Ta'la al Badru 'Alayna

Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā (Arabic: ) is a traditional Islamic song (Nasheed) that the Ansar sung to the Prophet Muhammad upon his arrival at Yathrib after completing the Hijrahttp://mysticsaint.blogspot.com/2008/03/blessed-month-of-prophets-birthday-rabi.htmlhttp://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeandtimesblog.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F30%2Ftalaal-badru-alayna%2F&date=2009-08-20 in 622 CE.http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/ihame/Sec2.htm The song is currently over 1400 years old, and one of the oldest in the Islamic culture.
==Lyrics==
http://arabicnasheedlyrics.blogspot.com/2009/03/osama-al-safi-talaa-al-badru-alayna.html
طلع البدر علينا 
Tala‘ al-badru ‘alaynā
Oh the white moon rose over us
من ثنيات الوداع
Min thanīyātil-wadā‘
From the valley of al-Wadā‘.
وجب الشكر علينا
Wajab al-shukru ‘alaynā
And we owe it to show gratefulness
ما دعى لله داع
Mā da‘á lillāhi dā‘
Where the call is to Allah.
أيها المبعوث فينا
Ayyuhal mab‘ūthu fīnā
Oh you who were raised among us
جئت بالأمر المطاع
Ji’ta bil-amri al-muṭā‘
Coming with a word to be obeyed
جئت شرفت المدينة
Ji’ta sharaft al-madīnah
You have brought to this city nobleness
مرحبا يا خير داع
Marḥaban yā khayra dā‘
Welcome best caller to God's way
==Performances==
=====Artists & Groups=====
* Yusuf Islam
: Yusuf Islam recorded two versions of the song, one in 1995 for the album The Life of the Last Prophet, and one in 2008.http://www.yusufislam.com/songs-a-z/44f50b079d9a128118f4d446b6f19bb1/
* Mesut Kurtis
* Qari Waheed Zafar
* Faeeza Malinga
* Junaid Jamshed
: Jamshed recorded a version which included several added verses in Urdu for his 2007 album Badr-ud-Duja.http://junaid-jamshed-naats.blogspot.com/2009/07/badru-ud-duja-by-junaid-jamshed.html
* Native Deen
* Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
* Olivia Newton-John
: Olivia Newton-John used the song as a musical interlude for her 2006 album Grace and Gratitude
 	
http://www.olivia-newtonjohn.com/music/lyrics/grace-and-gratitude/, and only performed the first verse.
=====Other Performances=====
* Little Mosque on the Prairie - Canadian sitcom 
: The song plays during the closing credits.
* Mohammad, Messenger of God (The Message) - Film
: The performance of the song in the film re-enacts the actual event at which it was originally sung.
* Muhammad: The Last Prophet - Animated Film
: The performance of the song in the film re-enacts the actual event at which it was originally sung.
==See also==
* Hijra
* Yathrib (Medina)
* List of films about Muhammad
==References==
Category:Islamic music
Category:Muhammad
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