All the Companions are like the Sun;
They illuminated the world with their light.
FROM THE AUTHOR
All the Companions are like the Sun;
They illuminated the world with their light.
They left their relatives and beloved children
And came to the Messenger of Allah like one who is destitute.
They faced slaughter without fear, such was their sincerity;
They gave preference to the Gracious God even at the time of the greatest tribulation.
They recited the Shahadah despite the sword bearing down on their necks; such was their devotion.
They testified to the truth publicly with the sincerity of their hearts.
They presented themselves for every battle; such was their sincerity.
They hastened forth even if they had to cross the wilderness.
They were righteous and humble before their Lord.
They spent their nights remembering Allah and crying before Him.
They were all noble people; we do not differentiate between them.
They were like the limbs of Khairur-Rusul [the Best of Messengers].
People speaking ill of them is not just;
It is rancour which is born out of their low desires.
When I observe the Companions of the Messenger,
I realise that all of them have been favoured by Allah with everlasting honour.
They followed the Messenger wherever he travelled and wherever he dwelled;
They became like dust in their beloved’s path.
They rose to help our Prophet faithfully at a time
When misguidance and rebellion were rampant.
For the sake of Allah, they faced every calamity;
They smiled in the face of death and exile.
Their brightness is beyond description;
The intensity of their light burns the faces of the spiteful.
Look at their services and steadfastness
And leave the enemy alone in his pain and anguish.
O our Lord, for the sake of the Companions of the Holy Prophet, have mercy on us,
And forgive us, O Allah the Bestower of favours!
Allah knows that if I live longer, I will do whatever I can
To propagate this eulogy of the Companions among the enemies.
If you abuse them and laugh at them callously,
Prepare yourself to face every kind of humiliation.
Whoever insults the Companions of the Prophet shall be destroyed;
This is the truth which cannot be denied.