The light of Panjetan was created by Allah thousands of
years before Prophet Adam was created. There is a Hadees-e-Qudsi that Allah
addressed Prophet Muhammad (P) saying that the universe was created but for him
(P). Hadees-e-Qudsi are those Divine messages from Allah to Prophet Muhammad (P)
which are not part of the Holy Qur’an. Panjetan’s light was placed on the fore
head of Prophet Adam, when he was created. At that time, when angels questioned
Adam’s creation, Allah tested their knowledge about the names, in which they
failed but Prophet Adam recognized those names which were the names of
Panjetan. Hence, this light traveled through the pure prophets to Abdul
Mutallib(AS) when it was divided into two parts; one part passed through Abdullah
(AS) to Prophet Muhammad (P) and the other part passed through Abu Talib (AS)
to Imam Ali (AS).
There is a well known hadees in which Prophet Muhammad (P)
said “I and Ali are from one and the same light (noor). Hence for forty years,
Prophet Muhammad (P) lived with the idol worshippers of Makka and established
his reputation as “The Most Truthful” and
“The Most Trustworthy”. The Prophet(P) told the idol
worshippers that there is a huge army behind the mountain will they believe
him. They replied in affirmative and said that he had never told a lie in their
life time. Whereupon he advised them to believe in Allah’s unity and follow
Islam. They rejected his advice.Then Allah commanded him to openly invite his kin’s.
The first meeting of Islam was hosted by Abu Talib (AS).
This is called “Dawat-e-Zul
Ashira). The Prophet Muhammad (P) delivered a sermon and
sought help and assistance in propagating Islam. He also promised that whoever
assisted will be his vicegerent and successor after him. No one responded
except Imam Ali (AS) who was a young man of eleven or twelve years.
Imam Ali (AS) kept his promise throughout his life at a
great cost of enmity which is still prevalent. After his martyrdom, every
member of his family paid dearly to protect Islam.
It is generally agreed by every judicious scholars that the
addressee of “Ya Aiyyuhal Lazeena Amano” or “O’ The Faithful” in Holy Quran is
Imam Ali (as). As per the book
Kaukab-e-Durree, compiled by a Sunni scholar, Syed Muhammad
Saleh Kashfi AlHanafi such verses occurred 300 times. Imam Ali (AS) himself
said that one fourth of Holy Qur’an was revealed in praise of Aal-e-Muhammad,
one fourth against our enemies one fourth about the past prophets and one
fourth about commandments. Further, the above scholar had compiled 161 ahadees
by Prophet Muhammad (P) in which he had praised Imam Ali (AS).
Imam Ali (AS) excelled in superlative degrees in all the
noble qualities of knowledge, bravery, philanthropy, eloquence, worshipping,
kindness, magnanimity, judicial expertise etc. That was the reason that a group
of people, Nusairites, treated him as god.
Imam Ali (AS) was the standard bearer in almost all the
military missions during the life time of Prophet Muhammad (P). The importance
of being the standard bearer may be imagined when at the Battle of Khyber,
Prophet Muhammad (P) promised to give the standard to the most brave person and that Allah and his Prophet
will love him. The companions of the Prophet (P) did not sleep the whole night
and prayed for it.
Imam Ali(AS) was born on Friday in the Holy Kaba in the year
30 year after the year of elephant .His mother Fatima Binte Asad (SA) was near
the Kaba when the signs of his birth became evident when she prayed to Allah
for help for the sake of the unborn. A crack appeared in the wall of Kaba and
she entered inside. The crack is still there in spite of every effort to erase
it. Imam Ali was born in side Kaba and became the unique person in history to
have been born in the most sacred place on earth. He did not open his eyes for
three days till Prophet Mohammad (P) took him in his arms then only he opened
his eyes and first thing he saw was the sacred face of the Prophet (P).
As soon as he opened his eyes he started reciting Divine
Script.
In Medina , a
huge snake was wandering around. Imam Ali’ (AS) mother stepped out for a very
short time when the snake entered the house and tried to crawl upon Imam Ali’ (AS) cradle when he caught the snake
and tore apart its mouth. When Fatima Binte Asad (SA) returned and saw the dead
snake she exclaimed “My son is Haider”
The Prophet Muhammad (P) had given his tongue into Imam Ali’
(AS) mouth at the time of his birth hence his body drew strength from it and it
corroborate Prophet’s (P) saying
“Your flesh is my flesh”. The Prophet (P) raised Imam Ali as
there was famine in Medina .
Imam Ali (AS) grew under the Prophet’s (P) patronage and he
followed the Prophet (P) every where. As he narrates it in Nahjul Balagha “I
would follow the Prophet (P) like a baby camel would follow its mother and
could smell the scent of Prophecy and hear the words of revelations …..”
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