Seerat-i-Tayyiba — Page 31
31 15 While on the subject of blessings which emanate from the Holy Prophet, the Promised Messiah says in another place: “One night I sent darood ( i. e. invoked special blessings) on the Holy Prophet in such a great abundance that I felt as if my heart and soul had become fragrant with its perfume. The same night I saw in a dream that angels of the Lord were bringing to my abode large bags full of light in the form of pure, limpid water; and one among those Angels said that these were the fruits of the blessings I had sent to the Holy Prophet in the form of darood. ” ( Braheen-I-Ahmadiyya, Part IV) In short, the Promised Messiah had such an exceptional depth of love for the Holy Prophet that it is not possible to find another instance of the kind. His mind, his heart, his soul, were all permeated with this Ishq, this great love, so that we saw with our own eyes, heard with our ears, and felt with our physical and inner perception, that every particle of his being was devoted to Muhammad, to the god of Muhammad, and to the Religion of Muhammad. With great depth of feeling he says in another poem: “My heart I have tendered, To Thee, and now only the body Remains. Ah, how I wish That in sacrifice I offer this body too! And still on me they bestow The title of a Kafir : O ye people, Why do ye not fear God at all!” ( Izala-i-Auhaam ) On the point of the Promised Messiah’s Ishq-i-Rasool (i. e. Love for the Holy Prophet) I would here not say anything more, for this is a vast ocean from a man,