Tala' al Badru 'Alayna

Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā (Arabic: طلع البدر علينا) is a traditional Islamic song known as nasheed that the Ansar (residents of Madinah) sang for Muhammad upon his arrival at Madinah, to welcome him after completing the Battle of Tabuk. Some claim it was first sung as he sought refuge there after being forced to leave his hometown of Mecca. The song is currently over 1450 years old, and one of the oldest in the Islamic culture.

The poem is written in a variety of the Arabic metre (US: meter) known as ramal, and goes as follows (where – is a long syllable, u is a short syllable, and x either long or short), from left to right:

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-Raef

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