Fatima: A Fount of Light

🌼🔆🌼“Fatima, the Luminous Pen of the Creator”  “Tawhid, the Vessel of Sincerity”🌼🔆🌼

🔅🌹 “Sincerity in Tawhid”  “Sincere Devotion through Tawhid”  An outline with a supplement: “On the Night of Fatima al-Zahra’s Birth” “A Commentary on the Fadak Sermon”  “Journeying through Tawhid” and more …       1402.10.12    Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903)  🌹🔅

🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹

🔅🌼 🌹بسم الله الفاطر🌹🌼🔅

🔆How could the earth not rejoice before the heavens,
or flowers not smile in Paradise,
or the sun not bow its face, eclipsed
by the dawn of the Mother of Light?🔆

🌸Blessed be the birth of the Luminous Pen of the Creator!🌸

🌹Fatima, mother of mothers, mother of love and purity; Fatima, mother of the virtuous, mother of the infallible Imams, mother of the faithful.

🔅🌼 The horizons that behold Fatima’s beauty🌼🔅

🌹From which horizon shall we behold Fatima—from the celestial horizons, or from the horizons of the hearts and eyes of the Prophet, Ali, and the Mahdi? What a wondrous sight the Fatimid vision is!

🌹Seen from the very threshold of creation, Fatima’s realm rises above every sight in the universe!

🔅🌼 Fatima’s stature in worship crowns the heavens🌼🔅

🌷🔆 وَ أَمَّا ابْنَتِي فَاطِمَةُ فَإِنَّهَا سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ وَ هِيَ بَضْعَةٌ مِنِّي وَ هِيَ نُورُ عَيْنِي وَ هِيَ ثَمَرَةُ فُؤَادِي وَ هِيَ رُوحِيَ الَّتِي بَيْنَ جَنْبَيَّ وَ هِيَ الْحَوْرَاءُ الْإِنْسِيَّةُ مَتَى قَامَتْ‏ فِي‏ مِحْرَابِهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّهَا جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ ظَهَرَ نُورُهَا لِمَلَائِكَةِ السَّمَاءِ كَمَا يَظْهَرُ نُورُ الْكَوَاكِبِ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ يَا مَلَائِكَتِي انْظُرُوا إِلَى أَمَتِي فَاطِمَةَ سَيِّدَةِ إِمَائِي قَائِمَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ تَرْتَعِدُ فَرَائِصُهَا مِنْ خِيفَتِي وَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَتْ بِقَلْبِهَا عَلَى عِبَادَتِي‏[1]

🌷🔆 “But my daughter Fatima… whenever she stood in prayer before her Glorious Lord, her light shone so brightly for the angels of heaven that it was like the radiance of the stars to the people of the earth. God would say to His angels: ‘My angels, look upon My handmaid Fatima, the foremost of My handmaids. See how her flesh trembles before Me in awe, and how she turns to worship Me with all her heart.’”

🌷🔆 عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ لِمَ سُمِّيَتْ زَهْرَاءَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ‏ إِذَا قَامَتْ فِي مِحْرَابِهَا زَهَرَ نُورُهَا لِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ كَمَا يَزْهَرُ نُورُ الْكَوَاكِبِ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ.

 وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ‏ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَتِ الزَّهْرَاءَ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَهَا مِنْ نُورِ عَظَمَتِهِ.[2]

🌷🔆 I asked Imam al-Sadiq: “Why was Fatima called al-Zahra (the Radiant)?” He replied: “Whenever she stood in prayer in her sanctuary, her light shone for the people of heaven as the light of the stars shines for the people of the earth.”

🌹Before Fatima al-Zahra had even risen to worship, she was already showering the heavens with stars from the side of the earth. What, then, must she do through her bowing, prostration, supplication, and intimate communion with God?

🔅🌼 Fatimid wisdom through the eyes of Ali🌼🔅

🌷🔆 عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ قَالَ‏ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لِمَ سُمِّيَتِ الزَّهْرَاءُ ع زَهْرَاءَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّهَا تَزْهَرُ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ ع فِي النَّهَارِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ بِالنُّورِ كَانَ يَزْهَرُ نُورُ وَجْهِهَا صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ وَ النَّاسُ فِي فُرُشِهِم …‏[3]

🌷🔆 Aban ibn Taghlib relates: I asked Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, “O son of the Messenger of God, why was Fatima called al-Zahraʾ?” He replied: “Because Fatima’s light shone for the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib, three times each day. At the time of the dawn prayer, while people were asleep, her light shone so brightly that its whiteness entered the houses of Medina and illuminated them. Astonished by this light, the people hurried to the Messenger of God to ask where it came from. He directed them towards Fatima’s house. When they looked towards it, they saw Fatima at her prayer niche, with light streaming from it. Then they understood that this was the light radiating from Fatima.

“When noon came and Fatima was preparing for prayer, a yellow light shone from her face and entered the homes of the people of Medina, so that their walls, doors, clothes and even the people themselves took on a yellow hue. Whenever they asked about this light, the Messenger of God sent them to Fatima’s house. There they saw the Prophet’s daughter worshipping at her prayer niche, with the light streaming from her.

“When the sun set, Fatima’s face turned red and a red light shone from her. Fatima rejoiced and gave thanks to God. That light entered people’s homes, tinting them all red. The people of Medina were astonished and discussed it among themselves, each offering an explanation. They went to the Messenger of God to ask what it meant, and he sent them to Fatima’s house. There they saw Fatima standing in worship at her prayer niche, with the light streaming from her face, and understood where it came from.

“That light remained on Fatima’s face until Husayn, peace be upon him, was born. Then it passed to him, and from him to us. It will remain with us, passing from one Imam to the next, until the Day of Resurrection.”[4]

🌹From the horizons of ʿAlawi vision, Fatima’s beauty shone with a radiance all its own. Each horizon is a special vantage point from which to behold a ray of Fatima’s beauty.

🌹If Fatima’s light were interpreted, it would fill the book of creation to overflowing.

🔅🌼 Fatima is the pen of the Light of the Creator, the Fashioner. 🌼🔅

🌷🔆 وَ شَقَ‏ لَكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ اسْماً مِنْ أَسْمَائِهِ فَهُوَ الْفَاطِرُ وَ أَنْتِ فَاطِمه[5]

🌷🔆 The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: “And you, O Fatima! God has also derived your name from one of His names: He is Fāṭir, and you are Fāṭima.”

🌹Fatima is the luminous pen of God, the Creator, the Fashioner. Fatima is the luminous pickaxe of the Lord who fashioned the heavens and the earth. The Most High Lord has no need of any pen in creating; if He traces and paints the face of creation with a calligrapher’s or artist’s pen, it is solely out of regard and love for the pen.

🔅🌼 The heavens and the earth are the frame for Fatima’s beauty. 🌼🔅

🌷🔆 فَخَلَقَ نُورَ فَاطِمَةَ ع يَوْمَئِذٍ كَالْقِنْدِيلِ وَ عَلَّقَهُ فِي قُرْطِ الْعَرْشِ‏ فَزَهَرَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ السَّبْعُ وَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ سُمِّيَتْ فَاطِمَةُ الزَّهْرَاءَ وَ كَانَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ وَ تُقَدِّسُهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّ ثَوَابَ تَسْبِيحِكُمْ وَ تَقْدِيسِكُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لِمُحِبِّي هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ أَبِيهَا وَ بَعْلِهَا وَ بَنِيهَا ‏[6]

🌷🔆 The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: “…Then God Most High created Fatima’s light and hung it like a lamp beside the Throne. From that light He created the seven heavens and the seven earths; for this reason, Fatima was named al-Zahraʾ.”

The angels glorified and sanctified God. Then God said to them, “By My might and majesty, I shall grant the reward for your glorification and sanctification to these: Fatima, her father, her husband and her children.”

🔅🌼 The beauty of Fatima lit the angels’ eyes. 🌼🔅

🌷🔆 ثُمَّ أَظْلَمَتِ‏ الْمَشَارِقُ‏ وَ الْمَغَارِبُ فَشَكَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَكْشِفَ عَنْهُمْ تِلْكَ الظُّلْمَةَ فَتَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ فَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا رُوحاً ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ فَخَلَقَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الرُّوحِ نُوراً فَأَضَافَ النُّورَ إِلَى تِلْكَ الرُّوحِ وَ أَقَامَهَا أَمَامَ الْعَرْشِ فَزَهَرَتِ الْمَشَارِقُ وَ الْمَغَارِبُ فَهِيَ فَاطِمَةُ الزَّهْرَاءُ وَ لِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَتِ الزَّهْرَاءَ لِأَنَّ نُورَهَا زَهَرَتْ بِهِ السَّمَاوَات‏[7]

🌷🔆 Then all existence, from east to west, lay in darkness. The angels complained to their Lord of the all-encompassing gloom and asked Him to dispel it. In answer to their plea, the Lord spoke a word, and from that word a spirit was created. Then He spoke another word, and from it a light was created. He joined that light to the spirit and placed it in the highest station of the Throne. The whole world, from east to west, was illuminated. That spirit, mingled with the light created through the Lord’s grace, was none other than Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ (peace be upon her). For this reason she was named al-Zahrāʾ: her light illuminated the heavens.

🔅🌼 Fāṭimah’s classroom is the heaven of wisdom 🌼🔅

🌹The Fadak Sermon is the garden of Fāṭimah’s heaven and a bower of divine unity. The Fadak Sermon is a charter of humanity. Fāṭimah’s words give life and deepen knowledge.

🌹The sermon of Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ (peace be upon her) heals souls. Whoever sits at the feet of the learned ʿAlīmah is imbued with knowledge and wisdom.

🌹At Fāṭimah’s pulpit, one receives divine inspiration and instruction; it is a place to absorb knowledge and transcendent wisdom.

🌹The beginning and end of Fāṭimah’s words are a lesson in servitude to God.

🔅🌼 To steal Fadak is to steal divine unity 🌼🔅

🌹Let us wander through the garden of al-Zahrāʾ’s words and take in the fragrance of divine unity. Though the whole world is the inheritance of Fāṭimah and her descendants, Fāṭimah’s true Fadak was divine unity, prophethood and imamate.

🌹Fāṭimah’s Fadak means the Qur’an and the Prophet’s family. Fāṭimah made clear that if the Prophet’s family is marginalized, the Qur’an falls into the hands of the wicked.

🌹Fāṭimah’s Fadak was the peace, well-being, worship and servitude to God that the people of Saqīfah stole.

🔅🌼 The tree of the word of divine unity 🌼🔅

🌼وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ كَلِمَةٌ جُعِلَ الْإِخْلَاصُ تَأْوِيلَهَا🌼

🌹We must adorn ourselves with pure divine unity before death; otherwise, our lives will bear no fruit.

🌹The word of divine unity begins in the deepest depths of a person’s heart and ends at their throat. It has roots and a trunk, branches and leaves, blossoms and fruit, fragrance and grace. The word of divine unity is like the sky, filled with countless galaxies and stars.

🔅🌼 Sincerity in divine unity, and sincerity through divine unity 🌼🔅

🌹The word of divine unity guides us to the highest goal: sincere servitude.

🌹Through sincerity in divine unity, we must find our way to sincerity in servitude. Our first journey in servitude, then, is to attain sincerity in divine unity, and through that sincerity to reach sincere devotion to God.

🌹«اللهم عرفنی نفسک» means: O God, bring me to sincere servitude, so that with the purity of my being I may meet You, and nothing but servitude may dwell in my heart and soul.

🌹We must ride the mount of sincerity to meet God.

🌹God has given the answer and the solution; our only task is to prove it.

🔅🌼 When divine unity becomes our very soul 🌼🔅

🌹Let us put the word of divine unity into practice in our hearts, on our tongues and in every part of our being. Let us shape our souls according to it, until at last we ourselves become its very form. When our soul becomes the word of divine unity, it becomes a pen that writes upon the soul.

🌹For the word of divine unity to take root in our hearts is to shine without ceasing, bright as the sun, with the light of divine unity; to become light with no darkness, and to flow without interruption. In truth, it is to be granted the word of divine unity’s manifestation within the self.

🌹Reaching the root of divine unity is possible only through the sheer will of God. At that root, this truth is established: the servant’s entire being is nothing but the divine will. Though this is always the case, the servant’s acknowledgment and affirmation are what resolve the mystery of servitude.

🌹The Messenger of God attained such a station that he became a model for all the worlds. In truth, he is the niche of divine unity.

🌻🔆Al-Ahzab: 21   لَقَدْ كانَ لَكُمْ في‏ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كانَ يَرْجُوا اللَّهَ وَ الْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثيراً  

🔆Surely, in the Messenger of God you have an excellent example—for whoever hopes in God and the Last Day and remembers God often.

🔅🌼Divine unity leads to sincerity🌼🔅

🌹Sincerity is the inner meaning of the word of divine unity.

🌹Sincerity in divine unity is different from attaining sincerity through divine unity. The sincerity of divine unity is “ وَ كَمَالُ تَوْحِيدِهِ الْإِخْلَاصُ لَه‏  كَمَالُ الْإِخْلَاصِ لَهُ نَفْيُ الصِّفَاتِ عَنْه”; but to arrive at the inner meaning of the word of divine unity means attaining, through sincerity in divine unity, its highest goal: sincerity in servitude.

🌹The effect of divine unity on a person is sincerity in servitude: nothing remains in the servant’s heart but servitude—not only in the order of creation, but also in the realm of divine law, freely observing God’s commands. No bond between Creator and created remains except the Creator Himself. The servant passes through every veil and attains sincerity in serving Him.

🔅🌼Sincerity means complete detachment🌼🔅

🌷🔆 إِلَهِي هَبْ لِي كَمَالَ الِانْقِطَاعِ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنِرْ أَبْصَارَ قُلُوبِنَا بِضِيَاءِ نَظَرِهَا إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى تَخِرَقَ أَبْصَارُ الْقُلُوبِ حُجُبَ النُّورِ فَتَصِلَ إِلَى مَعْدِنِ الْعَظَمَةِ وَ تَصِيرَ أَرْوَاحُنَا مُعَلَّقَةً بِعِزِّ قُدْسِك‏[8]

🌷🔆 O God, grant me complete detachment from all but You. Open the eyes of my heart to the light of beholding You, so that the eyes of my heart may break through the veils of light and be joined to the source of Your majesty, and our souls may cling to the glory of Your holiness.

🌹In complete detachment, a person realizes that nothing exists but the will of the Real.

🌹At the summit of detachment, a person realizes that even light is a veil, one that we must pass beyond on the path of servitude.

🔅🌼None but God can bring us to sincerity🌼🔅

🌷🔆 وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى مَا عَرَّفَنَا مِنْ نَفْسِهِ، وَ أَلْهَمَنَا مِنْ شُكْرِهِ، وَ فَتَحَ لَنَا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْعِلْمِ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِهِ، وَ دَلَّنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْإِخْلَاصِ‏ لَهُ فِي تَوْحِيدِهِ، وَ جَنَّبَنَا مِنَ الْإِلْحَادِ وَ الشَّكِّ فِي أَمْرِهِ.[9]

🌷🔆 Praise be to God, who made Himself known to us, inspired us to give thanks and praise to Him, opened to us the gates of knowledge of His lordship and providence, guided us to sincerity in affirming His unity, and kept us from turning aside, straying, doubting, or wavering in His cause.

🌹God Most High Himself guides us to sincerity in affirming His unity; that is the gateway to journeying toward sincerity in serving Him.

🌹The servant must devote himself entirely to the One he worships, leave nothing of himself behind, and fulfill his servitude until nothing remains but servitude.

🔅🌼Let us give ourselves wholly to our God🌼🔅

🌷🔆 وَ أَدْنَى حَدِّ الْإِخْلَاصِ‏ بَذْلُ الْعَبْدِ طَاقَتَهُ ثُمَّ لَا يَجْعَلُ لِعَمَلِهِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ قَدْراً فَيُوجِبَ بِهِ عَلَى رَبِّهِ مُكَافَأَةً بِعَمَلِهِ لِعِلْمِهِ أَنَّهُ لَوْ طَالَبَهُ بِوَفَاءِ حَقِّ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لَعَجَزَ وَ أَدْنَى مَقَامِ الْمُخْلِصِ فِي الدُّنْيَا السَّلَامَةُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْآثَامِ وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ النَّجَاةُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ الْفَوْزُ بِالْجَنَّة[10]

🌷🔆 The least sign of sincerity is that a person is diligent in obedience and worship, yet attaches no importance to their deeds and does not consider themselves entitled to anything from God. For the servant knows that if God were to demand true worship from His servants, they would all be incapable of it.

🌹The lowest degree of sincerity is for the servant to devote all their strength to worshipping God, to give themselves wholly to their Lord, to spend themselves for God, leaving not even a trace of themselves in pursuit of this aim—and still to award themselves no credit.  

🔅🌼 Servitude is the crown of wealth and honour 🌼🔅

🌷🔆 وَ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ مَنْ عَبَدَ اللَّهَ عَبَّدَ اللَّهُ لَهُ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ.[11]

🌷🔆 Imam Hasan, peace be upon him, said: “Whoever worships God, God brings all things into their service.”

🌹What a wondrous secret lies in worshipping God! Whoever truly worships the One God will find that the One God brings all things into their obedience. How beautiful it would be for the whole created world, with all that has been placed at our disposal, to be adorned with the name of ʿAbdullah, “the servant of God.”

🌷🔆 وَ قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ مَنْ عَبَدَ اللَّهَ حَقَّ عِبَادَتِهِ- آتَاهُ اللَّهُ فَوْقَ أَمَانِيِّهِ وَ كِفَايَتِهِ‏ [12]

🌷🔆 Imam Husayn, peace be upon him, said: “Whoever worships God as He deserves to be worshipped, God grants them more than they could wish for or need.”

🌹If anyone worships God as He deserves, the Generous God, in turn, gives His servant beyond all measure.

🌷🔆 وَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرُ ع‏ لَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ عَابِداً لِلَّهِ حَقَّ عِبَادَتِهِ- حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ عَنِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمْ إِلَيْهِ، فَحِينَئِذٍ يَقُولُ هَذَا خَالِصٌ لِي. فَيَقْبَلُهُ بِكَرَمِهِ‏.[13]

🌷🔆 Imam Baqir, peace be upon him, said: “A servant does not worship God as He deserves to be worshipped until they turn away from all creation and turn to Him. Then God says: ‘This is My sincere servant’; and by His grace, He accepts them.”

🌹A servant of God must sever every tie in order to reach Him. The Beloved cannot be encountered until the obstacles to servitude have been removed.

🌷🔆 وَ قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى عَبْدٍ أَجَلَّ- مِنْ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مَعَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى غَيْرُهُ.[14]

🌷🔆 God, Mighty and Exalted, has bestowed on no servant a greater blessing than that their heart should hold nothing besides God Most High.

🌹Let us make our hearts utterly free for our Creator. O God, we are powerless; make our hearts free Yourself.

 🔅🌼 Our hearts are rooted in the affirmation of divine unity 🌼🔅

🌼وَ ضُمِّنَ الْقُلُوبُ مَوْصُولَهَا🌼

🌹The connective of the word of divine unity is lodged in hearts: it is placed within them and joined to them, interwoven and entwined with them. The affirmation of divine unity has become inseparable from hearts, fused with them; by nature, it is inseparable from the human heart—a light by which the darkness of associating partners with God cannot be depicted,

🌻🔆 Ghafir: 42   تَدْعُونَني‏ لِأَكْفُرَ بِاللَّهِ وَ أُشْرِكَ بِهِ ما لَيْسَ لي‏ بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَ أَنَا أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى الْعَزيزِ الْغَفَّارِ

🔆“You call me to disbelieve in the One God and to associate with Him something of which I have no knowledge, while I call you to the Almighty, the All-Forgiving God!”

🌹The connective of the word of divine unity is its manifestation in the heart. In truth, it is the fruit, shoot and blossom of divine unity, grown from within our hearts.

🔅🌼 Reason is the lamp of divine unity 🌼🔅

🌼وَ أَنَارَ فِي التَّفَكُّرِ مَعْقُولُهَا🌼

🌹The rational meaning of the Word of Divine Unity shines in the life of thought.

🌹The rational meaning of the Word of Divine Unity is its manifestation to the intellect.

🌻🔆Al-Hajj: 46   أَ فَلَمْ يَسيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِها أَوْ آذانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِها فَإِنَّها لا تَعْمَى الْأَبْصارُ وَ لكِنْ تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتي‏ فِي الصُّدُورِ

🔆Have they not travelled through the land, so that they might have hearts with which to grasp the truth, or ears with which to hear the call of truth? It is not the eyes that go blind, but the hearts within the breasts that go blind.

🔅🌼The Creator of eyes is not confined to sight.🌼🔅

🌼 الْمُمْتَنِعُ مِنَ الْأَبْصَارِ رُؤْيَتُهُ🌼

🌹Seeing Allah with the physical eye is impossible—utterly beyond reach.

🌹Why did Fatima al-Zahra (AS) point out this self-evident truth « الْمُمْتَنِعُ مِنَ الْأَبْصَارِ رُؤْيَتُهُ »?!

🌹When ignorance takes hold, anything becomes possible. Decline is plain to see in an age of unprecedented scientific progress. For all its advances, this age is steeped in misguidance and ignorance, because knowledge grows without the guidance of Wilayah; consequently, ignorance spreads all the faster.

🌹Today’s supposedly learned human being gazes with both eyes at Dajjal’s single eye and worships him; he has become worse than an idol-worshipper.

🌹The ignorant of the end times, who merely appear learned, search for God under microscopes and telescopes. In other words, they seek to behold the Almighty, Most Exalted God with their blind, physical eyes.

🌹With the words « الْمُمْتَنِعُ مِنَ الْأَبْصَارِ رُؤْيَتُهُ », Fatima rebukes all the ignorant scholars.

🔅🌼The tongue longs in vain to describe His Name.🌼🔅

 🌼وَ مِنَ الْأَلْسُنِ صِفَتُهُ🌼

🌹The tongue cannot bring itself to describe Him.

🌹His attributes do not flow from human tongues. No one can describe Him.

🌹The tongue speaks for the heart: it expresses what the heart has come to know. When the heart is helpless, the tongue, too, falls silent.

An attribute may be understood as a characteristic of God’s Name. The tongue utters His Name, but cannot reach its meaning; the meaning of His Name cannot be spoken.

🌷🔆 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:  إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ اسْماً بِالْحُرُوفِ غَيْرَ مُتَصَوِّتٍ وَ بِاللَّفْظِ غَيْرَ مُنْطَقٍ وَ بِالشَّخْصِ غَيْرَ مُجَسَّدٍ وَ بِالتَّشْبِيهِ غَيْرَ مَوْصُوفٍ وَ بِاللَّوْنِ غَيْرَ مَصْبُوغٍ مَنْفِيٌّ عَنْهُ الْأَقْطَارُ مُبَعَّدٌ عَنْهُ‏ الْحُدُودُ مَحْجُوبٌ عَنْهُ حِسُّ كُلِّ مُتَوَهِّمٍ مُسْتَتِرٌ  غَيْرُ مَسْتُور[15]

🌷🔆 Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said: God, Blessed and Exalted, created a Name that cannot be sounded through letters or uttered in words; it has no embodied form, cannot be described by comparison, and is not mingled with colour. Dimensions are denied of it—it has no dimension—and all limits are removed from it. It is veiled from the faculty of apprehension of anyone who forms an image in the mind: hidden, yet not hidden.

🔅🌼Let the mind’s imaginings not presume to conceive of Him.🌼🔅

 🌼وَ مِنَ الْأَوْهَامِ كَيْفِيَّتُهُ🌼

🌹His manner of being cannot be grasped by the imagination.

🌹The imagination encompasses what can be perceived: whatever a person apprehends through the senses falls within its reach. “Imagination” constitutes a particular level of knowledge, but it cannot attain to His manner of being, nor to the how and what of His Names. What is meant, in truth, is the manner of the Names—not the manner of the Essence, for His Essence cannot be described. He is limited neither by an attribute nor by a manner of being. His Name: «مَحْجُوبٌ عَنْهُ حِسُّ كُلِّ مُتَوَهِّمٍ»

🌼Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat), 110.141 (903)🌼

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[13] التفسير المنسوب إلى الإمام الحسن العسكري عليه السلام ؛ ؛ ص328  Hasan ibn Ali (peace be upon him), the eleventh Imam, Imam Mahdi School—may Allah hasten his noble advent—Iran, Qom, first edition, 1409 AH.

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