Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 149
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 149 champion among this large group of honourable Prophets, who annihilated himself in obedience to God to such an extent that God's will became his will. That "Pride of mankind" who raised the slogan, "My prayer, my sacrifice, my life and my death are for the sake of All a h Who is the Creator of the universe. " Then God inclined toward him with compassion and granted him all his aspirations. On the day of Judgement all the Prophets would be requested by their followers to intercede on their behalf. When all the Prophets would put forward an excuse, this Champion of God would advance and prostate before his Lord and seek permission to intercede for his Ummah. He would be given the glad tiding ﺳﻞ ﺗﻌﻄ "Today whatever you beseech shall be granted. " At this, a large number of his followers who had weaknesses in their record of good deeds, would be forgiven. Surely, this would be the grand accepted prayer, regarding which our master the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa used to say, "Every Prophet has been given the promise of acceptance of prayers and I have reserved this promise of God for my Ummah. On the day of judgment I will offer this prayer. " Thousand upon thousand Dar u d for this great benefactor who cared for his Ummah so much. 27 In reality our Holy Prophet Muhammad sa taught us the real essence of prayers. He