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Salawaat
by Sufi Mashaaikh
Chapter 1: SALAWAAT
Of: GAUTH U'L A'ZAM MUHYUDDEEN
Shaykh 'ABDUL QADIR JILANI
An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad
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AS-SALAATU'L GAUTHIYYAH
This salaat of the Gauth u'l A'zam is so famous that many mashaaikh
(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:
- Dalaail u'l Khairaat (Proofs of Goodness) of Imam Muhammad bin
Sulayman al-Jazuli.
- Hizb u'l A'zam (The Great Supplication) of Hadhrat Mulla 'Ali
al-Qaari.
- Majmu'ah Salawaat u'r Rasul (Compilation of Blessings On The Messenger,
Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam) of Hadhrat Khwaja Shaykh Abdur Rahman Chohravi.
- Afdhal u's Salawaat (The Best Blessings) of Imam Yusuf ibn Ismail
an-Nab'haani.
- Awraad u'l Qaadiriyyah (Regular Voluntary Invocations of the Qaadiriyyah),
compiled by Muhammad Salim Bawwaab.
- Durood Shareef (Noble Blessings) (in Urdu) by Khwaja Nithaar
Ahmad.
- Fazaaile Durood Shareef (The Benefits of The Noble Blessings)
(in Urdu) by al-Allamah Habibu'l Bashar Khairi Rangooni.
Here then is As-Salaatu'l Gauthiyyah, shining as distinctly as the
north star.
Allahumma Salli 'alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in
As-Saabiqi li'lkhalqi nuruhu
Wa Rahmatullil 'aalameena dhuhuruhu
'Adada man madhaa min khalqiqa wa man baqiya
Wa man sa'ida minhum wa man shaqiya
Salaatan tastagriqu'l 'adda wa tuhitu bi'l haddi
Salaatan laa gaayata lahaa wa laa muntahaa wa lanqidha'a
Salaatan daaimatan bidawaamika
Wa 'alaa aalihi wa sahbihi wa sallim tasleeman mithla dhaalik
O Allah! Bestow blessings on our master 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
among those that are blessed and those that are unfortunate;
such blessings that are unlimited and unbounded,
countless, endless, never finishing;
such blessings as everlasting as You,
and on his family and companions,
and in the same manner complete salutations as well.
In this salaat, Shaykh 'Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu 'Anhu
declares his aqeeda (belief) loud and clear that before Allah Sub'hanahu
wa Ta'ala created anything else, He created Nur-e-Muhammadi, the
Nur of Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam. Sub'hanAllah!
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