More Than is a song by Arab-American country singer Kareem Salama, from his 2007 album This Life of Mine. It is an expression of the immense love of and yearning for the Prophet ﷺ that stirs in the hearts of Muslims across the world, even those who ‘come from miles and miles away, from a far and distant place’.
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Since when did a man need to be free of his sin
To see the face of the moon and feel the warmth of a friend?
I come from miles and miles away, from a far and distant place,
But I pray every night to dream of the light of your face.
The more I know you, I love you.
More than mountains of jewels,
More than months of honeymoons,
More than gold loves a fool,
I love you.
I’d give up everything I have, which isn’t much to say the most,
But if you’d be my honored guest, then I’d be a gracious host;
If you’re the Paradise I seek, then I was born in Hell;
If you’re the garden where we sit, then I sit on land untilled.
The more I know you, I love you.
More than mountains of jewels,
More than months of honeymoons,
More than gold loves a fool,
I love you.
More than shade under a tree,
On a summer day in Tennessee,
More than I love me,
I love you.
Wish all the people throughout time knew what I know about you,
How they harmed the ones you loved, and how they tried to harm you too.
But you repelled hatred with love, and you invited friend and foe.
And though the lies they speak pain me, it’s that you’re gone that hurts the most.
The more I remember you, I love you.
More than mountains of jewels,
More than months of honeymoons,
More than gold loves a fool,
I love you.
More than shade under a tree,
On a summer day in Tennessee,
More than I love me,
I love you.
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