Lately I've been detached,,,, subhanAllah...
But i took a walk with my mum just after sunset... beautiful wind, beautiful sky, beautiful night.... and we remembered Allah and sent peace and blessings upon his beloved- the Mercy to mankind Allah bless his noble self and grant him peace.... I yearn to visit Mekkah and Medinah al Munawwarah and to just be in the same location his blessed body is in... To just be close and know that the most beautiful man to ever walk the face of the earth is close to me... To be on his home ground, the land that so many blessings took place, miracles and where the most amazing revival of spirituality happened... To walk the same earth that his blessed feet and sandals walked, the land he prostrated and prayed on... him and his beautiful companions... oh my.
I wish I was there in his presence singing salawat on him in as beautifully as I can... sending my peace and salutations to him... telling him I love him and that I'm sorry for not being better... that I will try... I wish I was just there reading and hearing about his beautiful biography... imagining his moon-lit face.... his beautiful smile... his beautiful hair, his perfected character, his humbleness, his radiance, his warm heart, his mercy. mercy upon mercy.... my mercy.... my beautiful and beloved mercy.... ya rasululllah.... May Allah shower you with peace and blessings as copiously as the rows of angels... and for every row multiplied by 1000.. times 1000.... this is my favourite salutation in Arabic... I can't translate its magnificent play on words in English... but if it's recited out loud perhaps you may how beautiful this praise is without understanding the Arabic itself....
Allahuma salli 'ala sayyidina Muhammadin 'adada sufoof il malaikati safin safa
wa'adada kuli safin, alfin alfa!
The beauty lies in the words Safin safa and alfin alfa... Saf in Arabic is row but because it is one row you put a vowel on the end to link it to the next word "safa" so it's pronounced saf"in"... I can't translate safa... it's something I can't explain in english because I didn't learn Arabic formally... but it's like saying "row by row" but because of the repetition it gives emphasis to row and gives it this grand feeling (to me anyway).... and then it says "and by each row alfin alfa"... Alf in Arabic is 1000 once again because it is one 1000 you put the vowel on the end to link it to "alfa" so it's pronounced alf"in"... the only time you would keep Saf and Alf like that is when they are at the end of a sentence and you're stopping... You don't pronounce the vowels on the end unless your continuing... In each case we continued onto safa and alfa.... Alfin alfa= it's multiplying the 1000 by 1000 again and gives a very grand feeling... but the play on words is just magnificent to my ears!
*sigh*
Lol I didn't mean this to turn into a grammatical lesson.... But I hope it was a beneficial read to someone out there.. inshaAllah...
I'm happy for another translator to help me translate that beautiful salawat more poetically and properly... I do it no justice...
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