Sheikh Ali Mansur

1921 - 1971, Indonesia

Sheikh Ali Mansur Siddiq Bashaiban was a scholar and poet from Indonesia.

A Blessed Dream

He penned this poem after seeing a dream of the blessed companions of Badr. The poem grew in popularity and is now sung far and wide, all over the world.

Sheikh Ali Mansur is buried in Maibit, a village in the Tuban Regency of East Java in Indonesia.

May Allah surround him with mercy, blessings and peace.