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Almighty Allah (the most Gracious and most Exalted) says in Surah Al-Ahzaab [33:56]:

“Surely, Allah (The Most Exalted) and His Angels shower their blessing on the Nabi (Peace be upon him and his family). O, you who believe! Send upon him (Divine) blessings and salute him fully well with best salutation.”

This is a divine gift to the Muslim Ummah that Almighty Allah (Most Glorified and Exalted) invited them to join Him in His favorite pursuit of showering of blessing upon His Beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). Almighty Allah (The Most Exalted) and His angels have been sending and shall continue to send his blessings upon Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). This is a reward unparallel to any person in history on the face of earth.

Almighty Allah awarded him with another great reward: “And we exalted thy name”. Holy Prophet’s name is a part of the Kalimah Tayyaba “Lailaha illallah Muhammad ur Rasoolullah “In every Azan, Iqama, Salaat, Friday khutbas, sermons on Eids and Hajj, this Kalimah Tayyaba is repeated and raised loudly. In every Azan his name (peace be upon him and his family) is repeated twice. There are five azans per day – lets assume that there are 2 million mosques around the globe then the Prophet’s name Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is raised 20 million times daily from the minarets of the mosques alone! Subhan Allah!

Let’s look at one more example: there are 20 Farz (compulsory) rakaats daily Salaat for every Muslim where the name Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) is repeated 35 times a day. For instance we take 500 million Muslims, which is a small figure according to this CNN World report 2009 “There are about 1.57 billion Muslims in the world, according to the report, “Mapping the Global Muslim Population” by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. That represents about 23 percent of the total global population of 6.8 billion. (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/muslim.world.population/index.html).

So, if 500 million Muslims in the world offer daily Salaat regularly. Prophet’s name Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) is repeated 17,500,000,000 times per day on the face of earth!

There is no such example of any person, male or female whose name is repeated so abundantly and with such high dignity daily on earth and for the last 1400 years. This is NOT because of human efforts BUT because of this divine declaration in the Holy Quran :

“And We (Allah) have exalted high your dignity” [Surah Inshirah:4]

Whatever position Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) was called upon to occupy, he brought to it a gleam, the like of which the history of man has not known. There is Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the Prophet. There is Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the Leader. There is Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the King. There is Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the Patriot. There is Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the Warrior. There is Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the Legislator, Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) the Friend, Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), the Compassionate, Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) the Affectionate and so on…..

It was him (peace be upon him and his family) who brought the humanity to the zenith. He was the one (peace be upon him and his family) who received the title of “Rehmatul lil Alameen” (mercy for all the universe) from the Rabbul Alameen (Creator of all the universe). It was him (peace be upon him and his family) who Almighty Allah chose as the “Khatim un Nabi’een” and was named MUSTAFA (peace be upon him and his family) – the Chosen one!

“And We (Allah) have sent you (O dear Prophet Muhammad) except as a mercy for all the universe.” [Surah Al-Anbya – 107]

It was at the conquest of Makkah that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) stood at the peak of hispower. His unconquerable will, unshakable determination, un-distractible purpose, through-going firmness, uncompromising persistency, indomitable spirit, endless patience, eternal endurance, irresistible courage, and a stamp of the nobility of character, mark the special features of his life.

His graciousness, his affability, his dignified character, his compassion, and politeness, his equable treatment to the powerful as well as the weak, his respectful attention to the rich as well as the poor and his generosity to friend as well as enemy inspired everyone. Even after receiving all the dignified titles and high positions, the king of all the worlds as already remarked, he would mend his clothes himself, cobble his shoes, milk his goats, and sleep on palm tree leaves with the pillow of his hands underneath his head, and Hazrat Omar (may Allah be well pleased with him) was touched to see the stripes on his body. Dates and barley bread were his usual meal and milk and honey, all his luxuries!

This is the noble role model about which the Holy Quran says:

“Certainly, you have an excellent model in following the Rasool (Messenger) of Allah. This is (ideal model) for the one who has hope in Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah too much.” [Al-Ahzaab 33:21]

May Almighty Allah bless and guide us all to the right path and to follow His beloved Prophet’s (peace be upon him and his family) teachings. Ameen.

Sister Sadaf Akbani
Houston, Texas, USA
skakbani@hotmail.com

Sister Sadaf is a Computer Graphic Designer by profession. She is the Joint Secretary of Women’s Committee (Pakistani American Association Houston) and the Youth Secretary of Karwaan-e-Adab literary society Houston. She has received several awards in debates, essays, poetry and hosting.