Muhyadheen Mala is an ode of praise for the Muhyadheen
Abdul Khadir Al Gilani composed by the poet Khazi Muhammad of
Kozhikode
Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...
four centuries ago.
Kerala
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Muslim
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s celebrated its fourth century completion under cultural department last year.
Al-Gilani succeeded the spiritual chain of
Junayd Baghdadi
Junayd of Baghdad (; 830–910) was a Persian mystic and one of the most famous of the early Islamic saints. He is a central figure in the spiritual lineage of many Sufi orders.
Junayd taught in Baghdad throughout his lifetime and was an impo ...
. His contribution to thought in the Muslim world earned him the title Muhiyuddin (lit. "The reviver of the faith"), as he along with his students and associates laid the groundwork for the society which later produced stalwarts like
Nur ad-Din and
Saladin
Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سهلاحهدین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...
. His Sufi order named after him is generally thought to be one of the most popular
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
orders of the Islamic world.
Popularity of Muhyadheen Mãla
Sufi Muslims have traditionally venerated the verses. The poem is memorized and recited in
congregation
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*Church (congregation), a Christian organization meeting in a particular place for worship
*Congregation (Roman Curia), an administra ...
s. Some Muslims believe that, if recited with love and devotion, the Mãla can cure diseases and purify hearts.
Find the Mãla online
The sole credit of " Muhyadheen Mala" goes to Qadi Muhammed of Kozhikode, a place situated in the southernmost part of India. Qadi Muhammed himself admits that he had relied upon the Book "Bahja" (Bahjathul Asrar va Maadinul Anwar)written by Sheik Abul Hasan Ash shettanaufi (d.713 AH).We could not get a clear account about author of Muhyadheen mala.
english translation of mala
the American researcher keeli suton translated muhyudheen mala totally in verse form into en
English. she is currently a research fellow of Texas university trying to translate more arabi-malayalam texts to english. one of the finest interpretations of this texts is given by Dr. Yasser Arafath, a Delhi University historian. His work has been published in Jamal Ahmad (ed.), 'Proceedings of Muslim Heritage Conference', Islamic Publishing House,Calicut, 2015. Title of the work is ‘Muhiyudheen Maala Enna Prathirodha Sahityam’ (Muhiyudheen Maala: As a Resistance Text].http://muslimheritage.in/innermore.php?arid=143. An earlier version of this work, titled 'Muhiyudheen Maala: History, Politics, and Resistance’ was published in Bodhanam Quarterly Journal, Vol, 15 (13), Calicut, India.
See also
*
Qaṣīdah al-Burda
References
External links
* http://www.al-baz.com/shaikhabdalqadir/
*http://muslimheritage.in/innermore.php?arid=143
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Islamic literature
Arabi Malayalam-language literature