Salat al-Azeemiyya
Salat al-Azeemiyya (Arabic: الصلاة العظيمية; “The Prayer of Tremendousness”), also known as Salat al-Idrisiyya (Arabic: الصلاة الإدريسية), is a celebrated prayer transmitted by the eminent saint Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (d. 1252 AH/1837 CE). Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris was the founder of the Idrisi order, a branch of the Shadhili spiritual path. He received this prayer on two occasions: first directly from the Prophet ﷺ without any intermediary, and later through al-Khidr S.
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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ الَّذِي مَلَأَ أَرْكَانَ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ وَقَامَتْ بِهِ عَوَالِمُ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مَوْلَانَا مُحَمَّدٍ ذِي الْقَدْرِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ وَعَلَى آلِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ بِقَدْرِ عَظَمَةِ ذَاتِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ فِي كُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ وَنَفَسٍ عَدَدَ مَا فِي عِلْمِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ صَلَاةً دَائِمَةً بِدَوَامِ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ تَعْظِيمًا لِحَقِّكَ يَا مَوْلَانَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا ذَا الْخُلُقِ الْعَظِيمِ ❁ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ❁ وَاِجْمَعْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ كَمَا جَمَعْتَ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالنَّفْسِ ❁ ظَاهِرًا وَبَاطِنًا ❁ يَقْظَةً وَمَنَامًا ❁ وَاِجْعَلْهُ يَا رَبِّ رُوحًا لِذَاتِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْوُجُوهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا قَبْلَ الْآخِرَةِ يَا عَظِيمُ ❁
Allāhumma innī as’aluka bi-nūri wajhi Llāhi l-ʿAẓīmi, lladhī mala’a arkāna ʿarshi Llāhi l-ʿAẓīmi, wa-qāmat bihi ʿawālimu Llāhi l-ʿAẓīmi, an tuṣalliya ʿalā mawlānā Muḥammadin dhī l-qadri l-ʿaẓīmi, wa-ʿalā āli nabiyyi Llāhi l-ʿAẓīmi, bi-qadri ʿaẓamati dhāti Llāhi l-ʿAẓīmi, fī kulli lamḥatin wa-nafasin ʿadada mā fī ʿilmi Llāhi l-ʿAẓīmi, ṣalātan dā’imatan bi-dawāmi Llāhi l-ʿAẓīmi, taʿẓīman li-ḥaqqika yā mawlānā yā Muḥammadu yā dhā l-khuluqi l-ʿaẓīmi, wa-sallim ʿalayhi wa-ʿalā ālihi mithla dhālika, wa-jmaʿ baynī wa-baynahu kamā jamaʿta bayna r-rūḥi wa-n-nafsi, ẓāhiran wa-bāṭinan, yaqẓatan wa-manāman, wa-jʿalhu yā Rabbi rūḥan li-dhātī min jamīʿi l-wujūhi fī d-dunyā qabla l-ākhirati yā ʿAẓīm.
O Allah, verily I ask You by the light of the countenance of Allah, the Magnificent, which filled the pillars of the Throne of Allah, the Magnificent, and by which the worlds of Allah, the Magnificent, are sustained, that You send prayers upon our master Muhammad, the possessor of tremendous rank, and upon the Family of the Prophet of Allah, the Magnificent, in proportion to the greatness of the essence of Allah, the Magnificent, with every glance and every breath, according to the number of all that is contained within the knowledge of Allah, the Magnificent, a prayer that is perpetual by the perpetuity of Allah, the Magnificent, in exaltation of your due right, O our master, O Muhammad, O possessor of tremendous character. And send peace upon him and upon his Family in like manner. Join me with him just as You have joined the spirit and the self, outwardly and inwardly, in wakefulness and in sleep, and make him, O my Lord, the very spirit of my being in every respect in this world before the Hereafter, O Magnificent One.
Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris traversed the spiritual path under the guidance of several masters from the Shadhili, Naqshbandi, and Qadiri orders. After completing his spiritual training and receiving authorization from his teachers, he was honoured with a wakeful vision of the Prophet ﷺ. Thereafter, he was entrusted with his own litanies and established a distinct spiritual path. Among the litanies bestowed upon him were three principal invocations: a formula of remembrance (the Idrisi Tahlil), a prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ (Salat al-Azeemiyya), and a prayer for seeking forgiveness (Istighfar al-Kabir).
Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris related:
I met the Prophet ﷺ in a wakeful state, and al-Khidr was in his company. The Prophet ﷺ instructed al-Khidr to invest me with the litanies of the Shadhili order, and he did so in the Prophet’s ﷺ presence. The Prophet ﷺ then said to al-Khidr, “O Khidr, give him that which combines all forms of remembrance, supplication, and seeking forgiveness, and which is greater in reward and more abundant in merit.” Al-Khidr replied, “What is that, O Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Say…”
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The Idrisi Tahlil
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فِي كُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ وَنَفَسٍ عَدَدَ مَا وَسِعَهُ عِلْمُ اللَّهِ ❁
Lā ilāha illā Llāhu Muḥammadun rasūlu Llāhi fī kulli lamḥatin wa-nafasin ʿadada mā wasiʿahu ʿilmu Llāh.
There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, with every glance and every breath, according to the number of all that is encompassed by the knowledge of Allah.
And so he [Khidr] recited it [the Idrisi Tahlil], and I repeated it after him, while the Prophet ﷺ repeated it three times. The Prophet ﷺ then taught the Prayer of Tremendousness, after which he said, “Say…”
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Istighfar al-Kabir
أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيَّ الْقَيُّومَ ❁ غَفَّارَ الذُّنُوبِ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ ❁ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمَعَاصِي كُلِّهَا وَالذُّنُوبِ وَالْآثَامِ ❁ وَمِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ عَمْدًا وَخَطَأً ظَاهِرًا وَبَاطِنًا ❁ قَوْلًا وَفِعْلًا ❁ فِي جَمِيعِ حَرَكَاتِي وَسَكَنَاتِي وَخَطَرَاتِي وَأَنْفَاسِي كُلِّهَا دَائِمًا أَبَدًا سَرْمَدًا ❁ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ الَّذِي أَعْلَمُ ❁ وَمِنَ الذَّنْبِ الَّذِي لَا أَعْلَمُ ❁ عَدَدَ مَا أَحَاطَ بِهِ الْعِلْمُ وَأَحْصَاهُ الْكِتَابُ ❁ وَخَطَّهُ الْقَلَمُ ❁ وَعَدَدَ مَا أَوْجَدَتْهُ الْقُدْرَةُ وَخَصَّصَتْهُ الْإِرَادَةُ ❁ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِجَلَالِ وَجْهِ رَبِّنَا وَجَمَالِهِ وَكَمَالِهِ ❁ وَكَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى ❁
Astaghfiru Llāha l-ʿAẓīma lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa l-Ḥayya l-Qayyūma, Ghaffāra dh-dhunūbi Dhā l-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrāmi, wa-atūbu ilayhi min jamīʿi l-maʿāṣī kullihā wa-dh-dhunūbi wa-l-āthāmi, wa-min kulli dhanbin adhnabtuhu ʿamdan wa-khaṭa’an ẓāhiran wa-bāṭinan, qawlan wa-fiʿlan, fī jamīʿi ḥarakātī wa-sakanātī wa-khaṭarātī wa-anfāsī kullihā dā’iman abadan sarmadan, mina dh-dhanbi lladhī aʿlamu, wa-mina dh-dhanbi lladhī lā aʿlamu, ʿadada mā aḥāṭa bihi l-ʿilmu wa-aḥṣāhu l-kitābu, wa-khaṭṭahu l-qalamu, wa-ʿadada mā awjadathu l-qudratu wa-khaṣṣaṣathu l-irādatu, wa-midāda kalimāti Llāhi kamā yanbaghī li-jalāli wajhi Rabbinā wa-jamālihi wa-kamālihi, wa-kamā yuḥibbu Rabbunā wa-yarḍā.
I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the Magnificent, besides Whom there is no god, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Forgiver of Sins, the Possessor of Majesty and Honour, and I turn to Him in repentance from all acts of disobedience, all sins and misdeeds, and from every sin I have committed intentionally and unintentionally, outwardly and inwardly, in word and deed, in my every movement and stillness, in my passing thoughts and my breaths, always, forever, and eternally, from the sin I know and from the sin I do not know, by the number of all that knowledge encompasses, the Book has enumerated, and the Pen has inscribed, and by the number of all that divine power has brought into being and divine will has determined, and by the ink of Allah’s words, as befits the majesty of our Lord’s countenance, His beauty, and His perfection, and in the manner that our Lord loves and is pleased with.
This is the Great Invocation for Seeking Forgiveness (Istighfar al-Kabir). Al-Khidr (peace be upon him and our Prophet ﷺ) recited it, and I repeated it after both of them. Thereupon, I was clothed in light, invested with the Muhammadan Strength (Quwwa Muhammadiyya), and granted divine unveilings. The Prophet ﷺ then said to me, “O Ahmad, I have given you the keys to the heavens and the earth” (referring to these invocations). Thereafter, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrusted me with these prayers directly, without any intermediary, and I in turn transmitted them to the spiritual aspirants (muridin) just as the Prophet ﷺ had transmitted them to me.
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About Salat al-Azeemiyya
Salat al-Azeemiyya, together with the Idrisi Tahlil and Istighfar al-Kabir, forms part of the daily adhkar recited by adherents of the Jafari Order, a spiritual path founded by Shaykh Salih al-Jafari (d. 1399 AH/1979 CE). Shaykh Salih followed the spiritual tradition of Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris, receiving the Idrisi litanies and teachings from Shaykh Muhammad al-Sharif, the grandson of Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris.
In a dream, the Prophet ﷺ instructed Shaykh Salih to grant his followers permission to recite these litanies. The Shaykh related:
I was travelling by sea from Jeddah to Libya when I saw in my sleep that I was sitting in the cabin in which I was staying. I was seated on a bed, and beside me was another bed. As I sat reciting the First Salawat (of the Salawat of Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris), the Prophet ﷺ entered the room, sat upon the other bed, and said, “I have come to hear from you the Salawat of Ibn Idris.”
The Prophet ﷺ then lay on his right side. The more I continued reciting, the more his blessed light increased, and the clearer he became to me. While I was still reciting, I thought to myself that I should rise to greet him. So I stood, kissed his noble hand, and he wiped my face and chest with it. He then motioned with his hand for me to sit and complete the prayer. I sat down again and completed the First Salat, then continued with, “O You of perfect form, O You of beautiful attributes,” until I reached the end of the Seventh Salat. Thereafter I awoke, rejoicing, filled with happiness, and thanking Allah Most High.
The Prophet ﷺ had already granted me a general ijaza for all the Salawat. This came about through a dream in which I was sending prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ using formulas other than those of our Idrisi tariqa. However, when I began reciting the Azeemiyya of Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris, the Prophet ﷺ appeared before me seated upon a chair. I rose, kissed his noble hand, and said:
“O Messenger of Allah, shall I send prayers upon you using this formula?”
He replied, “With it and with others besides it,” while gesturing with his noble head from above to below and from below to above.
Accordingly, I grant ijaza in this Salat al-Azeemiyya to all my brothers, whether from the Idrisi tariqa or otherwise, from the East to the West of the world, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted me ijaza in it. Likewise, I grant them ijaza in the First Salawat, which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard from me. I also grant them ijaza in the remaining Salawat, for which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted me ijaza by saying, “With it and with others besides it.” My chain of transmission (sanad) in all of this is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
I have great hope that everyone who hears these words of mine, turns to these Salawat with both heart and body, and recites them regularly with love and conviction, will be blessed with seeing the Prophet ﷺ in sleep and in the waking state. Nothing stands between me and those who doubt this except experience. So, O you who are enamoured with yourself, proud of your every deed, heedless of the precincts of sanctity, and turning away from the means of intimacy with Allah, hasten to us, and then hasten again! For in every age there are manifestations, pearls, and jewels.
Thus, O blessed reader, you now possess an ijaza in the noble Salat al-Azeemiyya, the remaining Salawat of Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris, and all other formulas of salawat in the world. Your chain of transmission (sanad) is as follows: from the great Pole, our master Shaykh Salih al-Jafari, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
The Shaykh went on to say:
You must act upon this counsel, for it is more precious than gold and silver. It will cause you to outstrip even the swiftest riders upon the racecourse and, by the permission of Allah Most High, will lead you to that which you seek, to that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, nor has ever occurred to the heart of man. It is as follows:
If you wish to recite the Azeemiyya, or any of the other Ahmadiyya Salawat, you should be in a state of wudu, seated facing the qibla upon your knees with your gaze lowered. Direct your heart and soul towards the Prophet ﷺ, envisioning his noble Muhammadan form within your heart, and behold him as though you are witnessing him directly. By doing so, the veils between you and the one beheld ﷺ will be lifted. He will look upon you as you look upon him, love you as you love him, and bestow upon you from his sublime glances and his luminous spirit, causing your soul to tremble just as a fresh green branch trembles when watered.
This is especially so if it is recited in a secluded place after the Fajr prayer or during the depths of the night. If anything is disclosed to you, do not relate it to anyone except your Shaykh, from whom you received the spiritual path. If nothing is disclosed to you, then remain patient until you attain spiritual maturity and become worthy of it.
He said Most High: ‘And when he reached full strength and maturity, We gave him wisdom and knowledge.’ (28:14)
Shaykh Ibrahim al-Rashid, one of the foremost disciples and successors of Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris, wrote in one of his letters:
As for the Azeemiyya, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about its virtues. He replied, “It outweighs the Dalail al-Khayrat by a thousand thousand thousand thousand thousand times.” He repeated the word “thousand” twenty times.
Its merit is even greater than this, but this expression was used to make it easier for us to comprehend. Reflect upon the secret of his words: “In every glance and every breath, by the number of all that is contained within the knowledge of Allah, the Tremendous.”
Shaykh Ibrahim al-Rashid also authored a treatise on the life and lofty rank of his shaykh, Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris. Among the accounts he relates is the following:
Among his miracles, may Allah be pleased with him, was that one of his disciples passed away in Makkah, may Allah Most High honour it, and was buried in al-Mu’alla. During the burial, one of the brethren, a man blessed with spiritual unveiling (kashf) and illuminated insight (basira), was present.
He saw our master Azrael, peace be upon him, arrive with bedding from Paradise and magnificent lamps. He expanded the grave as far as the eye could see, prepared the bedding for the deceased, and placed the lamps within it.
The man witnessing this said to himself, “If only Allah would honour me with such a distinction when I die.”
Our master Azrael, peace be upon him, then turned to him and said, “Every one of you shall receive the same honour through the blessing of the Salat al-Azeemiyya.”
It is also related that a Ba Alawi shaykh was once travelling with a group of companions when they passed another caravan. He insisted that the caravan be stopped and requested that the saddlebag of an elderly man be opened. Inside were some clothes and a single sheet of paper upon which Salat al-Azeemiyya was written.
“Ah,” he remarked, “I wondered where that powerful light was coming from.”
Reported Virtues
The regular recitation of Salat al-Azeemiyya is associated with the following benefits:
- Drawing nearer to Allah and strengthening one’s connection with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
- Seeing the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in dreams and, by Allah’s permission, in the waking state.
- Receiving the Prophet’s ﷺ love, spiritual attention, and blessings.
- The lifting of spiritual veils and spiritual openings.
- Receiving wisdom, knowledge, and divine gifts through sincere and regular recitation.
- Immense reward and merit, as reported in traditional Idrisi literature.
- Honour in the grave through the blessings of this salutation.
- Blessings associated with keeping and reciting this salutation.
Recommended Recitation
The following recitations have been recommended for particular purposes:
- For regular recitation: Recite while in a state of wudu, seated facing the qibla with one’s gaze lowered, directing the heart towards the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
- For spiritual openings and nearness to the Prophet ﷺ: Recite in a secluded place after the Fajr prayer or during the depths of the night.
- For spiritual progress: Recite regularly with sincerity, love, conviction, and complete presence of heart, remaining patient if no spiritual experiences are immediately perceived.
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It is mentioned in Risalat al-Awrad al-Idrisiyya, that :
‘Whoever recites this salaat will be rewarded with assistance from every prophet and messenger and angel and wali and all of Allah’s slaves on the Day of Judgment.’
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