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Jaami ‘s deepest love for Prophet Muhammad ( peace be upon him)

Prophet devotion is one of the core values of the Islamic faith. And an eternal and unconditional devotion to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the foundation of one's belief in his Risalat (prophethood).

Jaami ‘s deepest love for Prophet Muhammad ( peace be upon him)D

evotion to the Prophets is one of Islamic faith ‘s essential creeds. And to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) an infinite and unconditional love is the pillar of one’s belief in his Risalat (prophethood). Significantly, just as the basic tenet is Tawheed (One God), Khatm-e-Nabuwwat (finality of prophethood) is the cornerstone of Islam. Muslims of all denominations therefore hold the last Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in the utmost esteem. It can be deeply felt in the poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal’s Urdu couplet which wrote in his celebrated “Jawab-e-Shikwa”:

“Ki Mohammed Se Wafa Tune, To Hum Tere Hain,
Yeh Jahan Kya Cheez Hai Loh-O-Qalam Tere Hain.”

(We ‘re yours only with your loyalty to Prophet Muhammad. Let ‘s say this universe is yours, even the tablet and the pen).

In fact, it is considered the foundation of Islamic mysticism (tasawwuf) to show veneration for the holiness of the Prophet. Jalaluddin Rumi, the Turkish whirling dervish, was so engrossed in an unconditional love for the Prophet Muhammad that he saw him in a pious dream and said: “There has never been a beauty like that of Prophet Muhammad in this world or the next. May the glory of God help him!”

Rumi dedicated the entire Masnavi, his masterpiece, popularly known as the “Persian Qur’an,” to the Prophet’s exaltation (pbuh). He wrote:

“O Muhammad, I bring blessings upon you;
So that the breeze of closeness (to God) may widen.
Since, with all the proximity,
They ‘re allowed to tackle all pieces.”

Another Persian Sufi poet and writer of sizeable mystical literature, Jaami, was so deeply in love with the Prophet Muhammad that he would compose poems for his holiness to comfort his heartache.

“At your separation my soul breaks into pieces,
And because of my sins my heart is getting weak, O Prophet.
I am drowned in your love and my heart is bound by the chain of your love.
Yet, O Prophet, I do not know this language of love.”

This degree of reverence for the Prophet, which is an integral part of the divine way, is in fact enunciated in the Qur’an:

“Tell (O Muhammad) that if you love Allah, obey me, Allah will love you and forgive you for your sins. And Allah is Merciful, and Forgiving.”(3:31)

The Qur’an therefore categorically asked the Prophet himself to instruct his companions in the maximum exaltation, love , and respect for his holiness, and to be cautious in this, to the extent that they did not even lower their voices, as stated in another verse. But in the truest sense, the deepest love is to emulate the beloved as an example to every life. Rumi rightly says: “If Muhammad does not create a course in our hearts, in our hearts he does not exist.”

Truthfulness, trustworthiness and tenderness are the best element to imitate out of the Prophet ‘s life. In Persian Jaami writes:

“Gul az rukhat aamokhta nazuk badani ra badani ra,
Bulbul ze tu aamokhta shireen sukhani ra, sukhani ra.”
(Flower has learnt tender-being from your face,
And nightingale has learnt from you the sweet words).

 

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