Ya nabi salam alaika ahmed raza qadri
Jis suhanee garee chamka Tayba ka chaandh Let us savour 12 selected verses to gain the baraka (blessing) of this salaam (verse numbers are given in brackets). Millions of salutations on the light of guidance. Millions of salutations on Mustafa, essence of mercy Millions of salutations on the miracle of his fingers.Īnd everyone would respond with the chorus: The Imam captures this incident in his own inimitable style:įountains of spiritual light, like seas overflowing He replied, “We were one thousand four hundred men”. The sub-narrator said: I asked Jabir ( Rady Allahu Anhu), “How many persons were you then?”. So the people performed the ablution and drank, and I tried to drink more of that water (beyond my thirst and capacity), for I knew that it was a blessing. I saw the water gushing out from his fingers.
He put his hand into it and spread out his fingers and then said, “Come along! Hurry up! All those who want to perform ablution. We had no water with us except a little which was put in a vessel and was brought to the Prophet Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam. Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah ( Rady Allahu Anhu): I was with the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam and the time for the Asr prayer became due. The miraculous powers of his fingers is borne out in the following hadith: This salaam is unique in that the Imam has sung the praises of the miraculous powers of Muhammad-e-‘Arabi, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, as well as the miraculous powers of each of his physical features, for example, his ears, his vision, his blessed mouth, his blessed tongue, his speech and khutbah (sermons), his smile, the mohr Nubuwwah (seal of Prophethood), his arms, and his fingers. Sifat of the awliya and saleheen (the saints and the pious) (verses 148 to 169). Sifat of the Ahl u’l Bayt and Sahaba, Rady Allahu ‘Anhum (his family and companions) (verses 108 to 147),ĥ. His physical appearance (verses 33 to 80),ģ.
Sifat (praise) of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam in general (verses 1 to 32),Ģ.
It is a complete integrated whole but for purposes of understanding, it can be said to be composed of:ġ. It is so spiritually captivating that you will see tears run down the cheeks of muhibbeen (beloved disciples) as they render it in their melodious voices. He has composed all types of Muslim religious poetry in Urdu (and some in Farsi) like hamd, munajaat, na’at, gazal, qasaid, rubaiyyat, munqabat, madah, shajjarah, salawaat and mathnawi, all contained in his kitab Hadaaiqi Bakhshish ( Gardens of Gifts) but A’la Hadrat as he is affectionately called, will for ever be remembered for his most memorable “ salaam” on the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam which is the longest salaam in any language with 169 verses. The salaam by Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Rahmatullahi ‘alaih in Urdu is spontaneous and overflowing as if inspired, and brings out the best of both the ‘ aalim (learned scholar) and the kaamil murshid (accomplished spiritual master) in the great Imam.