Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 51
51 5: LOVE FOR THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH The love which Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra had for Ḥaḍrat Muhammad s as the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets is evident from every single line of the poems he has written about the Holy Prophet s as. He wrote several outstanding Na‘t s which are, by definition, poems written in the love and honour of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. These poems, arouse in the hearts of their readers love f or the Holy Prophet s as , and also lay bare the deep love Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra had for the Messenger s a s of God. One such Na‘t , originally written in Urdu, titled " Salām ba - Ḥuḍūr Sayyidul - Anām ", which means "Salutations to the Chief of all Creation" 34 , is a literary masterpiece in its own right, and indeed quite unp aralleled. Making reference to this particular Na‘t , Ḥaḍrat Khalīfatul - Masīḥ IV ra said on the occasion of Jalsa Salana UK 2002: " Neither have I heard nor have I ever read a Na‘t such as this, leaving aside, of course, the Na‘t s written by the P romised Mes siah as. And I believe , this Na‘t will, forever, continue to win acclaim for Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra. " 35 This Na‘t discusses the various aspects of the life, character and glory of the Holy Prophet s as , elaborately and exquisitely. This Na‘t is so marvellou s that it deserves to