The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 333
333. The Holy Prophetsa. Remembrance of his countenance. Sends me into transports of ecstasy;. I am in a state of perpetual intoxication,. Having drank from his goblet. . I would keep on flying towards his lane forever;. Had I but the wings. . Of what use are to me the two lips and the sweet basil,. When I have fallen in love with that beautiful face. . His beauty pulls at the strings of my heart;. The powerful one drags me along with great force. . I found him to be the light of the eyes;. And in its impact, his love is like the bright sun. . Resplendent became the face that did not turn away from him. . He found the remedy, who held on to his threshold. . Everyone who dares enter the ocean of faith without him,. Misses his port at the very outset. . He is unlettered, yet peerless in knowledge and wisdom;. Can there be brighter testimony than this?. God granted him that elixir of knowledge and understanding;. Before whose dazzling light, every star paled into insignificance. . Through him the all human potentials. Were fully actualized. . Every excellence is culminated in his holy person;. Without doubt the reign of all Prophets ended with his coming. . He is the sun for all time and space;. He is the guide of all-the black and the brown.