Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 80
CHAPTER 4 A perfect servant of the Almighty God who discharged his obligations 80 saw him like a cloth on the ground. He was praying. َ َﺳَﺠَﺪ ِﻟَک ْ ﺳَﻮَاد ِی َ وَﺧ ِْ ﻴ ﺎىل َ وَآ َﻣَﻦ َﻟَک ٴ ِ ﻓُﻮ ْ اد ِّی ٰرَب ﻫ ٖ َﺬِہ ﻳ َ ﺪَا َی ْ وَﻣَﺎﺟuَ ُ ﻴ ﺖ ٰﺑِﻬَﺎ َِْ َﻧَﻔkْ ِ ﻳ ْ ﺎﻋَﻈ ﻴ ُﻤًﺎ ٰ ﻳ ِّْﺮ ِﻟ ِ ُﻞ ﻋَﻈ ٍ ﻴ ِﻢ َاِﻏْﻔِﺮ ِاﻟﺬَّﻧْﺐ ْ اﻟْﻌَﻈ ﻴ ﻢ 40 "O All a h, my body and soul are prostrating for You. My heart believes in You. O my Lord both my hands are out stretched before You and whatever injustice I have committed with them is well known to You. O the Greatest, to whom we aspire for great things, You forgive my huge sins. " He informed Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra , "Gabriel had told me to recite these words. You should also recite them in your prostrations and whoever will recite these words in Sajdah , will be forgiven before he raises his head. " Love of Worship The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa loved worship of his Lord more than anything else. Every ninth day he would get his turn to be with his beloved wife Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra. Once on a cold winter's night, after entering her bed, he asked her permission to spend the night in worship. She allowed him readily and he spent the whole night crying before his Lord and the place of his Sajdah became wet with his tears. 41 His prayers were so full of pathos that