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The Salawaat of Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani
Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Rday Allahu ‘Anhu has composed so many salawaat on the beloved holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam that their compilation would fill a volume. His three most well-known salawaat are:
- As-Salaat u’l Gawthiyya, named after him as it is the
most famous.
- As-Salaatu Kibriti’l
Ahmar which means red sulphur or “the Philosopher’s Stone”,
or something that is very rare to come by.
- As-Salaat u’l Kubra or the “big salaat”. This looks like a bouquet of flowers straight from Paradise consisting of 33 salawaat, and du’a (supplication), all richly interspersed together with 25 verses of the Holy Qur’an.
Muslims love these salawaat so much that they make them their wazifa (regular voluntary devotion). For this reason, spiritual masters as well as spiritual seekers include them in their books of salawaat. Two such great Muslim luminaries who have included As-Salaat u’l Gawthiyya in their compilations of salawaat are Imam Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (passed away 870 A.H/1465 C.E) in Dalaail u’l Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds), and Hadrat Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari (passed away 1014 A.H/1606 C.E) in Hizb u’l A’zam (The Exalted Supplication).
Some of the kutub (books) that contain all three of these salawaat (and more) are:
- Al-Fuyudaat u’r Rabbaniyya (Emanations of Lorldly Grace)
of al-Hajj Isma’il ibn as-Sayyid Muhammad Sa’id al-Qadiri,
- Awraad u’l Qadiriyya
(Regular Voluntary Invocations of the Qadiriyya) of Muhammad Salim Bawwab,
and
- As-Salawaat li’l Awliya wa’s Salihin (Invocations of Blessings by the Saints and the Pious), published by Iqra Islamic Publications in Toronto.
At this juncture, let us seize the opportunity of reciting his most famous salaat, that is, As-Salaat u’l Gawthiyya.
Allahumma Salli ‘alaa
Sayyidina Muhammad-in
as-Saabiqi li’l
khalqi nuruhu
wa Rahmatulli’l
‘aalamina zuhuruhu
‘adada man
madaa min khalqiqa wa man baqiya
wa man sa’ida
minhum wa man shaqiya
Salaatan tastaghriqu’l
‘adda wa tuhitu bi’l haddi
Salaatan laa
ghaayata lahaa wa laa muntahaa wa lanqidaa’a
Salaatan daaimatan
bi-Dawaamika
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 that
are permanent by virtue of Your permanence,
and on his family and
companions,
and in the same manner
complete salutations as well.
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu
Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum