Muhammad: The Principle of Blessing

🌻🔆Muhammad: The Law of Blessing🔆🌻

🌼🔆🌼Muhammad: The Law of All Things🌼🔆🌼

🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹

🔅🌹 “Nurtured by Love”   “The Divine Book of Law”   “The Law of the Possibility of Transgression” “The Secret of the Perfection of Blessing”   “The Evening of the Prophet’s Ascension” and … Abstract with Addendum        1404.10.27    Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903)  🌹🔅

❇️The Dawn of the Secret of Prophethood

💫 Knowing the Seal of the Prophets (PBUH)

“Muhammad (PBUH), possessor of sublime character, a subtle essence and the mysterious secret of existence: an orphan who traversed the veils of the unseen and was immersed in the oceans of divine majesty and glory.”

💫 The Secret of Divine Nurturing and Love

“The Muhammadan way of nurturing is the art of raising the beloved through love. God nurtured His beloved with His own love and called him to Himself.”

💫 Prophethood: The Dissemination of Knowledge and Wisdom

“Prophethood is the bond between the Book and the one who learns: when knowledge and learning are joined, divine teachings take shape, and knowledge and wisdom flow through the world.”

💫 The Glory of the Ascension and Satan’s Lament

“On the night of the Ascension, when the Messenger of God soared toward heaven, Satan let out a cry of grief, for he knew that his dominion on earth had come to an end, and he had lost all hope of being worshipped.”

💫 The Law of Existence and the Key to Blessing

“Muhammad (PBUH) is the single law of existence. Whoever attains this law comes to understand all the secrets of existence and the mystery of immortality.”

💫 The Cry of Truth Against Tyranny

“Addressing God’s enemy, Iblis, who had shown himself at the Pledge of al-ʿAqaba: ‘Do you hear me? By God, I will soon make you answer for yourself, and exact from you a reckoning that will serve as a warning.’”

💫 The Muhammadan System and the Secret of Learning

“When learning becomes difficult, it is a sign that we have strayed from the ‘Muhammadan system.’ We fled from manna and quails, and sought our sustenance in the soil; so we became captives of the earth and began to think like it.”

💫 The Grandeur of Divine Law and Human Powerlessness

“Who can produce a verse like God’s verse? Humanity rose up against God’s law, only to destroy itself and become wretched in this world and the next.”

💫 The Everlasting Sovereignty of Truth

“O God! Your sovereignty is immense and Your power ever at work. There is no escaping Your rule and dominion, and no one can transgress Your law.”

💫 The Purpose of Existence and Severance from All Else

“Muhammad (PBUH) is the manifest embodiment of complete detachment from all besides God. Whoever reaches him turns away from everything and is connected to God alone.”

💫 The Secret of Transformation and the Changing of the World

“The night of the Prophet’s Ascension was a night when the state of earth and time was transformed. The earth breathed once more, and a fresh spirit was breathed into the life of the world, so that Satan might despair and humanity come alive.”

💫 Muhammadan Ethics: The Manifestation of Beauty

“Muhammadan character makes all beauty and nobility clear. The heaven of noble virtues dwells within his soul, and every outward and inward aspect of goodness is gathered in his being.”

💫 The Secret of Lasting Pleasure and Blessing

“Worldly pleasures pass like lightning and wind, but lasting delight and permanence depend on connection with Muhammad (PBUH) and the key to his blessing.”

💫 The Source of Knowledge and Gnosis

“The Prophet’s city of knowledge is the center from which all the realities of existence may be encompassed. Everything in the world lies beneath the canopy of his knowledge, and to be heedless of him is to be heedless of all reality.”

💫 The Kaaba of the Prophets and the Ocean of Light

“The prophets circle like stars in the orbit of Muhammad’s light (PBUH), tasting the dew of grace from the brow of that great light, and blossoming.”

💫 The Station of Servanthood and Becoming Muhammadan

“Until we attain the station of becoming Muhammadan, we have not reached the proper station of servanthood; the highest path to worshipping God is to attain the Muhammadan rank.”

💫 The Binding Authority of the Prophet’s Command (PBUH)

“The command of the Messenger of God is the very command of God, and his prohibition is God’s prohibition. It is incumbent upon God’s servants to submit to him as they do to God, the Blessed and Exalted.”

💫 The Secret of Earth Becoming Heavenly

“In his ascent, the Prophet carries the earth with him to heaven; in his descent, he brings Paradise down to earth—so that earth may become heavenly and heaven, earthly.”

💫 The Sweetness of Muhammad’s Name and the Pen’s Rapture

“The majestic Pen is overcome with rapture at the repeated utterance of Muhammad’s name—a name so sweet it intoxicates his blessed soul, while the sweetness of his being leaves the world spellbound.”

💫 The Secret of Movement and Escape from Stillness

“The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the secret of movement and escape from absolute stillness. Whoever knows him is freed from the stagnation of matter and rises to the heights of spiritual flight.”

💫 The Blessed Tree and the Web of Creation

“The Prophet is the most wondrous tree in all creation, with worlds hanging from every branch. The secret of teaching and learning is revealed in the shade of this vast, radiant web.”

💫 The Worldly Bargain That Ends in Loss

“We sold our souls for a paltry price, while God’s friends sold theirs to God alone. What bargain could be more ruinous than selling the substance and buying the husk?”

💫 Qāba Qawsayn and the Rendezvous of “Aw Adnā”

“In a single night, the Prophet passed beyond Qāba Qawsayn, or ‘Aw Adnā,’ and was welcomed as a guest at ‘Aw Adnā’ —a station that, whoever attains it, leaves everything behind and reaches God alone.”

💫 The Key to Connection with the Name of God

“The secret of being in God’s presence and connecting with the divine names and attributes lies in attachment to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH); he is the key to the treasury of divine riches.”

💫 The One Who Sets Beauty in Motion

“The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) rides the steed of sublime character, driving beauty onward and transforming the world’s hue—a secret that, when beauty changes its colour, brings it to absolute perfection.”

💫 A Policy of Salvation and Peace of Mind

“Following Muhammad (PBUH) is an insurance policy for blessing, love, prosperity, and true joy: an easy path that proud humanity, by ignoring it, has left itself lost in the desert of knowledge.”

💫 The Ascension of Souls to the Holy Throne

“O God, suspend our souls from the Holy Throne, that our heart’s eyes may pierce the veils of light and reach the source of majesty.”

💫 The Secret of Secrets and the End of All Aims

“The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the secret beyond all pleasures and the end of all aims. What more can I say of him? He is the law of all things in this reality beyond things.”

💫 The Secret of Courtesy and the Perfection of Creation

“God formed His Prophet’s manners through His love and brought them to perfection, until He declared: ‘And indeed, you are of a sublime character.’ A station whose depths none can fathom unless they have been nurtured by divine love.”

💫 The Secret of Lasting Pleasure and the Pursuit of Delight

“Worldly pleasures pass like the wind, but the secret of pleasure’s stability and endurance lies in connection with Muhammad (PBUH). He is the hunter of true delights, adding another pleasure to every taste.”

💫 The Sweetness of the Name and the Pen’s Rapture

“The Pen of Majesty is entranced by repeating Muhammad’s name—a name so sweet that it intoxicates his blessed soul, while the sweetness of his being enraptures the world.”

💫 ❇️ The Night of the Prophet’s Mission and Knowing Muhammad (PBUH)

O God, let us know Your Muhammad: that great essence whom You nurtured with Your love. This sublime essence quickens all that is beautiful, and rides upon the mount of magnificent character. He hastens the spread of noble virtues and beauty, transforming the very hue of the world. O God, if beauty were to change its hue, what form would it take? This is the Muhammadan mystery.

💫 The Kaaba of the Prophets and the Sweetness of Muhammad’s Name

The Kaaba of the Prophets: when His Eminence fell in prostration, drops of sweat fell from that great light’s brow. From those drops of light the prophets blossomed, and they gathered around that same great light like a Kaaba, supplicating their Lord. Muhammad (PBUH) is the Kaaba of the Prophets. He is the sweetness of the Pen of Majesty—the pen that is entranced by the sound of Muhammad’s name and loses itself. His name is so sweet; what must his blessed soul be like?!

This vast network, this manifestation of His Eminence, is the wondrous spread of the tree of creation, from every branch of which worlds hang. It is the mystery of knowledge, the mystery of teaching and learning, and of the teacher. Muhammad means the law of all things: a single law governs this entire existence. If we discover that law, we will gain access to all the mysteries of the universe. What is that law of all things? By God, the law of all things is Muhammad.

💫 The World Transformed and Satan in Despair

The day of the Prophet’s mission is a day when the state of things is transformed; earth and time are changed. Once more, the earth drew breath; once more, a spirit was breathed into the earth’s soul and into this world, and it came alive. Once more, accursed Satan despaired. Satan had almost finished the job; our world was nearing extinction. Muhammad came and made Satan wail. The Master, the Commander of the Faithful, describes that singular moment: “I saw the radiance of revelation; I beheld the light and illumination of revelation and prophethood; I tasted the fragrance of prophecy. When revelation descended, I heard Satan wail, so I asked, ‘O Messenger of Guidance, what is this wailing?’ He replied, ‘It is Satan’s wail, for he has despaired of his worship.’” That is, the Messenger of God brought Satan to despair. Satan’s dominion over the world was almost complete, but the Messenger of God arrived and swept away all he had built.

💫 The Companion of Prophethood on the Ascension and at the Pledge of al-ʿAqaba

The same Messenger who, on the Night of the Ascension, was about to soar heavenward. The Master says that this ever-present companion of prophethood—whether at the descent of revelation, during the mission, or as His Eminence ascended to the garden of the Miʿraj—was with him: “I was with the Messenger of God.” That is, on the night the Messenger of God was about to take wing toward heaven, while he was in the Hijr of Ismaʿil, praying, when his prayer had ended and mine had ended too, I heard a very loud wail and cry. So I asked, “O Messenger of God, what is this wailing?” He replied, “This is Satan’s wail and cry, for he knows that I am about to journey heavenward; he has despaired of his worship.”

When the Messenger of God soars heavenward, he takes the earth with him and makes it heavenly, then brings it back. In what state does His Eminence ascend, and in what state does he descend? And what does he bring back with him as he descends! He brings the whole Lote Tree of the Furthermost Boundary, the measure of two bows or nearer, down to earth; he makes earth heavenly and heaven earthly. He carries his own fragrance to heaven and draws that “or nearer” down to earth. Such is this great Messenger of God.

At the Pledge of al-ʿAqaba, addressing Satan—who once again makes himself seen there—His Eminence threatens him: “Do you hear, O enemy of God? Know that, by God, I will soon make time for you; that is, I will call you to account, and in such a way that history will take a lesson from it.”

💫 Muhammad: The Key to Blessings and the Mystery of Existence

O God, who is the Messenger of God? This great light of God, this key to God’s blessings, this vast system of goodness and blessings, this cipher to wonders, this secret of boundlessness. By God, all the worlds are seeking Muhammad, though they do not know it. His Eminence is the mystery of motion, the mystery of breaking free from stillness. He is the mystery behind the flourishing markets of this world and the next, and the mystery of love’s flourishing. He is the mystery of the marketplace of religion, of the realm, of the unseen kingdom, of the realm of divine power. His Eminence is God’s city of blessings; His Eminence is God’s city of love.

Muhammad (PBUH) is the secret passage to boundlessness,

To be heedless of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is to be heedless of the City of Knowledge—to lose sight of all reality and meet with manifest loss. Everything in this world of being is immersed in knowledge; knowledge encompasses everyone and everything in existence. In a word, the entire world of being lies within the embrace of the Prophet’s City of Knowledge. His Eminence is the whole of reality, the fullness of light and blessing. He is the very foundation of blessing, progress, growth, radiance, joy, and beauty. He was sent so that we might become Muhammadan, go beyond merely becoming Muhammadan, and become Muhammad. Until we attain that station, we have not reached servitude to God; until we attain it, we have not worshipped God as He deserves to be worshipped. This is the highest path of worship and servitude to God.

💫 The Exalted Station of Prophethood and Divine Nurturing

And where is that Muhammad now? In what horizons—or beyond the horizons—does he dwell? In a single ascension, he conquers the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, passes beyond the distance of two bow-lengths, and is received as a guest at “or nearer.” Where has he reached? Let us pause to reflect: which of his stations do we hope to attain? Which fragrance of his station do we hope to carry?

The possessor of sublime character seems to ride upon that sublime character, a horseman urging it forward—driving ethics and human qualities, all beauty, all goodness and virtue. He is the possessor of sublime character, mounted on the steed of sublime character, driving all beauty onward. His character, his ethics, are the Quran: that is, the word of God is the character of Muhammad al-Mustafa. If his character is the Quran, what kind of character is it? It is a character that makes all things clear, containing every beauty and every noble virtue: those we know and those we do not. The heavens of noble virtues dwell in his soul, their stars shine within him; every outward and hidden manifestation of beauty is gathered into his very being.

If only I could speak more plainly about the secret of this blessed hadith. What kind of nurturing is it, when it takes place through God’s love? God, Mighty and Majestic, refined His Prophet’s manners and perfected them. When his refinement had reached its fullness, He said: «إِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ». What station is this? Who can pass beyond it and comprehend its secret? He is nurtured by God’s love, the fruit and outcome of divine affection. Refinement is through beneficence and perfection; love, too, is beneficence and perfection. God refines His Prophet through love, lets him drink his fill of love, pours it into the soul of His beloved, and transforms His beloved into love for Himself. In the truest sense, he becomes the love of God, God’s garden of love.

This great Messenger of God is God’s very code, His constitution. The station of his prophethood is where the sciences and arts are disseminated, where goodness and blessings spread. In a word, prophethood is divine dissemination. Prophethood means the union of a book and a learner. When book and learner become one, prophethood takes shape. Prophethood is the book, the learner, and the revered teacher.

💫 The Muhammadan System and the Secret of Learning

What kind of teacher is God, and what kind of learner is His Eminence? What kind of book is it that has become God’s knowledge, become the City of God’s Knowledge?

Why has learning become difficult for us? Because we have moved away from becoming Muhammadan. How do we learn? How do we remember? Why does nothing stay with us? Why are you captive to forgetfulness? What has happened? The Muhammadan system within us lies dormant. We, too, should have been learners like Muhammad, studying under the Divine Teacher.

We are the ones who fled from manna and quails, from heaven’s provision, and went looking for sustenance in the soil. We turned our eyes from the heavens and fixed them on the earth; we became bound to the dust. We are the ones who sold our souls for a wretched price, unlike those who sold their souls to none but their God.

O God, I will not sell myself for any price. You are my buyer; I sell myself to You alone. Its price is Your pleasure. The Imam’s words, from beginning to end: those who fled sought their sustenance on earth, in the soil. We are all like this. This is how we address our God:

“O Moses, we cannot bear one kind of food.” We do not know how to ask; we do not know what to ask of God.

We chose it ourselves: we turned our eyes from God’s manna and quails, fled from the light, and asked God for vegetables of the earth—cucumbers, garlic, lentils, and onions. This is the bargain we made: we became captives of the soil, thinking like the soil, learning like the soil.

Will you trade what is better for you for what is inferior? Give up the better and take the worse?

Then go down to Egypt; there you will find everything you asked for.

 This is the secret of our fall: we have fallen. The secret of rising again is to become Muhammadan.

Muhammad is the guarantee of God’s blessing—the principles of affection and compassion, prosperity, pleasure and peace. In him lies the secret by which we can once again find the easy path to fulfillment in every sphere of life. But humankind sought to contend with God, challenged Him and rose up against His laws, setting up laws of its own alongside them—and became wretched from beginning to end. Did it become wretched or not? Who can produce a verse like one of God’s verses? No one can. When we consider one of God’s verses, it has layers of meaning and carries wonders. Its words work a miracle; its allusions join heaven and earth; its subtle meanings immerse the whole universe, while its truths remain unseen. Who could produce a verse like one of God’s verses? Who could bring forth a flower like God’s flowers? Who could devise a law like God’s law? Who could create the law of gravity? So many laws have been discovered—but who could create one? Who could produce even a particle? No one can. This human being, who sought to flaunt himself before God, brought himself to ruin and destroyed himself. Unaware of what he was doing, he set laws against God’s law and became wretched from beginning to end.

It is impossible to escape divine law. Though it may seem possible to circumvent it, the one who does so fails to realize that the very possibility of transgression is itself a law God has established as a test. God Himself ordained it; to make His law operative, He allowed the possibility of disobeying it. Yet God has unchanging ways: His way is the law that never changes and that no one can alter. There are also other laws that God may change, should He so will—and there is the law permitting transgression, which He established so that the test might be possible.

💫 God’s Majesty and Muhammadan Joy

O God, Your sovereignty is mighty, Your station exalted, Your designs hidden, Your command supreme, Your power manifest and victorious, and Your might ever at work. There is no escape from Your dominion or Your rule. Who, then, could transgress God’s law? No one can. The Noble Prophet Muhammad Mustafa is God’s law for all things.

Can we even imagine a pleasure that is blessed? Who can hold on to pleasure for even a second? It vanishes so swiftly that one cannot even turn to it in an instant and taste it. But the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the key to God’s blessing: the secret of making pleasure endure, the secret of capturing it. What if its taste could remain, if pleasure could last and grow stronger, joined to other tastes and pleasures? That secret lies with Muhammad.

He is the law of all things: ever-growing, ever-welling, fruitful and the source of great effects. He is the secret to attaining God’s special blessings. Blessing is the whole and perfect reality: the purest of diamonds, the fullness of what is good, the root of all roots, the secret of being present with God and of connecting with the Word of God, with His names and attributes. How can I attain that secret? By joining myself to the words of God and His exalted attributes. The secret of the Key to Blessing is the treasury of treasuries, the secret of imperishability. In a word, if we wish to glimpse the beauty of that noble presence, we need look to this sublime supplication of the Commander of the Faithful, as though it had portrayed for us the beauty of the Prophet Muhammad: «إلهی هب لی کمال انقطاع الیک…».

O God, grant me complete severance from all but You, so that the eyes of our hearts may be lit by the light of gazing toward You, until the eyes of our hearts pierce the veils of light and reach the source of majesty, and our spirits cling to the throne of Your holiness. O God, count me among those whom You called and who answered You, whom You looked upon and who were overcome by awe of Your majesty, so that You spoke with them openly, while they worked for You in secret. Who is this one who has attained complete severance? Is it anyone other than Muhammad and the family of Muhammad? The Prophet Muhammad is the manifest embodiment of the highest degree of turning away from all but God and toward God. He is severed from all that exists, and this very artery of creation draws everyone away from all but God and brings them to Him. This is the secret of secrets, the secret beyond pleasures, the secret beyond beauties, the secret at the end of all aspirations. What more can I say of him? He is the law of all things in this realm beyond things. If we attain this station, we will attain everything—not everything, but rather we will be severed from everything and reach Him. Otherwise, we will wander like people today, lost in the wilderness of knowledge. Through his mission, Muhammad is a paradise of knowledge, spiritual understanding and wisdom.

❇️Sovereign of the Messengers; Crown of the Prophets

🌹Veiled from all veils, immersed in oceans, beloved of the Beloved, proof of all proofs, remnant of the Remnant of God,

Adorned with love, mounted upon magnificent character, the Kaaba of the prophets, the sweetness of the pen,

the radiance of his presence spread far and wide

the secret of knowledge, teaching and learning, and the teacher

the most wondrous tree of creation, with worlds hanging from every branch

the one who quickens beauty and brings variety to creation

Muhammad, a garden of knowledge, insight and wisdom

His character was the Quran; it illuminates every virtue. His character speaks; it has its own exegesis and interpretation.

❇️ Muhammad, the garden of all existence

🌹Without Muhammad, the world is a scorching desert

❇️The call of his mission made Satan groan

💫 أَرَى نُورَ الْوَحْيِ‏ وَ الرِّسَالَةِ وَ أَشُمُّ رِيحَ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَنَّةَ الشَّيْطَانِ حِينَ نَزَلَ الْوَحْيُ عَلَيْهِ ص فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا هَذِهِ الرَّنَّةُ فَقَالَ هَذَا الشَّيْطَانُ قَدْ أَيِسَ مِنْ عِبَادَتِه‏[1]

🔆His Eminence Ali, Commander of the Faithful (AS): “I saw the light of revelation and the prophetic mission, and breathed in the fragrance of prophethood. Truly, I heard Satan groan and cry out when revelation descended upon the Prophet (PBUH). So I said, ‘O Messenger of God, what is that groaning?’ He replied, ‘It is Satan, despairing of being worshipped.’”

🌹Satan’s despair means his defeat and the end of his dominion

Had the mission of the Noble Messenger never begun, humanity would ultimately have perished in utter degradation.

❇️The Messenger’s mission was a grievous torment for accursed Iblis

💫 عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَبِيحَةَ اللَّيْلَةِ الَّتِي أُسْرِيَ بِهِ فِيهَا وَ هُوَ بِالْحِجْرِ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ وَ قَضَيْتُ صَلَاتِي سَمِعْتُ رَنَّةً شَدِيدَةً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ‏ اللَّهِ مَا هَذِهِ الرَّنَّةُ قَالَ أَ لَا تَعْلَمُ هَذِهِ رَنَّةُ الشَّيْطَانِ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ أُسْرِيَ بِيَ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَأَيِسَ‏ مِنْ‏ أَنْ يُعْبَدَ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ.[2]

🔆It is narrated from Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) that he said:

“On the morning after the night of the Ascension, I was with the Messenger of God (PBUH) as he prayed in the Hijr (Hijr Ismail). When he had finished his prayer, and I had finished mine, I heard a loud sound like a groan. I said, ‘O Messenger of God, what is that groaning?’ He replied, ‘Do you not know? It is Satan groaning, for he learned that tonight I had ascended to heaven, and so despaired of being worshipped on this earth.’”

🌹Muhammad (PBUH) turned Satan’s wedding into a funeral

🌹He took away his laughter and made him dwell in tears

❇️Muhammad (PBUH) settled accounts with Iblis

💫وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص‏ مَا يُشَابِهُ هَذَا لَمَّا بَايَعَهُ الْأَنْصَارُ السَّبْعُونَ لَيْلَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ سُمِعَ مِنَ الْعَقَبَةِ صَوْتٌ عَالٍ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ يَا أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ هَذَا مُذَمَّمٌ وَ الصُّبَاةُ مَعَهُ قَدْ أَجْمَعُوا عَلَى حَرْبِكُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِلْأَنْصَارِ أَ لَا تَسْمَعُونَ مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا أَزَبُّ الْكَعْبَةِ يَعْنِي شَيْطَانَهَا وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ أَزْيَبُ الْعَقَبَةِ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَ تَسْمَعُ يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ أَ مَا وَ اللَّهِ لَأَفْرُغَنَّ لَكَ. [3]

🔆“A similar account is also related from the Prophet (PBUH). When seventy men of the Ansar pledged allegiance to him on the night of the Pledge of al-‘Aqaba, a loud voice was heard from the middle of the night at al-‘Aqaba, saying: ‘O people of Mecca! This is al-Mudhammam (the Prophet), and the Ṣābians with him; they have agreed to wage war against you.’ The Messenger of God (PBUH) said to the Ansar: ‘Do you hear what this woolly one of the Kaaba (the devil of the Kaaba) is saying?’ (One account says: ‘the devil of al-‘Aqaba.’) Then he turned toward him and said: ‘Can you hear me, enemy of God? By God, I will keep you occupied (I will deal with you).’”

❇️Muhammad, Disciplined by His Lord

✨The Pen: 4   وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظيمٍ

💫 عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ قَيْسٍ الْمَاصِرِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَدَّبَ نَبِيَّهُ فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهُ فَلَمَّا أَكْمَلَ لَهُ الْأَدَبَ قَالَ- إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ‏ ثُمَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ أَمْرَ الدِّينِ وَ الْأُمَّةِ لِيَسُوسَ عِبَادَهُ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ مُسَدَّداً مُوَفَّقاً مُؤَيَّداً بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ لَا يَزِلُّ وَ لَا يُخْطِئُ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِمَّا يَسُوسُ بِهِ الْخَلْقَ فَتَأَدَّبَ بِآدَابِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَرَضَ الصَّلَاةَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَأَضَافَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَةً فَصَارَتْ عَدِيلَ الْفَرِيضَةِ- لَا يَجُوزُ تَرْكُهُنَّ إِلَّا فِي سَفَرٍ وَ أَفْرَدَ الرَّكْعَةَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ فَتَرَكَهَا قَائِمَةً فِي السَّفَرِ وَ الْحَضَرِ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ فَصَارَتِ الْفَرِيضَةُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص النَّوَافِلَ أَرْبَعاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ رَكْعَةً مِثْلَيِ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ الْفَرِيضَةُ وَ النَّافِلَةُ إِحْدَى وَ خَمْسُونَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا رَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ جَالِساً تُعَدُّ بِرَكْعَةٍ مَكَانَ الْوَتْرِ وَ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ فِي السَّنَةِ صَوْمَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَوْمَ شَعْبَانَ وَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ مِثْلَيِ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْخَمْرَ بِعَيْنِهَا وَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمُسْكِرَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَرَابٍ فَأَجَازَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ وَ عَافَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَشْيَاءَ وَ كَرِهَهَا وَ لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهَا نَهْيَ حَرَامٍ إِنَّمَا نَهَى عَنْهَا نَهْيَ إِعَافَةٍ وَ كَرَاهَةٍ ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ فِيهَا فَصَارَ الْأَخْذُ بِرُخَصِهِ‏  وَاجِباً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ كَوُجُوبِ مَا يَأْخُذُونَ بِنَهْيِهِ وَ عَزَائِمِهِ وَ لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِيمَا نَهَاهُمْ عَنْهُ نَهْيَ حَرَامٍ وَ لَا فِيمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ أَمْرَ فَرْضٍ لَازِمٍ فَكَثِيرُ الْمُسْكِرِ مِنَ الْأَشْرِبَةِ نَهَاهُمْ عَنْهُ نَهْيَ حَرَامٍ لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ فِيهِ لِأَحَدٍ وَ لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِأَحَدٍ تَقْصِيرَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ ضَمَّهُمَا إِلَى مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بَلْ أَلْزَمَهُمْ ذَلِكَ إِلْزَاماً وَاجِباً لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ لِأَحَدٍ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا لِلْمُسَافِرِ وَ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُرَخِّصَ شَيْئاً مَا لَمْ يُرَخِّصْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَوَافَقَ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَمْرَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ نَهْيُهُ نَهْيَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ وَجَبَ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ التَّسْلِيمُ لَهُ كَالتَّسْلِيمِ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى.[4]

🔆 (Divine instruction and the Prophet’s role in legislating rulings)

Faḍl ibn Yasār says:

I heard Imam al-Ṣādiq (AS) say to some companions of Qays Māṣir (a group of opponents):

Indeed, God, Mighty and Exalted, instructed and disciplined His Prophet (PBUH), and made his character excellent. When He had perfected his character, He said: “And indeed, you are of a tremendous character” (Sūrat al-Qalam: 4).

Then He entrusted him with the affairs of religion and the community, so that he might govern and care for God’s servants. God, Mighty and Exalted, said: “Take whatever the Messenger gives you, and refrain from whatever he forbids you” (Surah al-Hashr: 7).

Indeed, in all matters the Messenger of God (PBUH) was guided aright, granted success and supported by the Holy Spirit. In nothing with which he governed the people did he stumble or err. Thus, he was formed in the manners taught by God.

Then God, Mighty and Exalted, prescribed the prayers as two rak‘ahs at a time, making ten rak‘ahs in all. The Messenger of God (PBUH) added two rak‘ahs to each pair, and added one rak‘ah to the Maghrib prayer, until these prayers were equal in standing to the original obligations. They could not be omitted, except while travelling. He left the Maghrib prayer as a single rak‘ah, so it remained one rak‘ah both in travel and at home, unchanged; and God, Mighty and Exalted, permitted all of this for him.

The obligatory prayers thus came to seventeen rak‘ahs. The Messenger of God (PBUH) then established thirty-four rak‘ahs of supererogatory prayers as a sunnah—twice the number of the obligatory rak‘ahs—and God, Mighty and Exalted, permitted this for him as well. The obligatory and supererogatory prayers together thus amounted to fifty-one rak‘ahs, including the two rak‘ahs performed sitting after the night prayer, which count as one rak‘ah, in place of the supererogatory Witr prayer.

God made fasting the month of Ramadan obligatory each year, and the Messenger of God (PBUH) established fasting in Sha‘ban and three days each month as a sunnah—twice the prescribed amount—and God, Mighty and Exalted, permitted this for him as well.

God, Mighty and Exalted, prohibited wine itself, while the Messenger of God (PBUH) prohibited every intoxicating drink; and God permitted all of this for him.

The Messenger of God (PBUH) refrained from certain things and regarded them as disapproved, but he did not forbid them as unlawful. Rather, he discouraged them as a matter of caution and well-being. He then granted dispensations concerning them, and accepting his dispensations became obligatory for the servants, just as accepting his prohibitions and binding rulings was obligatory. The Messenger of God (PBUH) granted no one a dispensation regarding anything he had forbidden as unlawful, nor regarding anything he had commanded as an obligatory duty.

He forbade many intoxicating drinks as unlawful and granted no one a dispensation concerning them. Nor did the Messenger of God (PBUH) grant anyone leave to omit the two rak‘ahs he had added to God’s prescribed prayers. Rather, he made them binding upon the people, and granted no one a dispensation in any of these matters except the traveller.

No one may deem anything permissible by dispensation unless the Messenger of God (PBUH) has granted that dispensation. Thus, the Messenger’s command accords with the command of God, Mighty and Exalted, and his prohibition with God’s prohibition; and the servants are obliged to submit to him just as they submit to God, Blessed and Exalted.

❇️ The Secret of Exalted Character

💫 عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ النَّحْوِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَدَّبَ‏ نَبِيَّهُ‏ عَلَى‏ مَحَبَّتِهِ‏ فَقَالَ‏ وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ‏ عَظِيمٍ‏  ثُمَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ‏ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ‏ فَانْتَهُوا  وَ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ اللَّهَ‏  قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ فَوَّضَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ وَ ائْتَمَنَهُ فَسَلَّمْتُمْ وَ جَحَدَ النَّاسُ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَنُحِبُّكُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا إِذَا قُلْنَا وَ أَنْ تَصْمُتُوا إِذَا صَمَتْنَا وَ نَحْنُ فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِأَحَدٍ خَيْراً فِي خِلَافِ أَمْرِنَا. [5]

🔆 (The Secret of Exalted Character and the Authority of the Commander of the Faithful)

Abu Ishaq al-Nahwi says:

I went in to Imam al-Sadiq (AS) and heard him say:

Indeed, God, Mighty and Exalted, disciplined and nurtured His Prophet through “His love,” saying: “And indeed, you possess a sublime character.”

Then He entrusted the matter to him. God, Mighty and Exalted, said: “Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, abstain from it.”

And God, Mighty and Exalted, said: “Whoever obeys the Messenger has obeyed God” (Surah al-Nisaʾ: 80).

Then the Imam (AS) said:

“Then, indeed, the Messenger of God entrusted the matter to Ali (AS) and placed his trust in him. You submitted, but the people denied it. By God, we wish you to speak when we speak and be silent when we are silent. We stand between you and God, Mighty and Exalted; God has placed no good in opposing our command.”

❇️Discipline through love

🌹To be formed by love of God: whoever mounts the steed of God’s love will soar beyond love itself.

The one formed by divine love is its fruit and outcome.

To be formed through excellence and perfection is to surpass others in goodness and perfection.

To be formed by love is to feed love, to become its very embodiment—to be truly filled with love of God and made flourishing by it.

❇️Muhammad’s character was the Quran

💫قَالَ‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص خُلُقُهُ‏  الْقُرْآنَ‏ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَ أْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَ أَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجاهِلِينَ‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص هُوَ أَنْ تَصِلَ مَنْ قَطَعَكَ وَ تُعْطِيَ مَنْ حَرَمَكَ وَ تَعْفُوَ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَك‏[6]

🔆“The Messenger of God (PBUH) had the Quran for his character.” This is affirmed by the words of God, Mighty and Exalted: “Accept what is readily offered, enjoin what is right, and turn away from the ignorant” (Surah al-Aʿraf: 199).

Then the Messenger of God (PBUH) said: “The meaning of this verse and of sublime character is that you should keep ties with the one who cuts you off, give to the one who withholds from you, and pardon the one who wrongs you.”

❇️The Prophet of Islam: the divine charter

🌹Prophethood is the divine publishing house: the publishing house of divine knowledge and wisdom, and the headquarters of divine blessing.

Prophethood means “the Book and the learner”: the noble Teacher, Muhammad.

Muhammad is a policy of insurance for divine blessing. Let us insure ourselves through Muhammad: by adopting his character, doing good works, and sending blessings upon him, let us claim our policy.

How beautiful it would be if our very being became an abiding blessing upon Muhammad and his family.

❇️Turning away from prophethood is choosing hardship and suffering

🌹Humanity has chosen hardship and fled from peace and comfort.

Humanity has abandoned the easy path to knowledge and the fulfillment of its needs, and set foot on a rugged road.

God’s Prophet shines with the light of God’s knowledge. Whoever connects himself to the network of prophethood will have knowledge shine from within.

The true scholar is one who shines through knowledge. Be a clear mirror, and shine.

When learning becomes difficult, it is a sign of severe chastisement: a person gives away their wealth and capital, buys hardship, and brings trouble upon themselves.

Through foolishly exchanging what they have for something inferior, people deal themselves a blow of humiliation and destitution, and incur God’s wrath. They abandon the heavenly manna and quail, and seek the produce of the earth—unlike those who sell their lives for God’s good pleasure.

✨Al-Baqarah: 61   وَ إِذْ قُلْتُمْ يا مُوسى‏ لَنْ نَصْبِرَ عَلى‏ طَعامٍ واحِدٍ فَادْعُ لَنا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْ بَقْلِها وَ قِثَّائِها وَ فُومِها وَ عَدَسِها وَ بَصَلِها قالَ أَ تَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذي هُوَ أَدْنى‏ بِالَّذي هُوَ خَيْرٌ اهْبِطُوا مِصْراً فَإِنَّ لَكُمْ ما سَأَلْتُمْ وَ ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ وَ الْمَسْكَنَةُ وَ باؤُ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ وَ يَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ذلِكَ بِما عَصَوْا وَ كانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ

🔆And remember when you said, “Moses, we can never be content with just one kind of food. Ask your Lord to provide us with some of what the earth grows—its herbs, cucumbers, garlic, lentils and onions.” Moses said, “Would you exchange what is better for what is worse? Then go down to a town; you will find there all that you have asked for.” Humiliation and need were stamped upon them, and they incurred God’s wrath once again, because they rejected God’s signs and unjustly killed the prophets. That was because they were sinful and transgressive.

✨Al-Baqarah: 90   بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْا بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بَغْياً أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ عَلى‏ مَنْ يَشاءُ مِنْ عِبادِهِ فَباؤُ بِغَضَبٍ عَلى‏ غَضَبٍ وَ لِلْكافِرينَ عَذابٌ مُهينٌ

🔆How evil is the price for which they sold themselves: they rejected what God had sent down, wrongfully, and objected, “Why does God, out of His grace, send down His signs upon whichever of His servants He wills?” So they incurred wrath upon wrath. And the disbelievers will have a humiliating punishment.

✨Al-Baqarah: 207   وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْري نَفْسَهُ ابْتِغاءَ مَرْضاتِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ رَؤُفٌ بِالْعِبادِ

🔆Among the people are those who sell themselves in pursuit of God’s pleasure. And God is Most Compassionate toward His servants.

❇️Prophethood: The Codified Law of God

🌹The laws of creation are the divine will that governs the universe. If God wills, He establishes a law, removes it or changes it. God’s unchanging law is His word and way; other laws remain in force or are changed for as long as He wills.

✨Al-Raʿd: 39   يَمْحُوا اللَّهُ ما يَشاءُ وَ يُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتابِ

🔆God effaces whatever He wills and confirms whatever He wills; with Him is the Mother of the Book [the Preserved Tablet].

✨Al-Anʿām: 115   وَ تَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقاً وَ عَدْلاً لا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِماتِهِ وَ هُوَ السَّميعُ الْعَليمُ

🔆The word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and justice. No one can alter His words; He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

✨Al-Fatḥ: 23   سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ الَّتي‏ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ لَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْديلاً

🔆Such is God’s way, which has prevailed in the past; you will never find any change or alteration in God’s way.

❇️God’s Laws Are Unparalleled

🌹The universe cannot deviate from God’s laws, just as the physical world cannot deviate from its own laws. Even a moment’s deviation would mean its destruction.

Modern humanity challenges divine laws, setting up laws of its own alongside them. These man-made laws lie behind many of humanity’s troubles, wreak havoc on nature, and threaten the very survival of the human race.

No verse, creature, or divine law has any equal. Let all the peoples of the world, if they can, produce a verse like one of God’s verses, a flower to rival His flowers, a sense to match the faculties He has created, or a law to stand against divine law.

Human laws are laws that destroy humanity itself.

✨Al-Baqarah: 23   وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ في‏ رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنا عَلى‏ عَبْدِنا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ وَ ادْعُوا شُهَداءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقينَ

🔆 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down to Our servant [the Prophet], then produce at least one chapter like it, and call upon your witnesses besides God to help you, if you are truthful!

✨Yunus: 38   أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَراهُ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِثْلِهِ وَ ادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقينَ

🔆 Do they say, “He has fabricated it and attributed it to God”? Say, “If you are truthful, then produce one chapter like it, and call upon whomever you can besides God to help you!”

🌹Who would seek to compete with God? Making laws to rival divine law is a form of competition with God, a challenge to Him, an attempt to outdo Him.

❇️

🔷 The unchanging divine laws are the enduring way God has ordained for creation. In His exalted essence, God has established particular laws governing the natural world for human beings’ well-being throughout life, as well as laws of religious practice (sharʿ), which may be fixed or may be changed by God.

🔷An apple’s fall to the ground (the physical law of gravity) and a society’s descent into corruption for neglecting piety (the moral law of gravity) are both definite and inevitable consequences of the laws governing the world, established by God.

🔷 The law of blessing is the highest law in the realms of economics and society.

 Just as gravity is a force at work in nature, blessing is a divine law at work in economics, health, the psyche, and ethics.

 This law says: “The growth and endurance of your blessings depend directly on how closely you remain connected to the source of all blessings (Allah) and how faithfully you follow His commands.

Divine laws governing food and drink—and the blessing that extends to knowledge, security, health, peace, and lasting pleasure—remain in force.

🔷 The comprehensive divine plan: The All-Knowing, All-Wise God, who created the world in astonishing order, surely has not left its most important part—human life—without a plan or laws.

 The Noble Qur’an sets out precisely this path:

✨ “وَ لَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرى‏ آمَنُوا وَ اتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكاتٍ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ” (Al-Aʿraf: 96).

 This verse presents a scientific principle in the fields of sociology and divine economics, a principle with a condition and an outcome.

🌹God’s laws of creation and human nature cannot be transgressed. Nor can anyone alter the laws that govern the very life of creation. The laws of religious practice, however, fall within the realm of divine testing; to make that test possible, the Creator has allowed them to be transgressed within certain bounds and limits.

❇️ The Law of the Possibility of Transgression

🌹 The Law of the Possibility of Transgression is a particular divine law. It exists so that the divine test may take place.

It is impossible to step outside divine law: by observing it, one becomes pleasing to God; or else, under the Law of the Possibility of Transgression—which is the shadow of the law of divine testing—one falls into disobedience.

💫 اللَّهُمَّ عَظُمَ سُلْطَانُكَ وَ عَلَا مَكَانُكَ وَ خَفِيَ مَكْرُكَ وَ ظَهَرَ أَمْرُكَ وَ غَلَبَ قَهْرُكَ وَ جَرَتْ قُدْرَتُكَ وَ لَا يُمْكِنُ الْفِرَارُ مِنْ‏ حُكُومَتِك‏[7]

🌹 “O God! Your dominion and sovereignty are mighty, Your rank and station are exalted, Your stratagems are hidden from sight, Your command has been made manifest, Your might and power have prevailed, Your power is ever at work, and there is no escape from Your rule and sovereignty.”

❇️ Transgressing the law = being deprived of God’s special grace

🌹 Whoever violates God’s economic laws through usury, short-measuring, hoarding, and injustice is, in effect, taking their economic system out of the orbit of divine law.

Unlawful earnings mean losing an equal amount of lawful wealth and being deprived of divine blessings.

It is only natural that such a system, though it may seem profitable in the short term, is doomed to decline and become barren because it has been cut off from the source of blessing.

This is not an “emotional punishment,” but the natural and inevitable consequence of breaking the law—just as jumping from a height without wings can only end in a fall.

🔷 Divine grace flows along the path of God’s law:

God’s grace and kindness are neither accidental nor arbitrary. A particular dimension of this grace flows precisely along the path of His legislative laws.

God bestows special “grace” on those who walk the path of obedience and piety—that is, who observe divine law—and brings blessing into their lives. Thus, respecting divine law is a condition for receiving His special grace.

The universe is one seamless whole, and its Creator is one. The laws of physics, chemistry, biology, economics, and ethics all have a single source.

Observing the laws (of God) helps optimize and enrich our material and spiritual circumstances. Blessing is that miraculous flourishing and betterment that enters a person’s life when they walk the path of truth.

❇️ Blessing is the key to connection with the Infinite

🌹 Understanding the meaning of blessing is possible only by understanding its qualities.

🌹 Obedience to God leads to His approval, which in turn leads to divine blessing.

🌹 Blessing is connection with the Infinite. It fulfils needs.

🌹 Blessing is delightful, subtle, and immense. It is connected to divine knowledge and wisdom.

🌹 Blessing grows and springs forth.

🌹 Blessing is effective and gives rise to great effects.

🌹 Blessing is the key to attaining God’s all-embracing mercy. It is the attainment of bounty without toil or hardship.

🌹 Blessing is complete in every respect, like a flawless diamond.

🌹 Blessing is not merely a quality; it is the very essence of all qualities. Blessing is the root of roots.

🌹 Blessing is the secret of being present in the Divine Presence.

🌹 Blessing means connection with the Word of God, the Names of God, and the Attributes of God.

🌹 Blessing is complete and connected to the treasury of all treasures. It is like the Night of Decree.

🌹Divine blessing is imperishable.

🌸 The upshot is that Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, is the key to divine blessings (مفتاح البرکه)

❇️Seek the finest qualities

🌹Pleasure overflows through the key of blessing. Ordinarily, pleasures flee from us and our senses; through divine blessing, they are drawn in and gathered together. Their flavor and delight endure and grow stronger, joining with the flavor and delight of other things.

❇️ The law of everything

To discover laws, we must find where they reside and where they come from.

To know Muhammad is to discover all the laws of creation—the law of everything.

🔅🌼The crown of blessings lies in perfect detachment🌼🔅

🌹The summit of divine blessings is perfect detachment from all but God!

Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the secret of detachment from all but God and of attachment to the sacred majesty of the Divine.

🌷🔆 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 قُدْسِكَ إِلَهِي وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَأَجَابَكَ وَ لَاحَظْتَهُ فَصَعِقَ لِجَلَالِكَ فَنَاجَيْتَهُ سِرّاً وَ عَمِلَ لَكَ جَهْرا[8]

🌷🔅O my God!

Grant me complete severance (and detachment) toward You,

and illumine the eyes of our hearts with the light of gazing upon You,

until the eyes of our hearts pierce the veils of light

and reach the source of majesty,

and our spirits cling to Your sacred Throne.

🌷🔅O my God!

Make me one of those whom You called and who answered You,

and upon whom You gazed, so that the awe of Your majesty overwhelmed them,

then You spoke with them openly, while they acted for You in secret.

🌹The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the living embodiment of the summit of detachment from all but God. To become Muhammadan is to be wholly attached to the sacred majesty of the Divine! At this level, the aims of divine servitude are fulfilled.

The summit of detachment is the secret that lies beyond pleasures, beauties, and all objectives.

🌷 Jewels of wisdom from the boundless sea of knowledge

 ☘️Blessing is the very breath of divine mercy within the body of existence.

☘️Blessing is the flowing of the Real’s “breath of the All-Merciful and the All-Compassionate” through the phenomena of the world.

☘️Just as breath keeps the body alive, blessing brings life, vitality and growth to both material and spiritual affairs.

☘️Blessing frees matter from heaviness and stagnation, giving it clarity and spirituality; this is why it is “delightful and subtle.”

☘️A small amount of blessed bread is more wholesome than a great abundance of food without blessing, for the breath of mercy has been breathed into it.

🌷 Blessing: Connection to the Everlasting Source

☘️“Blessing is the secret of connection to the Infinite.”

☘️Everything in the world is perishable unless it is connected to the Face of God:

☘️ «کُلُّ مَنْ عَلَیْهَا فَانٍ وَ یَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّکَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِکْرَامِ» (al-Rahman, 26–27).

☘️Blessing is the divine thread that links a perishable phenomenon to that abiding Face and preserves it from passing away. Thus, blessing is an endurance and growth that come from the Real.

🌷 The Embodiment of Blessing: The Point of Connection

☘️Connection is the secret of the divine Face.

☘️The Noble Prophet (PBUH) is the crown of the “Word of God” and the “Greatest Face of God,” encompassing the communities of divine speech.

☘️The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the channel through which divine grace and blessing flow to creation.

☘️“To become Muhammadan” means to enter the Muhammadan cosmos.

☘️A Muhammadan person (PBUH) is himself an “embodied blessing”: his being is ever-growing and ever-flowing, and anyone who forms a bond with him becomes connected to this blessing.

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

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