All praise be to Allah Almighty who created the whole of creation, And Salutations upon The Chosen one صلى الله عليه وسلم.

Translation

Are the tears mixed with blood, flowing from your eyes due to the remembrance of the neighbours of Dhu Salaam?

Commentary

Dhu Salaam has been explained by the akaabireen Ulema as a tree which is similar to the pillu tree, the type of tree The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم would sit under, when he would rest in Makkah al Mukarramah.

Some commentaries mention Dhu Salaam to be an area between Makkah al Mukarramah and Madinah al Munawwarah where these trees are in abundance.

PHIR UTHA WALWALA-E-YAAD-E-MUGHEELAAN-E-ARAB,

PHIR KHINCHA DAAMAN-E-DIL SOOYE BAYAABAAN-E-ARAB.

BAGH-E-FIRDOUS KO JAATE HAIN HAAZAARAAN-E-ARAB,

HAAYE SEHRA-E-ARAB HAAYE BAYAABAAN-E-ARAB.

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

Translation

Or is it because of the breeze that blows from Kaazimah?

Or is it due to the lightning which flashes in the darkness of night in Idam?

Commentary

كاظمه

This is a name of a place which has Nisbat with The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم.

Some commentaries mention Dhu Salaam to be an area between Makkah al Mukarramah and Madinah al Munawwarah where these trees are in abundance.

Some have explained this to be the Blessed Green Dome. Others have said this is Madinah Shareef itself. There is a settlement on the outskirts of Madinah Shareef by this name. A forest near Basrah also has this name. Some commentaries say it is a totally different place where The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم used to visit.

The commonly accepted meaning is that this means the area of Madinah Shareef and its surroundings.

Summary

In the first two couplets Imam Busiri عليهالرمحةasks himself:

Are your bleeding eyes due to your remembrance of the areas connected with The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم) Kaazimah) (Dhu Salaam)?

Or due to the breeze which has come from the City of The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم and has disturbed your heartstrings?

Or is it due to the flashes on mount Idam, which has shown you glimpses of the Blessed city in the middle of the night which has caused you to weep?

So tell us what is the reason for you to weep tears of blood?

The heart has become restless due to the secret of this love, which the lover had kept hidden, and did not want it to be exposed. This restlessness was making him helpless, though great caution had been taken that the secret was not exposed, but alas, the eyes tore the veils of this secret.

Now in order to hide this secret, the name of The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم was concealed and the places of nisbat like Dhee Salaam were revealed.

He speaks about this secret of those neighbours and says, “Today are you thinking of the neighbours Dhee Salam and shedding these tears of blood? Are these memories making your heart restless?”

Allama Kharpooti عليهالرمحةin his commentary writes: O Denier! You have hidden the secret of this love. You can deny this a thousand times, but there are so many proofs that you cannot deny it. If it is not through the memories of Dhee Salaam, then it must be the Mountain of Kaazimah where The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم is present.

The breeze from there or the dazzling lightning of Idam, which is making you restless in the darkness and reminding you of The Most Beloved ﷺ

TERA SITAM ZADAH AANKHON NE KYA BIGAARA THA

YE KYA SAMAI KEY DOOR UN SE WOH JAMAAL KIYA

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

Translation

What has happened to your eyes? The more you tell them to stop, the more they continue to flow.

What has happened to your heart? You tell it to come to its senses but it only increases in love, the more you tell it to relax the more troubled it becomes.

Commentary

There is a state in love, a state in Ishq and Mahabbat where one no longer has control over one’s eyes and heart. The Aashiq tries to control but the eyes are not in a position to listen to any plea. The heart refuses to follow commands.

Allah Almighty has given eyes so that they flow in the remembrance of The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم, the heart so that it remains uncontrollable in the blessed remembrance and beats accordingly.

The heart aflamed in the love of The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم and the eyes remain dry? The heart longing for The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم and does not beat accordingly?

This is impossible for the Aashiq.

LAHAD MEIN ISHQ-E-RUKH-E-SHAH KAA DAAGH LEY KEY CHALE.

ANDHERI RAAT SUNI THI CHARAAGH LEY KEY CHALE.

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

Translation

Does the Aashiq think that his love can remain secret, whilst he is constantly shedding tears and his heart is glowing with ardent love?

Commentary

Ishq and Musk can never be hidden, the Aashiq thinks his love is concealed but the flowing eyes and troubled heart reveal this secret. The state of the eyes and heart expose this secret. This love is crystal clear by the state of the eyes and heart. The Aashiq can try his upmost but he cannot hide love. The weeping eyes and the restless heart reveal the secret and expose this love.

HASRAT-E-NAU KA SA'NIHA SUNTE HI DIL BIGAR GAYA.

AISE MAREEZ KO RAZA MARG-E-JAWAAN SUNAYI KYOON.

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

Translation

Had it not been for love, you would not have shed tears at anything with the slightest of connections with The Beloved. صلى الله عليه وسلم.

Nor would you have become restless due to the remembrance of Baan and the high mountain.

Commentary

These places in the deserts of Arabia hold great value and are places of great significance for the Ushaaq.

Ibn Qutaybah says whenever an Arab poet would speak about the longing for his beloved, the sadness he felt to be away from his beloved, the poets would always mention these ruins in the desert and would talk about shedding tears at these places.

Caravans pass through deserts, people meet, people fall in love, and then lovers come to these places of remembrance, and cry in the separation of their beloveds.

Because Imam Busiri عليهالرمحة is referring to The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم, he speaks about the particular tree that The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم rested under either during Hijrah or the treaty of Hudaibiyah.

In Arabic poetry the Baan tree is often connected with loneliness and sadness.

That blessed mountain which has Nisbat with The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم ;the mountain of Hira. Some commentaries state this could be a reference to Mount Idam.

In Arabic poetry you will find many mentions of ruins, deserts, trees and mountains. From which one remembers his friends and beloveds. He repeats the feeling that he felt when he was there with his beloveds. Now he sees these places alone, and becomes sad, therefore he weeps. The memories keep him awake at night and he becomes restless.

Imam Busiri عليهالرمحة shows his station of love for The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم, as he remembers the trees, the mountains, the deserts and anything slightly connected to The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he weeps in His love.

Even today, when the Ushaaq pass by these places, their world is turned upside down, their hearts become restless and they weep in their love for The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Ushaaq display extreme love for anything and everything connected to The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم.

AAY KHAAR-E-TAIBAH! DAYKH KAY DAAMAN NA BHEEG JAEY,

YOON DIL MEIN AA KAY DEEDAH-E-TAR KO KHABAR NA HO.

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

The great Imam is deeply in love with even the thorns from the deserts around Madinah Shareef

O THORN OF MADINAH'S DESERT

WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT MY FEET?

COME, COME HERE MY BELOVED,

YOUR PLACE IS IN MY HEART.

And how can one forget the great Aashiq of our time. Huzoor Taajush Shariah Hadrat Allama Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan Qibla, he says:

HAR GULLE GULLISTAAN MUATTAR HAY,

JAAN E GULZAR KE PASEENAY SAY.

YOON CHAMAKTE HAIN ZARRE TAIBAH KAY,

JAISAY BIKHRAY HUWE NAGEENAY SE.

It is evident from the destruction of any place connected with The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم by the evil najdi regime how much they love Him.

TERE HABEEB KA PYAARA CHAMMAN KIYA BARBAAD,

ILAAHI NIKLAY YEH NAJDI BALAA MADINAY SEY.

Aameen.

Translation

How do you deny love after this testimony against you?

By two truthful witnesses your tears and the troubled heart.

Commentary

The heart of a lover is never pleased to disclose this love but when the testifiers are two truthful witnesses then one helplessly has to agree. So in this manner, both the eyes and ailing heart gave testimony.

Now it is not possible for you to deny your extreme love, because this charge of love has been proven beyond any doubt by two reliable and trustworthy witnesses.

Imam Busiri عليهالرمحة has described his love so far in this Qasidah with tears, blood, illness of the heart, restlessness, not being able to sleep, etc.

Speciality

The Akaabireen have written that from the Qasidah Burdah Shareef certain couplets made The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم smile. This was the first of them.

When Imam Busiri عليهالرمحة read this couplet in the presence of The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم in his dream, The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم began to sway with happiness.

This couplet should be read three times and duas are also accepted after reading it thrice.

HO NA HO AAJ KUCH MERA ZIKR HUZOOR MEIN HUA,

WARNA MERI TARAF KHOOSHI DEKH KEY MUSKURAYI KYOON.

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

Translation

And your ardent love has carved two lines on your two cheeks.

Lines from the constant shedding of tears and weakness, like the yellow rose and red branches.

Commentary

Now these two witnesses have also stamped their marks upon your two cheeks.

How are you going to hide your ishq now?

This sadness of love has left two permanent marks on your pale cheeks, through the constant flow of tears, which resembles the blooming yellow rose and red like the red branch of sadness which gives red fruit; there is no use denying it now.

Now after the testimony of these witnesses, the crystal clear evidence which can be seen on Imam Busiri's عليهالرمحة blessed face, leaves him with no choice but to openly admit it, which he عليهالرمحة does so in the next couplet.

The love has become apparent and you can no longer conceal it

So many tears were shed that even tears of blood begin to flow and two thin streaks are formed on his cheeks. One due to weeping constantly and the other due to the sadness of the heart. So he addresses the soul and says: Now, how will you deny it when this secret of the love has been exposed due to the grieving heart. Even the court has given the verdict and no one can oppose it. They are inscribed on your red cheeks and whomever will see your cheeks will immediately say: “Indeed you are a true lover.”

ROUNAQ-E-BAZME JAHAAN HAY AASHIQAN-E-SOKHTA,

KEH RAHI HAY SHAM'A KI GOYAA ZABAAN-E-SOKHTA.

AAY RAZA MAZMOON SOZ-E-DIL KI RIFAT NE KIYA,

IS ZAMEEN-E-SOKHTA KO AASMAAN-E-SOKHTA.

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

Translation

Yes, yes, thoughts of My Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم, whom I love dearly, came to me at night and took away my sleep. Kept me awake and made me restless.

And when love enters the heart, pleasure is replaced by pain.

Commentary

Yes, the thoughts of My Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم came to me at night.

Due to which I have become restless, the thought of My Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم has driven away my sleep.

Indeed love takes away pleasures in return for pain. Whoever is blessed with this pain, will never want this pain to decrease.

The love for The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم is the core, the essence, the root. It is the Jaan. An Aashiq will never want this love, this Jaan to decrease. He just wants this pain to increase with every moment.

JAAN HAY ISHQ-E-MUSTAFA ROZ FAZOON KARE KHUDA,

JIS KO HO DARD KA MAZAA NAAZ-E-DAWA UTHAYE KYOON.

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

The Aashiq has now admitted that he is in extreme love.

Commentary

This couplet if read 21 times after each salah will help find something that is lost. Whoever recites this couplet at night and falls asleep whilst reciting it will be blessed with the ziyaarat of The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم.

Our akaabireen have said this couplet is so blessed that one who recites this at night, The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم will grant him the honour of His vision. The hijaabs will be lifted and The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم will bless him. When an Aashiq loves extremely and truthfully then the honour of the blessed vision is gifted.

Translation

O you who reproach me regarding my extreme love, excuse me,

Should you do me justice, you would not reproach me.

Commentary

Imam Busiri عليهالرمحة is saying, if you look towards the reality of this love and do justice, then you will not torment me and regard my excuse as worthy of acceptance.

Bani Uzra was a tribe from Yemen whose people were famous for their pure love. They would often die young due to their extreme love. Their womenfolk were of extremely good pure character. Their love was pure, therefore none would reproach them due to their love. Their love became so famous that an example is used of them in the Arabic language:

اعشقمنبنعذر

Once someone asked a person from the Bani Uzra tribe who he was?

He replied, "I am from a tribe from where those who love do not survive.”

The questioner immediately asked, “عذرى نت ؟اا) Are you from Bani Uzra?)”

Love is not earned, or studied, it is an honour and a blessing

This is not impure worldly love, this is pure love.

The love for The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم has no boundaries, no limits, it is pure love.

DONON AALAM SEY MUJHE KYOON KHO DIYA,

NAFS KHUD MATLAB TUJHE KYA MILL GAYA.

AANKHIN PURNAM HO GAYIN SAR JHUK GAYA,

JAB TERA NAQSH-E-KAF-E-PAA MILL GAYA.

~ Ustaade Zaman, Shahenshah e Sukhan, Allama Hassan Raza عليهالرمحة

May Allah Almighty grant us all pure love for The Most Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم free from any show. Aameen.

Translation

My state of love has reached You صلى الله عليه وسلم

My secret is no longer concealed from those who malign me. My illness does not cease.

Commentary

My state has reached you, now those who spread rumours will begin to do their work. Now I will be maligned. But do I care? Not at all, my love will not decrease. My ailments will not go away. Alhamdulillah I have that illness which is incurable. This illness will never go away. Ishq for the Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم is the greatest illness to have.

In this couplet, since the defaulter was finding faults of the lover, the lover replies back. He says, “May Allah جل جلاله make your condition like how I feel, so that you can also feel the taste of these accusations.”

It is also reflecting towards this Hadith:

The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said,

Whoever finds faults with his fellow Muslim then before his death, he will be put to a test

AAY DIL YE SULAGNA KYA JALNA HAY TO JAL BHI UTTH,

DAM GHUTNE LAGA ZAALIM KYA DHOONI RAMAAYI HAY.

AAY 'ISHQ TERE SADQE JALNE SEY CHHUTTE SASTE,

JO AAG BUJHAA DEGI WOH AAG LAGAAYI HAY.

~ Alahadrat Azeemulbarakat عليهالرمحة

Translation

O advisor, you advised me sincerely, but I paid no attention.

Indeed the lover is deaf to those who reproach.

Commentary

In this couplet there is an indication towards the Hadith Shareef:

حبك الشئيعىمويصم ”

(Your love of something makes you deaf and blind).”

[Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawood, Bukhari]

To not listen to those who advise is something which is common to all Ushaaq. He pays no attention towards those who malign him, reproach, spread rumours and advise.

Imam Busiri عليهالرمحة says that indeed your advice was humble and good, but I could not listen to it.

MUJRIM-E-HAIBAT ZADAH JAB FARD-E-ISYAA(N) LAY CHALAA,

LUTF-E-SHAH-E-TASKEEN DETA PESH YAZDAA(N) LAY CHALAA.

~ Ustaade Zaman, Shahenshah e Sukhan, Allama Hassan Raza عليهالرمحة

Translation

And I regarded the advice of the signs of old age as blame, the advice of grey hair as a lie.

Whereas these signs are above suspicion in their advice.

Commentary

Old age, grey or white hair are advisors. They cry out that death is near. Repent from your sins before death takes you. But one does not listen to this advice.

Imam Busiri عليهالرمحة says that my old age is crying out to me but I do not listen. What effect can your advice have on me o advisors when I do not even pay any attention to the advice of my old age. Go and advise someone else.

Once when Sayyiduna Bayazid Bustami عليهالرمحة saw himself in the mirror, he noticed white hairs in his blessed beard. He began to weep and said old age has become apparent but I have not gathered any good deeds for the hereafter.

Sayyiduna Umar رضياهللعنه asked a neighbour to stand outside his house daily and shout out “O Umar, do not forget death, and do continue good deeds."

When Sayyiduna Umar رضياهللعنه noticed a white hair in his blessed beard he told the neighbour to stop calling in the mornings. He said, “My caller, my reminder is in front of my eyes, there is no longer any need for you to remind me.”

ASHAAFE' ROZ-E-QAYAAMAT KA HOON ADNAA 'UMMATI,

PHIR HASSAN KYA GHAM AGER MAIN BAAR E 'ISYAAN LAY CHALAA.

~ Ustaade Zaman, Shahenshah e Sukhan, Allama Hassan Raza عليهالرمحة