with him with its head lowered just as a bridled camel walks with its driver with its head lowered. Then he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم reached the other tree and took a hold of its branch, and said, ‘With the command of Allah Almighty, obey me and walk behind me.’ Thus, that tree also began to walk behind him like the other tree until they both came close, and the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stood between them and gave the command, ‘With the command of Allah Almighty, converge upon me and form a veil,’ thus, they both joined.

Sayyiduna Jabir رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ states: I ran from there lest the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم trouble himself by going further on account of my closeness to him. I sat at a distance and became lost in a thought. Suddenly, I saw that the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is walking towards me and the two trees had parted and returned to their places.^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Excellence of al-Mustafa صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

Dear Islamic brothers! The rank of our master and our intercessor on the plains of resurrection is the highest from all of the Prophets, and what can be said about his excellence and greatness. His excellence is such that his essence existed before the earth and skies existed, when this world did not exist. He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself states, ‘O Jabir! Indeed, before the whole of creation, Allah Almighty first created the Noor of your Prophet from His own Noor.’^[2]

The excellence of my Master صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is such that Allah Almighty states: If it was not for you, I would not have created the world. The