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985-994

  • ‘Abdu ’l-Muttalib at once knew what was the matter: he beat his hands on his breast and wept. 985
  • In his grief he came ardently to the door of the Ka‘ba, saying, “O Thou that knowest the secret of night and the mystery of day,
  • I see not any accomplishment in myself, that one like me should be Thy confidant.
  • I see not any merit in myself, that I should be accepted of this auspicious door,
  • Or that my (bowed) head and my prostration (in prayer) should have any worth, or that because of my tears any fortune should smile (upon me);
  • But in the countenance of that unique Pearl (Mohammed) I have beheld the signs of Thy grace, O Bounteous One; 990
  • For he doth not resemble us, though he is of us: we all are (as) the copper, while Ahmad (Mohammed) is the Elixir.
  • The wondrous things that I have seen in him I have not seen in friend or enemy.
  • None, (even) with a hundred years' endeavour, would (be able to) indicate that which Thy bounty has bestowed on him in childhood.
  • Since I saw with (intuitive) certainty Thy favours towards him, (I know that) he is a pearl of Thy sea.