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1401/10/22 Ahl al-Bayt and Islamic History Level: Intermediate

Light Is Humbled by Fatimah’s Beauty

Instructor: Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) • Soroush-e Bamdadan Cultural Center • 42 views

Fatimah (SA) is the embodiment of divine unity and the rejection of idolatry. Knowing her is the key to understanding creation and servitude to God. She is the mother of divine unity, and whoever follows in her footsteps turns away from idolatry. Her Fadak sermon was a struggle against idolatry and disbelief, as were Imam Ali’s (AS) struggles.

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The Meshkat-e Noor teachings series

🌼Fatima Has Outshone the Light🌼

🌼The Mystery of the Veil and Satan’s Strategy of Unveiling🌼

🌹🔆☘️ Fatima, the Radiant Divine Lamp at the Heart of Creation

A Meshkat-e Noor gathering, a gift celebrating the birth of the Lady of Light  1401.10.22 

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

And among her kunyas

🌸🔆 أُمُّ الْحَسَنِ وَ أُمُّ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ أُمُّ الْمُحَسِّنِ وَ أُمُّ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَ أُمُّ أَبِيهَا

 وَ أَسْمَاؤُهَا عَلَى مَا ذَكَرَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْقُمِّيُّ

🌸🔆 فَاطِمَةُ الْبَتُولُ الْحَصَانُ الْحُرَّةُ السَّيِّدَةُ الْعَذْرَاءُ الزَّهْرَاءُ الْحَوْرَاءُ الْمُبَارَكَةُ الطَّاهِرَةُ الزَّكِيَّةُ الرَّاضِيَةُ الْمَرْضِيَّةُ الْمُحَدَّثَةُ مَرْيَمُ الْكُبْرَى الصِّدِّيقَةُ الْكُبْرَى

وَ يُقَالُ لَهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ

🌸🔆 النُّورِيَّةُ السَّمَاوِيَّةُ الْحَانِيَة

🌸🔆 فَاطِمَةُ، فُطِمَتْ‏ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ‏ وَ فُطِمَ مَنْ أَحَبَّهَا مِنَ النَّارِ.

🌸🔆 Mother of goodness, Mother of the faithful, Mother of the righteous, Mother of virtues, Mother of flowers, Mother of knowledge, Mother of the Book

🌸🔆 Mother of blessings, Mother of the Guide, Mother of the spacious

🌸🔆 Mother of Asma

🌸🔆 Mother of purity, Mother of piety, Mother of radiance, Mother of compassion, and أمّ العطيّة، و أمّ the bestower of gifts, Mother of the two lights, Mother of exaltedness, and أمّ البريّة، و أمّ the noble lady of the portico, Mother of the two full moons.

🌸🔆 She is al-Siddiqa al-Kubra, the supremely truthful one; and it is through knowing her that the earliest generations were formed.

🌸🔆

Explanation: al-Haniyah means compassionate, caring for her husband and children. Al-Jazari says: “Al-Haniyah is a woman who devotes herself to her child and does not remarry, out of tenderness and affection.” And from this comes

🌹The hearts of the world are perfumed with the pure fragrance of the Unifier; the world is made fragrant.

🌹The eye of the world’s soul is illuminated by the dazzling flash of divine unity.

🌹May the rising of the radiance of the Word of God Most High—Fatima al-Zahra—be blessed for all eternity.

🌹May the blessed birth be a blessing to the world.

🌹Fatima al-Zahra is the Word of Unity, joined to truth and grasped by the mind.

🌹Let us behold Zahra’s beauty through the words that flow from her heart.

🌹The Supreme Friend of God is the path to knowing God, the Supreme and Most Exalted.

🌹The keener one’s vision, the deeper one’s knowledge; the deeper one’s Zahra-inspired knowledge, the easier it is to solve the riddle of creation.

🌹Unity in knowledge and in action is the secret of creation and servitude to God.

🌹Unity is a special lesson in the classroom of this world.

🌹The ranks of created beings are measured by their degrees of unity. The sincere companion of Imam al-Mahdi, peace be upon him, ascends to the highest degrees of unity.

🌹The Fadak sermon was Zahra’s field of struggle against polytheism and disbelief.

🌹In Fatima’s time, the form of polytheism had taken bodily shape in the most wicked people of the age.

🌹In her time, Fatima left polytheism half-dead with her cry of divine unity.

🌹Imam Ali, peace be upon him, gouged out the eye of polytheism, blinded it, stripped it of its strength and robbed it of its power. And now, in our own time, we face polytheism in its half-dead state. The reason it prevails despite its blindness is the profound weakness of human beings.

🌹It would be true to say that the Master gouged out one of the Antichrist’s eyes.

🌹The Battle of the Camel was a struggle against polytheism. The reason the Master would not accommodate the people of his time was that he would make no peace with the very life of polytheism, disbelief and godlessness. The Master fought the very essence of polytheism and satanic mischief.

🌹Had Ali, peace be upon him, not fought these battles,  disbelief and polytheism would have become an uncontrollable force.

🌹 Imam Ali’s jihad had both an outward and an inward dimension.

🌹 Ali’s Dhu’l-Fiqar had both an outward and an inward dimension; it had body, spirit, heart and understanding. In the hands of God’s hand, Dhu’l-Fiqar was richly endowed with intelligence.

🌹 Ali’s sword struck, at the innermost level, at the very life of idolatry, unbelief and ignorance.

🌹 We are face to face with idolatry, blind, deaf and wounded. If we are overcome by it, we will fall to a state worse than defeat.

🌹 Fatima is severed from idolatry. Whoever becomes Fatimid will be free of it; whoever still bears a trace of idolatry in their soul has not yet attained the station of Fatima.

🌹Zahra is the blazing flame of divine oneness in the soul of the world.

🌹From every horizon, Zahra’s aspect offers a view without equal or parallel.

🌹Fatima is both the ocean of prophethood and its isthmus; Fatima is a mystery enfolded within a mystery.

🌹The centuries revolve in the orbit of knowing Zahra; they are nourished by her light.

🌹To angels, all created beings and the Imams, Zahra possesses a beauty uniquely suited to each beholder.

🌹Only the Eye of God can receive the fullness of Zahra’s light. None but Zahra’s husband can behold the fullness of her beauty.

🌹Ali received Zahra’s light in its perfection: the treasury of radiance was received by the treasury of light; the receiver was equal to the source. The ocean of knowledge is a mirror of the ocean of prophethood.

🌹The Fatimids become Zahrawi by releasing the power of Zahra within their own souls. If we enter by Zahra’s path, we are ready to unleash her immense Zahrawi energy.

🌹Fatima’s birthday is the dawn of the most beautiful gleam of divine oneness.

🌹Fatima is the mother of divine oneness; no trace of idolatry can be joined to her pure soul. فَاطِمَةُ فُطِمَتْ‏ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ. The world is an immense expanse of divine oneness, without a hint of “doubt, idolatry, stain or darkness”: pure, clear light of servitude to God.

🌹Fatima is divine oneness, alive and flowing.

🌹The secret of becoming Fatimid is to become a fish in the ocean of divine oneness.

🌹Fatima is Umm Abiha, the mother of the pride of all creation. The First Light of creation draws its sustenance from the Supreme Light of Fatima’s countenance.

🌹Fatima is the mother of her father: that is, through Fatima, the master of all creation experienced a new and wondrous life.

🌹Fatima is the mother of her father: that is, through Fatima, her father was born anew into this world and grew in stature. The First Light became first once more, reaching the very beginning of beginnings!

🌹Fish parted from the water of life swim with Fatima in the Ocean of Kawthar.

🌹Fatima is the mother of the believers. They draw all the fruits of knowledge and virtue from the mother’s soul; from her heart, they drink the milk and honey of faith at its very source. 

🌹Fatima is truly a mother: the mother of the world by lineage and by nobility.

🌹The Day of Fatima belongs to Fatima alone.

🌹Those who merely resemble mothers are their murderers and executioners.

🌹Women who possess only a faint likeness to a mother, and offer only a mirage of motherhood, betray all the women of the world.

🌹The mothers of the end times are killers of their own children! They kill their beliefs, their chastity and their modesty.

🌹If a mother is faithful to the trust of motherhood, then truly she is a source of divine mercy.

🌹No woman should compare herself with Fatima. If Fatima is the Mother, then no one else has the right to claim that title! It is from Fatima alone that they take their model of motherhood.

🌹When women place themselves beneath the shelter of Fatima’s example, they will blossom with Fatimid fragrance and purity.

🌹A bond rooted in divine oneness is the highest way to connect with Fatima and her descendants.

🌹Fatima was the cry of divine oneness; Fatima was its summit, its lady, its cry and its tempest.

🌹It is the first and final lesson in divine oneness.

🌹The tests of divine unity are being held at every moment. Assessment in divine unity is the very basis of one’s score in servitude. Fatima is the university of divine unity; let us never lose sight of this university.

🌹Every deed is multiplied by divine unity. It receives a coefficient of divine unity, and by that measure the worth of our deeds is determined.

🌹The faithful companions of Imam of the Age (peace be upon him) have earned top marks in the class of divine unity.

🌹Whoever is weak in divine unity will, knowingly or unknowingly, become an enemy of Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad. So let us fear becoming enemies of Muhammad and his Family (peace be upon them).

🌹The secret of the greatness and importance of divine unity is revealed in the secret of those who embody it. Divine unity is the beginning and end of the spiritual journey.

🌹With sincere devotion to divine unity, polytheism is blind, deaf, mute, and crippled. So let us strip polytheism of its life through sincere devotion to divine unity and destroy it.

🌹The enemies of Fatima and her descendants are the eyes, ears, tongues, and hearts of polytheism.

🌹Rule by anyone other than the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) is a sign that polytheism, doubt, and ignorance hold sway.

🌹Like ignorance, polytheism has an objective, real identity; it is not merely an abstraction.

🌹Divine unity has an embodied form: its personal embodiment is Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (may God bless him and his family and grant them peace).

🌹Polytheism stands opposed to divine unity. Whoever is perfumed with the fragrance of divine unity is a monotheist; whoever is tainted by polytheism is a polytheist.

🌹Guard your beliefs in divine unity. The reason for a lack of fellowship, or weak fellowship, with the Two Weighty Things, and for a frozen state of servitude, is the hidden traces of polytheism within a person’s soul. They are also the reason one is drawn to falsehood.

🌹Fatima speaks of divine unity with a cry, for polytheism had usurped the caliphate! Let us look at Ghadir and Saqifah through the lens of divine unity.

🌹Had Fatima not fought against polytheism, it would have grown powerful and prevailed over the world.

🌹Throughout history, polytheism has gained power through the dominance of those given to claims and polytheism; the people of Saqifah are a clear example.

🌹As polytheism grows stronger, the Dajjal grows stronger and multiplies. The Dajjal of the end times draws strength and power from polytheism and unbelief. Throughout history, the Dajjal has fed on polytheism and grown fat.

🌹The Dajjal is the latest manifestation of polytheism in every age. He is its very essence, the distilled embodiment of corruption and polytheism. Through the heroic struggle of Fatima and the Fatimiyyun, fighting the Dajjal becomes easier.

🌹Every soul tainted by polytheism is prey and sustenance for the Dajjal.

🌹The secret behind controlling and capturing the heart and mind lies in the taint of polytheism.

🌹To bear witness to divine unity is the most beautiful form of martyrdom, and its effects are immense.

🌹Strengthen your devotion to divine unity so that you may become martyrs of divine unity and leave its mark upon the soul of the world; may your spirit of divine unity fill the world and leave a profound imprint.

🌹The greater one’s sincerity in divine unity, the higher the worth of one’s martyrdom.

🌹Sin and transgression are viruses of polytheism and doubt.

🌹The Dajjal is the distilled essence of the seed of polytheism.

🌹In opposition to the Union of Satanic Republics, a Union of Believers must be formed.

🌹Al-Taraf: al-Kazim, from his father (peace be upon them both)—in a hadith—reports that the Prophet (may God bless him and his family and grant them peace) said:

يا عليّ! إنّي قد أوصيت فاطمة ابنتي بأشياء و أمرتها أن تلقيها إليك، فأنفذها، فهي الصادقة الصدوقة، ثمّ ضمّها إليه و قبّل رأسها، و قال: فداك أبوك يا فاطمة.

🌸🔆 الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ  قَالَ‏ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لِمَ سُمِّيَتْ فَاطِمَةُ الزَّهْرَاءَ قَالَ لِأَنَّ لَهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ قُبَّةً مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ حَمْرَاءَ ارْتِفَاعُهَا فِي الْهَوَاءِ مَسِيرَةُ سَنَةٍ مُعَلَّقَةً بِقُدْرَةِ الْجَبَّارِ لَا عِلَاقَةَ لَهَا مِنْ فَوْقِهَا فَتُمْسِكَهَا وَ لَا دِعَامَةَ لَهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا فَتَلْزَمَهَا لَهَا مِائَةُ أَلْفِ بَابٍ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ أَلْفٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ يَرَاهَا أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ كَمَا يَرَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الزَّاهِرَ فِي أُفُقِ السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُونَ هَذِهِ الزَّهْرَاءُ لَفَاطِمَةُ ع‏

🌸🔆 أَبُو هَاشِمٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُ‏ سَأَلْتُ صَاحِبَ الْعَسْكَرِ ع لِمَ سُمِّيَتْ فَاطِمَةُ الزَّهْرَاءَ ع فَقَالَ كَانَ وَجْهُهَا يَزْهَرُ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مِنْ أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ كَالشَّمْسِ الضَّاحِيَةِ وَ عِنْدَ الزَّوَالَ كَالْقَمَرِ الْمُنِيرِ وَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ كَالْكَوْكَبِ الدُّرِّي‏

🌸🔆 وَ عنه قَالَ عُبَيْدٌ الْهَرَوِيُّ فِي الْغَرِيبَيْنِ‏ سُمِّيَتْ مَرْيَمُ بَتُولًا لِأَنَّهَا بُتِلَتْ عَنِ الرِّجَالِ وَ سُمِّيَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بَتُولًا لِأَنَّهَا بُتِلَتْ عَنِ النَّظِير

🌸🔆 عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَتِ ابْنَتِي فَاطِمَةَ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ فَطَمَهَا وَ فَطَمَ مُحِبِّيهَا عَنِ النَّارِ

Ibn Shirawayh relates in *al-Firdaws*, from Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Ansari, who related it from the Messenger of God: “I named my daughter Fatima because God has protected her and those who love her from the Fire.”

🌸🔆 الصَّادِقُ ع‏ تَدْرِي أَيُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ تَفْسِيرُ فَاطِمَةَ قَالَ فُطِمَتْ مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَ يُقَالُ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَتْ فَاطِمَةَ لِأَنَّهَا فُطِمَتْ‏ عَنِ‏ الطَّمْثِ‏ “6”

Ibn Shahrashub relates from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he was asked:

What is the meaning of the name Fatima?

The Imam replied: “It means one who is kept safe from evil and harm.” It is also said that the Prophet’s daughter was named Fatima because she was purified of all impurity.

🌸🔆 أَبُو صَالِحٍ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فِي الْأَرْبَعِينَ‏ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا الْبَتُولُ قَالَ الَّتِي‏

لَمْ تَرَ حُمْرَةً قَطُّ وَ لَمْ تَحِضْ فَإِنَّ الْحَيْضَ مَكْرُوهٌ فِي بَنَاتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ “1”

Ibn Shahrashub, citing Abu Salih al-Mu’adhdhin in *al-Arbaʿin*, relates: The Messenger of God was asked what *batul* means.

He replied: “A *batul* is one who does not bleed or menstruate, because menstruation is unbecoming for the daughters of prophets.”

🌸🔆 وَ قَالَ‏النبي لِعَائِشَةَ يَا حُمَيْرَاءُ  إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ لَيْسَتْ كَنِسَاءِ الْآدَمِيِّينَ لَا تَعْتَلُّ كَمَا تعتلن‏

Ibn Shahrashub also relates from Abu Salih al-Mu’adhdhin:

The Messenger of God said to Aisha, “O Humayra! Fatima is unlike other women; she does not menstruate as they do.”

🌸🔆 أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ‏ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ النِّسَاءَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ مَا دَامَتْ فَاطِمَةُ حَيَّةً لِأَنَّهَا طَاهِرَةٌ لَا تَحِيض‏

🌸🔆 قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص لِفَاطِمَةَ شَقَّ اللَّهُ لَكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ اسْماً مِنْ أَسْمَائِهِ فَهُوَ الْفَاطِرُ وَ أَنْتِ فَاطِمَة

🌸🔆 عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ع لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَا أَبَتَاهْ أَيْنَ‏ أَلْقَاكَ‏ يَوْمَ‏ الْمَوْقِفِ الْأَعْظَمِ وَ يَوْمَ الْأَهْوَالِ وَ يَوْمَ الْفَزَعِ الْأَكْبَرِ قَالَ يَا فَاطِمَةُ ع عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ مَعِي لِوَاءُ الْحَمْدِ وَ أَنَا الشَّفِيعُ لِأُمَّتِي إِلَى رَبِّي قَالَتْ يَا أَبَتَاهْ فَإِنْ لَمْ أَلْقَكَ هُنَاكَ قَالَ الْقَيْنِي عَلَى الْحَوْضِ وَ أَنَا أَسْقِي أُمَّتِي قَالَتْ يَا أَبَتَاهْ إِنْ لَمْ أَلْقَكَ هُنَاكَ قَالَ الْقَيْنِي عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ وَ أَنَا قَائِمٌ أَقُولُ رَبِّ سَلِّمْ أُمَّتِي قَالَتْ فَإِنْ لَمْ أَلْقَكَ هُنَاكَ قَالَ الْقَيْنِي وَ أَنَا عِنْدَ الْمِيزَانِ أَقُولُ رَبِّ سَلِّمْ أُمَّتِي قَالَتْ فَإِنْ لَمْ أَلْقَكَ هُنَاكَ قَالَ الْقَيْنِي عَلَى [عِنْدَ] شَفِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ أَمْنَعُ شَرَرَهَا وَ لَهَبَهَا عَنْ أُمَّتِي فَاسْتَبْشَرَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بِذَاكَ.

🌸🔆 أنا قاتل الأقران و مجدل الشجعان أنا الذي فقأت‏ عين‏ الشرك و ثللت عرشه غير ممتن على الله بجهادي و لا مدل إليه بطاعتي و لكن أحدث بنعمة ربي‏

*Sharh Nahj al-Balagha* by Ibn Abi al-Hadid, vol. 20, p. 296Ibn Abi al-Hadid, ʿAbd al-Hamid ibn Hibat Allah, 10 vols., Ayatollah Marashi Najafi Library, Qom, first edition, 1404 AH.

🌸🔆… 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 السَّمَاوَاتُ يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ لِي أَدْخِلَا الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ شِئْتُمَا وَ أَدْخِلَا النَّارَ مَنْ شِئْتُمَا وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى‏ أَلْقِيا فِي جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ فَالْكَافِرُ مَنْ جَحَدَ نُبُوَّتِي وَ الْعَنِيدُ مَنْ جَحَدَ وَلَايَةَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَالنَّارُ أَمَدُهُ وَ الْجَنَّةُ لِشِيعَتِهِ وَ مُحِبِّيه‏

Virtues (by Ibn Shadhan al-Qummi); p. 129Ibn Shadhan al-Qummi, Abu’l-Fadl Shadhan ibn Jabra’il, 1 vol., Razi, Qom, second edition, 1363 Shamsi

🌸🔆 إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ مَرْفُوعاً إِلَى سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ ره قَالَ‏ كُنْتُ جَالِساً عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ص فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ دَخَلَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَسَلَّمَ فَرَدَّ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ رَحَّبَ بِهِ‏ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ الْمَعَادِنُ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِذاً أُخْبِرَكَ يَا عَمِّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَنِي وَ خَلَقَ عَلِيّاً وَ لَا سَمَاءَ وَ لَا أَرْضَ وَ لَا جَنَّةَ وَ لَا نَارَ وَ لَا لَوْحَ وَ لَا قَلَمَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بَدْوَ خَلْقِنَا تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ فَكَانَتْ نُوراً ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ كَلِمَةً ثَانِيَةً فَكَانَتْ رُوحاً فَمَزَجَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَ اعْتَدَلَا فَخَلَقَنِي وَ عَلِيّاً مِنْهُمَا ثُمَّ فَتَقَ مِنْ نُورِي نُورَ الْعَرْشِ فَأَنَا أَجَلُّ مِنَ الْعَرْشِ ثُمَّ فَتَقَ مِنْ نُورِ عَلِيٍّ نُورَ السَّمَاوَاتِ فَعَلِيٌّ أَجَلُّ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ ثُمَّ فَتَقَ مِنْ نُورِ الْحَسَنِ نُورَ الشَّمْسِ وَ مِنْ نُورِ الْحُسَيْنِ نُورَ الْقَمَرِ فَهُمَا أَجَلُّ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ وَ الْقَمَرِ وَ كَانَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَ تَقُولُ فِي تَسْبِيحِهَا سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ مِنْ أَنْوَارٍ مَا أَكْرَمَهَا عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَبْلُوَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَحَاباً مِنْ ظُلْمَةٍ وَ كَانَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ لَا تَنْظُرُ أَوَّلَهَا مِنْ آخِرِهَا وَ لَا آخِرَهَا مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَهَنَا وَ سَيِّدَنَا مُنْذُ خَلَقْتَنَا مَا رَأَيْنَا مِثْلَ مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ فَنَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ هَذِهِ الْأَنْوَارِ إِلَّا مَا كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَأَفْعَلَنَّ فَخَلَقَ نُورَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءَ ع يَوْمَئِذٍ كَالْقِنْدِيلِ وَ عَلَّقَهُ فِي قُرْطِ الْعَرْشِ فَزَهَرَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ السَّبْعُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ سُمِّيَتْ فَاطِمَةُ الزَّهْرَاءَ وَ كَانَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ وَ تُقَدِّسُهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّ ثَوَابَ تَسْبِيحِكُمْ وَ تَقْدِيسِكُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لِمُحِبِّي هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ أَبِيهَا وَ بَعْلِهَا وَ بَنِيهَا قَالَ سَلْمَانُ فَخَرَجَ الْعَبَّاسُ فَلَقِيَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَضَمَّهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَ قَالَ بِأَبِي عِتْرَةَ الْمُصْطَفَى مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ مَا أَكْرَمَكُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى‏

The Life of Lady Fatima (translated from vol. 43 of Bihar al-Anwar), translated by Ruhani; p. 157. Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi; Ruhani Aliabadi, Muhammad, 1 vol., Maham Publications, Tehran, first edition, 1379 Shamsi.

🌸🔆 قَدِ اشْتَهَرَ عَنْهُ ع قَوْلُهُ‏ أَنَا فَقَأْتُ‏ عَيْنَ‏ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَفْقَأَهَا غَيْرِي‏

Fatima’s titles, arranged alphabetically

🔆Daughter of the Chosen One, one of the greatest, the root of all elements, the dearest of creation;

🔆Mother of the Infallible Imams, mother of the righteous, mother of her father, mother of the virtuous, mother of the blossoms, mother of the pure;

🔆Mother of the lights, أمّ البدريّين، أمّ the virtuous, أمّ البريّة، أمّ the radiant, mother of piety, mother of al-Hasan;

🔆Mother of al-Husayn, Mother of Goodness, Mother of Compassion, Mother of the noble pavilion, Mother of the two sweet basil blossoms, Mother of the two grandsons;

🔆أمّ العطيّة، أمّ Exalted One, Mother of Knowledge, Mother of Virtues, Mother of the Book, Mother of al-Muhsin, Mother of the Believers;

🔆Mother of Gifts, Mother of the Noble, Mother of Purity, Mother of the Two Lights, the Supreme Lady. اللّه، آية اللّه، آية اللّه

🔆She whose eyes weep, the Chaste One, the isthmus between prophethood and divine authority, a part of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, the remnant of prophethood, the joy of the heart, the radiant and delicate beauty.

🔆The apple of Paradise, the God-fearing one;

🔆Third after the sun and the moon, the fruit of prophethood.

🔆The root of all honours, the glory of her forefathers, the beautiful and noble one.

🔆Bearer of affliction, tender-hearted, the seedling that took root, love for her is the best of deeds, beloved of al-Mustafa, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, God’s outstretched veil, God’s supreme proof, the freeborn lady, the chaste one, the precinct of holiness, the heavenly beauty.

🔆The fifth of the People of the Mantle, the choicest of the good.

🔆The pearl of divine unity, the string of pearls, the prayer that is answered.

🔆The lofty summit, the means of salvation for the Shi‘a.

🔆The contented one, cherished daughter of Mecca, the rightly guided one, pillar of religion, a soul between the sides of al-Mustafa, the Prophet’s sweet basil blossom, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. The vessel of revelation, the pure one, wife of God’s greatest friend, the radiant one, adornment of the Fatimids.

🔆God’s greatest veil, the Ark of Salvation, descendant of divine good pleasure, descendant of glory, the sky of the stars— الدرّية، السيّدة، سيّدة the daughters of Adam, peace be upon him—the lady of the women of the first and last generations, the lady of the women of Paradise, the lady of the women of this community, the lady of all women.

🔆Pride of her children, intercessor for the community, intercessor on the Day of Resurrection, the radiant sun, the martyr.

🔆She who fasts by day, patient in adversity, companion of long sorrows, companion of the exalted Garden, keeper of the codex, truthful in private and in public, the greatest pearl, الفخّار، الصدّيقة، الصدّيقة the essence of honour, the middle prayer;

🔆Guarantor of intercession.

🔆The immaculate one, pure in her deeds, pure in birth, God’s outstretched shade.

🔆The devout and God-fearing worshipper, knower of all things, learned in what has been and what will be, high-minded, the peer of Mary the Great, the virgin, the firmest handhold, the chaste one, the noble lady of the prophetic mission, repository of knowledge, the eye of divine proof, the spring of life. The radiant light.

🔆The most excellent of the virtuous, pride of the Imams, a piece of al-Mustafa’s heart, peace and blessings be upon him and his family.

🔆She who stands in prayer by night, devoutly obedient, content, the rightly guided exemplar, the heart’s solace, the delight of all creation, the ornament of existence.

🔆The sorrowful one, generous in giving, God’s perfect word, the word of God-consciousness, the good word, the Abundance, the radiant star. The Night of Decree.

🔆The blessed one, bearer of glad tidings to the friends of God, wearied by the world, devoted to night worship, broken-hearted, recipient of sacred discourse, pleasing to God, Mary the Great, wedded in the highest assembly, niche of lights, persecuted, wronged, mine of wisdom, known in heaven, headband-wearing, infallible, deprived of her rightful due, bereaved of her unborn child, with a broken rib, tried and tested, denied her inheritance, victorious, described in the Gospel, whose pillar was brought down, described as righteous and worthy of reverence, abode of mercy, the life-blood of the world, the life-blood of al-Mustafa’s heart, the auspicious one.

🔆Slender of body, she who spoke the two testimonies at birth, noble, star in the crown of prophethood, her father’s chosen one, the great blessing, light of lights, luminous.

🔆Mother of the divine proofs, mother of al-Hasan and al-Husayn, peace be upon them both, the grief-stricken mother, unique and peerless, the Messenger’s trust, vessel of knowledge, God’s greatest saintly lady, born into Islam.

🔆Fountains of wisdom, spring of knowledge.

Bahrani Isfahani, Abdullah ibn Nurullah, *Oceans of Knowledge, Insights and States, Drawn from Verses, Traditions and Sayings* (*Supplement on the Lady of Women up to Imam al-Jawad*, 10 volumes, Imam al-Mahdi Foundation—may God hasten his noble advent—Iran; Qom, first edition, 1413 AH).

The devils have set upon chastity and the hijab.

Pay attention to both the outward and hidden layers.

First, diagnose the pain; then treat it

The virus of immodesty and shamelessness destroys our humanity

Attention! Modesty is one of the human being’s inner faculties. It has an identity and can assume a distinct form and embodiment; it is among the forces of reason!

The secret of well-being lies in identifying causes and tracing their effects, removing the cause, and at the same time treating the effect

Satan’s strategy concerning chastity and hijab

The chain of causes

The struggle between truth and falsehood, light and darkness, faith and disbelief

Lack of piety—in individuals and society, in education and upbringing, and in the media

Creating various forms of poisoning

Fomenting hatred of religion and religious people

Stoking anger toward religion and its followers

Inciting people to fight against religion and its followers

Scholars who do not practise what they preach, pretenders to learning who lack knowledge, and hypocrites cloaked in religion are agents and brothers of Satan

Conditioning people to hate religion

Subliminal influence: secretly implanting all kinds of suggestions

Hidden forms

The role of economic pressure: الناس عبيد الدنیا

Satan has lulled himself to sleep, yet sings a lullaby to humankind

From capillary movement to arterial flow; from gradual change to sudden, explosive leaps

Undermining the pillars of divine oneness, justice, prophethood, imamate and resurrection

The aim: to undermine the foundations of human nature

Stripping sacred things of their sanctity and making people enamoured of prostitutes

Changing spiritual tastes and artistic sensibilities

Eroding credibility

Replacing people’s minds, thoughts and aspirations—deleting some things and adding others

Hidden education and upbringing

Secret indoctrination and instruction

Creating a rift with the Two Weighty Things: separating the Prophet’s family from the Qur’an, the Qur’an from the Prophet’s family, and both from people’s hearts and society

Creating false role models

The vile campaign against al-Zahra al-Mardiyya—and why it is waged

Selling one’s soul and spirit for a pittance

The death of learning: knowledge without reason, knowledge without spirit—ignorant knowledge

The role of education and the extent to which it produces ignorance

Eliminating the duty to enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong

The role of usury and gambling, and the effects of food and drink acquired through usury and gambling; sophisticated, imperceptible forms of usury and gambling

Pork products and intoxicants

Hidden narcotics

Satan’s human army, his animal, insect and microbial armies

Love made virtual: virtual fathers and mothers, children, husbands and wives

An age in which misguided peoples have come together: a blending of the peoples of Noah, ‘Ad, Thamud, Pharaoh, Nimrod and Lot

A compendium of isms

Hacking the human being

We are all to blame

Compared with the vast destructive reach of the hidden layer of the Dajjal and the satans, virtual networks are mere toys.

Envy: a spreading wave, a potent weapon, and hidden fuel and explosives

Psychological poisoning

Metaphysical weapons and operations

Distortions, insinuations, and unusual embellishments

Why sinners are so energetic and spirited while the religious are depressed: a look at the covert operations of devils

Love and relationships turned virtual, and so on

The proliferation of idle talk, frivolity, and futility

The adolescent as a field ready for cultivation (قلب الحدث کالارض الخالیه)

The apostasy of the elderly, presented as the result of religious devotion 

Making people feel depressed about religion

Corrupt, treacherous, Westernized officials

Hypocrites hiding behind displays and veils

Hypocrites hiding behind religion

The objectionable conduct of some women who wear hijab

The showy displays of kindness and good manners by some women who do not wear hijab

Showing affection to women without hijab, those who wear it improperly, thugs, pleasure-seekers, shameless people, and men without honor

Negative propaganda against hijab: portraying women who wear it as thieves, wretched, and so on, in films, television series, stories, and jokes

Entrenching a doll-like view of women: seeing them in sexualized, objectifying terms, as serving the animal desires of disheveled, unruly, unrestrained men; viewing women as prey, and men as hunters; looking at women lustfully

A remedy: seeing women through the lens of their worth, as worlds in their own right (a woman is a world among worlds), and seeing them as a means of worship and a test

The role of sorcery in the abandonment of hijab

The end-times condition

Satan’s suicide

The appointed Day and Satan’s term

Satan’s unfinished business

Satan forgoes sleep, while singing us lullabies.

The final season, the bleakest moment of creation: the hours just before dawn

The sorcery of chastity, hijab, and honor

The sorcery of noble virtues

Beautifying and making alluring what is vile

From imagination to delirium

From influencing the senses to influencing identity and innate nature

Pharaoh and Pharaoh’s sorcerers

The Antichrist and his sorcerers

The nature of the Antichrist’s talisman

The roots of many ills and troubles lie beyond the physical realm

We can surmise what the Antichrist’s next moves will be

The Antichrist is moving to complete his network

Inducing heedlessness and momentary madness

Amplifying individual waves within communities and broadcasting them simultaneously

The project of supreme idolatry

Remedies for abandoning hijab

Strengthening individual and collective piety

Reforming education, higher education, the media, and so on

Giving due attention to selecting the most qualified teachers and university professors

The role of love

The role of parents and family

Schools, universities, teachers, and professors

The role of bakers and hairdressers

The role of funeral processions, burial, تلقین, and memorial services

The role of religious associations and eulogists

Combatants and spiritual warriors versed in otherworldly techniques of warfare, developing practical, targeted plans to weaken the Antichrist and his sorcery, and defeat his sorcerers

Continuous, uninterrupted recitation of the Qur’an around the clock

Unceasing, 24-hour communion with God

Adorning the days by fasting throughout the year

A living call to prayer

The role of congregational night prayers

Special purification of the mind, heart, body and home from the contamination of jinn and devils

Deception and temptation in the present age

People are taken over like an operating system!

Ultra-secret metaphysical weapons

Turning people into robots

Otherworldly warriors (otherworldly martyrdoms)

Special warriors in the fight against the Dajjal and his army

Apocalyptic preparedness

The possibility of changing the Earth’s rotation and the sun rising in the west

Selecting and training a teacher

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Master Ali Saei

(Abdullah Meshkat) Researcher and commentator on Shi‘i wisdom and the foundations of divine unity

A researcher specializing in religious studies and divine unity, with a particular focus on the Qur’an and Hadith (the Two Weighty Things). His research has centered primarily on the Qur’an and Hadith; in recent years, he has also explored divine unity and critiques of philosophical viewpoints.

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