pleased. Now, turn your face towards the Sacred Masjid (i.e. the Ka’bah). And O Muslims! Wherever you are, turn your face towards the same (direction).

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 2, Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 144)

Let us listen to some of the points that the renowned commentator of the Quran, Hakeem-ul-Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه mentioned under this verse:

   ۔1From this account, we come to know that all people must adhere to the law, and the law anticipates the wish of the Beloved.

   ۔2The Ka’bah, which received the honour of all the Awliya, Ghaus, and Qutb lowering their heads towards it, was all due to the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم   ; it was due to his wish that the Ka’bah was made the Qiblah until the Day of Judgement. (Shan-e-Habib-ur-Rahman, p. 42)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

He is the recipient of countless excellences

Dear Islamic brothers! We have just heard some accounts, blessed verses, their commentaries and the reasons for their revelation, in which the eminence of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is made apparent. There is no doubt that if the Holy Quran is recited with the gaze of Iman, the entire Quran will appear as the Na’t of the Noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Let us listen to a few more instances regarding this. Hence, it is stated in part 30, Surah Al-Kausar, Verse no. 1: