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!
MyKoul
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem