LORE OF LIGHT
STORIES FROM THE LIVES OF THE PROPHETS, BASED ON ANCIENT ARAB AND TURKISH SOURCES FROM ÂDAM TO 'ÎSÂ
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 2020
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Hardback
704 pages
978-9963-40-140-6 (ISBN)
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These miraculous stories of the Messengers of the Almighty and Merciful God from Âdam to Jesus, which are now again made accessible to the English-speaking reader, provide not only an unprecedented insight into the characters of outstanding men and women and their dazzling humanity - their laughter and their tears, their hopes and their fears - they are also nothing less than an outline of the history of mankind on this planet.
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Hajja Âmina 'Âdil, born in Kazan in the former Tatar Soviet Republic in 1933 as the third of four children, had fled with her family from anti-Islamic repression, first from the Soviet Union to the region of Turkish Erzurum, then following the disruptive introduction of secularism, from Turkey to Damascus, Syria. There she met 'Abdullâh ad-Daghistânî, the Grand Sheikh of the honourable Naqshbandî-Tarîqa, who arranged for the young woman to be married to his disciple and later successor Muhammad Nâzim 'Âdil. She lived with him in the traditional setting of this Tarîqa, following a tradition that goes back to Sayyidinâ Abû Bakr, radiy Allâhu 'anhu, the companion of the Prophet, sallâ llâhu alayhi wa sallam, who carries the epithet as-Siddîq, "the sincere one". The tales presented here bear the hallmark of credibility and are of special value.
From 1981, Hajja Âmina lived with her family in Lefke on the island of Cyprus. She accompanied her husband on his journeys throughout the world, until her death in 2004, may Allâh sanctify her soul.
From 1981, Hajja Âmina lived with her family in Lefke on the island of Cyprus. She accompanied her husband on his journeys throughout the world, until her death in 2004, may Allâh sanctify her soul.
Content
2 - The Creation of Âdam, alayhi s-salam
And when thy Lord said to the angels: 'I am setting in the earth a viceroy.'
"And the angels answered: 'O Lord, will You then create a being to be Your deputy on earth who will shed blood and vomit evil on the face of the earth? We are incessantly engaged in Your praises and we never disobey.' And the Lord said: 'Assuredly I know that you know not.'" [The Cow, 2:30]
When the Lord spoke these words, the angels all grew afraid and they were stricken with awe by the power of these words. They began to circumambulate the Ka'ba seven times on that day, and that is the origin of the rite we perform to this very day.
The Lord intended to create Âdam æ and He revealed to the earth: "O Earth, I wish to create the Children of Âdam from your clay, and they should live upon you and worship Me, and I shall grant them paradise as their final station, and if they disobey Me, I shall place them in Hell." Then He sent the angel Jibrâ'îl æ to fetch some clay so that He could begin the work of Creation. When Jibrâ'îl æ stretched out his hand to pick up some clay, the earth resisted, invoking the Divine Name: "By the Might and the Glory of my Lord, do not touch me, do not stretch out your hand for me to take any part of my clay!".
Before Jibrâ'îl æ set out to perform this task as he had been ordered by the Lord, Iblîs had gone and warned the earth not to give him any of her earth. Iblîs had long believed that the Lord would make him His deputy on earth, and when he heard that He was planning to call into being a wholly new creature, he was eaten by envy and jealousy. So he tried to subvert the plans of the Lord, advising the earth that what the Lord planned to create from its clay would be no good for it. When the earth refused to yield up any of her clay to him, Jibrâ'îl æ returned to his station and was silent. The Lord addressed him and said: "O Jibrâ'îl, have you brought the clay?" Jibrâ'îl æ answered "O Lord, I went and did as Thou bade me do, but the Earth besought me and invoked Thy Holy Name not to take anything from her, and I could not do it by force."
The Lord then sent the Angel Mîkâ'îl æ to procure the clay, but the same happened also to him and he did not succeed. Likewise it was with Isrâfîl æ, he too returned without success. Finally the turn came to 'Azrâ'îl æ who went to the earth and asked her for the clay, upon the Command of the Almighty. The earth implored him also and besought him with all her might and persuasion, but 'Azrâ'îl æ was not moved, and said: "It is the Command of the Almighty, so be quiet!" And in spite of her protests he gathered some earth for this creature to be formed, and the earth screamed all the while the angel took the earth from her. He collected clay from every land, from every continent, from all the four corners of the earth. For this reason, mankind is so varied, and there are so many different races and hues.
Then 'Azrâ'îl æ brought the clay before the Lord and the Lord asked, "What did she say when you took the clay from her?" 'Azrâ'îl æ replied: "O Lord, she screamed all the while and implored me by Thy Holy Name not to take any of it, but I carried out Thy Command and I listened not to her protests." Then the Lord spoke and said, "O 'Azrâ'îl, for this that you have listened single-mindedly to My Command, and never were in doubt as to what was demanded of you, I will charge you with the task of taking their souls when they are to die. At that time they will certainly cry and scream and entreat you to leave them, but you among all the angels will pay no attention to their clamour and heed My Command alone." From that time on, 'Azrâ'îl æ has not smiled even once.
Allah Almighty took the lump of clay, and in forty days He made it into a dough-like mass. Then He took from it a piece and mixed it with a part of Hell, and He took another piece and mixed it with Paradise. Then He spoke: "I am Allah, and to Me belongs all judgment, and none judges Me."
He sent Jibrâ'îl æ to fetch a bit of earth from the very core of the earth, and he mixed it into the dough. But this piece was like musk or amber, a very wonderful substance, such as was not found in all the janna and its gardens of delights, and nothing like this was ever created. And He placed this within Âdam æ, and all the angels knew that this was the clay that Muªammad k was going to be made of.
It is written: "... and of water fashioned every living thing ..." [The Prophets, 21:30]. All of creation is essentially made of water, even the clay of the earth and its firmness, and all its creatures. Water is the original substance.
Then Allah Almighty created the nafs (the lower, appetitive, commanding soul of man; his ego). When the nafs is told, "Go!" it says, "No, I don't want to," and when it is told "Come!" it says, "no, I don't want to." It was asked: "Who are you?" It answered: "Who am I? I am I, and you are you." Then the order was passed for the nafs to be punished with the heaviest afflictions for 1,000 years. It was brought back and asked again, "Who are you?" "Who am I?" it said, "I am I, and you are you." And they took it away and made it suffer more and more punishment, for another 1,000 years. They led it back before the Lord who asked it again: "Who are you?" It answered: "Well, who am I?" And He asked it: "And who am I?" The nafs said: "Who are you?" And its pride had only increased. So the Lord ordered it to be placed in the Valley of Hunger, and it was tormented by hunger for a thousand years. Then it was brought back before the Lord who asked it: "Who am I, O nafs?" Then the nafs answered: "You are He beside whom there is no other god." It was chastened by hunger alone, and for this reason the Lord has enjoined on us a whole month of fasting so that our nafs might be disciplined through hunger.
Allah Almighty created the souls 40,000 years before He created the children of Âdam æ. And He created our provisions 40,000 years before He even created the souls. As it is written the Holy Qur'ân, "And in heaven is your provision, and that you are promised." [The Scatterers, 51:22].
And when thy Lord said to the angels: 'I am setting in the earth a viceroy.'
"And the angels answered: 'O Lord, will You then create a being to be Your deputy on earth who will shed blood and vomit evil on the face of the earth? We are incessantly engaged in Your praises and we never disobey.' And the Lord said: 'Assuredly I know that you know not.'" [The Cow, 2:30]
When the Lord spoke these words, the angels all grew afraid and they were stricken with awe by the power of these words. They began to circumambulate the Ka'ba seven times on that day, and that is the origin of the rite we perform to this very day.
The Lord intended to create Âdam æ and He revealed to the earth: "O Earth, I wish to create the Children of Âdam from your clay, and they should live upon you and worship Me, and I shall grant them paradise as their final station, and if they disobey Me, I shall place them in Hell." Then He sent the angel Jibrâ'îl æ to fetch some clay so that He could begin the work of Creation. When Jibrâ'îl æ stretched out his hand to pick up some clay, the earth resisted, invoking the Divine Name: "By the Might and the Glory of my Lord, do not touch me, do not stretch out your hand for me to take any part of my clay!".
Before Jibrâ'îl æ set out to perform this task as he had been ordered by the Lord, Iblîs had gone and warned the earth not to give him any of her earth. Iblîs had long believed that the Lord would make him His deputy on earth, and when he heard that He was planning to call into being a wholly new creature, he was eaten by envy and jealousy. So he tried to subvert the plans of the Lord, advising the earth that what the Lord planned to create from its clay would be no good for it. When the earth refused to yield up any of her clay to him, Jibrâ'îl æ returned to his station and was silent. The Lord addressed him and said: "O Jibrâ'îl, have you brought the clay?" Jibrâ'îl æ answered "O Lord, I went and did as Thou bade me do, but the Earth besought me and invoked Thy Holy Name not to take anything from her, and I could not do it by force."
The Lord then sent the Angel Mîkâ'îl æ to procure the clay, but the same happened also to him and he did not succeed. Likewise it was with Isrâfîl æ, he too returned without success. Finally the turn came to 'Azrâ'îl æ who went to the earth and asked her for the clay, upon the Command of the Almighty. The earth implored him also and besought him with all her might and persuasion, but 'Azrâ'îl æ was not moved, and said: "It is the Command of the Almighty, so be quiet!" And in spite of her protests he gathered some earth for this creature to be formed, and the earth screamed all the while the angel took the earth from her. He collected clay from every land, from every continent, from all the four corners of the earth. For this reason, mankind is so varied, and there are so many different races and hues.
Then 'Azrâ'îl æ brought the clay before the Lord and the Lord asked, "What did she say when you took the clay from her?" 'Azrâ'îl æ replied: "O Lord, she screamed all the while and implored me by Thy Holy Name not to take any of it, but I carried out Thy Command and I listened not to her protests." Then the Lord spoke and said, "O 'Azrâ'îl, for this that you have listened single-mindedly to My Command, and never were in doubt as to what was demanded of you, I will charge you with the task of taking their souls when they are to die. At that time they will certainly cry and scream and entreat you to leave them, but you among all the angels will pay no attention to their clamour and heed My Command alone." From that time on, 'Azrâ'îl æ has not smiled even once.
Allah Almighty took the lump of clay, and in forty days He made it into a dough-like mass. Then He took from it a piece and mixed it with a part of Hell, and He took another piece and mixed it with Paradise. Then He spoke: "I am Allah, and to Me belongs all judgment, and none judges Me."
He sent Jibrâ'îl æ to fetch a bit of earth from the very core of the earth, and he mixed it into the dough. But this piece was like musk or amber, a very wonderful substance, such as was not found in all the janna and its gardens of delights, and nothing like this was ever created. And He placed this within Âdam æ, and all the angels knew that this was the clay that Muªammad k was going to be made of.
It is written: "... and of water fashioned every living thing ..." [The Prophets, 21:30]. All of creation is essentially made of water, even the clay of the earth and its firmness, and all its creatures. Water is the original substance.
Then Allah Almighty created the nafs (the lower, appetitive, commanding soul of man; his ego). When the nafs is told, "Go!" it says, "No, I don't want to," and when it is told "Come!" it says, "no, I don't want to." It was asked: "Who are you?" It answered: "Who am I? I am I, and you are you." Then the order was passed for the nafs to be punished with the heaviest afflictions for 1,000 years. It was brought back and asked again, "Who are you?" "Who am I?" it said, "I am I, and you are you." And they took it away and made it suffer more and more punishment, for another 1,000 years. They led it back before the Lord who asked it again: "Who are you?" It answered: "Well, who am I?" And He asked it: "And who am I?" The nafs said: "Who are you?" And its pride had only increased. So the Lord ordered it to be placed in the Valley of Hunger, and it was tormented by hunger for a thousand years. Then it was brought back before the Lord who asked it: "Who am I, O nafs?" Then the nafs answered: "You are He beside whom there is no other god." It was chastened by hunger alone, and for this reason the Lord has enjoined on us a whole month of fasting so that our nafs might be disciplined through hunger.
Allah Almighty created the souls 40,000 years before He created the children of Âdam æ. And He created our provisions 40,000 years before He even created the souls. As it is written the Holy Qur'ân, "And in heaven is your provision, and that you are promised." [The Scatterers, 51:22].