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Muhammad
(prayers and peace of GOD be on him)
One
will understand that in a theology treaty of Islam, the life
of it's Prophet is studied with more detail than the
Prophets of any other religion. One will also understand his
noble haloed face of light, his high outlined completeness,
in time and space, the privileged place he occupies in the
hearts of men and women, old and young, rich and poor of his
community (Oumma),
whatever their race, history and cultural. Prayers
and peace of GOD be on him.
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Poem in praise of
Prophet Muhammad prayers and peace of
GOD on him |
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Written by Hassan
ibn Thabit
(a companion of the
Prophet)
'When I saw his
light shining forth, In fear I covered my eyes
with my palms,
Afraid for my sight
because of the beauty of his form.
So I was
scarcely able to look at him at all. The lights
from his light are drowned in his light
and his face shines out
like the sun and moon in one. A spirit of light
lodged in a body like the moon,
a mantle made up of
brilliant shining stars. I bore it until I could
bear it no longer. I found the taste of patience
to be like bitter aloes. I could find no remedy to
bring me relief other
than delighting in the sight of the one I love.
Even if he had not brought any clear signs with
him, the sight of him
would dispense with the need for them. Muhammad is
a human being but not like other human beings.
Rather he is a flawless diamond and the rest of
mankind is just stones. Blessings be on him so
that perhaps GOD may have mercy on us
on that burning Day
when the Fire is roaring forth its sparks.'
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'Muhammad his life based on the earliest sources.' |
"Ramadan was the
traditional month of retreat, and it was one night towards
the end of Ramadan, in his fortieth year, when he was alone
in the cave (mount Hira near Makkah), that there came to him
an Angel in the form of a man. the Angel said to him:
"Recite!" and he said: "I am not a reciter," whereupon, as
he himself told it, "the Angel took me and whelmed me in his
embrace until he had reached the limit of mine endurance.
then he released me and said:' Recite!' I said: 'I am not a
reciter,' and again he took me and whelmed me in his
embrace, and again when he reached the limit of mine
endurance he realised me and said: 'recite!', and again I
said 'I am not a reciter.' then a third time he
whelmed me as before, then released me and said:
"Recite in the name
of thy Lord who created! He created man from a clot of
blood. recite; and thy Lord is the Most bountiful, He who
hath taught by the pen, taught man what he knew not".
(Quran Alaq :96)
He recited these words
after the Angel, who thereupon left him; and he said "It was
though the words were written on my heart." But he feared
that this might mean he had become a jinn-inspired poet or a
man possessed. So he fled from the cave, and when he was
half-way down the slope of the mountain he heard a voice
above him saying: " O Muhammad thou art the Messenger of
GOD, and I am Gabriel (Jibrail)."
The Prophet stood gazing at the Angel; then he turned away
from him, but whichever way he looked the Angel was always
there, astride the horizon, whether it was to the north, to
the south, to the east or to the west. "
Source:
'Muhammad' his life based on the earliest sources .Author:
Martin Lings. page
43/44
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'Muhammad' his life based on the earliest
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Recommended readings
:- on the life of Prophet Muhammad
(blessings and prayers of GOD be on him) |
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As-Shifa - The
Healing : of Qadi Ayad
(Arabic, French and English)
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Nur ul Yaqeen -
The Lights of Certainty
(in Arabic, French and English)
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Muhammad' his life based on the earliest
sources-author Martin Lings.
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