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Many great men have walked on this planet, earth

Some are destined for greatness right from birth

But some undergo metamorphosis at a later stage

Yet they are remembered with awe in every age

One such special human being is this poem's subject

Although words can't grant him his due respect

By his conversion, faith was given certitude

Through him, Islam was granted fortitude

On a critical issue, when he would give his opinion

To affirm it, God would send a similar revelation

Wherever he would enter and reside

Satan would runaway and hide

When an earthquake shook Madinah's land

He struck it with a stick in his hand

and said, "why do you shake? have I not done justice on you?"

It turned motionless as if just a silent bird had flew

When the people of Egypt started complaining

that the river Nile had stopped flowing

With conviction yet humbleness, he wrote a famous letter

and asked the governor to throw it in the water

Suddenly changed was the fate of river Nile

as if the angels had descended for a while

Saints and sages are known only for their spirituality

Yet this man defined a multi-dimensional personality

All-encompassing vision of a leader

Intellectual genius of a scholar

Immutable courage of a holy warrior

Humility of a God's messenger

Unshakable will of a conqueror

All facets in one character

The beautiful petal of the Muslim flower

The worldly manifestation of Divine power

Even Western annals of History testify to his gigantic figure

He was ranked 52 among 100 most influential people ever

Muhammad said, "Allah speaks through the tongue of Umar"

"If there was a prophet after me, it would've been Umar"!