Were humanity not lost until the Lord guided them through mission of His Beloved, asks Mujeeb Jaihoon in an eulogy of the Holy Prophet
“By the Glorious Morning Light,
And by the Night when it is still,
Your Guardian-Lord has
Not forsaken you,
Nor is He
displeased.”
Came a voice within:
Were you not thirsty,
And HE Meem-quenched?
Were you not lost,
And HE Meem-guided?
Were you not in the dark,
And HE Meem-kindled?
Were you not depressed,
And HE Meem-inspired?
Were you not corrupt,
And HE Meem-cleansed?
Were you not in naught, O Jaihoon,
And HE Meem-created you?
Mustafa is the only note
Of the saga of creation.
Mustafa is the only reason
HE gives the world a damn.
You owe your every smile
To the glory of Amina’s son.
Neither your words nor breath
Suffice to salute his greatness.
Your Lord has not given any—
Not in verse nor prose—
The power nor might
To justify nor befit his praise.
Therefore, keep to yourself
Your hopeless dream,
With your hopeless rhyme
Of Meem, the love-acclaim.
Oct. 1 2022 (Rabiul Awwal 5 1444). (Riyadh)