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The Meshkat-e Noor teachings series🌼🔆🌼 The Secret Behind the Miracle of Moses’ Staff 🌼🔆🌼
🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹
🔅🌹 “The Name of Muhammad, the Sea-Splitter” “The Shi‘a Are the People of the Heart” “The Shi‘a Drink Deep of the Knowledge of the Prophet’s Household” “Screens That Reveal the Truth” “The Night of the Prophet’s Ascension” and more … Abstract, with an addendum 1403.11.08 Ali Sa‘i (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903) 🌹🔅
🔅🌼The blessed being whose name is the gateway to mighty miracles 🌼🔅
🌹God, the Almighty and All-Powerful, made the blessed name of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, a key and gateway to mighty miracles. In the truest sense, it was the staff that supported the great prophets in their mission.
🔅🌼The key to the gates of Paradise 🌼🔅
🌹The blessed names of Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad, peace be upon them, are mightier than Moses’ staff: words whose every letter performs a hundred miracles like those of Moses’ staff—indeed, they were more powerful than his staff.
🌹If the letters of their names work such wonders, the reality of their being transcends all wonder. If we move beyond the words of their names to their meanings, and from there attain love and knowledge of them, what astonishing miracles beyond miracles will we behold?
🔅🌼The Name of Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad, peace be upon them: the secret behind the miracle of Moses’ staff 🌼🔅
🌷🔆وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ مُوسَى ع لَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ:
قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: جَدِّدُوا تَوْحِيدِي- وَ أَمِرُّوا بِقُلُوبِكُمْ ذِكْرَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَيِّدِ عَبِيدِي وَ إِمَائِي، وَ أَعِيدُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمُ الْوَلَايَةَ لِعَلِيٍّ أَخِي مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ، وَ قُولُوا:
اللَّهُمَّ بِجَاهِهِمْ جَوِّزْنَا عَلَى مَتْنِ هَذَا الْمَاءِ. فَإِنَّ الْمَاءَ يَتَحَوَّلُ لَكُمْ أَرْضاً.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَى ذَلِكَ. فَقَالُوا: أَ تُورَدُ عَلَيْنَا مَا نَكْرَهُ، وَ هَلْ فَرَرْنَا مِنْ [آلِ] فِرْعَوْنَ إِلَّا مِنْ خَوْفِ الْمَوْتِ وَ أَنْتَ تَقْتَحِمُ بِنَا هَذَا الْمَاءَ الْغَمْرَ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ، وَ مَا يُدْرِينَا مَا يَحْدُثُ مِنْ هَذِهِ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ لِمُوسَى ع كَالِبُ بْنُ يُوحَنَّا وَ هُوَ عَلَى دَابَّةٍ لَهُ، وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْخَلِيجُ أَرْبَعَةَ فَرَاسِخَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَمَرَكَ اللَّهُ بِهَذَا أَنْ نَقُولَهُ وَ نَدْخُلَ الْمَاءَ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ.
قَالَ: وَ أَنْتَ تَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ قَالَ: بَلَى.
[قَالَ:] فَوَقَفَ وَ جَدَّدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْ تَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ- وَ نُبُوَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ وَلَايَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ الطَّيِّبِينَ مِنْ آلِهِمَا مَا أَمَرَهُ بِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ:
اللَّهُمَّ بِجَاهِهِمْ جَوِّزْنِي عَلَى مَتْنِ هَذَا الْمَاءِ.
ثُمَّ أَقْحَمَ فَرَسَهُ، فَرَكَضَ عَلَى مَتْنِ الْمَاءِ، وَ إِذَا الْمَاءُ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ كَأَرْضٍ لَيِّنَةٍ حَتَّى بَلَغَ آخِرَ الْخَلِيجِ، ثُمَّ عَادَ رَاكِضاً، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ:
يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَطِيعُوا مُوسَى فَمَا هَذَا الدُّعَاءُ إِلَّا مِفْتَاحُ أَبْوَابِ الْجِنَانِ، وَ مَغَالِيقُ أَبْوَابِ النِّيرَانِ، وَ مُنْزِلُ الْأَرْزَاقِ، وَ جَالِبٌ عَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ وَ إِمَائِهِ رِضَى [الرَّحْمَنِ] الْمُهَيْمِنِ الْخَلَّاقِ.
فَأَبَوْا، وَ قَالُوا: [نَحْنُ] لَا نَسِيرُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ.
فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى مُوسَى: أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصاكَ الْبَحْرَ وَ قُلِ:
اللَّهُمَّ بِجَاهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ لَمَّا فَلَقْتَهُ.
فَفَعَلَ، فَانْفَلَقَ، وَ ظَهَرَتِ الْأَرْضُ إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَلِيجِ.
فَقَالَ مُوسَى ع: ادْخُلُوهَا. قَالُوا: الْأَرْضُ وَحِلَةٌ نَخَافُ أَنْ نَرْسُبَ فِيهَا.
فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: يَا مُوسَى قُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ جَفِّفْهَا.
فَقَالَهَا، فَأَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا رِيحَ الصَّبَا فَجَفَّتْ. وَ قَالَ مُوسَى: ادْخُلُوهَا. فَقَالُوا: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ- نَحْنُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ قَبِيلَةً بَنُو اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَباً، وَ إِنْ دَخَلْنَا رَامَ كُلُّ فَرِيقٍ مِنَّا تَقَدُّمَ صَاحِبِهِ، وَ لَا نَأْمَنُ وُقُوعَ الشَّرِّ بَيْنَنَا، فَلَوْ كَانَ لِكُلِّ فَرِيقٍ مِنَّا طَرِيقٌ عَلَى حِدَةٍ لَآمَنَّا مَا نَخَافُهُ.
فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى أَنْ يَضْرِبَ الْبَحْرَ- بِعَدَدِهِمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ ضَرْبَةً فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مَوْضِعاً إِلَى جَانِبِ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ، وَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ بِجَاهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ- بَيِّنِ الْأَرْضَ لَنَا وَ أَمِطِ الْمَاءَ عَنَّا. فَصَارَ فِيهِ تَمَامُ اثْنَي عَشَرَ طَرِيقاً، وَ جَفَّ قَرَارُ الْأَرْضِ بِرِيحِ الصَّبَا فَقَالَ: ادْخُلُوهَا. فَقَالُوا: كُلُّ فَرِيقٍ مِنَّا يَدْخُلُ سِكَّةً مِنْ هَذِهِ السِّكَكِ- لَا يَدْرِي مَا يَحْدُثُ عَلَى الْآخَرِينَ.
فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَاضْرِبْ كُلَّ طَوْدٍ مِنَ الْمَاءِ بَيْنَ هَذِهِ السِّكَكِ. فَضَرَبَ وَ قَالَ:
اللَّهُمَّ بِجَاهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ- لَمَّا جَعَلْتَ فِي هَذَا الْمَاءِ طِيقَاناً وَاسِعَةً- يَرَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً [مِنْهَا] . فَحَدَثَتْ طِيقَانٌ وَاسِعَةٌ يَرَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً [مِنْهَا] ثُمَّ دَخَلُوهَا.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغُوا آخِرَهَا جَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَ قَوْمُهُ، فَدَخَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ آخِرُهُمْ، وَ هَمَّ أَوَّلُهُمْ بِالْخُرُوجِ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى الْبَحْرَ فَانْطَبَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَغَرِقُوا، وَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَى يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ- فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ أَغْرَقْنا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ.
قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي عَهْدِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص: فَإِذَا كَانَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَعَلَ هَذَا كُلَّهُ بِأَسْلَافِكُمْ- لِكَرَامَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص، وَ دُعَاءِ مُوسَى، دُعَاءَ تَقَرُّبٍ بِهِمْ [إِلَى اللَّهِ] أَ فَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ أَنَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الْإِيمَانَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ إِذْ [قَدْ] شَاهَدْتُمُوهُ الْآنَ [1]
🌷🔆Imam al-Askari (peace be upon him): When Moses (peace be upon him), fleeing Pharaoh, reached the sea, God Almighty revealed to him: “Tell the Children of Israel to affirm My oneness once more, and to bring to mind in their hearts Muhammad (the master of all My male and female servants). Let them again hold in their hearts their devotion to Ali (peace be upon him), Muhammad’s brother, and his family’s, and say:
‘O God, by the majesty of their station, carry us across these waters,’ so that the water may become dry land for you.”
and be able to cross it. Moses (peace be upon him) conveyed God’s words to the Children of Israel. They said, “Are you forcing us to do something we abhor? Are we not fleeing the Pharaoh’s people because we fear death? And now you would send us into this raging sea by telling us these words, when we have no idea what will happen to us if we do?” Caleb son of Jephunneh, mounted on his horse and facing the four-league-wide gulf, said to Moses (peace be upon him), “O Prophet of God! Has God commanded you to have us say these words and enter the water?” Moses replied, “Yes.” Caleb asked, “And do you command us to do so?” He replied, “Yes.” Caleb then halted and, as Moses (peace be upon him) had instructed, affirmed God’s oneness, Muhammad’s prophethood, and the authority of Ali (peace be upon him) and the pure members of his family. Then he said, “O God, by the majesty of their rank, carry me across the surface of this water.” He urged his horse into the water and galloped across it. All at once, the sea beneath the horse’s hooves became like soft ground, and he reached the far side of the gulf. He turned his horse around, galloped back, and called out to the Children of Israel, “O Children of Israel, obey God and Moses (peace be upon him)! This supplication is the key that opens the gates of Paradise and closes the gates of Hell, brings down provision, and earns the Almighty Creator’s pleasure with His servants, men and women alike.” But they refused, saying, “We will travel only over land.”
Then the Exalted God revealed to Moses, “Strike the sea (the Nile) with your staff and say: ‘O God, by the majesty of Muhammad and his pure family (peace be upon them), part this sea.’” When he said this, the sea parted, and the ground all the way to the far side of the gulf came into view. Moses (peace be upon him) said, “Go in.” They replied, “The ground is muddy, and we fear we will sink into it.” God, Mighty and Majestic, said, “O Moses (peace be upon him), say: ‘O God, by the majesty of Muhammad and his pure family (peace be upon them), make the ground dry.’” When Moses (peace be upon him) said this, God sent the east wind, and the ground dried. Moses (peace be upon him) said, “Go in.” They replied, “O Prophet of God! We are twelve tribes descended from twelve fathers. If we go in by one route, each tribe will try to get ahead of its companions, and we will not be safe from fighting breaking out among the tribes. But if each of our groups has a separate route, we will be safe from what we fear—conflict.”
God commanded Moses (peace be upon him) to strike the sea with his staff twelve times, at twelve places—one for each tribe—and to say, “O God, by the majesty of Muhammad and his pure family (peace be upon them), show us the ground and hold back the water from us.” Then twelve paths opened through the sea, and the seabed dried as the east wind blew. Moses (peace be upon him) said, “Go in.” They replied, “If each of our groups enters one of these paths, we will not know what is happening to the others.” God, Mighty and Majestic, said, “Strike each of the towering waves separating the twelve paths with your staff, so that it opens and each group can see the others.” Moses (peace be upon him) did so and said, “O God, by the majesty of Muhammad and his pure family (peace be upon them), open broad paths through this sea so that they may see one another.” And so it was, and they entered the sea.”
Then Caleb son of Jephunneh said to Moses, mounted on his horse—for the gulf was four leagues wide—“O Prophet of God, has God commanded you that we say this and enter?” He replied, “Yes.” Caleb asked, “And do you command me to do so?” He said, “Yes.” So Caleb stood and renewed his affirmation of God’s oneness, the prophethood of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the authority of Ali and the pure members of their family, as he had been instructed. Then he said, “O God, by their rank, carry me across the surface of this water.” He urged his horse forward, and it galloped across the water. Beneath it, the water became like ground[2]
🔅🌼 O Shiites, be like Caleb son of Jephunneh 🌼🔅
🌷🔆ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: يَا عَمَّارُ اعْتَقِدْ طَاعَتِي- وَ قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ بِجَاهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ قَوِّنِي لِيُسَهِّلَ اللَّهُ لَكَ مَا أَمَرَكَ بِهِ- كَمَا سَهَّلَ عَلَى كَالِبَ بْنِ يُوحَنَّا عُبُورَ الْبَحْرِ- عَلَى مَتْنِ الْمَاءِ وَ هُوَ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ- يَرْكُضُ عَلَيْهِ لِسُؤَالِهِ اللَّهَ بِجَاهِنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ.[3]
🌷🔆The Messenger of God (PBUH) said to Ammar Yaser: “Obey me, and ask God in this way: «اللَّهُمَّ بِجَاهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّیبِینَ قَوِّنِی لِیسَهِّلَ اللَّهُ لَک مَا أَمَرَک بِهِ کمَا سَهَّلَ عَلَی کالِبَ بْنِ یوحَنَّا عُبُورَ الْبَحْرِ عَلَی مَتْنِ الْمَاءِ وَ هُوَ عَلَی فَرَسِهِ یرْکضُ عَلَیهِ لِسُؤَالِهِ اللَّهَ بِجَاهِنَا أَهْلَ الْبَیتِ»”—“O God, by the right of Muhammad and his pure family, grant me (Ammar) strength.” God will then make things easy for you, just as He made it easy for Caleb son of Jephunneh to cross the water on horseback.
🔅🌼Who was Caleb son of Jephunneh?🌼🔅
🌷🔆Then God Most High sent down manna and quails for them (the Children of Israel), and they all perished except Joshua son of Nun and his cousin, whose name was Caleb son of Jephunneh. These were the two men of whom God said: قالَ رَجُلانِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَخافُونَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا In the land of Tih, there was a rock; one of them carried it on his shoulder.[4]
🌻🔆Al-Ma’idah: 23 قالَ رَجُلانِ مِنَ الَّذينَ يَخافُونَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا ادْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمُ الْبابَ فَإِذا دَخَلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ غالِبُونَ وَ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنينَ
🔆Two men among those who feared God and whom He had blessed said, “Attack them through this gate. Once you enter it, you will surely prevail. Put your trust in God alone, if you are believers.”
🔅🌼Caleb son of Jephunneh is a renowned scholar🌼🔅
🌷🔆Caleb son of Jephunneh said to Moses (peace be upon him)—he was mounted on his steed, and the gulf was four parasangs wide—“O Prophet of God, has God commanded us to say this and enter the water?” He replied, “Yes.” “And do you command me to do so?” he asked. “Yes,” Moses replied.
He stopped and renewed within himself the profession of God’s oneness, the prophethood of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and devotion to Ali (peace be upon him) and the pure members of their families, as he had been instructed. Then he said, “O God, by their standing with You, carry me across the surface of this water.” He urged his horse into the water and galloped across it; the water beneath him was like soft ground, and he reached the far side of the gulf. Then he galloped back.[5]
🔅🌼“Muhammad” dear is God’s proof, and God’s proof is dearer than my own life🌼🔅
🌹God’s proof is dearer than my own life.
🌻🔆Al-Ahzab: 6 النَّبِيُّ أَوْلى بِالْمُؤْمِنينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَزْواجُهُ أُمَّهاتُهُمْ وَ أُولُوا الْأَرْحامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلى بِبَعْضٍ في كِتابِ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَ الْمُهاجِرينَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا إِلى أَوْلِيائِكُمْ مَعْرُوفاً كانَ ذلِكَ فِي الْكِتابِ مَسْطُوراً
🔆The Prophet has a greater claim on the believers than they have on themselves, and his wives are their mothers. Blood relatives have a greater claim on one another, according to God’s decree, than the believers and the emigrants do—unless you wish to do good to your friends. This decree is set down in the Book.
🌹If we have a spirit and a mind, why don’t we say, “We have a Prophet dear to us; we have Ali dear to us; we have Hasan dear to us,” and so on?
🌹By God, “Muhammad and his family” (PBUH) are closer to us than our own spirit, heart, and mind; they are more present to us, more dominant, and more influential.
🔅🌼Dear father—or rather, dearest father 🌼🔅
🌷🔆الْعِلَلُ، لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعِلَّةُ فِي جُوعِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ هُوَ أَبُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- النَّبِيُّ أَوْلى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَزْواجُهُ أُمَّهاتُهُمْ وَ هُوَ أَبٌ لَهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ أَبُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ فِي الدُّنْيَا مُؤْمِنِينَ جَائِعِينَ وَ لَا يَحِلُّ لِلْأَبِ أَنْ يَشْبَعَ وَ يَجُوعَ وُلْدُهُ فَجَوَّعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص نَفْسَهُ لِأَنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّ فِي أَوْلَادِهِ جَائِعِينَ.[6]
🔆The Prophet (PBUH)—In the book ʿIlal, Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn Ibrahim relates that the reason for the Prophet’s hunger was that he is the father of the believers, and God Almighty says: النَّبِیُّ أَوْلی بِالمُؤْمِنِینَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَزْواجُهُ أُمَّهاتُهُمْ He is the father of the believers, and the Prophet knew that there were believers in this world who were hungry. A father cannot eat his fill while his children are hungry. Thus the Prophet endured hunger, knowing that his children were hungry.
🌹Let us understand the bond between father and child!
🌹Let us distinguish true parents from metaphorical ones: those who are truly father and mother, and those who merely play that role. The same distinction applies to true and metaphorical children.
🔅🌼 Muhammad and his family are the ladder of existence 🌼🔅
🌷🔆 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِي السَّماءِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ هُمُ الْأَصْلُ الثَّابِتُ وَ الْفَرْعُ الْوَلَايَةُ لِمَنْ دَخَلَ فِيهَا. [7]
🔆Imam al-Sadiq, commenting on the verse, “Have you not seen how God sets forth a parable? A good word is like a good tree, whose roots are firm and whose branches reach into the sky,” said:
The firm root refers to the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and the Imams who came after him; the branch refers to the wilayah of whoever enters into it.
🔅🌼The majesty of the Messenger’s lineage🌼🔅
🌷🔆عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى وَ قَوْلِهِ أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِي السَّماءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ اللَّهِ جَذْرُهَا وَ عَلِيٌّ ذِرْوُهَا وَ فَاطِمَةُ فَرْعُهَا وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ أَغْصَانُهَا وَ شِيعَتُهُمْ أَوْرَاقُهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَمَا مَعْنَى الْمُنْتَهَى قَالَ إِلَيْهَا وَ اللَّهِ انْتَهَى الدِّينُ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ وَ لَيْسَ لَنَا شِيعَةً. [8]
🔆Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him)—Sulayman relates: I asked Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the Lote Tree of the Farthest Boundary. The Imam (peace be upon him) said: “أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِی السَّماءِ Then he said: ‘The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is the root of that tree; Ali (peace be upon him) is its upper part; Fatima (peace be upon her) is its trunk; the Imams are its branches, and the Shiites its leaves.’ I asked, ‘May I be your ransom! What, then, does “the Farthest Boundary” mean?’ He replied, ‘By God, the religion reaches its limit there. Whoever is not of that tree is neither a believer nor one of our Shiites.’”
🔅🌼The believer belongs to the Muhammadan tree 🌼🔅
🌷🔆عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِي السَّماءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ اللَّهِ جَذْرُهَا وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع ذِرْوُهَا وَ فَاطِمَةُ ع فَرْعُهَا وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهَا أَغْصَانُهَا وَ عِلْمُ الْأَئِمَّةِ ثَمَرُهَا وَ شِيعَتُهُمْ وَرَقُهَا فَهَلْ تَرَى فِيهِمْ فَضْلًا فَقُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيَمُوتُ فَتَسْقُطُ وَرَقَةٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيُولَدُ فَتُورَقُ وَرَقَةٌ فِيهَا فَقُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ تُؤْتِي أُكُلَها كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّها فَقَالَ مَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْإِمَامِ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ يُسْئَلُ عَنْهُ.[9]
🔅🌼The Shiite drinks deeply from the knowledge of the Prophet’s family 🌼🔅
🌷🔆يج، الخرائج و الجرائح رُوِيَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: … فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى- كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِي السَّماءِ نَحْنُ نُعْطِي شِيعَتَنَا مَنْ نَشَاءُ مِنْ عِلْمِنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ يُقْنِعُكُمْ قَالُوا فِي دُونِ هَذَا نَقْنَعُ [10]
🔆Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him)—It is narrated from Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): “…Regarding the verse, کَشَجَرَةٍ طَیِّبَةٍ أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِی السَّماءِask us; we give whichever of our Shiites we choose from our knowledge.” Then he said, “Are you satisfied?” They replied, “Master, we would have been satisfied with even less than this.
🌹The Prophet, peace be upon him, is our father in knowledge and light, the father of existence and of new creations, the father of love and affection, and the father of our joy.
🌹Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the first tree of all existence; everything that is comes from that tree.
🌹The blessed Muhammadan Tree is the reality of all existence. Let us be a good leaf on this tree! A leaf that does not become a tree is no leaf; a seed that does not grow into a tree has wronged the tree.
🌹Wherever we plant ourselves, if we remain rooted in that same tree, we have sown well and are on the path to harvest.
🌹We have not been children; we are un-children!
🌹It is possible to be cast out of the Muhammadan Tree; how many there are who have been “disowned as children.”
🌹Can we truly grasp the meaning of this: that Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the father of the believers?
🔅🌼 Those Who Reveal the Prophet 🌼🔅
🌹Let us behold God’s Messenger, peace be upon him, and his family in the mirror of existence. Every good creation displays an interpretation of his beauty: flowers, basil, and all that is beautiful.
🌹Let us gaze upon the interpretation of his beauty in the mirror of pure and pristine hearts. Each created thing, according to its capacity, is a mirror-frame for the verses of beauty, grace, and sweetness.
🌹Purify your heart and make it pristine; then behold the beauty of Muhammad and his family.
🌹God Himself will show us Muhammad and his family, all His signs and His Book, His Prophet, His proof, the Truth, the Light …
🌹The horizons and the human soul are manifestations of the Divine.
🌹The secret of «عرفنی نفسک، نبیک، حجتک» lies in the many ways of knowing the Lord, who is beyond knowing;
🌹Each of the Imams, peace be upon them, is a sublime manifestation of the others among God’s proofs. How wondrous these exalted manifestations are!
🌹If you can say «اللهم عرفنی نفسک» with the tongue and heart of the Prophet and God’s proofs, the work is done.
🔅🌼 The Exalted God Himself Will Show Us His Manifestations 🌼🔅
🌻🔆Fussilat: 53 سَنُريهِمْ آياتِنا فِي الْآفاقِ وَ في أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ أَ وَ لَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهيدٌ
🔆We shall soon show them Our signs on the horizons and within themselves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the Truth. Is it not enough that your Lord is witness to all things?
🌷🔆فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع نَحْنُ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ الْآيَاتُ وَ نَحْنُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ وَ نَحْنُ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ.[11]
🔆Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): We, the Imams, are the signs of God and His clear proofs.
🌹In this world of existence, the Prophet’s family, the people of purity and sinlessness, peace be upon them, have fully displayed the sign of their being. They have truly interpreted and expounded themselves in this world, becoming its foremost standard and the sovereigns of God’s signs.
🌹The secret of knowing God’s Messenger, the Qur’an, and the divine proofs lies in knowing God.
🌹The noble signs of God are revealed in our hearts and souls through a manifestation beyond sight.
🔅🌼 Our Hearts Are the Place Where God’s Most Beautiful Names Are Manifested 🌼🔅
🌹Our hearts are the place where God’s names and attributes, scriptures, messengers, and friends are manifested; the Creator Himself is manifest.
🌷🔆 فَتَجَلَّى لَهُمْ سُبْحَانَهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونُوا رَأَوْهُ فَأَرَاهُمْ حِلْمَهُ كَيْفَ حَلُمَ وَ أَرَاهُمْ عَفْوَهُ كَيْفَ عَفَا وَ أَرَاهُمْ قُدْرَتَهُ كَيْفَ قَدَرَ وَ خَوَّفَهُمْ مِنْ سَطْوَتِهِ وَ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ مَا خَلَقَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ وَ كَيْفَ مَحَقَ مَنْ مَحَقَ مِنَ الْعُصَاةِ بِالْمَثُلَاتِ وَ احْتَصَدَ مَنِ احْتَصَدَ بِالنَّقِمَاتِ وَ كَيْفَ رَزَقَ وَ هَدَى وَ أَعْطَى وَ أَرَاهُمْ حُكْمَهُ كَيْفَ حَكَمَ وَ صَبَرَ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ مَا يَسْمَعُ وَ يَرَى فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مُحَمَّداً ص بِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي زَمَانٌ لَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ شَيْءٌ أَخْفَى مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَ لَا أَظْهَرَ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ وَ لَا أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ رَسُولِهِ ص وَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ سِلْعَةٌ أَبْوَرَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ إِذَا تُلِيَ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِ وَ لَا سِلْعَةٌ أَنْفَقَ بَيْعاً وَ لَا أَغْلَى ثَمَناً مِنَ الْكِتَابِ إِذَا حُرِّفَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِهِ و[12]
🌷🔆 Muhammad ibn Husayn narrates from his forefathers, from the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him), that he delivered this sermon. Others have narrated it through a different chain, saying that he delivered it at Dhi Qar, a place between Kufa and Wasit. After praising and glorifying the Lord, he said:
To proceed: God, Blessed and Exalted, sent Muhammad (PBUH) in truth, to turn His servants from worshipping one another to worshipping Him; from obligations imposed by His servants to obligations imposed by Him; from obedience to His servants to obedience to Him; and from the guardianship of His servants to His own guardianship. He made that Prophet a bearer of glad tidings and a warner, one who called to God by His permission, and a radiant lamp. From beginning to end, his mission was to establish proof for those who obeyed and to warn those who disobeyed. He was sent with rulings he made clear, an account he firmly established, a Criterion that He revealed in portions, and a Qur’an whose every aspect He fully clarified.
So that God’s servants might know their Lord, whom they had not known as they ought; acknowledge the God they had denied; and affirm Him after having denied Him.
In His Book, God, Glorified is He, manifested Himself to them without their seeing Him with their eyes. He showed them His forbearance: how forbearing He is; His pardon: how readily He pardons; and His power: how mighty He is. He warned them of His might and made clear to them how He had created the signs of His oneness, how He had destroyed the disobedient who were already lost with severe punishments, and how He had reaped those cut down by the scythe of harsh retribution. He showed them how He provides for His servants, guides them and bestows gifts upon them. He revealed His decree to them: how it prevails in all things, and how He then bears patiently, hearing the ill words of His ignorant servants and those who spread corruption, and observing their deeds and conduct.
It was for this purpose that God, Mighty and Majestic, sent Muhammad (PBUH). But know that soon after I am gone, a time will come upon you when nothing is more concealed than the truth, nothing more manifest than falsehood, and nothing more widespread than lies about God, Exalted is He, and His Messenger (PBUH). To the people of that time, nothing will be of less worth than the Book of God, when it is recited as it ought to be and interpreted according to God’s intent. Yet nothing will be more sought after or more costly than that very Book of God when its verses are distorted from their proper places—misinterpreted to serve worldly interests and accord with the unjust wishes of rulers. Among God’s servants and throughout the cities, nothing will be more detested and condemned than what is right and good; nor will anything be more eagerly sought than what is wrong and vile. At that time, no folly will be worse, and no punishment more soul-crushing, than finding the right path amid error—or in the eyes of those who have gone astray. For the people who know the Qur’an will cast it behind them, and those who have memorized it will let it fall into oblivion, until their own desires lead them on. They will inherit this practice from their forefathers, generation after generation, and, through lies and denial, will distort and interpret the Qur’an, selling it for a paltry price and turning away from it.
It is then that the Qur’an and its people are cast aside and driven out of society. The two are companions on a single path, with no one to shelter them. Oh, what loyal and cherished companions they are! Blessed are those two and all that belongs to them.
🌹God Most High shows us His signs, His Prophet and his successors.
🌹God Most High Himself shows us all His signs and commands.
🔅🌼Before the world of this life, we attended great classes.🌼🔅
🌷🔆 وَ أَخَذَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَ أَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قالُوا بَلى: كَانَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ الْخَلْقُ أَرْوَاحٌ وَ أَشْبَاحٌ فِي الْأَظِلَّةِ يُبْصِرُونَ وَ يَسْمَعُونَ وَ يَعْقِلُونَ فَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَهْدَ وَ الْمِيثَاقَ لَيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَ بِمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ ثُمَّ تَجَلَّى لَهُمْ وَ جَلَّى عَلِيّاً وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ وَ التِّسْعَةَ الْأَئِمَّةَ مِنَ الْحُسَيْنِ الَّذِينَ سَمَّيْتُهُمْ لَكُمْ فَأَخَذَ لِيَ الْعَهْدَ وَ الْمِيثَاقَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَنِي بِهِ جَلَّ مِنْ قَائِلٍ وَ إِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ لَما آتَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ كِتابٍ وَ حِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِما مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَ لَتَنْصُرُنَّهُ قالَ: أَ أَقْرَرْتُمْ وَ أَخَذْتُمْ عَلى ذلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قالُوا: أَقْرَرْنا قالَ: فَاشْهَدُوا وَ أَنَا مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِين[13]
🔆When God drew from the loins of the children of Adam their offspring and made them bear witness against themselves: “Am I not your Lord?” They said, “Yes, indeed.”
God knew what was within them. God’s creatures—the spirits and forms—were in the shadows; they saw, heard and understood. He then took a covenant from them: that they would believe in Him, His angels, His books and His messengers. Then He manifested Himself to them, revealing Muhammad (PBUH), Ali, Fatima, Hasan, Husayn and the nine pure descendants of Husayn, … He then took a covenant from all the prophets. This is what He meant by saying that He honoured me through it, in the words of God, the Majestic:
“And [remember] when God took a firm covenant from the prophets and their followers: ‘When I have given you the Book and wisdom, and then a messenger comes to you confirming what you already have, you must believe in him and support him.’ Then He said to them, ‘Do you affirm this and accept My binding covenant on this matter?’ They said, ‘We affirm it.’ He said, ‘Then bear witness, and I too am a witness with you.’”
🌹God’s manifestation is His will: He made known to His servants the means by which He could be known and introduced Himself to them. He gave them what they needed to serve Him and taught them the knowledge of worship and servitude. He taught them what they would need on the path of servitude and filled their being with the knowledge of worship. He revealed the Prophet, Ali, Fatima and her descendants, unveiling them and bringing their likenesses and identifying records to light.
🌼Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141 (903)🌼
🔅🌼A learner’s perspective on the session “The Miracle of the Name Muhammad—The Secret Behind the Miracle of Moses’ Staff”🌼🔅
🌻🔆The Miracle of the Name Muhammad🔆🌻
🌼🔆🌼The Secret Behind the Miracle of Moses’ Staff🌼🔆🌼
🔹The eve of the Prophet’s Mission (PBUH)
📅 Date: 1403/11/09 – 27 Rajab 1446
✨ Session: Meshkat-e Noor
🎤 Speaker: Master Ali Saei
📝 Some topics discussed in the session:
### ✨ The Night of the Mission: The Key to Locked Doors ✨
The night of the Prophet’s Mission is a very blessed night: the night the crown of creation was commissioned, the night the gates of mercy were opened. It is the key to blessing and the master key to all the keys of the world.
If all the keys in the world are not accompanied by Muhammad (PBUH), they are nothing but locks. Only through Muhammad (PBUH) are the gates of Khaybar, mercy and benevolence opened to all creation.
What does Muhammad—the greatest miracle of God, this subtle divine element—do in this world of being? He opens the hidden and visible doors of our souls. Who is this master of masters, this key to the gates of heaven, earth and the seas? How can we know him? He is the very greatest miracle of God, placed in the hands of the Shi‘a.
### 🌊 Moses’ Staff and the Mystery of the Sea’s Parting 🌊
Muhammad (PBUH) is the staff in the hands of the Immaculate Imams. What wonders the Imams worked with this staff! What doors they opened with this key! Just as Moses (AS) parted the sea with his staff—but what was the secret behind that parting? How was Moses (AS) able to part the sea by God’s command?
When Moses (AS) reached the sea, his people saw the raging waters before them and Pharaoh’s forces behind them, intent on slaughtering them. At that moment, God revealed Himself to Moses and taught him the secret of opening the sea. This secret was the key to solving problems, the key to breaking the force of ignorance and oppression.
### 🕊 Divine Oneness, Wilayah, and Opening Closed Doors 🕊
“Moses, tell the Children of Israel to renew their affirmation of My oneness, for they have forgotten My uniqueness and power. Tell them to remember Muhammad (PBUH) from the depths of their hearts—Muhammad, the chief of My servants—and once more, with all their hearts and souls, to affirm the wilayah of Ali (AS) and his pure descendants. Then let them appeal to their rank and majesty, asking that they carry you through the waves of the sea.”
If they did so, the waters of the sea would become smooth and level for them. But what did the Children of Israel do? A staff was not needed to part the sea; rather, this was a proof presented to the Children of Israel. The same excuses they had made throughout history continued beside the Nile…
### 🌟 A Staff Greater Than Moses’ Staff 🌟
Moses’ (AS) staff possessed astonishing power, but the blessed name of Muhammad (PBUH) and the Family of Muhammad (AS) was even more miraculous. Their sacred existence is itself a divine miracle. When the Children of Israel heard God’s command from Moses (AS), they said, “Are you trying to make us do something we do not want to do? We will not remember Muhammad (PBUH) and his Family”—in other words, “We will not be taken in by such empty words.”
Terrified for their lives, they had fled from Pharaoh, and now they asked Moses (AS), “Do you want us to drown in this raging sea? We do not know what will become of us, so we will not agree to this!”
### 🌊 Caleb son of Jephunneh’s Faith: The Key to Crossing the Sea 🌊
Among them was Caleb son of Jephunneh, chief of the tribe of Judah and one of the two most distinguished believers among the Children of Israel. He turned to Moses (AS) and asked, “Prophet of God, has Allah commanded you to have us enter the water?”
Moses (AS) replied, “Yes, this is God’s command.”
Caleb asked again, “Do you also command me to do this?”
Moses (AS) answered yes. Caleb son of Jephunneh then stood before the sea and invoked God’s oneness, renewing his affirmation of it. He remembered the prophethood of Muhammad (PBUH) and affirmed the wilayah of Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS). Then, with unwavering faith, he said:
“O God, I beseech You by the rank and station of Muhammad (PBUH) and his Family: carry me through the heart of this sea.”
Then he rode his horse into the water, and the sea became for him like soft, level ground. He crossed through the sea and returned, galloping back to make the Children of Israel understand the truth. He cried out:
“Children of Israel! Obey Moses (AS)! This supplication is the key to the gates of Paradise! It shuts the gates of Hell! It is the secret behind the descent of sustenance and provision! It is a means of winning the pleasure of God, the All-Dominant, the Creator!”
But the Children of Israel refused, saying, “We will not enter the water; we will cross only on dry ground.”
Then God revealed to Moses (AS)…
### 🌊 The Sea Opens in the Name of Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (AS) 🌊
Then God revealed to Moses (AS):
“O Moses, strike the sea with your staff and say: My Lord, I beseech You by Muhammad (PBUH) and his pure family: part this sea for us!”
Moses (AS) struck the sea with his staff, and it parted. The ground emerged from beneath the waves, and a path opened all the way to the far side of the gulf. Moses (AS) said, “Enter!”
But the Children of Israel said, “The ground is muddy. We’re afraid we’ll sink into it.”
So God Most High said, “Say: My Lord, I beseech You by Muhammad (PBUH) and his pure family: dry the ground for us.”
The east wind blew, and the ground dried. Moses (AS) again commanded them, “Enter!”
But the Children of Israel made excuses: “We are twelve tribes descended from twelve fathers. If we enter this sea, we’ll compete with one another and get into trouble. We’ll enter only if a separate path is opened for each tribe.”
So God commanded Moses (AS) to strike the sea twelve times with his staff and say, “My God, reveal the ground to us and hold back the water from us!”
Twelve separate paths opened, one for each tribe, and the east wind dried and smoothed them. But the Children of Israel still hesitated, saying, “We’re worried about the other tribes. If we enter these paths, we won’t know what will happen to them.”
So God said, “O Moses, strike the space between these paths with your staff and say: اللهم به جاه محمد و آله الطیبین!”
Moses (AS) did so, and suddenly the water between the paths became clear, allowing each tribe to see the others. Then the Children of Israel entered with confidence … and we know the rest.
### 🌟 The Miracle of the Name of Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (AS) 🌟
This is the miracle of the name and standing of Muhammad (PBUH) and the Family of Muhammad (AS)—the name that parts seas, opens hearts, opens the heavens, and unlocks the doors of knowledge.
Perhaps even the seeds that split open in the earth hold the secret of their opening in the standing of Muhammad (PBUH) and the Family of Muhammad (AS).
### 🍯 The Sweetness of Honey and Love for Muhammad (PBUH) 🍯
The sweetness of honey comes through the blessing of the name of Muhammad (PBUH) and the Family of Muhammad (AS). If their blessed name works such miracles, what miracles might their love, their knowledge, and their pure devotion bring about?
What miracles, like those of Moses, might companionship with them bring into a person’s life?
### ❤️ The Prophet, Father of the Believers ❤️
We have neither truly known Muhammad (PBUH) nor the Family of Muhammad (AS). But let us know this: the Messenger of God is closer to our souls than our own selves. He is not only the father of the believers, but the father of their faith, their knowledge, their light, and the very existence of this world.
Muhammad (PBUH) is the father of all new creations—not only of human beings, but of every believing particle, every believing plant, every mountain and sea, every angel, and every pure and beautiful thing. He is the father of creation.
### 🌿 Muhammad (PBUH), Father of the First Tree of Existence 🌿
Muhammad (PBUH) is the father of the First Tree; indeed, he is himself the First Tree of this existence.
May the most exalted blessings be upon his sacred being!
He is the father of the believers, as God says:
*“He is truly a father to them.”*
But this is a father who, if he knew someone in this world was hungry, would consider it forbidden for himself to eat his fill.
He keeps himself hungry so that, while one of his children is hungry, he will not sleep with a full stomach.
But who can claim to be a child of Muhammad (PBUH)?
Who could make such a claim?
Such is the bond between father and child.
He is the true father.
If we do not know what it means to be a child, how can we be believers?
So we must find our true father!
And part from our adoptive parents, lest we become adoptive children ourselves.
If we truly believe,
we can address the Messenger of God as “Father.”
### 🌳 The Pure Tree: The Shi‘a’s Place in the Tree of Ṭūbā 🌳
In the Pure Tree, the Messenger of God (PBUH) is its root,
Ali (AS) is its height,
Fatima (SA) is its trunk,
and the Imams, the Pure Ones, are its branches.
The Shi‘a are its leaves.
But where does this Pure Tree end?
Its end reaches Sidrat al-Muntaha.
That is, when we reach Sidrat al-Muntaha, our faith is proven.
But if we cannot reach Sidrat al-Muntaha, then we have not grasped the true meaning of being religious.
We have trained through God’s religion so that we might reach Sidrat al-Muntaha.
But what are we to do there?
That is where the secrets are, where the tidings are!
Through religion, we seek to pass beyond this final limit…
### ❗️ Woe to those who are not of this tree! ❗️
Woe, utter woe, to anyone who is not of this tree!
Such a person is not a believer!
If someone’s very being is not a piece of Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (AS), then they are not truly a believer!
They are not one of our Shi‘a.
But who is it that attains this success?
Who are the defeated?
If we are of this tree, then at every moment we must feel the taste of Muhammad and his Family with our whole being!
Do we feel the sweetness of their station and their radiance?
Is a leaf connected to a tree ever separate from it?
Whatever the tree receives, it passes on to its leaves.
Yet we have become more lost than the Children of Israel.
Blessed are those who went forth and became connected,
and reached Sidrat al-Muntaha.
### 🌟 The Father Who Raises His Children! 🌟
Did he imprint his sacred presence upon the soul of creation so firmly that separation became impossible?
And then cast into it the manifestation of Ali (AS)…
How did he cast it?
Everyone fell in love with him!
Then he cast into it the manifestation of Fatima (SA) as well,
and then her pure son, Husayn (AS)…
And he took a covenant and pledge from all the prophets!
### 📜 The Prophets’ Covenant and Divine Knowledge 📜
When Allah took a covenant from the prophets:
*“When I gave you the Book and wisdom, then a Messenger came to you, you must believe in him and you must help him!”*
And God asked them:
“Do you acknowledge this? Have you firmly pledged yourselves to this covenant?”
The prophets replied, “Yes, we acknowledge it!”
Then Allah manifested Himself!
He made known the knowledge required by all the inhabitants of the world.
He granted every particle in the universe what it needed to worship and serve Him.
So what does it mean that He manifested Himself?
It means He made all aware of the knowledge of worship and servitude.
It means He taught them what they would need in the realm of worship and servitude.
It means He filled their very being with the knowledge of worship.
And then He revealed Muhammad (PBUH) and his Household to the souls!
He imprinted the sacred portrait and identity of His Eminence upon their hearts.
He illuminated the hearts of His creatures with the wonders of His friends!
He unveiled his radiant beauty!
He revealed him to them!
This is God’s Prophet!
And God Himself has shown him to them.
### 🕊 An Eternal Mission: All Times, All Places 🕊
This is an eternal mission!
It is an event that encompasses all of time!
The mission of the honoured Messenger has embraced every dimension of existence!
Everyone knows him!
In Mount Hira, and in every time and place!
He has cast his shadow over every age and every moment.
His mission left no one, not even a single particle, unaccounted for.
So when Allah willed to open his breast,
to strengthen his heart,
and to send down His message upon him,
He made the mountains, rocks, pebbles, and trees speak!
### 🌎 The World Knew Muhammad (PBUH)! 🌎
That is, everyone knew him!
Even at the very moment he had just emerged from the heart of Mount Hira!
For he is the master of all existence!
And he was sent as a Messenger by Allah, the Exalted.
May endless blessings be upon him and his pure Household! 💖
### 🌿 Peace upon Muhammad (PBUH), peace upon the Friend of Allah 🌿
Wherever they went, they would address His Eminence:
🌟 “السلام علیک یا محمد!”
🌟 “السلام علیک یا ولی الله!”
Mountains, rocks, stars—whatever there was—would call out:
🌿 “السلام علیک یا رسول الله!”
Did mountains, plains, and trees surpass human beings?
🌿 It seems they did!
So we have reason to be ashamed that we still hesitate to know him…
When they came near him, they would say:
💖 “السلام علیک یا حبیب الله!”
### 🌟 Glad tidings to you, O Messenger of God! 🌟
✨ “Glad tidings to you, O Messenger of God!”
God, the Almighty, has bestowed distinction upon you.
He has brought you to the most beautiful and perfect form.
He has adorned you with beauty and grace.
But how did they see him?
How did they recognize that Messenger of beauty?
Had they seen him in the fullness of beauty and perfection,
and now saw the difference between him and others?
Were they comforting him,
lest he be saddened by what the Quraysh said?
💫 He is exalted above all that exists in this world!
💫 He is the beloved of God, from all eternity to eternity!
May endless blessings be upon Muhammad (PBUH) and his pure family! 🌺💖
Have you seen how a father lifts up his child?
Muhammad (PBUH), too, lifts up his children.
How?
Just as a tree raises its leaves toward the sky,
Muhammad and his family carry their children to the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary!
### 🌳 Muhammad (PBUH) and the Imams (AS), the Firm Root of the Blessed Tree 🌳
Muhammad (PBUH) and the pure Imams (AS) are the firm root of this blessed tree, and its branches are wilayah.
This is a blessed tree. Whoever enters beneath it will share in its bounty.
This tree nourishes!
Whatever it receives, it passes on to its leaves and branches.
But how have we fulfilled our part as children?
If we were truly children, we would become trees!
A leaf can be planted, and another tree grown from it.
This leaf must become a tree.
So whoever becomes a believer is a child of Muhammad (PBUH) and the family of Muhammad (AS)!
### ❗️ The Possibility of Being Disowned ❗️
But it is also possible to be disowned.
How many creatures have been stripped of the status of children!
But how are we to understand these ideas?
The believers’ bond with this tree is not a broken bond; it is an unbroken one.
Earthly children become separated from their parents.
But believers are never separated from this father, nor can they be.
For he will not leave them alone until he makes them like himself!
### 🏡 The Father of Believers, the Father of Our Being 🏡
The Messenger (PBUH) is the father of the believers!
A child is nourished by their parents.
A leaf is nourished by its tree.
A branch draws strength from the tree.
If we have a spirit and a mind,
why should we not say that we have the Prophet in our hearts, and Ali, Hasan, and Husayn in our hearts?
We carry the pure family of Husayn (AS) in our hearts.
### 🌟 Muhammad (PBUH) and his family are closer to us than our own spirits! 🌟
By God, Muhammad (PBUH) and his family are closer to us than our own spirits!
They are closer to us than our own minds!
They are more tangible and more influential!
The Prophet is God’s chosen one!
And the Exalted God has imprinted the image of His Prophet upon our hearts.
We must behold Muhammad (PBUH) and his family in the frame of this world’s pure mirror.
Every beauty is a mirror that reveals some aspect of his beauty.
Every noble character reflects some aspect of his beauty.
Every beautiful flower whose scent we breathe,
every sweet taste we savor,
all are mirrors reflecting Muhammad (PBUH) and his family.
These are God’s greatest signs!
So let us purify our hearts and polish the mirror, so that we may behold that beauty.
For God has imprinted the image of the Prophet and his family upon our hearts!
And our hearts are the screen on which He appears.
### ✨ Divine Signs and Their Manifestation in Pure Hearts ✨
Soon We shall show them Our signs on the horizons and within themselves.
Did not the revered ones say:
“نحن الآیات و نحن البینات”
We are God’s manifest signs!
All beings are signs of God,
but Muhammad (PBUH) and the family of Muhammad (AS) are themselves divine signs, manifested in this world in all their beauty.
Whoever seeks the truth need not search far away.
It is close at hand!
Closer than anything close!
God is nearer than the nearest!
And He has made Himself known within our hearts.
### 📖 The Qur’an, the Place of God’s Manifestation 📖
Thus God manifested Himself!
But not in a visual or sensory form; rather, in a way known to Him alone.
The Qur’an is the place of God’s manifestation.
Yet this is not a manifestation that can be seen.
Seeing is a veil.
Understanding is a veil.
By God, He is far above all this.
So He makes Himself known, that His light may prevail in our hearts.
God manifests Himself in the Qur’an—but how?
He alone knows how to manifest Himself, so that we may remember Him.
He revealed His forbearance, so that we might know how patiently He endures.
He revealed His power, so that we might know how mighty He is.
He warned His servants, so that they might know what divine punishment would be like.
He bestowed His blessings so that they might know that He alone is the absolute Provider.
And on this journey, we are making our way towards Sidrat al-Muntahā…
### 🌟 The Mission of Muhammad (PBUH): The Primordial Covenant of the Children of Adam 🌟
Thus God Almighty sent Muhammad (PBUH).
But how?
With incomparable grandeur and majesty!
It is difficult to carry this thought any further…
How can one continue?
When Allah took a covenant from the children of Adam, from their descendants, bearing witness against them concerning themselves:
*”ألست بربّکم؟”*
“Am I not your Lord?”
And they replied, “Indeed, You are our Lord!”
At that time, the spirits were in the shadows…
I do not know where these “shadows”—this lofty realm—were…
But they could see, hear, and reason.
God took their pledge and covenant:
that they would believe in Him, affirm His angels, accept His books, and support His messengers.
And then He manifested Muhammad (PBUH) to them!
But how?
His light? His spirit? His exalted being?
Did He cast it into their hearts?
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