Light Steps: A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

By Ali Scully

{O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, and a bringer of good news and a warner} 

{And a caller to Allah by His permission and a light-giving lamp}

Qur'ān 33:45-6 

Follow in the illuminated steps of the Prophet ﷺ with a poem for our times in the seerah tradition, relatin

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lote Tree Press
• Release date: Oct 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9781739460129

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Light Steps

LIGHT STEPS

A POEM ON THE SEERAH OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD ﷺ

ALI SCULLY

Lote Tree Press

CONTENTS

Alhamdulillah

Bismillah

Introduction

A Mercy was Born

Receiving Divine Light

The Simple Way

Lighten the Load

A Light Journey

Direction with Intention

Alike, Yet Like No Other

Call to the One

A Blessed Month

Circling the Heart

States of Awareness

In the City of Light

Bless Our Nabī

Past, Future, Present

To Remember, Allah ﷻ

Thank You, Allah ﷻ

Arabesque

The Supplication of Light

ﷺ

About the Author

Also from Lote Tree Press

Notes

Light Steps

A Poem

On the Seerah of

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Ali Scully

Islamic pattern geometric star

First published 2022 by Lote Tree Press

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© Ali Scully 2022

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Illustration and calligraphy acknowledgements:

Front cover photo of Jabal al-Nūr by Shahreen; Islamic seamless pattern on front cover by Irina Siryanova; Kufic basmala on jacket cover by Bunga Zaman; Anna Pogulyaeve, page 3, geometric border at the beginning of each chapter and on jacket cover, page 14 and page 67; Ummaqia, Kufic basmala, page 5; Grebeshkov, Kufic Muhammad, page 71; Evgeniya, Kufic Alhamdulillah, page 8, Kufic chapter 112 of the Quran, page 10, Kufic Muhammad on jacket cover

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Front cover image: Jabal al-Nūr, where Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ received the first revelation of the Holy Quran.

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

Bismillāhi’r-Raḥmāni’r-Raḥīm ¹,

There is no God except Allah ﷻ ² and Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah

﴾O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, and a bringer of good news and a warner﴿ ﴾and a caller to Allah by His permission and a light-giving lamp﴿

Qur’ān 33:45-6

Arabic Kufic Alhamdulillah calligraphy meaning “Praise be to God”Kufic calligraphy of Quranic surat al-Ikhlas.

INTRODUCTION

Dear Reader,

Having belief in the One God, and a knowing that He is the Reality of Realities, I realised I knew little about Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ ¹ apart from him being loved by Allah and that he is the Prophet of Islam.

So to further my understandings I read books, attended talks, to see