REASONS FOR HIS LOVE, RESPECT AND DEVOTION TO MUHAMMAD (PBUH)

We can list the reasons for Maulana’s love, respect and devotion to Muhammad (pbuh) based on material from him as follows:

a. The Greatness of Muhammad’s Name and His Worth

According to Maulana, Muhammad’s name is sacred. Those who make fun of his name or take it lightly will become wretched and sorry. Again according to Maulana, the world takes pride in Mustafa. No one like him has come or will come. Due to this, he is the last prophet.

His name passes as Ahmed in the Bible. Because of this, reasonable Christians, in whose book his name and attributes are written, do not have difficulty in recognizing the last prophet Muhammad. Muhammad’s name is a sound fortress; for this reason, those who take refuge in him are protected and saved.

In his works, especially his Letters, Maulana, using the prophet’s name, asks for some demands to be met for his sake.

b. His Being an Important and Worthy Person

According to Maulana, just as Muhammad is important for all of mankind, he has a special importance and value for his ummah. According to Maulana, Muhammad is time’s unequaled soldier and server. He is a mercy sent to man by Allah. Again, being the imam of piety and finding the true path, he is the last and the favorite of prophets. Due to this, he has a special value both for Allah and mankind.

Again according to Maulana, Muhammad is the mercy of the worlds and he gave nobility to the poor. He taught many fine secrets to friends of God and soldiers of the heart.  Because he showed loyalty and a smiling face, he has a special importance and worth when compared to other people and prophets.

c. Having Beautiful Virtues

In his works, Maulana mentions Muhammad with these names and characteristics.  Even though some are names of praise, the beautiful virtues of the Prophet underlie them.

Hadrat Ahmed…; Embodiment of the Law, Ahmed…; Mustafa;

…O Prophet of Goodness, o refined person; moon-faced; sweet-tempered Mustafa…

Mine of love, O sea of goodness…

…Trustworthy one…

Imam of good works; giving order to miracles and the beneficent, Mustafa…

Miraj sultan…

O “Vennajmi” padishah, “Abese” sultan…

…Interceding friend, a noble light…one who has tied the belt of intercession to his waist, o sun of the next world, mercy to the sons of Adam…

In addition to the beautiful names and attributes we have listed so far, Maulana also mentioned the beauty and beautiful morality Muhammad possessed. As he indicated, people learned beautiful morality and purity from Mustafa.

Muhammad was a person who did not give value to worldly goods. He tried to conquer hearts, not the world. Muhammad’s desire to conquer Mecca and other places was because of Allah’s command, not because he wanted worldly goods.

d. His Receiving Divine Grace and Favor

Of course, Allah will protect His beloved prophet of mercy whom he chose for a specific mission and will make his religion victorious. As Maulana indicated, Allah’s light is helping Muhammad.  If the protector of someone is Allah, then a bird will be his sentinel and guard, even a fish! According to Maulana, Allah’s greatest gift to Muhammad was the teaching of the Quran, revelation and esoteric knowledge. 

Allah’s raising Muhammad on the Miraj can be considered as one of His greatest blessings and favors. Maulana frequently dwells on the Miraj event. The reasons for the miraj are based on Allah’s giving His beloved servant and envoy blessings, favors, good news and spiritual gifts; showing that Muhammad’s worth and rank in Allah’s eyes was above that of other prophets; giving him strength and courage; and showing him some scenes regarding the conditions of the afterlife in order to inform his ummah of them.

e. His Having A Great Mission

At a time when the ignorant appeared and idolaters and deviation were dominant, Allah sent Muhammad with light shining in his heart. He revealed a book that would heal hearts. “O mankind, advice and remedy for the troubles in your hearts have come from your Lord” (Al-Yunus 10/57). While the people had conformed to things with no essence, he was sent to guide them with truth on the straight path. He gave advice to his ummah with his words and actions; he explained to them the roads that are haram and halal. Thus, he completed his mission of apostleship. With Maulana’s words, the law Muhammad brought superseded previous laws.

As an example of truthfulness, the Prophet carried the mission of conveying the truth: “…Whatever Ahmed says is truth from the sea of truth. His words are pearls from that sea.”

As Maulana indicated, a prophet needs to awaken the people through his call. However, the prophet who is given this duty does not have the power to lead people to the straight path. He can only struggle in this direction. In the final analysis, saving people is Allah’s job. God Almighty has two main attributes: wrath and grace. Prophets have been subjected to both. Believers are subject to Allah’s grace and non-believers to His wrath.

In short, Muhammad came with the mission of saving people from the fire of ignorance and guiding and enabling them to live what is right, true, beautiful, and good. While fulfilling his mission, he behaved in a very kind, protective and watchful way.

He said to the sea of kindness, “I am kinder to you than you. 

I resemble a man sitting on the edge of a fire that has become terribly inflamed and stark…”

His saving efforts were not just for this world, but for the next world as well.

The resistance of the ignorant and their obstacles to his religion would not be effective against Muhammad’s influence and power, and the religion he conveyed will endure until Doomsday. What remains for man to do is to affirm the apostleship of the Prophet who shouldered this important mission. Muhammad was truthful (al-Amin), loyal and did not talk off the top of his head; he conveyed to man what Allah revealed to him.  The person shouldering this mission should be approved of.

f. Due To His Superiority and the Universality of His Message

According to Maulana, many people have been created from clay, but the most superior among them is Muhammad. The last of the prophets spread abundance to the world in honor of religion. Unopened doors open with his breath; his prayer was answered in both worlds. He is an intercessor in this world and the next. In this world he guides people to religion and in the next world, to heaven. The earth has given forth many children, but Ahmed is superior to them all!

On account of the Prophet’s superiority, Maulana mentions him with many beautiful names and virtues. A few of them are: Mustafa was formidable and a giver of glad tidings. He was the prophet who spoke the most beautifully, the most clearly and the most appropriately. Muhammad has no equal. He is the best of the nation of prophets; the light on the earth and in the heavens. An envoy of both worlds, he was a guide to man and jinns. As Muhammad himself said, no prophet would follow him and no ummah would be superior to his.

Coming to the universality of Muhammad’s message to mankind, we find alot of material of Maulana on this subject. With Maulana’s words, the coinage of sultans constantly changes, but Ahmed’s coinage will endure until Doomsday! What can those who do not see this as a miracle say to the radiant Quran with a hundred tongues called the “Mother of Books”? No one has the power to steal a letter from it or add a word to it. “How many commentaries have been written for the Quran because God wanted Muhammad to exalt religion, wanted it to be brought forth and wanted it to endure?... The whole world has written volumes of commentary since the Prophet’s time until now and they are still writing, but they are ever helpless to grasp and understand it. As stated in the Quran, even if Muhammad dies, the religion he conveyed will remain (Al-i Imran 3/144), and the Quran will be under divine protection (Al-Hijr 15/9).”