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Prophet Muhammad, Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him

النبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

Between a world of carved idols and a world of light, one footprint marks the end of an age.

By Architect Imad DarouichUpdated 2 min read

A desert road with idols on one side, light on the other and a single footprint, the image behind this poem about Prophet Muhammad

This poem about Prophet Muhammad reads a single image: a road through the desert with a world of carved idols on the left, a blaze of light on the right and one footprint in the middle. Imad describes it as a cover to be crossed rather than looked at, and the step it shows as the moment the meaning of the human being changed.

هذا ليس طريقًا في الصحراءThis is not a path in the desert

هذا شريان انشق في جسد الزمنThis is a vein split open in time

هنا… لم تتغير الأرضHere… the earth did not change

بل تغيّر معنى الإنسان نفسهThe meaning of man itself changed

إلى اليسار… عالم يعبد صمتهTo the left… a world worshipping its silence

حجارة نُحتت لتُرىStones carved only to be seen

لكنها لم ترَ أحدًاYet they never saw anyone

وجوه بلا روح… تنتظر سجودًاFaces without soul… waiting for worship

لكن السجود كان ضياعًاBut the worship was loss

إلى اليمين…To the right…

ليس نورًا فقطNot just light

بل محكمة للظلام كلهBut a trial for all darkness

ضوء لا يرحم الوهمA light that does not spare illusion

ولا يساوم على الحقيقةNor negotiates with truth

وفي المنتصف…And in the center…

ليس رجلًا يمشيNot a man walking

بل لحظة تقف بين عالمينBut a moment standing between two worlds

خطوة واحدة…One step…

لكنها أثقل من تاريخ كاملYet heavier than all history

أثر قدم… A footprint…

لكنه إعلان نهاية عصرYet a declaration of an era’s end

لم يكن يبحث عن الطريقHe was not searching for a path

لأنه هو الطريق نفسهBecause he was the path itself

لم يتبع الضوءHe did not follow the light

بل أصبح مصدرهHe became its source

هنا لم تبدأ دعوةHere did not begin a call

بل بدأ “تصحيح الكون”But the correction of existence began

لم يُبنَ شعب فقطNot just a people were built

بل بُني ميزان جديد للعالمBut a new balance for the world was built

الأصنام لم تُكسر بالحجارةThe idols were not broken by stones

بل كُسرت بالفهمThey were broken by understanding

والصحراء لم تكن فراغًاAnd the desert was not emptiness

بل كانت انتظارًا لهذا الصوتIt was waiting for this voice

MUHAMMAD

ليس اسمًا يُقرأNot a name to be read

بل قوة تُفهم متأخرًاBut a force understood too late

ليس نبيًا في كتابNot a prophet inside a book

بل لحظة أعادت تعريف الإنسانBut a moment that redefined humanity

هذا الغلاف لا يُشاهدThis cover is not seen

بل يُعبرIt is crossed

وهذا الكتاب لا يُقرأAnd this book is not read

بل يُواجهIt is confronted

إما أن تمشي نحو النورEither you walk toward the light

أو تبقى شاهدًا على سقوطكOr remain a witness to your fall

بقلم المهندس المعماري عماد درويشBy Architect Imad Darouich · New York

For the full story, read Muhammad: The Human Prophet Who Built a Nation and The Light That Changed the World: The Life of Muhammad, both in the faith and spirit collection.

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Architect Imad Darouich

بقلم المهندس المعماري عماد درويش

Architect and author based in New York. He writes contemporary epics: long-form books about architects, buildings, cities and faith, in Arabic and English.

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