬
ْ ّ‫ﰻ‬ ّ ُ َ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ َ ً َ َ َ َ َ ً َ َ ً ٰ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ
ِ ‫اﻟﻐﺎ ِﻓﻠﻮن ﺻﻠﻮۃ د ِاﲚﺔ ِﺑﺪوا ِﻣﮏ اب ِﻗﻴﺔ ِﺑﺒﻘﺎﺋِﮏ ﻻﻣﻨﳤﻲ ﻟﻬﺎدون ِﻋﻠ ِﻤﮏ اِﻧﮏ‬

O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad,

the letter “haa” (in whose name) is (for) mercy,
the letter “meem” is for the Kingdom
and the letter “daal” denotes perpetuity;
who is the perfect Sayyid (master),
the Opener (of the door of Prophet-hood), the Seal (of the Prophets );
as many times as is in Your Knowledge
of what is happening, will happen or what has happened,
whenever You are remembered and he is remembered
by those who remember
and whenever you are not remembered and he is not remembered
by the negligent,
(that is, not leaving our anyone in the count),
such a blessing that is permanent with Your Everlastingness,
preserved with Your Eternity,
that does not end at all without Your Knowledge,
(as nothing happens without Your Knowledge, O Allah!).
Indeed, You are Powerful over all things.

11. BLESSINGS ON HIM, HIS FAMILY AND COMPANIONS

We love the Family of the Beloved Prophet as well as his Sahaba (Companions) . So,
sometimes the salaat is on the Beloved Prophet , his Family as well as his Companions , as
in this instance.

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 ‫َ‬ ‫َﺻ َّﲇ ُ‬
‫ﴫ ْو ُە ِﰲ ِﮬ ْﺠ َﺮ ِﺗ ِﻪ َﻓ ِﻨ ْﻌ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻬﺎﺟ ُﺮ ْو َن َو ِﻧ ْﻌﻢَ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﺗ ِﻪ َوﻧَ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﷲ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َ َ ٓا ِﻟ ِﻪ َو َا ْﲱَﺎﺑ ِﻪ ّاﻟﺬ َ َﮬ َ‬
‫ﺎﺟ ُﺮ ْواﻟ ُِﻨ ْ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َْ‬
‫ﻻ ْﻧ َﺼ ُ‬
‫ﺎر‬ ‫ا‬

‫‪May Allah bless him and his Family and his Companions,‬‬
‫‪who migrated to help him and helped him in his migration.‬‬
‫!)‪How excellent are the Migrants (from Makkah) and how excellent are the Helpers (of Madina‬‬

‫‪12. DUʻA’ BY MEANS OF ASMA’ ALLAH‬‬

‫‪There is duʻa’ (supplication to Allah ) in each part of the Dalaail. Du‘a’ (supplication) is only‬‬
‫‪and only to Allah‬‬ ‫‪but once in a while, the ‘ulama use tawassul (means, mediation) and Imam‬‬
‫‪al-Jazuli‬‬ ‫‪has also used tawassul, indicating that tawassul is allowed. For example, he‬‬
‫‪supplicates to Allah‬‬ ‫‪using the wasila (mediation) of Asma u’l Husna (the Most Beautiful‬‬
‫‪Names of Allah ), as in this instance.‬‬

‫َ‬ ‫َ ٔ َ ْ ٔ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ُ َ َ ُ َ َ ّ ُ َ َ َّ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ‬
‫ام◌‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺳﺎﻟﮏ اي اهلل اياهلل اياهلل اي ايﻗﻴﻮم اي ذاﳉﻼ ِل وا ِﻻﮐﺮ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ ّ ُ ْ ُ َ َّ‬
‫ﻻاِﻟﻪ اِﻻ اﻧﺖ ﺎﻧﮏ ا ِِﱏ ﮐﻨﺖ ِ اﻟﻈﺎ ِﻟ ِﻤﲔ ◌‬
‫ﮏ◌‬ ‫ﮏ َو ُﺳ ْﻠ َﻄﺎﻧ َ‬ ‫ِﮏ َو ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗ َ‬ ‫ِﮏ َو َﲠَﺎﺋ َ‬ ‫ﮏ َو َﺟ َﻼﻟ َ‬ ‫ﮏ ِ ْ َﻋ َﻈ َﻤﺘ َ‬ ‫ﲪ َﻞ ﮐُ ْﺮﺳ ُّﻴ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﮏ ﲟَﺎ َ‬ ‫َا ْﺳ َﺎ ُﻟ َ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﮏ اﻟ َﻤ ْﺨ ُﺰوﻧَ ِﺔ اﻟ َﻤﮑ ُﻨﻮﻧَ ِﺔ اﻟ ُﻤ َﻄ ّﻬ َﺮۃ اﻟﱴ ْﱂ ﻳَ َّﻄﻠ ْﻊ َﻋﻠ ْﳱَﺎ ا َﺣ ٌﺪ ِ ْ َﺧﻠﻘ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﲰﺎﺋ َ‬ ‫َو ِﲝَ ّﻖ َا ْ َ‬
‫ﮏ◌‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َ َ َ َّ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ٔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘﻘﻠ ْ‬ ‫ات ﻓ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ٰﻤ َﻮ ِ‬
‫ّ‬ ‫ْ َ َ َ َ‬ ‫ﰟ اﻟﺬے َو َﺿ ْﻌ َﺘ ُﻪ َ اﻟﻠ ْﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﻇﻠ َﻢ ◌ َو َ ّ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ َّ‬
‫ﺖ◌‬ ‫اﻟﳯﺎ ِر ﻓﺎﺳﺘﻨﺎر ◌ و‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻻ ِ ِ‬ ‫و ِﲝ ِﻖ ِ‬
‫َ ََ ْ َْ ِ َ ْ َ َ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘﻘ ّﺮ ْت‬ ‫و اﻻرض ﻓ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺎﻧ َﻔ َﺠ َﺮ ْت ◌ َو َ َ اﻟ ُﻌ ُ‬ ‫َ ََ ْ َ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎب ﻓﺎ ْﻣ َﻄ َﺮ ْت ◌‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺤ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َ‬ ‫و‬ ‫◌‬ ‫ﺖ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻓ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫و اﻟ ِﺒﺤﺎ ِرﻓ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ َٔ ْ َٔ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ‬
‫ﱪﻳﻞ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬ ‫واﺳﺎﻟﮏ ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِء اﻟﻤﮑﺘﻮﺑ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﺟﳢ ِﺔ ِﺟ ِ‬
‫َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ ٰ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ ََْْ َْ ْ‬
‫ﲨﻴﻊِ اﻟﻤﻠ ٓ ِﺌﮑ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِء اﻟﻤﮑﺘﻮﺑ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﺟﳢ ِﺔ اِﴎا ِﻓﻴﻞ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم و‬
‫ّ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ ْ َٔ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ َ ْ َٔ ُ َ ْ َٔ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َ ْ‬
‫ﳻ◌‬‫واﺳﺎ َﻟﮏ ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِء اﻟﻤﮑﺘﻮﺑ ِﺔ ﺣﻮل اﻟ َﻌﺮ ِش ◌ و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِء اﻟﻤﮑﺘﻮﺑ ِﺔ ﺣﻮل اﻟﮑﺮ ِ ِ‬
‫ﺖ ﺑ ِﻪ ﻧَ ْﻔ َﺴﮏَ‬ ‫ﲰ ْﻴ َ‬ ‫َ َّ‬ ‫َ َٔ ْ ٔ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َ ّ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِﲰﮏ اﻟﻌ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ اﻻﻋﻈ ِﻢ اﻟ ِﺬی‬ ‫واﺳﺎﻟﮏ ِاب ِ‬
‫ﺎﱂ َا ْﻋﻠَﻢْ‬ ‫ﺎو َﻣ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳯ َ‬ ‫ﺖ ِﻣ ْ َ‬ ‫ﳇ َِﻬﺎ َﻣﺎ َﻋ ِﻠ ْﻤ ُ‬ ‫َ َ ْ َُ َ َّ َ ْ َ َ ُّ‬
‫واﺳﺎﻟﮏ ِﲝ ِﻖ اﲰﺎﺋِﮏ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ٓ َ ُ َ ْ َّ‬
‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم‬ ‫واﺳﺎﻟﮏ ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِء اﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎ ادم ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ُ ٌ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِٕاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎ ح ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬

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 ‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ َ ِ ٌ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِء اﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎ ﺻﺎﱀ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼمُ‬ ‫ﺎک ِﲠَﺎ ُ ﻧ ُ ُﺲ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﲰﺎء َّاﻟﱴ َد َﻋ َ‬ ‫َْْ‬
‫َو ِابﻻ َ ِ ِ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎﻣﻮﳻ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼمُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ٰ ُ ُ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎﮬﺮون ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼمُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ ٌ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎﺷﻌﻴﺐ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم ◌‬ ‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎ ِا ا ِﻫﻴﻢ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼمُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ ٰ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎ اِﲰ ِﻌﻴﻞ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ َ ُ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎداود ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼمُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ ٰ ُ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎﺳﻠﻴﻤﻦ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ َ َ َّ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎزﮐ ِﺮايءﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم◌‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎﳛﲕ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼمُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ُ َ ُ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎ ﺷﻊ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎاﳋ ِﴬﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎاِﻟﻴﺎس ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼمُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎاﻟﻴﺴﻊ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ ْ َ َ ْ َّ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم ◌‬ ‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎذاﻟﮑِﻔ ِﻞ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎ ِﻋﻴﴗ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ◌‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َّ ٌ َ َّ ُ َ َ ْ ِ َ َ ّ َ َ ّ ُ َ َ َ ُ ُ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ ّ ُ‬
‫َ‬
‫و ِابﻻﲰﺎ ِءاﻟ ِﱴ دﻋﺎک ِﲠﺎ ﳏﻤﺪ ﺻﲇ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ﻧ ِﺒﻴﮏ ورﺳﻮﻟﮏ وﺣ ِﺒﻴﺒﮏ وﺻ ِﻔﻴﮏ ◌‬
‫َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ ُ ْ َ ُّ‬
‫اي ﻗﺎل وﻗﻮﻟﻪ اﳊﻖ ◌‬
‫َوﷲُ َﺧﻠَ َﻘ ُﮑ ْﻢ َو َﻣﺎ َﺗ ْﻌ َﻤﻠُ َ‬
‫ﻮن ◌‬

‫‪So I beseech You, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah,‬‬

‫‪O Ever-Living, O Self-Existing, O Lord of Majesty and Honour.‬‬

‫)‪None is to be worshipped but You; Glory is to You! Indeed, I acted improperly. (21:87‬‬

‫‪I beseech You (O Allah) by the means of what Your Kursi carries of Your Exaltedness,‬‬
‫;‪and Your Majesty, and Your Radiance, and Your Power, and Your Sovereignty‬‬
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and by the right of Your hidden, protected, pure Names,
which none of Your creation knows about,
and by the right of the Name which You placed on the night so that it darkened,
and on the day so that it brightened,
and on the heavens so that they were raised up,
and on the earth so that it was firmly established,
and on the seas so that they flowed,
and on the water springs so that they gushed forth,
and on the clouds so that they rained.
And I beseech You by the Names which are written on the forehead of Sayyidina Jibril ,
and by the Names which are written on the forehead of Sayyidina Israfil ,
and on (the foreheads) of all the angels.
And I beseech You by means of the Names which are written around the Throne,
and by the means of the Names which are written around the Kursi.
And I beseech You by the means of Your most Mighty, Exalted Name
by which You have named Yourself,
and I beseech You by the right of all Your Names,
those which I know and those which I do not know.
And I beseech You by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Adam beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Nuh beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Salih beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Yunus beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Musa beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Harun beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Shu‘ayb beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Ibrahim beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Isma‘il beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Dawud beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Sulayman beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Zakariyya beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Yahya beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Yusha‘ beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (the saint) al-Khadir (Khidr) beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Ilyas beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) al-Yasa‘ beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Dhu’l Kifl beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) ‘Isa beseeched You,
and by the Names by which (Sayyidina Nabi) Muhammad ,
Your Prophet and Your Messenger, Your Beloved and Your Selected one, beseeched You.
O You Who said, and His Word is true:
And Allah has created you and what you do. (37:96)

Here ends the translation of the tawassul.

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From whom else can we learn all this except from Imam al-Jazuli , a direct descendant of the
Prophet ?

Imam al-Jazuli loves the wasila (means, mediation) of Asma’ Allah (the Most Beautiful
Names of Allah ) so much that he has repeated it, with a slight change of wording, in another
fasl (part) of the Dalaail. In that fasl, he has also included the names of such great Prophets
as Sayyidina Nabi Hud , Sayyidina Nabi Ayyub , Sayyidina Nabi Ya‘qub , and
Sayyidina Nabi Yusuf , who also beseeched Allah by means of his Most Beautiful
Names.

Allahu Akbar (Allah is Supremely Great!)

There is more du‘a through the means (mediation) of Asma’ Allah and Sifaat (the Noble
Attributes of Allah ) in which the names of many Prophets have been mentioned as in this
instance, indicating his special relationship with the Prophets .

َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ََ ّ َ َ َ َ َّ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ّ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ا ِِﱏ اﺳﺎﻟﮏ ِابﻧﮏ ﻣﺎﻟ ِِﲃ وﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪی وﻣﻮﻻی و ِﺛﻘ ِﱴ ورﺟ‬
‫ﺎﰄ‬
َ َ
َّ ْ َ َ ّ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َْ َ ْ ََْ َ ْ ْ َّ َ ْ ُ َ ُ َ ْ َ
‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم‬ ‫ﱪ ﻧ ِﺒ ِﻴﮏ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬ ِ ‫ﻗ‬ ‫و‬ ◌ ‫ام‬ِ ‫ﺮ‬َ َ ‫اﳊ‬ ‫ﺮ‬
ِ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﺸ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫و‬ ◌ ‫ام‬ ِ ‫ﺮ‬َ َ ‫اﳊ‬ ‫ﺪ‬
ِ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫و‬ ◌ ‫ام‬ ِ ‫ﺮ‬َ َ ‫اﳊ‬ ‫اﺳﺎﻟﮏ ِﲝﺮﻣ ِﺔ اﻟﺸﻬ ِﺮ‬
َ
َ ‫ﺎﻻ ﻳَ ْﻌﻠَ ُﻢ ِﻋ ْﻠ َﻤ ُﻪ ا ِّﻻ َا ْﻧ‬َ َ ُّ َ ّ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ّ ُ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ‫َا ْن‬
◌‫ﺖ‬ ‫ﴫف ﻋ ِﲎ ِ اﻟﺴﻮ ِء ﻣ‬ ِ ‫ﺗ‬ ‫و‬ ◌ ‫ﺖ‬ ‫ﻧ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ِﻻ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻪ‬‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻋ‬
ِ ‫ﻢ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﻳ‬ ‫ﺎﻻ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﲑ‬ِ ‫اﳋ‬ ِ ‫ﱄ‬ ِ َ
‫ﺐ‬ ‫ﲥ‬
َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ ُ ُ َّ َ َ َ ٰ ْ َ َ ْ ٰ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ً ْ َ َ ٓ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ اي وﻫﺐ ِﻻدم ِﺷﻴﺜﺎ و ِ ِﻻ ا ِﻫﻴﻢ اِﲰ ِﻌﻴﻞ واِﲮﻖ ورد ﺳﻒ ﻳﻌﻘﻮب واي ﮐﺸﻒ‬
َ َ َ َُ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ََ ْ َْ َ َ ََ ُّ َّ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ُ ّ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ
‫اود ُﺳﻠ ْ َامي َن ◌ َوﻟ َِﺰﮐ ِﺮ ّاي‬ ‫ﴬ ِﰲ ِﻋﻠ ِﻤ ِﻪ واي وﻫﺐ ﻟِﺪ‬ ِِ ‫اﳋ‬ ‫ِﺪ‬ ‫ﺋ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ز‬ ‫اي‬ ‫و‬ ِ
‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ِ ‫ا‬ ‫ےل‬
َ ‫ا‬ِ ‫ﻮﳻ‬ َ ُ
‫ﻣ‬ ‫د‬ ‫اﻟﺒﻼء ا ب واي ر‬
ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ‫َ ْﳛ‬
◌‫ﺐ‬ ٍ ‫ﲕ ◌ وﻟِﻤﺮﻳﻢ ِﻋﻴﴗ ◌ وايﺣﺎ ِﻓﻆ اﺑﻨ ِﺔ ﺷﻌﻴ‬
َ‫ﲔ َو ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ َﺳ ِﻠ ْﲔ‬ َ ْ ‫اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ّﻴ‬ َّ ْ َ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ َ ّ َ ُ ْ َ َ ُ َ ٔ ْ َ
ِ َ ِ‫ﲨﻴﻊ‬ ِ ‫اﺳﺎﻟﮏ ان ﺗﺼ ِﲇ ﻋﻠﮯ ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و‬
َ َ
َ َ ْ َّ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ
‫واي وﻫﺐ ﻟِﻤﺤﻤ ٍﺪ ﺻﲇ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ اﻟﺸﻔﺎﻋﺔ واﻟﺪ رﺟﺔ اﻟﺮ ِﻓﻴﻌﺔ‬
َ‫ﮏ َو ُﻏ ْﻔ َﺮاﻧَﮏ‬ َ َ‫ﮏ َو َا َﻣﺎﻧ‬ َ َ‫ﺐ ﱄ ر ْﺿ َﻮاﻧ‬ َ َُ َّ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ َّ ُ ُ ُ َ ُ ْ َ َ ُُ َ َْ َْ
ِ ِ ‫ﻮﰉ ﳇﻬﺎو ِﲡﲑ ِﱏ ِ اﻟﻨﺎ ِر ◌ و ِﺟ‬ ِ ‫ان ﺗﻐ ِﻔﺮ ِﱄ ذ ِﰉ ◌ وﺗﺴﱰ ِﱄ ﻋﻴ‬
‫ﮏ‬ َ َ‫َوا ِْﺣ َﺴﺎﻧ‬
َ‫ﺎﳊ ِْﲔ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺼ‬َّ َ َ َ ُ ّ َ َ ْ ْ ّ ّ َ َ ْ ّ َّ َ ِ ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َّ َ َ َّ ُ َ
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺪﻳ ِﻘﲔ واﻟﺸﻬﺪا ِء و‬ ِ ‫ﳱﻢ اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ِﻴﲔ و‬ ِ ‫وﲤ ِﺘﻌ ِﲎ ِﰲ ﺟﻨ ِﺘﮏ ﻣﻊ اﻟ ِﺬ اﻧﻌﻤﺖ ﻋﻠ‬
َ ْ َ ّ ُ َ َ َ َّ
◌ ٌ ْ ‫ﳽ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﰻ‬ ِ ‫اِﻧﮏ‬

O Allah! I beseech You because indeed You are my Owner, and my Master,
and my Patron, my Trust and my Hope.
I beseech You by the means of the sanctity of the Holy Month,
and the Holy Land (of Makkah),
and the Holy Sanctuary (the station of Muzdalifa),

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and the tomb of Your Prophet, peace be upon him,
that You give me something from the goodness of which no one has knowledge except You,
and turn away from me evil of which no one has knowledge except You.
O Allah! O the One Who bestowed (Nabi) Shith to (Nabi) Adam ,
and (Nabi) Isma‘il and Nabi Ishaq to (Nabi) Ibrahim ,
and returned (Nabi) Yusuf to (Nabi) Ya‘qub .
And O You Who removed the affliction from (Nabi) Ayyub .
And O You Who returned (Nabi) Musa to his mother .
And O You Who increased (the saint) Khadir (Khidr) in his knowledge.
And O You Who bestowed (Nabi) Sulayman to (Nabi) Dawud ,
and (Nabi) Yahya to (Nabi) Zakariyya ,
and (Nabi) ‘Isa to Sayyidah Maryam .
And O You Who protected the daughter of (Nabi) Shu‘ayb .
I beseech You to bless Sayyidina Muhammad
and all the Prophets , and all the Prophetic Messengers .
And O You Who bestowed Intercession and high rank on Sayyidina Muhammad ;
(I beseech You) that You forgive me my sins, and hide for me all my faults,
and protect me from hell-fire;
and grant me Your Approval, Safety, Pardon, and Beneficence;
and let me savour the delight in Your Paradise with those whom You have favoured
among the Prophets , the Truthful, the martyrs and the virtuous.

Indeed You are Powerful over all things. (3:26)

Another duʻa’ from the Dalaail, easy to memorize, from which we can surely benefit is:

ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ﱰک اﳉ ِﻤﻴ ِﻞ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ اﺳﱰان ِﺑ ِﺴ‬

O Allah! Cover us (our faults) with Your Beautiful Covering.

This du‘a’ is to be recited three times.

The kitab ends with a duʻa’ for Imam al-Jazuli .

َ‫ﲔ َ ْ َم ْاﻟ ِﻘ ٰﻴﻤ ِﺔ‬

َ ْ ‫اﻟﺼ ّ ِﺪ ْﻳ ِﻘ‬ َّ َ ْ ُ َ ْ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ّ َ ٔ ُ ْ ْ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
َ ْ ‫اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ّﻴ‬
ِّ ‫ﲔ َو‬
ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ اﻏ ِﻔﺮ ﻟِﻤﻮ ِﻟ ِﻔ ِﻪ وارﲪﻪ واﺟﻌﻠﻪ ِ اﻟﻤﺤﺸﻮ ِر ِﰲ زﻣﺮ ِۃ‬
َ ‫ﺑ َﻔ ْﻀﻠ‬
ٰ ْ ‫ﮏ َاي َر‬
‫ﲪ ُﻦ‬ ِ ِ

O Allah! Forgive the author and have mercy on him,

and raise him up in the company of the Prophets and the Truthful,
on the Day of Judgement, with Your Grace, O the Most Beneficent.

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It is but appropriate for us to add:

Allahumma’j ‘alnaa maʻahum

O Allah! Keep us together with them. Ameen.

Al-Fatiha!

Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

Toronto, 1417 A.H / 1996 C.E.
Updated 1436 A.H / 2015 C.E.

Reference

Imam Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli , Dalaail u’l Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds),
with Sharh (Explanation in Arabic in the footnotes) by Shaykh ‘Abdul Majid ash-Shurnubi al-
Azhari, Cairo, 1415 A.H / 1994 C.E.

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 َّ ٰ ْ َّ
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬

Chapter Seven

MISHKAAT U’S-SALAWAAT
(A NICHE OF LIT-UP BLESSINGS)

of: PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD ELIAS BURNEY

An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

1. A RARE TREASURE

Mishkaat u’s-Salawaat (A Niche of Lit-Up Blessings) compiled by Professor Muhammad Elias

Burney al-Faruqi (1307-1378 A.H. / 1890-1959 C.E.) of India is a rare treasure, a
manifestation of overflowing love for Allah and our beloved Prophet, Sayyidina wa Mawlana
Hadrat Muhammad al-Mustafa . Professor Burney says in the introduction, that in
compiling his book, he has mainly referenced the works of five preceding luminaries who have
written on the subject of salawaat (invocation of blessings on the Beloved Prophet ), that is:

(a) Dalaail u’l-Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds) of Imam Muhammad Sulayman al-Jazuli ,
(b) Kanzu’l ‘Ummaal (The Treasure of Workers of Righteousness) of Hadrat ‘Ali al-Muttaqi ,
which is a voluminous book of Hadith (Sayings of Prophet Muhammad ),
(c) Hizbu’l A‘zam (The Great Supplication in seven parts) of Hadrat Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari ,
(d) Majmu‘atul Awraad wa’l-Ahzaab (Collected Regular Voluntary Invocations) of ‘Allamah
Kamishkhaanwi , which I have not come across yet, and
(e) three kutub (books) of Imam Yusuf ibn Isma‘il an-Nabhaani , that is, Salawaat u’s-Sanaa
(The Shining Blessings), Afdal u’s-Salawaat (The Best of Blessings) and Sa‘aadatu’d Daarayn
(Happiness here and in the Hereafter).

And in keeping with ancient Muslim scholarly tradition, his book is in seven parts which provide
recitation for seven days of the week. Each part takes about 10 to 20 minutes to recite.

Professor Burney was from Bulandshahr District, India. His saintly ancestors came to India
from Bukhara. He wrote voluminously in Arabic, Urdu, Persian and English, and Mishkaat u’s-
Salawaat is considered his major work.

Professor Burney’s khalifa (deputy), Qaari Muhammad ‘Abdul Haleem Eliasi who is well-
known for his transliteration of the Holy Qur’an, has done a great service to Muslims in
translating, transliterating and publishing Mishkaat u’s-Salawaat in thirteen editions, establishing
a very high standard of scholarship and showing a deep sense of love for Allah , for

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Rasulullah and for his shaykh. He says in the Preface that he has also translated it in Urdu,
and plans to translate it in Hindi and Telugu. He has dedicated the translation and the
transliteration to all those who love, revere and follow the beloved Prophet Muhammad , and
quotes the following verse of the Holy Qur’an Karim:

∩⊆∪ x8tø.ÏŒ y7s9 $uΖ÷èsùu‘uρ

And exalted for you your zikr (remembrance) (O Prophet ). (94:4)

Each part of the book starts with the niyyah (intention) as in Dalaail u’l-Khayraat of Imam al-
Jazuli , followed by Salaat u’s-Sa‘aadah (the blessing of happiness and bliss); and ends with
As-Salaat u’l-Munjiya (also known as Salaat Tunjina) (the blessing of deliverance from
calamities), and salaams (greetings of peace) on all the Prophets , as in the following verses
of the Holy Qur’an Karim.

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∩⊇∇⊄∪ š⎥⎫Ïϑn=≈yèø9$# Éb>u‘

Glory is to your Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power.
(He is free) from what they ascribe (to Him).
And peace be on the Prophetic Messengers.
And all praise is for Allah, the Lord of the worlds. (37:180-182)

2. SALAWAAT WITH VERSES OF THE HOLY QUR’AN

The beauty of the first two parts of the book is the way verses of the Qur’an Kareem are woven
with salawaat on the Noble Prophet as follows:

ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
: ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﻠﺖ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ‬
∩∈∉∪ $¸ϑŠÎ=ó¡n@ (#θßϑÏk=y™uρ Ïμø‹n=tã (#θ=|¹ (#θãΖtΒ#u™ š⎥⎪Ï%©!$# $pκš‰r'¯≈tƒ 4 Äc©É<¨Ζ9$# ’n?tã tβθ=|Áム…çμtGx6Íׯ≈n=tΒuρ ©!$# ¨βÎ)

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad.

You (O Allah) said concerning this:
Indeed, Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet.
O you who believe! Invoke (Allah’s) blessings on him,
and salute him with a worthy salutation. (33:56)

ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
: ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ا ﻟﺖ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬

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 ∩⊆∪ 7‰ymr& #·θàà2 …ã&©! ⎯ä3tƒ öΝs9uρ ∩⊂∪ ô‰s9θムöΝs9uρ ô$Î#tƒ öΝs9 ∩⊄∪ ߉yϑ¢Á9$# ª!$# ∩⊇∪ î‰ymr& ª!$# uθèδ ö≅è%

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on Sayyidina Muhammad,

to whom You revealed (Surah Ikhlas):
Say (O Prophet ): He, Allah is One.
Allah, The Self-Sufficient, Eternally Besought.
He begets not, nor was He begotten;
and there is none like Him. (112:1-4)

ُ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
:‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ اﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﻠﺖ ﻟﻪ‬
∩⊂⊇∪ ÒΟ‹Ïm§‘ Ö‘θàxî ª!$#uρ 3 ö/ä3t/θçΡèŒ ö/ä3s9 öÏøótƒuρ ª!$# ãΝä3ö7Î6ósム‘ÏΡθãèÎ7¨?$$sù ©!$# tβθ™7Åsè? óΟçFΖä. βÎ) ö≅è%

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,

to whom You said:
Say (O Prophet ): If you love Allah, follow me;
Allah will love you and forgive you your sins,
and Allah is Forgiving, Most Merciful. (3:31)

ُ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
:‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﻠﺖ ﻟﻪ‬
∩⊇⊃∠∪ š⎥⎫Ïϑn=≈yèù=Ïj9 ZπtΗôqy‘ ωÎ) š≈oΨù=y™ö‘r& !$tΒuρ

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,

to whom You said:
And We sent you not but as a mercy for all the worlds. (21:107)

3. THE HOLY PROPHET BRINGS GLAD TIDINGS

Part three of the book presents salawaat on the blessed Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad al-
Mustafa as the bearer of glad tidings for various categories of his followers. For example, he
is the bearer of glad tidings for mu’minin (Faithful Muslim believers) as in the following salaat:

ٰ َ َ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ ٔ ْ ُ ْ ّ َ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
:‫ﴩ ﻟِﻠﻤﻮ ِﻣ ِﻨﲔ ِﲟﺎ ﻗﺎل ﷲ ﺗﻌﺎﱄ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﲑ اﻟﻤﺒ‬
ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ اﻟﺒ ِﺸ‬
∩⊆∠∪ #ZÎ7x. WξôÒsù «!$# z⎯ÏiΒ Μçλm; ¨βr'Î/ t⎦⎫ÏΖÏΒ÷σßϑø9$# ÎÅe³o0uρ

∩⊇∈⊄∪ t⎦⎫ÏΖÏΒ÷σßϑø9$# ’n?tã @≅ôÒsù ρèŒ ª!$#uρ

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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,
the bearer of glad tidings
who conveys the glad tidings to the Faithful Muslim believers
about which Allah, The Exalted said:
And give glad tidings to the Faithful Muslim believers
that they shall have a great bounty from Allah. (33:47)
And Allah is full of Graciousness towards the Faithful Muslim believers. (3:152)

In the same way, the beloved Prophet brought glad tidings for:

muslimeen (Muslims, those who believe in Allah and in Prophet Muhammad ; and before
the time of Prophet Muhammad , those who believed in Allah and in the Prophet sent
by Allah for their time, as mentioned in the Qur’an in verse 22:78),
ummatihi (his community of followers, 3:110),
daa‘een (the propagators of Islam, those who enjoin good and forbid evil, 3:104),
shaahideen (witnesses of the Truth, 5:83, 3:53),
muti‘een (those who obey Allah and His Prophet , 4:69-70),

mujahideen (those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah , 4:95-96),
Muhajireen and Ansaar (Companions of the Prophet who migrated from Makkah to
Madina, and their Helpers in Madina, 8:74, 59:8-9),
mutawakkileen (those who put their trust in Allah , 3:159, 9:129),
saabireen (those who endure the ordeals of life patiently, 2:153, 2:156-157, 3:146),
shuhadaa’ (the martyrs, 2:154, 3:169-171),

muttaqeen (the pious, the righteous who are in reverential awe of Allah , 2:1-5, 2:194),
mukhliseen (sincerely devoted to Allah , 98:5, 40:65),
‘aabideen (worshippers of Allah , 39:11-12, 13:36, 15:98-99),
musalleen (those who offer Salah, prescribed Prayers, 29:45, 2:238),
zaakireen (who do zikr, remember Allah , 2:152, 62:10, 13:28, 33:35),

musabbiheen (who praise and glorify Allah , 59:1, 33:41-44),

haamideen (who praise Allah , 18:1, 17:111),
shaakireen (the grateful, 2:172, 16:78),
munibeen (the penitent who turn to Allah in repentance and devotion, 42:13, 50:33-34,
11:75),
mukhbiteen (the humble and lowly before Allah , 22:34-35),

qaaniteen (the pious who adore Allah , 39:9),

khaaifeen (who fear Allah , 55:46, 79:40-41),
khaashi‘een (the humble who are in reverential awe of Allah , 23:1-2, 2:45-46, 36:11),
mustaghfireen (who ask forgiveness from Allah , 4:110, 40:7, 8:33),
tawwaabeen (who repent to Allah , 6:54, 66:8, 42:25, 2:222),

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as-saaileen (those who ask from Allah , or who ask to learn, 2:186, 40:60),
‘aamileen (who work righteously, 16:97, 40:40, 39:74),
saaimeen (who observe fast, 2:185),
hujjaj (Hajj pilgrims, 3:96-97, 2:197),
zaahideen (the pious abstainers who do not long for this world, 18:46),

saaliheen (the righteous, 7:196, 5:9, 3:114),

saadiqeen (the truthful, 9:119, 5:119),
muhsineen (the morally excellent who do good to others, 2:195, 7:56, 9:120, 29:69),
muqarrabeen (those who are drawn near to Allah , 56:88-89, 56:10-16),

faaizeen (the successful in this life and in the Hereafter, 10:63-64, 57:12),
al-abraar (the virtuous, the righteous, 2:177), and
munfiqeen (who spend in the way of Allah , 2:261-263, 2:268, 3:92, 2:215,
2:273-274, 3:133-134).

Each of these sifaat (attributes) has a salaat woven around one or more verses of the Holy
Qur’an. For example:

ٰ َ َ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ ّ َ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
:‫ﴩ ﻟِﻠﺰا ِﻫ ِﺪ ِﲟﺎﻗﺎل ﷲ ﺗﻌﺎﱄ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟﺒ ِﺸ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﲑ اﻟﻤﺒ‬
∩⊆∉∪ WξtΒr& îöyzuρ $\/#uθrO y7În/u‘ y‰ΖÏã îöyz àM≈ysÎ=≈¢Á9$# àM≈uŠÉ)≈t7ø9$#uρ ( $u‹÷Ρ‘‰9$# Íο4θuŠysø9$# èπuΖƒÎ— tβθãΖt6ø9$#uρ ãΑ$yϑø9$#

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,

the bearer of glad tidings
who conveys the glad tidings to the pious abstainers
about which Allah, The Exalted said:
Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world;
but the good deeds which are lasting,
are better with your Lord in reward
and better in expectation. (18:46)

There are 38 such salawaat with a total of 116 verses from the Glorious Qur’an. Professor
Burney thus conveys the hidaya (guidance) from the Holy Qur’an and adds to it the
barakaat (blessings) of salawaat.

4. FAMOUS SALAWAAT
Besides As-Salaatu Ibrahimiyyah, there are various other well-known salawaat in this book, of
which perhaps the more popular are As-Salaat u’t-Taajiyyah (called Durood Taj in Urdu), As-
Salaat u’l-Qur’aniyyah, Salaat u’l-Fatih, Salaat u’t-Tafreejiyyah, and Salaat u’l-‘Aali’l Qadr. As-
Salaat u’t-Taajiyyah is normally recited to begin a majlis (spiritual gathering) of Zikr, as-Salaat

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u’l-Qur’aniyyah forms part of the du‘a’ (supplication) when one completes the recitation of the
whole Qur’an, Salaat u’l-Fatih is a recommended wird (regular voluntary invocation), Salaat u’t-
Tafreejiyyah is normally recited after Salaah (obligatory five times daily Prayers), while
Salaatu’l ‘Aali’l Qadr has been especially recommended to be recited on Fridays.

These salawaat are found in many books of salawaat and azkaar (supplications) which also
explain the merit and benefits of reciting these salawaat. As-Salaat u’t-Taajiyyah is very
popular. It was originally written by al-Habib AbiBakr bin Salim al-‘Alawi al-Husayni, (919-
992 A.H), and is included in many books, namely,

• Rasaailu Haammah fi’l-Ad‘iyah (Important Writings on Supplications, p. 320), which is

anonymous, and

• Risaalat ul-Hajj al-Mabrur wa Sa‘yan Mashkur (A Treatise on Accepted Hajj and

Meritorious Sa‘y, p. 180) of Shaykh Muhammad ‘AbdAllah bin Shaykh al-Husayni Ba
‘Alawi . (Sa‘y is one of the ceremonies of Hajj and ‘Umra and involves running
between the hills of Safa and Marwa in Makkah seven times).

Since then, as-Salaat u’t-Taajiyyah has been added to by one or more ‘ulama (scholars), and in
its present form it is about twice as much, and is included in many books such as:

• Qadiri Ridwi (Rizwi) Majmu‘ah Wazaaif (Collected Regular Voluntary Invocations in

the Qadiri Ridwi Tariqa) of (Janab) Iqbal Ahmad Nuri and (Janab) Anees Ahmad Nuri
(in Urdu), and

• Durood Shareef (Noble Blessings) of Khwaja Nisar (Nithaar) Ahmad (in Urdu).

Salaat u’l-Fatih is especially popular in West Africa. If you are on Hajj, and you meet someone
from West Africa, the best way to begin a conversation is to talk about Salat u’l-Fatih. Some of
the books it is included in are:

• An-Nafahaatu’l ‘Anbariyyah fi’s Salaati ‘alaa Khayri’l Bariyyah (The Fragrance of

Amber in the Blessing on the Best of Creation) of al-‘Allamah as-Sayyid Muhammad bin
Hadi bin Hasan ibn ‘AbdurRahman as-Saqqaf al-Husayni ,

• Abwaab u’l-Faraj (Doors of freedom from sorrow), and Shawaariq u’l-Anwaar (Brilliant
Burst of Sunshine), both of Imam as-Sayyid Muhammad bin ‘Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani
, and

• Afdal u’s-Salawaat (The Best of Blessings) of Imam Yusuf ibn Isma‘il an-Nabhaani
in which he also gives a sharh (appreciative explanation) and merit of each salaat
(blessing).

Salaat ut-Tafreejiyyah is even more famous as it is included in all the books just mentioned as
well as in other books such as:

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‫•‬ ‫‪Al-Azkaar wa’l-Awraad (Regular Voluntary Supplications and Invocations) compiled by‬‬
‫‪Muhyuddin bin ‘AbdurRahman bin Muhammad Zanzibari.‬‬

‫‪Let us begin with “As-salaat u’t-Taajiyyah” (in its expanded form) which takes the beloved‬‬
‫‪Prophet’s mi‘raj (heavenly ascension) for its main theme.‬‬

‫‪As-Salaat u’t-Taajiyyah‬‬

‫َّ ْ ٰ َّ‬
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬
‫)‪∩∈∉∪ $¸ϑŠÎ=ó¡n@ (#θßϑÏk=y™uρ Ïμø‹n=tã (#θ=|¹ (#θãΖtΒ#u™ š⎥⎪Ï%©!$# $pκš‰r'¯≈tƒ 4 Äc©É<¨Ζ9$# ’n?tã tβθ=|Áム…çμtGx6Íׯ≈n=tΒuρ ©!$# ¨βÎ‬‬
‫َ ٰ ّ ُ َّ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ‬
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانوﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
‫َّ َ ْ ْ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اق واﻟﻌﻠ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫اج واﻟﱪ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺎج واﻟ ِﻤﻌﺮ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺐ اﻟﺘ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺣ ِ‬
‫ْ َٔ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ ٓ َْ‬ ‫َ ْ َ‬
‫ﱂ‪،‬‬ ‫داﻓِﻊِ اﻟ َﺒﻼ ِء َواﻟ َﻮ َاب ِء َواﻟﻘ ْﺤ ِﻂ َواﻟ َﻤ َﺮ ِض َواﻻ ِ‬
‫َّ ْ ِ َ ْ َ َ‬ ‫ْ ُ ٗ َ ْ ُ ْ ٌ َّ ُ ْ ٌ َّ ْ ُ ْ ٌ َ ْ ُ ْ ٌ‬
‫اِﲰﻪ ﻣﮑﺘﻮب ﻣ ْﺮﻓﻮع ﻣﺸﻔﻮع ﻣﻨﻘﻮش ِﰲ اﻟﻠﻮح واﻟﻘﻠ ِﻢ‪،‬‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ّ ََْ َ ْ‬
‫ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪاﻟﻌﺮ ِب واﻟﻌﺠ ِﻢ‪،‬‬
‫ْ‬ ‫ﺟ ْﺴ ُﻤ ٗﻪ ُﻣ َﻘ َّﺪ ٌس ُّﻣ َﻌ َّﻄ ٌﺮ ُّﻣ َﻄ َّﻬ ٌﺮ ُّﻣ َﻨ َّﻮ ٌرﰲ اﻟ َﺒ ْ‬
‫ْ‬
‫ﺖ َواﳊَ َﺮ ِم‪،‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ْ َ ِ ُّ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ْ ّ ٰ ْ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫َْ‬
‫ﻒ اﻟ َﻮ ٰری ِﻣﺼﺒﺎح اﻟﻈﻠ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴰ ِﺲ اﻟﻀ ٰ َﺑﺪ ِراﻟﺪ َﺻﺪ ِراﻟﻌ ٰﲇ ْ ِراﻟ ُﻬﺪی ﮐ ْﻬ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْ ُْ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱈ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻻ َ‬ ‫ّ َ َ ْ ُْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺐ اﳉﻮ ِد واﻟﮑﺮ ِم‪،‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺣ‬‫ِ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﺷ ِﻔﻴﻊِ‬ ‫ﲨ ْﻴ ِﻞ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ُ َ ٗ‬ ‫َ ُ َ ُ ٗ َ ْ ُْ َ ُ ُ َ ْ َُ ُ َ ُ ْ‬
‫ﱪاق َﻣ ْﺮﮐ ُﺒﻪ ‪َ ،‬واﻟ ِﻤ ْﻌ َﺮاج َﺳﻔ ُﺮە ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱪﻳﻞ ﺧﺎ ِدﻣﻪ ‪ ،‬واﻟ‬ ‫ﺎﲳﻪ‪ ،‬و ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫وﷲ ﻋ ِ‬
‫ُٗ‬ ‫ْ ُٗ ْ ْ ُ‬ ‫ُ ٗ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎب َﻗ ْﻮ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻣ ٗﻪ ‪َ ،‬و َﻗ َ‬ ‫َو ِﺳ ْﺪ َر ُۃ ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﻨ َﳤ ٰﻲ َﻣ َﻘ ُ‬
‫ﲔ َﻣ ْﻄﻠ ْﻮ ُﺑﻪ ‪َ ،‬واﻟ َﻤ ْﻄﻠ ْﻮ ُب َﻣﻘ ُﺼ ْﻮدە َواﻟ َﻤﻘ ُﺼ ْﻮد َﻣ ْﻮ ُﺟ ْﻮدە‪،‬‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ّ‬
‫ﲪ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠ ٰﻌﻠ ِﻤ ْ َ‬ ‫ﲔ‪َ ،‬ر ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﲔ‪ ،‬ا ِﻧ ْﻴ ِﺲ اﻟﻐﺮ ْﻳ ِﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﲔ‪َ ،‬ﺷ ِﻔ ْﻴﻊِ اﻟ ُﻤﺬ ِﻧ ِﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ّﻴ ْ َ‬ ‫َ ّ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ‬
‫ﲔ‪،‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪ اﻟﻤﺮﺳ ِﻠﲔ‪ ،‬ﺧﺎﺗ ِﻢ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﻟﮑ ْ َ‬ ‫َّ‬ ‫ﲔ‪َ ِ ،‬‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﴰ ِﺲ اﻟ َﻌﺎ ِر ِﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﲔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﲔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﺮا ِد اﻟ ُﻤ ْﺸ َﺘﺎ ِﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ ِﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺣ ِﺔ ْاﻟ َ‬
‫َر َ‬
‫ِﲔ ‪،‬‬ ‫اج‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﴎ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻌ‬
‫ﲔ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺐ ْاﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮ ٓا ِء َو ْاﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ َابٓ ِء َو ْاﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎﮐِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﲔ ‪ُ ،‬ﳏ ِ ّ‬ ‫ﺎح ْاﻟ ُﻤ َﻘ َّﺮ ِﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﺼ َﺒ ِ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َّ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ّ َّ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﲔ‪،‬‬‫ﺐ ﻗﺎب ﻗﻮﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﰲ اﻟﺪار ِ ‪ ،‬ﺻﺎ ِﺣ ِ‬ ‫ﲔ‪ ،‬و ِﺳﻴﻠ ِﺘﻨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎم اﻟ ِﻘﺒﻠﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﲔ ‪ ،‬اِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﱮ اﳊﺮﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﲔ‪ ،‬ﻧ ِ ّ‬ ‫ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪ اﻟﺜﻘﻠ ِ‬
‫ِ‬
‫َ ْ ُ ْ َ ّ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ّ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ّ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ َْ‬
‫ﲔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﲔ‪ ،‬ﻣﻮﻻان و ﻣﻮﱄ اﻟﺜﻘﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﲔ ﺟ ِﺪاﳊﺴ ِﻦ واﳊﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﲔ و ر ِب اﻟﻤﻐ ِﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﴩﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﳏﺒﻮ ِب ر ِب اﻟﻤ ِ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ َْ ِِ ُ َ‬
‫ﺎﰟ ﳏ َ ّﻤ ِﺪ ْ ِ َﻋ ْﺒ ِﺪ ﷲِ‪ٍ ْ ،‬ر ِّ ْ ْ ِرﷲِ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ِﰉ اﻟﻘ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ٰ َ ُّ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ُ‬
‫ايﳞﺎاﻟﻤﺸﺘﺎﻗﻮن ِﻟﻨﻮ ِر ﲨﺎ ِﻟﻪٖ‬

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 َ ‫َﺻ ّﻠُ ْﻮ‬
ً، ‫اﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو ٰا ِﻟﻪٖ َو َا ْﲱَﺎ ِﺑﻪٖ َو َﺳ ِّﻠ ُﻤ ْﻮاﺗ َ ْﺴ ِﻠ ْامي‬

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. (1:1)

Indeed, Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet.
O you who believe! Invoke (Allah’s) blessings on him
and salute him with a worthy salutation. (33:56)

O Allah! Bless our master and patron Sayyidina Muhammad,

the wearer of the holy crown,
the one who ascended to the heavens to meet Allah ; the rider of the heavenly Buraq,
and the holder of the flag (of Prophethood) ;
the remover of affliction, epidemic, drought, disease and pain
(with the permission of His Lord).
His name is written, exalted for intercession,
engraved in the Tablet (of Divine Decrees) and the Pen (that writes the Divine Decrees).
He is the leader of Arabs and non-Arabs.
His body is most holy, fragrant, purified,
and luminous in the Sanctuary of the Ka‘ba and its precincts.
He is the rising sun of the morning and the full moon in darkness,
the exalted leader, the light of guidance, refuge for the creatures and a lamp in darkness.
He has beautiful character, is the intercessor for all people,
one endowed with generosity and nobility.
Allah is his Protector
and Sayyidina Jibril attends on him.
The heavenly Buraq is his conveyance and the Heavenly Ascension is his (well-known) journey,
and Sidratu’l Muntaha (farthest point in the heavens) is his station.
His wish was to attain up to the proximity of “Qaaba Qawsayn”
(to draw nearest to Allah, a distance of two bows length).
He intended to realize this wish and the intention was achieved.
He is the leader of the Messengers of Allah
and the last in the line of Prophets;
the intercessor for sinners, a close friend of strangers,
mercy for all the worlds,
comfort for those who love him and the one wished for by yearning souls,
the sun of the gnostics, and the lamp for those who travel on the path to Allah ,
the light for those who are drawn near to Allah ,
the lover of the poor, the strangers and the needy,
the leader of jinn and people,
the Prophet of the two holy sanctuaries (of Makkah and Madinah),
the leader of the two Qiblas (the Ka‘ba in Makkah and before that, Masjid al-Aqsa),
our mediator (with Allah ) in both the worlds,
the one who did attain up to the proximity of “Qaaba Qawsayn”,
(one who drew closest to Allah, a distance of two bows length or even less),
the Beloved of the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests;

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the grandfather of Sayyidina Imam al-Hasan and Sayyidina Imam al-Husayn ,
our patron and the patron of all jinn and people, the father of Qasim,
Muhammad, son of ‘Abdullah, who is light from Allah’s Light.
O lovers of the light of his beauty!
Invoke Allah’s blessing on him, his Family and his Companions,
and salute him with a worthy salutation.

Allahumma Salli wa Sallim ‘alayh

O Allah! Bless him and grant him peace.

As-Salaat u’l-Qur’aniyyah
َ ٰ َ ُ ّ ّ َ ّٰ َ
ٖ‫اﻟﻠ ُﻬ ّﻢ َﺻ ِﻞ َو َﺳ ِﻠ ْﻢ َ ٰ َﺳ ِ ّﻴ ِﺪ َانﳏ َ ّﻤ ٍﺪ َو َ ٰ ا ِﻟﻪٖ َوا ْﲱَﺎ ِﺑﻪ‬
ً َْ ً َْ ّ ُ َ َ َ ً ْ َ ً ْ َ ْٰ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ
‫ﰻ َﺣ ْﺮ ٍف اﻟﻔﺎاﻟﻔﺎ‬ ِ ‫ﲨﻴﻊِ اﻟﻘﺮا ِن ﺣﺮﻓﺎﺣﺮﻓﺎو ِﺑﻌﺪ ِد‬ ِ ‫ﺎﰲ‬ِ ‫ِﺑﻌﺪ ِدﻣ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,
and on his Family and Companions,
as many times as the number of all the letters in the Qur’an,
and for each letter, thousands of blessings.

Salaat u’l-Fatih

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ ْ َ ‫ﴏ اﻃ‬ ٰ ْ ّ ْ ّ ْ َ َ َ ‫ َو ْاﳋَﺎﺗﻢ ﻟ َِﻤ‬،‫ﺎﰌ ﻟ َِﻤ ٓﺎ ٔاُ ْﻏﻠ َﻖ‬ ْ
ِ ِ ‫َاﻟ َﻔ‬
،‫ﮏ اﻟ ُﻤ ْﺴﺘ ِﻘ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ِ َ ِ ‫ﴏاﳊَ ِﻖ ِابﳊَ ِﻖ َواﻟ َﻬﺎ ِد ْی اِﱄ‬ِِ ‫ ان‬،‫ﺎﺳ َﺒﻖ‬ ِِ ِ
ْ َ ْ َْ َ ٰ َ
‫َو ٰ ا ِﻟﻪٖ َﺣ ّﻖ ﻗﺪ ِر ِە َو ِﻣﻘﺪا ِر ِە اﻟ َﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬

O Allah! Bless our master Sayyidina Muhammad,

the Opener of what was closed
and the Seal of that (Prophethood) which preceded;
the Helper of the Truth with the Truth
and the Guide to Your Straight Path,
and on his Family,
rightfully, according to his exalted position and grandeur.

As-Salaat u’t-Tafreejiyyah
(Also known as as-Salaat u’n-Naariyah and as-Salaat u’t-Taaziyyah)

A saalik (traveller on the spiritual path) is recommended to recite this salaat 4444 times in
his/her lifetime.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ً ّ ٓ َ ً َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ً َ َ ً ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺻﻠﻮۃ ﰷ ِﻣﻠﺔ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳﻼﻣﺎاتﻣﺎ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
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 ُ ِٓ َ َ ْ ٰ ْ ُ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ ّ ْ َ َّ
‫اﻟ ِﺬی ﺗﻨ َﺤﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟﻌﻘﺪ وﺗﻨﻔ ِﺮج ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟﮑﺮب وﺗﻘﴤ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﳊﻮاﰀ‬
ْ َ ْ ْ َ ُ ََ ْ َ َْ َُْ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ ُ ٓ َ َّ ُ ََُ
ِ
‫وﺗﻨﺎل ِﺑﻪ اﻟﺮﻏﺎﺋِﺐ وﺣﺴﻦ اﳋﻮا ِﺗ ِﻢ وﻳﺴﺘﺴ اﻟﻐﻤﺎم ِ ﺟ ِﻬﻪ اﻟﮑ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‬ ِ
َ ‫ﰻ َﻣ ْﻌﻠُ ْﻮم َﻟ‬
ّ ُ َ ۢ َََ َ َْ ّ ُ ْ َْ َ ٰ َٰ َ
‫ﮏ‬ ٍ ِ ‫ﰻ ﻟﻤﺤ ٍﺔ وﻧﻔ ٍﺲ ِﺑﻌ ِﺪ ِد‬ ِ ‫و ا ِﻟﻪٖ وﲱ ِﺒﻪٖ ِﰲ‬
O Allah! Bestow complete blessing and perfect peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,
for whose sake difficulties are overcome,
anxieties removed and needs are fulfilled and wishes obtained,
and a blissful end to earthly life attained (with Faith);
and the clouds rain for the sake of the noble countenance of the Prophet,
and (bless and bestow peace as well)
on his Family and Companions
in every moment and every breath,
as many times as everything known to You
(that is, unlimited blessings).

Salaat u’l-‘Aali’l Qadr

ْ‫ﲱﺒﻪٖ َو َﺳ ِّﻠﻢ‬ْ َ ‫ﺎﱄ ْاﻟ َﻘ ْﺪر ْاﻟ َﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴﻢ ْاﳉَﺎ ِە َو َ ٰ ٓ ٰا ِﻟﻪٖ َو‬ َ‫ﱊ ْاﳊَﺒ ْﻴﺐ ْاﻟﻌ‬
ّ ّ ُ ْ ّ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﱮ اﻻ‬ ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ اﻟﻨ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,
the Prophet not taught by anyone (but directly by You, O Allah),
the beloved, of high esteem and great rank,
and (bless and bestow peace as well)
on his Family and Companions.

Salaat u’l-‘Aali’l Qadr is one of the salawaat in the “Salawaat u’l-Hurufiyyah” of Sayyid
Ahmad Dardir , as given in Manba‘ us-Sa‘aadaat (The Fountain of Bliss). The Hurufiyyah
presents the salawaat in alphabetical order, with the salawaat in the letter “hamza” coming
first, followed by the salawaat in the letter “baa”, and ending in the salawaat in the letter
“yaa”! Imam Jalaluddin as-Suyuti , well-known for his tafsir (commentary, exegesis) on the
Qur’an Kareem, has expounded on the merits of Salaat u’l-‘Aali’l Qadr, as explained by Imam
Yusuf ibn Isma‘il an-Nabhaani in Afdal u’s-Salawaat (The Best of Blessings). Some of the
other books that contain this salaat are Al-Hadiyyat u’s-Saniyyah fi’s-Salaati ‘alaa Khairi’l
Bariyyah (The Shining Gift in the Blessing on the Best of Creation) of As-Sayyid Haamid bin
‘Alawi bin Tahir al-Haddad , and Mukhkhu’l ‘Ibadah (The Essence of Worship), compiled by
al-Habib as-Sayyid ‘AbdAllah bin Mustafa bin Hasan al-‘Aydrarus .

5. SALAWAAT BY AWLIYA’ AND SALIHEEN

Mishkaat u’s-Salawaat is full of salawaat by the awliya’ (sufi saints) and the saliheen (the
pious) like Ghawth u’l-A‘zam Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (470-561 A.H/1077-1166 C.E), As-

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Sayyid Ahmad Badawi (596-675 A.H/1199-1276 C.E), Imam Abu’l Hasan ash-Shazili (passed
ahead 656 A.H/1258 C.E) and Shaykh u’l-Akbar Muhyuddin ibn ‘Arabi (560-638 A.H/1165-
1240 C.E) . To benefit from the barakaat (blessings) of these salawaat, let us seize the
opportunity to recite one salaat from among the many salawaat attributed to each of these
mashaayikh (accomplished spiritual masters). We will conclude by reciting a salaat from the
learned author himself, Professor Muhammad Elias Burney .

Salaat by Ghawth u’l-A‘zam Muhyuddin Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani

Of the salawaat by the awliya’ and the saliheen, the greatest number of salawaat that Professor
Burney has given are of Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani , including his majestic compendium
of salawaat titled Kibriti’l Ahmar (The Philosopher’s Stone). This is one of the salawaat from
Kibriti’l Ahmar which he has given separately.

َ ْ َ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ٖ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِﻟﻪٖ واﲱﺎ ِﺑﻪ‬
ٰ ْ ٓ ْ ْ ُ ُ َ َٓ َ ْ َ ُ َ ََْ ُُْ َ ْ ‫ﴎا ِر ٖە َو َﻣ َﻌﺎ ِدن َا‬
َ ْ ‫َﺧ َﺰﻧَ ِﺔ َا‬
،‫اﻻ ْﻫ ِﺘﺪا ِء ﻟ َِﻤ ِﻦ اﻗ َﺘﺪی‬
ِ ِ‫م‬‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﳒ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ِﻖ‬
ِ ‫ﺋ‬ ‫ﻼ‬ ‫اﳋ‬ ‫ۃ‬ِ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻫ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ِﻖ‬
ِ ‫ﺋ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻘ‬ ‫اﳊ‬ ‫ز‬
ِ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﮐ‬، ‫ە‬
ٖ ‫ر‬
ِ ‫ا‬ ِ
ً َ َٓ ًْ َ ًْ َْ ْ ّ َ َ
‫ﲑا دا ِﲚًﺎا َﺑﺪا‬ ‫وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺗﺴ ِﻠامي ﮐ ِﺜ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,

and on his Family and his Companions,
who are the treasury of his secrets, the treasure-troves of his lights,
treasures of the spiritual realities, and the guides to the right path for the creatures,
and the guiding stars for those who follow them:
and grant them complete peace in abundance, forever and ever

Salaat by As-Sayyid Ahmad Badawi

َّ ْ
ُ َ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ ٰ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ﲋاﻟ ِﻬﺪاﻳ ِﺔ و ِﻃﺮ ِازاﳊﻠ ِﺔ‬ ِ ‫ﲔ اﻟ ِﻌﻨﺎﻳ ِﺔ وز ِ اﻟ ِﻘﻴﺎﻣ ِﺔ وﮐ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ واب ِرک ﻋ‬
َّ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ
َ ْ ‫اﻟﺮ‬ ْ َ ‫َو َﻋ ُﺮ ْو ِس ْاﻟ َﻤ ْﻤﻠَ َﮑ ِﺔ َوﻟ َِﺴﺎن ْاﳊُ َّﺠ ِﺔ َو َﺷ ِﻔ ْﻴﻊِ اﻻ َّﻣ ِﺔ َوا‬
ُ ْ
‫ﲪ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﱮ‬ِِ ‫ﻧ‬‫و‬ ‫ۃ‬
ِ ‫ﴬ‬ ‫اﳊ‬ ‫ﺎم‬
ِ ‫ِﻣ‬ ِ
َُْ َ َ ُ َ ّ
ِ ‫َﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏ َ ّﻤ ٍﺪﰷ ِﺷ‬
‫ﻒ اﻟﻐ ّﻤ ِﺔ‬

O Allah! Bless and grant peace and favours

on the spring of care and concern, the adornment of the Day of Judgement,
and the treasure of guidance, the beauty of the mantle (of Prophethood),
and the bridegroom of the Kingdom of heaven,
and the tongue that delivers the Argument (of the Holy Qur’an),
the Intercessor for the believers, the Leader of those in the Presence (of Allah),
and the Prophet of mercy,
our master Sayyidina Muhammad, who removes grief
(with the permission of Allah).

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Salaat by Imam Abu’l Hasan ash-Shazili

َ َ ْ َ ٰ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َ ْ ُ ٗ َ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﺟﻌﻠﺘﻪ راﻟﺮﺷﺎ ِد ودﻟِﻴﻞ اﻟ ِﻌﺒﺎ ِداِﱄ ِم اﻟﻤﻌﺎ ِد‬
َ ْ ْ ُ َ َْ َْ َ َُ َ ًََ ٰ َ
‫ﺎﻋﻒ اِﱄ اﻻ َﺑ ِﺪ َوﺗﺸﺘ ِﻤﻞ ِابﻟ َﻤ ِﺰ ْﻳ ِﺪ َواﻟ َﻤﺪ ِد‬ ‫ﺻﻠﻮۃ ﺗﺘﻀ‬
ْ ْ َْ َْ ْ َ ٰ َٰ
ِ ‫َو ا ِﻟﻪٖ َواﲱَﺎ ِﺑﻪٖ َوا ز َوا ِﺟﻪٖ َواﻫ ِﻞ َﺑﻴ ِﺘ ِﻪ اﻟﮑ َِﺮ‬
‫ام‬
ُْ َ َ ًْ َ ًْ َْ ْ ّ َ َ
ِ ‫ام ﻣﻠ ِﮏ ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ ِﺑﺪو‬،‫وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺗﺴ ِﻠاميﮐ ِﺜﲑا‬
O Allah! Bless Sayyidina Muhammad,
whom You made the light of guidance,
and a guide for mankind till the Day of Resurrection;
such a blessing that will multiply forever,
and which will have increase after increase,
and (blessing as well) on his Family, and his Companions, and his wives,
and on the Noble people of his Household,
and also grant them complete peace, in profusion, as eternal as the Kingdom of Allah.

Salaat by Shaykh Muhyuddeen ibn ‘Arabi

ٰ
َ‫ِﮏ َوﻧَﺒ ّﻴﮏ‬ َ ‫ک َو َر ُﺳ ْﻮﻟ‬َ ‫َا ّﻟﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ّﻞ َو َﺳ ِّﻠ ْﻢ َ ٰ َﺳ ّﻴﺪ َان ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َﻋ ْﺒﺪ‬
ِِ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ
َ‫ﺎک َو ُﻣ ْﺮ َﺗ َﻀﺎک‬ َ ‫ﳎ َﺘ َﺒ‬ُْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َ
‫وﺻ ِﻔ ِﻴﮏ و ِﳒ ِﻴﮏ وﺣ ِﺒﻴ ِﺒﮏ وﺧ ِﻠﻴ ِﻠﮏ و‬
َ‫ﮏ ﻟ َِﻤﺎ َﻟ َﺪ ْﻳﮏ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺪا ِ ْ اب ِْذﻧ‬ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َّ ُ َ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ٓ َ ْ َ
ِ ِ ‫ﺎن ﲩ ِﺘﮏ واﻟﻬﺎ ِدی ِﺑﮏ اِﻟﻴﮏ و‬ ِ ‫ واﻟﻨﺎ ِﻃ ِﻖ ِﺑ ِﻠﺴ‬، ‫واﻟﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻢ ِابﻋﺒﺎ ِءدﻋﻮ ِﺗﮏ‬
َ ‫ﮏ َو ُﻇ ُﻬ ْﻮر‬ َ ‫ﳒ ْﻮم َا ْﻓ َﻼک ُﺑ ُﻄ ْﻮﻧ‬ ُ
ُ َ ُ ‫ﮐ َﻮاﮐﺐ ٰا َﻓ‬، َ َ ْ َ ‫َو َ ٰ ٰا ِﻟﻪٖ َو‬
،‫ک‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﺎق ْ ِرک َو‬ ِ ِِ ٖ‫ﲱ ِﺒﻪٖ َو ُو ّرا ِﺛﻪ‬
ْ ِ ‫ِﲔ َا ْﻧ ُﻔ َﺴ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬
ٖ‫ﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ْﻴ ِﻠﻪ‬ َ ْ ‫ﰲ ُﻗ ْﺮ ِﺑﻪٖ َو ْاﻟ َﺒﺎ ِذﻟ‬
ِْ‫ﲔ‬ َ ْ ‫ﲔ َ ٰ ُﺣ ّﺒﻪٖ َو ْاﻟ ُﻤ َﺘ َﻼ ِز ِﻣ‬ َ ْ ‫اﺳ ِﻠ‬ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ ٓ َ َ ُ َ َ َّ ُ
ِ ‫ام اب ِﺑﻪٖ وﻓﻘﺮا ِءﺟﻨﺎ ِﺑﻪٖ واﻟﻤ‬
‫ﱰ‬ ِ ‫ﺧﺪ‬
ِ
ٰ ْ ّ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫ ا ِﻣ ْﲔ‬، ِ ‫ ٰاﱄ َ ِم اﻟ ِﺪ‬، ٖ‫ﲋ ْﻳ ِﻠﻪ‬ ِ ‫ﲔ ِﻻ ْﺣﲀ ِم ﺗ‬ ‫واﻟﺘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻌ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad.

Your Special Devotee, and Your Messenger, Your Prophet, Your Chosen one,
the receiver of Your spiritual secrets, Your Beloved, Your Friend,
the one specially Selected, one with whom You are pleased,
one Established in upholding Your Message,
Eloquent of speech in explaining Your Message,
and the Guide to You with Your aid,
the Inviter with Your permission to what is with You.
and (bless and bestow peace as well) on his Family, and his Companions,
and his inheritors (of his teachings),
who are stars in the heavens of Your Light,
stars in celestial spheres You have manifested or kept hidden,

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helpers at his door, and his Right Honourable spiritually rich but materially poor dependents,
and those attached to him in his love, inseparable in nearness to him,
and prepared to lay down their lives for his sake,
and followers of Commands sent down to him (by Allah as Revelation of verses of the Qur’an),
till the Day of Judgement. Amin.

Salaat by Professor Muhammad Elias Burney

The learned author, Professor Muhammad Elias Burney also composed many salawaat one
of which is:

َ،‫ﮏ َﻟﮏ‬
َ ‫ﺐ َﺣﺒ ْﻴﺒ‬ ّ َ ‫ﮏ ِﳊَﺒ ْﻴﺒ‬
ُ‫ﮏ َو ِﲝ‬ َ ‫ﮏ َو َٔا َ َ َّﺳ ُﻞ ا َِﻟ ْﻴ‬
َ ‫ﮏ ﲝُ ّﺒ‬ َ ُ‫ِﱏ َٔا ْﺳ َﺌﻠ‬ ٓ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ا‬
َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ َ ّ َ ُ ْ َ ٔ
‫ان ﺗﺼ ِﲇ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َْ َ ْ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ ُ َْ َ َُ َ َْ ً ٰ َ
،ِ ‫ وﻣﺎﻣﻮ ِر ِابﻣ ِﺮﷲ‬،ِ‫ﲔ ِﺑﻔﻀ ِﻞ ﷲ‬ ‫ﺻﻠﻮۃ ﲡﻌﻠﻨﺎ ِﲠﺎ ﳐﺼﻮ ِﺻ‬
ْ َ َْ ُْ ََْ ْ َ ْ َُْْ َ ْ ِ َ ْ ‫َو ُﳎَﺎ ِﮬﺪ‬
ِ ‫ وﻣﻨﺼﻮ ِر ِﺑﻨ‬،ِ‫ﲔ ِﲝِﻔ ِﻆ ﷲ‬
،ِ ‫ﴫﷲ‬ ‫ وﳏﻔﻮ ِﻇ‬،ِ‫ﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ْﻴ ِﻞ ﷲ ِ َو ِﰲ ﷲ‬ ِ
َ
ٌ ْ ‫ﳽ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪ‬ْ ‫ﰻ‬َ ّ ُ َ َّ‫اﻧ‬
َٰ ‫ﮏ‬
ِ ِٕ
O Allah! I ask You and seek a means of approach to You,
for the sake of Your love for Your Beloved (Prophet Muhammad )
and for the sake of the love that Your Beloved (Prophet ) has for You,
that You bless our master Sayyidina Muhammad,
such a blessing that may make us special recipients of the Grace of Allah,
and duty bound to the Commands of Allah,
and fighting/striving in the way of Allah, and for Allah’s sake alone,
and protected with the protection of Allah,
and victorious with the help of Allah;
(as) indeed, You have power over everything.

6. SALAAMS ON OUR BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD

It is fitting to conclude with Professor Burney’s salaams (salutations) on our beloved Prophet
Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad al-Mustafa . We notice that these salaams have musk-
scented sprinklings from the famous salaams by Mawlana Ghulam Mustafa ‘Ishqi .
َ ْ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﮏ اي رﺳﻮل ﷲ‬
ِ‫ﱮ ﷲ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬
َّ َ‫ﮏ َاي ﻧ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
ِ

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 ِ‫ﺐ ﷲ‬ َ ‫ﮏ َاي َﺣ ِﺒ ْﻴ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
َ ْ ‫ﮏ َاي َﺳ ّﻴ َﺪ ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ َﺳ ِﻠ‬ َ ‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫ﲔ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
َّ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
َ ْ ‫اﻟﻨ ِﺒ ّﻴ‬ َ َ
‫ﲔ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﮏ اي ﺧﺎﺗﻢ‬
،‫ﲔ‬َ ْ ‫ﲪ ًﺔ ّﻟ ِْﻠ ٰﻌﻠَ ِﻤ‬َ ْ ‫ﮏ َاي َر‬َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
ٌ
،‫ﲔ َر ُء ْوف َر ِﺣ ْﻴ ٌﻢ‬ َ ْ ‫ﺖ ِاب ْﻟ ُﻤ ْٔﻮ ِﻣ ِﻨ‬
َ ‫َا ْﻧ‬

∩⊆∪ 5ΟŠÏàtã @,è=äz 4’n?yès9 y7¯ΡÎ)uρ

، ‫ﺎی‬َ ‫ﺖ َﻣ ْﻠ َﺠ‬ َ ‫ﻮﻻ َی َا ْﻧ‬ َ َ َ َْ

‫اﻧﺖ ﻣ‬
َ
َ ‫ﱮ ْاﻟ ُﻬ ٰﺪی َﺳﻼ ٌم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬ َّ َ‫َايﻧ‬
‫ﮏ‬ ِ
َ َ ْ
َ ‫َاي َﺷﻔ ْﻴ َﻊ اﻟ َﻮ ٰری َﺳﻼ ٌم َﻋﻠ ْﻴ‬
،‫ﮏ‬ ِ
ً َ َ َ ّ َ ‫َﺻ َّﲇ ﷲُ َﻋﻠ ْﻴ‬
َ
،‫ﮏ َو َﺳﻠ َﻢ د ِاﲚًﺎا َﺑﺪا‬

Blessing and salutation to you, O Prophetic Messenger of Allah!

Blessing and salutation to you, O Prophet of Allah!
Blessing and salutation to you, O Beloved of Allah!
Blessing and salutation to you, O the leader of Prophetic Messengers!
Blessing and salutation to you, O Final in the line of the Prophets!
Blessing and salutation to you, O mercy for all the worlds!
You are most Kind and Merciful to the believers.
And most surely, you have an exalted moral character. (68:8)
You are my patron, you are my refuge!
Salutation to you, O Prophet of guidance!
Salutation to you, O Intercessor for mankind!
May Allah bless you and grant you peace forever and ever!

With this contribution, the author, a Shaykh in Tariqa al-Qaadiriyya and Chishtiyya has lived up
to his title of al-Faruqi, as he was a descendant of Sayyidina ‘Umar al-Faruq . May Allah
continue to provide us hidaya (guidance) to recite salawaat on our beloved Prophet Muhammad
al-Mustafa , at least a hundred times every day. Ameen Yaa Rabb al-‘Aalameen.

Al-Fatiha!

Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

Toronto, 1417 A.H / 1996 C.E.
Updated 1438 A.H / 2017 C.E.

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www.zikrmawlid.net

Reference: Professor Muhammad Elias Burney, Mishakaat u’s-Salawaat (A Niche of Lit-up

Blessings), with translation and transliteration by Qaari Muhammad ‘Abdul Haleem Eliasi,
Burney Academy, Masjid Pirpasha, Dabeerpura, Hydrabad, India, 1398 A.H. / 1978 C.E.

Note: I have not taken Qari Muhammad ‘Abdul Haleem Eliasi’s exalted translation but have
translated it myself in simpler English which is consistent with the preceding six chapters of this
book.

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 َّ ٰ ْ َّ
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬

LATAAIF I’L ‘ARSHIYYAH

of: AL-HABIB ‘ALI BIN MUHAMMAD AL-HABASHI
(Naf‘anAllahu bih )

An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

(Please recite Rady Allahu ‘Anhu , Naf‘anAllahu bih , or Rahmatullahi ‘alayh

after the names of the great and noble personalities as appropriate).

1. FOUNT OF SALSABIL

Marhaba: Welcome.

Welcome to Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah fi’s Salawaat i’l Habashiyyah (Subtleties from Allah’s Throne

 
in the invocation of blessings of Imam al-Habashi ), a book of salawaat (blessings) on our
beloved Prophet Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad al-Mustafa (Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam
‫ )ﷺ‬composed by Sayyidina al-Imam al-Habib ‘Ali bin Muhammad al-Habashi (1259-1333
A.H) of Saywun, Hadramawt. He is a direct descendant of Imam al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (Rady
Allahu ‘Anhu ), the grandson of the blessed Prophet ‫  ﷺ‬. He was a Shaykh (accomplished
spiritual master) in the ‘Alawi tariqa (spiritual path) who learned Islam from his father al-Habib
Muhammad bin Husayn al-Habashi who was the Mufti in Makkah in the Shafi‘i school of
sacred Muslim law. His khalifa (deputy), As-Sayyid Muhammad bin ‘Aydarus al ‘Alawi had
Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah published, and As-Sayyid ‘Alawi bin Muhammad al-Haddad wrote its
Introduction, MaashaaAllah!

When we recite the salawaat from Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah, the feeling we get is that they must
have come from the heavens because they are at such a high and exalted level. These salawaat
have so much ‘ulum and ‘irfaan (spiritual knowledge and gnosis) that it is difficult to fully
comprehend them. But if we make the effort, the rewards are immense. Once we have recited the
kitab (book) a few times, we realise that the main theme of the salawaat is that the Holy Prophet
Sayyidina Muhammad al-Mustafa ‫  ﷺ‬is al-Insaan al-Kaamil (a perfect human being), that the
salawaat are ever expanding and are one (spiritual) stage above another (tabaqan ‘an tabaq,
84:19) just like the seven heavens are one above another (sab‘a samaawaatin tibaaqaa, 67:3),
and that there is a definite reason and rhyme to the manner in which they have been composed.

Three kutub (books) of Sayyidina al-Habib al-Habashi are well-known. These are: Simt-u’d-
Durar (A Necklace of Pearls) which is a kitab on the mawlid (birth) of RasulAllah ‫ ; ﷺ‬Diwan,
a Compendium of 87 qasaaid (religious poems), most of them in praise of RasulAllah ‫ ;  ﷺ‬and

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Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah, a book of invocation of blessings. Recitation of parts of these books in
mawlid celebrations have continued to attract thousands of people to Islam, especially in East
Africa. Al-Habib al-Habashi was the Shaykh of al-Habib Sayyid Salih Jamal al-Layl who
popularized these books of his Shaykh in mawlid celebrations in Lamu, Kenya; and as is well-
known, Lamu is considered to be the cradle of Islamic civilization in East Africa.

Al-Habib al-Habashi, drank deep at the founts of Wahdaaniyyah (Oneness of Allah, Subhanahu
wa Ta‘ala ) and of Risalah (Prophet-hood of Sayyidina Muhammad ‘Arabi, ‫)ﷺ‬. In
recognition of this, Allah and the noble Prophet ‫  ﷺ‬honoured him to serve humanity from
three founts: one of zam zam which gushed forth in the form of Simt-u’d-Durar; second of
kawthar which manifested itself in the form of his Diwan; and the third of salsabil which
spiritually energizes you so much as to propel you into the heavens, and that is Lataaif i’l
‘Arshiyyah.

It has been narrated that someone once saw RasulAllah ‫  ﷺ‬in a dream who informed him that at
that time, he loved al-Habib al-Habashi more than anyone else in all of humanity!
Allahu Akbar! (Allah is Supremely Great!)

2. THE MOST FAMOUS SALAAT OF THE IMAM

The most popular salaat from Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah is:

َّ ٰ ْ َّ
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬
َّ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َْ ََ َ َْ َْ َْ َ َ ْ َ ّ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ ٔ
‫اﻻﻧﺴﺎ ِﻧﻴ ِﺔ‬ ِٕ ‫اﺳﻌ ِﺔ ﻋﺒ ِﺪک اﳉﺎﻣِﻊِ ﻟِﻠﮑﻤﺎﻻ ِت‬ ِ ‫ﺎن اﳉﺎ ِﻣﻌ ِﺔ ِﰲ اﳊﴬ ِۃ اﻟﻮ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ِابﻟ ِﻠﺴ‬
َ َّْ َ ُْ َ ََ َ َ ّ َ َْ َ َ َّ ‫اﻟﺮ ْوﺣ َّﻴ ِﺔ َﻋ َﺪ َد ْاﳊَ َﺮ َﰷت َو‬
ُ َ ْ َْ
‫ﲔ َﻋﻠ ْﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎت وﻋﺪد اﻟﻤﺼ ِﻠ‬ ِ ‫ات َواﻟﻠ َﺤﻈ‬ ِ ‫ﺎت َواﳋ َﻄ َﺮ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺴﮑﻨ‬ ِ ِ ّ ‫اﺳﻊِ ِﰲ اﻟ َﻤﺸﺎ ِﻫ ِﺪ‬ ِ ‫ا‬ َ
‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻟ‬
َ ُ ْ ُ ُّ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ُ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ ُ ّ َ ً َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ٔ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ
‫اﲥﻢ وﻋﺪد اﻟﺬاﮐِ ِﺮ ﻟﻪ وﻋﺪد اذﰷ ِر ِﱒ ﺻﻼۃ ﻳ ِﻘﺮ رﻫﺎ ِﰲ اذ ِﱏ ﻓﻼ ﺗﻌ ِﴢ وﻳ ِﻘﺮ رﻫﺎ ِﰲ‬ ِ ِ ‫وﻋﺪد ﺻﻠﻮ‬
ُ ُ َ َ َْ ُ ُ َ َ َ َ ُ ُ َ ََْ َ َ
‫ﺎﱏ ﻓﻼ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﴢ َوﻳَ ِﻘ ّﺮ ْ ُر َﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﻗﻠ ِﱮ ﻓﻼ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﴢ َوﻳَ ِﻘ ّﺮ ْ ُر َﻫﺎ ِﰲ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪی‬ ِ ‫ﻋ ْﻴ ِﲎ ﻓﻼ ﺗﻌ ِﴢ َوﻳ ِﻘ ّﺮ ْ ُرﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﻟِﺴ‬
َ َ ُّ
‫ﳇ ِ ِﻪ ﻓﻼ ﻳَ ْﻌ ِﴢ‬
َ‫ﺼ َﻴﺔ و‬ ْ‫ﺎﺟ َﻮار ِ َﻣﻌ‬ َ َ‫ﻻ ُﺗ َﻘﺎر ُب ِﻓ ْﳱ‬َ َ َ ُ ّ ُ َ َ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ٰ ْ ْ َ ٔ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ ٔ
ِ ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ او ِﺻﻠ ِﲎ ِٕاﱄ ﺣﺎﻟ ٍﺔ ﻻ ﻳﻌﻤﻞ ِﻓﳱﺎ ﻗﻠ ِﱮ ِﲟﺨﺎﻟﻔﺔ وﻻ ﳞﻢ ِﲠﺎ و‬
ُ ّ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َّ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ ٰ َّْ
‫ﮏ َﺟ َﻮا ِر ِ ِﻓ ْﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎم ﻻ ﻳﻔﱰ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ ﻗﻠ ِﱮ ﻃﺎﻋ ٍﺔ ﻟﮏ ﻣﺮ ِﺿﻴ ٍﺔ ﻟﺪﻳﮏ ﻣﻘﺒﻮﻟ ٍﺔ ِﻋﻨﺪک وﻻ ﺗﻨﻔ‬ ٍ ‫ﺑ ِﻠﻐ ِﲎ ِٕاﱄ ﻣ‬
‫ﻘ‬
َ‫اﲪ ْﲔ‬ َ ّ َ َ ْ َٔ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ٍِ َ ََ ْ َ
ِ ِ ‫ﺎﱀ ﺧﺎﻟ ٍِﺺ ﻟِﻮﺟ ِﻬﮏ ﻣﻘﺒﻮ ٍل ﻟﺪﻳﮏ اي ارﰘ اﻟﺮ‬ ‫ﲻ ٍﻞ ﺻ‬

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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace
by a congregational voice in a vast gathering
on Your Ultimate Devotee (the noble Prophet),
who gathered in himself all perfect human qualities:
such extensive blessings as are witnessed in the realm of souls;
as many times as are movements and still-nesses,
in every thought, in every moment;
and as many times as the number of those who invoke blessings on him
and the number of such invocations,
and as many times as the number of those who remember him
and the number of such remembrances,
such a blessing whose spiritual light
may abide in my ears, in my eye, on my tongue,
in my heart and indeed in my whole body
so that neither my body nor its parts disobey Allah.

O Allah! Let me reach to the situation

where my heart does not act contrary to Your Wishes,
does not cause me any anxiety,
and does not tempt my limbs to disobedience;
and let me reach a position
in which my heart does not slacken in Your obedience,
is pleasing in Your Presence, acceptable before You;
and let my limbs not separate from good deeds
done sincerely to please You,
that are acceptable in Your Presence,
O The Most Merciful of those who show mercy.

As can be seen, this salaat is in two parts. The first part is the salaat itself which is there in
Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah. The second part is du‘a (supplication to Allah ). Although the
supplication is not in Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah, it is generally recited after this salaat and is
contained in many other kutub (books) such as Adhkaar wa’l Awraad (Regular Voluntary
Invocations) compiled by Shaykh Muhyuddin bin Abdur-Rahman bin Muhammad of Zanzibar,
Tanzania.

This salaat has become so famous that it is recited at the conclusion of every gathering of ‘ilm
(learning), dhikr (remembrance of Allah), and mawlid (birth) celebration of the beloved Prophet
‫  ﷺ‬by the muhibbin (loving disciples). One reason perhaps why this salaat has taken such a
hold is that it is one of the easier salawaat of Imam al-Habashi to recite and understand! And of
course, its spiritual benefits are all too obvious for everyone to witness. Indeed, Al-Habib al-
Qutb Ahmad bin Abibakr bin Sumayt (1277-1343 A.H) who was the Chief Qadi of
Zanzibar took this salaat so much to heart that he wrote its appreciation (sharh) in Arabic.

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 3. RECITE IT IN MASJID AN-NABAWI

Once we have formed the habit of reciting Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah, we feel like reciting it in
Masjid an-Nabawi in Madina. Those who go for Hajj inevitably make the intention of praying
forty Salaah in Masjid an-Nabawi, as is recommended. So we stay in Madina for at least eight
days to pray the five times daily obligatory Salaah for a total of forty Salaah, and to complete
the recitation of the whole Qur’an Kareem (and more if possible) in the very presence of the
Holy Prophet  ‫ﷺ‬. The muhibbin (loving disciples) would be well advised to seize the
opportunity to complete the recitation of Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah as well in those eight days.
Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah is in seven parts, one part for each day of the week beginning from Friday.
Each part takes about 15 to 20 minutes to recite. So we can finish Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah in seven
days and start all over again with the first part on the eighth day to set the seal of continuity. In
the process, we will have prayed forty Salaah in Masjid an-Nabawi as well as the Qur’an
Kareem and the salawaat (invocations of blessings on the noble Prophet ‫)ﷺ‬.  

It is no surprise to find that the famous translator of the books of Imam al-Haddad , Dr.
Mostafa al-Badawi has included eleven of the salawaat from Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah in his kitab
titled Ziyarah Sayyidi’l Kawnayn ‫(  ﷺ‬Visit to the Master of both the worlds) to be recited at the
Rawda (Garden of Paradise) of RasulAllah ‫  ﷺ‬. If the Hajj pilgrim does not have time enough
to recite Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah in full, he should not become despondent. Perhaps, the recitation
of a smaller, yet spiritually rich kitab compiled by Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi, would also yield
complete blessings, InshaAllah.

Here is Imam al-Habashi who is saturated with the love of RasulAllah ‫  ﷺ‬and here we are who
aspire to attain his love. We would naturally want to recite these salawaat in the very presence
of the Holy Prophet ‫  ﷺ‬in Masjid an-Nabawi: as we enter Baab u’s Salaam (the door of
Peace), at the Rawda, at the Qubba (the dome), behind the august pillars of the masjid, in the
precincts of the original masjid where the Holy Prophet ‫  ﷺ‬himself prayed, in the place where
the Ashab u’s Suffa (Rady Allahu ‘Anhum ) used to stay; in fact, in every blessed spot in
Masjid an-Nabawi, but above all, as part of the salawaat and salaams on the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬
as we stand before him and cry our hearts out to him in loving agony.
َ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬
َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫ﮏ َاي َر ُﺳ ْﻮل ﷲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﮏ ايﻧ ِﱮ ﷲ‬
َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬
َ ‫ﮏ َاي َﺣ ِﺒ ْﻴ‬
ِ‫ﺐ ﷲ‬
َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫ﲑ ﺧﻠ ِﻖ ﷲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﮏ اي ﺧ‬

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 ُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫ﮏ َاي ْ َر َﻋ ْﺮ ِش ﷲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴ‬

Blessing and salutation to you, O Prophetic Messenger of Allah.

Blessing and salutation to you, O the Prophet sent by Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the Beloved of Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O the Best Creation of Allah.
Blessing and salutation to you, O Light of Allah’s Throne.

At this time, the Nur (light) of Allah’s ‘Arsh (Throne) is descending upon you as you begin your
recitation from Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah.

In fact, the very first salaat in Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah has been composed to be recited on the
occassion of the Ziyarah (visit) to RasulAllah ‫ﷺ‬.  It is included in the kitab of Dr. Mostafa al-
Badawi just referred to, as well as in Mukhkhul ‘Ibadah (The Essence of Worship) compiled by
As-Sayyid ‘AbdAllah bin Mustafa al-‘Aydarus . It begins as follows:

َّ َ ٔ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ُ َّ َ ٔ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ َّ ٰ ْ َّ
۞‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ۞ اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ واب ِرک ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪ ان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ او ِل ﻣﺘﻠ ٍﻖ ﻟِﻔﻴ ِﻀﮏ اﻻو ِل‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace and grace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
who is the first person to receive the first blessing from You.

Imagine your thrill as you sense seventy thousand angels reciting salawaat and salaams along
with you!

It has been narrated in the biography of Imam al-Habashi that when he did the ziyarah of
the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬, he saw the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬in waking vision descend in Masjid an-
Nabawi from up above as a brightly shining light. We are not surprised at this because Allah
says in the Holy Qur’an that He sent the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬as Light.

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Undoubtedly, there has come to you from Allah a Light (Prophet Muhammad ‫ )ﷺ‬and a Clear
Book (the Qur’an). (5:15)

Sallu ‘ala’l Habibi’l A‘zam

Allahumma salli wa sallim ‘alayh
Invoke Blessings on the Most Beloved Prophet
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace upon him.

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 4. NUJUM (STARS)

Consider who would not be enchanted by these nujum (stars) that glisten in Lataaif i’l
‘Arshiyyah.

ّ َ َّ ّ ُ َ ْ َ ٔ ْ َ َّ َ َْ َ ُ ّ َ َّ ّ َ َ ُ ّ َ َّ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ِ ‫ﺎت۞ اﻟﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻞ ) ِٕاﳕﺎاﻻﲻﺎل ِابﻟ ِﻨﻴ‬
‫ﺎت(۞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪ‬ ِ ‫ﴎ اﻟﺘﻌﻠﻘ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﺎت و‬ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﻣﻈﻬ ِﺮ اﻟﺘﻌﻴﻨ‬
َ ُ ّ َ َّ ُ ُ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ َ َّ َ ْ َّ ْ َ َ ٓ َ َ َ َ َ ْ
۞‫ﺎت‬ ِ ‫ﺎت۞ ﺑﻌﺪ ﻣﺎاﺗﺒﻌﻮە ِﰲ اﻟﺘﻮﺟﻬ‬ ِ ‫ﺎت۞ و ا ِﻟ ِﻪ وﲱ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟ ِﺬ اﺗﺼﻠﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﻠ ِﻘﻴ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﲀﺋِﻨ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on

the visible appearances and the secret contacts (of Sayyidina Muhammad)
who said: "Actions are judged by intentions";
(he is) the leader of all the worlds,
and (bless and bestow peace) on his Family and Companions
who directly contacted him in meetings
after following him under his watchful care.

َ َُ َ َ ََ َ ُ ُْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ََ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ اﳉﻮﻫ ِﺮ اﻟﻤﺨﺰو ِن۞ ﻋﺪد ﻣﺎ ﰷن وﻣﺎﻳﮑﻮن۞ وﻋﺪد ﻣﺎ ﻫﻮ ﰷﺋِﻦ ِﰲ‬
ٌ
ُ ّ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ُ ُ ْ َ ٔ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ ُ ً َ َ ْ ُ ‫ک ْاﻟ َﻤ ْﮑ‬
َ ‫ﴎ‬
۞‫ﻮن‬ِ ‫اﻟﻨ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ف‬
ِ ‫ﲀ‬‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﲔ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ە‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺎاي‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﲠ‬ِ ‫ﴈ‬ ‫و‬ ِ
‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﻴ‬‫ﺿ‬ِ ‫ۃ‬ ‫ﻼ‬ ‫ﺻ‬ ۞ ‫ن‬ِ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ِّ ِ

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyiduna Muhammad,

who is the safely-preserved treasure,
as many times as what has happened in the past
and what is going to happen in the future,
and as many times as what is happening now,
which is hidden in Your well-kept secret;
such a blessing that would please him (the Prophet)
and that will make You happy with us,
O the One Whose Command lies between the two letters “kaaf” and “noon”.

ْ َ ْ ّ َّ َ ٌ َّ ٌ ُ ٔ َ َ ْ ْ ُ ْ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ٌ ْ َ َ ْ َ ٔ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
۞‫ﻳﻢ )ﺣ ِﺮﻳﺺ ﻋﻠﻴﮑﻢ ِابﻟﻤﻮ ِﻣ ِﻨﲔ رووف ر ِﺣﻴﻢ( اﻟﺴ ِﻴ ِﺪ اﻟﮑ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ اﻻ ِب اﻟﮑ ِﺮ‬
َ ٓ َ َ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ َ ُ َ ْ
‫اط اﻟ ُﻤ ْﺴﺘ ِﻘ ْﻴ ِﻢ۞ َﺳ ِ ّﻴ ِﺪی َر ُﺳ ْﻮ ِل ﷲ ِ ﳏ َ ّﻤ ِﺪ ْ ِ َﻋ ْﺒ ِﺪ ﷲ ِ ﺻﲇ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ و ا ِﻟ ِﻪ وﲱ ِﺒ ِﻪ‬
ْ َ َ ِّ ‫َﻋﺎ ِﻣﺮ‬
ِ ‫اﻟﴫ‬ ِ
ُ َ
۞‫َو َ ْ َواﻻە‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on the noble father,

(about whom You said in the Holy Qur'an):
(one who is) full of concern for you,
for the believers, (he is) most kind, merciful (9:128);
the noble master who fully populated (filled) the Straight Path (of Islam),
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my master, the Prophetic Messenger of Allah, Muhammad son of ‘AbdAllah
may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him,
as well as on his Family, Companions and whoever befriended him.

ََ َ ُْ َْْ ْ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َّ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻮا ِء اﻟﻤﻌﻘﻮ ِد۞ واﳊﻮ ِض اﻟﻤﻮرو ِد۞ و‬
ِ ‫ﺐ‬ ِ ‫ﺐ اﳊﺎ ِﻣ ِﺪ اﻟﻤﺤﻤﻮ ِد۞ ﺻﺎ ِﺣ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ اﳊ ِﺒﻴ‬
ُ ُّ َ َٔ ْ ِ ّ ْ ُ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َّ ْ َ َ ٓ
۞(‫)ﺳﻴﻤﺎﱒ ِﰲ وﺟﻮ ِﻫ ِﻬﻢ ا ِ اﻟﺴﺠﻮ ِد‬ ِ ‫ا ِﻟ ِﻪ وﲱ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟ ِﺬ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on
the beloved who praises Allah and is praised (by all)
the Owner of the raised banner
and the Possessor of the (thirst-quenching) water pool (in the Hereafter), and
(bless and bestow peace as well)
on his Family and Companions,
(about whom You said in the Holy Qur’an):
their marks are on their foreheads from the traces of prostrations (in Prayer). (48:29)

Of these four salawaat, the first fits perfectly as the opening to any kitab as it contains the
famous Hadith “actions are to be judged by intentions” which, as is well known, is the first
Hadith Shareef in the Sahih (Authentic) of Imam al-Bukhari, Mishkaat u’l Masaabih (Niche For
Lamps) of Imam Waliyuddin Muhammad bin ‘AbdAllah al-Khatib al-Tabrizi, and Riyadh u’s-
Saleheen (Gardens of the Righteous) of Imam an-Nawawi. And what better way to begin a kitab
than with this Hadith Shareef, musk-scented with salaat on the noble Prophet ‫?ﷺ‬ 

In the second salaat, Imam al-Habashi shows his deep love for Allah . One of the Sifaat
(Attributes) of Allah is that when He says “kun” (“be”), it becomes instantaneously (“fa
yakun”). The Arabic word “kun” is formed by the two letters “kaaf” and “noon”. Allah’s
Command is said to be fulfilled between these two letters “kaaf” and “noon” (baynal “kaaf”
wa’n “noon”).

In the third salaat, Imam al-Habashi includes part of verse number 128 from Surah at-Tawbah of
the Holy Qur’an Kareem which praises the Holy Prophet ‫(  ﷺ‬full of concern for you; for the
believers, most kind, merciful). The fourth salaat has part of verse 29 from Surah al-Fath
praising the Sahaba (his Companions ) (their marks are on their foreheads from the
traces of prostrations).

5. THE NOBLE ATTRIBUTES OF THE PROPHET ‫ﷺ‬

Indeed, each salaat that Imam al-Habashi composed is spiritually laden with praise of the
beloved Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa ‫ﷺ‬, for example, that he is:

َْ َّ َ
(the Truthful and the Trustworthy),
‫ﻟﺼﺎ ِد ِق اﻻ ِﻣ ْﲔ‬ ‫ا‬
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(the Beloved of the Lord of the worlds), ْ َ َْ ّ َ ْ َ
‫ﺐ ر ِب اﻟﻌﺎﻟ ِﻤﲔ‬ ِ ‫ﺣ ِﺒﻴ‬
(the Beloved, the Near and dear, the Pure, Purified َ ْ
‫اﻟﻄﺎ ِﻫ ِﺮ اﻟ ُﻤ َﻄ ّﻬ ِﺮ‬
َّ
‫ﺐ‬ ْ ‫َا ْﳊَﺒ ْﻴﺐ اﻟ َﻘﺮ‬
‫ﻳ‬
ْ
by Allah ),
ِ ِ ِ ِ
ْ ْ َُ
(tremendous spiritual means to Allah’s Mercy),
‫َو ِﺳ ْﻴﻠﺔ اﻟ ُﻌﻈ ٰﻤﻲ‬
(the Gate of the great intercession), ٰ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َّ ُ َ
‫ابب اﻟﺸﻔﺎﻋ ِﺔ اﻟﻌﻈﻤﻲ‬
ْ ْ َٔ ْ َ َ
(the Seal of the Prophets and the Prophetic
Messengers of Allah),
‫ﺧﺎﺗ ُﻢ اﻻﻧ ِﺒ َﻴﺎ ِء َواﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ َﺳ ِﻠ ْﲔ‬
(the Generous and noble-hearted in character), ُ ُ ُ ُ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َْ
‫اﻣﺔ ﺧﻠﻘﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﮑ ِﺮﻳﻢ واﻟﮑﺮ‬
َّ َْ ُ َ
(Imam of the prayer-niche of monotheism),
‫اﻟﺘﻮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﺪ‬ ِ ‫اِﻣﺎم ِﳏﺮ‬
‫اب‬
(the Light in its entirety), ّ ‫اﻟﺘ‬ َّ ُ ْ ُ ّ َ
‫ﺎم‬ ‫اﻟﻨﻮر‬
ُ ّ َ ّ ْ
(the Beloved whose whole being is light), ُُ ُ
‫ﺐ اﻟ ِﺬی ﳇﻪ ْ ٌر‬ ُ ‫َاﳊَ ِﺒ ْﻴ‬
َ َ ْ َ ْ َٔ ْ ّ
(the mystery of the mysteries of gnosis),
‫ﴎا ِر اﻟ ِﻌ ْﺮﻓﺎ ِﻧ ّﻴ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﴎاﻻ‬ ِِ
(the Soul of the mystery of the knowledge of the َ ُْْ ْ ْ ّ ِ ُْ
Qur’an),
‫ﺎن‬
ِ ‫ﴎاﻟ ِﻌﻠ ِﻢ اﻟﻔﺮ‬
‫ﻗ‬ ِ ِ ‫رو ح‬
(the secret of the Verse of the Qur’an, “Noon. By
the Pen and by that which they [the angels] write ِّ ِ
( ∩⊇∪ tβρãäÜó¡o„ $tΒuρ ÉΟn=s)ø9$#uρ 4 úχ ) ‫ﴎ‬
(in the Records of men)”. [68:1]),
َّ ْ َ ٔ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ
(the first one to be taken [for creation by Allah ]), ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺣﺐ اﻟﻘﺒﻀ ِﺔ اﻻﺻ ِﻠﻴ ِﺔ‬
or it can mean: (the one whose heart was originally
taken [for purification by the angels]),
(the Master of the first and the last, the Master of َ ْ ‫اﻻ ِﺧﺮ‬ ٓ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َ ٔ ْ ُ ّ َ
those who preceded and those who came in their ِ ‫ﺳ ِﻴﺪ اﻻوﻟِﲔ و‬
wake),
(the Master of men and jinn), ّ َ‫َﺳ ّﻴ ُﺪ ْاﻻﻧْﺲ َو ْاﳉ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ِ ِٕ ِ
ْ َ ْ َّ َ
(the Perfect master who is sinless),
‫ﻟﺴ ِ ّﻴ ِﺪ اﻟﲀ ِﻣ ِﻞ اﻟ َﻤ ْﻌ ُﺼ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫ا‬
ْ ْ َ ْ َ
(the Truthful inviter to the truth of Islam with the
truth),
‫دا ِ اﳊَ ّ ِﻖ اِﱄ ا ﳊَ ّ ِﻖ ِابﳊَ ّ ِﻖ‬
(the Commander of all the assembled soldiers), َ َ ْ ْ َ َْ ُ
‫ﲨﻴﻊِ اﻟﻌﺴﺎﮐِ ِﺮ‬ ِ ‫ﺎن‬ ِ ‫ﺳﻠﻄ‬
َّ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ‫ُﺳ ْﻠ َﻄﺎن َﺣ‬
(the Sultan of the whole gathering in the witnessing
of the truth),
‫ﴬ ِت اﳉَ ْﻤ ِﻌ ّﻴ ِﺔ ِﰲ اﻟ َﻤﺸﺎ ِﻫ ِﺪ اﳊَ ِﻘ ّﻴ ِﺔ‬ ِ
َ ّ َ َّ ْ ََْ
(the Most praiseworthy; laudable in his being,
attributes, actions, deeds and intention), and so on.
‫ﺎت‬ِ ‫اﻟﺼﻔ‬ِ ‫ات و‬ ِ ‫ﲪ ِﺪ اﻟ َﻤ ْﺤ ُﻤ ْﻮ ِد ِﰲ اﻟﺬ‬ ‫ا‬
َ ّ َ َْ ٔ ْ َ َ ْٔ ْ َ َ َ
‫اﻟﻨ ّﻴﺔ‬
ِ ‫ﺎل و‬ ِ ‫ﺎل واﻻﲻ‬ ِ ‫واﻻﻓﻌ‬
This leads us to the main thrust of the message of these salawaat which is that the blessed
Prophet Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬is Al-Insaan al-Kaamil (the Perfect Human Being).

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 6. AL-INSAAN AL-KAAMIL (THE PERFECT HUMAN BEING)

Indeed, the major theme of these salawaat is that the Holy Prophet ‫  ﷺ‬is al-Insaan al-Kaamil
(the Perfect Human Being). Four salawaat from different parts of Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah are
sufficient to illustrate this.

ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َٔ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َ َ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
۞‫ﲑ ِە‬
ِ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻦ اﻻﺧﻼ ِق ﻣﺎﱂ ﲡﻤﻌﻪ ِﰲ ﻏ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﲨﻌﺖ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ ِ ﳏ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad

in whom You gathered all the good traits and qualities;
which You did not gather in anyone else.

ّ ُ ْ ِ َْ َ ٓ ََ َ ْ ْ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫ﰻ‬ِ ‫ﺎل اﻟﺘﺤ ِﻘﻴ ِﻖ۞ و ا ِﻟ ِﻪ وﲱ ِﺒ ِﻪ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ اﳉﺎﻣِﻊِ ِﺻﻔ‬
ِ ‫ﺎت اﻟﮑﻤ‬
ّ َ َ
۞‫ﻳﻖ‬ٍ ‫ﺻﺎ ِد ٍق و ِﺻ‬
‫ﺪ‬
ِ

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad

who truly realized within himself the combination of all the superlative qualities;
and (bless and bestow peace as well) on his Family and Companions,
from among all the truthful and truth-establishing.

ْ َ َ ٓ ََ َ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ َُْ َ ُ َ َ ُّ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ ﺟﺎﻣِﻊِ اﻟﻤﺤﺎ ِﻣ ِﺪ ﳇ ِﻬﺎ ﻓﻬﻮ ﳏﻤﻮدﻫﺎ وﺣﺎ ِﻣﺪﻫﺎ و ا ِﻟ ِﻪ وﲱ ِﺒ ِﻪ‬
َ َ ْ َُ َّ
۞‫ِﲔ َﺳ ِﺒ ْﻴﻠﻪ َواﻟ ُﻤ َﻮ ّ ِﺣ ِﺪ َ ﻗ َﻮا ِﻋﺪ َﻫﺎ‬
َ ْ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﻟﮑ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad

who gathered in himself all praiseworthy qualities;
so he is praised for them and he praises Allah for them,
and (bless and bestow peace as well) on his Family and Companions who tread his path,
and those whose foundation is monotheism, belief in One Allah.

َ َ ْ َٔ ْ َ ّ ُ ّ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ ّ َ َّ َ ُ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
۞‫ﻒ اﮐﻤﻞ‬ ٍ ‫ﲁ وﺻ‬ ِ ‫ﻮل ﷲ ِ اﻟﻤﺘﺤ ِﲇ ِﺑ‬ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ اﻟﻌﺒ ِﺪ اﻟﲀ ِﻣ ِﻞ اﻟﻤﮑﻤ ِﻞ۞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪی رﺳ‬
َ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ٓ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َ َ ُ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ ٔ ُ ُ ّ ُ َ‫َو ْاﳉ‬
۞‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِﺘ ِﻪ اﻗﺒﻞ‬ ‫ِﲁ ﺧﻠ ٍﻖ اﻓﻀﻞ۞ ﺻﲇ ﷲ وﺳﻠﻢ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ و ا ِﻟ ِﻪ وﲱ ِﺒ ِﻪ و‬ ِ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
ِ‫ِﻊ‬ ‫ﺎ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace

on the perfect Devotee who was perfected (by Allah ),
my master, Allah’s Prophetic Messenger
who wore all things in the most perfect manner
and who gathered in himself all the best manners and habits.

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May Allah bless and bestow peace upon him, on his Family, and his Companions
and those who are on his accepted path.

These salawaat at once remind us of the following Verse of the Holy Qur’an Kareem in praise
of the beloved Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬. 

∩⊆∪ 5ΟŠÏàtã @,è=äz 4’n?yès9 y7¯ΡÎ)uρ

And most surely, you have an exalted moral character. (68:4)

Allah is the One and Only Lord to be worshipped and He has the huquq (rights) of
‘uboodiyyah (that people should worship and serve Him only). According to Imam al-Habashi,
the beloved Prophet ‫  ﷺ‬fulfilled these rights of Allah as no one else did. In that sense also,
he is al-Insaan al-Kaamil (the perfect human being). We learn of this in one of the salawaat as
follows:

ُ ُ َ ْ ُ ْ َّ َ َ ُ ُ َّ ُ ُ ْ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ ّ
ّ َ َ ْ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
۞‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ اﻟ ِﺬی ﮐﻤﻠﺖ ﻋﺒﻮ ِدﻳﺘﻪ وﲱﺖ وﺻﻠﺘﻪ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad

who totally fulfilled the duties of worshipping and serving You
and proved true his attachment (to You).

There are various characteristics of these salawaat that are worthy of note. Firstly, that they are
ever expanding. For example, the first salaat quoted above is comprised of one sentence whereas
the other salawaat consist of two or more sentences. We also observe that the first salaat
mentions the beloved Prophet  ‫ ﷺ‬only, the second includes his blessed Family and Companions
while the third and the fourth also mention the saleheen (the pious) who follow tariqa
(spiritual path leading to Allah ).

7. THE RHYMING PROSE MANIFESTS LOVE

An interesting feature of these salawaat is that the end words rhyme. For example, in the second
salaat just quoted, the words “tahqeeq” and “siddiq” rhyme; in the third salaat, the words
“kullihaa”, “Haamiduhaa” and “qawaaidahaa” all rhyme while in the fourth salaat, the words
“mukammal”, “akmal”, “afdal” and “aqbal” all rhyme. Such rhyming prose is accomplished
throughout the kitab. It appears that al-‘Arif Billah Sayyidina’l Imam ‘Ali bin Muhammad al-
Habashi achieved perfection in this ageless tradition of rhyming prose among Muslims.

In the following salaat, Imam al-Habashi not only shows his deep love for RasulAllah ‫  ﷺ‬in
describing his sifaat (beautiful attributes) which made him the perfect human, but also reveals
his own stature as a scholar in the rhyming prose he achieves.
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 َ ْ ٰ
ُ‫اﻟﴪ ّاﻟ ِﺬی َﻻﻳَ ْﻨ َﻘ ِﻄ ُﻊ َﻣ َﺪ ُد ُە۞ َو َﻻﻳَ ْﻨ َﺤ ِﴫ‬ ِّ ِ ّ ‫َا ّﻟﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ّﻞ َو َﺳ ِّﻠ ْﻢ َ َ َﺳ ِ ّﻴ ِﺪ َان ُﳏ َ َّﻤ ٍﺪ اﳊَ ِﻤ ْﻴ ِﺪ ْاﻟ َﻤ ْﺤ ُﻤﻮ ِد۞ َو‬
ِ
َْ ٔ َ َّ ُ َ َّ َ َ
‫ﲔ۞ واﻗ َﺮ ِب‬ َ ْ ‫ﴍ ِف ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ َﺳ ِﻠ‬ َ ْ ‫ﰻ َﻣ ْﻮ ُﻟ ْﻮ ٍد۞ َا‬ ّ ُ َ َ
‫ﴍ ِف َﻣ ْﻮ ُﺟﻮ ٍد۞ َوا ْﻋﻈ ِﻢ َﻣ ْﻮﻟﻮ ٍد اﻟ ِﺬی ﴍف‬ َ ْ ‫َﻋ َﺪ ُد ُە۞ َا‬
َّ َ َ ْ َ َْ َّ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ ُ ْ
َ ّ
َ
‫ﻟﴪ اﻟ ِﺬی ﴎی‬ ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻤﻘﺮ ِﺑﲔ۞ واﻓﻀ ِﻞ اﳋﻠ ِﻖ اﲨ ِﻌﲔ۞ اﴍ ِف اﻟﻤﮑﻤ ِﻠﲔ۞ واﻓﻀ ِﻞ اﻟﻨﺎس اﲨ ِﻌﲔ۞ ا‬
ّ ِ
ّ ُ َّ َ َ َ ْ ‫ﰻ َﻗﺮ‬ ّ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َ َّ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ َ ْ َّ ْ ُ ُ ْ ْ َ َ
ُ َ َ ْ َ ِ َ ْ َٔ ْ
‫ﰻ‬ ِ ‫ﺐ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫و‬ ۞ ‫ﺐ‬ ‫ﻳ‬
ٍ ِ ِ ِ ‫ب‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﻗ‬‫ا‬ ۞ ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﻗ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ِﻻ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﻌ‬
ِ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ۞ ‫ە‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﮐ‬
ِِ ِ ِ ‫ﺬ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ِﻻ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ب‬ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻘ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﻲ‬َ ‫ﲢ‬‫ﻻ‬ ۞ ‫ﻣ‬
ِ‫ِﻊ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺴ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻻرواح و‬

‫ﴎا ِر۞ َو‬

َْ ّ
َ ْ ‫اﻻ‬ ِِ ۞‫ﻮح‬
‫ﴎ‬ ِ ‫ﺎب ْاﻟ َﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ ِﻢ ْاﻟ َﻤ ْﻔ ُﺘ‬ ِ
َ ‫ﻮح۞ َو ْاﻟ‬
‫ﺒ‬ ِ ُ ‫وح۞ َابب ْاﻟ َﻔ ْﻀﻞ َو ْاﻟ ُﻔ‬
‫ﺘ‬ ِ ٍ ُ ‫ﰻ‬
‫ر‬
ّ ُ َ َ
ِ ‫ﺐ۞ ﺣﻴﺎ ِۃ‬
ْ َ
ٍ ‫ﺣ ِﺒﻴ‬
ِ
۞‫ﺎل‬ َ ْ َ ِ ‫اﻟﺮ‬ ُّ َ َ
‫ﺎل۞ ﺣﻴﺎ ِۃ‬ ََ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ِ ‫اﻻ ْ َ ار۞ َو ِﻣ ْﻔ َﺘ‬ َ ْ ُْ
ِ ‫وح واﻟﺒ‬ ِ ‫ﺎح اب ِب اﻟﻴﺴﺎ ِر۞ وﺟﺎﻣِﻊِ اﻟﮑﻤ‬ ِ ‫ِر‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,

the Praiseworthy and the Praised one,
the help of whose secret is never cut off
and is uncountable;
who is the most noble in existence;
and whose birth was the greatest (event)
which ennobled all births;
the most noble among the Prophetic Messengers of Allah,
the nearest among those drawn near (to Allah )
and the best in all creation,
the most noble among all those made perfect (by Allah )
and the best in all humanity
whose mystery was that he travelled
into the realm of souls and hearers.
Hearts do not become alive except with his dhikr (remembrance).
There is no one who is far away, except he brings him near.
He is closer than everyone else who is close
and most beloved of all those loved.
He is the life of all souls,
the door of benefit and spiritual openings;
and indeed a big door that is wide open,
the mystery of mysteries, and the light of lights,
and the key to the gate of ease
and the one who gathered perfection in himself;
the life of the soul and the heart.

We notice that in this salaat, the words “madaduh” and “‘adaduh” rhyme; the word
“mawjood” and “mawlood” rhyme; the words “mursaleen”, “muqarrabeen”, “ajma‘een” and
“mukammaleen” rhyme; the words “qareeb” and “habib” rhyme; the words “rooh”, “futooh”
and “maftooh” rhyme; the words “asraar”, “anwaar” and “yasaar” rhyme; and the words
“kamaal” and “baal” rhyme. Seven different rhymes in just one salaat on the beloved Prophet
Sayyidina Muhammad ‫ !ﷺ‬
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The biggest salaat in Lataaif i’l ‘Arshiyyah is one and a half pages long and has eight different
rhymes. In it, the words “tajalliyaatika”, “dhaatika”, “ladayka”, “yadayka”,
“Wahdaaniyyatika”, “millatika”, “lihubbika”, and “mahboobuka” rhyme; “fardaa” and
“sardaa” rhyme; “binaseebih” and “habibih” rhyme; “ilayhim” and “‘alayhim” rhyme;
“sifatuhu”, and “khuluquhu” rhyme; “ibtihaajaa”, and “mi‘raajaa” rhyme; “amalih” (which
starts with the letter alif), and “‘amalih” (which starts with the letter ‘ain) rhyme; and
“shuhooduh”, and “wurooduh” rhyme.

One other salaat has eleven end words that rhyme. These are: “haqqiyyah”, “ghaybiyyah”,
“‘indiyyah”, “roohiyyah”, “saniyyah”, “Muhammadiyyah”, “qalbiyyah”, “Mustafawiyyah”,
“wa’n-niyyah”, “bariyyah”, and “wa’dh-dhurriyyah”. All the salawaat throughout the kitab
have such rhyming prose. This is only one manifestation of the love for RasulAllah ‫ﷺ‬.  Is there
anyone in the whole wide world more loved than the Holy Prophet ‫  ﷺ‬in all of humanity
throughout history, we begin to ask? This naturally makes us stand up in reverential awe of the
beloved Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad al-Mustafa ‫ ﷺ‬as we begin to give words to our as yet
dim understanding of his grandeur before Allah .
َ
َ‫ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َﺻ َّﲇ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺳ ّﻠﻢ‬ َ َ ُ َّ َ
‫ﺻﲇ ﷲ‬
ٍ
َ
َ‫ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َﺻ َّﲇ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺳ ّﻠﻢ‬ َ َ ُ َّ َ
‫ﺻﲇ ﷲ‬
ٍ
َ
َ‫ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َﺻ َّﲇ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺳ ّﻠﻢ‬ َ َ ُ َّ َ
‫ﺻﲇ ﷲ‬
ٍ

May Allah bless Prophet Muhammad;

May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Acknowledgement: I am grateful to Brother Abid Paiker for typing the salawaat in Arabic.
May Allah reward him for his selfless services. Amin.

Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad.

First edition: 1417 A.H / 1996, Toronto.
Updated with Arabic text: Rabi‘ al-Awwal 1436 A.H / 2015, Toronto.

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 Chapter Four

TANBEEHI’L ANAAM
Of: SHAYKH ‘ABDUL JALIL BIN ‘AZOOM AL-MAGHRIBI

An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

1. RECITE THESE SALAWAAT WHILE FASTING

Welcome to Tanbeehi’l Anaam fee Bayan ‘Uluww Maqam Nabiyyina Muhammad

(Exhorting Mankind in Explaining the Exalted Station of our Prophet Muhammad ), a book of
more than 6,000 salawaat (blessings) and salaams (salutations) on our beloved Holy Prophet
Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad al-Mustafa by Shaykh ‘Abdul Jalil bin Muhammad bin
Ahmad bin ‘Azoom of Qayrawan, Tunisia (passed ahead in 960 A.H / 1553 C.E). This book
is also popularly known as Shifaa’ al-Asqaam wa Mahwa’l Aathaam fi’s-Salaat ‘alaa Khayri’l
Anaam (The Healing of Sicknesses and the Erasing of Sins in invoking Blessing on the Best of
Mankind).

Let us recall that Allah has appointed seventy thousand angels to invoke salawaat and
salaams on the Holy Prophet at his tomb (lovingly referred to as Rawdah or Garden of
Paradise) any one day, and the next day another seventy thousand angels come and offer
salawaat and salaams, and so on. Those angels who obtain such an opportunity once never
obtain it again, because Allah in His Love and Justice wants to provide such an opportunity
to all the angels. And let us remember that the angels neither eat nor drink nor sleep (Laa akla
laa shurba wa laa nawmun lahum). So, transform yourself into an angel, that is, do not eat or
drink and approach Tanbeehi’l Anaam in a state of sawm (fasting) and start to recite salawaat
on the Beloved of Allah, Muhammad-u’r-Rasulullah . Some mashaayikh (spiritual masters)
have indeed formed the habit of completing the recitation of Tanbeehi’l Anaam every month,
especially in Ramadan, the month of fasting.

Indeed Shaykh ‘Abdul Jalil bin ‘Azoom himself conveys to us these teachings in the
following salawaat.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫ﺳﻴ ِﺪانوﻣﻮﻻان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ‬
ْ َ َ ّ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ ٔ َ ْ ْ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ
ُ َ
ِ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی ﺟﻌﻞ ﷲ ﺳﺒ ِﻌﲔ ا ﻟﻒ ﻣﻠ ٍﮏ ﳛﻔﻮن ِﺑﻘ‬
‫ﱪ ِە‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
for whom Allah has kept seventy thousand angels
who surround his tomb

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 َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ
َ َ ‫َا ّﻟﺬ ْی َ ْ َٔا ْﮐ‬
ْ‫ ُﻏ ِﻔ َﺮ ْت َﻟ ُﻪ اﳉَ َﺮاﺋِﻢ‬،‫ﱶ ِذ ْﮐ َﺮ ُە َو ُﻫ َﻮ َﺻﺎﺋ ِْﻢ‬
ِ
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
whoever does his zikr / dhikr (remembers him) in abundance while fasting,
is forgiven his offenses.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ال ﺳﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ُُ ّ َّ َّ ِ َ َ ِ ّ ُ َّ َ َ ٔ ُ ُ ْ َ ٔ ُ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ْ َّ َ
َ ُ
‫ اﻇﻠﻪ ﷲ ِﰲ ِﻇ ِﻠ ِﻪ م ﻻ ِﻇﻞ ِٕاﻻ ِﻇﻠﻪ‬،‫ﱶ ِذﮐ َﺮە ِﲟَﺎﻫ َﻮاﻫﻠﻪ‬
ْ َ ‫ا ﻟﺬ ی ْ ا ﮐ‬
ِ
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
whoever remembers him with abundance as he deserves it,
will be provided shade by Allah in His Shade on the Day (of Judgement)
when there will be no shade except His Shade.

And what better way to remember the beloved Prophet than to invoke salawaat and salaams
of Allah on him while fasting?

Tanbeehi’l Anaam is in two volumes. Volume 1 has 21 chapters while volume 2 has 17 chapters
woven around salawaat on a particular theme. Some of the chapter titles are: Fee Fadli
Mahabbatihee (On the bounty of Love for him), Fee Akhlaaqihi’sh Shareefah wa
Shamaailihi’l Lateefah (His Noble Character and Subtle Qualities), Fi’l Mi‘raj (His Ascension,
body and soul, to the Heavens to meet Allah ), Fi’l Akhbaaraatihi’l Ghaybiyya wa Sidq
Maqaalaatihi’l Marwiyyah (The Reports he gave of the Unseen and the Truth of his Reported
Sayings), Fee Zuhurihi wa ‘Alaamaatihi wa Wilaadatihi wa Ridaa‘atihi (His Manifestation
and his signs, and his Birth and his Nursing), Fee Mu‘jizaatihi’l Baahirah (His Shining
Miracles), and Fee Fadli’sh Shafee‘ish Shaafi‘ (His Bountifulness as an Accepted Intercessor).

And Shaykh Ibn ‘Azoom knew in reality that our beloved Prophet Muhammad ‘Arabi is
an intercessor whose intercession is accepted by Allah . In the Introduction to the book, he
narrates that he saw Rasulullah in a dream. His house appeared all lit up from the light on the
face of Muhammad al-Mustafa . He greeted him three times:
َ َ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ُم َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ‬
َّ َ ُ ٰ َّ َ
ِ ‫ﮏ َاي َر ُﺳﻮل ﷲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻠﻮۃ و‬
Blessing and salutation upon you, O Prophetic Messenger of Allah.

Then, he requested him for his shafa‘ah (intercession). The beloved Prophet kissed him and
gave him the good news that he will attain his shafa‘ah. So, he was filled with joy and composed
these two couplets:

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 ْ ‫ﺑ َﺪاری ٓا ِﺧ ًﺬاﺑ َﻴﺪی ْاﻟ َﻴﻤ‬ ًّ َّ ٰ ْ ُ ْ َٔ َ
‫ﲔ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻨ ْﻮ ِم َﺣﻘﺎ‬ ‫ﺖ اﻟ ُﻤ ْﺼ َﻄ ِﰲ‬ ‫راﻳ‬
ْ َ َ
َ ‫اﻟﺸﻔ‬
ْ ‫ﺎﻋﺔِابﻟ َﻴﻤ‬ ّ َ ََ َٓ َ َّ َ‫َوﺑ‬ َََ
‫ﲔ‬ِ ِ ِ ‫ﻞ‬ ِ
ْ
‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﻧ‬ ‫َواﱄ‬ ‫ﴩ ِﱏ‬ ‫َوﻗ ّﺒﻠ ِﲎ‬

I saw the Chosen One (al-Mustafa ) in a dream for true

in my house, taking my right hand,
and he kissed me and gave me the good news and promised
that I will get his intercession with those on the right (the blissful)

Allahu Akbar! (Allah is Supremely Great!)

The fact that Rasulullah himself gave him the glad tidings shows that he approves of the
composition of salawaat and their recitation.

First, he saw Sayyidina ‘Ali al-Murtada in a dream and he realized that this was as a result of
the blessing of the salawaat he composed on Rasulullah .

Then he saw one of his neighbours who had passed ahead who informed him that it had been
mentioned in the heavens that he was one of the servants of Rasulullah who eulogized him,
while Rasulullah looked on, smiling.

After that, he saw his father in a dream who was extremely happy with him. He informed
him that the book of salawaat he had written had been mentioned among the Heavenly Host of
Angels. SubhanAllah (Glorified is Allah!) This shows that the angels love Tanbeehi’l
Anaam. Allahu Akbar (Allah is Supremely Great!) It also shows that he received the glad
tidings of the acceptance of this book of salawaat many times.

Al-Hamdu Lillah (All Praise is for Allah!)

Tanbihi’l Anaam is indeed an encircling ocean of salawaat. Shaykh ‘Abdul Jalil bin ‘Azoom
informs us in the Introduction that in writing this book, he referenced about 100,000 Ahaadith
(Sayings) of the Prophet . He says that he knew of his own helplessness before Allah and
that he was prone to error, but he sought refuge in Allah and decided he had to complete the
book as it was necessary that people should know about the spiritual realities of Prophet
Muhammad and his exalted Station and position before his Lord.

Many ‘ulama (scholars) who came after Shaykh ‘Abdul Jalil bin ‘Azoom benefited from
Tanbeehi’l Anaam. For example, Mawlana ‘Abdulrahman Chohravi benefited from it in
writing his Majmu‘a Salawaat-u’r-Rasul (A Compendium of Blessings on the Prophetic
Messenger ).

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2. RECITE IT IN CONGREGATION
Tanbeehi’l Anaam is best recited in congregation. It starts with the verse of the Holy Qur’an:

(#θßϑÏk=y™uρ Ïμø‹n=tã (#θ=|¹ (#θãΖtΒ#u™ š⎥⎪Ï%©!$# $pκš‰r'¯≈tƒ 4 Äc©É<¨Ζ9$# ’n?tã tβθ=|Áム…çμtGx6Íׯ≈n=tΒuρ ©!$# ¨βÎ)

∩∈∉∪ $¸ϑŠÎ=ó¡n@

Surely, Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet. O you who believe, ask
blessings on him and salute him with a worthy salutation. (33:56)

Then follow the salawaat each of which can be said to be composed of two parts. The first part
is:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad.

This is recited in congregation after which the one who leads the congregation completes the
second part of the salaat. The second part of one of the salawaat is:

ُ ‫ َﺻ َّﲇ‬،‫َا َّﻟﺬ ْی َ ْ َﺻ َّﲇ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َوا ِﺣ َﺪ ًۃ‬

َ َ‫ﷲ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ ﲠ‬
ً‫ﺎﻋ ْﴩا‬ ِ ِ
Whoever invokes Allah’s blessing on him once,
Allah blesses him ten times.

We learn of this in the following Hadith Shareef:

Hadrat Anas Bin Malik narrates that the Holy Prophet said: “If somebody hears my
name, he should invoke Allah’s blessing upon me. When a person asks one blessing upon me,
Allah sends ten blessings upon him, forgives his ten sins, and raises him ten degrees (in
Paradise)." (Ahmad, an-Nasaai).

So, as the congregation recites Tanbeehi’l Anaam, it goes on learning about the Ahaadith
(Sayings) of the Holy Prophet , as well as about Islam in general. Some majalis (spiritual
gatherings) of zikr specialise in the recitation and completion of Tanbeehi’l Anaam and some
mashaayikh (spiritual masters) have memorised the whole of it; indeed all of its more than
6,000 salawaat. Allahu Akbar! (Allah is Supremely Great!)

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3. LEARN THE HOLY QUR’AN KAREEM
One of the most remarkable features of Tanbeehi’l Anaam is that all its chapters (as well as their
sub-sections) end with a salaat which contains a few verses, or one verse, or part of a verse from
the Holy Qur’an Kareem. For example, the chapter on mi‘raj (heavenly ascension) ends with the
following salaat.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ ْ َ ْ َ ً ْ ْ َ َّ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ّ ْ َ ْ َ
:‫ﲎ ِﺑﻘﻮ ِﻟ ِﻪ ﻋﺰ وﺟﻞ ﺗﻌ ِﻈامي ﻟِﻘﺪ ِر ِە و ِذﮐﺮی‬
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻤﻌ‬
∩⊇⊂∪ 3“t÷zé& »'s!÷“tΡ çν#u™u‘ ô‰s)s9uρ ∩⊇⊄∪ 3“ttƒ $tΒ 4’n?tã …çμtΡρã≈yϑçFsùr& ∩⊇⊇∪ #“r&u‘ $tΒ ßŠ#xσàø9$# z>x‹x. $tΒ
َ َّ َّ
ِ‫َﺻﲇ ﷲُ َو َﺳﻠ َﻢ َﻋﻠ ْﻴﻪ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
The meaning of which is
in what Allah, The Mighty and The Majestic said
befitting the Prophet’s honour and remembrance:
The heart (of the Prophet) did not falsify what he saw.
Will you then dispute with him concerning what he saw?
And indeed he saw Him (Allah’s Nur, Divine Light) in another descent. (53:11-13).
May Allah bless him and bestow peace upon him.

The chapter about the ‘ilm u’l-ghayb (knowledge of the Unseen) of the Prophet ends with
this salaat.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ ْ ْ ْ َ َ ‫َا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺨ‬
،‫ﺐ ِﺑﻘ ْﻮ ِل اﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﮏ اﻟ َﻌ ِﺰ ْ ِ اﻟ َﻮ ّﮬﺎب‬
ِ ‫ﺎﻃ‬
É>$tGtΒ Ïμø‹s9Î)uρ àMù=2uθs? Ïμø‹n=tã uθèδ ωÎ) tμ≈s9Î) Iω ’În1u‘ uθèδ ö≅è%
ْ َ ْ ‫ﺎء َٔا‬ َّ
ُ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻤ‬ َ َ َ َ ٌ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ َ ٓ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ
‫اب‬ ‫ﺖ‬
ِ ‫ ﻣﺎﮬﻄﻞ ﻏﻴﺚ وﻓﺘﺤ‬،‫ﲨﻴﻊِ اﻻﲱﺎب‬ ِ ‫ﺻﻞ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ و ا ِﻟ ِﻪ و‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who was addressed with these Words (in the Qur’an) by
the King, the Mighty, the Bestower (Allah):
Say: He is my Lord; none is to be worshipped but He,
in Him have I put my trust, and to Him do I turn. (13:30)
May Allah bless him and his Family and all his Companions

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for as long as rain pours and the doors of the heaven are opened.

Sometimes the salaat with a verse or verses of the Holy Qur’an is in the middle of a chapter as in
this instance.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ٔ َّ َ
∩⊄∪ 3“§θ|¡sù t,n=y{ “Ï%©!$# ∩⊇∪ ’n?ôãF{$# y7În/u‘ zΟó™$# ËxÎm7y™ : ‫اﻟ ِﺬی ا ِ ﻟﺖ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
on whom was revealed:
Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High. Who created, then proportioned. (87:1-2)

So while we recite salawaat from Tanbeehi’l Anaam, we also learn about some of the sacred
teachings from the Holy Qur’an Kareem.

4. LEARN THE BLESSED HADITH SHAREEF

Those who are familiar with the Ahaadith (Sayings) of Rasulullah would love Tanbeehi’l
Anaam as it opens up new vistas of composition of salawaat together with Hadith Shareef.

To appreciate this contribution of Shaykh ‘Abdul Jalil bin ‘Azoom , let us recite three more
salawaat from Tanbeehi’l Anaam, cross referenced with (translations of) the blessed Hadith
Shareef.

Salaat

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ‫او َﻻ ُﺗ َﻨ ِّﻔ ُﺮوا‬ ُ ِ ّ ‫او َﻻ ُﺗ َﻌ‬
ُ ِّ َ‫ َوﺑ‬،‫ﴪ ْوا‬
َ ‫ﴩ ْو‬ ُ ِ ّ َ ‫ ﻳ‬: ‫َا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﺋِﻞ‬
َ ‫ﴪ ْو‬
ِ
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who said: “Make things easy and do not make them difficult.
And give glad tidings and do not create hatred”.

Hadith Shareef

Hadrat Anas bin Malik , relates that the Holy Prophet , said, “Make things easy and do not
make them difficult. And give glad tidings and do not create hatred”. (al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Salaat
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 َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ َّ ُ ٔ ْ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ْ َ َ َْ
‫ﺎت‬
ِ ‫ام اﻻﻣﻬ‬ ِ ‫ اﳉﻨﺔ ﲢﺖ اﻗﺪ‬:‫اﻟﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻞ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who said: “Paradise lies beneath the feet of mothers”.

Hadith Shareef

Mu‘awiyah bin Jahima said that his father approached the Prophet and said, “I intend going
on Jihad. I seek your advice”. The Prophet enquired, “Is your mother alive?” He answered,
“Yes”. The Prophet said, “Go and serve her, for Paradise lies beneath the feet of mothers”.
(Ahmad, an-Nasaai, Bayhaqi).

Salaat

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ٓ ُ ْ ُ َ َٔ َ َ َْ
‫ ز ِّﻳ ُﻨ ْﻮا ا ْﺻ َﻮاﺗﮑ ْﻢ ِابﻟﻘ ْﺮا ِن‬:‫اﻟﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻞ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who said, “Beautify your voices with (the recitation of) the Qur’an”.

Hadith Shareef

Hadrat Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib reported that Allah’s Prophetic Messenger said: “Beautify
your voices with (the recitation of) the Qur’an”. (Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Darimi).

5. THE SIFAAT (NOBLE ATTRIBUTES) OF THE HOLY PROPHET

Consider what we learn from the following salawaat about the sifaat (qualities) of the noble
Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad .

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ٰ ْ ُ َ َّ َ ٍ ْ ُ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ٓ َ ُ ُ ْ ُ ٔ ْ َّ َ
‫ وﴭﺎﻋﺔ ح و ِﺷﺪۃ ﻣﻮﳻ‬،‫ﺚ‬ ٍ ‫ وﻣﻌ ِﺮﻓﺔ ِﺷﻴ‬،‫اﻟ ِﺬی اﻋ ِ َ ﺧﻠﻖ ادم‬

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 َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ٰ ْ َ ْ ُ َ َ ٰ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َّ ُ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ ُ َ ْ ُ ٔ ْ َّ َ
‫ وزﻫﺪ ِﻋﻴﴗ‬،‫ و ِرﺿﺎ ِٕاﲮﻖ‬،‫ وﺣﺐ دا ِﻧﻴﺎل‬،‫ وﻟِﺴﺎن ِٕاﲰﺎ ِﻋﻴﻞ‬،‫اﻟ ِﺬی اﻋ ِ ﺧﻠﺔ ِٕا ا ِﻫﻴﻢ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who was given the character of Prophet Adam ,
the gnostic knowledge of Prophet Sheeth ,
the bravery of Prophet Nuh ,
and the strength of Prophet Musa .

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who was given the friendship of Prophet Ibrahim ,
and the tongue of Prophet Isma‘il ,
and the love of Prophet Daaniyaal ,
and the contentment of Prophet Ishaaq ,
and the abstinence of Prophet ‘Isa .

Indeed, the beloved Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa combined in himself all the superlative
qualities of all the previous Prophets .

To gain an appreciation of some of the sifaat (attributes) of the noble Prophet , it suffices to
recite the following four salawaat, cross referenced with (translations of) his blessed Hadith
Shareef.

Salaat

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ
َ‫َا ّﻟﺬ ْی َﰷ َن ُﺧﻠُ ُﻘ ُﻪ ْاﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ٓان‬
ِ
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
whose character was the Qur’an

Hadith Shareef

Sa‘d bin Hisham said: I went to Sayyidatina ‘Aisha and said, “Mother of the Faithful
believers! Tell me about the nature of Allah’s Prophetic Messenger ”. She asked, “Do you not
recite the Qur’an?” On my replying that I certainly did, she said, “The Prophet’s nature was the
Qur’an”. (Muslim)

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Salaat

َ ُ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ا ِل َﺳ ِ ّﻴ ِﺪ َان ﳏ َ ّﻤ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ و‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ ُْ َ َ ْ ْ ْ َ ٔ َ ٌ ْ َ ٔ ْ َ َ ّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫اﻟﺒﲀ ِء‬ ِ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی ﰷن ﻳﺼ ِﲇ وﻟِﺼﺪ ِر ِە ا ِز ﰷ ِز ِ اﻟ ِﻤﺮﺟ ِﻞ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who, when he prayed Salah, his chest sounded
like the sound of a boiling pot.

Hadith Shareef

Hadrat ‘Abdullah ibn Shikhkhir relates, “Once I visited the Holy Prophet , when he was
offering Salah (Prayer). I heard the sound of his weeping coming out of his chest which was like
the sound of a boiling pot”. (Tirmidhi)

Salaat

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْٔ َ َ ُ َ ْٔ َ ُ َ َّ َ
‫اﻟ ِﺬ ْی ﰷ َن َو ْﺟ ُﻬﻪ ﻳَ َﺘﻼ ﻻ ﺗﻼ ﻟ ٔﻮاﻟﻘ َﻤ ِﺮ ﻟ ْﻴﻠﺔ اﻟ َﺒﺪ ِر‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
whose face shone like the shining of the full moon.

Hadith Shareef

Narrated Hadrat Abu Ishaq : Al-Bara’ was asked, “Was the face of the Prophet (as
bright) as a sword?” He said, “No, but (as bright) as the moon”. (al-Bukhari)

Salaat

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ َ َّ ُ ُ ٔ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫اﻟ ِﺬی ﰷن ﻻايﰻ اﻟﺼﺪﻗﺔ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who did not eat of (what was given as) charity.

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Hadith Shareef

Hadrat Buraydah reports that when the Holy Prophet emigrated to Madina, Hadrat
Salman al-Farisi brought a tray full of fresh dates and offered it to him. He asked, “What is
this”? Hadrat Salman said, “It is in charity (sadaqah) for you and your Companions.” He
said, “We do not eat sadaqah”. On the second day too, Hadrat Salman came with a tray of
dates and said, “These dates are a gift”. Then the Holy Prophet and the Companions ate
of those dates. Thereafter, Hadrat Salman saw the Seal of Prophethood (in between his
shoulders) and embraced Islam. (Tirmidhi)

6. THE SUPPLICATIONS OF THE HOLY PROPHET WERE

ANSWERED

The two chapters on the ad‘iya (supplications, plural of du‘a) of the Holy Prophet has 64
salawaat each dealing with a specific du‘a of the beloved Prophet all of which were
answered. For example, he prayed that either ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab or Abu Jahl bin Hisham
accept Islam. His prayer was answered and Sayyidina ‘Umar accepted Islam. We learn of this
in the following Hadith Shareef:

Hadrat ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas reported that the Prophet said, “O Allah! Strengthen Islam
with Abu Jahl bin Hisham, or with ‘Umar bin al-Khattab”. In the morning, Sayyidina ‘Umar
went to the Prophet and accepted Islam; then prayed openly in the masjid. (Ahmad and
Tirmidhi)

The salaat in Tanbeehi’l Anaam is as follows:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ ْ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ ٔ ُ َ ْ ْ َّ َ ُ ْ َ ٔ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫ِﲔ‬
ِ ‫ﺎب ِﰲ اﳊ‬ ِ ‫ ﻓﲀن ﲻﺮ اﳋﻄ‬، ِ ‫اﻻﺳﻼم ِابﺣ ِﺪاﻟﻌﻤﺮ‬ ِٕ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی دﻋﺎ ان ﻳﻌﺰ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who prayed that Islam be strengthened with one of the two ‘Umars
and behold! ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab accepted Islam soon after.

He also prayed for Hadrat ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas that Allah may give him the knowledge
of the Qur’an and Allah gave him so much knowledge that he came to get the title
Tarjumaana’l Qur’an (the interpreter of the Qur’an). We learn of this du‘a in Sahih al-
Bukhari.

Narrated Hadrat ibn ‘Abbas : Once the Holy Prophet embraced me and said, “O Allah!
Bestow on him the knowledge of the Book (Qur’an)”. (al-Bukhari).

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The salaat in Tanbeehi’l Anaam is as follows:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ُْٓ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ٰ ُْ َ َ َ َ ْ ْ ّ ُ ّ َ َّ
ٍ َّ َ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫ﺎن اﻟﻘﺮان‬ ِ
ِ ‫ ﻓﲀن ﻳﺪ ِﺑﱰﲨ‬،‫ﺎﻻ ِ ﻋﺒﺎس ِابﻟﺘﻔﻘﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ِﺪ ِ ِٕاﻋﻼن‬ ِ ِ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی دﻋ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who publicly prayed for Hadrat ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas
that he may get the knowledge of the religion of Islam.
And behold! He came to be called the Interpreter of the Qur’an.

The blessed Prophet also prayed for Hadrat Abu Hurayrah, for Hadrat Abu Hurayrah’s
mother and for Hadrat Anas, may Allah be pleased with them. The relevant Ahaadith Shareef
and salawaat are as follows:

Prayer For Hadrat Abu Hurayrah

Narrated Hadrat Abu Hurayrah : I said to Allah’s Prophetic Messenger , “I hear many
Sayings (ahaadith) from you but I forget them”. Allah’s Prophetic Messenger said, “Spread
your rida (garment).” I did accordingly and then he moved his hands as if filling them with
something (and emptied them in my rida) and then said, “Take and wrap this sheet over your
body”. I did it and after that I never forgot anything. (al-Bukhari)

Salaat Concerning This

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ُ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ ً ْ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ُ َ ٔ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫ ﳁﺎﻧ ِﴗ ﺷﻴﺌﺎ ِﻣﻨﻪ ﺑﻌﺪذاﻟِﮏ ﺣ ِﻔﻈﻪ‬،‫ﺎﻻ ِﰉ ﻫﺮ ۃ ِﺣﲔ وﻋﻈﻪ‬ ِ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی دﻋ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who prayed for Hadrat Abu Hurayrah when advising him
after which he never forgot anything that he had memorised.

Prayer For Hadrat Abu Hurayrah’s Mother

Hadrat Abu Hurayrah said: I used to invite my mother who was a polytheist to accept Islam,
and one day when I had invited her and she caused me to hear something about Allah’s Prophetic
Messenger which I do not care to repeat, I went to him weeping and said, “Messenger of
Allah! Supplicate to Allah to guide Abu Hurayrah’s mother.” He said, “O Allah, guide Abu
Hurayrah’s mother”. So I came out cheered by the Prophet’s supplication. When I came to the
door I found it shut, and when she heard the sound of my feet, she said, “Stay where you are,
Abu Hurayrah”. I heard the splashing of water, and when she had bathed and put on her garment,

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but was in too big a hurry to put on her head-covering, and opened the door and said, “I testify,
Abu Hurayrah, that there is no god but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger”. I then returned to Allah’s Messenger weeping for joy, and he praised Allah
and said some good words. (Muslim)

Salaat Concerning This

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َ ٔ ْ َ َ َ ْ ٔ ْ ُ ْ ُ َّ ُ ٔ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ ٔ ُ َ ّ َ ُ ْ َ ٔ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫ ﻓﲀان ِﰲ اﻻان ِم ﳏﺒﻮﺑﲔ‬،‫اﻟ ِﺬی دﻋﺎان ﳛ ِﺒﺐ ﷲ اابﻫﺮ ۃ واﻣﻪ ﻟِﻠﻤﻮ ِﻣ ِﻨﲔ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who prayed that may it please Allah to turn
Abu Hurayrah and his mother into believers
and behold, both of them became the beloved among people.

Prayer For Hadrat Anas

Umm Sulaym (the mother of Hadrat Anas bin Malik) narrates that she requested (the beloved
Prophet ), “Messenger of Allah ! Anas is your servant. Supplicate to Allah for him.”
He said, “O Allah, multiply his property and his children, and bless him in what You give him”.
Hadrat Anas said, “I swear by Allah that my property is abundant and that my children and
grandchildren exceed a hundred in number to-day”. (al-Bukhari and Muslim).

Salaat Concerning This

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ُّ َ ُ َ َ ُّ َ ُ َ ُ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ٔ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫ﴩ ﻟِﺼﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ وﰷﻧﺖ ِ ﮐﺘﻪ ﻻ ﺗﻌﺪ وﻻ ﲢﺪ‬ ِ ‫ﺎﻻﻧ ٍﺲ ِﺑﮑﱶ ِۃ اﻟﻤ‬
ِ ‫ ﻓﺪ ِﻓﻦ ِﻣﺎﺋﺔ و ِﻋ‬،‫ﺎل واﻟﻮﻟ ِﺪ‬ ِ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی دﻋ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who prayed for Hadrat Anas that he may have lots of wealth and children
and behold, he passed ahead having one hundred and twenty offspring
and left a legacy that could neither be counted nor had any limits.

7. LEARN ABOUT THE ‘ILM U’L-GHAYB OF THE PROPHET IN A

MAJLIS OF ‘ILM AND ZIKR

It appears that Shaykh ‘Abdul Jalil bin ‘Azoom wants to teach us everything about Islam in
salawaat. He establishes a majlis (gathering) of ‘ilm (knowledge) and zikr (remembrance) for

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that purpose. And the ‘ilm is both the ‘ilm uz-zahir (manifestly open knowledge) and the ‘ilm
u’l-ghayb (knowledge of the Unseen) that Allah gave to the Beloved Prophet .

Allah says in the Holy Qur’an:

∩⊄⊄∪ ÞΟŠÏm§9$# ß⎯≈oΗ÷q§9$# uθèδ ( Íοy‰≈y㤱9$#uρ É=ø‹tóø9$# ÞΟÎ=≈tã ( uθèδ ωÎ) tμ≈s9Î) Iω “Ï%©!$# ª!$# uθèδ

He is Allah, none is to be worshipped but He, the Knower of all the Unseen and the seen. He is
the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. (59:22)

Allah is the Creator of everyone and everything, including all the knowledge, both the open
and the hidden, about the seen and the Unseen. He gives the knowledge of the Unseen to the
Prophets . Allah says:

y7ø‹s9Î) ÏμŠÏmθçΡ É=ø‹tóø9$# Ï™!$t7/Ρr& ô⎯ÏΒ y7Ï9≡sŒ

These are the news of the (things) Unseen which We reveal to you (O Prophet Muhammad ).
(3:44)

( â™!$t±o„ ⎯tΒ ⎯Ï&Î#ß™•‘ ⎯ÏΒ ©É<tGøgs† ©!$# £⎯Å3≈s9uρ É=ø‹tóø9$# ’n?tã öΝä3yèÎ=ôÜãŠÏ9 ª!$# tβ%x. $tΒuρ

And Allah will not disclose to you (O people) the secrets of the Unseen but Allah chooses of His
(Prophetic) Messengers whom He pleases (to give the knowledge of the Unseen). (3:179)

∩⊄⊆∪ &⎦⎫ÏΨŸÒÎ/ É=ø‹tóø9$# ’n?tã uθèδ $tΒuρ

And he (the Prophet ) does not withhold (the knowledge of) the Unseen. (81:24)

One of the chapters of Tanbeehi’l Anaam has 148 salawaat about the knowledge of the Unseen
which Allah gave to the Prophet , about what was going to happen on earth in the future
and what was going to happen in the Hereafter. Let us gain the barakaat (blessings) of reciting a
few of these salawaat.

There are four salawaat about the martyrs of the Battle of Mu’ta one of which is:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ
ْ‫ َﻗ ْﺒ َﻞ َﳎﻲ ِء ْاﳋَ َﱪ‬،‫َا ّﻟ ِﺬی ﻧَ ٰ َز ْﻳ ًﺪا َو َﺟ ْﻌ َﻔ ْﺮ‬
ِ
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

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Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who announced the martyrdom of Hadrat Zayd ibn Haritha
and Hadrat Ja‘far ibn Abi Talib at-Tayyaar before the news arrived (of their passing ahead).

Relevant Hadith

Narrated Hadrat Anas : The Prophet had informed the people about the martyrdom of
Hadrat Zayd, Hadrat Ja‘far and Hadrat ‘Abdullah ibn Rawaha before the news of their death
reached them. He said with his eyes flowing with tears, “Zayd took the flag and was martyred,
then Ja‘far took the flag and was martyred, and then Ibn Rawaha took the flag and was martyred.
Finally, the flag was taken by one of Allah’s Swords (that is, Hadrat Khalid bin al-Walid )
and Allah gave them (the Muslims) victory. (al-Bukhari)

Salaat

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ َ َ َ ٔ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ٔ َ َ َ َ َ َ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ ُ ٔ َ َ ْ َ ٔ َّ َ
‫ ﻓﲀن ﻣﺎاﺧﱪﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ واﺷﺎدە‬،‫ام ِﲟﻮ ِﲥﺎ اﻟﺸﻬﺎدۃ‬ ٍ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی اﺧﱪام ﺣﺮ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who informed Umm Haram that she will pass ahead as a martyr
and it happened just as he had informed and commended her.

We learn from sirah (biography) that the Prophet had prophesied that Umm Haram bint
Milhan al-Khazrajiyya , the wife of Hadrat ‘Ubadah ibn as-Samit of Madina would go on
the military expedition by sea. In the year 27 A.H., 16 years after the Prophet passed ahead,
during the Khilafat of Sayyidina Uthman , she joined the Muslim army with her husband in a
sea expedition to Cyprus, fell from her riding animal, and passed ahead as a martyr.

Allahu Akbar (Allah is Supremely Great!)

Salaat

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ َ َ َ ََْ َُْ َ ََ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ٔ َّ َ
‫ ِﺑﻌﻼﻣ ِﺔ اوﻳ ِﺲ اﻟﻘﺮ ِﱏ وﺷﻔﺎﻋ ِﺘ ِﻪ‬،ِ‫اﻟ ِﺬی اﺧﱪﺑﻌﺾ اﲱﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ وﻗﺮاﺑ ِﺘﻪ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who informed some of his Companions and relatives
about the signs of Hadrat Uways al-Qarani and his intercession.

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Relevant Hadith

Sayyidina ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab reported that Allah’s Prophetic Messenger said: “A man
named Uways will come to you from Yemen, leaving there only his mother. He had been
afflicted by leprosy and made a supplication to Allah Who removed it all except to the extent
of a dinar (or dirham, a coin). If any of you meet him, tell him to pray for forgiveness for you”.
In another version he said that he heard Allah’s Prophetic Messenger say, “The best of the
Tabi‘in (Followers of the next generation) will be a man named Uways whose mother is alive
and he has been afflicted by leprosy. Tell him that he must pray for forgiveness for you.
(Muslim)

Allah also gave the ‘ilm ul-ghayb to the Prophet about the Hereafter. For example, he
informed us that Al-Hamdu Lillah (All Praise is for Allah) fills the Scale of good deeds on
the Day of Judgement.

Salaat

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ ْ ْ ُٔ َ ْ َ ّ ٰ ُ ْ َ ْ َ
ْ ‫ﲒ‬ َ َْ
‫ان‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻞ اﳊﻤﺪ ِهلل ِﲤﻼاﻟ ِﻤ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who said: the phrase Al-Hamdu Lillah (All Praise is for Allah) fills the Scale
(of good deeds on the Day of Judgement).

Relevant Hadith

Hadrat Abu Malik al-Harith ibn ‘Asim al-‘Ash‘ari reported that the Prophetic Messenger of
Allah said: Purity is half of Faith, Al-Hamdu Lillah (All Praise is for Allah) fills the Scale
(of good deeds), and SubhanAllah (Glorified is Allah) and Al-Hamdu Lillah (All Praise is for
Allah) each fills or both fill that which is between the heaven and the earth. Prayer is light,
charity is a proof, patience is brightness, the Qur’an is an argument for you or against you.
Everyone begins the day and is a vendor of himself, either freeing or destroying himself.
(Muslim)

So far, we have talked about the ‘ilm ul-ghayb (knowledge of the Unseen) of the Prophet .
Now we come to his ‘ilm uz-zahir (openly manifest knowledge). An example of this is the
chapter on enjoining good and forbidding evil. In it, we learn that the Holy Prophet advised
Muslims to follow the Qur’an and the Sunnah, establish the five Arkan-al-Islam (Pillars of
Islam), avoid haram (the prohibited), go for jihad when called upon (to fight against non-
Muslims), vie to pray the Salah (obligatory five times daily worship) in the front row, respect the
‘ulama (learned scholars), be patient in the face of calamities, attend gatherings of ‘ilm
(learning) and Zikrullah (remembrance of Allah ), do zikr at all times, both openly and in
seclusion, say takbir (Allahu Akbar) on ayyaam u’t-tashreek (the three days following ‘Eid-

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u’l-Adhaa), wash the dead before burial, offer Salaatu’l janaza (the funeral prayer), repay
debts, be ritually pure, use miswaak (tooth stick) to clean the teeth, fast (non-obligatory fasts) on
the 13th, 14th and 15th of every (lunar) month, fast 6 days in the month of Shawwal after ‘Eid,
fast Mondays and Thursdays, fast on the ninth and tenth of the month of Muharram, be of good
behaviour, do justice among wives, and so on. He forbade ascribing partners to Allah , and
taught us not to follow satan, not to follow one’s lusts, to avoid waste, not to talk while the Imam
is giving khutba (sermon), not to be obscene and shameless, not to enter a house without
permission, not to argue uselessly, not to oppress, not to be arrogant and jealous, not to contract
temporary marriage (mut‘a), not to fast on the days of ‘Eid, and so on. In Tanbeehil Anaam,
each of these teachings has a salaat that goes with it. The Shaykh makes you learn Islam while
reciting salawaat. He is a Sunni ‘alim (learned scholar) and ‘abid (worshipper of Allah ) who
convenes a majlis (spiritual gathering) of ‘ilm and zikr with salawaat at the same time.

In this majlis, a teaching enjoining good is followed by a teaching forbidding evil as follows:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ُ ْ ُ َ ً َّ َ ُ َّ َ ٔ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ ْ َ ٔ َ َ َ ٓ ْ َ
ِ ‫ وان ﳏﻤﺪارﺳﻮل ﷲ‬،‫اﻻ ِﻣ ِﺮ ِﺑﺸﻬﺎد ِۃ ان ﻻ ِٕاﻟﻪ ِٕاﻻﷲ‬
َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ ِّ
ِ ‫اﻟﴩ ِک ِابهلل‬ َ ِ َّ َ
ِ ‫اﻟﻨﺎﱔ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who enjoined to bear witness that
none is to be worshipped but Allah
and that truly, Muhammad is the Prophetic Messenger of Allah.

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who forbade to ascribe any partner to Allah.

8. THE HOLY PROPHET IS THE IMAM

The chapter Fee Imamatihi’l ‘Aliyya li-Jamee‘il Bariyya (His Exalted Leadership over one and
all) tells us that the Beloved Prophet is the Imam of the mursaleen (Prophetic Messengers of
Allah ) and the anbiyaa’ (Prophets ), of the saadiqeen (the truthful), the mukhliseen
(purely sincere), saabireen (the patient in the face of trials and tribulations), muslimeen (those
who surrender to Allah and accept Islam), mu’mineen (Faithful believers), qaaniteen (who
obey Allah ), mustagfireen (those who seek forgiveness from Allah ), muhajireen (the
Emigrants for the sake of Allah ), mujahideen (those who do jihad), az-zaahideen (the
abstinent), al-‘Arabi wa’l ‘Ajam (the Arabs as well as non-Arabs), muqarrabeen (those drawn
near to Allah ), tayyibeen (the pleasant), taahireen (the pure, inwardly and outwardly),

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tawwaabeen (the repentant), faaizeen (the successful), raaki‘een (those who bow down in
worship to Allah ), sajideen (those who fall prostrate in worship to Allah ), zaakireen
(those who remember Allah ), muttaqeen (the pious), muhsineen (those who do good with
excellence), the haramayn (the Sacred Masjid in Makkah and the sanctified Masjid an-Nabawi
in Madina), and so on. Each of these qualities of Rasulullah has a salaat for a total of 86
salawaat one of which is:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
‫ﲔ‬ ْ ‫ا َﻣﺎم ْاﳊَ َﺮ َﻣ‬
ِ ِ ِٕ
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
the Imam (leader) of the two harams.

9. IMAN BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR

A Muslim’s Faith (Iman) in the religion of Islam is said to lie between hope of rewards in
Paradise, and fear of trials on the Day of Judgement and of punishment in hell for sins. The
beloved Prophet gave glad tidings of attaining Paradise through fulfilling huquq Allah
(duties towards Allah ) and huquq u’l-‘ibaad (duties towards humanity), and issued warnings
about the Day of Judgement and about hell-fire for failing to fulfil these duties. One whole
chapter of Tanbeehi’l Anaam has salawaat with admonitions about the Day of Judgement, and it
stands out in that it is profuse in the use of verses of the Holy Qur’an Kareem which refer to it.
Two such salaatayn are:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ َ َ
‫َﺻﻼۃ َﻋ ْﺒ ٍﺪ َ ْ ِﲡ ْﻴ ِﻪ‬
∩⊂∈∪ Ïμ‹Î/r&uρ ⎯ÏμÏiΒé&uρ ∩⊂⊆∪ Ïμ‹Åzr& ô⎯ÏΒ â™öpRùQ$# ”Ïtƒ tΠöθtƒ

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
An invocation of blessing by the servant of Allah hoping (to obtain forgiveness) on
The Day on which a man shall flee from his (own) brother
and from his mother and father. (80:34-35)

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ َ ْ َ ْ َْ ُ َْ َْ َ َ َ
:‫ﺻﻼۃﻋﺒ ٍﺪ ﺟﻮاﳊ ِﻠﻴﻢ اﻟﮑ ِﺮﻳﻢ‬

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 ∩∇®∪ 5ΟŠÎ=y™ 5=ù=s)Î/ ©!$# ’tAr& ô⎯tΒ ωÎ) ∩∇∇∪ tβθãΖt/ Ÿωuρ ×Α$tΒ ßìxΖtƒ Ÿω tΠöθtƒ

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
An invocation of blessing by a servant of Allah,
pinning his hopes in Allah, the Clement, the Generous.
The Day on which neither wealth nor sons will benefit
except for him who brings to Allah a sound heart. (26:88-89)

Each of these salawaat ends with a verse or verses (or part of a verse) of the Holy Qur’an about
the Day of Judgement. Examples are:

∩∇∉∪ #YŠö‘Íρ tΛ©⎝yγy_ 4’n<Î) t⎦⎫ÏΒÌôfßϑø9$# ä−θÝ¡nΣuρ ∩∇∈∪ #Y‰øùuρ Ç⎯≈uΗ÷q§9$# ’n<Î) t⎦⎫É)−Gßϑø9$# çà³øtwΥ tΠöθtƒ

The Day when We shall assemble the righteous to the Beneficent as honoured guests.
And drive the guilty to hell as a thirsty herd. (19:85-86)

4©tLn=÷ƒuθ≈tƒ ∩⊄∠∪ Wξ‹Î6y™ ÉΑθß™§9$# yìtΒ ßNõ‹sƒªB$# ©Í_tFø‹n=≈tƒ ãΑθà)tƒ Ïμ÷ƒy‰tƒ 4’n?tã ãΝÏ9$©à9$# Ùyètƒ tΠöθtƒuρ

šχ%Ÿ2uρ 3 ’ÎΤu™!$y_ øŒÎ) y‰÷èt/ Ìò2Ïe%!$# Ç⎯tã ©Í_¯=|Êr& ô‰s)©9 ∩⊄∇∪ WξŠÎ=yz $ºΡŸξèù õ‹ÏƒªBr& óΟs9 ©Í_tFø‹s9

∩⊄®∪ Zωρä‹s{ Ç⎯≈|¡ΣM∼Ï9 ß⎯≈sÜø‹¤±9$#

And the Day when the evil-doer will bite at his hands saying: Oh, would that I had taken a way
together with the (Prophetic) Messenger of Allah. Alas for me, would that I had never taken so-
and-so for a friend. He indeed caused me to go astray from the Reminder (the Qur’an) after it
had reached me. And satan is ever a deserter of man (in the hour of need). (25:27-29)

∩∈⊄∪ Í‘#¤$!$# â™þθß™ öΝßγs9uρ èπuΖ÷è¯=9$# ãΝßγs9uρ ( öΝåκèEu‘É‹÷ètΒ t⎦⎫ÏϑÎ=≈©à9$# ßìxΖtƒ Ÿω tΠöθtƒ

The Day when the excuses of the evil-doers will not benefit them; and there will be the curse on
them, and theirs will be the evil abode (in hell). (40:52)

∩⊇⊃∪ $VϑŠÏΗxq íΟŠÏΗxq ã≅t↔ó¡o„ Ÿωuρ ∩®∪ Ç⎯ôγÏèø9$%x. ãΑ$t6Ågø:$# ãβθä3s?uρ ∩∇∪ È≅ôγçRùQ$$x. â™!$yϑ¡¡9$# ãβθä3s? tΠöθtƒ

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The Day when the sky will become like molten copper. And the mountains become like wool.
And no friend will inquire about a friend. (70:8-10)

( $y|¹ èπs3Íׯ≈n=yϑø9$#uρ ßyρ”9$# ãΠθà)tƒ tΠöθtƒ

The Day when the Spirit (Sayyidina Jibril ) and the angles will stand in rows. (78:38)

∩⊇®∪ °! 7‹Í×tΒöθtƒ ãøΒF{$#uρ ( $\↔ø‹x© <§øuΖÏj9 Ó§øtΡ à7Î=ôϑs? Ÿω tΠöθtƒ

The Day when no soul will have any power for any other soul and the Command on that Day
will only belong to Allah. (82:19)

∩∉∪ t⎦⎫ÏΗs>≈yèø9$# Éb>tÏ9 â¨$¨Ζ9$# ãΠθà)tƒ tΠöθtƒ

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord-Sustainer of the worlds. (83:6)

10. AS-SALAWAAT U’L-HURUFIYYA

Shaykh ‘Abdul Jalil bin ‘Azoom has also composed salawaat with all the letters (huruf) of
the Arabic alphabet from “alif” to “yaa”, one salaat for each letter. Such salawaat can be
referred to, for ease of understanding, as “As-salawaat u’l-hurufiyyah”. They begin as follows:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ َٔ
ِ‫اﻻ ْﺑ ِﺘ َﺪاع‬
ِ ‫ِﻒ‬
ِ ‫اﻟ‬

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ ِ ‫َاب ِء ﺑ َﺪاﻳَ ِﺔ ْاﻻ ْﺧ‬
ِ ‫ﱰ‬
‫اع‬ ِ ِ
َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َْ ََ َ
‫ﺎم اﻟﻔ َﻮا ِﺋ ِﺪ‬
ِ ‫ات ِء ﲤ‬

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬

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 َ ْ ُ َ
‫اث ِء ﺛ ُﺒ ْﻮ ِت اﻟ َﻌﻘﺎ ِﺋ ِﺪ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
The letter “alif” is for the new beginning.

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
The letter “baa” is for the beginning of the invention.

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
The letter “taa” is for complete benefits.

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron

Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad:
The letter “thaa” is for unshakeable Tenets of Belief (in Islam).

Each of the letters of the alphabet is thus said to have a meaning and to stand for something.

11. SALAWAAT IN THE FORM OF A MATHNAWI

When we recite Tanbeehi’l Anaam, we begin to marvel not only at the love that Shaykh ‘Abdul
Jalil bin ‘Azoom has for the Holy Prophet but also at the high level of his scholarship.
We notice that he has written the salawaat in such a way that each couple of the salaatayn
rhyme in the final word. For example, in the four salawaat quoted from the “Hurufiyyah”
above, the words ibtidaa‘ and ikhtiraa‘ rhyme, and the words fawaaid and ‘aqaaid rhyme. The
ending words of the next two salaatayn rhyme in another letter and so on. This feat is achieved
in two volumes of the book for a total of 701 pages with more than 6,000 salawaat and salaams.
Maa shaa’ Allah! (Whatever Allah wills!) This then is salawaat in Arabic in the poetic diction
of a mathnawi, in poetic prose! Surely, who can beat Muslim scholarship?

12. SALAWAAT WITH DU‘A AND ASMA U’L-HUSNA

The final chapter Fee itmaam i’s-Salawaat i’l-Mukarramah wa’d-Du‘a bi Asmaillahi
Ta‘aala’l-Mu‘azzamah (Completion of the Noble Invocation of Blessings with Magnificent
Supplication Using the Most Beautiful Names of Allah, The Exalted) fills one’s heart with joy on
reciting 198 salawaat together with the Asma’ and Sifat (Attributes) of Allah . The most
well-known Asma u’l-Husna are 99, and in this instance, the salawaat that have been composed
by Shaykh ‘Azoom are exactly twice that number! Allahu Akbar (Allah is Supremely
Great!). It is fitting to conclude with one of these salawaat.

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 َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٓ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬، ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان وﻣﻮﻻانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ْ َٔ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ََْ ََْ َ َُُ َْ ً َ َ
ِ ‫ ايﺳﺎ ِﻣﻊ اﻻﺻﻮ‬،‫ﺎت‬
‫ات‬ َ ِ ‫ﺎﰲ اﳊﻴﺎ ِۃ وﺑﻌﺪاﻟﻤﻤ‬ِ ‫ﺻﻼۃ ﺗﺴﱰان ِﲠ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our Master and Patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad.
With this salaat provide us with a covering in life as well as after death;
O the Hearer of voices.

May Allah continue to guide us to offer salawaat on the Holy Prophet in ever increasing
profusion every day, Aameen Yaa Rabba’l ‘Aalameen (May it be so, O Lord of the worlds!).

Al-Fatiha!

Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

1417 A.H / 1996 C.E, Toronto
Updated with Arabic text, 1437 A.H / 2016 C.E, Toronto

Reference: Shaykh ‘Abdul Jalil bin ‘Azoom, Tanbeehi’l Anaam fee Bayan ‘Uluww Maqam
Nabiyyina Muhammad (Exhorting Mankind in Explaining the Exalted Station of our Prophet
Muhammad ), two volumes, Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi and Sons, Cairo, 1347 A.H / 1928
C.E.

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 Chapter Three

JAALIYAT-U’L-AKDAAR WA’S-SAYF-U’L-BATTAAR
Of: MAWLANA DIYA UD-DEEN KHALID AL-BAGHDADI
An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

1. ASMA ALLAH , ASMA U’N NABI AND ASMA AHL BADR

Mawlana Diya ud-Deen Khalid al-Baghdadi al-‘Uthmani (1192-1242 A.H; 1778-1826 C.E)
has written a gem of a kitab (book) called Jaaliyat-u’l-Akdaar wa’s-Sayf-u’l-Battaar fi’s-Salaati
‘ala’l-Mukhtaar. Any Muslim would be proud to possess it as his choice collection of classics.

The distinctive feature of this incomparable treasure is that it has salawaat (blessings) and
salaams (salutations) on our beloved Holy Prophet Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad al-
Mustafa spiritually strengthened with three mighty fortresses. These are:

1. Asma u’l Husna, the 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah ,

2. Asma u’n Nabi, the blessed names of the Holy Prophet Muhammad , with his
attributes of praise, and
3. Asma Ahl Badr, the blessed names of his 313 Companions or Sahaba , who fought
together with him against the 1000 mushrikeen (polytheists) of Makkah in the Battle of
Badr. Allah made the Muslims victorious, and thus established Islam as the
acceptable universal religion till the end of time. So the Companions who fought in
the Battle of Badr are foremost among the greatest heroes of Islam. SubhanAllah!
(Glorified is Allah!)

The AwliyaAllah (Friends of Allah, sufi masters, saints) and the saliheen (the pious) who write
these books of salawaat on the Holy Prophet Muhammad inevitably include Asma Allah u’l
Husna in their salawaat as they are very near and dear to them. And why not? Asma u’l Husna
surely lead us to Paradise as we learn from the following blessed Hadith Shareef.

Hadrat Abu Hurayrah reported that the Beloved Prophet said: “Allah Most High has
ninety nine Names. He who enumerates them will enter Paradise”. (Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi)

At this juncture, let us make the niyyah (intention) of memorizing the Asma Allah u’l Husna if
we have not already done so.

Each of the Asma Allah u’l Husna in the book is to be recited three times except Yaa Allah (O
Allah, 100 times), Yaa Latif (O The Most Gentle, 21 times), Yaa Wadud (O The Loving One,
22 times) and Yaa Sabur (O The Patient One, 7 times).

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Asma Allah u’l Husna have both Jamaal (Majestic Beauty) and Jalaal (Majestic Might) but
Asma Ahl Badr are very jalaali while salawaat are pure jamaal, so the jalaal (majestic might)
of Asma Ahl Badr is cooled off with the jamaal (majestic beauty) of salawaat on the Holy
Prophet .

The book begins with As-Salaatu Ibrahimiyyah. Then come the most Beautiful Names of Allah
. Yaa Allah (O Allah) is to be recited 100 times, followed by Yaa Rahman (O Most
Beneficent One), Yaa Raheem (O Most Merciful), and Yaa Malik (O Sovereign Lord), each to
be recited 3 times. As-Salaatu Ibrahimiyyah is repeated, followed by invoking Allah with
His Most Beautiful Names of Yaa Quddus (O Most Holy One), Yaa Salaam (O Bestower of
peace), Yaa Mu’min (O The Granter of Security) and Yaa Muhaymin (O The Protector). Then
start the names of the Sahaba (Companions ) who fought in the battle of Badr, in
alphabetical order. First are mentioned all the Sahaba whose names start with the letter alif.
These are interspersed with Asma Allah u’l Husna and 29 salawaat (blessings), each of which
begins with “Wa bi Fadlillahumma Salli wa Sallim wa Baarik ‘alaa Sayyidina Muhammad”
(And with Your Grace, O Allah! Bless, and bestow peace and favour on our master Sayyidina
Muhammad). The book ends with du‘a (supplication to Allah ) for maghfira (forgiveness of
sins) and eternal bliss in Paradise.

The Khulafa ar-Raashideen al-Mahdiyyeen , the four rightly-guided Khulafa of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad , that is, Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq , Sayyidina ‘Umar al-Farooq
, Sayyidina ‘Uthman Dhu’n-Nurayn , and Sayyidina ‘Ali al-Murtada are all mentioned.
Among the other great Sahaba mentioned are Hadrat Talha ibn ‘Ubaydillah , Hadrat Zubayr
ibn ‘Awwaam , Hadrat ‘Abdirrahman ibn ‘Awf , Hadrat Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqaas , Hadrat
Sa‘eed ibn Zayd and Hadrat Abi ‘Ubayda ‘Aamir ibn al-Jarraah . Together with the four
Khulafa ar-Rashideen, they are called the ‘Asharatu’l Mubashshara , the ten who were
given glad tidings of Paradise by the Holy Prophet Muhammad .

It is true that Sayyidina ‘Uthman Dhu’n Nurayn was not physically present in the Battle of
Badr but even so, the historians and the ‘ulama (scholars) have included his name because the
beloved Prophet Muhammad had instructed him to remain behind to take care of his wife
Sayyidatina Ruqayya , the daughter of the beloved Prophet, as she was seriously ill in Madina.
Her condition was indeed so serious that immediately after the Muslims returned from Badr, she
passed ahead .

2. SALAWAAT ‘ALA’R-RASUL

According to Mawlana Diya ud-Deen Khalid al-Baghdadi , the letters kaaf, haa, yaa, ‘ayn,
saad in the first verse of Surah Maryam refer to the sifaat (attributes) of Allah or of the
Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad ‘Arabi , as captured in one of the salawaat in his book
Jaaliyat-u’l-Akdaar as follows:

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 ّ ُ ْ ُ ُ ُ َ َّ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ُ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ َ ْ
ّ َ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ ْ َ َ
‫ﰻ‬ ِ ‫ﺎن واﻟﺴﺒﺐ ِﰲ وﺟﻮ ِد‬ ِ ‫ﮬ‬‫ﱪ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﺐ‬ ‫ﺣ‬
ِ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻ‬ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻫ‬ ‫ی‬ ‫ﺬ‬
ِ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﺪ‬
ۨ ٍ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﳏ‬ ‫ان‬‫ﺪ‬ِ ‫ﻴ‬
ِ ‫ﺳ‬ ‫ک‬ ‫ر‬
ِ ‫اب‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﻢ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ِ ‫ﺳ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﻞ‬
ِ ‫ﺻ‬ ‫ﻢ‬ ‫ﻬ‬‫اﻟﻠ‬ ‫ﻞ‬
ِ ‫و ِﺑﻔ‬
‫ﻀ‬
ُ ْ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ َ ّ َ َّ ْ ُ ُ ْ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َ ْ
‫ﲔ اﻟ ِﻌ ْﺼ َﻤ ِﺔ َواﻟ ِﻌ َﻨﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َو َﺻﺎد‬ ‫اﻟﺮﻋﺎﻳ ِﺔ وايء اﻟﻴﻘﻈ ِﺔ واﻟ ِﻬﺪاﻳ ِﺔ ﻋ‬ ِ ‫ﺎن ﰷف ﮐﺮ ِم اﻟﮑِﻔﺎﻳ ِﺔ ﻫﺎء اﻻﻟﻮ ِﻫﻴ ِﺔ و‬ ٍ ‫اِﻧﺴ‬
ُْ ُْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ٰ َّ َُ ّ ِ َ ُ َْْ َّ
‫ﲑاﻻ ُﻣ ْﻮ ُر‬ ‫ﺼ‬ِ ‫ﺗ‬ ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ِﱄ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻻ‬‫ا‬ ‫ض‬ ِ ‫ر‬‫اﻻ‬ ‫ﺎﰲ‬
ِ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ات‬ ِ ‫ﻮ‬‫ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ‬ ‫ﰲ‬ ِ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﻣ‬َ ‫ﻪ‬‫ﻟ‬ ‫ی‬ ‫ﺬ‬
ِ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫اط‬
ِ َ
‫ﴏ‬ ِ ْ
ِ ‫اط اﻟﻤﻨ‬
‫ر‬‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﺸ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﴫ‬ ِ
ُ ُْ ً َ َ
۞ ‫ﺻﻼ ۃ ﺗﺴ ِﺒﻞ‬

َ‫ﮏ ِﲝَ ّﻖ َﻋ ْﺒﺪک‬ َ ‫ﱰ ْاﳉَﻤ ْﻴﻞ َو َا َ َ َّﺳ ُﻞ ا َِﻟ ْﻴ‬ َ ْ ّ َّ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ ُ ّ َ َ ُ َ ُ َّ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ

ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫اﻟﺴ‬ ِ ‫ ﻣﺮۃ(( ِﲠﺎ‬۳ ) ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ )ايﻋ ِﺰ ايﺟﺒﺎر ايﻣﺘﮑ ِﱪايﺧﺎﻟِﻖ‬
َ ْ ََ َْ َ ْ ََ َْ َّ َ َ ٰ َ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َْ
ُ َ َ َ
‫اﻻر ِﰴ ا ِ ا ِﰉ اﻻر ِﰴ ﻣﻮﱄ رﺳﻮ ِل ﷲ ِ ﺻﲇ ﷲ ﺗﻌﺎﱄ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ۞ اﺳﻌﺪ ِ ِ ﻳﺪ۞ اﻧ ِﺲ ِ ﻣﻌﺎ ٍذ‬ْ ْ ُ َ ْ َ
َ َ ْ َْ َّ َ َ ٰ َ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ ‫ﺎد َۃ ۞ َاﻧ َ َﺴ َﺔ َﻣ ْﻮ‬ َ ََ ْ َُْ
‫ﺖ۞ او ِس‬ْ ‫ﺑ‬
ٍ ِ ِ‫اث‬ ‫س‬ ِ ‫و‬ ‫ا‬ ۞ َ
‫ﻢ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﺳ‬َ َ
‫و‬ ِ
‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ْ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ‬ ‫ﻌ‬‫ﺗ‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﲇ‬ ‫ﺻ‬ ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ل‬ ْ
‫ﻮ‬ ُ
‫ﺳ‬ َ
‫ر‬ ‫ﱄ‬ ‫۞ اﻧﻴ ِﺲ ِ ﻗﺘ‬
ِ
‫ﳯ ْﻢ‬ُ ْ ‫ﺎﱄ َﻋ‬ ٰ ‫ﷲ َﺗ َﻌ‬ ُ ‫ﴈ‬ َ ِ ‫ﲑ َر‬ ْ ‫ﱄ ۞ ا َِاي ِس ْ َا ْو ٍس ۞ ا َِاي ِس ْ ْاﻟ ُﺒ َﮑ‬ ّ ِ ‫ْ َﺧ ْﻮ‬
ِ ِ ِ ٍ ِ

And with Your Grace, O Allah! Bless, and bestow peace and favour
on our master Sayyidina Muhammad who is the Possessor of the Clear Proof,
and the reason for the existence of all humans.
The letter kaaf stands for the Prophet’s all-sufficient generosity,
the letter haa is for Allah’s Divine Power and Providential Care,
the letter yaa denotes the Prophet’s wakefulness and guidance,
the letter ‘ayn stands for his sinlessness and loving care,
and the letter saad denotes a wide-open straight path;
“The path of Allah to Whom belongs
whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth.
Behold (how) all matters return to Allah”. (42:53)
A blessing (on the Holy Prophet ) that pours like mercy:
O Allah (O The Mighty, O The Compeller,
O The One Supreme in Greatness, O The Creator); [recited 3 times]
make this (blessing) a beautiful covering on me;
and I seek a means to approach You for the sake of the right of Your servant
al-Arqam ibni Abi’l Arqam , the slave emancipated by Rasulullah,
blessing and peace of Allah the Exalted be upon him;
As‘ad ibni Yazeed ; Anas ibni Mu‘aadh ; Unays ibni Qatadah ;
Anasah , the slave emancipated by Rasulullah ;
Aws ibni Thaabit ; Aws ibni Khawliyy ; Iyaas ibni Aws ; Iyaas ibni’l Bukayr ,
may Allah the Exalted be pleased with them all.

We notice that the salawaat (blessings) in Jaaliyat-u’l-Akdaar have a standard, yet very rich
format. Each salaat (blessing) is followed by:

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 1. Asma u’n Nabi and praise of the noble Prophet coupled with a verse from the Holy
Qur’an in his honour,
2. A description of the salaat, (in this instance; salaatan tusbilu: an invocation of blessing
that pours like mercy),
3. Asma u’l Husna, in the order in which they are universally known,
4. Du‘a (supplication to Allah ), and
5. Asma Ahl Badr , in alphabetical order.

We also notice that each salaat (blessing) in this book is simultaneously a du‘a (supplication to
Allah which uses three different types of wasila (means of approach to Allah ); first,
Asma u’l Husna; second, the salaat on the Holy Prophet ; and third, Asma Ahl Badr .

The salaat that preceded the one quoted earlier contains the names of two more Companions
whose names begin with the letter “alif”. These are: Hadrat Ubayy ibn Ka‘b and Hadrat al-
Akhnas ibn Kubayb .

The salaat that follows the one quoted earlier, contains the names of the Sahaba (Companions
) whose names begin with the letter “baa”.

The next salaat has the names of the Sahaba whose names begin with the letter “taa”. In
this way Asma Ahl Badr are presented alphabetically in the salawaat.

Al-Hamdu Lillah (All Praise is for Allah !)

3. LOVE OF ALLAH , RASULULLAH AND THE SAHABA

The spiritual stature of Mawlana Diya ud-Deen Khalid al-Baghdadi is especially manifested
in the manner in which he overflows with salawaat (blessings) on the Holy Prophet Muhammad
. He is truly immersed in the love of Allah , the love of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
and the love of the Sahaba . We would expect that of him since he traces his spiritual roots in
Tariqa an-Naqshbandiyya all the way to Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq , his genealogical
descent is from Sayyidina ‘Uthman Dhu’n-Nurayn while his mother was a descendant of
Sayyidina ‘Ali al-Murtada . How much blessing is that? Al-Hamdu Lillah! (All Praise is for
Allah!)

His biography in Arabic is given at the end of his book Jaaliyat-u’l-Akdaar. His full name is
Mawlana Khalid bin Ahmad bin Husayn al-Baghdadi . He came from a saintly Kurdish
family which was rooted in the sufi tradition, and his grandfather was considered a WaliyyAllah
(Friend of Allah, sufi saint).

From his youth, Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi was ascetic, slept little and preferred
seclusion. He is an international personality who was born on the outskirts of Sulaymaniyya in
Iraq where he acquired his education in tafsir of Qur’an, Hadith and Shafi‘ī fiqh (jurisprudence);
he was given ijaza (authorization) in tariqa al-Qadiriyya by Shaykh Mustafa al-Kurdi in
Sham (which now comprises of Syria and Palestine); he performed Hajj and visited Makkah and

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Madina; he also travelled to Iran, Afghanistan and India; he was given the ijaza (authorization)
by Mawlana ‘Abdullah Ghulam ‘Ali Dehlavi an-Naqshbandi in Dehli in the Qadiriyya,
Naqshbandiyya, Chishtiyya and Suhrawardiyya tariqas; and when he returned to Baghdad, five
hundred ‘ulama (scholars) became his murideen (disciples) whom he taught tafsir, Hadith, and
fiqh; after which he passed ahead in Damascus. He is acclaimed as the qutb (greatest sufi
master, saint) of his time. Allahu Akbar! (Allah is Supremely Great!)

He composed qasaaid (eulogies) and madih (panegyrics) in Arabic, Farsi and Kurdi among
which is his takhmees of Mawlana AbdulRahman Jami’s qasida (eulogy) in Farsi. A takhmees
is the augmentation of a qasida from couplets to quintets. When he visited Makkah, he recited
Dalaail u’l Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds) of Imam al-Jazuli in front of the Ka‘ba.
SubhanAllah! (Glorified is Allah !) All in good time, Allah blessed him to compose a
book of salawaat himself.

Waqf Ikhlas of Istanbul, Turkey has done a great service to Muslims to have this book published.
They have prepared it with the love and care it truly deserves. Allah’s Names have been printed
in green, salawaat on the Holy Prophet Muhammad in black, and the names of the Sahaba
in red, with a beautiful flower painting on the borders on each page. Al-Hamdu Lillah! (All
Praise is for Allah !)

May Allah fill us with His love, the love of His Prophet and the love of the Sahaba .
Aameen Yaa Rabb-al-‘aalameen (may it be so, O Lord of the worlds!).

Al-Fatiha!

Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

Toronto, 1417 A.H / 1996 C.E
Updated with Arabic, 1437 A.H / 2016 C.E

Reference
Mawlana Diya ud-Deen Khalid al-Baghdadi , Jaaliyat-u’l-Akdaar wa’s-Sayf-u’l-Battaar fi’s-
Salaati ‘ala’l-Mukhtaar, Hakikat Kitabevi, Istanbul, Turkey, 1991.

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 Chapter Six

MAJMU‘AH SALAWAAT-U’R-RASUL
(A COMPENDIUM OF BLESSINGS
ON THE PROPHETIC MESSENGER )

of: KHWAJA ‘ABDUR RAHMAN CHOHRAVI

An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

1. IT IS A GIFT FROM ALLAH

Majmu‘ah Salawaat-u’r-Rasul (A Compendium of Blessings on the Prophetic Messenger )

of Hadrat Mawlana Khwaja ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi (passed ahead 1342 A.H.), is a gift
given to him by Allah . It is a compilation of salawaat (blessings) and salaams (salutations)
on our Holy Prophet Sayyidina wa Mawlana Hadrat Muhammad al-Mustafa , in 30 chapters.
Each chapter of 48 pages (one of which is the title page), weaves the Asma Allah u’l-Husna
(The Most Beautiful Names of Allah ), Salawaat-u’r-Rasul (invocation of blessings on the
Prophetic Messenger ) and du‘a (supplication to Allah ) around a particular theme. For
example, the theme of the first chapter is “Fi Nurihi wa Zuhurihi” (On the Holy Prophet’s Light
and Manifestation); that of the second, “Fi Salawaatihi wa Salaamihi” (On Blessings and
Salutations on him); of the third, “Fi Badnihi wa A‘dhaaihi” (On his Blessed Body and Limbs)
and so on. Each chapter begins with Surah al-Fatiha and ends with Surah Ikhlas. However,
before Surah al-Fatiha, Allah is invoked for the sake of Bismillah (In the Name of Allah).
For example, Chapter 7, “Fee Asmaaihi wa Sifaatihi” (On his Blessed Names and Attributes)
begins with the following du‘a:

َّ ٰ ْ َّ
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬
ْ َّ ٰ ْ َّ ْ َ ٓ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ّ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ا ِِﱏ اﺳﺌﻠﮏ ِابﲰﺎﺋِﮏ ِﺑﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ اﻟﺮ ِﺣﻴ ِﻢ‬
ْ َّ ٰ ْ َّ ْ َ ْ َ ََْٓ
‫ِو ِابﲰﺎ ِءﺣ ِﺒﻴ ِﺒﮏ ِﺑﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ اﻟﺮ ِﺣﻴ ِﻢ‬
ْ َّ ٰ ْ َّ ْ َ ُ ُ َ َ ٓ َ َْ ْ َ ٓ َ َْ َ
‫ﲨﻴﻊِ اﻧ ِﺒﻴﺎﺋِﮏ ورﺳ ِﻠﮏ ِﺑﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ اﻟﺮ ِﺣﻴ ِﻢ‬ ِ ‫و ِابﲰﺎ ِء‬
َّ ٰ ْ َّ َ ْ ‫ﺎﳊ‬ َّ َ َ ِ ٓ َ ْ َ َ
‫اﻟﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﲔ ِﺑ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﷲ ِاﻟﺮﲪ ِﻦ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺼ‬ ‫و ِابﲰﺎئ ِﻋﺒﺎ ِدک‬

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
(In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful). (1:1)
O Allah! I beg of You through the means of Your Names,
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim;

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and through the means of the attributive names of Your Beloved (Prophet ),
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim;
and through the means of the names of all Your Prophets and Your Prophetic Messengers ,
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim;
and through the means of the names of all Your pious servants,
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim.

As each chapter of the Majmu‘ah begins with Surah al-Fatiha and ends with Surah Ikhlas, it is
perhaps appropriate here to recite Surah Ikhlas three times and Surah al-Fatiha once.

Surah Ikhlas (3 times)

Al-Fatiha!

2. THE BELOVED PROPHET LOVES HIM

For the sake of Bismillah, Allah made Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi a Qutb
(spiritual pillar), a great sufi saint in Tariqa al-Qadiriyyah. His ‘imamah (prayer turban) was of
Asma u’l-Husna, his fingerprints were of Salawaat u’r-Rasul and his lips and tongue were
an unceasing chant of du‘a. The Holy Prophet made him his very own, Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir
al-Jilani embraced him, and Nabi Nuh lent him his Ark and taught him the verse:

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In the Name of Allah shall be its course and its anchoring. (11:41)

He could see that on the Ark was written:

ُ ْ ُ َ ٌ َّ َ ُ ُ ّ َّ َ ٰ َ
ِ ‫ﻻاِﻟﻪ اِﻻ ﷲ ﳏﻤﺪرﺳﻮل ﷲ‬

None is to be worshipped but Allah. Muhammad is the Prophetic Messenger of Allah.

He boarded the Ark with Bismillah and at once inscribed Asma u’l-Husna on its sails,
Salawaat u’r-Rasul on its oars and du‘a on its masts. The sufi saints who were gathered at
the riverbank all joined in the du‘a together with thousands of angels. The anchor was drawn up
after the recitation of Asma u’l-Husna which filled 14 pages. The fishes joined in the Salawaat
and Salaams and the birds chanted Allahu and Ahad (The One and Only), the blessed Names of
Allah most dear to the Shaykh. The river was smooth and swift flowing and when it came to
a gorge, the Shaykh was in full control, the only one who understood such deep spiritual
mysteries. As the Ark splashed into the sea, with waves rising on both the sides, it formed the
Name “Allah” in Arabic and all aboard were drenched with river and sea water all together and
the drenching was Rahmah (Mercy) of Allah , each drop representing a thousand salawaat.

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The sea would not be left out either and offered Hizb u’l-Bahr of Imam Abu’l Hasan ash-Shazili
, the malaika (angels) recited the hamd (Praise of Allah ), the adhkaar and the awraad
(regular voluntary invocations) from the Wird u’l-Latif and the Ratib of Mawlana al-Haddad
, and the blood in the veins of the rowers flowed with du‘a. Enough Asma Allah, salawaat
and du‘a was recited to fill 1410 letter-size pages in 2 volumes of 15 chapters each. The Ark
came safely ashore with the following salaat:

َ ْ ‫َﺻ َّﲇ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َ ٰ ٰا ِﻟﻪٖ َو َا ْز َواﺟﻪٖ َو ُذ ّر َاي ِﺗﻪٖ َو ِﻋ‬

َ ْ ‫ﱰ ِﺗﻪٖ َو َا ْﲱَﺎ ِﺑﻪٖ َا ْﲨَ ِﻌ‬
‫ﲔ‬ ِ ِ
May Allah’s blessing be upon him, his Family, his wives,
his descendants, his offspring and his Companions, all of them .

3. IT HAS THE MUSK OF THE QUR’AN

Al-Fatiha!

The Majmu‘ah is full of verses from the Holy Qur’an. For example, Chapter 19 titled “Fi
Ayaatihi wa Bishaaraatihi” (On the Verses of the Qur’an and Glad Tidings about him) begins
with 127 salawaat, musk-scented with verses of the Holy Qur’an, four of which are:
ّ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ٖ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪو ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل ﷲ ِﰲ ﺣ ِﻘﻪ‬

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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad

and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
for whose sake Allah said (in the Holy Qur’an):
Say (O Prophet )! If you love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you. (3:31)
ّ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ٖ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪو ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل ﷲ ِﰲ ﺣ ِﻘﻪ‬
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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,

and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
for whose sake Allah said (in the Holy Qur’an):
And establish Prayer and give Zakah (the obligatory charity)
and obey the Prophetic Messenger, so that you may obtain mercy (from Allah ). (24:56)

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 ّ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ٖ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪو ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل ﷲ ِﰲ ﺣ ِﻘﻪ‬
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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad

and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
for whose sake Allah said (in the Holy Qur’an):
Certainly you have in the Prophetic Messenger of Allah an excellent example (to follow).
(33:21)
ّ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ٖ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪو ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل ﷲ ِﰲ ﺣ ِﻘﻪ‬
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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on Sayyidina Muhammad

and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
for whose sake Allah said (in the Holy Qur’an):
Surely, those who pledge allegiance to you (O Beloved Prophet ),
pledge allegiance to Allah;
the hand of Allah is over their hands. (48:10)

Once he has presented all the verses of the Holy Qur’an Kareem specifically related to the
beloved Prophet , he offers the Du‘a-u Khatmu’l-Qur’an (Supplication on Completion of
Qur’an Recitation).

Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi achieves comprehensiveness in this instance as he does

throughout the kitab (book) by reminding us in the following salaat that indeed, the noble
Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa has been glowingly described not only in the Holy Qur’an,
but in all other Divinely revealed Books as well.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ‬
ُ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼم‬
َّ ْ َ َ َ ٗ َ ْ ُ َّ َ ْ َ ّ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ْ َّ
‫اﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل ﷲ ﺗﻌﺎﱄ ِﰲ ﺣ ِﻖ اوﺻﺎ ِﻓﻪٖ ِﰲ اﻟﺰ ِر ﻟِﺪاود ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬
َ َّ ْ َ َ ٰ ْ ُ َّ
‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم‬ ‫ات ِﻟﻤﻮﳻ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬ ِ ‫َو ِﰲ اﻟﺘ ْﻮ َر‬
َ َّ ْ َ َ ٰ ْ ْ ْ َ
‫اﻟﺴﻼ ُم‬ ‫اﻻ ِﳒ ْﻴ ِﻞ ِﻟ ِﻌﻴﴗ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‬ ِ ‫و ِﰲ‬
َّ َ ُ َّ َ ُ ُ ّ ُ ْ َ
‫ﷲ َﻋﻠ ْﻴ ِﻪ َو َﺳﻠ َﻢ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺻﲇ‬ ٍ ‫ﰻﲱ‬ ِ ‫و ِﰲ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
whose noble qualities Allah the Exalted rightfully described

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in the Zabur of Nabi Dawud (peace be upon him),
and in the Tawraat of Nabi Musa (peace be upon him),
and in the Injil of Nabi ‘Isa (peace be upon him),
and in all the Divine scriptures,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

4. IT HAS THE FRAGRANCE OF HADITH SHAREEF

Each chapter is also full of Hadith Shareef. For example, Chapter 14 titled “Fee Qaalihi wa
Maqaalihi” (On what he said and his teachings) devotes the first few pages to 225 salawaat
woven around the blessed Hadith Shareef, one of which is:
َ ْ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻞ‬
َ ّ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ
‫ﺎت‬ِ ‫اِﳕﺎاﻻﲻﺎل ِابﻟ ِﻨﻴ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad who said:
“Indeed, actions are judged by intentions”.

The Hadith Shareef in this salaat has been narrated by Sayyidina ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab and
is the first Hadith reported in As-Sahih (Authentic) of Imam al-Bukhari , and in Riyad u’s-
Salihin (Gardens Of The Righteous) of Imam an-Nawawi .

Chapter 26 titled “Fee Khuluqihi wa Akhlaaqihi” (On His Moral Character and Noble
Behaviour), is also full of salawaat blended with Hadith Shareef related to the topic, three of
which are:
َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل‬
َ ْ َ َْ ُ َ ُ ُ ْ ْ ْ َ ْ ْ ُ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َّ
‫ان اﻟ ُﻤ ٔﻮ ِ ِ َ ْ َم اﻟ ِﻘ ٰﻴ َﻤ ِﺔ ﺧﻠ ٌﻖ َﺣ َﺴ ٌﻦ َوا ِّن ﷲَ ﻳَ ْﺒ ِﻐﺾ اﻟﻔﺎ ِﺣﺶ اﻟ َﺒ ِﺬ ّی‬
ِ ‫اِن اﺛﻘﻞ ﳽ ٍء ﺿﻊ ِﰲ ِﻣﲒ‬
O Allah! Bless our master Sayyidina Muhammad who said:
“Indeed, the more weighty thing placed in the Scales (of good deeds) of a believer
on the Day of Judgement is his good behaviour,
and surely, Allah detests a person who is obscene and shameless”.

The Hadith Shareef in this salaat has been narrated by Hadrat Abu ad-Darda’ and is reported
by Imam at-Tirmidhi , as well as by Imam an-Nawawi in Riyad us-Salihin (with slightly
different wording).
ٰ
ْ‫َا ّﻟﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ّﻞ َ ٰ َﺳ ّﻴﺪ َان ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َّاﻟﺬی‬
ِ ِۨ ِ ِ ِ

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 ُ َّ ُ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ً َ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ َّ َّ ٌ ُ َ َ َ َ
‫ﲔ ﻓﺎﻋﻄﺎە اِايە‬ ِ ‫ﺳﺎل رﺟﻞ اﻟﻨ ِﱮ ﺻﲇ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ﻏامن ﺑﲔ ﺟﺒﻠ‬
َ‫ﺎف ْاﻟ َﻔ ْﻘﺮ‬
ُ َ َ َ ً َ َ ْ ُ َ ً َّ َ ُ َّ َ َ ُْ َْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ٗ َ َْ َٰ َ
ْ
‫ ﻓﻮﷲ ِ اِن ﳏﻤﺪا ﻟﻴﻌ ِ ﻋﻄﺎء ﻣﺎﳜ‬،‫ﻮﱊ اﺳ ِﻠﻤﻮا‬ ِ ‫ ای ﻗ‬، ‫ﻓﺎﰏ ﻗﻮﻣﻪ ﻓﻘﺎل‬
O Allah! Bless our master Sayyidina Muhammad, the Prophet,
who, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
was once asked by someone to give him a flock of sheep between the mountains
and he gave that to him.
So, that person came to his community and said: “O people! Embrace Islam.
By Allah! Truly, Muhammad gives away so much as if he does not fear poverty”.

The Hadith Shareef in this salaat has been narrated by Hadrat Anas bin Malik and is reported
by Imam Muslim .
ٰ
ْ‫َا ّﻟﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ّﻞ َو َﺳ ِّﻠ ْﻢ َ ٰ َﺳ ّﻴﺪ َان ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َو َ ٰ ٰال َﺳ ّﻴﺪ َان ُﳏ َ َّﻤﺪ َّاﻟﺬی‬
ِ ِۨ ِ ِ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ
َ َ َ َ ُّ َ ًٔ ْ َ َ ُ َ
‫ﻣﺎ ﺳ ِﺌﻞ ﺷﻴﺎ ﻗﻂ ﻓﻘﺎل ﻻ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who never said “no” whenever he was asked for anything.

The Hadith Shareef in this salaat has been narrated by Hadrat Jabir bin ‘Abdullah and is
reported by Imam Al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim .

5. SALAWAAT WITH HADITH AL-QUDSI

One of the most pleasing features of this kitab is that Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi
presents many salawaat with Hadith al-Qudsi as well. The difference between Hadith al-Qudsi
and Hadith an-Nabawi is that while Hadith an-Nabawi are Sayings of the blessed Prophet
(Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam), Hadith al-Qudsi is what Allah has communicated to him
through revelation, inspiration, or in a dream, and the beloved Prophet has then
communicated it in his own words. The Qur’an is of course superior to Hadith al-Qudsi because
besides being revealed, it is Allah’s own Word.

One of the salawaat in the Majmu‘ah containing Hadith al-Qudsi is as follows:

َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
ُ‫ﺎل ﷲ‬ ّ
ِ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل ِﰲ اﻟﻘﺪ‬
‫ﳻﻗ‬
ُ ْ ّ ُ َ ْ َ َ ْ ِّ ْ َ َ َ ٰ َ ْ َ
‫اﻟﺮﱖ‬ ِ ‫اج اﻃﻔﺎە‬ ٍ ‫ ﮐﻢ ِﴎ‬،‫اي ادم‬
‫ﺐ‬ُ ‫َوﮐَ ْﻢ ِّ ْ َﻋﺎ ِﺑ ٍﺪ َا ْﻓ َﺴ َﺪ ُە ْاﻟ ُﻌ ْﺠ‬

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 ْ َ ْ ُ َ َْ ْ َ ْ ّ ْ َ َ
‫ﲑاﻓ َﺴﺪە اﻟﻔﻘ ُﺮ‬ ٍ ‫وﮐﻢ ِ ﻓ ِﻘ‬
ْ ُ َ َْ َ ْ ّ ْ َ َ
‫ﲎ اﻓ َﺴﺪە اﻟ ِﻐ ٰﲎ‬ ّ ِ ‫وﮐﻢ ِ ﻏ‬
ٍ
ُ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ َْ ْ َ ْ ّ ْ َ َ
‫وﮐﻢ ِ ﲱِﻴ ٍﺢ اﻓﺴﺪە اﻟﻌﺎ ِﻓﻴﺔ‬
ْ ْ ُ َ َْ َ ْ ّ ْ َ َ
،‫ﺎﱂ اﻓ َﺴﺪە اﻟ ِﻌﻠ ُﻢ‬ ٍ ِ ‫وﮐﻢ ِ ﻋ‬
ْ ِ ‫ﱏ َو َﻋﺎ ِﻣﻠُ ْﻮ‬
،‫ﱏ‬ ْ ِ ‫ﱏ َو ٰا ِﺳ ُﻘ ْﻮ‬ ْ ِ ‫ َزا ِر ُﻋ ْﻮ‬،‫ﲎ ٰا َد َم‬
ْ ِ ‫ﱏ َو َر ِاﲝُ ْﻮ‬ ْ ِ ‫َاي َﺑ‬
َ َ ْ َ ٰ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ٌ ُ ُ َ َ ْ َ ٔ َ ٌ ْ َ َ َ ْ ْ ْ ُ َ ْ َّ
‫ﴩ‬
ٍ ‫ﺐﺑ‬ ِ ‫ﲰﻌﺖ وﻻﺧﻄﺮ ﻗﻠ‬ ِ ‫اِن ِرﲝﮑﻢ ِﻋﻨ ِﺪی ﻣﺎﻻ ﻋﲔ رات وﻻ اذن‬
،‫ﲃ‬ْ ِ ‫ِﲎ َو َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻨ ُﻘ ُﺺ ُﻣ ْﻠ‬ ْ ِ ‫َو َﻻ َﺗ ْﻨ َﻔ ُﺪ َﺧ َﺰاﺋ‬
ُ ‫َا َان ْاﻟ َﻮ َّﮬ‬
‫ﺎب‬

O Allah! Bless our master Sayyidina Muhammad

who said in Hadith al-Qudsi that Allah said:
O son of Adam!
How many lamps have been put out by the wind,
and how many worshippers have been spoiled by pride,
and how many faqeers (derveshes) have been spoiled by faqr (poverty),
and how many of the rich have been spoiled by riches,
and how many of the healthy have been spoiled by good health,
and how many of the learned have been spoiled by knowledge?
O son of Adam!
Sow for Me, profit for My sake, put your confidence in Me, and work for Me.
Truly, the gain you will have from Me (in Paradise),
no eye has seen, no ear has heard, nor has it occurred to the heart of any human being.
My treasures do not run out and My Kingship does not decrease.
I am the Bestower.

6. THE BELOVED PROPHET’S KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN

Chapter 21, “Fee ‘Ilmihi wa ‘Ilmi Ghaybihi" (On his knowledge of what is seen and his
knowledge of the Unseen), has 361 salawaat proving that the blessed Prophet had the
knowledge of the seen as well as the unseen. For example, the beloved Prophet had seen
heaven and hell, he had seen Archangel Jibril as well as the other angels, he had been to the
seven heavens and met the Prophets when he was invited by Allah on mi‘raj (heavenly
ascension), he had seen the punishment given to sinners in their graves, he knew who would go
to heaven and hell, he knew that Imam al-Hasan would one day unite two Muslim factions,
and he knew that Sayyidatina Fatima would be the first to follow him after he left his earthly
existence. He made many other prophecies all of which came true. For example, he prophesized
that Allah will conquer Rome and Persia for the Muslims. He knew about Sidratu’l

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Muntaha (the farthest Lote-tree), ‘Arsh (Allah’s Throne), Maqam Mahmud (The Highest
Praised Station), as well as the Tasbeehaat (words of Glorification of Allah ) by the angels in
the various heavens. He informed us that the Tasbeeh recited by the angels in the first heaven is
“Subhana Dhi’l Mulki wa’l Malakut” and Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi has a salaat for
it:

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ‬
َ ْ ُ ّ َ َّ ْ َ ٰ َ َ ْ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َّ
،‫اﻟ ِﺬی اﺧﱪ ان ﺗﺴ ِﺒﻴﺢ ﻣﻠ ٓ ِﺌﮑ ِﺔ اﻟﺴﻤﺎ ِءاﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎ‬
ُ َ ْ ْ ْ َ َُْ
‫ﺎن ِذی اﻟ ُﻤﻠ ِﮏ َواﻟ َﻤﻠﮑ ْﻮ ِت‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad

and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who informed that the Glorification of Allah by the angels on the first heaven is:
Glorified is The Owner of the Sovereignty and the Kingdom of heaven.

In the same way, he informed about the Tasbeehaat (words of Glorification) by the angels on
the other heavens as follows:

On the second heaven:

ْ ُ َ َ ْ َ َّ ْ َ َ ُ
‫ﺎن ِذاﻟ ِﻌﺰ ِۃ واﳉﱪو ِت‬
Glorified is The Possessor of Honour and Omnipotence

On the third heaven: َ

ُ‫ﺎن ْاﳊَ ّﻲ ّاﻟﺬ ْی َﻻ َﳝُ ْﻮت‬
َ َ ُ
ِ ِ
Glorified is The Ever-Living, The Everlasting

On the fourth heaven:

ُّ َ َ ٰ َ ُّ َ َ َ ُّ َ ٌ ْ ُّ ُ ٌ ْ ُّ ُ
‫اﻟﺮ ْو ِح‬ ‫ﺳﺒﻮح ﻗﺪوس رﺑﻨﺎ ورب ﻣﻠ ٓ ِﺌﮑ ِﺔ و‬

Glorious, The Most Holy, our Lord,

and the Lord of the angels and of the Archangel Jibril

On the fifth heaven:

َّ َ ْ َّ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ
‫اﻟﻨﺎ ِر‬ ‫ﺎن ﲨﻊ ﺑﲔ اﻟﺜﻠ ِﺞ و‬
Glorified is He Who brought together ice and fire

On the sixth heaven:

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 ُ ُّ ْ َ َ ٍ َ ّ ُ ّ َ ِ ْ ُّ ُ ْ ْ َ َُْ
ْ ِ ‫ﺎن اﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﮏ اﻟﻘﺪوس ر ِب‬
‫ﰻ ﳽ ئ واِﻟﻴ ِﻪ اﻟﻨﺸﻮ ِر‬

Glorified is The King, The Most Holy One, Lord of all creation,
and to Him is the return (on the Day of Judgement)

On the seventh heaven:

ُّ َ َ َُْ
‫اﻟﻨ ْﻮر‬ ‫ﺎن ﺧﺎﻟ ِِﻖ‬
Glorified is The Creator of light

When we finish reciting Chapter 21 of Majmu‘ah Salawaat-u’r-Rasul , we obtain the certitude

that Allah gave the sum total of all knowledge, both manifest and hidden to the beloved
Prophet who then distributes it among people in proportion to what has been decreed for
them by Allah , Khaaliqu kulli shay’ (the Creator of everything).

7. HIS LOVE FOR ALLAH AND THE PROPHET

Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi received this priceless inheritance in immense measure.
As you recite each chapter, you marvel at his love for Allah , for the beloved Prophet , for
his Family and Companions , the awliya (sufi saints) and the salihin (the pious) . In
Chapter 30, “Fee Khayri Khalqihi wa Khayri Ummatihi” (On the Best of Creation and his Best
Community), he offers salawaat on the Holy Prophet and on all the other Prophets
(mentioning more than a hundred Prophets by name), on the ummahaat u’l-mu’mineen
(mothers of faithful believers) , especially on Sayyidatina Khadija and Sayyidatina
‘Aisha , on the Ahl u’l-Bayt (his blessed Household), especially Sayyidina ‘Ali, Sayyidatina
Fatima, Sayyidina Imam al-Hasan, and Sayyidina Imam al-Husayn , and on the Khulafa ar-
Rashidin al-Mahdiyyin, that is Sayyidina Abubakr as-Siddiq, Sayyidina ‘Umar al-Faruq,
Sayyidina ‘Uthman Dhu’n-Nurayn and Sayyidina ‘Ali al-Murtada , on the other sahaba
(Companions) , mentioning more than a hundred sahaba by name, on the awliya and the
salihin , especially on Muhyuddin Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani , as well as the awliya
in Tariqa al-Qadiriyyah, Chishtiyyah and Naqshbandiyyah.

Let us savour seven salawaat from the Majmu‘ah to appreciate his love for the Prophet .

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
Noor Muhammad-i
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ‬
َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ ُ ُ َ َ َ ْ َّ
‫ﲨﻴﻊ اﻻﺷﻴﺎ ِء‬ ِ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی ﺧﻠﻖ ﷲ رە ﻗﺒﻞ اﳋﻠ ِﻖ وﺧﻠﻖ ِﻣﻨﻪ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad

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whose noor (light) Allah created before (other) creation
and from it created all other things.

َ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
Qadamu Sidqin
ْ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﻗﺪ ِم ِﺻﺪ ٍق‬
ْ
َ ْ ‫ﲔ اﻟ ُﻤ َﺒ ِّﴩ‬ ْ ْ َ ْ ‫ﺎﲠَﺎا ِٰﱄ ِﺻ ْﺪ ِق ْاﻟ َﻤ ْﺼ ُﺪ ْو ِﻗ‬
َ ْ ‫ﲔ اﻟ ُﻤ َﻘ َّﺮ ِﺑ‬
َ ْ ‫ﲔ اﻟ َﻤ ْﺤ ُﺒ ْﻮ ِﺑ‬ ً ٰ َ
َ ‫ﻮۃ ُﺗ َﻘ ّﺪ ُﻣ‬
ِ ‫ﻨ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﺻﻠ‬
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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on “One with a sincere footing”(one of the Asma’ un-Nabi );
such a blessing which will lead us towards
the truth of those who are accepted as truthful, those drawn near to Allah, the beloveds,
the givers of glad news (as You told the beloved Prophet ):
and give glad news to the believers
that they have a footing of truth with their Lord. (10:2)

How he spent his time

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ‬
َّ َ ْ َ َ ٗ َ ْ َ ٗ ُ ْ ُ َّ ُ ْ َ ّ ً ْ ُ َ ْ َ ّ ً ْ ُ َ ّ ٰ ً ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ٰ َ ٗ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ
ِ ‫ ﺟﺰ ء ِهلل ِوﺟﺰء ِﻻﻫ ِﻠﻪٖ وﺟﺰء ِﻟﻨﻔ ِﺴﻪٖ ﺛﻢ ﺟﺰء ە ﺑﻴﻨﻪ وﺑﲔ اﻟﻨ‬،‫اﻟ ِﺬی ﰷن اوﻗﺎﺗﻪ ﺛﻠﺜﺔ اﺟﺰا ٍء‬
‫ﺎس‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
whose time was used in three parts:
one part was for Allah, one part was for his Family, and one part was for himself;
then the part that was for himself, he again divided into two:
one for himself and one for his dealings with people.

His sifaat (Noble Attributes)

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ‬
ْ ُ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ٰ َ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ َ َ ٔ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َّ
ٖ‫ﺖ اﻟﻤﻌ ِﺮﻓﺔ راس ﻣﺎ ِﻟﻪٖ واﻟﻄﺎﻋﺔ ﻏﺎﻳﺔ اﻣﺎ ِﻟﻪٖ واﻟﻌﻘﻞ اﺻﻞ ِدﻳ ِﻨﻪ‬ ِ ‫اﻟ ِﺬی ﰷﻧ‬
ٗ ُ َ ٰ ْ َّ َ ٗ ُ َ َ ُّ ُ َ ٖ‫َ َّ َ ُّ ُ َ ُ َ ْ ﻪ‬
ْ
‫واﻟﺘﻔﮑﺮ ِﺿﻴﺎء ﻳ ِﻘﻴ ِﻨ واﳊﺐ اﺳﺎﺳﻪ واﻟﺘﻘﻮی ﻟِﺒﺎﺳﻪ‬
ٗ ُ ْ َ ٰ َ َ ِ ُ ْ َ ٗ ُ َ ْ َ ُ ْ ُ ّ َ ٗ ُ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َّ َ
‫واﻟﺸﻮق ﻣﺮﮐﺒﻪ واﻟﺰﻫﺪ ﻣﮑﺴﺒﻪ و ِذﮐﺮ ﷲ ﺗﻌﺎﱄ ا ِﻧﻴﺴﻪ‬
ٗ ُ ُ ّ َّ َ ٗ ُ َ ُ ْ َّ َ ٗ ُ ْ َ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ
‫اﻟﺘ َﻮﰻ ﮐِ َﺴﺎ ُء ە‬ ‫واﳊﺰن ﺟ ِﻠﻴﺴﻪ واﻟﺼﱪ ِرداﺋﻪ و‬
َُُ َ ُ َْْ ُ ْ ‫اﻟﺮ َﺿﺎ ُء ُد َّر ُۃ َاتﺟﻪٖ َو ْاﻟ َﻴ ِﻘ‬
َ ِ ‫ﲔ ُ ْ ُر‬
‫ﴎا ِﺟﻪٖ َواﳋﺸ َﻴﺔ ﲦَ َﺮۃ ﻓ ٔﻮا ِد ٖە‬ ِ
ّ ‫َو‬
ِ

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 َ ُْ َُ ْ َ َ ََ َ ْ َ ٰ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ٰ َ ٗ ُ َْ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ّ َ
ٖ‫اﻟﺼﺪق زادﻣﻌﺎ ِد ٖە واﻟﻔﻘﺮ ﳀﺮە اﻗﺮا ِﻧﻪٖ واﻟﻌﺠﺰ اِﱄ ﺣﴬ ِۃ ﷲ ِﺗﻌﺎﱄ روﻧﻖ ﺑﺴﺘﺎ ِﻧﻪ‬ ِ ‫و‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
whose knowledge was his capital investment,
and obedience (to Allah ) was the utmost limit of his hopes,
and intellect was the basis of his religion,
and meditation was the brightness of his certitude,
and love was his foundation,
and reverential awe of Allah was his clothing,
and ardent desire (to please Allah at all times) was his conveyance,
and abstinence was his earning,
and the remembrance of Allah The Exalted was his close friend,
and grief was his sitting companion,
and patience was his robe,
and reliance on Allah was his garment,
and contentment was a pearl in his crown,
and certitude was the light of his lamp,
and fear (of Allah ) was the fruit of his heart,
and truth was the provision for his Hereafter,
and poverty was what he prided himself about over others,
and humbleness in the Presence of Allah The Exalted was the beauty of his garden.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
Basharun laa ka’l bashar
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪو ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ََ‫ﲔ‬
‫ﲩ ٍﺮ‬ َ ْ ‫ﴩ َﻻ َﰷ ْﻟ َﺒ َﴩ َوﻧ ِ ْﺴ َﺒ ُﺘ ٗﻪ ِ َ ْاﳋَ ْﻠﻖ ﻧ ِ ْﺴ َﺒ ُﺔ َاي ُﻗ ْﻮ ٍت َﺑ‬
ٌ َ َ‫ﺑ‬
ِ ِ
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who was a human being but not like other human beings.
His comparison with creation
is like that of a priceless gem among stones.

Shari‘ah, Tariqa, Haqiqa, Ma‘rifa

ّ ّ ّٰ
ٍ‫َاﻟﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ِﻞ َو َﺳ ِﻠ ْﻢ َ ٰ ُﻣ َﻄﺎع‬
َّ َ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َّ َّ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ُ ْ ُ ً ٰ َ
َ ‫اﻟﴪ َﻣﺪ َّﻳ ِﺔ َو َﻣ ْﻌﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ْاﻻ ٰﻟﻬ َّﻴ ِﺔ اب َِﻃ‬
ْ
،‫ﺎﻋ ِﺔ‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﴍﻳﻌﺔ اﻟﻤﺤﻤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺔ وﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘﺔاﻻﲪ ِﺪﻳ ِﺔ وﺣ ِﻘﻴﻘﺔ‬ ِ ‫ﺻﻠﻮۃ ﺗ ِﻄﻴﻌﻨﺎ ِﲠﺎ‬
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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on the “one who is obeyed”;
such a blessing by means of which You may make us obey
Sayyidina Muhammad’s Shari‘ah (law),
and Sayyidina Ahmad’s Tariqa (spiritual path),
and the eternal Haqiqa (Essential reality),
and Ma‘rifa (direct knowledge of Allah’s Attributes);
by obeying (the verse of the Qur'an):
Obey Allah and obey the (Prophetic) Messenger. (4:59)

In this salaat, four of the blessed attributive names of the beloved Prophet from the Asma’
un-Nabi have been used: Mutaa‘, Muhammad, Ahmad and Rasul .

Fanaa Fillah, Baqaa Billah

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ‬
َ ْ َ‫ﰲ‬ َ ‫ﺎﰶ ﺑ‬ ْ َ َ َْ ْ ّ ُ ْ َ ْ ْ َْ
‫ﲨ ْﻴﻊِ اﳊَﺎﻻ ِت‬ ْ ‫ﮏ‬ ْ
ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﺎت و‬َ
‫ﺒ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﰻ اﻻوﻗ‬ ِ ‫ﺎﱏ ِﻓﻴﮏ ِﰲ‬ِ ‫اﻟﻔ‬
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who was extinct in You at all times
and who was abiding with You in all situations.

8. SALAAT ON THE SALAAH (PRAYER) OF THE PROPHET

An established tradition among the mashaayikh (spiritual masters) who have composed
salawaat is to invoke blessings of Allah on each of the a‘maal (actions or deeds) of the
blessed Prophet . Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi is no exception. His salaat (blessing)
on the Salaah (Prayer) of the beloved Prophet is a gem nobody would like to part with.

َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ ٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
‫ﺎت‬ َ ‫ﳝ‬
َّ
ْ ‫اﻟﺘ ْﺤﺮ‬ ‫ﰲ‬ ٖ‫ﻪ‬‫ﺘ‬َ ‫ﳝ‬ْ ‫ﲢﺮ‬ ْ َ َ
‫و‬ ‫ات‬ ‫ﲑ‬َ ْ ‫اﻟﺘ ْﮑﺒ‬ َّ
‫ﰲ‬ ‫ە‬ ‫ﲑ‬ ّ ‫َو َ ٰ ﺟ ْﺬﻋﻪٖ ﰲ ْاﳉ َﺬ ِع َوﻧ َّﻴﺘﻪٖ ﰲ‬
ْ ‫اﻟﻨ َّﻴﺎت َو َﺗ ْﮑﺒ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِٖ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
َ َ ْ َ َ َ ُّ َ ّ ْ
َ ‫َو َﻓ ْﺮ ِﺿﻪٖ ِﰲ ْاﻟ َﻔ َﺮاﺋ ِِﺾ َو َواﺟﺒﻪٖ ِﰲ اﻟ َﻮاﺟ‬
ِ ‫ﲍ َو ُﻣ ْﺴﺘ َﺤ ّﺒ ِﺘﻪٖ ِﰲ اﻟ ُﻤ ْﺴﺘ َﺤ ّﺒ‬
‫ﺎت‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺴ‬ ‫ﰲ‬ ِ ٖ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﺘ‬ِ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﺳ‬ ُ ‫ﺎت َو‬
ِ ‫ﺒ‬ ِ ِِ
َُّ ْ َ ‫ﳤ ِّﺠ ِﺪ ْ َ َو ِﻗ َﺮ‬ ْ
َ َ ‫ﲥ ّﺠﺪە ﰲ اﻟ ُﻤ‬ ُ َ ْ َّ
َ ‫اﻟﻨ َﻮا ِﻓﻞ َو ُﻣ َﺒﺎ ِﺣﻪٖ ِﰲ اﻟ ُﻤ َﺒ‬ َْ َ
‫اء ِﺗﻪٖ ِﰲ اﻟﻘﺮا ِء‬ ِ ٖ ِ َ ‫ﺎت َو‬ ِ ‫ﺎﺣ‬ ِ ‫ﰲ‬ِ ِ
‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﻠ‬
ِ ‫ﻔ‬ ‫وﻧ‬

O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad

and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad
and on his tree stump among all tree stumps,
and on his intention among all intentions,
and on his takbeer (Allahu Akbar, Allah is Supremely Great) among all takbeeraat,

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and on his state of ritual consecration (to start a Prayer), among all such states of consecration,
and on his obligatory Prayer among all obligatory Prayers,
and on his necessary Prayer among all necessary Prayers,
and on his Prayer which became his Tradition among all such Traditional Prayers,
and on his recommended Prayer among all recommended Prayers,
and on his optional Prayer among all optional Prayers,
and on his permitted Prayer among all permitted Prayers,
and on his optional night-vigil Prayer among all those who perform optional night-vigil Prayers,
and on his recitation (of the Qur’an) among all reciters.

In invoking blessings on the Prayer of the beloved Prophet , the Shaykh also invokes
blessings on the tree stump where he used to deliver his Friday khutbah (sermon) until a pulpit
was built for him as we learn from this blessed Hadith Shareef:

Narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah : The Prophet used to stand by a tree or a date palm on
Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said, “O Prophetic Messenger of Allah! Shall we make a
pulpit for you?” He replied, “If you wish”. So they made a pulpit for him and when it was
Friday, he proceeded towards the pulpit (for delivering the sermon). The date-palm cried like a
child! The Prophet descended (the pulpit) and embraced it while it continued moaning like a
child being quietened. The Prophet said, “It was crying for (missing) what it used to hear of
religious knowledge given near to it”. (al-Bukhari)

9. SALAAT WITH TASBEEHAAT AND PRAISE OF ALLAH

Trust Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi to come up with a salaat with Tasbeehaat and the
Kalima at-Tawhid as in this instance:
َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل‬
ُ،‫ﷲ َوﷲُ َا ْﮐ َﱪ‬ُ ٰ ‫ﺎن ﷲ ِ َو ْاﳊَ ْﻤ ُﺪ ِ ٰ ّهلل ِ َو َﻻا ِٰﻟ َﻪ ا َِّﻻ‬
َ َُْ
َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َ
، ‫وﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪاﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل‬
َ َُْ
،‫ﺎن ﷲ ِ َو ِﲝَ ْﻤ ِﺪ ٖە‬
َ َ ْ َّ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ّ َ َ
،‫وﺻ ِﻞ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ِۨﺪ اﻟ ِﺬی ﻗﺎل‬
ٌ ْ ‫ﳽ ٍئ َﻗ ِﺪ‬ ّ ُ ٰ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ُ َ َ ُ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ ٗ َ َ ْ َ َ ٗ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
ْ َ‫ﰻ‬ ْ
ِ ‫ﴍﻳﮏ ﻟﻪ ﻟﻪ اﻟﻤﻠﮏ وﻟﻪ اﳊﻤﺪ وﻫﻮ‬ ِ ‫ﻻاِﻟﻪ اِﻻﷲ وﺣﺪە ﻻ‬
O Allah! Bless our master Sayyidina Muhammad who said,
“Glorified is Allah, and all Praise is for Allah
and none is to be worshipped but Allah, and Allah is Supremely Great.”
And Bless Sayyidina Muhammad who said,
“Glorified is Allah as He Himself Praises Himself.”

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And Bless Sayyidina Muhammad who said,
“None is to be worshipped but Allah; He is One; He has no partner.
His is the Kingdom and His is the Praise and He is All-Powerful over all things.”

10. HIS SCHOLARSHIP

The miracle is that Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi did not obtain a madrasa education
beyond learning Qur’anic recitation, nor did he learn how to write. His Majmu‘ah Salawaat-u’r-
Rasul is therefore a gift from Allah . It took 12 years, 8 months and 20 days to complete;
and was sent for publication to his Khalifa (deputy) in Rangoon, Burma in the year the Shaykh
left his earthly abode in Pakistan on 1st Dhu’l Hijjah 1342 A.H.

The preface to the Majmu‘ah gives the life history of the Shaykh. The fact that he was destined
for great heights was revealed at the tender age of eight when he kept optional fasts for 40
continuous days while being initiated into tariqa (spiritual path leading to Allah ). While yet
a child, he achieved tazkiya (spiritual purification). SubhaanAllah! (Glorified is Allah)!

When you recite Majmu‘ah Salawaat-u’r-Rasul , you realise that Muslim scholarship is alive
and well, but that it is not disseminated widely enough. If a book remotely resembling this
masterpiece had been produced by a Christian concerning his religion, dozens of Ph.D’s would
already have been produced on it but the aim of Muslims is to seek Rida Allah (the Pleasure of
Allah ), and just reciting the Majmu‘ah from cover to cover is enough of an achievement. And
now we can benefit from its translation in Urdu as well, by Shaykh u’l-Hadith Mawlana
Muhammad Ashraf Siyalwi, of which the first six chapters have already been done with great
loving care befitting its dignity and stature.

The Majmu‘ah is in the tradition of Imam al-Jazuli’s Dalaail u’l-Khayraat (Proofs of Good
Deeds), in that it is a selected compilation of salawaat existing up to that time. It is evident that
Allah had opened the heart of Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi to the vast seas of
‘ulum (knowledge) of this world as well as the Hereafter. He was an authority on salawaat,
du‘a, awraad and adhkaar of which he presented his choicest collection in 1410 pages of the
Majmu‘ah. Indeed, he loved Dalaail u’l-Khayraat so much that he composed a salaat on it as
follows:

َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّ ٰ َ
،‫ات‬ ِ ‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ دﻟِﻴ ِﻞ اﳋﲑ‬
َ َْ ْ َ َ َ ََْْ ََ َ ًََُُّ ٰ َ
،‫ات وﺷﻮا ِر ِق اﻻ ا ِر‬ ِ ‫ﺎﲠﺎ ِﺑﺪﻻﺋ ِِﻞ اﳋﲑ‬ ِ ‫ﺻﻠﻮۃ ﺗﺪ ِﻟﻠﻨ‬
َْ َْْ َ َ ََُُّ َ
ْ ‫ﺎﲞ‬
،‫ﲑ ِﺧ َﻴﺎ ِراﻻﺧ َﻴﺎ ِر اﻻ ْ َ ا ِر‬
ِ ِ ‫وﲣ ِﲑان ِﲠ‬
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O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on the “Proof of Good Deeds”,
a blessing by means of which You may guide us
to Dalaail u’l-Khayraat wa Shawaariq u’l-Anwaar
(Proofs of Good Deeds and the Brilliant Burst of Sunshine),
and by means of which You may choose us as charitable good people,
with the pick of the pious elite, the best of the righteous,
(as You said in the Holy Qur’an):
so strive to excel in good deeds. (2:148 and 5:48)

The beloved Prophet is Daleel u’l-Khayraat (Guide to good deeds), Imam al-Jazuli
compiled a book of blessings on him called Dalaail u’l-Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds) and
Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi composed a salaat on the Daleel u’l-Khayraat together
with the title of the book Dalaail u’l-Khayraat to fulfil Allah’s command of Fastabiqu’l
Khayraat! Isn't that neat and special?

Chapter sixteen of the Majmu‘ah titled “Fee ‘Azamatihi wa ‘Izzatihi” (On his Greatness and
Respect), has 196 salawaat composed in a similar pattern. They start with an attributive name in
praise of the beloved Prophet and end with a verse or part of the verse of the Qur’an. These
form the Salawaat u’l-‘Uzmaa (The Great Invocation of Blessings) of the Shaykh and have been
printed separately in another kitab (book) titled Awraad u’l-Qaadiriyyah Rahmaniyyah (Regular
Voluntary Invocations of the Qaadiriyyah Rahmaniyyah) compiled by al-‘Allamah as-Sayyid
Muhammad Tayyib Shah . Those who feel overwhelmed by the Majmu‘ah would do well to
recite at least the Salawaat u’l-‘Uzmaa of the great Shaykh.

This naturally raises the question: if you really aspire to recite the encyclopaedic Majmu‘ah from
cover to cover, how would you really go about doing it? If you recite a chapter a day, you can
complete its thirty chapters in a month. Each chapter takes about two to three hours to recite,
depending on how fast and proficient you are at Arabic recitation. On the other hand, if the
mureedeeen (disciples) decide to adopt a more leisurely pace and recite a chapter a week (7
pages a day), that would give them at most 21 minutes of recitation every day and at this rate,
they can complete the Majmu‘ah in seven months. Allahu Akbar (Allah is Supremely
Great)!

To gain a flavour of it and some appreciation, the beginner would be well advised to recite at
least the first three chapters because they form an integrated whole, starting with and ending in
Asma u’l-Husna (the Most Beautiful Names of Allah ), with salawaat and du‘a interspersed
in-between. That might indeed provide the encouragement to complete the whole kitab!
However, before embarking on this momentous venture, the saalik (spiritual traveller) would be
well advised to get the ijaza (permission) of his Shaykh (spiritual master).

11. HIS DU‘A

It is fitting to conclude with the du‘a at the end of Chapter 15 in Volume 1 which combines du‘a
with Asma u’l-Husna, verses of the Holy Qur’an and salaat in a manner that is an outstanding
feature of the Majmu‘ah of Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi .

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ُ ‫ﺎن َاي َﻣ َّﻨ‬

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‫اﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ وﺳ ِﻠﻢ ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪان ﳏﻤ ٍﺪ و ا ِل ﺳ ِﻴ ِﺪانﳏﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َ َ ْ َ َّ ْ َ َ ‫ﺎت ْاﻟ ُﻘ ْﺪ ِﺳ َّﻴ ِﺔ ْاﻟ َﻮا ِﺣ ِﺪ َّﻳ ِﺔ َو ُﺣ ُﻀ ْﻮ ِر َﺣ‬ ّ َّ ْ َ ‫اﻻ َﺣﺪ َّﻳ ِﺔ َو‬
َ ْ ‫ﳎ ٰﲇ َﺣ‬ َْ َ َْ
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O Allah! O The Ever-Living, O The Self-Existing by Whom all subsist,

O The Compassionate, O The One Who Bestows favours,
O The Judge, O The Ruler, O The Glorified.
(Prophet Yunus, peace be upon him, said):
“None is to be worshipped but You, Glorified are You; indeed I acted improperly”.
Then We responded to him and delivered him from the grief
and thus do We deliver the believers.
And Zakariyyaa when he called out to his Lord (saying):
“O my Lord! Leave me not alone and You are the Best (Final) Inheritor (of everything).
(21:87-89)
O Allah! Bless and bestow peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the Family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
who appearance manifests Divine Unity, and
who is manifestly present
in the Sacred Manifestations of
the Oneness of Allah
(which is declared in His Praise by all His creation)
and present in the Sacred Presence of the Oneness of Allah
(as Allah says in the Holy Qur’an):
Say (O Prophet ): He, Allah is One.
Allah, The Self-Sufficient, Eternally Besought.
He begets not, nor was He begotten.
And there is none like Him. (112:1-4)

Al-Fatiha!

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Acknowledgement: I am grateful to Brother Mahbub-ur-Rahman of Bangladesh, now settled in
Toronto, for gifting me with Majmu‘ah Salawaat-ur-Rasul (A Compendium of Blessings on
the Prophetic Messenger ) of Hadrat Mawlana Khwaja ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi , and
Anwaar u’l-Qaadiriyyah Rahmaniyyah of al-‘Allamah as-Sayyid Muhammad Tayyib Shah .

Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

First edition: 1417 A.H. / 1996 C.E, Toronto.
Updated with Arabic text: Jumada al-Thani, 1438 A.H. / 2017 C.E, Toronto.

Reference: Hadrat Mawlana Khwaja ‘Abdur Rahman Chohravi , Majmu‘ah Salawaat-u’r-

Rasul (A Compendium of Blessings on the Prophetic Messenger ), Bangladesh Press,
Chatgam, Bangladesh, n.d.

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