Here are 10 amazing secrets about the source of the Holy Prophet of Allah. Much has been written over the matter already – this is the enigma of the beloved of Allah brought forward for your contemplation so that the greater vision can be seen by the seekers. The life of Muhammad must be seen through the eye of esoteric and exoteric knowledge for his reality to be known. These two fold levels of knowledge falls under Sharia (laws of man) and Marifah (secrets within man).
The facts below are taken out from Shaykh Abd’ AlQadir Jailani’s book ‘’Secrets of Secrets. Manifestations of the Light’’
- He is the first light of Allah – the light that first came into existence before anything was. This makes him the light though which Allah created everything. This light of Allah is called “Nur Muhammadiya”.
- Allah ﷻ first created the Spirit/Ruh of Muhammad ﷺ from the light of His Beauty.
- In a hadith the Prophet ﷺ said – ‘’The first thing that Allah created was the Pen – ‘Qalam’.”
- In the same hadith the Prophet of Allah said – “the first thing Allah created was ‘Al Aql’ – the Intellect”.
- This means that all of the above is the same – It is known as the Muhammadan Reality. It is the light of Allah without the mystery of Allah Himself – therefore Pure Light, unclouded by the darkness of Allah’s Majesty.
- When seen as ‘Al Aql’ – It is the complete intellect that can comprehend all universal truths.
- When his light is seen as the Pen/Qalam – then it is the instrument for the transmission of knowledge.
- The Muhammadan Spirit is thus the quintessence of all entities – the first of all beings and the origin of them all. In a Hadith Qudsi (sacred Tradition) the prophet ﷺ said – ‘’I am from Allah and the believers are from me’’.
- Allah ﷻ created all spirits in its finest formation in the realm of divinity from ‘Nur Muhammadiya’ – thus Muhammad is the name of all human beings that return to this realm, and he is the original home of all returning spirits/ruhs.
- When 24 thousand years had passed, Allah ﷻ created Heavenly Throne ‘’Arsh’’ from the light of the eye of Muhammad ﷺ – And from the Heavenly Throne He created the rest of existing entities.
In a hadith it is reported that the Holy Prophet once asked the Archangel Jibrael (a.s) when he ﷺ was created. The angel answered that when he first came into existence he saw a light that circulated the universe – This light took 70 000 years to make one circulation, and that he Jibrael (a.s) saw it circulate 70 000 times. When he asked Allah ﷻ about it – he was told it was ‘Nur Muhammadiya’ – the ‘light of Muhammad’.