Al-Burda – Explore the Beauty and Significance of Qasida Burda Sharif with Full Arabic Text and Translation . The Qasida Al-Burda is another title of ‘The Burda’ which is a poem of praise for The Prophet Peace Be Upon Himﷺ.
It was written by Al Busiri in the 7th century Hijri and was rated to be one of the most popular poem recited and memorized all over the world.
The poem’s real title is The Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation Peace Be Upon Himﷺ (الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية).
It is most widely known by the refrain, often sung between verses: It is most widely known by the refrain, often sung between verses:
QASIDA BURDA SHARIF
مَولَا یَ صَلِّ وَسَلَّمْ داءِمًا اَبَدًا
عَلٰی حَبِیْبِکَ خَیْرِاًالْخَلْقِ کُلِّھِمٖ
ھُوَالْحَبِیْبُ الذَّیْ تُرْجٰی شَفَاعَتُہٗ
لِکُلِّ ھَوْلٍ مِّنَ الْاَھْوَلِ مُقْتَحِمٖ۔
وَکُلُّھُمْ مِنْ رَّسُوْلِ اللّٰہِ مُلْتَمِسُٗ
غَرفًا مِنَ الْبَحْرِ اَوْرَشْفًا مِّنَ الَّدِیْمٖ
یَا اَکْرَمَ الْخَلْقِ مَالِی مَنْ اَلُو ذُبِہٖ
سِوَاکَ عِنْدَ حُلُولِ الْحَادِثِ الْعَمَمٖ
مَولَا یَ صَلِّ وَسَلَّمْ داءِمًا اَبَدًا
عَلٰی حَبِیْبِکَ خَیْرِاًالْخَلْقِ کُلِّھِمٖ
رَبِّ أَوْرِعْنِی اَنْ أَشْکُرَ نِعْمَتَکَ الَّتِی أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَیَّ وَعَلَیْ وَلِدَیَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَلِحَاً تَرْضَہٗ وَأَصْلِحْ لِی فِی ذُرِّیَّتِی اِنِّی تُبْتُ اِلِیکَ وَاِنِّی مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِیْنَ ہ
My Lord granted me the power and ability but I may be grateful for your favor which you have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and I may do righteous good deed such as please You and I may make my offspring good. Indeed I am repentant towards you and indeed I am of the Muslims Quran (Sura Al-Ahqaf 46:1-5)
The Burda’s Story
Al Busiri also suffered a terrible sickness which incapacitated him. He was determined to write the Burda to ask Allah’s forgiveness and Prophet Muhammad’s intercession. It has been said that after writing Burda he had a dream that the Al Busiri was covered with Burda by the Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him ﷺ. He was cured as from his illness when he woke up.
The Original Burda
However, the Burda as has been referred to is Al Busiri’s Burda but the poem known originally by this name is the work of a pre-Islamic poet Ka’b ibn Zuhair, companion of The Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him ﷺ. Before emulating the brave act in accepting the religion of Islam, Ka’b used to poison the Muslim’s reputation with his poetry.
He later embraced Islam and to the best of his literary ability he recited verses of poetry he composed in which he sought forgiveness for his misdeeds. When he had done the recitation of it, The Prophet ﷺ tossed the garment cape (burda) towards Ka’b. It was therefore called the Burda which in Arabic means ‘the outrage’.
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