Tala' al-Badru 'Alayn? (Arabic: ??? ????? ?????) is a traditional Islamic poem known as nasheed that the Ansar (residents of Madinah) sang for Muhammad upon his arrival at Madinah, to welcome him after completing the Battle of Tabuk.
Some mistakenly say it was first sung as he sought refuge there after being forced to leave his hometown of Mecca. This is clearly not the case as the second line reads "From the valley of Wada" (?? ????? ??????). The valley of wada was the place where people would walk with their loved ones who were travelling and say goodbye. It is located north of Madinah and Makkah is south and the Prophet arrived at Quba which is south, so it is geographically impossible that it was sung at the Hijrah. The stronger and correct opinion is that it was sung for Prophet Muhammad upon his arrival at Madinah, to welcome him after completing the Battle of Tabuk.
The song is currently over 1450 years old, and one of the oldest in the Islamic culture.
Video Tala' al Badru 'Alayna
Lyrics
Maps Tala' al Badru 'Alayna
Metre
The poem is written in a variety of the Arabic metre known as ramal, and goes as follows (where - is a long syllable, u is a short syllable, and x either long or short), from left to right:
- x u - - | x u - - || - u - - | - u -
Performances
Artists and Groups
- Aqsa Abdul Haq - Several versions are available on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUhrjm8kbQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHdoAZXHbqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUhrjm8kbQE&list=RDDUhrjm8kbQE
- The Travellers - Al Musafirun
- Aashiq Al-Rasul- on their album Acapella Volume 1
- 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.
- Adnan Sirajeldin
- Labbayk
- Mesut Kurtis
- Najam Sheraz
- Qari Waheed Zafar
- Owais Raza Qadri
- Faeeza Malinga
- Junaid Jamshed -Junaid Jamshaid added several verses in [Urdu] for his 2007 album Badr-ud-Duja.
- Native Deen
- Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- Olivia Newton-John - used the song as a musical interlude for her 2006 album Grace and Gratitude, performing only the first verse. The interlude also appears in Grace and Gratitude Renewed (a US special release)
- Dawud Wharnsby
- Khaled Siddique
-Raef
Other Performances
- Little Mosque on the Prairie - Canadian sitcom - The song plays during the closing credits, performed by Maryem Tollar.
- An arrangement by Canadian composer, Laura Hawley, was sung at a holiday concert in Ottawa by a children's choir when Syrian refugees first began arriving in Canada in December 2015
See also
- Hijra
- Yathrib (Medina)
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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