Darood Ghousia
Darood Ghousia or Salat al-Ghawthiyya is a prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ written by Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. This prayer appears in numerous classical Islamic awrad books including Dalail al-Khayrat and Hizb al-A’zam.
Durood Ghousia Arabic, Transliteration and Translation
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ سَیِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ السَّابِقِ لِلْخَلْقِ نُورُهُ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ ظُهُورُهُ ❁ عَدَدَ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَمَنْ بَقِيَ وَمَنْ سَعِدَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ شَقِيَ ❁ صَلَاةً تَسْتَغْرِقُ الْعَدَدَ وَتُحِيطُ بِالْحَدِّ ❁ صَلَاةً لَا غَايَةَ لَهَا وَلَا مُنْتَهَى وَلَا انْقِضَاءَ ❁ صَلَاةً دَائِمَةً بِدَوَامِكَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَسَلِّمْ تَسْلِيمًا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ❁
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin s-sābiqi li l-khalqi nūruhu wa raḥmatun li l-ʿālamīna ẓuhūruhu, ʿadada man maḍā min khalqika wa man baqiya wa man saʿida minhum wa man shaqiya, ṣalātan tastaghriqu l-ʿadada wa tuḥīṭu bi-l-ḥaddi, ṣalātan lā ghāyata lahā wa lā muntahā wa la n-qiḍā’a, ṣalātan dā’imatan bi-dawamika wa ʿalā ālihi wa aṣ-ḥābihi wa sallim taslīman mithla dhālik,
O Allah, send Your prayers upon our Master, Muhammad whose light predated all creation, and whose manifestation is a mercy to all realms. Bless him in measure as vast as all those among Your creation who passed and all those who remain to come, as all those who are joyful among them and those who are sorrowful alike. Let these prayers envelop all limits and surpass all numbers. Grant him prayers without end, boundless and eternal, as enduring as Your own eternal Being. And may Your peace and favour extend in equal measure upon his family and companions.
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About Darood Ghousia
Durood Ghousia, also known as the prayer of Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, is found in several renowned awrad and adkhar works, including:
- Dalail al-Khayrat (Waymarks of Benefits) by Imam Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli
- Hizb al-A‘zam (The Supreme Daily Remembrance) by Mulla Ali al-Qari
- Majmu‘ah Salawat al-Rasul (A Compendium of Blessings upon the Prophetic Messenger ﷺ) by Khwaja Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Chohravi
- Afdal al-Salawat (The Best of Prayers) by Imam Yusuf ibn Isma‘il an-Nabahani
- Awrad al-Qadiriyyah (The Spiritual Litanies of the Qadiriyyah Order), compiled by Muhammad Salim Bawwaab
Shaykh al-‘Adawi, in his commentary on Dalail al-Khayrat, cites Shaykh Muhyi al-Din, a renowned figure in Yemen, who said:
Whoever recites this prayer ten times in the morning and ten times in the evening will earn Allah’s Pleasure, be shielded from His chastisement, and experience continuous divine mercy and protection. Their affairs will be eased and blessed by Allah.
Commentators have shared that Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani would conclude his litany with this prayer. The Egyptian scholar Shamas al-Din Al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1497) mentions that certain scholars have stated that a single invocation of it is equivalent in reward to ten thousand prayers.
References
- The Muhammadan Litanies: Prayers upon the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for Invocation and Reflection — From the works of Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabahani. Translation and Notes by Abdul Aziz Suraqah.