Tala' al Badru 'Alayna

Muhammad
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Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā (Arabic: طلع البدر علينا) is a traditional Islamic song known as nasheed that the Ansar sang to the Islamic prophet Muhammad upon his arrival at Yathrib after completing the Hijra^[1]^[2] in 622 CE.^[3] The song is currently over 1400 years old, and one of the oldest in the Islamic culture.

Lyrics

^[4]

طلع البدر علينا
ṭala‘a 'l-badru ‘alaynā
The full moon rose over us

من ثنيات الوداع
min thaniyyāti 'l-wadā‘
From the valley of Wada'‘
وجب الشكر علينا
wajaba 'l-shukru ‘alaynā
And it is incumbent upon us to show gratitude

ما دعى لله داع
mā da‘ā li-l-lāhi dā‘
For as long as anyone in existence calls out to God
أيها المبعوث فينا
’ayyuha 'l-mab‘ūthu fīnā
Oh our Messenger (Emissary) amongst us

جئت بالأمر المطاع
ji’ta bi-l-’amri 'l-muṭā‘
Who comes with the exhortations (injunctions/commandments) to be heeded

جئت شرفت المدينة
ji’ta sharrafta 'l-madīnah
You have brought to this city nobility

مرحبا يا خير داع
marḥaban yā khayra dā‘
Welcome you who call us to a good way

Performances

Artists and Groups

Aashiq Al-Rasul- on their album Acapella Volume 1^[5]
Oum Kalthoum
Ibrahim Tatlises
Sami Yusuf
Yusuf Islam - recorded two versions of the song, one in 1995 for the album The Life of the Last Prophet, and one in 2008.^[6]
Adnan Sirajeldin^[7]
Labbayk
Mesut Kurtis
Qari Waheed Zafar
Owais Raza Qadri^[8]^[9]

Faeeza Malinga
Junaid Jamshed -Junaid Jamshaid added several verses in [Urdu] for his 2007 album Badr-ud-Duja.^[10]
Native Deen
Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Olivia Newton-John - used the song as a musical interlude for her 2006 album Grace and Gratitude,^[11]^[12] performing only the first verse. The interlude also appears in Grace and Gratitude Renewed (a US special release)
Dawud Wharnsby

-Raef

Other Performances

Little Mosque on the Prairie - Canadian sitcom - The song plays during the closing credits, performed by Maryem Tollar.

References