Talaʽ al-Badru ʽAlayna

Tala al-Badru Alayna (Arabic: طلع البدر علينا, romanized: Ṭalaʿ al-Badru ʿAlaynā) is a traditional Islamic nasheed that the Ansar Muslims of Medina sang for the Islamic prophet Muhammad upon his arrival at Medina.

"Talaʽ al-Badru ʽAlayna"
Song
Language	Arabic
Written	622
Songwriter(s)	Ansars (the Helpers)

Many sources claim it was first sung as he sought refuge there after being forced to leave his hometown of Mecca. Some others, disagree by saying the second line reads "From the valley of Wada" (ﻣﻦ ﺛﻨﻴﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﻮﺩﺍﻉ). The valley of Wada was the place where people would walk with their loved ones who were travelling and say goodbye. It is located north of Medina and Mecca is south and Muhammad arrived at Quba which is south, so it is geographically impossible that it was sung at the Hijrah, some say.^[who?]

The alternative opinion mainly put forth by Ibn Hajar al-ʽAsqalani is that it was sung for Muhammad upon his arrival at Medina, to welcome him after completing the Battle of Tabuk.^[1][2]

Lyrics

Arabic[3]	Pronunciation (Arabic)	Translation (English)[3]
طلع البدر علينا	ṭala‘a 'l-badru ‘alaynā	The full moon rose over us
من ثنيات الوداع	min thaniyyāti 'l-wadā‘	From the valley of Wada'
وجب الشكر علينا	wajaba 'l-shukru ‘alaynā	And it is incumbent upon us to show gratitude
ما دعا للـه داع	mā da‘ā li-l-lāhi dā‘a	For as long as anyone in existence calls out to God
أيها المبعوث فينا	’ayyuha 'l-mab‘ūthu fīnā	O our Messenger amongst us
جئت ﺑﺎلأمر المطاع	ji’ta bi-l-’amri 'l-muṭā‘	Who comes with the exhortations to be heeded
جئت شرفت المدينة	ji’ta sharrafta 'l-madīnah	You have brought to this city nobility
مرحبا يا خير داع	marḥaban yā khayra dā‘	Welcome you who call us to a good way

Performances

Recorded versions

There have been many renditions of the song most notably by Payam Azizi,^[4] Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Oum Kalthoum, Sami Yusuf, Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens, Mesut Kurtis, Native Deen, Raef, Maher Zain, Junaid Jamshed, Marufur Rahman and others.^{[citation needed]}

Other performances

• It was used in the soundtrack of the 1976 film The Message, directed by Moustapha Akkad, and used in scene depicting Muhammad's hijra to Medina^{[citation needed]}.
• It song by Olivia Newton-John as an interlude on her twenty-first album, Grace and Gratitude (2006).
• Little Mosque on the Prairie - Canadian sitcom - The song plays during the closing credits, performed by Maryem Tollar.^{[citation needed]}
• It was used in a piano and symphony piece The Moonlight by Syrian German composer Malek Jandali^{[citation needed]}
• An arrangement by Canadian composer, Laura Hawley, was sung at a holiday concert in Ottawa by a children's choir when Syrian refugees first began arriving in Canada in December 2015.^[5]
• Maher Zain sampled the song in his song "Medina" in his 2016 album One.^{[citation needed]}
• Marcus Viana, (A Brazilian composer) created an arrangement for the poem and used it in his 2003 Album "Poemas místicos do oriente"^{[citation needed]}
• Omar Esa performed it in 2018 in the album My Muslim Family.^{[citation needed]}
• It was sung in the fifth episode of first season of the Turkish series Diriliş: Ertuğrul.^[6]
• In May 2021, it was sung collectively by Indian music composers, A. R. Ameen and Yuvan Shankar Raja.^[7]

See also

• Hijra
• Yathrib (Medina)

External links

• Tala‘a al-Badru ‘Alayna at MuslimHymns.com