Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 101
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 101 propped himself on the right side, put his right hand under his right cheek and paused for a while. He started to cry again, so much so that the ground became wet with his tears. At dawn Hadrat Bil a l ra came to call him for S al a t and found him weeping. Hadrat Bil a l ra said, "O Messenger of God, as God has forgiven you, then why do you cry? " H u du r sa replied, "Should I not be grateful to All a h?" He then said, "The reason for my crying is that tonight these verses were revealed ِ َّ ا ِْن ىف ٰﺧَﻠْﻖ ِ اﻟﺴَّﻤ ﻮَات ِوَاﻻَْرْض َّوَاﺧْﺘِﻼَف ْ اﻟﻠ ﻴ ﻞ وَاﻟﻨَّﻬَﺎر. He recited the last ten verses of S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n and said, "Woe to the person who recites these verses and does not reflect on them. " 32 During the period of his prophethood, a solar eclipse occurred. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa stood up to offer the solar eclipse S al a t ( S al a t-e-Kus u f). He performed very long Ruk u ' s and Sajdahs. He was crying so much that it became like a hiccup. He was praying, "O my Lord, have You not promised to me that You will not punish the people as long as I am in them? Have You not promised that as long as they do Istighf a r, You will not send down punishment, so we do Istighf a r (You forgive us). 33 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa continued to pray until the eclipse finished. Even with such humility, his fear of All a h was such that he used to pray for increase in Taqw a and fear