Why Did They Become Muslims

It was neither curly, nor at all too long;
Well-shaped, like all limbs that to him did belong.
The Rasûl-i-âfaq had a throat quite pure,
In colour it was white and very clear.
Among the good-mannered Sahâba many expressed
That his abdomen and his chest stood abreast.
Had it been possible to open his blessed chest,
The treasure of knowledge would radiate divine zest. [1]
A chest where divine love would rise
Could by no means be otherwise.
His blessed chest was expanded;
’Ilm-i-ladunnî there descended.
White and limpid was that great chest;
Those who saw thought it was the moon harvest.
Profound love for the Eternal Being
Had set fire to that exquisite being.
Everyone knows, young or old, no matter,
Soft-hearted was the universe’s master.
Upper part of his back was somewhat fleshy;
Munificent, and a symbol of magnanimity.
His silver skin was extremely delicate;
A big seal on it said he was the Prophet.
Seal of the Prophet was on his back, high,
And on the right-hand-side it would lie.
[1] The word used in the original text is fayz (or faidh), which means
occult, inexplicable, invisible rays of spiritual knowledge which the
blessed heart of the Messenger of Allah radiates continuously, and
which will be radiated as long as life on earth continues. If a Muslim
adapts himself perfectly to the teachings of the Qur’ân al-kerîm and to
the Islamic principles of behaviour taught by the Messenger of Allah,
which in turn can be learned from those true Islamic scholars called
the Ahl as-sunna(t) wa-l-jamâ’a(t), or from their books, the heart of
that fortunate Muslim begins to receive those spiritual rays. The
flavour enjoyed while receiving these rays cannot be described to a
person who has not tasted them yet. One day, Huseyn Hilmi Iş›k
Efendi, the master of the humble translator of this book, said, “If a
person has never eaten honey, of how much help could the taste of jam
be in describing honey to him?”
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