بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
والصلوة و سلام على سيد المرسلين و حبيب رب العلمين
Hazrat Sheikh Sa'adi Shirazi (عليه الرحمة) was an alim-e-deen and a famous persian poet . One of his well known works involves an interesting incident. Once while the Sheikh was composing couplets about the Night of Acension (Me'raj) in honour of Rasoolullah صل الله عليه وسلم, he began writing as follows :
بلغ العلى بكماله
Balaghal u'la bi kamalihi
He reached the Highest Place by his Perfection
كشف أدجى بي جماله
Kashaf ad-duja be jamalihi
He dispelled darkness by his beauty
حسنت جميع خصاله
Hasunat jamee'u khis'alihi
Excellent are all his attributes (compared to all the creation)
After this he stopped to think of the last line to complete the ruba'yi (as every couplet has 4 verses/lines). He kept on thinking until he fell asleep. In his dream, he saw the Blessed Prophet Rasoolullah صل الله عليه وسلم , who asked him to write the next verse as:
صلو عليه و آلهي
Sallu 'Aleihi wa Aalihi
Send Blessings to him and his family
Hence , this beautiful and famous ruba'yi became a form of salawat.
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| A beautiful frame of the rubayi as taken from urdudesigner.com |
