MAULANA’S LOVE, RESPECT AND PRAISE FOR MUHAMMAD (PBUH)

It is understood that these lines which Maulana repeats in several places are first of all spoken for his beloved, Muhammad (pbuh). In these verses he expresses his longing and yearning for his beloved and his helplessness in this matter.

If the wind had taken me to you,

I would have held tight to the skirts of the wind.

I miss you so much that I would fly to you faster than a bird;

But how can a bird with a clipped wing fly?

It is understood that the yearning felt for the Prophet by Maulana, who was accustomed to longing, was much greater than what he felt towards Shamsuddin Tabrizi and the others he loved. He expresses his longing for the Prophet in this brief anecdote:

The Wailing pole was crying and moaning like people with intelligence because of separation from the Prophet.

The Prophet asked, “Hey pole, what do you want?” The pole replied, “My blood has frozen from separation.  You were leaning on me, but now you left me and have mounted the pulpit…”

If Mustafa does not make a path in our hearts, does not exist in our hearts and does not lean on our hearts, it is natural that we moanl and turn into a Wailing pole.

While giving a sermon, the Prophet would lean on a branch from a date tree. When those listening to him in the masjid increased, they made a pulpit because everyone could not see his saintly face.  When the Prophet mounted the pulpit, the date branch, which was one of the poles supporting the masjid, began to moan because of separation from Muhammad. Finally, when the Prophet descended from the pulpit and put his hand on the “wailing” pole, it became quiet. Maulana refers to this event in the anecdote above.

Maulana eagerly waited to escape from the prison of this world where he felt longing and return as soon as possible to the side of and reunite with Allah’s beloved friend, Muhammad.

In places where Muhammad is mentioned, we see that Maulana’s style becomes more respectful and refined. Just as with his life, his language was always full of respect and love for the Prophet. In almost every place where the Prophet’s name appears, he shows his love and respect by greeting the Prophet with “May Allah’s mercy and peace be upon him,” as is custom in the Islamic tradition.

He was such a person that on examination day (Miraj) he closed his eyes and heart to the treasury of the seven heavens.

The sky was full from one end to another with houris and angels who wanted to see him.

They all adorned themselves for him, but where was any desire in him except for love, inclination and affection to the beloved?

He was so full of divine exaltation and divine beauty that experts on divinity could not find the path to this station.

He said, “No prophet possessing law can attain my station nor can an angel or even a spirit;” think about that and understand.

“We are honored with the secret, ‘His eyes were not directed to or amazed by anything but God’ (Najm 53/17). We are not crows; we are drunk with Allah, who paints the world in different colors. ‘We are not intoxicated with orchards and gardens,’ he said!”

Wherever there was a tree or rock, it openly greeted Mustafa…

The moon split asunder when it saw his moon face.

He is the imam of good works; he arranges miracles for the beneficent ones.

In short, the Prophet is the unequaled soldier of his age; a prince that astounds his time; one who calls the people to noble tasks; a mercy to all from Allah; the imam of piety and the right way who was privy to the most amazing secrets; the secret of Allah; His pure subject; the glory of God, the law and religion.

He attained exaltedness with his evolvedness.

He illuminated darkness with the beauty of his face.

All his temperaments were beautiful.

Mercy to him and his descendants!