Ishiriniya Fassarar Boko

Ishiriniya Fassarar Boko brings you the Ishriniyyat (al-‘Ishriniyyat), the celebrated odes in praise of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by the Andalusian poet Abu Zayd ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi (d. 627 AH), recited for centuries in gatherings of remembrance across West Africa.

The Arabic is set in the Warash (Maghribi) script that readers in Nigeria and West Africa learn in Qur'anic school, with a translation in Hausa (in Latin letters, "boko"), French or English.

There is one ode for each letter of the Arabic alphabet, and every verse begins and ends with that letter. The odes are given with their takhmis: each original verse is led in by three added lines, making stanzas of five. The original verse is shown in green.

★ WHAT'S INSIDE
• All 29 odes and 585 stanzas, in fully vowelled Warash script
• Arabic recitation built in – plays offline on every phone
• Hausa translation read aloud too, line by line
• Each line lights up as it is heard, and the page follows along
• Play a single stanza or the whole ode; pause and carry on from the same point
• Listen to the Arabic, the Arabic then the translation, or the translation alone, at the speed you like
• Make the text larger or smaller with A− / A+ or by pinching
• Continue reading where you stopped
• Light and dark themes
• A reminder every 10 days to come back to the poem (can be turned off)
• Works fully offline

The translations are a help to understanding and do not replace the Arabic or the explanation of a teacher.

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