Understanding Salat — Page 201
Qa‘dah 201 this couplet, I wished in my heart that it was I who had com- posed this couplet. ’ ( S ī rate T ayyibah, pp. 22-23) All ā humma s alli ‘al ā Muhammad means, ‘O God, magnify Mohammad in the present world by exalting his renown and manifesting his invitation [to El-Islám] and rendering permanent his law, and in the world to come by accepting his intercession for his people and multiplying his reward’ ( Lane’s Lexicon, Root: صلو , Entry: صلّى ). We pray that the Holy Prophet sas be magnified in this world and the next. Magnification in this world is through the people of the world accepting the truth of his sas prophet- hood. Magnification in the hereafter is by his sas intercession being accepted by Allah Almighty. All ā humma b ā rik ‘al ā Mu h ammadin wa ‘al ā ā li Muhammad means, ‘Continue Thou, or perpetuate Thou, (O God,) to Mohammad and to the family of Mohammad the eminence and honour which Thou hast given them:. . . or continue to bless or beatify’ ( Lane’s Lexicon, Root: برك , Entry: بارك ). We pray that the blessings on the Holy Prophet sas never decline, whether in this world or the next. We pray that they continue forever and that they always continue increasing. Hadrat Khal ī fatul Mas ī h V aba said, In summary, in All ā humma s alli ‘al ā Mu h ammad, we pray for the prevalence of his sas Shar ī ‘ah , and that Meaning of S alli and Bārik