His praise · مدائحه · Eulogy
Eulogies of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
How noble was the manly form of the Prophet; whom moral qualities adorned; whom beauty enveloped; and whom beauty of features distinguished! (54) Like the flowers in softness, and the full moon in splendour, and the sea in liberality, and time in endeavours! (55)
Translation: J. W. Redhouse (1881).
Only facts with a translation published by a recognised source are shown. More will follow, with their source.
- Author
- al-Būṣīrī
- Source
- Al-Burda
- Reference
- v. 54-55
- Grade
- Eulogy: words of a scholar or a poet about the Prophet ﷺ, neither a hadith nor a verse.
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