Qasidah Burdah Shareef & Hazrat Imaam Busiri of Egypt
QASIDAH BURDAH SHAREEF
The Burdah Shareef, or the Prophet's [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam] Mantle is a Poem [Qasidah] composed by the great Soofie Shaiekh Hazrat Imaam Sharaf ud deen Muhammad Al-Busiri [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] who was born in Egypt in 608 A.H. [1212 C.E] and died in 695 A.H [1296 C.E].
He composed the Burdah while suffering from a stroke which had paralyzed half of his body. After praying to Allaah Ta'aalaa to heal him, he fell asleep and, in his dream, recited this Qasidah to the Holy Prophet [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam] who touched the paralyzed part of his body and laid his Mantle [Burdah] over him.
On
arising, he was miraculously cured, the news of which spread far and wide.
Hence the Qasidah came to be called Qasidah tu'l Burdah and received admiration
among all Muslims as a Qasidah especially approved by the Beloved Prophet [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam].
Its verses are often learned by heart
and inscribed on the walls of public buildings. It is congregationally recited
in the ‘Spiritual Gatherings’ of the Zaakireen [those who remember Allaah
Ta'aalaa] all over the world. It cures diseases as well as purifies hearts
if recited with love and devotion.
More than 90 commentaries have been
written on this Qasidah and it has been translated in Persian, Urdu, Turkish,
Berber, Punjabi, English, French and German, among other languages.
The ‘Blessed Burdah Shareef’ is in 10
parts and has 160 verses all of which end in the Arabic letter Meem, hence it
is a "Meemiyya". The 10 parts of the poem are about Love for the Holy
Prophet
[Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam].
In chapter 4 of his Qasidah Burdah
Shareef he speaks of the Birth of Holy Prophet [Peace be upon him].
The Blessed day on which he was born
is a praiseworthy event his birth which illuminated the entire Universe. Some
miracles and incidents which took place at the time of birth are mentioned in
this chapter. These were signs of the greatness of the Prophet [Peace be upon
him] who came to remove all difficulties and calamities from the world.
Copied in exquisite Thuluth script and
complemented by spare rondels of gold, this fifteenth-century manuscript is
opened to the text of al-Burdah (The mantle), by Muhammad ibn Said al-Busiri
(Upper Egypt, 1213-95). The poem, a panegyric to the Prophet Muhammad, reads,
in part:
"Oh, noblest of mankind! I have
none but you with whom to seek refuge when doomsday comes."
Courtesy Library of Congress
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