An illuminated manuscript open on a red cloth, radiating golden light

The Praised Station

Maqaam Al-Mahmoud

المقام المحمود

“Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who believe, send blessings upon him and greet him with a worthy greeting.”

Surah al-Ahzab 33:56

A visual library of every available book — revelation, devotion, poetry, wisdom and witness — gathering the history of love and the content of blessings and salutations of light exchanged between Allah and His Prophet ﷺ.

The Shelf

9 volumes. Open any one to read its history and its passages in Arabic and English.

Revelation

القرآن الكريم

Al-Qur'an al-Karim

Revealed to Muhammad ﷺ

610 – 632 CE

The primary source of the exchange of light: Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet, and the believers are commanded to join that same salutation.

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Devotion

دلائل الخيرات

Dala'il al-Khayrat

Imam Muhammad al-Jazuli

d. 870 AH / 1465 CE

The most widely recited collection of salutations upon the Prophet ﷺ, arranged for the days of the week and carried across three continents.

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Poetry

قصيدة البردة

Qasidat al-Burda

Imam Sharaf ad-Din al-Busiri

d. 696 AH / 1294 CE

The Poem of the Mantle — one hundred and sixty verses of love that have been sung in every language a Muslim has ever prayed in.

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Biography

الشفا بتعريف حقوق المصطفى

Ash-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa

Qadi 'Iyad al-Yahsubi

d. 544 AH / 1149 CE

The definitive treatise on the rank, character, and rights of the Prophet ﷺ — the book that taught the Muslim world how to speak about him.

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Revelation

صحيح البخاري

Sahih al-Bukhari

Imam Muhammad al-Bukhari

d. 256 AH / 870 CE

The most rigorously verified record of the Prophet's words and conduct, including the wording of the salutation he himself taught.

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Poetry

مثنوی معنوی

The Masnavi

Jalal ad-Din Rumi

d. 672 AH / 1273 CE

Persian verse that reads the whole cosmos as a love letter, with the Prophet ﷺ as the lamp by which the letter is read.

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Wisdom

إحياء علوم الدين

Ihya 'Ulum ad-Din

Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

d. 505 AH / 1111 CE

The Revival of the Religious Sciences — forty books on turning knowledge into character, with love of the Prophet ﷺ as the axis of the heart.

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Poetry

ديوان حسان بن ثابت

Diwan Hassan ibn Thabit

Hassan ibn Thabit

d. 54 AH / 674 CE

The poet of the Prophet ﷺ, who praised him while he still walked the earth and was answered from the pulpit itself.

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Wisdom

شهادات العالم

The World in Praise

Global writers, historians and thinkers

18th – 21st century

How writers, historians, and heavyweights outside the tradition described Muhammad ﷺ — gathered, sourced, and set beside the classical praise.

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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّد

O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.

Maqaam Al-Mahmoud