Complete Elation & Happiness Through the Birth of the Locus of Light ﷺ

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Among the masterpieces of Islamic devotional literature is </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kamāl al-Faraḥ wa al-Surūr bi Mawlid Maẓhar al-Nūr</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> by the eminent Moroccan scholar and jurist Shaykh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥājj al-ʿIyāshī Sukayrij (1878-1944). Written at the turn of the 20th century while still a young man this Mawlid reflects the author's deep erudition and spiritual insight qualities that later made him one of the most celebrated scholars of North Africa and the wider ummah.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This work is not just a telling of the Prophet's ﷺ birth but a rich work full of praise narrations and reflections that weave together love reverence and knowledge. It opens with exalted praises of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ affirming that through the Prophet's coming into the world happiness was perfected grief lifted and the doors of divine mercy opened. The text repeatedly emphasizes that all blessings and every form of felicity flow through him ﷺ the Locus of Light and axis of existence.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Mawlid also touches upon the Muḥammadan Reality describing how the Prophet ﷺ was the primordial light created before time itself. Through poetic imagery and narrations it details the spiritual veils cosmic signs and divine honors that surrounded his conception and birth. It describes how the heavens and earth rejoiced disbelief trembled and joy filled the hearts of the believers when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the world.</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Author: Shaykh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥājj al-ʿIyāshī Sukayrij</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Translator: Talut ibn Sulaiman Dawood</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pages: 144 pgs</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Binding: Paperback</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Colour: Black & White</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Category: Spirituality Devotion Seerah</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Publisher: Imam Ghazali Publishing</span></li></ul>