There is a tradition
of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.), “No one comprehends Allah (s.w.t.) except me
and Ali (a.s.), no one comprehends Ali (a.s.) except me and Allah (s.w.t.) and
no one comprehends me except Allah (s.w.t.) and Ali (a.s.).”
The Gateway of
Knowledge, Imam Ali (a.s.) had described the nature and origin of the Noble
Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.)’s Noor. His most eloquent sermon was reported in Beharul
Anwar compiled by Allama Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi (r.a.) in volume 15 from
page 27 to 31 published in Arabic by The House of Revival of Arabic Heritage,
Lebanon, Beirut.
Some of the extracts
are reproduced below:
“There was only Allah,
and nothing was with Him. He created the light (Noor) of His beloved Muhammad
(s.a.w.a.s.). After a lapse of 424,000, divine years, He created water, Throne,
Kursi, Skies and earth, Tablet, Pen, Paradise, Hell, angels, Adam and Hawwa.
Then his light (Noor) stood respectfully in front of his Creator and praised
Allah for 1,000 years. (It may be mentioned here that 50,000 years of this
world are equal to 1 day of Hereafter) Allah (s.w.t.) continued to look at his
light (Noor). Allah (s.w.t.) continued to say, “O My servant! You are the ‘Murid’
and you are the ‘Murad’ (Murid is the one intends, and Murad is the one who is intended).
You are “Murad” because I intended for you and you are Mureed because you
praised me. If you were not there, I would not create this universe. Whoever
loves you, I will love him, and whoever is your enemy, he is My enemy.” When
his Noor heard Allah’s praise about him, it increased its glow higher and
higher. Allah (s.w.t.) created 12 Hijab from his Noor. Then Allah (s.w.t) told His
beloved (Habib), “Enter the hijab of Qudrat”. When the light of the Noble
Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) entered the hijab, it recited “Subhanal Alial A’ala” for 12,000
years. Then his Noor (Light) entered the Hijab al-Azamate and recited “Subhanal
Alame Sirre wal Akbar” “Praise be to Him who is aware of the latent and patent
things” for 11,000 years. Likewise, his Noor continued to enter 10 more hijab
and the number of years continued to decrease. When his Noor entered the 12th
hijab of Shifa’at, his Noor continued to recite “Subhana Rabbi al Azeem wa
Behamde” for 1,000 years. Then Allah created 20 oceans of Noor for
scarification of Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.)’s Noor, and his Noor passed through
those 20 oceans. In each ocean of Noor, the depth of knowledge was only known
to Allah (s.w.t.). When he came out of it, 124,000 drops came down from his
body, and Allah made 124,000 Messengers out of each drop. Then Allah created a
pearl from his Noor and broke into two parts and looked aggressively at one
part which converted into sweet water. Then He (s.w.t.) looked at the other
half with kindness and created His Throne out of it. Then from the Throne He
created Kursi, from Kursi created Tablet, from Tablet created Pen (Qalam) and
addressed Pen to write His Unity (Tauheed) and the Pen was shivering for 1,000
years. When the Pen revived, it asked what to write and Allah said write “La
Ilaha Illallah Muhammadun Rasool Allah”. As soon as the Pen heard Muhammadun Rasool
Allah, it fell in prostration out of love and status of the Noor. Then the Pen inquired
as to who is Muhammad? Allah replied “if Muhammad was not created, I would not
have created you. Muhammad is Bashir, Nazir, Sirajul Munir, Shafi and Habib.”
The Pen said, “Salam Alaika Ya Rasool Allah.” Allah replied, “Wa Alaikas Salaam
Minni” That is the reason saying salaam is recommended but reply is obligatory.”
The Gateway of
Knowledge, Nafse Rasool, Imam Ali (a.s.) is describing the creation of the Noor
of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) showing in a way that he was the witness of
the whole Divine Process. Moreover, when 124,000 Messengers were created from
the sweat of the Noble Messenger, what must be the status of his flesh and
blood? When he said to Imam Ali, “Your blood is my blood, your flesh is my
flesh.” He said to The Chief of the Women of the World, Sayyida Fatima Zahra (s.a.), “Fatima is part of me”!
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