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QASAAID

THE THEMES IN THE RELIGIOUS POETRY
IN THE TIME OF OUR BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam

Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

References

Qur'an Kareem

  1. Translation, by al-'Allamah Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, Kutub Khana Isha'at al-Islam, Delhi, n.d.

Hadith Shareef

  1. Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari, translation (tr) by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Kazi Publications, Lahore, 1979.

  2. Imam Abul Husayn Muslim, Sahih al-Muslim, tr. by Abdul Hamid Siddiqi, Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, Lahore, 1976.

  3. Imam Abu Muhammad Husayn bin Mahmud al-Baghawi and Imam Waliuddin al-Khatib al-Umri, Mishkat u'l Masabih (Niche For Lamps), tr. By al-Hajj Mawlana Fazal ul Karim, I.M. Trust, Dacca, 1970.

Diwans (Collected Poems)

  1. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Barquqi, Sharh Diwan Hassaan bin Thabit al-Ansari (An Appreciative Explanation of the Collected Poems of Hadrat Hassaan bin Thabit, Rady Allahu 'Anhu), Daru'l Ankas, Beirut, 1978.

  2. Imam Abu Sa'id al-Hasan al-Husayn al-Sukkari, Sharh Diwan Ka'b ibn Zuhair (An Appreciative Explanation of the Collected Poems of Hadrat Ka'b bin Zuhair, Rady Allahu 'Anhu), al-Maktabatal 'Arabiyya, Cairo, 1965.

  3. Sayyidunal Imam al-Habib 'Abdallah bin 'Alawi al-Haddad, Ad-Durrul Manzum Li-Dhawi'l 'Uqul wa'l Fuhum (Poetic Pearls For Discerning and Understanding Minds), also referred to as the Diwan of Mawlana al-Haddad, 1405 A.H.

Ancient and More Recent Classics

  1. Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Ghazali, Ihya' 'Ulum al-Deen (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), tr. By Al-Hajj Mawlana Fazal-ul-Karim, The Book House, Lahore, 1963.

  2. Imam Shihabuddin as-Suhrawardi, 'Awaarif u'l Ma'aarif (The Illuminative Knowledge of the Spiritual Masters), forms part of Vol. 5 of Ihya' 'Ulum al-Deen, Dar ul Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1417 A.H/1996 C.E.

  3. Hadrat Data Ganj Bakhsh 'Ali al-Hujwiri, Kashf al-Mahjub (Unveiling The Veiled Spiritual Aspects of Islam), Urdu translation and publication by Janab Muhammad Altaf Nairvi Saheb, Lahore, 1992.

  4. Imam Sharafuddin Muhammad al-Busiri, Qasida tu'l Burda (The Poem of the Prophet's Mantle), in Majmu' Mawlidi Sharaf al-Anaam (Collected Classics On The Birth Of The Best Of Mankind, Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam), Sulayman Mar'ee (ed), Singapore, 1370 A.H., p. 148-173.

  5. Sayyidunal Imam al-Habib 'Abdallah bin 'Alawi al-Haddad, It'haaf-i's-Saail (Gifts For The Seeker), Dar ul Hawi, Beirut, 1414/1993; tr. By Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi, The Quilliam Press, London, 1992.

  6. Sayyidunal Imam al-Habib Ahmad Mash'hur bin Taha al-Haddad, Miftah u'l Jannah (Key To The Garden), Dar ul Hawi, Beirut, 1416/1995; tr. By Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi, The Quilliam Press, London, 1990. Reprinted by al-Hawi Publications, Beirut, 1997. Also translated by Shaykh Mohamed Mlamali Adam in consultation with Sayyid 'Umar 'Abdallah, as The Key To Paradise, England, 1408/1988. Reprinted by Iqra Publications, Memon Jamat Nairobi, Nairobi, 1409/1989.

  7. Imam as-Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Alawi al-Maliki, Baaqatun 'Atirah (The Perfumed Bouquet), n.d.

  8. Imam Yusuf ibn Ismail an-Nabahaani, Waseelatush-Shafiy (The Means To Healing), in Shaykh Muhyuddin bin 'AbdulRahman bin Muhammad Zanzibari (ed), Azkaar wa'l Awraad (Regular Voluntary Invocations), Sulayman Mar'ee, Singapore, 1405/1985, p. 13-18.

  9. Imam Yusuf ibn Ismail an-Nabahaani, Anwaar u'l Muhammadiyyah (Muhammadan Lights), Hakikat Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1988.

  10. Martin Lings, Muhammad, Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam, Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont, 1983.

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