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COUNTLESS SALUTATIONS BE UPON

(SALAM-E-RAZA)

 

GLEANINGS OF SALAM OF IMAM AHMAD RAZA

 

ENGLISH RENDERING BY BASHIR HUSSAIN NAZIM

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Chosen one-the Soul of Mercy

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Divine candle of assembly of

 

guidance (the straight path)

 

 

Resplendent benediction be

 

upon the Sun of the firmament

 

of Prophet-hood

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the rose of garden of apostleship

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the spring quarter of intercession

 

who is the Prince of Paradise

 

as well as a Crowned head of

 

Holy Sanctuary of Kabah

 

(House of the Lord)

 

 

Everlasting benediction be upon

 

the bride-groom of night

 

of celestial journey

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the beautiful Prince of the Heaven

 

 

Firmamental benediction be upon

 

the decoration and embellishment

 

of the firmament

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

The perfume purity and pleasure

 

of the earth

 

 

Most benign benediction be upon

 

The light of the sight of

 

elegance and the delicacy

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the beauty and elegance of purity

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

The singular cavalier of excellence

 

Who is the sweet heart of antiquity

 

and essence of secret of wisdom

 

and discernment

 

 

An exquisite benediction be upon

 

the point of secret of Unity and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the pivot of revolution of abundance

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

The vice-gerent of power of

 

the Providence

 

Who is an authority on the

 

return of the Sun and splitting

 

of the Moon

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

The Being deserving eminence

 

under whose standard is Adam

 

and other creations

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

The dominant dominion of the Being

 

to whom the earth and the firmament

 

are subservient

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

The Distributor of the treasure

 

of bounty

 

who is the essence of every existence

 

betterment and the origin of the Being

 

 

Boundless benediction be upon

 

The opener of the door of Prophet hood and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the end of the time of Apostleship

 

 

The bleft benediction be upon

 

The illumination of the Lights

 

of the Power

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Dawn of Flowers of

 

Divine Juxtaposition

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

The Essence of the individuality

 

of honor

 

who is matchless peerless

 

unprecedented and without similitude

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

The ardor and perfume of bosom

 

of the extremity

 

Invisible benediction be upon

 

the Unseen secret of the beginning

 

 

Countless benediction be upon

 

the Moon of Divinity of solitude and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Emperor of humanity of

 

resplendence

 

 

Benediction be upon

 

the Treasure of every destitute

 

and unfortunate person

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the fortification of every

 

exhausted power

 

 

Benediction be upon

 

the manifestation of the name

 

of the singular Being

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the recipe (Model) of

 

comprehensiveness

 

 

A propitious benediction be upon

 

the exordium of every happiness

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the end of every sublimity

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the shelter of day of tribulation

 

and travail

 

who is the redresser of the mankind

 

and the defender of all and sundry

 

 

Countless benediction be upon

 

the wealth of a destitute

 

like me and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the power of a helpless like me

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the interpretation of text of He-ism

 

who being the Divine candle

 

of assembly of nigh ness

 

lost his ego in He

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the extremity of duality

 

and beginning of singularity

 

and assembler of the separation

 

and abundance

 

 

Abundant benediction be upon

 

the abundance after paucity

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the honor after humility

 

 

A lofty benediction be upon

 

the bounty of the High Lord and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Favor of Allah the exalted

 

 

Boundless benediction be upon

 

the Master of We the poor

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the wealth of We the mendicant

 

 

Boundless benediction be upon

 

the pleasure of the soul

 

of the believer

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the wrath for the heart of

 

aberration

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the cause of all causes

 

the medium of all media

 

and extremity of desire

 

and destination

 

 

Most manifest benediction be upon

 

the origin of the state

 

of the object and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the manifestation of objectivity

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

that flower of sacred field

 

whose glimpses caused

 

the withered buds to blossom

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the lengthened shadow of kindness

 

who is the shadow of manifestation

 

of the stature without shadow

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the high stature cypress

 

whose ring doves are

 

the birds of the holy sanctuary

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Godly countenance

 

whose epithet is the mirror

 

of truthfulness

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Head wearing the Crown

 

of exaltation

 

Before which the Heads

 

of the Kings did bow

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the sign of the cloud of Mercy

 

which is indeed the cloud

 

of munificence-

 

the curly musky hair

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the firmness of parting

 

of line of hair

 

which was indeed a true rising

 

of the Moon in the night

 

of Power or honor

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the state of combing

 

a cause of throbbing of

 

pieces of heart and

 

bereft liver of the lovers

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the mine of pearls of dignity

 

albeit the ears which could hear

 

the higher and the remoter voice

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Hash mite vein

 

which is a wave of light

 

of glory in the fountain

 

of the Sun

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the forehead of happiness

 

which was embellished with

 

the festoon of intercession

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the delicacy of the brows

 

whom the upper parlor of Kabah

 

offered prostration

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the shadow of the edifice of Mercy

 

albeit the eye-lids

 

casting shadow on his eyes

 

 

Benediction may shower upon the

 

tear-shedding eye-lashes

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the chain of pearls of intercession

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the narcissus of garden of Providence

 

which is the true meaning of

 

"whoever saw"

 

and the objective of

 

"nor did the sight go wrong"

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the sight of care

 

which spread life every where

 

 

Benediction be upon

 

the modesty and bashfulness

 

of downing eyes and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the height of the high nose

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the resplendence of the cheeks

 

Before whom the lamp of the Moon

 

twinkles

 

 

Boundless benediction be upon

 

the mildness of his cheeks and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the refulgence of his stature

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the shining colorfulness

 

which caused the dark hearts to shine

 

 

The beard around the mouth

 

is a bewitching comeliness

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the verdure of the canal of Mercy

 

 

The most proportionate beard

 

is indeed an ointment

 

for the wound of heart

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the halo of the Moon of rareness

 

 

Resplendent and refulgent benediction

 

be upon the face like the Moon and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the saltish bleftness of countenance

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the true brilliance of the dew drops

 

of garden of truthfulness

 

albeit the perspiration of the

 

countenance

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the tenderness of those lips

 

which are like the tender petals

 

of the flowers of the sanctity

 

 

Every utterance of that mouth is

 

the Divine Revelation

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Fountain of knowledge and wisdom

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the freshness of the mouth

 

whose water saturates

 

the soul and paradise

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the sweetness of wholesome water

 

which changed the saltish wells

 

into the emulsion of the soul

 

 

The tongue which is called to be

 

be upon a key to the word of "Be"

 

Countless salutations

 

the republic run by it

 

 

Boundless benediction be upon

 

the endeared eloquence of his tongue

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

his captivating rhetoric's

 

 

Countless benediction be upon

 

the deliciousness of his utterances

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the awe and horror of his sermon

 

 

The prayer whose prime youth

 

is the spring of acceptance

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

that gentle breeze of approbation

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the cheerfulness of the stars

 

from whose cluster tassels of

 

light drop

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the habit of smiling

 

whose consolation causes the

 

weeping person to laugh

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the generous freshness of the throat

 

wherein the canals of milk and

 

sugar flow

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the royal glory of the shoulders

 

which enhance the degree of

 

dignity joining each other

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the black stone of Kabah of heart

 

and soul albeit the seal of the

 

Prophet hood

 

 

The back of the Holy Prophet is

 

the face of the mirror of knowledge

 

therefore Countless salutations

 

be upon the supporter

 

to add the strength

 

of the edifice of the people

 

 

The raising of Prophets Hand

 

rendered the poor independent

 

and wealthy so

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the wave of ocean of Benevolence

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the strength of such an Arm

 

which is care free from

 

carrying the load of the worlds

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the two fore Arms of Apostleship

 

which are pillars of Kabah of

 

religion (Deen) and the faith

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the palm of ocean of fortitude

 

whose every line contains the

 

wave of light of benevolence

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the beneficence and generosity

 

of the fingers

 

wherefrom the fountains and river

 

of light flow

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the happy tidings the nails

 

which have appeared as a crescents

 

of Eid of removing difficulties

 

 

High benediction be upon

 

the elevation of remembrance

 

of majesty

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the expansion of heart

 

of expansionisation

 

 

The heart of the Prophet

 

is beyond the bounds of

 

comprehension but I say

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the rose bud of secret of unity

 

 

The entire universe is in the

 

possession of Prophet (saw)

 

but his staple food is the

 

bread of barley so

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the contentment of his belly

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the support of the waist

 

which is firmly bound for

 

intercession

 

 

The Prophets (as) kneel in his

 

presence so

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the honor and dignity of the knees

 

 

The leg is origin of the foot

 

and a branch of a tree of benevolence

 

therefore

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the divine candle of path way

 

to the destination

 

 

The Holy Quran has taken an oath

 

of the soil of his passage so

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the sanctity of that sole of the foot

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the heart-illuming times

 

and propitious hours

 

during which the moon of Taybah

 

shone

 

 

Benediction be upon

 

the first prostration from

 

pre-eternity and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

memorizing the Ummah

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the blessings of fosterage

 

which emanated from a saturated

 

sown field and from every

 

breast nipple full of milk

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the justice made by the suckling

 

who abandoned to suckle

 

the breast nipple for brethren

 

 

Hundred of benedictions be upon

 

the fortune of the high cradle

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the tower of the Moon of apostleship

 

 

Good God!

 

What a fascination of infancy!

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the countenance loved by God

 

 

Benediction be upon

 

the growth of the rising plants

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the perfume of blossoming

 

rose-buds

 

 

Eternal benediction be upon

 

the inborn and inherent excellence and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the abhorrence for playing

 

 

High benediction be upon

 

the elevation of idiosyncrasy

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the moderation of disposition

 

 

Thousands of benedictions be upon

 

the natural accomplishment and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the informal saltish complexion

 

 

An aromatic benediction be upon

 

the odoriferous fragrance and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the dearest captivating purity

 

and refinement

 

 

A sweet benediction be upon

 

the sweeter speech and locution and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the better allusion

 

 

Billion of benedictions be upon

 

the straight gait

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the simpler temperament

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the solitude mountains and desert

 

adopted in the warm days

 

and dark nights

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the world conquering mission

 

In whose circles are Prophets

 

and the Angels

 

 

The blind mirrors (the dead hearts)

 

started shining in the dazzling light

 

therefore

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the splendor and resplendence

 

of the call

 

 

Boundless benedictions be upon

 

the elegance of nocturnal vigil and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the state of repose in dream

 

 

A bleft benediction be upon

 

the flash of laughing of dawn

 

of pleasure

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the tear-shedding of the cloud

 

of Mercy

 

 

An eternal benediction be upon

 

the softness and mildness of habit and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the warmness of glory of majesty

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

God given royal authority

 

before whom the stiff-necked

 

persons bowed down

 

 

Some one may ask Moses (as)

 

Whom did he see!

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the courage of the man of sight

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the repellers of darkness of Badr

 

who were bleft crescents

 

as constellation of star

 

around the Moon

 

 

The commotion of Takbeer

 

(God is great)

 

Caused the earth to quack

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the movement of Army of Victory

 

 

By the slogans of the gallants

 

the deserts did sound

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the force and anger of

 

the brass drum of bravery

 

 

The dagger produced a voice

 

of a clashing of battle-axes

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the furious attacking of

 

the Chosen one (Mustafa)

 

 

What a memorable sacrifices

 

were of Hazrat Hamza (ra) before him

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the horrid and awe of

 

the roaring lion

 

 

In short

 

Countless benedictions be upon

 

His (saw) every hair and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

His (saw) every temperamental habit

 

 

A celebrated benediction be upon

 

His (saw) every name and attribute and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

His (saw) every time and state

 

 

 

Billion of benedictions of

 

his supreme Lord be upon him and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

his companions and nearest relations

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the people of the house of

 

the Prophet hood

 

Who are the parts of

 

the holy scriptures

 

and rose-buds of purity

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the garden of excellence

 

and nobility in which

 

the water of purity has made

 

the plants deep routed

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

their purest genius

 

whose leaven is from the blood

 

of the best of the Prophets (as)

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

Hazrat Batool (ra)

 

the part of the heart of the

 

Chosen one (Mustafa)

 

who adores the chamber

 

of chastity

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the shroud of spotlessness

 

whose hem was never seen

 

by the Moon and the Sun

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the solace of soul of Ahmad (saw)

 

whose epithets are

 

the noble the resplendent

 

the excellent and the pure

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the rider of shoulder of honor

 

and dignity albeit

 

Hasan the Chosen one and the Chief

 

of the benevolent

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the repose of soul of munificence

 

height of sun of guidance

 

and wave of sea of benevolence

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

He who gets relish from continence

 

and sucks honey from

 

the Saliva of tongue

 

of the Prophet (saw)

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the friendless of desert

 

of strange hood

 

known as martyr of trial

 

and tribulation and a Prince

 

of gory gown

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the martyrdom of red complexion

 

albeit the pearl of casket of Najaf

 

and the sun of the tower of dignity

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the noble ladies of purity

 

and the clement mothers of

 

the people of Islam

 

 

Benediction be upon

 

the residents of house of dignity and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the veiled one in chastity

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

particularly upon the performer

 

of obligation of companionship

 

the first mother of asylum

 

of peace and shelter

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the inn of peace

 

upon which the blessing was sent

 

from the firmament

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the edifice of embellishment

 

which is a house made of Pearls

 

without hard labor and

 

without commotion

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

an inviolable sanctuary

 

of innocence albeit

 

the daughter of the most faithful

 

(Abu Bakr)

 

and the consolation of heart

 

of the Prophet (saw)

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the bleft countenance

 

in whose favor chapter

 

"light" of the Holy Quran

 

bears witness

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the protection of the tents

 

wherein the Holy Spirit enters not

 

without permission

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the expounder of law

 

for four communities albeit

 

the resplendent candle of house

 

of theological decision

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the performers of left of allegiance

 

and benediction be upon

 

the devotees of battles of

 

Badr and Ohud

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the body of the ten persons

 

whom good tiding of paradise

 

was given

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the singular in perfection (Abu Bakr)

 

who took precedence over

 

the spiritual journey of

 

Divine juxtaposition

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the glory and veneration

 

of caliphate (Abu Bakr)

 

who was indeed the shadow of

 

the Chosen one and the

 

wealth of the selection

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the second of the two

 

during migration (Abu Bakr)

 

albeit the most excellent of mankind

 

after the Prophets (as)

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the eye and ear of the Ministry

 

the most truthful and chief

 

of the pious

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the Godly highness

 

albeit Umar the great

 

whose enemies are loved by the Hell

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the severity of un-sheathed sword

 

the distinguisher between

 

the truth and falsehood

 

and leader of guidance

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the soul of glory of justice

 

the interpreter and

 

Co-language

 

of the Prophet (saw)

 

 

Benediction be upon

 

the ascetic of mosque of Ahmad (saw)

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the wealth of army of poverty

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the bride groom of two lights

 

of chastity

 

who was indeed the excellent chain

 

of the scattered pearls

 

of the Holy Quran

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

Hazrat Usman the holder of shirt

 

of guidance putting on the

 

garment of martyrdom

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the cup-bearer of milk and potion

 

the approved one the lion of God

 

and the bravest of the brave (Ali)

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the gate of the grace of the saintliness

 

the basis of pedigree of purity

 

and cause of communion with God

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the fourth pillars

 

of community albeit the first

 

repeller of the people

 

of hereticism and insurgence

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the shadow of power of the Providence

 

the lion striking with the sword

 

and sovereign conqueror of Khyber

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the supporter of religion and sunnah

 

albeit the obliterator of

 

hereticism so called doctrine

 

of excellence animosity

 

and disobedience

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the people of goodness and justice

 

and all the believers before

 

and after victory

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the sense of vision of the believer

 

who saw him (saw) with one glance

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

all the people of love and affection

 

whose enemies deserve the curse

 

of God

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the embellishment of the people

 

of worship

 

(Imam Zain-ul-Aabedeen) (ra)

 

who is remainder of the cup-bearers

 

of pure wine

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

all those people of glory and excellence

 

who are the princes of that emperor

 

(The Prophet) ( SAW)

 

 

A high benediction be upon

 

their high nobility and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

their eminent chieftainship

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

four gardens of leadership albeit

 

Imam Abu Hanifah Imam Ahmad

 

Bin Hanbal Imam Malik and

 

Imam Shafiee

 

 

Perfect benediction be upon

 

the accomplished in mystic pathway and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the upholders of shariah

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the glimpses of glory of

 

the Divine power

 

whose epithets are the greatest helper

 

the leader of the pious and the pure

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the reviver of religion and community

 

the Qutb Abdal and the people

 

who impart guidance and command

 

for good actions showing left path

 

 

Boundless benedictions be upon

 

the man of cavalry of

 

spiritual pathway and

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the unique individual of people

 

of Reality

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the foot of excellence (Abdl Qadir)

 

for which the necks of the saints

 

became pulpits

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the new spring of the mystic

 

pathway

 

albeit Shah Barakat

 

the blessings of the by-gones

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the flower of garden of austerity

 

albeit Sayyid Ale Muhammad

 

the leader of path of salvation

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

Hazrat Hamza Marahravi

 

the lion of God and the Prophet

 

and embellishment of order of

 

Qadiriyyah

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the countenance of best of all

 

in reputation objective

 

body and soul and state and station

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

my benefactor

 

who is the light of the soul

 

and perfume of compendium of

 

the inmates of the Prophet (saw)

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

Ahmad of bleft disposition

 

the decoration of mat prayer

 

and prostrator of splendid nature

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the people of sunnah

 

till post-eternity

 

without torment punishment

 

Reckoning and Accountability

 

 

By the grace of your these friends

 

O God!

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

this slave of disgrace to mankind

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the people of the family

 

and children and my teachers

 

parents brothers and sisters

 

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the entire Ummah of the Prophet

 

because I have no claim over the

 

mercy and clemency exclusively

 

 

 

Would that at his advent

 

on the Day of Resurrection

 

the entire multitude may send

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

his Royal glory

 

 

The spiritual valets in service

 

may ask me yes! O Reza!

 

sing out

 

Countless salutations be upon

 

the chosen one the soul of Mercy

 

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