this very sun is a portion of burnt bread from the dining mat of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Think for a moment! If the entire universe is sufficing on a burnt piece of bread from the dining mat of the Generous Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم , then what will be the state of those pieces of bread from his dining mat that are protected from burning. If looking towards the flaming piece of bread of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, i.e. the sun, causes the eyes to flicker, then what will be the state of the lights of his own blessed face?

A poet very beautifully said:

Qadmon mayn jabeen ko rehnay do
Chehray ka tasawwur mushkil hay

Jab chand say barh ker ayri hay
To rukhsar ka ‘alam kya hoga

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The moon and the observations of Raza

Dear Islamic brothers! We were hearing about the poetry of A’la Hadratرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه   and his devotion to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. The moon is mentioned many times in poetry. Comparing the beauty of the beloved, the handsomeness of the beloved, the appeal of the beloved and the complexion of the beloved to the moon is commonplace throughout Urdu poetry. However, those common examples do not come close to the way in which A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه has used the moon in comparison to the Beloved. Let us hear some examples of this:

   ۔1Poets tend to mention the splendour of the moon, but they ignore its blemishes. However, in light of devotion, A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه has mentioned why the moon has blemishes. Thus, he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states:

Barq-e-angusht-e-Nabi chamki thi us par aik bar
Aaj tak hay seena-e-mah mayn nishan-e-saukhtah

(Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish, p. 136)