Mawlid al-Barzanji: A Paean on the Blessed Prophet's Birth
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Muhammad Isa Waley
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The Mawlid al-Barzanji is the famous book of Mawlid, composed by Ja'far ibn al-Hasan al-Barzanji. In elegant rhyming prose, with occasional verses, it describes the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and episodes from his birth and early life, telling the story in a form crafted for its subject.
This edition presents the complete Arabic text with a full English translation by Muhammad Isa Waley, whose background lies in translating and editing classical Islamic texts. The translation is made accessible to English-speaking readers, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, so that the story can be followed by those already familiar with it and by those coming to it for the first time.
For a reader who wants to encounter this well-known text directly, in the language it was composed and in careful English rendering, this edition offers both together in one volume.
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About the author
Jafar ibn al-Hasan al-Barzanji: Imam Ja'far ibn al-Hasan al-Barzanji rahimahullah (1101 AH/1690 CE) was born in Madina, where his father served as a lecturer at the al-Siddiq Mosque and overseer of its charitable endowments (awqaf). His great-grandfather, originally from Shahrazur in Kurdish Iraq, had spent years seeking knowledge in Hamadan, Baghdad, Damascus, Istanbul, and Cairo before settling in Madina. Ja'far studied first under his father and his father's paternal uncle, and subsequently under other scholars of Madina, within a few years earning recognition as a master of many religious sciences. He became particularly distinguished as a jurist (faqih). In 1159 AH/1746, he was appointed imam and teacher at the Mosque of the Prophet in Madina, attracting students from near and far through his erudition, the quality of his lectures, and his skill in scholarly debate. He taught the jurisprudence of all four Sunni schools (madhahib) and was authorized to issue legal opinions (fatwa) in all of them. He is best known for his celebrated devotional poem in praise of the Prophet ﷺ, the Mawlid al-Barzanji.
About the translator
Muhammad Isa Waley: Muhammad Isa Waley is a British scholar of Islamic manuscripts and Sufi literature, best known for a long curatorial career at one of the world's great repositories of Islamic texts. For some forty-five years he served as Curator for Persian and Turkish, beginning at the British Museum and continuing at the British Library in London. He earned his doctorate on the poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi, and his scholarly interests center on two areas: the classical verse and prose literature of Islamic spirituality in Persian, Arabic, and Turkish, and the paleography, codicology, illumination, and cataloging of manuscripts in Arabic script. His published work reflects both strands. As editor he oversaw the English Tafsir al-Jalalayn and Imam al-Nawawi's Kitab al-Adhkar (The Book of Remembrances), and he contributed to Islamic Codicology: An Introduction to the Study of Manuscripts in Arabic Script. As translator he rendered Jami's forty-hadith collection Chihil Kalima and the Mawlid of Imam al-Barzanji into English. He has also lectured widely on the study and importance of Islamic manuscripts for research into Islamic literature and culture. His more recent A Treasury of Rumi gathers selections from the poet who has occupied him since his earliest research, bringing a lifetime of textual scholarship to a wider readership.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781939256201
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Ihya Publishing
Author
Jafar ibn al-Hasan al-Barzanji
Pages
122
Translator
Muhammad Isa Waley
Year Published
2024
Size
W-4.8 in | H-7.4 in | D-0.7 in
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