“When one stands before an immense sea of beauty and perfection, where does one begin in trying to describe it? In trying to experience it? In trying to encompass it?”
How true indeed. The text is taken from the back of the book and above it is a prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) written in both Arabic and English. Together, the prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ and the excerpt above forms the shape of the na’al, or the Prophetic sandal. MasyaAllah such beauty.
The book itself is a beautiful compilation of the Mawlid ad-Daiba’i by the team behind Be Loved by the Beloved ﷺ. It includes the biography of the Imam ad-Daiba’i, intentions and merits of attending a mawlid, and 40 merits of sending salutations upon the Prophet ﷺ.
And amongst the merits listed are:
* Compliance with the Command of Allah ﷻ
* The person who sends it once attains ten blessings from Allah ﷻ
* Ten good deeds are written for the person who sends it
* Ten sins are erased for the person who sends it
* Du’a that is preceded with salutations will ascend to Allah ﷻ
* The person who sends it attains the Prophet ﷺ’s intercession
* The person who sends it obtains forgiveness from Allah ﷻ
Following the introduction is the complete Mawlid ad-Daiba’i in Arabic text with English translation. What took my breath away was the commentary after each section of the mawlid and nasyid, complete with verses from the Holy Quran, Hadith, stories and lessons.
One of the shorter commentaries is below, from Section 13 of the Mawlid:
Throughout Sayyidatina Amina’s pregnancy, many amazing signs occurred. Among them were:
* She did not feel the heaviness of pregnancy that other women would usually feel.
* She kept having dreams or visions telling her that she was carrying the Master of the nation.
* She kept having dreams or visions that what was in her womb was light. As she described: “I kept following that light with my eyes, but it kept advancing forward till it lit the East and the West of the Earth.”
Lesson: All of these were signs felt by Sayyidatina Amina from Allah ﷻ to indicate that the baby she held in her chaste womb was not a normal child. This beautiful baby would come unto Earth in total humbleness to his God, shining the Earth with the light of guidance.
SubhanAllah
As I’ve said earlier, the book is a beautiful compilation and the love, longing and sincerity of the writers shine through in the closing prayer at the end of the book. MasyaAllah. And as we take a sip from the beauty of the Mawlid ad-Daiba’i, one cannot help but to long for a sip from the well of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
“For even a sip of such greatness overwhelms. Even a sip of such purity cleanses and elevates. Even a sip of such love extinguishes the raging fire of Hell.”
اَللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
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