A Martyr’s Praise of the Prophet (s.a.w.)
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ This poem was written by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Juzay al-Kalbi al-Gharnathi ( r.a. ), who was martyred in the Battle of Tharifa’, also known as the Battle of Rio Salado, defending the lands of the Muslims against the invading Christians. “I desired to praise the Chosen One and was hindered By my own inability to grasp the extent of his glory. How can one such as I measure an ocean when the ocean is vast? And how can one such as I count the stones and the stars? If all of my limbs were to become tongues, even then – Even then, I could not begin to praise him as I desired. And if all of creation gathered together in an attempt To praise him, even then, they would stint in his due. I have altogether ceased trying – awestruck, clinging to courtesy, Tempered by timidity, glorifying his most exalted rank. Indeed, sometimes silence holds within it the essence of eloquence, And often speech is merely fodder for the faultfinder.”