The Miracle of Muhammad’s Name

🌻🔆The Miracle of the Name Muhammad🔆🌻
🌼🔆🌼The Mystery Behind the Miracle of Moses’ Staff 🌼🔆🌼

🔹The Eve of the Prophet’s Mission (PBUH)
📅 Date: 1403/11/09 – 27 Rajab 1446
✨ Gathering: Meshkat-e Noor
🎤 Speaker: Master Ali Saei

✨ The Night of the Mission: A Key to Locked Doors ✨

This is a most blessed night: the night of the Prophet’s mission, the crown of creation, the night when the gates of mercy are thrown open. It is the key to blessing, the master key to all the doors of the world. Yet all the world’s keys, without Muhammad (PBUH), are nothing but locks. Only through Muhammad (PBUH) are the gates of Khaybar, mercy and grace opened to all creation.

What does this greatest of God’s miracles, this subtle divine presence, do in the world of being? It opens the hidden and manifest doors of our souls. Who is this master among masters, this key to the gates of heaven, earth and seas? How can we know him? He is that greatest miracle of God placed in the hands of the Shi‘a.

🌊 Moses’ Staff and the Mystery of the Sea’s Parting 🌊

Muhammad (PBUH) is the staff in the hands of the Imams of Purity. What wonders the Imams performed with this staff! What doors they opened with this key! Just as Moses (AS) parted the sea with his staff, what was the mystery behind that parting? How was Moses (AS) able to split the sea at God’s command?

When Moses (AS) reached the sea, his people saw the raging waters before them and Pharaoh’s forces behind them, bent on massacring them. At that moment, God revealed to Moses the secret of opening the sea. This secret was the key to solving their troubles, the key to shattering the edifice of ignorance and oppression.

🕊 Tawhid, Wilayah and the Opening of Locked Doors 🕊

“Moses, tell the Children of Israel to renew their affirmation of My oneness, for they have forgotten My uniqueness and power. Tell them to remember Muhammad (PBUH) with all their hearts—Muhammad, the master of My servants—and once more to affirm, with heart and soul, their devotion to the wilayah of Ali (AS) and his pure descendants. Then let them appeal to their rank and glory, and ask that you take them across the waves of the sea.”

If they do so, the waters of the sea will become calm and passable for them. But what did the Children of Israel do? A staff was not needed to part the sea; it was a test of the Children of Israel. The same objections they had raised throughout history continued beside the Nile…

🌟 A Staff More Miraculous Than Moses’ 🌟

Moses’ staff (AS) possessed astonishing power, but the blessed name of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (AS) was even more miraculous. Their sacred presence is itself a divine miracle. When the Children of Israel heard God’s command from the lips of Moses (AS), they said: “Would you force us to do something we do not wish to do? We will not remember Muhammad (PBUH) and his family—we will not be taken in by such childish talk.”

Terrified for their lives, they had fled from Pharaoh, and now they asked Moses (AS): “Do you want us to drown in this raging sea? We don’t know what will happen to us, so we refuse!”

🌊 The Faith of Caleb, Son of Jephunneh: The Key to Crossing the Sea 🌊

Among them was Caleb, son of Jephunneh, chief of the tribe of Judah and one of the two foremost believers among the Children of Israel. He turned to Moses (AS) and asked, “Prophet of God, has Allah commanded you to have us plunge into the water?”

Moses (AS) replied, “Yes. This is God’s command.”

Caleb asked again, “Do you, too, command me to do this?”

Moses (AS) answered yes. So Caleb, son of Jephunneh, stood before the sea and invoked God’s oneness, renewing his affirmation of it. He remembered the prophethood of Muhammad (PBUH) and affirmed the wilayah of Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS). Then, with unwavering faith, he said:

“O God, I beseech You by the rank and station of Muhammad (PBUH) and his family: carry me across the heart of this sea.”

Then he rode his horse into the water, and the sea became like firm, level ground beneath him. He crossed the sea, then turned back, galloped his horse toward the Children of Israel to make them understand the truth, and cried out:

“O Children of Israel! Obey Moses (AS)! This prayer is the key to the gates of Paradise! It bars the gates of Hell! It is the secret behind the descent of provision and sustenance! It is a means of winning the pleasure of God, the All-Protecting, the Creator!”

But the Children of Israel refused, saying, “We will not enter the water; we will cross only on dry land.”

Then God revealed to Moses (AS)…

🌊 The Sea Opens in the Name of Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (AS) 🌊

Then God revealed to Moses (AS):

“O Moses, strike the sea with your staff and say: My Lord, I beseech You by Muhammad (PBUH) and his pure family: open this sea for us!”

Moses (AS) struck the sea with his staff, and it split apart. The seabed appeared between the waves, and a path opened all the way to the far shore. Moses (AS) said, “Enter!”

But the Children of Israel said, “The ground is muddy; we are afraid we’ll sink into it.”

Then God, the Exalted, said, “Say: My Lord, I beseech You by Muhammad (PBUH) and his pure family: make the ground dry for us.”

The east wind blew, and the ground dried. Moses (AS) once again ordered them, “Enter!”

But the Children of Israel made another excuse: “We are twelve tribes descended from twelve fathers. If we enter this sea, we will compete with one another and end up in trouble. We will enter only if a separate path is opened for each tribe.”

So God commanded Moses (AS) to strike the sea twelve times with his staff and say, “My God, make the ground visible to us and hold the water back from us!”

Twelve separate paths opened, one for each tribe, and the east wind dried and smoothed them. Yet the Children of Israel still hesitated, saying, “We are worried about the other tribes. If we enter these paths, we won’t know what will happen to them.”

Then God said, “O Moses, strike the spaces between these paths with your staff and say: اللهم به جاه محمد و آله الطیبین!”

Moses (AS) did so, and suddenly the water between the paths grew clear, so that each tribe could see the others. Then the Children of Israel entered with confidence… and we know the rest.

🌟 The Miracle of the Name of Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (AS) 🌟

This is the miracle of the name and station of Muhammad (PBUH) and the Family of Muhammad (AS)—the very name that parts seas, opens hearts, unlocks the heavens, and opens the gates of knowledge.

Perhaps even the seeds that split open beneath the soil have learned the secret of their unfolding from the station of Muhammad (PBUH) and the Family of Muhammad (AS).

🍯 The Sweetness of Honey and Love for Muhammad (PBUH) 🍯

Honey’s sweetness comes through the blessing of the name of Muhammad (PBUH) and the Family of Muhammad (AS). If their blessed name works such miracles, what miracles might their love, their knowledge, and their pure devotion bring about?

What miracles like those of Moses might companionship with them bring into a person’s life?

❤️ The Prophet, Father of the Believers ❤️

We have neither truly understood Muhammad (PBUH) nor the Family of Muhammad (AS). But we should know that the Messenger of God is closer to our very souls than we are. He is not merely the father of the believers, but the father of their faith, their knowledge, their light, and the very existence of this world.

Muhammad (PBUH) is the father of all new creation—not only of human beings, but of every believing particle, every believing plant, every mountain and sea, every angel, and all that is pure and beautiful. He is the father of creation.

🌿 Muhammad (PBUH), Father of the First Tree of Existence 🌿

Muhammad (PBUH) is the father of the First Tree; indeed, he is himself the First Tree of this created world.
Blessings and exalted salutations upon his sacred being!

He is the father of the believers, as God says:
“He is truly a father to them.”

But this is a father who, if he knows that someone in this world is hungry, forbids himself from eating his fill.
He keeps himself hungry so that he will not sleep satisfied while one of his children is hungry.

But who can call themselves a child of Muhammad (PBUH)?
Who can make such a claim?

That is what the bond between father and child entails.
This is what a true father is.
If we do not understand what it means to be a child, how can we be believers?

So we must find our true father!
And leave our metaphorical parents, lest we become metaphorical children.

If we are truly believers,
we can call the Messenger of God “Father.”

🌳 The Blessed Tree: The Shi‘a’s Place in the Tree of Ṭūbā 🌳

In the Blessed Tree**, **the Messenger of God (PBUH) is the tree’s root.
Ali (AS) is its towering height.
Fatima (SA) is its trunk.
The Pure Imams are its branches.

And the Shi‘a are its leaves.

But where does this Blessed Tree end?
It reaches Sidrat al-Muntahā.
That is, when we reach Sidrat al-Muntahā, our faith has been established.

But if we cannot reach Sidrat al-Muntahā, then we have not grasped the true meaning of religious devotion.

Through practicing our religion, we prepared ourselves to reach Sidrat al-Muntahā.
But what do we do there?
The secrets are there, the revelations are there!
Through religion, we seek to enter the realm beyond this end…

❗️ Woe to those who do not belong to this tree! ❗️

Whoever does not belong to this tree—woe betide them!
Then they are not believers!

If a person is not, in their very being, a piece of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (AS), they are not truly a believer!
Nor are they one of our Shi‘a.

But who is it that attains this success?
Who are the ones who fail?

If we belong to this tree, we must feel the taste of Muhammad and his family in every moment, with our whole being!
Can we feel the sweetness of their station and their radiant light?

Is a leaf attached to a tree separate from it?
Whatever the tree receives, it passes on to its leaves.

Yet we have become more lost than the Children of Israel.
Blessed are those who set out and became connected,
and reached Sidrat al-Muntahā.

🌟 A Father Who Raises His Children! 🌟

Have you ever seen how a father lifts up his child?
Muhammad (PBUH), too, lifts up his children.

How?
Just as a tree raises its leaves toward the sky,
Muhammad and his family carry their children to Sidrat al-Muntahā!

🌳 Muhammad (PBUH) and the Imams (AS), the Firm Root of the Blessed Tree 🌳

Muhammad (PBUH) and the Pure Imams (AS) are the firm root of this Blessed Tree, and its offshoot is wilayah.
This is a blessed tree. Whoever enters its shelter will partake of its blessings.

This tree nourishes!
Whatever it receives, it passes on to its leaves and branches.

But how have we lived as children?
If we were true children, we would become trees!

A leaf can be planted, and another tree grown from it.
This leaf must become a tree.

So whoever becomes a believer is a child of Muhammad (PBUH) and the family of Muhammad (AS)!

❗️ The Possibility of Being Disowned ❗️

But it is also possible to be disowned.
How many creatures have lost the quality of being children.

But how are we to understand these ideas?
The believers’ bond with this tree is not a broken connection; it is an unbroken one.

Children in this world grow apart from their parents.
But believers can never be separated from this father—not in any way.

For he will not leave them until he has made them like himself!

🏡 The Father of Believers, the Father of Our Very Being 🏡

The Noble Messenger (PBUH) is the father of the believers!
A child is nourished by their parents.
A leaf draws nourishment from its tree.
A branch draws its strength from the tree.

If we have a spirit and a mind,
why should we not say that we have the Prophet in our very soul, and Ali, Hasan and Husayn in our very soul?

We carry the pure family of Husayn (AS) within our soul.

🌟 Muhammad (PBUH) and his family are closer to us than our own spirit! 🌟

By God, Muhammad (PBUH) and his family are closer to us than our own spirit!
They are closer to us than our own mind!
They are more tangible and more influential!

The Prophet is God’s chosen one!
And God Most High has imprinted the image of His Prophet upon our soul.

We must behold Muhammad (PBUH) and his family in the clear mirror of this world’s existence.

Every beauty is a mirror reflecting some aspect of his loveliness.
Every noble quality is a reflection of his beauty.
Every beautiful flower we smell,
every sweet taste we savour—
all are mirrors of Muhammad (PBUH) and his family.

They are God’s greatest signs!

So let us purify our hearts and polish the mirror, so that we may behold that beauty.
For God has cast the image of the Prophet and his family into our hearts!
And our heart is where that image is displayed.

✨ Divine Signs and Their Manifestation in Pure Hearts ✨

We will soon show them Our signs on the horizons and within their own souls.

Did not the noble ones say:
“نحن الآیات و نحن البینات”
We are God’s clear signs!

All created things are signs of God,
but Muhammad (PBUH) and the family of Muhammad (AS) are themselves divine signs, beautifully manifested in this world.

If someone seeks the truth, they need not go in search of some distant place.
It is near!
Closer than anyone near!

God is nearer than the nearest!
And He has made Himself known within our hearts.

📖 The Quran, the Place of God’s Manifestation 📖

Thus God manifested Himself!
Not in a visual or sensory form, but in a way known to Him alone.

The Quran is the place where God manifests Himself.
But not in a manifestation that can be seen.

Seeing is a veil.
Understanding is a veil.
By God, God is beyond all this.

So He reveals Himself, that His light may prevail in our hearts.

God manifests Himself in the Quran—but how?
He alone knows how to manifest Himself so that we may remember Him.

He revealed His forbearance, so that we might know how patiently He bears.
He revealed His power, so that we might know how mighty He is.
He warned His servants, so that they might know what divine punishment would be like.
He bestowed His blessings, so that they might know that He alone is the absolute Provider.

And along this path, we journey towards Sidrat al-Muntaha…

🌟 Muhammad’s (PBUH) Mission: The Primordial Covenant of the Children of Adam 🌟

Then God Most High sent Muhammad (PBUH).
But how?

With unmatched majesty and splendour!

It is difficult to carry this thought further…
How can one go on?

When Allah took a covenant from the Children of Adam, from their descendants, bearing witness against themselves:
“ألست بربّکم؟”

“Am I not your Lord?”
And they answered: “Yes, You are our Lord!”

At that time, the spirits were in the shadows…
I do not know where these “shadows”**—this **lofty abode—were.
Yet they could see, hear, and reason.

God took their covenant and pledge:
that they would believe in Him, affirm His angels, accept His Books, and support His messengers.

Then He manifested Muhammad (PBUH) to them!

But how?
His light? His spirit? His exalted being?
Did He cast him into their hearts?

Did He impress the image of his sacred being upon the soul of creation so deeply that separation became impossible?

Then He cast the image of Ali (AS) into it…
How did He do so?

Everyone fell in love with him!

Then He cast the image of Fatima (SA) into it as well.
And then her pure son, Husayn (AS)…

And He took a covenant and pledge from all the prophets!

📜 The Prophets’ Covenant and Divine Knowledge 📜

When Allah took a covenant from the prophets:
“When I have given you the Book and wisdom, and then a messenger comes to you, you must believe in him and support him!”

And God asked them:
“Do you acknowledge this, and have you solemnly pledged yourselves to this covenant?”

The prophets replied, “Yes, we acknowledge it!”

Then Allah manifested Himself!
He made known the knowledge required by all the inhabitants of the world.
He granted every particle in creation what it needed to worship and serve Him.

So what does it mean that He manifested Himself?

It means He made all beings aware of the knowledge of worship and servitude.
It means He taught them what they needed in the realm of servitude.
It means He filled their being with the knowledge of worship.

And then He revealed Muhammad (PBUH) and his family to the souls!
He impressed the sacred image and identity of His Eminence upon their hearts.
He illuminated the hearts of creation with the wonders of His saints!

He unveiled the beauty of His most beautiful ones!
He revealed them!

This is God’s Prophet!
God Himself has shown him to us.

🕊 An Eternal Mission: All Times, All Places 🕊

This is an eternal mission!
It is a moment that embraces all of time!

The mission of the honoured, divinely sent Prophet encompasses every dimension of existence!
Everyone knows him!

On Mount Hira, and in every time and place!

He has cast his shadow over every age and every moment.
His mission left no one and not even a single particle out.

So when Allah willed to open his breast,
strengthen his heart,
and send down His message to him,

He made the mountains, rocks, pebbles, and trees speak!

🌎 The World Knew Muhammad (PBUH)! 🌎

That is, they all knew him!
Even at the very moment he had just emerged from the heart of Mount Hira!

For he is the master of all existence!
And Allah, the Exalted, had sent him as a messenger.

So endless blessings upon him and his pure family! 💖

🌿 Greetings to Muhammad (PBUH), greetings to the Wali of God 🌿

Wherever they came upon him, they would address him!

🌟 “Peace be upon you, O Muhammad!”
🌟 “السلام علیک یا ولی الله!”

The mountain, the rock, the star—whatever it was—would call out:
🌿 “السلام علیک یا رسول الله!”

Did the mountains, plains, and trees outpace human beings?
🌿 It seems they did!

So it is a cause for shame that we still hesitate to know him…

When they came near him, they would say:
💖 “السلام علیک یا حبیب الله!”

🌟 Good news, O Messenger of God! 🌟

✨ “Good news to you, O Messenger of God!”
God, the Mighty and Majestic, has bestowed honour upon you.
He has brought you to perfection in the most beautiful form.
He has adorned you with beauty and grace.

But how did they see him?
How did they recognise that Messenger of beauty?

Had they seen him in the fullness of beauty and perfection?
And could they see the difference between him and others?

Were they comforting him,
so that the words of Quraysh would not grieve him?

💫 He surpasses all that exists in this world!
💫 He is the beloved of God, from eternity to eternity!

So endless blessings upon Muhammad (PBUH) and his pure family! 🌺💖