AuthorMuḥammad bin Abū Bakr bin Rashīd al-Baghdādī al-Shāfiʻī
DescriptionThis collection comprises a series of abecedarian panegyrics dedicated to the Prophet Muhammad. The work is systematically structured according to the Arabic alphabet, with each poem corresponding to a successive letter from Alif to Yāʼ. This organizational scheme provides a mnemonic framework, guiding the reader through praise of the Prophet’s virtues, character, and spiritual station while adhering to the formal constraint of alphabetical ordering. For researchers, the collection exemplifies the intersection of devotional poetry and linguistic artistry in Islamic literary traditions. The abecedarian structure demonstrates how formal poetic devices serve both aesthetic and pedagogical functions, transforming praise of the Prophet into a memorisable, alphabetically sequenced liturgical anthology.
Extentff. 122v-151r
PlaceIslahul Uloom Arabic College, Kerala, India
Yeard. 1264
Citational-Qaṣāʼid al-witrīyya fī madḥ Khayr al-bariyya, Muḥammad bin Abū Bakr bin Rashīd al-Baghdādī al-Shāfiʻī, MAC37/CM4, vii, https://ari.nus.edu.sg/arabia-asia-archives/mac37-cm4-vii/
