Saturday, August 1, 2026

The Blessed Appearance and Physical Attributes of the Beloved Prophet

 Blessed appearance

Dear Islamic brothers! We cannot surely describe the beauty, attributes and excellences of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم, but only collect mercies and blessings by listening about his beautiful and blessed body parts to gain some blessings of the blessed Zikr of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم.

Luminous face

The blessed face of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم was a mirror of the beauty of our Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ and the manifestation of Radiance, it was fleshy and somewhat round. Having seen the blessed face, Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin Salam رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَنْهُ spoke out: وَجْهُهُ لَيْسَ بِوَجْهِ كَذَّابِ , his face is not the face of a liar, he then embraced Islam.

(Mishkat-ul-Masabih, vol. 1, pp. 362, Hadees 1907)

ترے خُلُق کو حق نے عظیم کہا، تری خِلْق کو حق نے جمیل کیا

کوئی تجھ سا بُوا ہے نہ ہوگا، شہا ترے خالِق حُسْن و آدا کی قسم

Explanation of the couplet:

O Prophet of Mercy صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم! Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has declared your blessed manners great, and your birth brought thousands of blessings; no one had such an outstanding and beautiful birth. My Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم! Who else can be like you? Yes, yes! By the One Who has created the earth and the sky, 'None is like you.'

(Sharh Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish, pp. 226)

میلاد مصطفٰی مرحبا مرحبا

دل شادِ مصطفٰی مرحبا مرحبا مرحبا

Blessed eyes

The blessed eyes of our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم were large and had kohl (Surmah) i.e. without kohl it seemed as if he صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم had put on kohl. Eyelashes were long. The whiteness of eyes contained thin red lines. In the previous books, this was also a sign of our Beloved Prophet's Prophethood.

سُر مگیں آنکھیں خریمِ حق کے وہ مُشکیں غزال
بے فضائے لامکاں تک جن کا رمنا نور کا

Explanation of the couplet:

Those eyes which can see in the night and day, behind and forward at the same time, filled with Kastoori like the eyes of a deer, with natural kohl, the beautiful eyes of my Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم when lowered, he صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم could see the lower world and when lifted, he صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم could see across the throne of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. The rotation of these blessed and luminous eyes into their own circles is also full of Noor because by virtue of their gestures we, the sinners, will attain salvation.

(Sharh Kalam-e-Raza, pp. 721)

صَلُّوا عَلَی الْحَبِیب    صَلَّی اللہ تَعَالٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّد

Blessed eyebrows

The blessed eyebrows of our Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم were long and thin and from the middle both were so close to each other that from a distance it seemed as if they had been connected to each other.

(Ash-Shumaail-ul-Muhammadiyyah, pp. 22, Hadees 7)

جن کے سجدے کو محرابِ کعبہ جھکی
ان بہووں کی لطافت پہ لاکھوں سلام

Explanation of the couplet:

When our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم decorated this world with his blessed birth, he fell into Sajdah and made Du'a to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for his Ummah and the Ka'bah Mu'azzamah bent towards him, offering its Salam to the delicacy of his luminous eyebrows.

(Sharh Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish, pp. 1021)

گیسوئے مصطفٰی مرحبا  مرحبا

دارُھی مصطفٰی مرحبا مرحبا

Blessed nose

The blessed nose of the Prophet of creation, the Peace of our heart and mind, the most Generous and Kind صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم was beautiful, long and high in the middle on which Noor would shine. One who did not see carefully would think that the blessed nose of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم was very high, though his nose was not high. The Noor that surrounded it was high.

(Ash-Shumaail-ul-Muhammadiyyah, pp. 22, Hadees 7)

بینی پُرنُور پہ رخشاں ہے بُلگ نور کا
بے لِوائے الحمد پر اِتنا پھریرا نور کا

Explanation of the couplet:

The Noor that used to shine on his blessed nose, seemed as if the لِوَاءُ الحَمْد flag is waving, (on the Day of Judgment, the flag of Allah's hymn which will be in the hand of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم).

(Sharh Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish, pp. 710)

بینی مصطفٰی مرحبا مرحبا

سینہ پَمصطفٰی مرحبا مرحب

Blessed forehead

The blessed forehead of the Revered and Renowned Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم was wide and would shine like an oil lamp. Sayyiduna Hassaan Bin Saabit رَضِیَ اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ has said:

مَتیٰ یَبدُ فِی اللَّیلِ البَهِیمِ جَبِینُهُ
یَلَح مِثلَ مِصبَاحِ الدُّجٰی المُتَوَقِّد

i.e. in the darkness of the night, when the forehead of the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم appeared, it would shine like a lamp that is lit in the darkness.

(Sharh Zurqaani 'Alal Mawahib, vol. 5, pp. 278)

A'la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ has said:

جس کے ماتھے کی شفاعت کا سہرا
اس جبینِ سعادت پہ لاکھوں سلام

Explanation of the couplet:

On the Day of Judgement, everyone will be in the state of selfishness, no one will be concerned about anyone else. Our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم will have the honour of interceding. Then why should we not offer millions of Salat and Salam of love to the blessed forehead of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم, because of him we have been blessed we will receive more blessings over there as well.

(Sharh Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish, pp. 1020)

شفاعتِ مصطفٰی مرحبا مرحبا

پرچمِ مصطفٰی مرحبا مرحبا

Blessed ears

Both the blessed ears of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم were perfect. Like his blessed, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ granted him with excellent hearing. Therefore, the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم said to the companions رَضِیَ اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُم: i.e. What I see you cannot see and what I hear you cannot hear. I also hear the sound of the sky.

(Al-Khasaais-ul-Kubra lis-Suyuti, vol. 1, pp. 113)

دُور و نزدیک کے سننے والے وہ کان
کان آعِل کرامت پہ لاکھوں سلام

Explanation of the couplet:

The blessed ears of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم are in fact the pearls of respect, diamonds of greatness and glory, and a mine of gems. He صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم can hear distant and near sounds equally well. Being in the blessed body of his mother, our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم would hear the sounds of the pen that was used on Lauh-e-Mahfooz, then why should we not send millions of Salam to such blessed ears.

(Sharh Hadaiq-e-Bakhshish, pp. 1016)

سماعتِ مصطفٰی مرحبا مرحبا

نصرتِ مصطفٰی مرحبا مرحبا

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