In the Kaaba...

In the Kaaba which his forefather Abraham built for his Lord, whom he looked for on the earth and in the skies, but found in a place closer than his own jugular vein...

An old man absorbed in prayer...

Those living under the sun take refuge in an anxious night; those hunting at night become downcast under the weight of the approaching news.

Minutes that seem like an hour...

The moment the universe and all of creation have always waited for draws close, but that last moment is like an eternity.

Silence has captured time; only a plea arises from the Kaaba.

From the old man absorbed in prayer at the Kaaba...

At the moment time stands still, a strong voice fills the Throne of God:

"Good tidings, hey Abdulmuttalib! A child was born from Amina, a mercy to the worlds!"

While words of gratitude fall from the lips of the old man Abdülmuttalib, Mecca awakes on an eternal morning. The city surrounded by mountains throws off its gloom. The news becomes rain and pours down abundance to the lips of the desert. While the pious who never surrendered to idols embrace the light, the unconscious gods of the pagans are destroyed one by one.

 The newly born becomes abundance for the Quraish. In years of drought his prayers direct the rain to the earth. Mecca consolidates its power and position on the peninsula during the period when he grows up.

The child Muhammad grows, sharing the abundance bestowed upon him with everyone around him. He enters adulthood by passing very difficult tests. Born without laying eyes on his father, the beloved of Allah loses his mother at age six and at age eight his grandfather, the leader of the Quraish and his guardian. By losing his loved ones and being torn from his family one by one, Muhammad is groomed by his Lord to be presented to mankind. In the stormy atmosphere in the Arabian Peninsula centered in the Kaaba, he stands out with exalted virtue untouched by worldly ambition and conflict. He prepares for this exalted station not by withdrawing from the world, but in the midst of life. And, finally, he takes his place at the summit of the earth by perfecting all the traits that will make him a model for mankind until Doomsday.

First the Quraish are called to obey Allah and the Apostle greeted by the angels. However, their response to the call of the Prophet (pbuh) from among them is very rough. The Prophet and those who believe in him are made the object of an active war. Not because they do not find believable the call of the Prophet whose words they are sure of. They agree on oppression and darkness because they can not tolerate their social order built on injustice and power to be destroyed.

In spite of all the oppression, prohibitions and embargoes, the call grows and spreads to the farthest corners of the world. However, no city attains the station of Medina which is the first to open its arms to him and which will host him eternally.

Making the morning prayer, Muslims of Medina lean their backs on the hills of the city and fix their eyes on the horizon until the sun scorches the hilltops. Hours pass, but the horizon only puts forth silence. Hopes are postponed until tomorrow and the people withdraw to their homes.

The people of Medina have again retreated to their homes. The streets are breathing hot air. A strong proclamation resembling thunder surrenders the street to the swell of the crowd. Exhausting his voice with his shouting, the crier can only guide the flowing stream of people looking at him with his fingers. His fingers fix on two men close in age to one another sitting under a palm tree. Eyes open wide; the crowds at the tips of the fingers that whetted their curiosity are competing with each other to see. Being tall had never been envied this much. 

Fixed under the palm tree, hundreds of eyes are burning with curiosity regarding "Which one." Given wings by whispers, this question lands on Abu Bar's ear. The fortunate man stands up and shades the master of mankind with his shirt. Lips thirsty for the reason for the creation of the universe all shout with one voice: "That's him! The Prophet of Allah!"

Opening in Mecca, the rose bud and his faithful friend advance inside Medina with approximately five hundred shouts saying: "Welcome, let's go in safety and peace." The world's most meaningful and magnificent official parade is taking place. The master of mankind is honoring Medina with his presence. On rooftops small girls with protruding eyes compete at the summit of curiosity. Spread out in the streets, Medina's people become invigorated with the screams of "Allah aqbar! The Prophet has come. Allah aqbar! Muhammad has come." Shouts of takbir seize the city. All Muslim houses which have invited the Prophet fix their eyes on his feet. The enthusiasm of the city rises to the dome of the sky with the joyful songs of Ansar children:

"The full moon has risen over us from the tops of the Wada Mountain; how fortunate we are!"

And the Prophet completes his life in the Ansar city that offered him unlimited support with these words: "We will be with you all the time everyplace. Take what you want from our property; leave what you want to us. We are ready to do whatever you command. We swear to Allah that if you show us the sea and dive in, we will dive in with you."

The mercy of the worlds Prophet who surrendered his soul to his Lord in Medina refreshes his existence on earth with every "candle" holiday. He is remembered with great enthusiasm in a huge geographical area from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Now the world is on the threshold of another "happy birthday."

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), whose birth was met by the shaking of the universe, whose apostleship was met by the denial of the Quraish, and whose migration was met by the love of the Ansar, undoubtedly expects to not only be remembered at special times, but to live on every moment in the sunnah in the daily lives of believers.