Written transcript of the lecture
The Meshkat-e Noor teachings series🌼The Secret of the Olive Tree of the Family of Muhammad (peace be upon him)🌼
🌸🔆🌿 “The Eve of the Birth of the Noble Messenger (peace be upon him)” “The Key to Sweetness and Joy”
🔅🌹 An abridged account, with an addendum: “The Key to Sweetness, Joy and Delight,” “Blessing of the Soul, Hearing and Sight,” “The Miraculous Name,” “The Blessed Olive Tree of the Muhammadan Lineage,” “The Drowning Sea,” and more… 1402.07.11 Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903) 🌹🔅
🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹
🔅🌼The Prophet of Light and Blessing🌼🔅
🌹🔅☘️I dare not say, “May your birth be blessed,” for all birth is bound up with you; all that exists first saw the light of day through you. You are the comforter of the world, and you comfort the poor most of all. Your blessed arrival at the humble abode of this world came through your boundless compassion.
The dawn of pre-eternity broke, and the noon of eternity reached the shores of existence. God of the Beloved of God—glory be to God for your blessed Beloved. 🌹🔅☘️
☘️🌸🔅اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ جَوَامِعَ صَلَوَاتِكَ وَ نَوَامِيَ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَ فَوَاضِلَ خَيْرَاتِكَ وَ شَرَائِفَ تَحِيَّاتِكَ وَ تَسْلِيمَاتِكَ وَ كَرَامَاتِكَ وَ رَحَمَاتِكَ وَ صَلَوَاتِ مَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ أَئِمَّتِكَ الْمُنْتَجَبِينَ وَ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ وَ مَنْ سَبَّحَ لَكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ شَاهِدِكَ وَ نَبِيِّكَ وَ نَذِيرِكَ وَ أَمِينِكَ وَ مَكِينِكَ وَ نَجِيبِكَ وَ نَجِيِّكَ وَ حَبِيبِكَ وَ خَلِيلِكَ وَ صَفِيِّكَ وَ صَفْوَتِكَ وَ خَاصَّتِكَ وَ خَالِصَتِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ خَيْرِ خِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ خَازِنِ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَ قَائِدِ الْخَيْرِ وَ الْبَرَكَةِ وَ مُنْقِذِ الْعِبَادِ مِنَ الْهَلَكَةِ بِإِذْنِكَ وَ دَاعِيهِمْ إِلَى دِينِكَ الْقَيِّمِ بِأَمْرِكَ أَوَّلِ النَّبِيِّينَ مِيثَاقاً وَ آخِرِهِمْ مَبْعَثاً الَّذِي غَمَسْتَهُ فِي بَحْرِ الْفَضِيلَةِ لِلْمَنْزِلَةِ الْجَلِيلَةِ وَ الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ وَ الْمَرْتَبَةِ الْخَطِيرَةِ وَ أَوْدَعْتَهُ الْأَصْلَابَ الطَّاهِرَةَ وَ نَقَلْتَهُ مِنْهَا إِلَى الْأَرْحَامِ الْمُطَهَّرَةِ لُطْفاً مِنْكَ لَهُ وَ تَحَنُّناً مِنْك🌸🔅☘️
🌻 The titles and names of His Eminence Muhammad (peace be upon him) are like the letters and notches of the key to blessing, goodness and mysteries.
🌷🔅 وَ أَسْمَاؤُهُ فِي الْأَخْبَارِ الْعَاقِبِ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَعْقُبُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ الْمَاحِي الَّذِي يُمْحَى بِهِ الْكُفْرُ وَ يُقَالُ يُمْحَى بِهِ سَيِّئَاتُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ وَ يُقَالُ الَّذِي لَا يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ أَحَدٌ الْحَاشِرِ الَّذِي يُحْشَرُ النَّاسَ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَ الْمُقَفِّي الَّذِي قَفَّى النَّبِيِّينَ جَمَاعَةً الْمُوقِفِ يُوقِفُ النَّاسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ الْقُثَمِ وَ هُوَ الْكَامِلُ الْجَامِعُ وَ مِنْهُ النَّاشِرُ وَ النَّاصِحُ وَ الْوَفِيُّ وَ الْمُطَاعُ وَ النَّجِيُّ وَ الْمَأْمُونُ وَ الْحَنِيفُ وَ الْحَبِيبُ وَ الطَّيِّبُ وَ السَّيِّدُ وَ الْمُقْتَرِبُ وَ الدَّافِعُ وَ الشَّافِعُ وَ الْمُشَفَّعُ وَ الْحَامِدُ وَ الْمَحْمُودُ وَ الْمُوَجَّهُ وَ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ وَ الْغَيْثُ.
🌷🔅 وَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ Midhmidh أَيْ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ وَ قِيلَ Midmid أَيْ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ قِيلَ Modmod وَ فِي حِكَايَةٍ أَنَّ اسْمَهُ فِيهَا مَرْقُوفاً أَيِ الْمَحْمُودَ.
🌷🔅 وَ فِي الزَّبُورِ Qalita مِثْلُ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ فَقَالُوا Balqita وَ قَالُوا فَارُوقٌ وَ قَالُوا مَحْيَانَا.
🌷🔅 وَ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ طَابَ طَابَ أَيْ أَحْمَدَ وَ يُقَالُ يَعْنِي طَيِّبٌ طَيِّبٌ وَ فِي كِتَابِ Shia نُورُ الْأُمَمِ رُكْنُ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ رَسُولُ التَّوْبَةِ رَسُولُ الْبَلَاءِ.
🌷🔅 وَ فِي الصُّحُفِ Balqita وَ فِي صُحُفِ شِيثٍ Talitha وَ فِي صُحُفِ إِدْرِيسَ Bahiyail وَ فِي صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ Modmod وَ فِي السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا الْمُجْتَبَى وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْمُرْتَضَى وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الْمُزَكَّى وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى وَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ الْمُنْتَجَبُ وَ فِي السَّادِسَةِ الْمُطَهَّرُ وَ الْمُجْتَبَى وَ فِي السَّابِعَةِ الْمُقْرِبُ وَ الْحَبِيبُ.
🌷🔅 وَ يُسَمِّيَهِ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ عَبْدَ الْوَاحِدِ وَ السَّفَرَةُ الْأَوَّلَ وَ الْبَرَرَةُ الْآخِرَ وَ الْكَرُوبِيُّونَ الصَّادِقَ وَ الرُّوَحَانِيُّونَ الظَّاهِرَ «1» وَ الْأَوْلِيَاءُ الْقَاسِمَ وَ الرِّضْوَانَ الْأَكْبَرَ وَ الْجَنَّةَ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ وَ الْحُورُ عَبْدَ الْعَطَاءِ وَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ عَبْدَ الدَّيَّانِ وَ مَالِكٌ عَبْدَ الْمُخْتَارِ وَ أَهْلُ الْجَحِيمِ عَبْدَ النَّجَاةِ وَ الزَّبَانِيَةُ عَبْدَ الرَّحِيمِ وَ الْجَحِيمُ عَبْدَ الْمَنَّانِ وَ عَلَى سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِّ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى طُوبَى صَفِيُّ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى لِوَاءِ الْحَمْدِ صَفْوَةُ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ خِيَرَةُ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى الْقَمَرِ قَمَرُ الْأَقْمَارِ وَ عَلَى الشَّمْسِ نُورُ الْأَنْوَارِ وَ الشَّيَاطِينِ عَبْدُ الْهَيْبَةَ وَ الْجِنِّ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ وَ الْمُوْقِفُ الدَّاعِي وَ الْمِيزَانِ الصَّاحِبُ وَ الْحِسَابِ الدَّاعِي وَ الْمَقَامُ الْمَحْمُودُ الْخَطِيبُ وَ الْكَوْثَرِ السَّاقِي وَ الْعَرْشِ الْمُفَضَّلُ وَ الْكُرْسِيِّ عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ وَ الْقَلَمِ عَبْدُ الْحَقِّ وَ جَبْرَئِيلَ عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ وَ إِسْرَافِيلَ عَبْدُ الْفَتَّاحِ وَ عَزْرَائِيلَ عَبْدُ التَّوَّابِ وَ السَّحَابِ عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ وَ الرِّيحِ عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى وَ الْبَرْقِ عَبْدُ الْمُنْعِمِ وَ الرَّعْدِ عَبْدُ الْوَكِيلِ وَ الْأَحْجَارِ عَبْدُ الْجَلِيلِ وَ التُّرَابِ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ وَ الطُّيُورِ عَبْدُ الْقَادِرُ وَ السَّبُعِ عَبْدُ الْعَطَاءِ وَ الْجَبَلِ عَبْدُ الرَّفِيعِ وَ الْبَحْرِ عَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ الْحِيتَانِ عَبْدُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ وَ أَهْلِ الرُّومِ الْحَلِيمُ وَ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ الْمُخْتَارُ وَ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ الْأَمِينُ وَ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْمَيْمُونُ وَ الزِّنْجِ The Blessings of the Coming and the Passing وَ الْعَرَبِ الْأُمِّيِّ وَ الْعَجَمِ أَحْمَدُ.[1]
🌷🔅 اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَمِينِكَ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ، وَ نَجِيبِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، وَ صَفِيِّكَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ، إِمَامِ الرَّحْمَةِ، وَ قَائِدِ الْخَيْرِ، وَ مِفْتَاحِ الْبَرَكَة
🌻 The blessed Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his family: his very being is blessed, his breath is blessed, his words are blessed, his life is blessed, his blessings upon others are blessed, the Book he brought is blessed—his whole being is nothing but blessing.
🌷🔅 Al-Anbiyāʾ: 50 وَ هذا ذِكْرٌ مُبارَكٌ أَنْزَلْناهُ أَ فَأَنْتُمْ لَهُ مُنْكِرُونَ
🌷🔅 Al-Naḥl: 89 وَ يَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ في كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهيداً عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ جِئْنا بِكَ شَهيداً عَلى هؤُلاءِ وَ نَزَّلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ تِبْياناً لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَ هُدىً وَ رَحْمَةً وَ بُشْرى لِلْمُسْلِمينَ
🌻 We cannot imagine how the Creator said of Himself, “So blessed is God,” at the time of the Prophet’s birth.
🌻 None but God, the All-Creative, the All-Knowing, and ʿAlī, Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, and his pure descendants, truly knows Muhammad. What would happen if Muhammad’s beauty and perfection were revealed to all humanity!
🌷🔅 The beauty of the world is a reflection of Muhammad
🌻 All the beauty in the world is but one glimmer among the many glimmers of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
🌻 Here is a secret of blessing: if one member of a family is named Muhammad, that home will continually become a place where divine blessings descend.
🌷🔅 وَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا كَانَ اسْمُ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ اسْمَ نَبِيٍّ لَمْ تَزَلِ الْبَرَكَةُ فِيهِمْ.[2]
🌻 If the miraculous name of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, brings blessings, what a mighty miracle his love must work! How, then, can we imagine what it means to follow him and truly know him?
🌻 All things are blessed by sending blessings upon Muhammad, peace be upon him. The weight of those blessings will tip the scales on the Day of Judgment.
🌻 Sending blessings upon him is the most blessed gift from heaven and the glory of the Day of Judgment.
🌻 The Resurrection is when the true blessings of sending blessings upon him will be revealed to all humanity.
🌷🔅 عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ- قَالَ: «أَثْقَلُ مَا يُوضَعُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ»[3]
🌷🔅 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ: إِذَا ذُكِرَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَأَكْثِرُوا الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص صَلَاةً وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَلْفَ صَلَاةٍ فِي أَلْفِ صَفٍّ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ لَمْ يَبْقَ شَيْءٌ مِمَّا خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا صَلَّى عَلَى الْعَبْدِ لِصَلَاةِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلَاةِ مَلَائِكَتِهِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَرْغَبْ فِي هَذَا فَهُوَ جَاهِلٌ مَغْرُورٌ قَدْ بَرِئَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ.[4]
🌷🔅 الْبَرَكَةُ وَ ضِدَّهَا الْمَحْق
🌷🔅 Symbols of Muhammadan Blessing
🌻 Blessing rises toward exaltation; whatever receives blessing moves away from extinction and decline.
🌻 Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the downpour of divine blessing upon the heavens and the earth.
🌻 Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the source of blessings in knowledge, delight, and life.
🌻 When a person’s life is blessed, its fruits come to fruition and the aims of servitude to God are fulfilled.
🌻 Blessed delights grow from a new moon to a full moon, while unblessed delights wane from fullness to darkness.
🌻 When the key to blessing rests upon the powers of body and soul, a person’s senses expand. Blessed hearing is hearing that leaves nothing beyond the reach of the senses. When a person’s insight is blessed, nothing remains hidden from the power of sight; with a single glance, everything is seen. The same is true of blessed smell, touch, speech, and understanding.
🌻 In the company of blessing, the truth is grasped by the mind in an instant.
🌻 The blessed light is the absolute light that encompasses the full image of the verses. Blessed light is light without darkness, bearing within it the likeness of all existence.
🌻 Blessed love so immerses a person in the Beloved that nothing remains of the lover.
🌻 Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the key to the blessing of love. The secret beyond all secrets is held in the soul of Muhammad, the Chosen One. He is the City of Knowledge and Blessings.
🌻 Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the possessor of Kawthar—the abundant good—and the blessed night.
🌻 The Night of Decree is blessed by the presence of Muhammad, peace be upon him, and his Household; without Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad, peace be upon him, there would be no Night of Decree.
🌻 Only the blessed heart of Muhammad, peace be upon him, could receive the blessed remembrance and the blessed Book, the Qur’an. Muhammad’s heart is a land of merciful blessings.
🌷🔅 al-Qadr: 3 لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
🌻 Blessing is like honey: a cure for every illness, sweet and pure. Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the secret of honey’s sweetness! His name is inscribed in the heart of honey. The key of Muhammad’s blessed being turns bitterness into sweetness.
🌷🔅 al-Nahl: 69 ثُمَّ كُلي مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَراتِ فَاسْلُكي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاً يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِها شَرابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوانُهُ فيهِ شِفاءٌ لِلنَّاسِ إِنَّ في ذلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
🌻 The pure-hearted bee, though fed with pure yet bitter food, turns the nectar of flowers into a sweet, wholesome drink by invoking blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad, peace be upon him.
🌻 Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the clearest embodiment of the word of God, the Most High. He is the key to sweetness and well-being.
🌻 The gates of heaven open with the code of Muhammad, peace be upon him.
🌻 The blessing of dawn is Muhammad the Chosen One, the dawn of the universe.
🌷🔅 قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص السَّحُورُ بَرَكَةٌ قَالَ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا تَدَعْ أُمَّتِيَ السَّحُورَ وَ لَوْ عَلَى حَشَفَة[5]
🌷🔅 تسحّروا فانّ في السّحور Blessing.[6]
Eat suhur, for there is blessing in eating suhur.
🌻 Water, grape seeds, and medicine taken at dawn are blessed—but by the رمز of Muhammad (ص), for he is the key to blessings. How beautiful it is when, through the رمز of sending blessings upon him, the locks of blessing are opened and goodness and blessings descend! In his name, medicine and treatment taken at dawn are blessed, and their effect becomes a blessing to the soul.
🌻 Open the gates of divine blessing with the رمز of the noble Muhammad (ص).
🌷🔅 قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْجَمَاعَةُ بَرَكَةٌ وَ طَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الِاثْنَيْنِ وَ طَعَامُ الِاثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الْأَرْبَعَةَ.[7]
🌷🔅 قَالَ ص كُلُوا جَمِيعاً وَ لَا تَفَرَّقُوا فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ فِي الْجَمَاعَة[8]
🌻 The Prophet of Islam is a blessed tree, and among the most blessed fruits of this blessed tree is the olive tree of the family of Muhammad (ص).
النور : 35 اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكاةٍ فيها مِصْباحٌ الْمِصْباحُ في زُجاجَةٍ الزُّجاجَةُ كَأَنَّها كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَ لا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكادُ زَيْتُها يُضيءُ وَ لَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نارٌ نُورٌ عَلى نُورٍ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَليمٌ
🌷🔅 The olive tree of the family of Muhammad (ص)
🌷🔅 زَيْتُونَةٍ Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (عليه السلام)[9]
🌻 The world is immersed in the blessed soul of Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (عليه السلام).
🌷🔅 فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَا نَزَالُ مِنْ بَحْرِكَ نَغْتَرِفُ وَ إِلَيْكَ نَزْدَلِفُ تُبَصِّرُ مِنَ الْعَمَى وَ تَجْلُو بِنُورِكَ الطَّخْيَاءُ غَيْرَ نَازِغٍ وَ لَا زَائِغ[10]
🌷🔅 فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَا نَزَالُ مِنْ بَحْرِكَ نَغْتَرِفُ وَ إِلَيْكَ نَزْدَلِفُ تُبَصِّرُ مِنَ الْعَمَى وَ تَجْلُو بِنُورِكَ الطَّخْيَاءَ فَنَحْنُ نُعُومٌ فِي سُبُحَاتِ قُدْسِكَ وَ طَامِي بَحْرِك[11]
🌻 How long will you gaze at the sea and the sky? You must plunge into the ocean of the soul and take flight toward the horizons of heaven.
🌼 Ali Sa‘i (Abdullah Mishkat) 110.141(903) 🌼
[1] The Virtues of the Family of Abu Talib (by Ibn Shahrashub), vol. 1, p. 151
[2] دعائم الإسلام ؛ ج2 ؛ ص188 Ibn Hayyun, Nu‘man ibn Muhammad al-Maghribi, Ahl al-Bayt Institute – Qom, second edition, 1385 AH.
[3] قرب الإسناد (ط – الحديثة) ؛ متن ؛ ص14 al-Himyari, Ahl al-Bayt Institute – Qom, first edition, 1413 AH.
[4] الكافي (ط – الإسلامية) ؛ ج2 ؛ ص492 al-Kulayni, Islamic Books Publishing House – Tehran, fourth edition, 1407 AH.
[5] الكافي (ط – الإسلامية) ؛ ج4 ؛ ص95 al-Kulayni, Islamic Books Publishing House – Tehran, fourth edition, 1407 AH.
[6] A Persian Commentary on Shihab al-Akhbar (The Brief Sayings of the Seal of the Prophets (ص)); text, p. 316 al-Quda‘i, Center for Scientific and Cultural Publications – Tehran, first edition, 1361 SH.
[7] الجعفريات (الأشعثيات) ؛ ؛ ص159 Ibn al-Ash‘ath, al-Ninawa al-Haditha Library – Tehran, first edition, n.d.
[8] طب النبي صلى الله عليه و آله و سلم ؛ ؛ ص21 al-Mustaghfiri, al-Haydariyya Library – Najaf, first edition, 1385 AH.
[9] البرهان في تفسير القرآن ؛ ج4 ؛ ص72 al-Bahrani, Ba‘tha Institute – Qom, first edition, 1374 SH.
[10] The Treasures of Benefits, vol. 2, p. 224 Kārājikī, Dār al-Dhakhāʾir, Iran, Qom, first edition, 1410 AH.
[11] The Devout’s Provision and the Fulfilment of Their Needs, p. 25 Ibn Ṭāwūs, Būstān-e Ketāb, Qom, first edition, 1406 AH.