Day: November 17, 2020

Mawlid 2020, Muḥammad Majdhūb’s Praise

One of my favorite poems in praise of the Prophet is this gem from the Sudanese Sufi Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Qamar al-dīn al-Majdhūb (d. 1831) a friend and student of Aḥmad ibn Idrīs (d. 1837).   Translation: Upon you be God’s blessing, and then His peace too O Messenger of God, I am so enamored…