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One of the beauties of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (26) | The greatness of the greats
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Among the aesthetic beauties of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
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The dried meat of the great ones.
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When a person humbles himself for the sake of Allah,
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his actions soften and his character becomes refined.
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He would eat as the people eat,
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[consuming] dried meat and barley,
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or low-quality dates and flour,
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or wheat and aged fat.
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Once,
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a man met the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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and assumed he would be like kings,
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surrounded by soldiers and attendants,
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weapons and an entourage,
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and displays of power and authority.
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He trembled and grew fearful,
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so the Prophet, peace be upon him, calmed him with a stunning, humble, and moral gesture.
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The narrator said:
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A man came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and spoke to him,
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and his shoulders began to tremble.
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So he said to him:
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"Take it easy,
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for I am not a king.
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I am merely the son of a woman who used to eat dried meat."
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Qadid (dried meat) is meat that has been preserved by drying.
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Fara'is (shoulders) refers to the flesh between the shoulder and the chest,
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a metonym for intense fear.
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Yet,
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the man found a compassionate heart,
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and a humble, great soul,
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who embraced him with his immense character,
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his beautiful magnanimity,
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and his eloquent speech.
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"Take it easy,
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for I am not a king.
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I am merely the son of a woman who used to eat dried meat."
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He eased the situation for him and showed him kindness,
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[signifying] that we are from the people of dried meat,
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the companions of the common folk and the weak,
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and we are not among the arrogant tyrants.
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Even though he was awe-inspiring, peace be upon him,
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and stern toward his adversaries,
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feared by his enemies,
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just as the poet said:
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"Gentle in character, yet possessing a resolve
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from whose might the shoulders of lions tremble."
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And another said:
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"He is more awe-inspiring to me when I speak to him,
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for you are known and held in high regard,
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from a lion whose lair is in the thicket,
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from the heart of the forest, surrounded by other forests."
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And the Qur'an spoke the truth:
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﴾And indeed, you are of a great moral character.﴿
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And the description given by his Companions adorned him:
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"His character was the Qur'an."
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Whoever carries the Qur'an and truly embodies it,
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Allah grants him knowledge of what he did not know,
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and adorns him with the finest and most beautiful of garments.
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And peace.
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Among the aesthetic beauties of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).