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…
For some time I have been thinking about the name “Muhammad” and how in recent times it is often repeated and mentioned and remains the name amongst names. No other name evokes as much emotion and interest as the name “Muhammad”. In modern times the name “Muhammad” is not alien to Western ears and that is thanks largely, by Divine Providence, to the boxer Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was the most famous man on the planet and still remains a…