DESCRIPTION:
Baraka Blue recites 'Highest Station', a piece written to (and in praise of) the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of the Most High be upon him), at the 'MeaningfulExpression' event in Edmonton, Canada 1/13/13.

'MeaningfulExpression' focuses on the intersections between artistic expression and the spiritual path. Each poem Baraka Blue performed was interspersed with meditations and explanations of key lines and themes by Ustadh Usama Canon.

Video by Ally Ismael: http://allyismail.4ormat.com/.

This poem is published in Baraka's book of poems 'Disembodied Kneelings' http://www.amazon.com/Disembodied-Kneelings-Poems-Baraka-ebook/dp/B003ZUY5RQ

The poem is transcribed below:


Highest Station

The greatest of all creation
attaining the highest station
the personification of the final revelation
the weight he shouldered
the mountains would have crumbled
to boulders
the mountains would have
crumbled to...

The most humble
al-Ameen [the truthful]
I wish I could hold your hand
kiss it like the black
stone at the Ka'ba
you rode into Mecca with your head bowed
the rahma [mercy]
those who persecuted you and all of your sahaba [companions]
you forgave, so they could be saved
never in anyone who walked this earth
has their been a heart softer
yet so brave
whether marching in the battlefield,
feeding the poor, or meditating in the cave

I wish I could be the dirt
beneath your sandal
you're a candle in the darkness
a spark that's never extinguished
never relinquished
they never could sink this ark
the purest heart
the purest heart.

I wish I could catch the water
that dripped from you
wish I could have been at Uhud
and take that hit for you
How blessed are the companions
that sit with you
I close my eyes
my body trembles as I picture you
my throat swells
my eyes are wells
not being with you in the afterlife
thats hell

We are your umma [community]
we are here in this dunya [lower realm]
Ya RasulAllah [Messenger of God] we try our best
to follow your sunna [way]
I'll never let you from my heart
on the Isra and Mi'raj [Night Journey and Ascension]
as you traveled
through the stars
Gibreel [Angel Gabriel] left your side
he couldn't travel that far
I would have grabbed your cloak until
I burned and dissolved.

I bear witness
you have delivered
the Message
peace and blessings
upon your essence
I bear witness
you have delivered
the Message
peace and blessings
upon your essence
and we bear witness
you have delivered
the Message
peace and blessings upon your essence.