May profound divine peace and blessings be upon his perfumed soul.Ībout 650 years later Prophet Muhammad will bless another poet in the same manner by wrapping his mantle over the poet for his sincere and beautiful words but this time it will happen in a magnificent dream and the baraka (blessing) of the Prophet will make the very poem the single most celebrated and known poem in any language in human history. Prophet Muhammad's elevated maqams (stations) include the maqam of ceaseless witnessing and affirming of the Jamal (Beauty) of God in all manifestations. Quran had come down in a language of such unparalleled lyricism and beauty that its very existence spoke of its etheral origins. One of the famous sayings of his is, " Divine is Beautiful and Loves what is Beautiful." He had grown up in a culture obsessed with poetry and proud of the oral beauty of arabic.
It's not surprising that Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) appreciated beauty in the eloquence of poetic expression. When he finished, the Prophet drew off his famous stripped Yemeni cloak or mantle and threw it over the shoulders of the poet in recognition of his beautiful eloquence. It was in the traditional Bedouin style, splendid in diction and highly melodious, with many vivid descriptions of nature but the gist of it was to ask forgiveness. At that point, Ka'b recited an ode that he had composed earlier to praise the qualities of Muhammad, the Messenger. Upon ending prayer Ka'b approached the Prophet and as he made his identity known Prophet Muhammad forgave him instantly. In recent past, he was a relentless and vocal offender of the Prophet.
This is a man who earlier vociferously rejected the Messenger and the new message of unity and wrote satirical verses against the Prophet. Ka'b ibn Zuhayr was considered one of the most outstanding poets of his time and continued his poetic talent after his father, who was also one of the chief poet of his generation.Īfter much soul searching Ka'b has decided to take hand with Prophet Muhammad and submit to Divine submission (Islam). It was the dawn prayer congregation at the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina where a poet by the name Ka'b joined that morning.
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