One will see the NUR (splendour) of Sayyidina Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam.Ģ0. The house in which this qasidah is read daily, its inhabitants will also be bestowed with seven benefits:ĥ. The house in which this qasidah is read regularly will be saved from seven things:Ģ0. If someone reads it 41 times, or has someone else read it for him on the night of Jumuah, for a certain aim or purpose, will have his aim or purpose fulfilled.Ģ3. Whoever Is in debt should recite it 1000 times.Ģ2. On a journey if recited once daily, one will be protected from ail hardships of travel.Ģ1. whoever reads it over rose water and sprinkles it over his clothes, will become respectedĪnd loved by the creation of Allah Ta'alaa.Ģ0. Whoever recites it 7000 times in his lifetime, will live up to the age of one hundred years.ġ9. The house in which this qasidah is kept, will be safe-guarded from thieves, etc.ġ8. If a person has important work, he should recite it 26 times on the night of Jumah (Thursday evening) and give 26 things in charity.ġ7. The house in which it is read 3 times daily, will be protected from most difficulties.ġ6. Whoever writes it with musk and saffron and hangs it around his neck, will be safeguarded from seventy afflictions and difficulties.ġ5. Whoever is afflicted with a great calamity or hardship, should keep 3 fasts and daily recite it 21 times.ġ4. whoever reads it once daily on rosewater for 7 days and gives it to someone to drink, that persons memory will increase tremendously.ġ3. Whoever recites it 41 times in an old cemetery for 40 days, his enemies will be destroyed.ġ2. Whoever recites it in his bedroom for any work or special purpose, that purpose will be shown to him in a dream.ġ1. Whoever recites it 17 times on a Thursday evening for 7 weeks will become pious and wealthy.ġ0. Whoever recites it once daily and makes damm blow) on his children, they will be blessed with long life.ĩ. Whoever recites it daily or has someone else recite it9 and thereafter makes damm (blow) on him, will be safeguarded from all hardships.Ĩ. To have male children recite 116 times.Ħ. For wealth and riches recite 700 times.ĥ. For the removal of difficulties recite 71 times.Ĥ. For blessings in life (1ong life) recite 1001 times.Ģ. Some of its virtues (and specialities as appear in famous kitabs) are mentioned here:ġ. The virtues of Qasidah Burdah are innumerable. The virtues and specialities of Qasidah Burdah On Intimate Discourse and the Petition of One’s State. On Seeking Intercession through the Prophet On the Chivalrous Struggle of Allah’s Messenger On the Exalted Stature and Miraculous Merits of the Qur'an On Warnings about the Caprices of the Self Each verse ends with the Arabic letter mim, a style called mimiya. Interspersing the verses is the refrain, "My Master, descend peace and blessings continuously and eternally on Your Beloved, the Best of All Creation". The Burda is divided into 10 chapters and 160 verses. So I recited the poem to him and he memorized it and related his vision to others. I saw the Prophet was pleased with it and covered the person who sang it with his cloak.” Then he recited the first verse and said: “I swear by God that I heard it in a dream last night being sung in the presence of the Prophet Mu?ammad. So he said: ”The one that you composed during your sickness.” I encountered a Sufi (faqir) on my way and he said to me: “I want you to give me the poem in which you praise the Prophet.” I had told no one about what had happened. Then I woke up and found I was able to walk so I got up and left my house. He wiped my face with his blessed hands and covered me in his cloak (burdah). Then I slept and in my dream, I saw the Prophet. I repeatedly sang the poem, wept, prayed, and asked for intercession. I thought that I would compose this poem, and so I made supplications to the Prophet Mu?ammad to intercede for me and (and ask God to) cure me. Some time after that, I was stricken by falij (stroke), an illness that paralyzed half of my body. I had composed a number of praise poems for the Prophet, including one that was suggested to me by my friend Zayn al-Din Y?aqub b. It is entirely in praise of Muhammad (S.A.W), who cured the poet of paralysis by appearing to him in a dream and wrapping him in a mantle or scarf.Īl-Busiri narrated the miraculous circumstances of his inspiration to write the Burdah: The poem, ("Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation"), is famous mainly in the Sunni Muslim world. Qasidat al-Burda is an ode of praise for the Islamic prophet Muhammad(S.A.W) composed by the eminent Sufi, Imam al-Busiri of Egypt. Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu