In the pagan society of Arabia, a child
was born to a pious widow
To the misguided people of that
land this birth opened a window
To let the rays of knowledge light
up their lives of ignorance
To help them understand the essence of
truth, love and kindness
This child lost his father before birth
and his mother left him soon
To prepare him for the upcoming life,
this was the state truly opportune!
He was always under the Divine guidance
and protection
He was steadily given
by His Creator the right direction
Yes, we believe that from the
breasts which had no milk he drank to his full!
We believe that his foster parents
could satiate themselves from a milk-less camel!
We believe that his heart was washed
with zamzam - his Creator made it clean
We believe in similar truths because a
part of our faith is "to believe in the unseen"!
This child grew up to be a man who was
called "The Trustworthy" by his enemies
This man merely suffered the oppression
before he was commanded to lead the armies
This man befriended the worst of his
enemies through his Message of Truth
This man was gentle towards the
arrogant ones who despised his speech of truth
He was an unlettered man, had no access
to education
He was chosen by the Almighty to bestow
his final revelation
Verse by verse, he was made to memorise
the entire Quran
His birth, his upbringing - his life
was Allah's perfect plan!
He was the man whose enemies loved to
trouble him and enjoy
He was the man who guided them,
although he was aware of each ploy
He believed in his duty for which he
was sent by his Creator
He placed it first and his honor and
comfort followed it later
The enemies of his
message put trash at his doorstep, on his way
He treated them well, through his
conduct guided many from going astray
A nomad outraged people by
urinating in masjid where they prayed
This man instructed them to pour water
over it and later counselled the nomad
Through his honesty, his charismatic
personality when he won countless hearts
When his Message was spread far and
wide, when the valleys echoed beautiful verses
When this orphan child, this unlettered
man became the leader of his people
They called him a liar, a magician!
They couldn't believe this miracle!
A liar could make surplus of wealth to
enjoy luxuries
A magician would have all royalties and
treasuries
He would not have to tie stones over
his belly to suppress his hunger!
Why would he to convey a simple
message of truth struggle and suffer?
At a young age he married Khadeejah who
was a divorcee, 15 years older
He held her in high regard - she was his
friend, a comforter, a counsellor
Years after her death when he
remembered her, his eyes were filled with tears
His love for this wife was so deep that
it made his present wives jealous
He was a true man who
respected women and valued them too
He was strict to discipline them, but
dearly loved them too
When his companions asked him who in
this world was most beloved to him
He wasn't shy to name
"Ayesha" - his wife who was the dearest to him
He taught those uncivilized people the
way of life, its purpose and more
He limited the number of wives they
could have from countless to four
He elevated the status of women, he married
widows and divorcees
He commanded integrity, love, mercy and
harmony in families
He taught them to rejoice at a girl's
birth, to love their daughters
He taught them that Paradise awaits
good fathers of girls - they are it's inheritors!
He would rise from his seat, kiss
Fatima, his beloved daughter, and make her sit
He called her a part of himself -
gave her much love and respect!
He taught people to be kind and
merciful towards speechless animals
He said that a good done to an animal,
to that done to a human equals
While an act of cruelty towards an
animal would weigh in the same way
As done towards a human being, before the Creator
on the Last Day!
He was the one who wept for us hundreds
of years ago
He cared for the people whose
existence he did not know
He called us his brothers and sisters,
who would love him without seeing him
He prayed for our forgiveness, for a
place in Jannah for meeting him
He taught us to believe in all Prophets
who came before him
He loved Jesus and his mother
Mary, for us to believe in him, commanded to love them
He taught us to be patient with those
who do not believe in our faith
He taught us not to disrespect those
who are not on the right path
He taught us not to satiate ourselves
while the neighbour is hungry
He taught us that one is not a believer
who gives his neighbours worry
He taught us to appreciate even a
worthless gift from a neighbour
He taught us to pay wages before the
sweat dries off a labour
He taught us to love the orphans and
warned us from being unjust to them
He taught us to respect the women and
warned us from being unkind to them
He taught us to take care of our
parents and not to say them a hurtful word
He taught us to use pen and paper
before we approach the shield and sword
He taught us to fast to purify our
bodies, to pray to purify the soul
He taught us to give charity, to
have over our desires control
He taught us to enjoin good and to
forbid all forms of evil
He taught us the way of life to save
ourselves from the whispers of devil
The man who reformed the society, who
revolutionised the history
He fought for the oppressed,
for their freedom and liberty
He was sent for us and for you, for
everything ever created!
The Book revealed to him would
till eternity not be fabricated!
He is the best of all teachers,
the guidance to all mankind
He taught us not a religion, but a life
of righteousness he defined!
Than our lives, wealth and families
this man is dearer to us
His honor is our honor, his insult is
poisonous to us
The name of this man is the
heartbeat of his ummah
The real Islam is what is
depicted by him through his sunnah!
This man is Muhammad, the Last and
the Final Prophet of Allah!
Peace be upon him - the most
beloved slave of Allah!
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