Islam - Its Meaning for Modern Man — Page 218
218 witnesses throughout the hours of the day and the night the visible response of hundreds of thousands, to God’s command: “Allah and His Angels send blessings on the Prophet. O ye who believe, do you also invoke His blessings on him and salute him with the salutation of peace” (33:57). The visitor treads the streets and paths of Medina with his heart and soul surcharged with love, devotion, and gratitude to that pre-eminent Servant of Allah, who dedicated every moment of his life to the service of Allah and His creatures (6:163—4). The intervening centuries seem to vanish and the visitor experiences the feeling that only yesterday did that gracious Servant and Messenger of Allah tread those same paths in humility and devotion. He, too, is inspired with the feeling expressed by a Pakistani poet: Every path I view with eyes of love; Perchance along this one he might have trod.