Al-Kibrit al-Ahmar
Al-Kibrit al-Ahmar (Arabic: الكبريت الأحمر; “The Red Sulphur”), also...
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Al-Kibrit al-Ahmar (Arabic: الكبريت الأحمر; “The Red Sulphur”), also known as Durood Kibrit Ahmar (Urdu: درودِ کبریتِ احمر), is a collection of prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ attributed to Shaykh Muhyiddin Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani. According to traditional accounts, it was composed in a state of spiritual unveiling and devotion to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. It has long been recited by those seeking to strengthen their spiritual connection with the Prophet ﷺ and draw nearer to Allah through abundant Salawat.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ❁
Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm.
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَفْضَلَ صَلَوَاتِكَ عَدَدًا وَأَنْمَى بَرَكَاتِكَ سَرْمَدًا وَأَزْكَى تَحِيَّاتِكَ فَضْلًا وَمَدَدًا عَلَى أَشْرَفِ الْحَقَائِقِ الْإِنْسَانِيَّةِ وَمَعْدَنِ الدَّقَائِقِ الْإِيْمَانِيَّةِ وَطُورِ التَّجَلِّيَاتِ الْإِحْسَانِيَّةِ وَمَهْبِطَ الْأَسْرَارِ الرَّحْمَانِيَّةِ وَوَاسِطَةِ عِقْدِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَمُقَدِّمِ جَيْشِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَأَفْضَلِ الْخَلَائِقِ أَجْمَعِينَ ❁
Allāhumma j-ʿal afḍala ṣalawātika ʿadadan wa-anmā barakātika sarmadan wa-azkā taḥiyyātika faḍlan wa-madadan ʿalā ashrafi l-ḥaqā'iqi l-insāniyyati wa-maʿdani d-daqā'iqi l-īmāniyyati wa-ṭūri t-tajalliyāti l-iḥsāniyyati wa-mahbiṭa l-asrāri r-raḥmāniyyati wa-wāsiṭati ʿiqdi n-nabiyyīna wa-muqaddimi jayshi l-mursalīna wa-afḍali l-khalā'iqi ajmaʿīn.
1. O Allah, make the best of Your prayers in number, the ever-increasing of Your blessings everlasting, and the purest of Your greetings a bounty and a support upon the noblest of human realities, the mine of the subtle realities of faith, the mount of the manifestations of spiritual excellence, the locus of the descent of the Merciful secrets, the central jewel of the necklace of the prophets, the commander of the army of the messengers, and the best of all creation.
حَامِلِ لِوَاءِ الْعِزِّ الْأَعْلَى وَمَالِكِ أَزِمَّةِ الشَّرَفِ الْأَسْنَى شَاهِدِ أَسْرَارِ الْأَزَلِ وَمُشَاهِدِ الْأَنْوَارِ السَّابِقِ الْأَوَّلِ وَتَرْجُمَانِ لِسَانِ الْقِدَمِ وَمَنْبَعِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْحِلْمِ وَالْحِكَمِ وَمَظْهَرِ سِرِّ الْجُودِ الْجُزْئِيِّ وَالْكُلِّيِّ وَإِنْسَانِ عَيْنِ الْوُجُودِ الْعُلْوِيِّ وَالسُّفْلِيِّ وَرُوحِ جَسَدِ الْكَوْنَيْنِ وَعَيْنِ حَيَاةِ الدَّارَيْنِ الْمُتَخَلِّقِ بِأَعْلَى رُتَبِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ الْمُتَحَقِّقِ بِأَسْرَارِ الرَّبُوبِيَّةِ ❁
Hāmili liwā'i l-ʿizzi l-aʿlā wa-māliki azimmati sh-sharafi l-asnā shāhidi asrāri l-azali wa-mushāhidi l-anwāri s-sābiqi l-awwali wa-tarjumāni lisāni l-qidami wa-manbaʿi l-ʿilmi wa-l-ḥilmi wa-l-ḥikami wa-maẓhari sirri l-jūdi l-juz'iyyi wa-l-kulliyyi wa-insāni ʿayni l-wujūdi l-ʿulwiyyi wa-s-sufliyyi wa-rūḥi jasadi l-kawnayni wa-ʿayni ḥayāti d-dārayni l-mutakhalliqi bi-aʿlā rutabi l-ʿubūdiyyati l-mutaḥaqqiqi bi-asrāri r-rabūbiyyah.
2. The bearer of the Banner of the Highest Might, the possessor of the reins of the loftiest honour, the witness to the secrets of Pre-Eternity, the beholder of the primordial lights, the interpreter of the language of Pre-Eternity, the fountain of knowledge, forbearance and wisdom, the manifestation of the mystery of Divine generosity in both the particular and the universal, the very eye of existence in the higher and lower worlds, the spirit of the body of the two worlds, the very life of both abodes, adorned with the highest degrees of servitude, and realised in the mysteries of Lordship.
صَاحِبِ الْمَقَامَاتِ الْإِصْطِفَائِيَّةِ وَالْكَرَامَاتِ الْإِرْتِضَائِيَّةِ سَيِّدِ الْأَشْرَافِ وَجَامِعِ الْأَوْصَافِ الْخَلِيلِ الْأَعْظَمِ وَالْحَبِيبِ الْأَكْرَمِ الْمَخْصُوصِ بِأَعْلَى الْمَرَاتِبِ وَالْمَقَامَاتِ وَالْمُؤَيَّدِ بِأَوْضَحِ الْبَرَاهِينِ وَالدَّلَالَاتِ الْمَنْصُورِ بِالرُّعْبِ وَالْمُعْجِزَاتِ ❁
Ṣāḥibi l-maqāmāti l-iṣṭifā'iyyati wa-l-karāmāti l-irtiḍā'iyyati sayyidi l-ashrāfi wa-jāmiʿi l-awṣāfi l-khalīli l-aʿẓami wa-l-ḥabībi l-akrami l-makhṣūṣi bi-aʿlā l-marātibi wa-l-maqāmāti wa-l-mu'ayyadi bi-awḍaḥi l-barāhīni wa-d-dalālāti l-manṣūri bi-r-ruʿbi wa-l-muʿjizāt.
3. The possessor of the stations of divine election and the divinely approved miracles, the master of the nobles and the one who embodies every noble quality, the greatest Friend and the most noble Beloved, singled out for the loftiest ranks and stations, supported by the clearest proofs and evidences, and granted victory through awe and miracles.
وَالْجَوْهَرِ الشَّرِيفِ الْأَبَدِيِّ وَالنُّورِ الْقَدِيمِ الْمُحَمَّدِيِّ السَّرْمَدِيِّ ❁
Wa-l-jawhari sh-sharīfi l-abadiyyi wa-n-nūri l-qadīmi l-Muḥammadiyyi s-sarmadiyy.
4. And by the noble, eternal essence, and the pre-eternal, everlasting Muhammadan light.
سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَحْمُودِ فِي الْإِيْجَادِ وَالْوُجُودِ الْفَاتِحِ لِكُلِّ شَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ وَحَضْرَةِ الْمَشَاهِدِ وَالشُّهُودِ ❁
Sayyidinā Muḥammadin l-maḥmūdi fī l-ījādi wa-l-wujūdi l-fātiḥi li-kulli shāhidin wa-mash-hūdin wa-ḥaḍrati l-mashāhidi wa-sh-shuhūd.
5. Our master Muhammad, the Praised One in origination and existence, the opener of every witness and every thing witnessed, and the Presence of spiritual witnessing and direct vision.
نُورِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدَاهُ وَسِرِّ كُلِّ سِرٍّ وَسَنَاهُ الَّذِي شُقِّقَتْ مِنْهُ الْأَسْرَارُ وَانْفَلَقَتْ مِنْهُ الْأَنْوَارُ السِّرِّ الْبَاطِنِ وَالنُّورِ الظَّاهِرِ ❁
Nūri kulli shay'in wa-hudāhu wa-sirri kulli sirrin wa-sanāhu lladhī shuqqiqat minhu l-asrāru wa-nfalaqat minhu l-anwāru s-sirri l-bāṭini wa-n-nūri ẓ-ẓāhir.
6. The light of all things and their guidance, and the secret of every secret and its radiance, from whom the secrets were split and the lights burst forth, the inner secret and the manifest light.
السَّيِّدِ الْكَامِلِ الْفَاتِحِ الْخَاتِمِ الْأَوَّلِ الْآخِرِ الْبَاطِنِ الظَّاهِرِ الْعَاقِبِ الْحَاشِرِ ❁
As-sayyidi l-kāmili l-fātiḥi l-khātimi l-awwali l-ākhiri l-bāṭini ẓ-ẓāhiri l-ʿāqibi l-ḥāshir.
7. The perfect master, the opener, the seal, the first and the last, the hidden and the manifest, the final, the gatherer.
النَّاهِي الْآمِرِ النَّاصِحِ النَّاصِرِ الصَّابِرِ الشَّاكِرِ الْقَانِطِ الذَّاكِرِ الْمَاحِي الْمَاجِدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَامِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْعَابِدِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الزَّاهِدِ الْقَائِمِ الْقَاعِدِ الرَّاكِعِ السَّاجِدِ ❁
An-nāhi l-āmiri n-nāṣiḥi n-nāṣiri ṣ-ṣābiri sh-shākiri l-qāniṭi dh-dhākiri l-māḥi l-mājidi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥāmidi l-mu'mini l-ʿābidi l-mutawakili z-zāhidi l-qā'imi l-qāʿidi r-rākiʿi s-sājid.
8. The one who forbids evil, the one who commands good, the sincere counsellor, the helper, the patient, the grateful, the devoutly obedient, the one who remembers Allah, the effacer, the glorious, the mighty, the praiseworthy, the faithful, the devoted worshipper, the one who places his trust in Allah, the ascetic, the one who stands, the one who sits, the one who bows, and the one who prostrates.
التَّابِعِ الشَّهِيدِ الْوَلِيِّ الْحَمِيدِ الْبُرْهَانِ الْحُجَّةِ الْمُطَاعِ الْمُخْتَارِ الْخَاضِعِ الْخَاشِعِ الْبَرِّ الْمُسْتَنْصِرِ الْحَقِّ الْمُبِينِ ❁
At-tābiʿi sh-shahīdi l-waliyyi l-ḥamīdi l-burhāni l-ḥujjati l-muṭāʿi l-mukhtāri l-khāḍiʿi l-khāshiʿi l-barri l-mustanṣiri l-ḥaqqi l-mubīn.
9. The follower, the witness, the devoted friend, the praiseworthy, the decisive proof, the conclusive evidence, the one who is obeyed, the chosen one, the humble, the reverent, the righteous, the one who seeks victory through Allah, the truth, the manifest.
طٰهَ يَسٓ الْمُزَّمِّلِ الْمُدَّثِّرِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَإِمَامِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَخَاتِمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَحَبِيبِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ النَّبِيِّ الْمُصْطَفَى وَالرَّسُولِ الْمُجْتَبَى ❁
Ṭāhā, Yāsīn, al-muzzammili l-muddaththiri, sayyidi l-mursalīna wa-imāmi l-muttaqīna wa-khātimi n-nabiyyīna wa-ḥabībi Rabbi l-ʿālamīna, n-nabiyyi l-muṣṭafā wa-r-rasūli l-mujtabā.
10. Ta Ha, Ya Sin, the enwrapped one, the cloaked one, master of the messengers, leader of the God-conscious, seal of the prophets, Beloved of the Lord of the Worlds, the Chosen Prophet, and the Chosen Messenger.
وَالْحَكَمِ الْعَدْلِ اللَّطِيفِ الْخَبِيرِ الْحَكِيمِ الْعَلِيمِ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّؤُوفِ الرَّحِيمِ الْغَفُورِ الشَّكُورِ الْعَلِيِّ الْكَرِيمِ نُورِكَ القَدِيمِ وَصِرَاطِكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ ❁
Wa-l-ḥakami l-ʿadli l-laṭīfi l-khabīri l-ḥakīmi l-ʿalīmi l-ʿazīzi r-ra'ūfi r-raḥīmi l-ghafūri sh-shakūri l-ʿaliyyi l-karīm, nūrika l-qadīmi wa-ṣirāṭika l-mustaqīm.
11. The just judge, the just, the gentle, the all-aware, the wise, the all-knowing, the mighty, the compassionate, the merciful, the forgiving, the ever-appreciative, the exalted, the generous, Your pre-eternal light and Your straight path.
مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ وَصَفِيِّكَ وَخَلِيلِكَ وَحَبِيبِكَ وَوَلِيِّكَ وَنَبِيِّكَ وَأَمِينِكَ وَدَلِيلِكَ وَنَجِيِّكَ وَنُخْبَتِكَ وَذَخِيرَتِكَ وَخِيرَتِكَ ❁
Muḥammadin ʿabdika wa-rasūlika wa-ṣafiyyika wa-khalīlika wa-ḥabībika wa-waliyyika wa-nabiyyika wa-amīnika wa-dalīlika wa-najiyyika wa-nukhbatika wa-dhakhīratika wa-khīratik.
12. Muhammad, Your servant, Your Messenger, Your chosen one, Your intimate friend, Your beloved, Your devoted friend, Your Prophet, Your trustworthy one, Your guide, Your confidant, Your elect, Your treasure, Your chosen one.
وَإِمَامِ الْخَيْرِ وَقَائِدِ الْخَيْرِ وَرَسُولِ الرَّحْمَةِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ الْعَرَبِيِّ الْقُرَشِيِّ الْهَاشِمِيِّ الْأَبْطَحِيِّ الْمَكِّيِّ الْمَدَنِيِّ التِّهَامِيِّ ❁
Wa-imāmi l-khayri wa-qā'idi l-khayri wa-rasūli r-raḥmati n-nabiyyi l-ummiyyi l-ʿarabiyyi l-qurashiyyi l-hāshimiyyi l-abṭaḥiyyi l-makkiyyi l-madaniyyi t-tihāmiyy.
13. The leader of all goodness, the commander of all goodness, the Messenger of Mercy, the Primordial Prophet, the Arab, the Qurashi, the Hashimi, the Abtahi, the Makkan, the Madinan, the Tihami.
الشَّاهِدِ الْمَشْهُودِ الْوَلِيِّ الْمُقَرَّبِ الْعَبْدِ الْمَسْعُودِ الْحَبِيبِ الشَّفِيعِ الْمَلِيحِ الْبَدِيعِ الْوَاعِظِ الْبَشِيرِ النَّذِيرِ الْعَطُوفِ الْحَلِيمِ الْجَوَادِ الْكَرِيمِ الطَّيِّبِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْمَكِينِ الصَّادِقِ الْمَصْدُوقِ الْأَمِينِ ❁
Ash-shāhidi l-mashhūdi l-waliyyi l-muqarrabi l-ʿabdi l-masʿūdi l-ḥabībi sh-shafīʿi l-malīḥi l-badīʿi l-wāʿiẓi l-bashīri n-nadhīri l-ʿaṭūfi l-ḥalīmi l-jawādi l-karīmi ṭ-ṭayyibi l-mubāraki l-makīni ṣ-ṣādiqi l-maṣdūqi l-amīn.
14. The witness, the witnessed, the devoted friend brought near, the blessed servant, the beloved intercessor, the beautiful, the wondrous, the admonisher, the bearer of glad tidings, the warner, the compassionate, the forbearing, the generous, the noble, the pure, the blessed, the firmly established, the truthful, the confirmed truthful, the trustworthy.
الدَّاعِي إِلَيْكَ بِإِذْنِكَ السِّرَاجِ الْمُنِيرِ الَّذِي أَدْرَكَ الْحَقَائِقَ بِحُجَّتِهَا وَفَازَ وَفَاقَ الْخَلَائِقَ بِرُمَّتِهَا وَجَعَلْتَهُ حَبِيبًا وَنَاجَيْتَهُ قَرِيبًا وَأَدْنَيْتَهُ رَقِيبًا ❁
Ad-dāʿī ilayka bi-idhnika s-sirāji l-munīri. lladhī adraka l-ḥaqā'iqa bi-ḥujjatihā wa-fāza wa-fāqa l-khalā'iqa bi-rummatihā wa-jaʿaltahu ḥabīban wa-nājaytahu qarīban wa-adnaytahu raqībā.
15. The caller to You by Your permission, the radiant lamp, who attained the realities through their decisive proofs, surpassed and excelled over all creation in its entirety, whom You made Your beloved, with whom You conversed in intimate nearness, and whom You drew near under Your watchful care.
وَخَتَمْتَ بِهِ الرِّسَالَةَ وَالدَّلَالَةَ وَالْبِشَارَةَ وَالنَّذَارَةَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ ❁
Wa-khatamta bihi r-risālata wa-d-dalālata wa-l-bishārata wa-n-nadhārata wa-n-nubuwwah.
16. And through him You brought messengerhood, guidance, glad tidings, warning and prophethood to their completion.
وَنَصَرْتَهُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَظَلَّلْتَهُ بِالسُّحْبِ وَرَدَدْتَ لَهُ الشَّمْسَ وَشَقَقْتَ لَهُ الْقَمَرَ ❁
Wa-naṣartahu bi-r-ruʿbi wa-ẓallaltahu bi-s-suḥbi wa-radadta lahu sh-shamsa wa-shaqaqta lahu l-qamar.
17. And You granted him victory through awe, sheltered him beneath the clouds, caused the sun to return for him, and split the moon for him.
وَأَنْطَقْتَ لَهُ الضَّبَّ وَالظَّبْيَ وَالذِّئْبَ وَالْجِذْعَ وَالذِّرَاعَ وَالْجَمَلَ وَالْجَبَلَ وَالْمَدَرَ وَالشَّجَرَ وَالْحَجَرَ ❁
Wa-anṭaqta lahu ḍ-ḍabba wa-ẓ-ẓabya wa-dh-dhi'ba wa-l-jidhʿa wa-dh-dhirāʿa wa-l-jamala wa-l-jabala wa-l-madara wa-sh-shajara wa-l-ḥajar.
18. And You caused the lizard, the gazelle, the wolf, the palm trunk, the foreleg, the camel, the mountain, the clods of earth, the trees, and the stones to speak to him.
وَأَنْبَعْتَ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ الْمَاءَ الزُّلَالَ وَأَنْزَلْتَ مِنَ الْمُزْنِ بِدَعْوَتِهِ فِي عَامِ الْمَحْلِ وَالْجَدْبِ وَابِلَ الْغَيْثِ وَالْمَطَرِ فَاعْشَوْشَبَ مِنْهُ الْفَقْرُ وَالصَّخْرُ وَالْوَعْرُ وَالسَّهْلُ وَالرَّمْلُ وَالْحَجَرُ وَالْمَدَرُ ❁
Wa-anbaʿta min aṣābiʿihi l-mā'a z-zulāla wa-anzalta mina l-muzni bi-daʿwatihi fī ʿāmi l-maḥli wa-l-jadbi wābila l-ghaythi wa-l-maṭari fa-ʿshawshaba minhu l-faqru wa-ṣ-ṣakhru wa-l-waʿru wa-s-sahlu wa-r-ramlu wa-l-ḥajaru wa-l-madar.
19. And You caused pure water to gush forth from his fingers, and sent down from the rain-cloud, by his supplication, in the year of drought and barrenness, abundant rain so that barren land, rock, rugged terrain, plains, sand, stone, and clay all became verdant through it.
وَأَسْرَيْتَ بِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ الْعُلَى إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى إِلَى قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى ❁
Wa-asrayta bihi laylan mina l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ilā l-masjidi l-aqṣā ilā s-samāwāti l-ʿulā ilā sidrati l-muntahā ilā qāba qawsayni aw adnā.
20. And You took him by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque, then to the highest heavens, to the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, to within two bow-lengths or nearer.
وَأَرَيْتَهُ الْآيَةَ الْكُبْرَى وَأَنَلْتَهُ الْغَايَةَ الْقُصْوَى وَأَكْرَمْتَهُ بِالْمُخَاطَبَةِ وَالْمُرَاقَبَةِ وَالْمُشَافَهَةِ وَالْمُشَاهَدَةِ وَالْمُعَايَنَةِ بِالْبَصَرِ ❁
Wa-araytahu l-āyata l-kubrā wa-analtahu l-ghāyata l-quṣwā wa-akramtahu bi-l-mukhāṭabati wa-l-murāqabati wa-l-mushāfahati wa-l-mushāhadati wa-l-muʿāyanati bi-l-baṣar.
21. And You showed him the Greatest Sign, granted him the ultimate attainment, and honoured him with direct address, watchful contemplation, intimate discourse, spiritual witnessing, and direct vision with the eye.
وَخَصَّصْتَهُ بِالْوَسِيلَةِ الْعُظْمَى وَالشَّفَاعَةِ الْكُبْرَى يَوْمَ الْفَزَعِ الْأَكْبَرِ فِي الْمَحْشَرِ ❁
Wa-khaṣṣaṣtahu bi-l-wasīlati l-ʿuẓmā wa-sh-shafāʿati l-kubrā yawma l-fazaʿi l-akbari fī l-maḥshar.
22. And specially endowed him with the supreme Wasilah and the greatest intercession on the Day of the Greatest Terror, in the Place of Gathering.
وَجَمَعْتَ لَهُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَجَوَاهِرَ الْحِكَمِ وَجَعَلْتَ أُمَّتَهُ خَيْرَ الْأُمَمِ وَغَفَرْتَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ ❁
Wa-jamaʿta lahu jawāmiʿa l-kalimi wa-jawāhira l-ḥikami wa-jaʿalta ummatahu khayra l-umami wa-ghafarta lahu mā taqaddama min dhanbihi wa-mā ta'akhkhar.
23. And You gathered for him concise, all-encompassing speech and jewels of wisdom, and made his nation the best of nations, and You granted him complete pardon for all that preceded and all that followed, in a manner befitting his exalted station.
الَّذِي بَلَّغَ الرِّسَالَةَ وَأَدَّى الْأَمَانَةَ وَنَصَحَ الْأُمَّةَ وَكَشَفَ الْغُمَّةَ وَجَلَى الظُّلْمَةَ وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَعَبَدَ رَبَّهُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ الْيَقِينُ ❁
Alladhī ballagha r-risālata wa-adda l-amānata wa-naṣaḥa l-ummata wa-kashafa l-ghummata wa-jala ẓ-ẓulmata wa-jāhada fī sabīli Llāhi wa-ʿabada Rabbahu ḥattā atāhu l-yaqīn.
24. He who conveyed the message, fulfilled the trust, advised the nation, removed distress, dispelled darkness, struggled in the path of Allah, and worshipped his Lord until certainty came to him.
اللَّهُمَّ ابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا يَغْبِطُهُ فِيهِ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَاْلآخِرُونَ ❁
Allāhumma b-ʿathhu maqāman maḥmūdan yaghbiṭuhu fīhi l-awwalūna wa-l-ākhirūn.
25. O Allah, raise him to the Praised Station, which the first and the last will long for.
اللَّهُمَّ عَظِّمْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا بِإِعْلَاءِ ذِكْرِهِ وَإِظْهَارِ دِينِهِ وَإِبْقَاءِ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ بِشَفَاعَتِهِ فِي أُمَّتِهِ وَأَجْزِلْ أَجْرَهُ وَمَثُوبَتَهُ وَأَيِّدْ فَضْلَهُ عَلَى الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ بِالْمَقَامِ الْمَحْمُودِ وَتَقْدِيمِهِ عَلَى كَافَّةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ الشُّهُودِ ❁
Allāhumma ʿaẓẓimhu fī d-dunyā bi-iʿlā'i dhikrihi wa-iẓhāri dīnihi wa-ibqā'i sharīʿatihi wa-fi l-ākhirati bi-shafāʿatihi fī ummatihi wa-ajzil ajrahu wa-mathūbatahu wa-ayyid faḍlahu ʿalā l-awwalīna wa-l-ākhirīna bi-l-maqāmi l-maḥmūdi wa-taqdīmihi ʿalā kāffati l-muqarrabīna sh-shuhūd.
26. O Allah, magnify his honour in this world by exalting his remembrance, manifesting his religion, and preserving his Sacred Law, and in the Hereafter through his intercession for his nation. Bestow upon him an abundant reward and recompense, strengthen his excellence above the first and the last by granting him the Praised Station, and giving him precedence over all those brought near as witnesses.
اللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ شَفَاعَتَهُ الْكُبْرَى وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ الْعُلْيَا وَأَعْطِهِ سُؤْلَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَى كَمَا آتَيْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى ❁
Allāhumma taqabbal shafāʿatahu l-kubrā wa-rfaʿ darajatahu l-ʿulyā wa-aʿṭihi su'lahu fī l-ākhirati wa-l-awlā kamā ātayta Ibrāhīma wa-Mūsā.
27. O Allah, accept his Greatest Intercession, raise him to his highest rank, and grant him what he asks of You in this world and the Hereafter, just as You granted it to Ibrahim and Musa.
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ مِنْ أَكْرَمِ عِبَادِكَ عَلَيْكَ شَرَفًا وَكَرَامَةً وَمِنْ أَرْفَعِهِمْ عِنْدَكَ دَرَجَةً وَأَعْظَمِهِمْ خَطَرًا وَأَمْكَنِهِمْ عِنْدَكَ شَفَاعَةً ❁
Allāhumma j-ʿalhu min akrami ʿibādika ʿalayka sharafan wa-karāmatan wa-min arfaʿihim ʿindaka darajatan wa-aʿẓamihim khaṭaran wa-amkanihim ʿindaka shafāʿah.
28. O Allah, make him among the most honoured of Your servants in Your sight, the highest in rank with You, the greatest in distinction, and the foremost in intercession before You.
اللَّهُمَّ عَظِّمْ بُرْهَانَهُ وَأَبْلِجْ حُجَّتَهُ وَأَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمُولَهُ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ ❁
Allāhumma ʿaẓẓim burhānahu wa-ablij ḥujjatahu wa-ablighhu ma'mūlahu fī ahli baytihi wa-dhurriyyatih.
29. O Allah, magnify his proof, make his evidence shine forth, and grant him the fulfilment of his hope concerning his Household and his descendants.
اللَّهُمَّ أَتْبِعْهُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّاتِهِ وَأُمَّتِهِ مَا تَقِرُّ بِهِ عَيْنُهُ وَاجْزِهِ عَنَّا خَيْرَ مَا جَزَيْتَ بِهِ نَبِيًّا عَنْ أُمَّتِهِ وَاجْزِ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ كُلَّهُمْ خَيْرًا ❁
Allāhumma atbiʿhu min dhurriyyātihi wa-ummatihi mā taqirru bihi ʿaynuhu wa-jzihi ʿannā khayra mā jazayta bihi nabiyyan ʿan ummatihi wa-j-zi l-anbiyā'a kullahum khayrā.
30. O Allah, let there follow him from his descendants and his nation that which will delight his eye, and reward him on our behalf with the best reward You have given any prophet for his nation and reward all the prophets with goodness.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ عَدَدَ مَا شَاهَدَتْهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَسَمِعَتْهُ الْآذَانُ وَصَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَى أَنْ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَصَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا أَمَرْتَنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ وَصَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ❁
Allāhumma ṣalli wa-sallim ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin ʿadada mā shāhadat-hu l-abṣāru wa-samiʿat-hu l-ādhānu wa-ṣalli wa-sallim ʿalayhi kamā tuḥibbu wa-tarḍā an yuṣallā ʿalayhi wa-ṣalli wa-sallim ʿalayhi kamā amartanā an nuṣalliya ʿalayhi wa-ṣalli wa-sallim ʿalayhi kamā yanbaghī an yuṣallā ʿalayh.
31. O Allah, send prayers and peace upon our master Muhammad as numerous as all that eyes have seen and ears have heard, and send prayers and peace upon him in the manner You love and are pleased with, and send prayers and peace upon him as You commanded us to do, and send prayers and peace upon him as befits him to receive.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ عَدَدَ نَعْمَاءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَأَفْضَالِهِ ❁
Allāhumma ṣalli wa-sallim ʿalayhi wa-ʿalā ālihi ʿadada naʿmā'i Llāhi taʿālā wa-afḍālih.
32. O Allah, send prayers and peace upon him and upon his Family as many as the blessings and favours of Allah Almighty.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَأَوْلَادِهِ وَأَزْوَاجِهِ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَعِتْرَتِهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ وَأَصْهَارِهِ وَأَخْتَانِهِ وَأَحْبَابِهِ وَأَتْبَاعِهِ وَأَشْيَاعِهِ وَأَنْصَارِهِ خَزَنَةِ أَسْرَارِهِ وَمَعَادِنِ أَنْوَارِهِ وَكُنُوزِ الْحَقَائِقِ وَهُدَاةِ الْخَلَائِقِ وَنُجُومِ الْإِهْتِدَاءِ لِمَنِ اقْتَدَى بِهِمْ وَسَلِّمْ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا دَائِمًا أَبَدًا وَارْضَ عَنْ كُلِّ الصَّحَابَةِ رِضًا سَرْمَدًا عَدَدَ خَلْقِكَ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَرِضَاءَ نَفْسِكَ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِكَ كُلَّمَا ذَكَرَكَ ذَاكِرٌ وَكُلَّمَا سَهَى عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ غَافِلٌ صَلَاةً تَكُونُ لَكَ رِضَاءً وَلِحَقِّهِ أَدَاءً وَلَنَا صَلَاحًا وَآتِهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ وَالدَّرَجَةَ الْعَالِيَةَ الرَّفِيعَةَ وَابْعَثْهُ الْمَقَامَ الْمَحْمُودَ وَاللِّوَاءَ الْمَعْقُودَ وَالْحَوْضَ الْمَوْرُودَ وَصَلِّ يَا رَبِّ عَلَى جَمِيعِ إِخْوَانِهِ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْأَوْلِيَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَمَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَعَلَى سَيِّدِنَا الشَّيْخِ مُحْيِي الدِّينِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ الْقَادِرِ الْمَكِينِ الْأَمِينِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ❁
Allāhumma ṣalli wa-sallim ʿalayhi wa-ʿalā ālihi wa-aṣ-ḥābihi wa-awlādihi wa-azwājihi wa-dhurriyyātihi wa-ahli baytihi wa-ʿitratihi wa-ʿashīratihi wa-aṣ-hārihi wa-akhtānihi wa-aḥbābihi wa-atbāʿihi wa-ashyāʿihi wa-anṣārihi khazanati asrārihi wa-maʿādini anwārihi wa-kunūzi l-ḥaqā'iqi wa-hudāti l-khalā'iqi wa-nujūmi l-ihtidā'i li-mani qtada bihim wa-sallim taslīman kathīran dā'iman abadan wa-r-ḍa ʿan kulli ṣ-ṣaḥābati riḍan sarmadan ʿadada khalqika wa-zinata ʿarshika wa-riḍā'a nafsika wa-midāda kalimātika kullamā dhakaraka dhākirun wa-kullamā sahā ʿan dhikrika ghāfilun ṣalātan takūnu laka riḍā'a wa-li-ḥaqqihi adā'an wa-lanā ṣalāḥan wa-ātihi l-wasīlata wa-l-faḍīlata wa-d-darajata l-ʿāliyata r-rafīʿata wa-bʿath-hu l-maqāma l-maḥmūda wa-l-liwā'a l-maʿqūda wa-l-ḥawḍa l-mawrūda wa-ṣalli yā Rabbi ʿalā jamīʿi ikhwānihi mina l-anbiyā'i wa-l-mursalīna wa-l-awliyā'i wa-ṣ-ṣāliḥīna wa-sh-shuhadā'i wa-ṣ-ṣiddīqīna wa-malā'ikatika l-muqarrabīna wa-ʿalā sayyidina sh-shaykhi muḥyī d-dīni abī Muḥammadin ʿabdi l-qādiri l-makīni l-amīni ṣalawātu Llāhi ʿalayhim ajmaʿīn.
33. O Allah, send prayers and peace upon him, and upon his Family, his Companions, his children, his wives, his descendants, the People of his Household, his progeny, his clan, his in-laws, his relatives by marriage, his beloved ones, his followers, his adherents, and his helpers, the custodians of his secrets, the repositories of his lights, the treasures of realities, the guides of creation, and the stars of guidance for those who follow their example. Grant them abundant, perpetual and everlasting peace. Be pleased with all the Companions with an everlasting good pleasure, equal in number to Your creation, the weight of Your Throne, the pleasure of Your Self, and the ink of Your words, whenever one who remembers remembers You and whenever one who is heedless neglects Your remembrance. Send a prayer that is pleasing to You, fulfils his due, and brings us righteousness. Grant him the Wasilah, the Fadilah, the lofty and exalted rank, the Praised Station, the unfurled Banner, and the Well-Frequented Pool. O my Lord, send prayers upon all his brethren among the prophets, the messengers, the saints, the righteous, the martyrs, the truthful, and Your angels brought near, and upon our master Shaykh Muhyuddin Abu Muhammad Abd al-Qadir al-Makin al-Amin, may the prayers of Allah be upon them all.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ السَّابِقِ لِلْخَلْقِ نُورُهُ الرَّحْمَةِ لِلْعَالَمِينَ ظُهُورُهُ عَدَدَ مَا مَضَى مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَمَا بَقِيَ وَمَنْ سَعِدَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ شَقِيَ صَلَاةً تَسْتَغْرِقُ الْعَدَّ وَتُحِيطُ بِالْحَدِّ صَلَاةً لَا غَايَةَ لَهَا وَلَا انْتِهَاءَ وَلَا أَمَدَ لَهَا وَلَا انْقِضَاءَ صَلَاتَكَ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةً مَعْرُوضَةً عَلَيْهِ مَقْبُولَةً لَدَيْهِ مَحْبُوبَةً إِلَيْهِ صَلَاةً دَائِمَةً بِدَوَامِكَ بَاقِيَةً بِبَقَائِكَ لَا مُنْتَهَى لَهَا دُونَ عِلْمِكَ صَلَاةً تُرْضِيكَ وَتُرْضِيهِ وَتَرْضَى بِهَا عَنَّا صَلَاةً تَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ وَالسَّمَاءَ صَلَاةً تَسْتَجِيبُ بِهَا دُعَاءَنَا وَتُزَكِّي بِهَا نُفُوسَنَا وَتُحْيِي بِهَا قُلُوبَنَا وَتُحِلُّ بِهَا الْعُقَدَ وَتُفَرِّجُ بِهَا الْكُرَبَ وَيَجْرِي بِهَا لُطْفُكَ فِي أَمْرِي وَأُمُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَبَارِكْ لَنَا عَلَى الدَّوَامِ وَعَافِنَا وَاهْدِنَا وَامْدُدْنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا آمِنِينَ وَيَسِّرْ لَنَا أُمُورَنَا مَعَ الرَّاحَةِ لِقُلُوبِنَا وَأَبْدَانِنَا وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ فِي دِينِنَا وَدُنْيَانَا وَآخِرَتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا عَلَى الْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ وَاجْمَعْنَا مَعَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَذَابٍ يَسْبِقُ بِنَا وَأَنْتَ رَاضٍ عَنَّا غَيْرَ غَضْبَانَ وَلَا تَمْكُرْ بِنَا وَاخْتِمْ لَنَا مِنْكَ بِخَيْرٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ بِلَا مِحْنَةٍ أَجْمَعِينَ ❁
Allāhumma ṣalli wa-sallim ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa-ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammadin s-sābiqi li-l-khalqi nūruhu, ar-raḥmati li-l-ʿālamīna ẓuhūruhu ʿadada mā maḍā min khalqika wa-mā baqiya wa-man saʿida minhum wa-man shaqiya ṣalātan tastaghriqu l-ʿadda wa-tuḥīṭu bi-l-ḥaddi ṣalātan lā ghāyata lahā wa-lā ntihā'a wa-lā amada lahā wa-lā nqiḍā'a, ṣalātaka llatī ṣallayta ʿalayhi ṣalātan maʿrūḍatan ʿalayhi maqbūlatan ladayhi maḥbūbatan ilayhi ṣalātan dā'imatan bi-dawāmika bāqiyatan bi-baqā'ika lā muntahā lahā dūna ʿilmika ṣalātan turḍīka wa-turḍīhi wa-tarḍā bihā ʿannā ṣalātan tamla'u l-arḍa wa-s-samā'a ṣalātan tastajību bihā duʿā'anā wa-tuzakkī bihā nufūsanā wa-tuḥyī bihā qulūbanā wa-tuḥillu biha l-ʿuqada wa-tufarriju biha l-kuraba wa-yajrī bihā luṭfuka fī amrī wa-umūri l-muslimīna wa-bārik lanā ʿalā d-dawāmi wa-ʿāfinā wa-hdinā wa-mdudnā wa-j-ʿalnā āminīna wa-yassir lanā umūranā maʿa r-rāḥati li-qulūbinā wa-abdāninā wa-s-salāmati wa-l-ʿāfiyati fī dīninā wa-dunyānā wa-ākhiratinā wa-tawaffanā ʿalā l-kitābi wa-s-sunnati wa-jmaʿnā maʿahu fī l-jannati min ghayri ʿadhābin yasbiqu binā wa-anta rāḍin ʿannā ghayra ghaḍbāna wa-lā tamkur binā wa-khtim lanā minka bi-khayrin wa-ʿāfiyatin bilā miḥnatin ajmaʿīn.
34. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad and upon the Family of our master Muhammad, whose light preceded creation and whose manifestation is a mercy to all the worlds, as numerous as all that has passed of Your creation and all that remains, and all who are fortunate among them and all who are otherwise. A prayer that encompasses all number and encompasses every limit, a prayer with no end, no conclusion, no duration, and no cessation. Your prayer which You bestowed upon him, a prayer presented to him, accepted by him, and beloved to him, an everlasting prayer by virtue of Your everlastingness, enduring by virtue of Your eternity, with no end short of Your knowledge. A prayer that pleases You, pleases him, and through which You are pleased with us, a prayer that fills the earth and the heavens, a prayer by which You answer our supplications, purify our souls, give life to our hearts, untie our knots, relieve all distress, and through which Your subtle grace flows in my affairs and the affairs of the Muslims. And bless us continually, grant us well-being, guide us, strengthen us, and make us secure, and ease our affairs with comfort for our hearts and our bodies, and grant us safety and well-being in our religion, our worldly life, and our hereafter. And cause us to die upon the Book and the Sunnah, and gather us with him in Paradise without any punishment preceding us, while You are pleased with us and not displeased, and do not let Your decree overtake us unexpectedly, and grant us from Yourself a good ending with well-being and without trial, all of us.
﴿سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ﴾ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ ❁
﴾Subḥāna Rabbika Rabbi l-ʿizzati ʿammā yaṣifūna, wa-salāmun ʿalā l-mursalīna, wa-l-ḥamdu li-Llāhi Rabbi l-ʿālamīna ﴿bi-raḥmatika yā Arḥama r-rāḥimīn.
35. “Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe, and peace be upon the messengers, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds” (37:180-182), by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
About al-Kibrit al-Ahmar
Al-Kibrit al-Ahmar (“The Red Sulphur”) takes its name from the legendary substance of alchemy, which was believed to transform base metals into gold. In the language of Islamic spirituality, the title symbolises the purification and transformation of the human heart through remembrance of Allah and abundant prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ.
Attributed to Shaykh Muhyiddin Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, this collection brings together Qur’anic verses, prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ, supplications, and invocations. Its structure reflects the classical Sufi understanding that regular remembrance of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ serves as a means of spiritual refinement and nearness to Allah.
The litany concludes with prayers seeking relief from hardship, protection, forgiveness, and Allah’s Pleasure. For this reason, it has long been recited by scholars and spiritual masters as part of their daily awrad.
Within the Chishtiyyah tradition, al-Kibrit al-Ahmar is commonly recited each day, particularly after the Fajr prayer. Those who have received an ijazah from their Shaykh may also be given additional guidance regarding its recitation according to their individual spiritual circumstances.
Reported Virtues
The regular recitation of al-Kibrit al-Ahmar is associated with the following benefits:
- Purification and refinement of the heart.
- Drawing nearer to Allah through abundant prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ.
- Strengthening one’s spiritual connection with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
- Relief from spiritual, physical, and worldly hardships, by Allah’s permission.
- Protection, blessings, and inner tranquillity.
- Purification of the lower self and growth in one’s spiritual state.
- The attainment of Allah’s Pleasure.
Recommended Recitation
The following recitations have been recommended for particular purposes:
- For regular daily recitation: Recite each day, particularly after the Fajr prayer.
- According to one’s spiritual training: Those who have received an ijazah from their Shaykh may follow any additional guidance given regarding its recitation.
Disclaimer:
The reported virtues, benefits, and recommended practices associated with this prayer are transmitted through traditional Salawat literature and the teachings of various scholars and spiritual masters. Their authenticity, interpretation, and acceptance may differ among scholars, and the fulfilment of any promised benefit depends entirely upon the will of Allah. This prayer should be recited with sincerity, lawful intention, and complete trust (tawakkul) in Allah. Above all, the greatest virtue of Salawat is the act of sending prayers and peace upon the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ itself, through which one increases one's love for him and draws closer to Allah through His Beloved Messenger ﷺ.
