Sheikh al Akbar :ra: once suggested to Syedina ibn al Farid :ra: that he should write a commentary on his poems. Syedina Ibn al-Farid :ra: replied that the commentary of his poems was Sheikh al Akbar's :ra: own al-Futuhat al- Makkiyyah I also want my bros and sis' to know that our Master is certainly the Sultan of the Lovers! but who are these Lovers? they are the Lovers of Rasulullah saws !!!!!!!!!! subhanAllah!!!
:bism2: The Egyptian The Arab The Poet The Saint 'Arif bilAllah Syedina Sheykhona Hadzrat 'Umar ibn al Farid :ra: "Sultan of the Lovers"
Ibn al Farid Hazrat Shaykh Ibn al Farid quds sirruhu's poem in praise of Our Exalted Master, The Beloved Prophet upon him be and His Aal be blessings and peace: A sword his eyelids draw against my heart, and I see the very languor thereof doth whet its blade; All the more sheds he suddenly our blood, picturing them that Musawir slew among the Beni Yazdadh. No wonder is it, that he sould have taken the hairs upon his cheeks to be the suspender-thongs of his sword, seeing that he is ever smiting and slaying therewith... The sun's self, yea, and the graceful gazelle submit humbly before his face as he gazes about him, and take refuge and shelter in his beauty... The harshness of his heart rivals the tempered steel. The mole upon his cheek embraces in its conflagration what man soever is passionately occupied with him, and scorneth to seek delivrance. Ice-cool are his deep red lips, and sweet his mouth to kiss in the morning, yea, even before the toothpick's cleansing excelling the musk in fragrance and investing it with its own perfume. Of his mouth and his glances cometh my intoxication; nay, but I see a wintner in his every limb. (Arberry translation, 1956:46-47)
