# Qasida Al Burda · قصيدة البردة

By [Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Busiri](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/authors/691c70fac9a45b73e980779f)

The Qasida Al-Burda (The Poem of the Mantle), known as The Burda, is a poem in praise of The Prophet ﷺ. It was composed by Al Busiri in the 7th century Hijri and is one of the most widely recited and memorised poems in the world. The actual title of the poem is The Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation (الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية)

## Opening verses

**1.** أَمِنْ تَذَكُّرِ جِيرَانٍ بِذِي سَلَمِ / مَزَجْتَ دَمْعًا جَرَى مِنْ مُقْلَةٍ بِدَمِ

_Amin tadhakkuri jīrānin bi dhī salami / Mazajta damʿan jarā min muqlatin bidami_

Is it from remembering neighbours at Dhū Salam
That you shed tears admixed with blood from your eyes?

**2.** أَمْ هَبَّتِ الرِّيحُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ كَاظِمَةٍ / وَأَوْمَضَ البَرْقُ فِي الظَّلْمَاءِ مِنْ إِضَمِ

_Am habbatir rīhu min tilqāʾi kādhimatin / Wa awmaḍal barqu fīẓ ẓulmāʾi min iḍami_

Or because wind has blown from the direction of Kāẓima
And lightning has flashed in the dark of Iḍam?

## Chapters

1. [Al Faswlul Awwalu · الْفَصْلُ الْاوَّلُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c718ac9a45b73e98077e3)
2. [Al Faswlu th-Thaanii · الفصل الثاني](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c71efc9a45b73e98077e8)
3. [Al Faswlu th-Thaalith · الْفَصْلُ الثَّالِثُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c7207c9a45b73e98077ed)
4. [Al Faswlu r-Raabiu · الْفَصْلُ الرّابِعُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c7224c9a45b73e98077f2)
5. [Al Faswlul Khaamisu · الْفَصْلُ الْخَامِسُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c723cc9a45b73e98077f7)
6. [Al Faswlu s-Saadisu · الْفَصْلُ السَّادِسُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c724fc9a45b73e98077fc)
7. [Al Faswlu s-Saabiu · الْفَصْلُ السَّابِعُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c7269c9a45b73e9807801)
8. [Al Faswlu th-Thaaminu · الْفَصْلُ الثَّامِنُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c7283c9a45b73e9807806)
9. [Al Faswlu t-Taasiu · الْفَصْلُ التَّاسِعُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c7295c9a45b73e980780b)
10. [Al Faswlul 'Aashiru · الْفَصْلُ الْعَاشِرُ](https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8/book/691c7161c9a45b73e98077db/chapter/691c7425c9a45b73e9807842)

Source: https://qasaaid.zayfir.app/app/qasaaid/691c712ac9a45b73e98077a8