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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cYou are God\u2019s pure light, the master of the universe, the prince, \/[Yours] is the rule of the two worlds, the luminous heart of the morning sun; \/ You are the refuge of sinners; the minister of the One and Only;\/ Be mindful of me, efface this sorrow; listen to my supplication, O Ahmad!\/ O master, I remember you! Gaurdian, I long for you!\/ In trouble and distress I think of no one else by you;\/ O perfect one!\u00a0 My eyes look toward you, with clasped hands I lament;\/ O master, listen to my urgent cry; pay heed, O prophet, the guide.\u201d<\/p>\n
-Faqir Gulam Haidar<\/p>\n
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This is an excerpt of a poem written in praise of Muhammad from In Praise of Muhammad: Sindhi and Urdu Poems<\/em> by Ali Asani.\u00a0 This an many other poems capture the many qualities of Muhammad and his importance in Islam.\u00a0 Muhammad is described as a prophet and messenger, role model and exemplar, beloved intercessor, and mystic and God\u2019s beloved.\u00a0 Muhammad is often described as \u201cthe light\u201d or \u201cthe guide\u201d for Muslims.\u00a0 The practices of Muhammad and the way of life that Muslims are taught to follow is known as the sunnah.\u00a0 Muhammad is seen as not just an important figure in Islam, but one of the most significant.\u00a0 These powerful poems, demonstrating the devoutness and love for the poems inspired me to try and translate this into a reminder to Muslims.<\/p>\n I thought back to the first week when we learned about shukr, which translates to gratitude.\u00a0 The faith and remembrance of God is an important concept in Islam and showing that gratitude, whether that be in praying, recitation, visual art, or performing, is key in expressing that remembrance.\u00a0 We also learned about the history and various amulets.\u00a0 I referred back to the \u201cAmulet of Anzarunni\u201d story from Miracles of Muhammad<\/em> and was inspired to make a Muhammad amulet.\u00a0 I used one piece of wire to make each Muhammad to reflect the one God and his Muhammad as an intercessor.\u00a0 I did not want to venture into the depiction of the prophet\u2019s face so I basically made a skeletal version of him.\u00a0 Even though and outsider would not be able to tell who it is, it is about the wearer\u2019s relationship to Muhammad. I painted it gold to represent Muhammad as \u201cthe light\u201d.\u00a0 This amulet serves as a reminder to follow the sunnah, the customs of Muhammad.<\/p>\n Muhammad lived out the teachings of the Qur\u2019an.\u00a0 By the wearing of Muhammad amulets on your chest\/heart or wrist there is a reminder of his role in Muslim devotional life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cYou are God\u2019s pure light, the master of the universe, the prince, \/[Yours] is the rule of the two worlds, the luminous heart of the morning sun; \/ You are the refuge of sinners; the minister of the One and Only;\/ Be mindful of me, efface this sorrow; listen to my supplication, O Ahmad!\/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6298,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/garrettallen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}