Fatima, the Miraculous Light

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🌼🔆🌼Fāṭimah’s Heart Flourished🌼🔆🌼

🔹The Eve of the Martyrdom of Lady Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ
📅 Date: 1404/09/02 – 2 Jumādā al-Thāniyah 1447
✨ Session: Meshkat-e Noor
🎤 Speaker: Master Ali Saei
📝 Some of the topics discussed in the session:

🖤 Condolences on the martyrdom of the Lady of Both Worlds

On the eve of the martyrdom of the Lady of Both Worlds, we extend our condolences to the celestial beings, accompanied by blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

✨ Fāṭimah (SA): Queen of Laylat al-Qadr and the secret of knowing God

Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, this sacred, luminous being, this ever-flowing, abiding, radiant miracle, this ascending, ever-rising miracle—Fāṭimah, queen of knowledge and wisdom, the learned lady, the wise lady, Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, queen of Laylat al-Qadr.

When will we attain an understanding of Laylat al-Qadr? When we come to know al-Zahrāʾ: this sovereign lady of creation, noble leader, lady of generosity and martyrdom, peerless and pure. O God, grant us knowledge of Fāṭimah. O God, if we do not come to know Fāṭimah, how can we attain excellence in worshipping You? Our souls and spirits must shine with Fāṭimah’s light, so that the life of worship and servitude to God may shine forth within us. Surely, if we do not know Fāṭimah, we will never attain knowledge of God. All of God’s proofs are keys to knowing God. If we are deprived of knowing them, we will be deprived of the blessings of the Almighty. If we do not come to know them, we will never take wing. Why must we know Fāṭimah? Why must we gain true insight? Knowing Fāṭimah means that our very being becomes sight, insight, hearing, and feeling. Knowing Fāṭimah means the life of the heart: when our hearts are enlivened by knowledge of Fāṭimah, the spirit of worship and servitude will shine within us. Knowing Fāṭimah is not merely outward affection. Everyone claims to love Fāṭimah, but who in this world truly speaks the truth—who are Fāṭimah’s genuine followers? They are those into whose souls Fāṭimah breathes the spirit of worship and servitude.

🌟 Fāṭimah’s light in the prayer niche: nourishment for the angels

Do we know Fāṭimah? We do not. Whoever truly knew Fāṭimah would be immersed in her teachings. We only imagine that we know her. If I truly knew Fāṭimah, I would not be so withered and despondent; I would not be spiritually dead. I am dead; my soul is dead. That means I am not one who truly knows Fāṭimah. Fāṭimah’s light gives life to the angels, so why have I not received the life of servitude to God from her light, love, and spiritual authority? One who truly knows Fāṭimah is one who loves God, loves worshipping God, and is a monotheist.

The Messenger of God speaks of Fatima. But let me tell you about my daughter, Fatima. Fatima is the lady of all women of the world, from the first to the last. Fatima is a piece of my heart; she is the light of my eyes, the fruit of my heart, and the very spirit within my breast. Fatima is a heavenly maiden in human form—here lies the secret of Fatima. Why is Fatima the light of the Prophet of God’s eyes? Because whenever she rose and stood in the sanctuary of worship, whenever she stood in prayer in the sanctuary before the Lord, Zahra’s light would shine. The angels of heaven would wonder: Who is this Fatima, whose blessed light embraces all the angels as soon as she stands in her sanctuary, before she has even begun her communion with God? Fatima’s light shone for the angels of the celestial realm, just as the stars shine in the sky for those on earth. Indeed, this is Fatima. Fatima is our wings, carrying us to the threshold of the Lord of Lords, majestic and exalted. The angels of the celestial realm drew nourishment from Fatima’s light; their eyes and hearts were illumined by it. When Zahra’s light shines, hidden mysteries are revealed. When the sun in the sky shines upon the earth, flowers open and blossom, their nectar flows, and honey and fragrance spread throughout the world; beauty is laid bare. What, then, happened when Fatima Zahra, the Sun of the Family of Muhammad, cast her light upon the angels? The angels were, and still are, revived by it; they grew and blossomed like flowers, their being brimming with nectar, scattering fragrance, transformed by Fatima’s fragrance. Fatima’s light, then, must transform us. Could it be that we do not truly know Fatima? Have our eyes and hearts not been illumined by her? If Fatima’s light does not turn us upside down, why should we claim to love her?

💫 The threefold radiance of Zahra’s light in Medina

Who is Fatima? She is that very being. Fatima is the resplendent gleam of the majesty of the Almighty. When Fatima’s light shines, the heavens and the earth come alive and are illumined. This is the secret of Fatima. When her light shone, it filled the angels’ eyes, and they would instinctively, in rapt haste, fall into prostration. She was the awakener of fervor and longing to worship God.

Why was Zahra named Zahra? Because when her light shone upon the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (AS), in the morning, she came to be called Zahra. Her light shone for Master Ali (AS) three times a day, in the morning, at noon and at dusk. Fatima’s light shone so brightly that it enveloped the face of the Commander of the Faithful. At dawn, while people lay in their beds, a white light from Zahra would enter their homes. The same thing happened at noon and at dusk. When the morning light shone, it encompassed the people of Medina. They would rush in a panic to the Prophet and ask him what the light was. He would tell them, “It is the light of my daughter Zahra, standing in her sanctuary of worship.” At noon, her blessed light shone yellow, once again enveloping all the people of Medina and their homes. Again, they would hurry to the Prophet with their questions. He would tell them, “It is the light of my daughter Zahra.” The same thing happened again at dusk. By God, every moment Zahra’s light shines upon the whole world, embracing all the angels. By God, it shines upon the hearts of the faithful. Whoever fails to receive it has a heart not filled with faith. A pure heart is needed to bear witness to the radiance of Zahra’s light. It will shine within us in many different hues, each leaving its own mark. This is Zahra—what can I say of Zahra? This is God’s miraculous light, a light that, beyond its radiance, has a mighty mission. Light is a key: it unlocks and opens. Just as it splits open a seed and reveals its secrets, what wondrous vistas emerge from within it! Light is a key; light is miraculous—how much more so is Zahra’s light, the Light of Lights, the key of keys, which unlocks the innermost mysteries and reveals the marvels hidden within us. Through Zahra’s light, the angels came alive, and the heavens were filled with angels. Was our earth, too, made fertile by Fatima’s light? It was—but what have we done, and what are we doing? Do we, too, fall instinctively and eagerly into prostration when Zahra’s light shines, or not?

🌊 Fatima (SA): The Ocean of Prophethood and the Most Subtle Means of Drawing Near to God

It is Zahra, the Lady of the Women of the Worlds. To seek intercession through Zahra is to walk the path of worship and devotion to God. It is to strive to adorn our worship and devotion to God with colour and beauty, and attain sincere worship of Him. To seek intercession through God’s proofs is to attain pure remembrance of God, not forgetfulness of Him. Whoever forgets God while turning to His proofs has burned the very means of access and shown ingratitude for a tremendous blessing. Attention to the means must not separate us from the Causer of all causes. If it does, then we are the defeated of history. Surrounded by light, we are blind. Can a person with clear sight, immersed in light, become blind? Yes. We are immersed in the lights of the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Family, yet we thirst. In the desert, we search for water, but the water we seek is salt. Seeking intercession is the means by which we pray to the One we worship, and Fatimah is the subtlest instrument of drawing near to God.

What is Fatimah? Who is she? Fatimah is the ocean of prophethood. What does that mean? It means that Fatimah is God’s encyclopedia. Prophethood is God’s written book, His means of communication. If Fatimah is the ocean of prophethood, then all 124,000 prophets—apart from the Messenger of God—are immersed and afloat in Fatimah’s ocean. The lives of all the great prophets, and all the signs of God revealed to them, surge within Zahra’s soul. This is Zahra al-Mardiyyah. How can we know Fatimah? Where should we begin? Even if we memorised all the heavenly books, from beginning to end, we would only then reach the threshold of knowing Fatimah al-Zahra, for she is the ocean of prophethood. This ocean holds immense treasures. We must draw nourishment from all of it; we must not be deprived of Fatimah’s table, nor stray from Fatimah’s way and example. What must we do to reach the secrets of Fatimah? How can we attain her knowledge? When have we ever found the time to read Fatimah’s Fadak sermon even once? The prophets are afloat in this sermon; every word is a principle, a book of wisdom.

💧 The meeting of the two seas: the union of knowledge and prophethood

Whoever acts upon what they know and have learned, God will teach them what they do not know. Had we savoured even one sentence of Fatimah’s, God would have filled our entire being with Fatimah’s secrets—Fatimah, who is the ocean of prophethood. He let the two seas flow, meeting one another… (Hadith Qudsi):

“I am the One who sent these two seas forth. I, God, sent them out and set them flowing.” Ali ibn Abi Talib is the ocean of knowledge, and Fatimah the ocean of prophethood. The two seas meet; they come together and join. I, God, am the bond between them—or I am the One who joined them. What is the secret of Ali and Zahra’s union? What comes of it when these two mighty elements of God—the sea of knowledge and the sea of prophethood—join? Oxygen and hydrogen unite, and sweet water wells forth. What comes of the union of the sea of knowledge and the sea of prophethood? These two seas are being renewed at every moment. Thus, each moment of creation brings fresh wonders from the meeting and encounter of these two seas. This union has particular effects in the world. Knowledge is like the contents, prophethood like the vessel. Ali in Zahra’s sacred cup. What secrets lie between Ali and Zahra? These two mighty forces of God, these two gravitational forces, these two immense attractions of God, are the source of the great movements, accelerations, pulls and attractions in this universe. What, indeed, is the secret of attraction in the universe? Is the connection between these two mighty forces of gravity a kind of love? A love of knowledge and prophethood? What miracles might the wine of knowledge and the wine of prophethood, the sea of knowledge and the sea of prophethood, the galaxy of knowledge and the galaxy of prophethood work side by side? Knowledge within the software of prophethood, prophethood within the software of knowledge—what extraordinary wonders they might bring forth! I speak of myself: I have shut down this mighty Fatimid system. I have let the Fatimid book in my heart gather dust. The Fatimid computer within me is switched off. If that Fatimid nature had been activated in my heart, who knows how far my spirit might have travelled. If you want to test yourself against Fatimah, then begin. I want to examine myself, to measure how Fatimid I am—to take my measure: let us begin! Fatimah al-Zahra’s Fadak sermon: I will read a portion of this blessed sermon so that I may understand myself and measure the distance between me and Fatimah al-Zahra.

📚 The Station of “Badaʿ” and the Stages of Creation in the Words of Fatima (SA)

She has brought all the philosophers of the world to a standstill with the opening of her speech. Whatever the philosophers may say, some of them say: “These are Fatima’s words; this is the first and final secret of creation.”

“He brought things into being through *badaʿ*, without anything existing before them.” God brought things into being through *badaʿ*. Let others say whatever they will. Did He bring them from nonexistence into existence? Even that falls short of *badaʿ*. He brought them into being before there was any beginning, before existence had yet dawned in creation. God brought things into being through *badaʿ*. The station of *badaʿ* precedes the beginning; it occurs before time. These are the words of Fatima al-Zahra. Did Fatima al-Zahra recite these sacred words of hers for scholars? No—she recited them to the entire world: to every cell, every particle of existence, to those very people of Medina. “He brought things into being without turning them on a hinge”—without turning them on a hinge like other things, without creating things according to some blueprint of creation. I will move on. The station of *badaʿ* is not the station of *kawn*. “He brought things into existence by His power.” That is, the station of *badaʿ* precedes the station of things’ existence. Existence had not yet opened its eyes. Things had attained thinghood through the primordial origination of the Most Exalted Lord. He brought them forth by His power, fashioned them, and they came into existence. These are not my words; they are Zahra’s. And “by His will, He dispersed those things.” Is this *dharʾ*—the spreading of things, the sowing of existence throughout creation? These are Zahra’s words. What power they hold! First, *badaʿ* of things; then bringing them forth; then fashioning (the stage at which they exist through *takwīn*); and then, after *takwīn*, the dispersal of things. The Creator had no need of them in their creation, nor did He create and bring things forth in order to gain some benefit. He had no desire for any benefit in shaping and forming them. He sought only to establish His wisdom. What is Zahra saying? What does it mean to establish wisdom? “To awaken things to obedience to Him,” “to manifest His power,” “to bring His creatures to worship,” and “to exalt His call.” Each of these contains many astonishing secrets. The Most Exalted God brought things into being through *badaʿ*, *takwīn* and *dharʾ*—not to meet a need or gain a benefit, but to establish His wisdom. What is wisdom? Is it the artistry of God joined with His knowledge? If God were to display His artistry through His knowledge, His wisdom would become manifest, like a diamond shining. Did God emboss and establish His knowledge? Did He establish wisdom throughout the world of existence? Did He plant His wisdom in the soul of the world? Did He wish to work wisdom—to inscribe His wisdom upon souls? If knowledge is nectar, wisdom is the honey made from that nectar. To establish wisdom is to open the hive of knowledge, bringing forth its nectar, its sweetness, from the depths of knowledge. Wisdom has a sweetness. Wisdom is the taste of knowledge as perceived by the senses. Is wisdom the very substance of the Most Beautiful Names? Is wisdom the very manifestation of wisdom? It is all of these, and more besides. It is the radiance and beauty of God’s knowledge. Wisdom is the wholesome milk of knowledge, which, through the establishment of wisdom, He gives His knowledge to souls to drink. Wisdom sets things in motion, courses through them, and transforms them. Wisdom means knowledge joined with reason. The supreme embodiment of God’s wisdom in this world of existence is Fatima al-Zahra.

🍯 Wisdom: The Fruit of Knowledge and the Miracle of Sincerity

To establish wisdom means to seal wisdom—to place wisdom in its true abode, to place knowledge where it belongs: in the City of Knowledge, Muhammad Mustafa (PBUH). Could the Most Exalted God, possessor of supreme wisdom, inscribe His wisdom in our hearts too? The way to it is sincerity.

“No servant devoted himself sincerely to his Creator for forty days without springs of wisdom bubbling forth on his tongue.” Sincerity works miracles. Wisdom is the miracle of sincerity. And if we move from sincerity to perfect sincerity, we ourselves become God’s wellspring of wisdom. In other words, we attain the summit of wisdom, and the human being becomes seas of God’s wisdom—roaring waves of divine wisdom, from which all existence draws nourishment, in whose depths it is immersed, and from which wisdom hangs like a medal upon the human being. What must we do for God Most High to make us, too, a repository of His wisdom? We must follow the path of sincerity—sincerity in affirming His oneness—and we will not turn back until we attain perfect sincerity. When wisdom and economics come together, wisdom breathes life into the economy.

📈 The wise person: a center of God’s knowledge and blessings

If God brings wisdom to life in a person’s soul, that person becomes a center of God’s knowledge, a hub of God’s blessings. A wise person can stir up a storm in society and the economy, revive moral life, and bring knowledge to full fruition. In the presence of that wise person, that bearer of wisdom, everything comes alive—everything. Our world needs wisdom. Whoever is imbued with wisdom becomes lovable, charming, and composed. This is the very currency of sagacity, the very charisma people speak of. It is the secret of allure and sweetness. We must reach the repository of God’s wisdom.