The Hamziyyah of Imam al-Buṣīrī
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Hamza Yusuf
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The Hamziyyah is Imam al-Busiri's ode in praise of the Prophet ﷺ, a companion in spirit to his more famous Burdah, and one that many students of the tradition consider even more intricate in its craft. Over twenty years after his rendering of the Burdah, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf now brings this second great poem into English, with an introduction that situates the work for the reader coming to it fresh.
The poem itself moves like a journey of love. It touches on the Prophet's ﷺ blessed life and the era he lived in, recounts his miracles alongside the miracles of the Qur'an, follows a voyage from Cairo to Mecca and Medina, and turns at points to critique of other Abrahamic traditions and to the poet's own introspection. It is a work that rewards slow, attentive reading, verse building on verse toward its subject.
Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, who has spent fifty-five years immersed in al-Busiri's poetry, provides the foreword, and states plainly that this translation deserves both praise and celebration. This hardcover edition, presented with a slipcase, is a fitting home for a poem meant to be returned to.
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About the author
Sharaf al-Din al-Busiri: Muhammad ibn Saʿid al-Busiri (608–696 AH / 1211–1294 CE) was an Egyptian poet and Sufi whose verse in praise of the Prophet Muhammad has been loved across the Muslim world for more than seven centuries. He was born in Upper Egypt, his nisba drawn from the village of Abusir, and raised between there and Dalas. Moving to Cairo as a young man, he memorized the Qurʾan, studied the Arabic sciences, and earned his living as a clerk and a skilled calligrapher. In maturity he entered the Shadhili Sufi path under Abu al-ʿAbbas al-Mursi, the spiritual successor of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, and his poetry came to carry the devotion and longing of that tradition. His enduring fame rests on the Qasida al-Burda, the Poem of the Mantle, composed in roughly 160 verses of praise and supplication. By long-told account he wrote it while gravely ill and was healed after seeing the Prophet in a dream, who draped him in his mantle, the burda that gave the poem its name. The Burda became perhaps the most widely recited, sung, memorized, and commented-upon poem in Islamic literature, drawing commentaries from scholars across the centuries, several of which accompany the translations offered here. Al-Busiri also composed the Hamziyya, a longer ode in the Prophet's praise. He died in Egypt and is honored as one of the great voices of Prophetic devotion. (Some sources give his death as 691 AH.)
About the translator
Hamza Yusuf: Hamza Yusuf hafidhahullah (born 1960) is one of the most prominent American Muslim scholars of his generation and co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California. A steadfast advocate of classical learning in Islam, he has promoted Islamic sciences and traditional pedagogical methodologies throughout the world. He serves as an advisor to the Centre for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and as a member of the board of advisors of George Russell's One Nation, a national philanthropic initiative promoting pluralism and inclusion in America. He also serves as vice-president of the Global Centre for Guidance and Renewal, an institution founded and presided over by Abdallah bin Bayyah. He is among the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter from Islamic scholars to Christian leaders calling for peace and understanding. His published works include translations such as The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi and Purification of the Heart, and authored titles such as Agenda to Change Our Condition and Caesarean Moon Births.
About the foreword writer
Muhammad al-Yaqoubi: Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi hafidhahullah is a world-renowned Islamic scholar specializing in theology, jurisprudence, and Prophetic tradition. Born in Damascus in 1963, he was trained from an early age by his father, who served as Imam and instructor at the Grand Umayyad Mosque in Damascus - a mosque in which three of his ancestors also served as Imams. He descends from a scholarly family whose lineage traces back to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. A Sufi Master of the Shadhili Order, his primary focus is on the purification of the heart and the spiritual well-being of Muslims. He has been named among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world for multiple consecutive years (theMuslim500.com). He is the author of 'Refuting ISIS: A Rebuttal of Its Religious and Ideological Foundations,' a landmark scholarly response to extremism.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9780992806569
Binding
Hardcover with Slipcase
Publisher
Sandala
Author
Sharaf al-Din al-Busiri
Pages
224
Translator
Hamza Yusuf
Year Published
2025
Size
W- | H- | D-
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