Rejoice one and all, the season of the Mawlid is upon us . . . “Love of the Prophet is like the blood in the veins of the Muslims” – Muhammad Iqbal poet and philospher. Considering that we are in the Blessed Month of Rabi al-Awwal, the month in which our Beloved Prophet Muhammad was born in, I would like to share with you an essay I wrote for the CD sleeve notes on Inayet Petker’s nasheed CD called “Salutations”…
by Fariduddin Attar done into English by Abdal Hakim Murad The crown of all the kings is he, with joyful heart declare! The lord of all the Prophets he, his acts beyond compare! How would he be the Leader of the Poor, if the slightest of desires had stained his heart? Poor he remained, because that man’s a Boor, whose wedding gifts his bride from him do part. Because he had nothing, he sat on the sand; Because he was…
as-salamu ‘alaykum, The Hilya of the Prophet: Selections from the Salam of Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi Wheresoever it fell, Life itself was revived Peace be upon that life-bestowing gaze Whom did he see? Let someone enquire of Moses Peace be upon the courage of one with such eyes! Those ears which can hear from both near and from afar Peace be upon that mine: rubies of charismata! How delicate the petals of that holy rose! Peace be…