{"id":28329,"date":"2024-11-08T17:12:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T14:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayifamilytv.com\/v18\/?p=28329"},"modified":"2024-12-06T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T15:12:08","slug":"you-were-not-there-my-sultan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kayifamilytv.com\/v18\/you-were-not-there-my-sultan\/","title":{"rendered":"You Were Not There my Sultan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>You Were Not There my Sultan<\/h3>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/play.fastmotion.io\/b40958ef-0d71-4a80-b84e-41c480396ca3?autoplay=true&#038;loop=false&#038;muted=false&#038;preload=true\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:0;position:absolute;top:0;height:100%;width:100%;\" allow=\"accelerometer;gyroscope;autoplay;encrypted-media;picture-in-picture;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nYou were not there my Sultan,<br \/>\nHadhrat Adam (A.S) had your light.<br \/>\nYou honoured heaven first,<br \/>\nThen the earth.<br \/>\nAdam (A.S) was forgiven for the sake of your light.<br \/>\nArafat witnessed this forgiveness.<br \/>\nYou were not there&#8230;<br \/>\nYour light was in Noah&#8217;s (A.S) ark.<br \/>\nAs the waves drowned the earth,<br \/>\nAs the water in the soil met the sky<br \/>\nand when they thought it was a divine torment.<br \/>\nAllah carried your light with a thousand reasons.<br \/>\nThe Flood saluted your light with decency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nYou were not there.<br \/>\nYour light was on the forehead of Ismaeel (A.S)<br \/>\nAn Abrahamic prayer rose from the deserts.<br \/>\n&#8216;Our Rabb&#8217; he said,<br \/>\n&#8216;Send a Messenger who can read Your aayahs<br \/>\nwho can teach Your Book and Hikmah<br \/>\nwho can show them the right way.&#8221;<br \/>\nEighteen thousand universes said &#8221;Aameen&#8221;.<br \/>\nIsmaeel (A.S) said &#8221;Aameen&#8221; by raising his tiny hands which were enlightened with your light.<br \/>\nJabal al-Nour stood up by saying Aameen.<br \/>\nAn aameen named Uhud could be heard on the mountain of Thawr from Madinah.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nYou weren&#8217;t there.<br \/>\nHadhrat Isa (Jesus) (A.S) gave the news by calling you &#8216;Ahmed&#8217;.<br \/>\nHe called you the Efendi of the worlds.<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t talk to you much anymore, he said to his disciples.<br \/>\nBecause the leader of this universe is coming&#8230;<br \/>\nWait, Ahmed is coming.<br \/>\nMercy is coming to this universe.<br \/>\nYou became a breath that caressed the face of the apostles,<br \/>\nThat resurrected the dead.<br \/>\nBut you were not there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nYou were not there, my Sultan&#8230;<br \/>\nYour light was on Abdullah&#8217;s forehead<br \/>\nThe poor one used to walk bowed<br \/>\nHutay&#8217;ah used to ask about you from the sky<br \/>\nWaraqah would look for you in the sky<br \/>\nMothers always loved their daughters by crying.<br \/>\n(a custom before Prophethood to bury daughters alive)<br \/>\nThey dressed them for death with tears&#8230;<br \/>\nThey said, &#8220;Come on, you&#8217;re going to your uncle,&#8221; with tears.<br \/>\nWhen you were not there, my Sultan&#8230;<br \/>\ngoing to your uncle was the name of being buried alive.<br \/>\nIt was the miserable desperation of mothers.<br \/>\nIt was watching their babies die.<br \/>\nAs the last child was thrown into the pit,<br \/>\nan angel that looked like her mother held her.<br \/>\nAnd with a smile on her face, she showed the Cave Hira.<br \/>\nAngels were dressing Hira.<br \/>\nJabal al-Nour was getting ready for its Efendi&#8230;<br \/>\nMakkah was getting ready for its Efendi.<br \/>\nThey were getting ready for the Efendi of the universe.<br \/>\nThe universe&#8217;s eye was on Hadhrat Aaminah.<br \/>\nThe soil was begging its Rabb,<br \/>\nThe poor were crying and asking you to come, their eyes were on the sky.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd you arrived, Rasulallah (PBUH),<br \/>\nYou arrived in such a way that&#8230;<br \/>\nJibril was in front of you!<br \/>\nAngels with swords were behind you!<br \/>\nYou came to earth in such a way that<br \/>\nOrphans must have had the most peaceful sleep.<br \/>\nThe orphans hugged their mothers as much as they wanted.<br \/>\nThen there was a silence at dawn.<br \/>\nEverything was silent.<br \/>\nThe stars and the moon were impatient!<br \/>\nThe universe wanted to hear a name!<br \/>\nAnd a voice came from Hadhrat Aminah&#8217;s house;<br \/>\nMuhammed!<br \/>\nThe darkness left its place to the light!<br \/>\nMuhammed!<br \/>\nAngels kissed your hands that carried the light.<br \/>\nMuhammed!<br \/>\nSallalahu Alayhi wa Sallam<br \/>\nWe sacrifice our lives for Allah Who created you, o the unique one!<br \/>\nWe sacrifice our lives for Rahman Who gave you that name!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nYou were there&#8230;<br \/>\nMercy was sent to the thirsty lands with you.<br \/>\nMother Halimah found happiness with you after your mother.<br \/>\nDo you need rain?<br \/>\nRaise your finger of shahada,<br \/>\nAllah will send the rain there.<br \/>\nThen hold the leaf of a tree,<br \/>\nAllah will take its roots out and make it walk with you,<br \/>\nJust ask&#8230;<br \/>\nJust ask for it, O Rasulallah (PBUH)<br \/>\nAsk, &#8221;Who am I?&#8221;<br \/>\nMountains and stones will speak&#8230;<br \/>\nMute children will hold your hands and say&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8221;Anta Rasulallah&#8221; &#8221;You are Rasulallah&#8221; (PBUH)<br \/>\nYou were there&#8230;<br \/>\nBadr was conquered.<br \/>\nUhud was cornered.<br \/>\nKhandaq was the beloved one.<br \/>\nYou had valiants.<br \/>\nYou had valiants who competed to die.<br \/>\nYou had Anas (R.A).<br \/>\nWhen he heard you passed away in Uhud, he asked<br \/>\nhis friends, &#8221;Why are you sitting here?&#8221;<br \/>\nThey responded, &#8221;Allah&#8217;s Rasul (PBUH) was killed&#8221;<br \/>\nHe answered back, &#8221;What are you going to do in this life if he died?<br \/>\nStand up and die like him!&#8221;<br \/>\nHe was martyred in the most intense area of the battle.<br \/>\nHe was martyred, O Nabi!<br \/>\nHis body was unrecognizable from wounds.<br \/>\nHis sister could only recognize him from his fingers.<br \/>\nYou had Mus&#8217;ab ibn Umayr (R.A).<br \/>\nHe carried your flag in Uhud.<br \/>\nHe was bonded to you at heart.<br \/>\nAllah sent angels down on earth with the face of Mus&#8217;ab (R.A).<br \/>\nYou had Abu Hurairah (R.A).<br \/>\nHe would stand in front of the Masjid when he was hungry and he would look at you,<br \/>\nYou would understand, You would say &#8221;O, Aba hir, come!&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd you left&#8230;<br \/>\nYou just left&#8230;<br \/>\nYour grief was left behind.<br \/>\nYour longing remained in the sky.<br \/>\nHadhrat Bilal (R.A) could not recite azaan anymore.<br \/>\nWhenever he attempted to say &#8221;Muhammedur Rasulullah&#8221;<br \/>\nhe would bend on his knees and pass out.<br \/>\nThen days brought months&#8230;<br \/>\nMonths brought years&#8230;<br \/>\nAnd years brought centuries..<br \/>\nWe opened our eyes to your absence.<br \/>\nBut you would not leave us.<br \/>\nYou are there, O, the Sultan of martyrs!<br \/>\nYou are there!<br \/>\nHow can we say that you are not when even a martyr does not die?<br \/>\nWhen Abu Talib was going to Damascus, you stood in front of his camel and asked:<br \/>\n&#8221;How can you leave me here? Where are you going?<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t even have a mother or a father.&#8221;<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s why Abu Talib did not leave you.<br \/>\nWhy are you leaving your Ummah who suffers<br \/>\nfrom your absence, ya Rasulallah (PBUH)?<br \/>\nDo not leave us&#8230;<br \/>\nAllah orders, &#8216;But Allah would never punish them while you were in their midst.&#8217;<br \/>\nDo not leave us!<br \/>\nAr Rahman taught us about servitude through you.<br \/>\nWe learned how to pray from you, O the beloved one!<br \/>\nWhen Hadhrat Omar (R.A) asked for your permission for &#8216;umrah&#8230;<br \/>\nYou said, &#8221;My brother&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8221;My brother, can you also mention me in your prayers?&#8221;<br \/>\nWe are not Hadhrat Omar (R.A), but&#8230;<br \/>\nWe all pray for you&#8230;<br \/>\nO, Our Rabb!<br \/>\nLet Your Rasul (PBUH) know that we mention him!<br \/>\nThousands pray for him, thousands send salaams to him!<br \/>\nGive Maqame Mahmud to Your Habib (PBUH)!<br \/>\nGive Al-Wasila to him.<br \/>\nLet him be the highest companion.<br \/>\nForgive us.<br \/>\nFor his sake, forgive us.<br \/>\nFor the sake of his personality, forgive us.<br \/>\nWe beg You, forgive us.<br \/>\nPlease forgive us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRecited by: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/06gxKbVlHD2gLb02OSmrqp?si=s6XtwKwgQQSz3kGnQRxQ5A\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DURSUN ALI ERZINCANLI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kayifamilytv.com\/category\/literature\/poems\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALL POEMS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Were Not There my Sultan &nbsp; &nbsp; You were not there my Sultan, Hadhrat Adam (A.S) had your light. You honoured heaven first, Then the earth. Adam (A.S) was forgiven for the sake of your light. Arafat witnessed this forgiveness. You were not there&#8230; Your light was in Noah&#8217;s (A.S) ark. 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