In Praise of Muhammad (sas)

By Sayyida Nawab Mubaraka Begum (ra), the daughter of Promised Messiah (as);
Translated from Urdu.

Peace! O guide of the guided course, the life of the universe.
Prayers for you, O perfect goodness, O king of time and space.

Meeting you, we achieved the objective of our life.
Meeting you, we achieved the desire of our heart, the comfort of our soul.

You showed us by example the path of communion with the Beloved.
You told us how to reach the (apparently) invisible Beloved.

The door of your generosity is wide enough for everyone.
Why would not the men and women, young and old, be grateful?

Thirsty spirits are quenched by your benevolence.
O endless ocean of knowledge and Divine enlightenment!

There is only one ladder (Muhammad) to reach the Lord.
Without following you, this expedition is not viable.

You are the mirror, who showed us the face of the Friend,
Gifted the spirit to the body of clay, O life of the universe.

May your teaching stay vivid until the Judgment Day!
You are the eternal physician of the spiritual patients.

This is the beauty that does not fade.
This is the garden that touches not autumn.

No path is shorter than the path of love.
Well said was this point, by the Latter Day Mahdi.

I pray—may it be my heart and your love!
May it be my forehead (prostrating) at your holy threshold!