Prophet’s ﷺ Beauty

The Prophet’s ﷺ wife Aisha رضي الله عنها is reported to have quoted the following two lines of poetry about the Prophet’s ﷺ beauty, based on the Qur’anic story of Yusuf عليه السلام and the vizier’s wife, Zulaykha, whose friends cut their own hands because they were utterly mesmerized by his beauty:

If only the friends of Zulaykha would see his forehead
They would cut their necks rather than their hands

Source: http://masud.co.uk/the-genre-of-love-and-beauty-al-shamail/

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