Sunday, November 8, 2009

Taming the lion


Bismillah.

Waman takun bi Rasulillahi nusratuh
In tal qahul usdu fii a-jaa mihaa tajimi
He who obtained the blessings of Rasulullah,
the wildest lion of the jungle will bow to him.
- Stanza 135, Qasidah Burdah
By Imam Muhammad bin Said Al Busiri (1211 -1294 CE)

Pic: Shaykh Hisham Kabbani at Jakarta Zoo, Nov 2009
Pic credit: Rifat Ali of Haqqani Fellowship
Stanza is based upon Shaykh Fahmi Zamzam's Malay translation of Qasidah Burdah

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