Qasida Salammiyya - Salawat & Salaam || سَلاَمٌ عَلَي قَبْرٍ يُزَارُ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ (English Subs) - Shaykh Muhammad Ibn al-Habib RA - Karima Foundation - October 19, 2020

This poem is written by the famous spiritual sage, Shaykh Muhammad Ibn al-Habib of the Darqawi spiritual path. Like Nahnu Fi Rawda, it carries his deep love for the Prophet Muhammad, Allah bless him and give him peace, and his attachment to the Rawda, his blessed resting place.

This poem is in the form of a prayer, where Shaykh Ibn al-Habib sends peace on the Prophet Muhammad, naming everything that he loves about him.

He begins by sending peace in the grave of the Prophet, and the Rawda. He describes his heartfelt connection to the Rawda, and the many virtues that his Beloved has been adorned with, such as being called to Allah’s presence in the night of the Ascension, and having a lizard testify to the truth of his prophethood.

His Beloved is also the one to whom Allah has granted such splendid beauty, and special virtue and majesty. He mentioned the great news to being able to visit the Rawda, and asks people who are going to convey his greetings. Unfortunately, he says that he is not able to visit himself, but the image of the Rawda stays in his mind, the most beautiful image he has ever seen.

Qasida: Arabic/Transliteration/ English translation

سَلَامٌ عَلَى

Greetings of Peace Upon

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Translation

لَا اِلَهَ اِلَّا الله لَا اِلَهَ اِلَّا الله

لَا اِلَهَ اِلَّا الله مُحَمَّد رَسُولُ الله

lā āilaha āillā Allah lā āilaha āillā Allah

lā āilaha āillā Allah muḥammad rasulu Allah

There is no God except Allah, There is no God except Allah

There is no God except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

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سَلَامٌ عَلَى قَبْرٍ يُزَارُ مِنَ البُعْدِ

سَلَامٌ عَلَى الرَوْضَة وَفِيهَا مُحَمَّدِ

salāmun ʿalā qabrin yuzāru minal buʿdi

salāmun ʿalār rawḍah wa fīhā muḥammadi

Greetings of peace upon a grave that is visited from far

greetings of peace upon al-Rawdah and in it is Muhammad

سَلَامٌ عَلَى مَنْ زَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ رَبَّهُ

فَبَلَّغَهُ المَرْغُوبَ فِي كُلِّ مَقْصَدِ

salāmun ʿalā man zāra fīl layli rabbahu

faballaghahual marghuba fī kulli maqṣadi

Greetings of peace upon the one who visited his Lord in the night,

so He gave him what is desired in every aspiration

سَلَامٌ عَلَى مَنْ قَالَ لِلْضَّبِّ مَنْ أَنَا

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ أَنْتَ مُحَمَّدِ

salāmun ʿalā man qāla lilḍḍabbi man anā

faqāla rasulu Allahi anta muḥammadi

Greetings of peace upon the one who said to the lizard, “Who am I?”

So he replied, “The Messenger of God, you are Muhammad”

سَلَامٌ عَلَى المَدْفُونِ فِي أَرْضِ طَيْبَةَ

وَمَنْ خَصَّهُ الرَّحْمَنُ بِالفَضْلِ وَالْمَجْدِ

salāmun ʿalāl madfuni fī arḍi ṭaybata

wa man khaṣṣahur raḥmanu bil faḍli wal majdi

Greetings of peace upon the one buried in the land of Taybah

and tone who was distinguished by the Merciful with graciousness and nobility

نَبِيٌّ حَبَاهُ اللهُ بِالْحُسْنِ وَالبَهَا

فَطُوبَى لِعَبْدٍ زَارَ قَبْرَ مُحَمَّدِ

nabiyyun ḥabāhu Allahu bil ḥusni wal bahā

faṭubā liʿabdin zāra qabra muḥammadi

A Prophet that was favored by God with goodness and beauty

So glad tidings for a servant who has visited the grave of Muhammad

أيَا رَاكِبَا نَحْوَ المَدِينَةِ قَاصِداً

فَبَلِّغْ سَلَامِي لِلْحَبِيبِ مُحَمَّدِ

ayā rākibā naḥwal madīnati qāṣidāan

faballigh salāmī lilḥabībi muḥammadi

O you riding towards al-Madina intending,

convey me Salam to the beloved Muhammad

فِي رَوْضَتِهِ الحُسْنَى مُنَايَ وَبُغْيَتِي

وَفِيهَا شِفَا قَلْبِي وَرُوحِي وَرَاحَتِي

fī rawḍatihil ḥusnā munāya wa bughyatī

wa fīhā shifā qalbī wa ruḥī wa rāḥatī

In his beautiful Rawdah is my hope and desire

and in it is the cure for heart and spirit, and my comfort

فَإِنْ بَعُدَتْ عَنِّي وَعَزَّ مَزَارُهَا

فَتِمْثَالُهَا لَدَيَّ أَحْسَنُ صُورَةِ

fa in baʿudat ʿanniī wa ʿazza mazāruhā

fatimthāluhā ladayya aḥsanu ṣurati

If it became distant and difficult for me to visit,

then the image that I hold within me is the best of pictures

أُنَزِّهُ طَرْفَ الْعَيْنِ فِي حُسْنِ رَوْضِهَا

فَيَسْلُو بِهَا لُبِّي وَسِرِّي وَمُهْجَتِي

unazzihu ṭarfal ʿayni fī ḥusni rawḍihā

fayaslu bihā lubbiī wa sirriī wa muhjatī

I delight my eyes in its beautiful Rawdah, so my heart, innermost soul,

and core become free from all worries and grief

فَهَا أنَا يَاقُطْبَ العَوَالِمِ كُلِّهَا

أُقَبِّلُهَا شَوْقاً لِـإِشْفَاءِ عِلَّتِي

fahā anā yāquṭbal ʿawālimi kullihā

uqabbiluhā shawqāan liishfā'i ʿillatī

So here I am O head of all creation

kissing it in yearning to heal my illness

وَصَلِّ عَلَى قُطْبِ الوُجُودِ مُحَمَّدٍ

صَلَاةً بِهَا تَمْحُو عَنَّا كُلَّ زَلَّةِ

wa ṣalli ʿalā quṭbil wujudi muḥammadin

ṣalātan bihā tamḥu ʿannaā kulla zallati

And send your mercy upon the head of creation, Muhammad

A mercy that will wipe from us every slip

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