The Prayer of Joyous Tidings: The Salawat of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
English and Arabic
Paperback, 108 pages
9798295460098

Bashā'ir al-Khayrāt

For more than eight centuries, Bashā'ir al-Khayrāt (The Ṣalawāt of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī) has illuminated the spiritual lives of believers seeking relief, forgiveness, and nearness to Allah. Attributed to the revered Sulṭān al-Awliyāʾ, this celebrated collection stands among the most beloved devotional compositions in the Muslim world. Its ṣalawāt, heartfelt duʿāʾ, and pleas for divine openings have offered generations of seekers a deeper connection with the Beloved, peace and blessings be upon him.

Today, in an age marked by distraction and restlessness, this collection continues to call the heart back to remembrance. It is a superlative set of thirty prayers upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, intertwined with almost seventy verses of the Qur'an. It gives hope and encouragement to twenty-seven types of Muslims, from the grieving to the indebted, from the fearful to those seeking guidance and divine openings.