The Final Prophet Poem by Mohammad Younus

Before He was elevated to the position of the final prophet...
...and the revelation 'Read' tore through him in the cave of Hira...
...his people. would call him:
The most trustworthy! The most truthful!
The first command He heard from Allah through Gabriel was:
'READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has created -
created man out of a germ-cell!
Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One...
...who has taught [man] the use of the pen -
taught man what he did not know! '
Thus, He taught him to read after he heard the jingling of the bell divine;
The humble of Allah at first with great humility had said:
‘I cannot';
At intervals before, he climbed alone a mountain....
...to contemplate in the cave of Hira;
No one, no guide told him to go there...
...for meditation and contemplation;
How then did he go there?
It was God who inspired this to his heart;
There was no water available for ritual ablution there;
No formal prayers did he know then;
It hadn't been revealed as yet to him...
...how to stand, bend or prostrate to One God;
And yet he had been in pre eternity given a special heart...
...to pray to One God and to wash away the ‘I';
His heart sensed with certainty...
...the One Eternal creator, and the sustainer;
His ascent up to the station of the final prophet...
...was not, however, just an easy accident;
In truth, from the very young age, he continued to seek his way...
...to The Truth in mystic absorption - day in and day out;
His God was most merciful to him; He got him away from fanciful thinking...
...and led him to Him - the actual reality;
It was only God Himself who instructed him...
...how to know and comprehend His Oneness...
...and with submissive courage kneel down to Him...
...in order to carry out the prophetic mission;
He was verily successful in doing his job...
...as he himself says in his Last Sermon:
'O Allah, be my witness, that I have conveyed your message to Your people.'
O People! God has sent to you a messenger from amongst you -
A witness, a bringer of good tidings, and a warner;
And a caller to Allah by His permission and a light to illuminate you;
Follow in his illuminated footsteps!

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