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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1

Note 437 — TALE OF NÚR AL-DÍN ALÍ & HIS SON BADR AL-DÍN HASAN

Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2

Arab. "Labbayka," the cry technically called "Talbiyah" and used by those entering Meccah (Pilgrimage iii. 125-232). I shall also translate it by "Adsum." The full cry is:—

Here am I, O Allah, here am I!

No partner hast Thou, here am I:

Verily the praise and the grace and the kingdom are thine:

No partner hast Thou: here am I!

A single Talbiyah is a "Shart" or positive condition: and its repetition is a Sunnat or Custom of the Prophet. See Night xci.

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