After composing Burda he saw a dream, where The Prophet ﷺ covered the Al Busiri with his ﷺ mantle (burda). He decided to write the Burda as a means of seeking Allah's forgiveness and The Prophet's ﷺ intercession. Chapter 10: Intimate Discourse and the Petition of NeedsĪl Busiri was affected by a debilitating sickness.Chapter 9: Seeking Intercession through the Prophet ﷺ.Chapter 7: The Prophet’s Miraculous Night Journey and Celestial Ascension.Chapter 6: The Nobility of the Qur’an and its Merit.Chapter 2: Warnings about the Caprices of the Ego.

Chapter 1: Nostalgic Rhapsody and Love Complaint.

The final chapters of the Burda are Al Busiri's plea for The Prophet's ﷺ intercession and Allah's mercy. The middle chapters celebrate the life of The Prophet ﷺ - his birth, his miracles, the Qur'an, his night journey and martial struggles.

Al Busiri starts by expressing his own love for The Prophet ﷺ and then mentions his regret for past errors. It is most widely known by the refrain, often sung between verses: The actual title of the poem is The Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation (الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية). 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 Qasida Al-Burda (The Poem of the Mantle), known as The Burda, is a poem in praise of The Prophet ﷺ.

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