Book Name:Faizan e Rabi Ul Awwal
قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللّٰهِ وَ بِرَحْمَتِهٖ فَبِذٰلِكَ فَلْیَفْرَحُوْاؕ-هُوَ خَیْرٌ مِّمَّا یَجْمَعُوْنَ(۵۸)
Say you (O Beloved), ‘Only Allah’s Bounty and His Mercy; and only upon it they should rejoice.’ That is better than all of their (accumulated) wealth.
[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 11, Surah Yunus, Verse 58)
The renowned commentator of the Quran, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states the following under this verse: O Beloved! Give the people these glad tidings and also command them to express joy when they receive a bounty or mercy from Allah Almighty. Show general happiness at all times, but show special joy on those days in which this favour came, i.e. in Ramadan, for the bounty of Allah arrived in the form of the Quran, and in Rabi’-ul-Awwal particularly the 12th, for the mercy to the worlds, Sayyiduna Muhammad صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was born.
This bounty and mercy or celebrating them is better than the worldly wealth, goods, money, properties, land, animals, fields, and even your children, because this joy is not personal, rather it is universal. It is not temporary, it is perpetual. It is not only restricted to the world, rather it is for both the worlds and the religion. It is not physical, rather it is for the heart and soul. It is does not result in loss, rather it brings reward. (Tafseer Na’eemi, Part 11, Surah Yunus, Taht-al-Ayah 58, vol. 11, p. 378, summarised)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Dear Islamic brothers! Thus, we come to know that Rabi’-ul-Awwal and particularly the 12th night of this blessed month has many merits and blessings, because it was on the 12th that the darkness of Kufr and Shirk came to an end. Light spread in every direction. Joy and happiness dispersed. Sayyiduna Jibraeel-e-Ameen عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام placed a flag on the roof of the Ka’bah. The palace of Kisra [the king of Iran] was hit by an earthquake and the palace began to crack. The fire which was burning for one thousand years was extinguished by itself. With the command of Allah Almighty, the doors of the skies and Paradise were opened. The face of Satan was disgraced, and the Eid