EGYPT · 13TH CENTURY · قصيدة البردة
Qaṣīdat al-Burda al-Sharīf
The Poem of the Mantle — composed by Imam Sharaf al-Dīn al-Buṣīrī in 13th-century Egypt. 160 verses of devotion to the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, recited across the Muslim world for eight centuries.
OPENING VERSE · CHAPTER I · VERSE 1
أَمِنْ تَذَكُّرِ جِيرَانٍ بِذِي سَلَمِ
مَزَجْتَ دَمْعًا جَرَى مِنْ مُقْلَةٍ بِدَمِ
Is it from remembrance of neighbours at Dhī Salam that you mix tears with blood? / You mixed tears that flowed from your eye with blood
IMAM AL-BUṢĪRĪ · 1212–1294
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Complete Text
Full Arabic text with tashkeel, Latin transliteration, English and Urdu translations for all 160 verses.
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10 Chapters
Read by chapter (bāb) — from the opening lament through praise, miracles, the Night Journey, and final supplication.
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Live Sessions
Free online study circles with verse-by-verse reading and reflection, open to all levels.
SCHOLARLY PRAISE
Imam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
d. 1567 · Mecca
“Whoever recites the Qaṣīdat al-Burda with sincerity, making it a means of drawing close to the Prophet ﷺ, will find it a vessel of abundant blessing and a key to the opening of spiritual states — for it is saturated with the love of the Best of Creation ﷺ.”
هُوَ الَّذِي تَمَّ مَعْنَاهُ وَصُورَتُهُ
“He is the one whose meaning and form are both perfect” — Chapter III