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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-SALAAT U'L KUBRA
As-Salaat u'l Kubra or the "big salaat", is a spiritual
mosaic of 33 salawaat, 25 verses of the Holy Qur'an Kareem and dua
(invocation) interspersed among the salawaat. Among other kutub, it is
also found in;
- Fuyudhaat u'r Rabbaniyyah, compiled by al-Hajj Ismail ibn As-Sayyid
Muhammad Sa'eed al-Qadiri.
- Awraad u'l Qaadiriyyah Rahmaniyyah, compiled by Hadhrat al-'Allamah
as-Sayyid Muhammad Tayyib Shah.
- Awraad u'l Qaadiriyyah, compiled by Muhammad Salim Bawwab.
- Afdhal u's Salawaat of Imam Yusuf ibn Ismail an-Nab'haani.
The very first of its 20 pages gives us a flavour of this spiritual masterpiece.
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Laqad ja'akum Rasulun min anfusikum 'azeezun 'alayhi maa 'anittum
Hareesun 'alaikum bi'l mumineena rauf u'r raheem
A'budu'llaha Rabbee wa laa ushriku bihi shay'aa
Allahumma Innee ad'uka bi asmaaika'l husnaa kullihaa
Laa Ilaaha Illaa Anta Subhaanaka
An Tusalliya 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Kamaa sallayta 'alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima
Innaka Hameedun Majeed
Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammadi-nin-Nabiyyi'l ummiyyi
Wa 'alaa aalihi wa sahbihi wa sallim tasleema
Wa Sallallahu 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Salaatan huwa ahluhaa
Allahumma Yaa Rabba Muhammad-in wa aali Muhammad-in
Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Wajzi Muhammad-an Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam
Maa huwa ahluhu
Allahumma Rabba's samaawaati's sab'i wa Rabbia'l 'Arshi'l 'Adheem
Rabbanaa wa Rabba kulli shay-in
Wa munzila'tTawraati wa'l Injeeli wa'z Zaburi wa'l Furqaani'l 'Adheem
Allahumma Anta'l Awwalu falaysa qablaka shay-un
Wa Anta'l Aakhiru falaysa ba'daka shay-un
Wa Anta-dh-Dhaahiru falaysa fawqaka shay-un
Wa Anta'l Baatinu falaysa dunaka shay-un
Falaka'l Hamdu
Laa Ilaaha Illaa Anta Sub'haanaka Innee Kuntu Min-adh-Dhaalimeena
Maashaa Allahu kaana wa maa lam yasha' lam yakun
Laa Quwwata Illa Billah
Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in 'Abdika wa Nabiyyika wa Rasulika
Salaatan Mubarakatan Tayyibatan kamaa amarta an nusallee 'alaih
Wa Sallim tasleemaa
With the name of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful.
Certainly, there has come to you a Messenger from among yourselves,
grievous to him is your suffering, full of concern for you,
to the believers (he is) compassionate, merciful (9:128).
I worship Allah who is my Lord and do not associate anything with Him.
O Allah! I ask of You for the sake of Your Most Beautiful Names
None is to be worshipped except You, Glory be to You (21:87).
Shower Your blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
as You showered Your blessings on Sayyidina Ibrahim
and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are The Praiseworthy, Glorious.
O Allah! Bestow Your blessings and complete peace on Sayyidina Muhammad,
The Prophet not taught by any human (but directly by You, O Allah)
and on his family and companions.
And may Allah's blessings rest on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
such blessings which they deserve.
O Allah! O Lord of Sayyidina Muhammad and the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
And reward Sayyidina Muhammad, Allah's blessings and peace be on him,
as he deserves it.
O Allah! The Lord of the seven skies and the Lord of the Great Arsh
Our Lord and the Lord of everything,
and the One Who sent the Tawraat, the Injeel, the Zabur and the Great Qur'an.
O Allah! You are The First without beginning and You are The Last without end
and You are The Manifest with nothing above You
and You are The Hidden with nothing below You
All praise belongs to You.
None is to be worshipped but You.
Glory be to You; surely, I have been unjust. (21:87)
Whatever Allah wished, happened.
Whatever Allah did not wish, did not happen.
There is no power except with Allah.
O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad,
Your servant, the Prophet sent by You, Your Messenger,
favourable, agreeable blessings,
as You have ordered us to invoke blessings on him
and grant him complete peace.
We notice that As-Salaatu'l Kubra begins with verse 128 from Surah
at-Tawba, then invokes Allah with his Most Beautiful Names, follows this up
with As-Salaatu Ibrahimiyyah and two other salaat, after which there
is dua, verse 87 from Surah al-Anbiyaa, praise of Allah, and more
salawaat, and so it continues. As-Salaatu'l Kubra ends with this
verse of the Holy Qur'an Kareem.
Da'waahum Feehaa Sub'haanaka'llahumma
Wa Tahiyyatuhum Feehaa Salaam
Wa Aakhiru Da'waahum
Ani'l Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbi'l 'Aalameen
Their prayer therein will be "Sanctity to You, O Allah",
and their greeting therein will be "peace",
and the end of their prayer will be,
"all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds". (10:10)
In total, there are 25 verses of the Holy Qur'an Kareem in As-Salaatu'l
Kubra. Some of these verses in which Allah Ta'ala Himself praises the
Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam are:
Yaa Seen
Wa'l Qur'an i'l Hakeem
Innaka Lamina'l Mursaleen
'Alaa Siraatin Mustaqeem
Yaa Seen
By the Qur'an full of wisdom
Most surely, you are one of the Messengers.
On a straight way. (36:1-4)
Laqad Mann'Allahu 'ala'l mu'mineena
Iz ba'atha feehim rasulan min anfusihim
Yatlu 'alayhim aayaatihi wa yuzakkeehim
Wa yu'allimuhumu'l kitaaba wa'l hikmah
Wa in kaanu min qablu lafee dhalaalin mubeen
Certainly, Allah conferred a great favour on the believers
when He sent among them a Messenger from among themselves
who recites to them His revelations, and purifies them
and teaches them the Book and the Wisdom
although before that they were surely in manifest error. (3:164)
Wa Idh Akhadh'Allahu meethaaqa'nnabiyyeena
Lamaa aataytukum min kitaabin wa hikmatin
Thumma ja'akum rasulun musaddiqun limaa ma'kum
La tu'minunna bihi wa latansurunnah
Qaala a'aqrartum wa akhaztum 'alaa dhaalikum isree
Qaalu aqrarnaa
Qaala fa'sh-hadu wa ana ma'kum minash-shaahideen
And when Allah took the Covenant of the Prophets
(He said): (Behold) what I have given you of the Book and Wisdom.
Afterward, there will come to you a Messenger confirming what is with you;
you shall believe in him and you shall help him.
He said: do you agree and take this my Covenant as binding on you?
They said: We agree.
He said: Then bear witness. And I am with you among the witnesses. (3:81)
Wa maa arsalnaaka illaa Rahmatallil 'aalameen
And We sent you not but as a mercy for all the worlds (21:107)
These verses are interspersed in an intricate pattern among the salawaat
(blessings) and dua (invocations), with dua following one or more
salawaat, as in this instance.
Allahumma Salli wa Sallim 'alaa 'abdika wa Nabiyyika wa Rasulika
Sayyidina wa Nabiyyinaa Muhammad-i-nin
Nabiyyi'l Ummiyyi wa'r Rasuli'l 'Arabiyyi
Wa 'alaa aalihi wa as'haabihi
Wa azwaajihi wa dhurriyyaatihi wa ahli baytihi
Salaatan takunu laka ridhaa wa lahu jazaa-an wa lihaqqihee adaa-an
Wa a'tihi'l waseelata wa'l fadheelata
Wa'sh sharafa wa'ddarajata'l 'aaliyata'r rafee'ata
Wab'ath-hu'l maqaama'l Mahmood
Alladhee wa 'adtahu Yaa Arhama'r Raahimeen.
Allahumma innaa natawassalu bika
Wa nas'aluka wa natawajjahu ilayka
Bikitaabika'l 'Azeezi wa Binabiyyika'l Kareemi
Sayyidina Muhammad-in Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam
Wa bisharafihi'l majeedi
Wa biabawayhi Ibrahima wa Ismaila
Wa bisaahibayhi Abi Bakr-in wa 'Umar-a
Wa Zinnuraini 'Uthmaan-a wa aalihi Fatima-ta wa 'Aliyy-un
Wa waladayhima'l Hasan-i wa'l Husain-i
Wa 'ammayhi'l Hamza-ti wa'l 'Abbas-i
Wa zaujatayhi Khadija-ta wa 'Aishah.
O Allah! Bestow blessings and peace
on Your servant, the Prophet sent by You, Your Messenger,
our master, our Prophet Muhammad
who was not taught by any human
(but directly by You, O Allah),
The Messenger who was an Arab,
and on his family and companions
and his blessed wives, and offspring and his blessed household;
such blessings as may please You, reward him and fulfil his rights,
and (O Allah), give him the Wasila
and distinction, and nobility and the highest exalted position
and raise him to the highest Praised Station
which You have promised him,
O The Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
O Allah! Indeed, You are our only Means
and we beg of You and we turn our faces towards You
with the means of Your exalted Book
and through the means of the gentle Prophet sent by You,
Sayyidina Muhammad, blessings and peace of Allah be on him,
and through the means of his glorious nobility
and through the means of his forefathers
Sayyidina Ibrahim and Sayyidina Isma'il
and through the means of his companions
Sayyidina Abu Bakr and Sayyidina 'Umar
and the possessor of the two lights Sayyidina 'Uthman
and the family members of Sayyidatna Fatima and Sayyidina 'Ali
and their two sons Sayyidina Hasan and Sayyidina Husain,
and his uncles Sayyidina Hamza and Sayyidina 'Abbas
and his blessed wives Sayyidatna Khadija and Sayyidatna 'Aishah.
In this salaat and the dua following it, the Gauth u'l A'zam
not only shows his deep love for the blessed Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi
wa Sallam, but also for the ahlu'l bayt (his blessed household) and
his glorious sahaba (companions). In the salaat, he includes the
dua that is recited after the azan. We notice that this entire dua
is in honour and praise of the beloved Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam.
In the dua that follows, he invokes Allah using the wasila (means),
of Allah Ta'ala Himself, of the Holy Qur'an Kareem, the noble Prophet Sallallahu
'alaihi wa Sallam, Nabi Ibrahim and Nabi Ismail Alayhimussalam, the
ahlu'l bayt and the sahaba, Rady Allahu 'Anhum Ajma'een.
Sallu 'ala'r Rasul
Allahumma Salli wa Sallim 'alaih.
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