IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda Burda , or Qaseedatul Burda, is a famous poem in Arabic that offers heartfelt ...
Yet another translation of the Qaseeda Burda Shareef [Ode of the Mantle], composed in Arabic by Imam Muhammad Sharafuddin al Busiri in the 13th century for the Prophet of Islam (PBUH), has just been ...
Of Allah; O believers wake up" This is a loose translation of a melodious Urdu poem that once used to reverberate through the empty lanes of old Dhaka deep into the Ramadan night. For all latest news, ...