The Monotheistic Storm

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🔹The night commemorating the martyrdom of Lady Fatima al-Zahra (peace be upon her)
📅 Date: 1403/08/24 – 13 Jumada al-Awwal 1446
✨ Session: Meshkat-e Noor
📖 Weekly session on the explanation and interpretation of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (Supplication 20)
🎤 Speaker: Master Ali Saei
🗒 Some points discussed in the session:

🌼 The night commemorating the martyrdom of the Lady of creation
On the night commemorating the martyrdom of Fatima al-Zahra, the Lady of creation, Queen of the heavens and the earth, we offer our condolences to the Master, the Remnant of God, the Most Great.

🌺 Fatima al-Zahra, the foremost in holiness
Fatima al-Zahra is foremost in holiness, the Lady of the Imamate and the noblewoman of grace. She is the Lady of modesty, the mother of the believing men and women, and the jewel of chastity and humility. Who is Fatima al-Zahra? Truly, O God, make Fatima known to us. Fatima is a supreme sign of the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the great light of divine unity and the word of sincerity. She is the Queen of night and day, the Lady of martyrdom, and the foremost of all women.

💫 The greatness of Fatima
We are immersed in Fatima’s greatness, yet we do not know her. Fatima is beyond the question of who or what she is. In the space of seventy-five days, the Mushaf of Fatima has encompassed this entire world of being. The Mushaf of Fatima is a book in which the mysteries of existence have been recorded, revealed to her from heaven.

📖 The Mushaf of Fatima
The Mushaf of Fatima is a book from God, presented to Lady al-Zahra over the seventy-five days following the passing of the Noble Prophet. It contains the mysteries of the past and the future, and has been entrusted to the Imam of the Age (AJ). We have yet to understand even one page of this divine Mushaf; its secrets remain concealed from us.

🕊 Fatima’s connection with the heavenly realm
Fatima was a recipient of divine speech, in constant communion with the highest heavenly realm. She listened to the mysteries of existence and inscribed them in her blessed soul. This stream of mysteries flowed into the soul of Imam Ali (peace be upon him), for no one else was worthy of comprehending them.

👼 Angels descend upon Fatima
Angels descended upon Lady Fatima and communed with her, as they had with Lady Mary. The Mushaf of Fatima is a treasure trove of divine mysteries, its seal still unbroken, in the hands of the Imam of the Age (AJ).

🤫 Imam al-Sadiq’s silence about the Mushaf of Fatima
When Abu Ubayd asked Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the Mushaf of Fatima, the Imam fell silent for a long time. Afterward, he said: «You are seeking something while you have lost Ali; you are searching for the sun in its shadow.» The Mushaf of Fatima is a ray of Lady al-Zahra’s light and the most wondrous divine software.

🌌 The mysteries of the Mushaf of Fatima
This Mushaf contains reports of the unseen and descriptions of all worlds. Everything in the universe has been recorded in this divine Mushaf. If all its mysteries were made known throughout the world, the universe could not bear them. This book encompasses the secrets of the past and the future, all the way to the Day of Judgment.

📜 Fatima and the all-encompassing mysteries of existence
The Mushaf of Fatima contains comprehensive knowledge of the world of existence and the heavenly books. This scroll is a wondrous storehouse of knowledge and wisdom, access to which has been denied us. Fatima’s knowledge is a form of knowledge we have been deprived of; a great lament must be written for it, for with Fatima’s loss, a tremendous injustice was inflicted upon us.

🌠 The Great Loss of Fāṭima
With the loss of Fāṭima, we suffered a tremendous injustice. Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ was a woman endowed with divine knowledge—a living record of the mysteries of existence, every line and word of which brimmed with wisdom and learning. Had the Muṣḥaf of Fāṭima been available to us, the whole universe could have drawn on this knowledge and flourished. Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ was the source through which knowledge and light flowed into the heart of the world; with her loss, we were deprived of that flow.

🌸 Fāṭima’s Oppression
Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ was wronged: a woman who bore the greatest of divine mysteries, yet remained out of the public eye. For all her majesty and radiance, she lived alone and oppressed. She stood against injustice and tyranny, yet remained silent, and many of her secrets are still hidden. Her Muṣḥaf, that treasury of mysteries, remains sealed in the hands of the Imam of the Age (AJ), while the world is denied access to this immense knowledge.

🌹 Our Loss and Deprivation of Fāṭima
We were deprived of Fāṭima’s light and her boundless knowledge. Had her Muṣḥaf been in our hands, many mysteries of existence and profound questions could readily have been resolved, and humanity would have attained a greater understanding. Fāṭima’s loss was not merely a family tragedy; it was a calamity for the whole world and a deprivation for all humankind—for Fāṭima was an ocean of wisdom and knowledge, and the mother of the world.

💔 Fāṭima, the Hidden Treasure
Fāṭima is a treasure not yet fully discovered: a scroll bearing all the knowledge and mysteries of existence. Many of us have yet to read even a single line of her sermons and words, and remain unaware of the truth of who she was. This is a deprivation we all share, for Fāṭima was a beacon of guidance for humanity. Had we known her, we would have turned back from misguided paths and been guided toward light and knowledge.

✨ Fāṭima’s Legacy for the Imam of the Age (AJ)
The Muṣḥaf of Fāṭima remains in the hands of the Imam of the Age (AJ), entrusted to him as a divine trust. This book bears all the knowledge of the past and future, along with divine wisdom. When its seal is opened one day, the whole world will be illuminated by its light, and humanity will attain an unprecedented understanding. Until then, this Muṣḥaf will remain in the hands of His Eminence, the Greatest Remnant of God, as one of the world’s great mysteries.

🙏 An Ending and a Hope
We still yearn to know Fāṭima and gain access to her Muṣḥaf. Yet we hope that one day, with the advent of the Imam of the Age (AJ), all Fāṭima’s mysteries will be revealed to humanity, and we will share in her light. On this night of Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ’s martyrdom, we ask God to illuminate our hearts with Fāṭima’s light and deliver us from the deprivation and darkness imposed upon us by her loss.

🌼 Deprived of Fāṭima and Her Muṣḥaf
Fāṭima was meant to interpret her Muṣḥaf, and we have been deprived of the greatest of the world’s treasures. We cannot begin to know what a rare jewel we have lost. Even to say that we have lost the whole universe would be an understatement. Fāṭima was a divine book still being written, and she was taken from us.

🌙 The Mystery of Laylat al-Qadr and Divine Decrees
Do we know the mystery of the Night of Decree, its divine decrees and transformations? How can a child be born unlike its parents? The answer lies in Laylat al-Qadr, where divine destinies are determined.

🌺 Fāṭima’s True Fadak
Fāṭima’s Fadak was not merely an earthly garden; it was the hearts of the Shiʿa that they sought to take from her. With her martyrdom, they took Fadak from those pure hearts as well; their love for Fāṭima lives in their hearts because she was conquered.

💥 The Immense Power of Fatima
Fatima possessed an immense force, like a Fatimid energy that, were it released, would transform the world. But they did not allow Fatima to unfold herself in this realm. Is her return possible? Would that she might return to rescue the world from this narrow, dark world. Our distance from Fatima is a distance measured in light-years.

🌸 Fatima, the Description of Fatima
Fatima is herself the description of Fatima. She is the greatest description, and no description can express her in full. Only those who know her words are acquainted with Fatima. Fatima was a storm of tawhid, and her Fadakiyya sermon began with tawhid.

🌌 The Importance of Tawhid
The first mystery is tawhid; tawhid is the key to understanding prophethood and imamate. Fatima wished to kindle the light of tawhid in hearts, for faith is accompanied by tranquillity, and tranquillity begins with tawhid. True pleasure lies in the heart of tranquillity, and that pleasure is attained through tawhid.

☀️ Faith and Tranquillity
Whoever attains tawhid will experience true tranquillity and pleasure. If the world were emptied of tawhid, human beings would not be alive; they would be nothing more than walking corpses. Fatima knew that without tawhid, human beings would sink into the darkness of ignorance and shirk.

🌍 Fatima and the Path of Knowledge and Learning
Despite all this scientific progress, man remains trapped in his own suffering and ignorance. For the path of this science has passed through the way of shirk, and they have entered the mine of knowledge without tawhid. Fatima was the immense treasure of creation, and we have taken but a small share of this treasure. Have we honoured this treasure?

💧 The Purity and Sanctity of Fatima
Fatima had gone beyond purity and sanctity. She had surpassed even beauty, tranquillity and pleasure. Let us take a stroll in Fatima’s garden and enjoy the fragrance of her flowers, so that we may measure the extent of our acquaintance with her.

📜 The Fadakiyya Sermon
Do the words of the Fadakiyya sermon set tranquillity flowing through our souls? Even if we do not understand the meaning of her words, this sermon is a source of tranquillity. For years we have lingered at the foot of Fatima’s sermon. O great God, when will we be able to behold the whole of Fatima’s garden and enter her mushaf? When will we comprehend her secrets?

🌌 His Quality, Beyond Illusions and the Senses
God’s quality does not come within the reach of illusions; illusions have no power to attain the divine quality. God’s quality is other than His essence, just as His name is other than His essence. We have no access whatsoever to God’s essence, and illusions are incapable of comprehending His quality. Any quantity or quality we attribute to God is impossible and bespeaks our inability to know Him. God is neither grasped by quantity nor by quality. If we think about His essence, our thought is shattered and our intellect is left bewildered; and if we try to imagine His quality, we will fall into madness. We must arrive at this truth: that He is beyond quantity and quality; it is He who has bestowed quality upon quantity and quality.

🏞 Place and Space in Contrast to God
He created place and space without Himself having any place or space. It is He who has bestowed quality upon quality without Himself having any quality. Imam al-Rida (AS) said: “God is in no way known by quality or place, nor perceived by the senses, nor compared to anything.” Illusions are confined to the sensibly perceived, and whatever man perceives through the senses is illusion. We must acknowledge the limitations of our imagination.

🔍 Comprehending God’s Knowledge and Greatness
The stature of illusions does not reach God—not to His name, not to His attribute, and not to His quality. If we say what God is, that is shirk. God is far beyond any quality or description and is in no way limited.

💡 Divine Being and Origin
Fatima al-Zahra (SA) says that “He originated things without anything preceding them.” Philosophers cannot fathom the depth of this statement. Being is new, and if being were not new, being would not exist at all. Being must derive from the divine Originator to be regarded as being.

✨ God Is Beyond Being
God brought being into existence and is Himself beyond being. If we ask “what is God,” this is a great injustice. Faith in God means faith in Him, not in our own philosophy and thoughts. If we have faith in our philosophy, we have faith in ourselves, not in God.

🕰 Experience and Innate Nature
Time is limited for experience; we must return to our innate nature. Space and time are the only things we perceive through the senses, and we must connect with the spirit of time and space. If we do not understand time and space, we will fall short of our destination.

💫 A Movement Toward the Transcendent Degrees
The speed of renewal is the speed of timelessness, and we will not reach the first destination and the meeting with God until we transcend all movements. Reaching the transcendent degrees means reaching vibrationlessness and absolute stillness.

🌺 The Station of Fatima and the Highest Love
The station of Fatima is among the transcendent degrees; beauty, pleasure and love from the lower levels stand in contrast to her beauty and highest love. Movement and vibrations are signs of reaching the final destination and stillness. When all movements come to rest, we will reach the destination and the meeting with God.

🌊 A Longing to Understand Fatima’s Words
O Lord, grant us understanding of her words so that we may comprehend. Though we lack the capacity to dive into the depths of Fatima’s sea, we yearn to be immersed in this vast ocean, and in the hope of understanding even a drop of this divine wisdom, we surrender our souls to her.