The Sealed Nectar: A Search in the Prophet's Biography

The pure and blessed, volume * 520 pages, Shama paper, author's introduction, in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, author's introduction, the biography of the Messenger of Allah will always be the first historical record from which successive generations of the heirs of prophecy and bearers of the torch of creed draw their provisions, elements of their survival, and roots of their extension. And from studying his history, Allah and giving him his right of reflection, thought, and investigation, one sees a sequence of the amazing history, in which the Messenger of Allah and the believing group with him rose above material elements and earthly attraction factors and elevated humanity to levels it has not witnessed across ages and eras. And whoever deepens his look into his biography, trying to trace the secret that fell into the barren, infertile desert history and made it fertile, and that the world blossomed with its beautiful human flowers, he will find that he, peace be upon him, established men, if you criticize them with something, it is only that they are below the angels, and they say to him: Here is the desert world, which raises in its arms the men who entered Islam as the night entered upon him. And if you contemplate his actions, you will find it telling you: I am making a nation with a history of the earth after. And there was no Allah but Allah in patience over calamity, steadfastness on the truth, stabilizing the soul, and reassuring it amidst the earthquakes of the world, nor in mercy, tenderness of heart, and elevation above the meanings of earthly permanence, for He created it so to overcome incidents and dominate matter. And thus, it has always been the source of history in all humanity, and the world has a system of correct ideas. And Allah, the Most High, has stamped on the heart of the Messenger, peace be upon him, so that he is kept away from deviation and excess of nature; therefore, whoever reads his biography and learns about his qualities and speech must always look for the divine character in everything about him, and it will become clear to him from its interpretation that the world could not achieve its highest moral goal except through him, and that if he was a human, he was also a movement in the progress of humanity, and that one of Allah’s miracles is that He added to his history what humanity failed to achieve in its history, and that all his affairs, peace be upon him, are divinely placed as if they are attributes created by Allah and hung in history for the meanings of life, like the sun hanging in the sky for the materials of life. And if you contemplate his statement, you will find it transporting you to a similar state where you contemplate a garden breathing on the heart, or a scene that stirs your soul, or an emotion that increases life in the blood, with calmness, spirit, feeling, and pleasure, then on top of that, it rectifies the human aspects within you, and then Allah grants from the light’s provision, so you find yourself in the taste of the speech as if you see the speaker behind his words. Thus, the look at his words is such that the more you think about it, the more meaning it gives you, and its interpretation is close... close as the soul in its human body, but distant as the soul in its divine secret, it is with you as much as you are with it; if you stand at a limit, it stops, and if you extend, it extends, and what you perform is performed, and there is nothing in it of all that you see in all the eloquent of the world, from the craft of frivolous speech, and the desire to increase the number of meanings, and leaving the tongue to run freely, good-naturedly, related to everything presented to it. It is merely speech said to bring meanings to their truths, and it is from a tongue behind it thought, behind it heart, behind it faith, behind it Allah, Glorious and Exalted. And it is speech as a whole as if it is a world issued by the Prophet, peace be upon him, from himself, which does not cease to proceed on its straight path according to the religion of fitrah, so it does not accommodate disagreement nor does it fall into discord. From here, the utmost importance arises that the biography of the Messenger of Allah and his sayings operate in the believing soul as the work of the heart from the body, and a monitor over it, the conscience, over the mind, so that elevation, nobility, and ascension are achieved by raising the bodies above material attractions and earthly constraints. And the soul will not be able to realize these qualities and remain with remnants of material residues or earthly attractions, nor will it be able to flutter and soar unless it understands the purpose of its existence through its long historical record, which no nation has achieved as much as the nation of Islam, "Indeed, Allah sent us to bring out whom He wills from the worship of servants to the worship of the Lord of the servants, and from the injustice of religions to the justice of Islam, and from the narrowness of the world to the spaciousness of the world and the Hereafter." Words overflowing with faith and radiating light, coming from a soul nurtured by the hand of the first leader and teacher, so it understood the purpose of its existence and worked to achieve it... And thus, everyone who wants to participate in the march of the armies on the long road must be like this. And due to the importance of the biography of the Prophet Muhammad in the lives of Muslims throughout history and in their present life, many books have been written with differing views and approaches to its study, but some books in this field distinguished themselves with comprehensiveness, completeness, and accuracy of methodology, helping the reader to approach the biography of the Prophet, peace be upon him, with ease, enabling a full and comprehensive understanding, and grasping it without deficiency or flaw. Publisher's introduction And this book, "The Sealed Nectar," by Sheikh Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri — from the Salafi University in India — is one of the unique books in historical narration, distinguished by its clear methodology and comprehensive presentation of the noble biography in a deep yet simple manner, free from the imperfections or falsehoods that have afflicted some books of biography. This book also helps every reader or researcher to find his purpose and has won the first prize in the Prophetic biography competition organized by the Muslim World League. We would like to point out that this is the revised edition that we are publishing and presenting to the dear reader, which includes modifications and new additions by Sheikh Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri — may Allah preserve him. This is the only authentic Shariah edition, as the author indicated, and as is clear when comparing it with previous editions. As we present this revised and expanded edition, we thank Allah for His guidance, and we extend our sincere thanks to Sheikh Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri for his gracious permission to serve this book, asking Allah to make us worthy of his trust and to benefit from it. He is the Lord of all power and success. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Publisher: Dar Ibn al-Jawzi