The stages of the Noor of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)-II

The souls of the Prophets listened to the Tasbeeh (Glorification of Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) and started performing the Tasbeeh like students.

 

When the Noor reached the attribute "Just" ('Adl), it reflected on its meaning that this attribute desires great benevolence and abundance of ni'mah (bounty).   At this time, the Noor was overwhelmed with embarrassment, droplets of sweat started falling.   With these droplets, Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) created the souls of the Muslims. 

O Muslims! You are the drops of which pure soul!  Better stay pure from sins.   Muslims! Your essence is the Noor of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), nothing unfamiliar.   You are the branches.   The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) is the Tree.   He is with you and you are with him.   If the branches disobey the tree, how does that harm the tree, they themselves will dry up.   In the same way, by disobeying the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), you will regret it, how will it harm him?

 

The characteristic of the tree is that is tries to benefit the branches as far as possible.   It itself bears the agony of the insects, but saves the branches.   For this reason, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said: Mine and your illustration is as if a person lights a lamp, the light starts spreading, fireflies come and start falling into it.  That person stops them, but they keep falling.   In the same way, you keep falling in the fire of hell, I pull you out by your waists and you only think about falling into it.

 

Friends! If we obey the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), then we hope that before birth, the way we were with the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), in the same way after death also, we will be with Him.

 

The narration of the Noor of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) continues from here.   

Thus, first of all the Noor of Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) was created.  If someone doubts that He arrived into this world last of all, then how come all things were created though Him.  To understand this, consider an example, which will explain how everything was created through Him, but He came last of all.

 

Consider that first of all, a seed is sown into the ground, then a sapling comes out, then the tree, then the branches are formed, the leaves, then flowers, then fruits and last of all, the seed is created.  Before everything seed was there and after everything it is the seed only.  In reality what is formed, is formed through the seed itself, but outwardly the seed came last of all.

 

In the same way, in the beginning only the Noor of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) was there.  With His Noor only, the whole world was created.  He came the last of all:

 

O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), you came the last of all Prophets.

 

The qurb (closeness) of Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala), which you enjoy shows that your coming late is because of the distance.  i.e., the Qurb of Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) which the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) enjoys, is not for any other Prophet.  For this reason all other Prophets came early, you came last of all.

 

Neither Arsh was there, nor the Kursi, neither the earth was there nor the heavens, neither flora nor fauna, neither hearts nor the lovers.  Only the Lord Almighty was there and no one else.  In fact, if without love the whole world were created, it would have been waste.   Almighty Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) wanted to see love in bloom, so He first created the Noor of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) and then the whole world.