The Cathedral of the Heart - Veneration of the Prophet Muhammad Habibullah

51. Share with Me!

God created because

He wanted to be known,

And He was most loving

Of all upon the first,

Being Muhammad.

Bringing Muhammad

Closer to Him than any other,

As Muhammad delighted in His Presence,

And He was delighted with Muhammad.

And in His most Munificent,

He created creation

To share in His pleasure

Of his Most Beloved.

So God is speaking unto your soul,

Share with Me! Share with Me!

How beautiful is He!

How noble is He!

How praise worthy is He!

So be not reticent

In your expressions

Of delight in God’s

Chosen One!

Sing! Sing! Dance! Dance!

Dance, fools, dance!

If this is how the Servant is,

My heart, my mind, my eyes

Stops at the point of creation,

And cannot even conjecture,

The Wonder that is God…

There are those who profess the faith of Islam, but cannot stand the veneration that many, many Muslims give to the founder of Islam, Muhammad the Messenger of God. They say that such veneration tantamount to giving God a partner, when God Himself said that He is One, Absolute and there is no god but Himself. It is a continuing rebellion, so we must continue our own undying rejection of such misguided and childish perception of the nature of God and the nature of Muhammad. After 3 years, the following prose is recorded against this 'dogma'...

Share with Me! Part 2

God is of the Unknowable Essence,

So each stature and station

That we discover of Muhammad,

Only raises the Unknowable Essence

Of God that much higher

And that much further.

So there is no possible heresy

In the veneration of Muhammad Habibullah,

But those who seek calamity

Shall verily find calamity.

As they continue to give

The Essence of God

Their own limitations.

And this I say condescendingly

From the library of the mind,

They have yet to read what

Can be read in the Cathedral of the Heart,

Where in truth,

There is only Ahad

And Ahmad.

My brother tells me that only a Sufi will understand the prose I am sharing today. But I told him that I cannot pick and choose my readers.

Cathedral of the Heart in Medina, and in you.

Have a wonderful day, sunshine. 'Tis Friday.

wa min Allah at-taufiq.

P/S - Other Posts on the Veneration of the Prophet Muhammad-
The Prophet & Sir Kishan Prasad Shad (1864-1940)
My Candle & the Prophet's SuperNova - Escaping the Gravitational Pull of the Sun
Veneration of Muhammad, a Love beyond Religious Dogma - Prose of Ramadhan Part 30
The Riddle - Who Am I? Prose of Ramadhan Part 37