Tears of Our Righteous Predecessors: Part 3

Tears of our Righteous Predecessors

3.1

The Imām Mahdi (as) has written in a Persian poem,

The kind of relationship I have with the Beloved,

Is beyond the comprehension of all.

 

I cry at His door,

As a woman cries in the pangs of childbirth.

 

All my time is saturated with His love;

How happy is the time! How blissful the days!

 

O the garden of my Beloved! I sing Your praises;

For You have freed me from the beauty of gardens and the joy of spring.

(Ḥaḍrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Hujjat-Ullah, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol.12, p. 149)

Tears of the Holy Prophet (saw): Part 2

Tears of the Holy Prophet (sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

2.1

Ḥaḍrat Mirza Ghulām Aḥmad (as) wrote:

‘In the two blessed names of the Holy Prophet, Muhammad and Ahmad, there are two separate excellences. Muhammad, which means greatly praised, signifies majesty and greatness and carries the flavour of being a beloved one, for a beloved one is praised. It is necessary, therefore, that it should signify majesty. But Ahmad has the flavour of a lover for it is a lover’s part to praise and he praises the beloved. As Muhammad signifies majesty and greatness, Ahmad signifies humility.

 

His life as a Prophet was divided into two parts; one spent inMeccawhich extended over thirteen years and the other spent in Medinah extending over ten years. His Meccan life illustrated his name Ahmad. During that period his time was spent weeping before God, in seeking His help and in supplication. He who is fully informed of his Meccan life knows that no lover could ever equal the tears the Holy Prophet shed and the supplications he made during that period in search of his Beloved, nor can any lover ever do so in future. His weeping was not for himself but was on account of his awareness of the condition of the world.

The worship of God had disappeared and God Almighty, having put faith in his soul, had inspired him with a joy and delight. He naturally desired to communicate this delight and love to the world, but when he observed the condition of the world and the capacities and natures of the people, he was confronted with great difficulties. He wept over this condition of the world so much that he put his life in danger.

 

This is indicated in the verse:

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death because they believe not (Qur’ān, 26:4)’

(Ḥaḍrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 5, pp. 170-171)

Tears For the Sake of Allah: Part 1

Assalamu ‘Alaikum Warahmat Allah Wabarakatuh,

I found this document on Al Islam and thought, after listening to my beloved Hudur’s (ayyadahu Allah ta’ala bi-nasrihi al-‘aziz) Friday Sermon yesterday, that it would be a beneficial addition. It illustrates the depth of humility that the great Prophets, Saints and Friends of Almighty Allah deomnstrated in their worship of Almighty Allah. It is this kind of depth that I believe my beloved Hudur (ayyadahu Allah ta’ala bi-nasrihi al-‘aziz) was calling the followers of the Imam al-Mahdi (‘alayhi al-salam) to strike towards. May Almighty Allah grant each of us khushu’ in our prayers, rememnbrance and suplications, Amin. The full document is worth reading, but is quite long. I am, therefore, going to post it in three parts over the next few days.

Jazak Allah Khayr al-Jazaa’

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Part 1

وَإِذَا سَمِعُواْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ تَرَى أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُواْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ

(5:84) And when they hear what has been revealed to this Messenger, thou seest their eyes overflow with tears, because of the truth which they have recognized. They say, ‘Our Lord, we believe, so write us down among the witnesses’.