Tala al badru alayna recited by Arab scholars during the Grand Mawlid at Minhaj ul Quran

Recitation of the famous Tala`al-badru `alaynâ at the largest gathering to commemorate the birth of the Holy Prophet (s) in the world, arranged at Minar e Pakistan (Lahore) by Minhaj ul Quran International under the guidence of Shaykh ul Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri. “When the Holy Messenger of Allah peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him, made the Hijra (migration from Makka) and arrived in Madina, the women, children and young girls, came out of their homes and accompanied with duffs (small drums) began to sing: Tala`al-badru `alaynâ min thaniyyâtil-wa dâ`î wa jabash-shukru `alaynâ mâ da`â lillâhi dâ`î The Full Moon has ascended from the Thaniyya valley We owe it to show gratefulness, when the call is to Allâh… (Ibn Jawzî, al-Wafâ, vol. 1, p. 252; Yûsuf an-Nabhânî, al-Anwâr al-Muhammadiyya, p. 38; Ibn Kathîr, al-Bidâya wan-Nihâya, vol. 5, p. 23; al-Qastalânî, al-Mawâhib al-Ladunniyya, vol. 1, p. 175; al-Halabî, Sîrat al-Halabiyya, vol. 2, p. 234; al-Bayhaqî, Dalâ’il an-Nubuwwa, vol. 2, p. 233)