A’la Hazrat’s Devotion to Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

When A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه went to perform Hajj for the second time, he kept reciting Salat & Salam in front of the sacred tomb till late night with the desire of beholding the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم but, in the first night, he was not predestined to be blessed with that grand privilege. On this occasion, he wrote a famous lyric in whose opening couplet he expressed the hope of attachment with the Merciful Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

Woh su-ay lalah zar phirtay hayn

Tayray din ay bahar phirtay hayn

Explanation of Raza’s poetry: Get bloomed O Spring. Look! The Sovereign of Madinah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is coming towards the flower bed.

In the closing couplet, he expressed his worthlessness in a highly melancholic mood:

Koi kyun puchay tayri bat Raza

Tujh say shayda hazar phirtay hayn

(In the second line of the above couplet, A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه humbly used the word ‘Sag [i.e. dog]’ for himself, however, Sag-e-Madinah has written ‘Shayda’ - one who is deeply in love).

Having presented the lyric, while he was sitting with deep respect, waiting to behold, his fortune smiled as he was blessed with beholding the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم with his eyes in wakefulness.

(Hayat-e-A’la Hadrat, vol. 1, pp. 92)

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! May we be sacrificed on those eyes that beheld the Most Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ in wakefulness! He was