The salaam by Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Rahmatullahi ‘alaih in Urdu is spontaneous and overflowing as if inspired, and brings out the best of both the ‘aalim (learned scholar) and the kaamil murshid (accomplished spiritual master) in the great Imam. He has composed all types of Muslim religious poetry in Urdu (and some in Farsi) like hamd, munajaat, na’at, gazal, qasaid, rubaiyyat, munqabat, madah, shajjarah, salawaat and mathnawi, all contained in his kitab Hadaaiqi Bakhshish (Gardens of Gifts) but A’la Hadrat as he is affectionately called, will for ever be remembered for his most memorable “salaam” on the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam which is the longest salaam in any language with 169 verses.
It is so spiritually captivating that you will see tears run down the cheeks of muhibbeen (beloved disciples) as they render it in their melodious voices. It is a complete integrated whole but for purposes of understanding, it can be said to be composed of:
1. Sifat (praise) of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam in general (verses 1 to 32),
2. His physical appearance (verses 33 to 80),
3. His life and times (verses 81 to 107),
4. Sifat of the Ahl u’l Bayt and Sahaba, Rady Allahu ‘Anhum (his family and companions) (verses 108 to 147),
5. Sifat of the awliya and saleheen (the saints and the pious) (verses 148 to 169).
This salaam is unique in that the Imam has sung the praises of the miraculous powers of Muhammad-e-‘Arabi, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, as well as the miraculous powers of each of his physical features, for example, his ears, his vision, his blessed mouth, his blessed tongue, his speech and khutbah (sermons), his smile, the mohr Nubuwwah (seal of Prophethood), his arms, and his fingers. The miraculous powers of his fingers is borne out in the following hadith:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah (Rady Allahu Anhu): I was with the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam and the time for the Asr prayer became due. We had no water with us except a little which was put in a vessel and was brought to the Prophet Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam. He put his hand into it and spread out his fingers and then said, “Come along! Hurry up! All those who want to perform ablution. The blessing is from Allah”. I saw the water gushing out from his fingers. So the people performed the ablution and drank, and I tried to drink more of that water (beyond my thirst and capacity), for I knew that it was a blessing. The sub-narrator said: I asked Jabir (Rady Allahu Anhu), “How many persons were you then?”. He replied, “We were one thousand four hundred men”. (Bukhari).
The Imam captures this incident in his own inimitable style:
Nur ke chashme lehraen darya bahen
Ungliyon ki karamat pe lakhon salaam.
Fountains of spiritual light, like seas overflowing
Millions of salutations on the miracle of his fingers.
And everyone would respond with the chorus:
Mustafa jaane rahmat pe lakhon salaam
Sham-ay bazme hidayat pe lakhon salaam
Millions of salutations on Mustafa, essence of mercy
Millions of salutations on the light of guidance.
Let us savour 12 selected verses to gain the baraka (blessing) of this salaam (verse numbers are given in brackets).
Fat’he baabe nubuwwat pe bayhad durood
Khatme dauray risaalat pe lakhon salaam
Jis ke aage saraysarwara kham rahe
Us saretaaj rif’at pe lakhon salaam
Jis ke maathe shafa’at ka sehra raha
Us Jabheene sa’adat pe lakhon salaam
Jis taraf uth gaee dham may dham aagaya
Us nigaahe inayat pe lakhon salaam
Wo dahan jis ki har baat wahiye Khuda
Chashmae ilmo hikmat pe lakhon salaam
Wo zabaan jis ko sab kun ki kunjee kahen
Us ki naafaz hukumat pe lakhon salaam
Hajjre Aswad-e Ka’ba-e Jano Dhil
Ya’nee Mohre Nubuwwat pe lakhon salaam
Kul jahan milk aur jaun ki roti gizaa
Us shikan ki qana’at pe lakhon salaam
Jis suhanee garee chamka Tayba ka chaandh
Us dhil afroze sa’at pe lakhon salaam
Unke Maula ke un par karoron durood
Unke as’haab-o-‘itrat pe lakhon salaam
Kaamilaane Tariqat pe kaamil durood
Haamilaane Shariat pe lakhon salaam
Ek mera hee Rahmat pe da’wa naheen
Shah ki saari ummat pe lakhon salaam
Unlimited blessings on the Seal of Prophethood
Millions of salutations on the end of the era of Messengers (13)
Millions of salutations on one crowned with success
Before whom the kings silently stood to attention (34)
The bridegroom garlanded with powers of intercession
Millions of salutations on his immensely good nature (40)
Millions of salutations on that enriching glance
Which brought life in whichever direction it turned (45)
The blessed mouth whose every word was a revelation from Allah
Millions of salutations on the fountain of knowledge and wisdom (55)
The tongue which was the key to all the orders of Allah
Millions of salutations on its well-established governance (58)
Millions of salutations on the seal of Prophethood
Which abides like the Black Stone of the Ka’ba in the heart (66)
He owned the whole world yet fed on barley bread alone
Millions of salutations on that contented appetite (76)
The beautiful moment when Tayba’s moon shone bright
Millions of salutations on that joy-filling moment of his birth (81)
A billion salutations on him from his Lord
Millions of salutations on his companions and offspring (108)
Complete blessings on those who tread the spiritual Path
Millions of salutations on those who live by the Sacred Law (153)
I am not the only one with a claim in his mercy
Millions of salutations on all the followers of that king (167)
This salaam has become so popular among devotees in all Tariqas like the Qadiriyya, Naqshbandiyya and Chishtiyya that many other scholars have composed salaams in Urdu with the same rhyme and rhythm, as for example, Janab Hamid Siddiqi, Mawlana ‘Abdul Masjud Wujud Jabalpuri and Pirzadah Muhammad ‘AbdulSabur Baig Manshur as given in Majmu’a Na’at (Collected Hymns) compiled by Janab Anis Ahmad Nuri Saheb.
Yet other scholars like Janab Akhtar-ul-Hamdi Saheb have made a takhmees of it! In Urdu, it is called tazmeen. They have taken a couplet from A’la Hadrat and prefixed to it three more verses of their own to make it a quintet! The following quintet for example, is developed on the all too familiar verse number 45.
Aur pargaee jis pe mehshar may bakhshaa gaya
Dekha jis simt abray karam chaa gaya
Aur rukh jidhar hogaya zindhagi paa gaya
Jis taraf uth gaee dham may dham aagaya
Us nigaahe inayat pe lakhon salaam.
Those he glances at on the Day of Judgement are saved
Mercy enveloped the direction he looked at
And whichever place he turned to, received life, (indeed)
Millions of salutations on that enriching glance
Which brought life in whichever direction it turned.
Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Rahmatullahi ‘alaih composed yet one more salaam in Urdu with 45 verses, also given in Hadaaiqi Bakhshish (Gardens of Gifts) whose chorus is the universally familiar Yaa Nabi Salaam ‘Alaika. Its opening couplet is:
Mustafa Khairul Waraa Ho
Sarware har Dosaraa Ho
Apne Ach-chon ka Tasadduq
Ham Bhadon ko bhi Nibhaho
Mustafa you are the best of creation
You are the leader of both the worlds
For the sake of your good followers
Take in your fold us sinners as well.
Source: http://www.iqra.net/Salaams/salaams7.htm
Salato Salaam by Naatkhaans Farhaad & Afzal
Eid Milad an Nabi (SAW) in Almere 2007. www.taibahtv.punt.nl
Wulfruna Sufi Association 
As’salamu ‘alaikum,
AlaHazrat’s (Rahmuthulahi Alaih) poems are truely wonders to behold.
One for the four Imams (Radi’Allahu Ta’ala Anhum):
SHAFI’I, MALIK, AHMAD, IMAM E HANEEF
CHAAR BAAGHE IMAMAT PE LAKHON SALAAM
Imam Shafi’, Malik, Ahmad and Abu Hanifa
a million salutations on the four gardens of Imamat
May Allah Ta’ala make us true lovers of the Beloved Prophet (Sall’Allahu Ta’ala Alayhi Wa’alihi Wa’sallam).
sorry bro for your knowledge imam ahmed raza khan RA. not among the 4 imams ahmed bin hamble RA. was different and ahmed raza khan RA. was different he lived in last century but ahmed bin hamble many centuries before
Whatbis the meaning of was,IMAM E AAZAM ABU HANIFA , IMAM SHAFAYI, IMAM MALIK, IMAM HAMBLE , R THE IMAMS OF MASLAK,
IMAM AHMED RAZA KHAN R.A IS AN GREAT SCHOLAR SUFI,& IMAM AHMED RAZA(AALA HAZRATH) IS HANAFI MASLAK.
He haven’t compared with imams.
For Ur information he revealed that imam Ahmad Raza has also written verses on 4 imams..
Hazrat Akhtar Raza Khan(Radi Allahu Anhu) Barelvi..great grandson of Aala Hazrat(Radi Allahu Anhu) is my Peer O Murshid.
Aala Hazrat’s Grandsons have so much Noor on there face I m Imagening how much Noor will be on Ala Hazrat’s face.
Any local man who dont now about Darvesh’s can also See Hazrat Akhtar Raza Khan(Radi Allahu Anhu) n will say he is a Darvesh.
He is my peer o murshid too….He’s great no doubt!!
Abhi Sunniyat ki jo khati hari hai
Ye FAizane AKHTER RAZA AZHARI hai…………///////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
KAbhi nawaze koi peer
Saada nawaze mera peer ////\\\\, Am also kutta of sarkar tajush shariah….
MASHA ALLAH
Haq hai bhai
Mohtaram Dost, Assalam-o-Alaikum,
Aala Hazrat ke tamaam maktoobat, aur Na’at-e-Shareef kisi ek jagah ONLINE, Urdu text main mil sakti hain???
Agar koi link maloom ho to zaroor irsal karein, aur indAllah Ma’ajoor hooN.
Shukriya,
unki kitab ”hidaeq e bakhshish” hai us main unka taqreeban pura kalaam mil jaey ga..!!
Salam!
Question: what is the date of birth Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) & What is date of Death Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)
assalamualaikum @hameed we belive our PROPHET SALALLAHUALAIWASALAM is alive then how could u write dead
TU ZINDA HAI WALLAH
TU ZINDA HAI WALLAH
TU ZINDA HAI WALLAH
MERE CHASME AALAM SE CHUP JAANE WALE
However Prophet Muhammed(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) did pass away, no doubt he is alive but after he passed from this visible earth.
What the helll r u asking? what is the meaning of death date,
RASOOLALLAH CANNOT DIE
Assalamu Alaikum !
Ashiq-E-Rasool
You have written Radi Allahu Anhu instead of Muddazilhul Aalia… May I know the reason ?
This is what you have written :
Hazrat Akhtar Raza Khan(Radi Allahu Anhu) Barelvi..great grandson of Aala Hazrat(Radi Allahu Anhu) is my Peer O Murshid.
Murshidi Akhtar Raza Khan Muddazil Hul Aalia is our Murshid also Alhamdulilah.
assalamalikum, ALHUMDOLILLAH
Assalamoe Alaikum wa rahmatullah
Mashallah you are doing a great work for the Maslak-e-Aala Hazrat, May Allah give you strength to continue this good work. I thought I should let you know that I am presently doing research on Allah Hazrat for my M.A.R. at the university of Leeds on Aala Hazrat’s Prophetology due for completion later this year inshallah, I request for all brothers for their prayers inshallah. thank you and keep up the good work. Allaho Ma’ak.
Wassalam
Rizvi
Assalam o Alaikom
Dear Paul, as you have stated:
“yet one more salaam in Urdu with 45 verses, also given in Hadaaiqi Bakhshish (Gardens of Gifts) whose chorus is the universally familiar Yaa Nabi Salaam ‘Alaika. Its opening couplet is:
Mustafa Khairul Waraa Ho
Sarware har Dosaraa Ho
Apne Ach-chon ka Tasadduq
Ham Bhadon ko bhi Nibhaho”
I wanted to inform you that MUSTAFA KHAIR-UL-WARA HO was written by Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi but the Salam YA NABI SALAM ALAIKA was written by Akbar Alahbadi. You’ll not find YA NABI SALAM ALAIKA in Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish. You can find this salam in the poetry of Akbar Alahbadi. Please make this correction.
I didn’t know that, thanks for correction
This message is highly excellence. Jazakumulahu khaera
Ala hazrat (radiallaha tala anhu) ki naat sharif me kuchh aise words bhi hote hain jo samajh ne mein mushkil hota hai kya aap mujhe koi aisi kitab bata sakte hain jis mein naat sharif ke ashaar ke saath unke meanings aur sarkar ala hazrat (radi allahu tala anhu) ne unhe kis pas manzar mein likha hain. DAAL DI QALB MEIN AZMAT -E-MUSTAFA SAYYIDI ALA HAZRAT PE LAKHON SALAAM.
Assalamo Alaikum wa rahmatullah
janabe Waala, hope you are keeping well, actually there are a few books in the market available in the UK , book sellers like in bradford namely The Book Centre on White Abbey Rd, BD3? the whole SHarah of Hadaiqe-Bahshish is available in 25 volumes from Pakistan and other smaller and yet simplier editions are for example by:
1. Tahqeeqi aur Adabi Jaiza ma’a Hada’iqe Bahshish by Janab Shams Barelwi is probably a good book to start with.
DAAL DI QALB MEIN AZMAT -E-MUSTAFA SAYYIDI ALA HAZRAT PE LAKHON SALAAM.
ye kalam alahazrat ke manne walon ne banai hai na k alahazrat Imam Ahlesunnat ne likhi hai Qalb se Muraad hai Dil .
Maana hua Daal Di Dil me azmate mustafa SAYYIDI ALA HAZRAT PE LAKHON SALAAM.
Assalam-o- alaikum wa rahmatullah
janab rizvi bhai allah tala aap ko jaza-e khair ata farmaye;
aap ne jis kitab ka zikr kiya yani tahqeeqi aur adabi jaiza ma’a hada’iqe
bakhshish ; kya ye kitab india mein available hain.
REHNUMA-E-RAAH-E-JANNAT HAI TERA NAKSH-E- QADAM;
RAAH-E- JANNAT TAIY NA HOGI TERA RASTA CHHOD KAR.
MUTTAQI BAN KAR DIKHAYE IS ZAMANE ME KOI;
EK MERE MUFTI-E-AZAM KA TAQWA CHHOD KAR.
Assalam Alaikum,
Subhan Allah
Ya Allah Banaday Mera Madfan Madinay Ki Matti Mein,
Dekho Jaha Say Hardam, Mein Roza e Rasool (S.A.W.W)
SHUBHANALLAH ALHAMDULLILAH
Dear sir Asalamoalaikum .I have recited Salameraza ,Qasida ghausia & other naate pak etc ( all in English ) the same The multilingual VCD was published in 2006 but we could not able to convey the matter to desire person due short of appropriate media and financial support please supplicate for divine acceptance . Azam
i m also a big fan of imam ahmed raza khan
i want to become a mureed of Taajushariah(ra) after hearing his voice my inner feeling invokes me that he is the person who i am searching to be a peer.
and i would like to ask could you send me a link where i get salaams only
Plz help me.
AKHTARUL AWALIYA SHA AKHTAR RAZA
UNKI HAR EK ADA SUNNAT-E-MUSTAFA(SALLALLAHU ALAIHI WA SALAM)
UNKI NOORANI SURAT PE LAKHOO SALAM
UNKI NOORANI SIRAT PE LAKHOO SALAM.
As Salaato was Salaamu Alaika Ya Sayyidana Ya RasoolAllah SalAllahu Alay Hi Wa Sallam
As Salaamualaikum Dear Brother
You can get the contact on the following site if you want to become mureed. The website is
http://www.jamatrazaemustafa.org/contact/index.html
JazakAllahu Khairan
iiman ki hifazat karna bataya aapne,imam ahmed raza yeh ahsan hai aapka….maslake a,ala hazrat zindabad.
BESHAK
kis kis ne ala hazrat ki zindagi ka mutala’aa kiya hai bhaiyon ala hazrat ki shasiyyat ko jis ne nahi jana wo mukammal sunni hai hi nahi kyu ke daal di qalb me azmate mustafa sayyedi ala hazrat pe lakhon salam aur mai mureede tajushri’aa hu isi liye to kehta hu k naam jin ka mubaraka hai akhtar raza unki noorani soorat pe lakhoon salam
duaon me yaad rakhna bhaiyon is qadri aur rizvi kutte ko
sunniyat ki jaan ala hazrat
HUM GHULAM-E-AKHTAR RAZA KOI BHI HUM SE JITA NAHI HAI.
jis Raza ne likha aisa pyara salam
us ke noorani turbat pa lakho(n) salam
Can somebody provide me the english Translation of Hadaiq e Bakhshish
SALAM IN PER JO ISLAAM KO JANTAY THAY
veery nice i love rizvi
very nice
If the objective is to seek attention of prophet (SAW), then the translation of lakho cannot be millions. One must go to the basis of the urdu word lakho to find the meaning intended by aala hazarat rehmatullah alleh. La means naheen or no. Kho means well or depth. So intention of aala hazarat must be to offer salam to prophet (SAW) from those uncharted depths of his heart of which even his self was unaware. So infact he offered a salam of the highest quality (A SALAM OF ISHQ) which got him the attention of the prophet (SAW) which any quantity of salam could not have achieved.
Are you a native Urdu speaker? If yes, then I doubt on your proficiency.
First of all, la is an Arabic word and, in Urdu, it is used with those words that are derived from Arabic words. E.g. la ta’alluqi, la mutanaahi. Kho, on the other hand, is neither an Arabic word nor is derived from Arabic. It has Hindi hey in it which is used in Hindi, Sanskriti, etc.
Secondly, kho doesn’t means depth. You have thought a lot to come to this result but you never consulted the dictionary or experts of the language. Kho is not a verbal noun. The verbal noun would be khona. So, la kho could never be a phrase. However, kho alone would be amr. So, it would be commanding someone. Khona means to get lost i.e. a thing gets lost. How can you ever make it a phrase with la and use is here?
Thirdly, we say ‘wo yaadon mein khoya huwa hai’. It doesn’t means he is deeply remembering someone. It actually means he is lost i.e. he is not mentally present here. So the result is that he is in deep thoughts. Even then, kho is not used.
After that, if I am wrong, can you show me this phrase (la kho) in an Urdu dictionary? How is it possible that a phrase is at least more than a century old and still not in the dictionary?
And, lastly, Ahmad Rida was not in your age of Roman Urdu. His Urdu was a masterpiece and his script was pure Urdu (Perso-Arabic) script. He used noon ghunna in ‘lakhon’. Can you give the explanation of that? If you had some knowledge of Urdu poetry and its meters, you would have never thought so. Noon ghunna is always silent i.e. it do not have any wazn in bahr. If it was ‘la kho’ and not ‘lakhon’, why he used noon ghunna when it would not have any impact on the wazn (scale)?
I do not say that stop thinking on new aspects. I am just saying that think in a proper manner. First learn the basics, then start the work.
And, after all of those things that I mentioned previously, if we just ignore them for 1 minute, you say that la means no and kho means depth. So, as, la ilm means without ilm (knowledge), so la kho (according to your rules, considering it a proper phrase) should mean without kho (depth). So, a Salam without any depth or deeply feelings? Are you an advocate or…?
Brother, consider it just a correction and nothing more than that.
Mohtaram Dost, Assalam-o-Alaikum,
Aala Hazrat ne salam nhi likha ya nabi salam alaika, ye salam Syed Shah Ahmed Ali Soofi madde zillahu ne likh tha, koe log ye kehte hai ke ye salam aala hazrat ne likha, please jo insan likha usku quote kariye. Allah hafiz
Shukriya,
Ala Hazrat Imam-e-ahle Sunnat is among the renowned Muslim personality and a profound guide of numerous Muslims and gave his whole life in the way of Islam. https://www.dawateislami.net/bookslibrary/en/a-brief-biography-of-imam-ahmad-raza