The
Muhammadan
Light
in the Quran, Sunna, and Companion-Reports
From the Teachings of Mawlana al-Sayyid
Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani
and His Deputy al-Sayyid
Shaykh Muhammad Hisham al-Kabbani
GIBRIL FOUAD HADDAD
THE MUHAMMADAN LIGHT
IN THE QURAN, SUNNA, AND COMPANION-REPORTS
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Pictures and Illustrations:
Covers: Green Dome of the Prophetic Mosque in Madina; Door to Mawlana
Shaykh Nazims house, Lefke, Cyprus. Calligraphy: Basmala and alawt,
http://www.khamis.ws; Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani (top L) in his
20s with his teacher Mawlana Shaykh Abd Allah Faiz al-Daghistani and 60
years later with his deputy Shaykh Hisham Kabbani (bottom L). Qurn
(anti-clockwise from top): 2:144, 4:113, 33:56, 68:4. Poetry: 1st line: Abd
al-Ramn b. al-Dayba; 2nd line: Abd al-Ram al-Bar; bottom: assn
b. Thbits quatrain at his first sight of the Prophet When I beheld his lights,
see page 48; couplet at the end of the book from Amad al-Dardr, Manmat
Asm Allh al-usn. Lithographs: pages 31-32 of the 1281/1864 edition of
Amad al-ws Shar al-alawt al-Dardriyya where he cites the earliest
known wording of the hadith of Jbir on the creation of the Prophets
Light, from al-Taftzns (722-792/1322-1390) commentary on the Burda;
first page of the 1283/1866 edition of al-Diyrbakrs (d. 966/ 1559) 1,000-
page Trkh al-Khams f Akhbr Anfasi Nafs which opens with a mention
of the Light of the Prophet as the first creation.
CONTENTS
Preamble 1-20
The tongue is incapable of speech (Shaykh Hisham) 1
Dedication and Supplication 3
Mawlana Shaykh Nazims Life and Teachings 4
The Daghistani-Haqqani chain of transmission 11-12
Shaykh Hishams Life and Teachings 16
The use of weak hadiths in support of excellent works 19
I The Prophet as the First Creation 21-39
I am the first of those who surrender (6:163) 21
He is the first of Muslims on the Day of Promises (al-Samarqand) 21
He was the first one to say Yes, verily! (Muammad al-Bqir) 22
He precedes everything and everyone in existence (Rzbahn) 23
There is no first other than Muammad (al-Qurub) 24
I was the first of the Prophets created and the last to be sent (Hadith) 25
The Prophets status and title of Beloved of Allah 25-29
Allah has made me the Opener and the Seal (Hadith) 25
I made you the first Prophet created and the last sent (Hadith Quds) 26
Behold, I am the Beloved of Allah (Hadith) 27
The sequence of Prophets began with me ahead of them (Hadith) 29
I was a Prophet when Adam was between spirit and body (Hadith) 30
He received Qurn and all his knowledge at that time (Kattn) 31
This is your son Amad; he is the First and the Last (Hadith Quds) 33
Adam and everyone after him are under my flag (Hadith) 35
The All-Beneficent taught the Qurn (55:1-2) to the Prophet 36
Allah Himself addressed him with Qurn directly (al-Sulam) 36
Everything became manifest to me and I knew (Hadith) 37
II The Prophet as a Light in Qurn and Sunna 41-76
The ten referents of nr in the Qurn 41
His Light is more than abundantly visible east and west (al-Qr) 42
One who calls to Allah by His leave and a Luminous Lamp (33:45-46) 43
There has come to you from Allah a Light (5:15) 44
The crystal resembles a star of diamond Light upon Light (24:35) 44
The description of the Prophet as a light by over 40 Companions 45
THE MUHAMMADAN LIGHT
It was as if the sun was running its course in his face (Ab Hurayra) 45
His face was like the sun and the moon (Jbir b. Samura) 46
If you saw him you saw the sun rising (Rubayyi bint Muawwidh) 47
His Light overwhelmed beholders 47-52
I could not bear to take my fill of looking at him (Amr b. al-) 47
I feared for my eyes due to his beauty, I barely looked at him (assn) 48
Humble woman, do not tremble! (Hadith) 49
I felt as if I were looking at Allah (Ubay b. Kab) 50
His bin reflects the All-Exalted; his hir the All-Loving (alab) 51
al-Drims Chapter on the Beauty of the Prophet 52-53
I swear he was more beautiful to me than the moon (Jbir b. Samura) 52
When he spoke you could see light coming out (Ibn Abbs) 52
I never saw anyone more luminous or lustrous (Ibn Umar) 53
His face was like the moon (al-Bar b. zib) 53
We saw as if light was coming out of his mouth (Ab Qirfa) 53
Like the Sun and the Moon, not Like the Sword 54
His face was like a piece of the moon (Kab b. Mlik) 55
His face was like the halo of the moon (Kab b. Mlik) 55
His face was like the crescent moon (Jubayr b. Muim) 56
I saw the face of a man like the full moon (an unnamed woman) 56
The full moon has risen over us (the Madinans) 57
His forehead shone like the moon (assn b. Thbit) 58
They saw his forehead as if it were the light of the moon (isha) 58
Like the moonlight dispelling darkness (Ab Bakr al-iddq) 59
If you were not human you would be moonlight (Umar al-Frq) 60
My eyes! Weep Hshims full moon (tika bint Abd al-Mualib) 60
You are a light from the Almighty (al-Abbs b. Abd al-Mualib) 60
He dispelled darkness with light (Abd al-Ramn b. Awf) 61
He is the light that dispels blindness past or future (Ab al-ufayl) 61
His Knowledge of the Unseen 62-65
If he says anything unseen it is confirmed sooner or later (assn) 62
At your wish he foretells you the morrow (Mlik b. Awf) 63
Nothing is left but I was shown it (Hadith) 64
Seeing the Prophet in ones grave (Ibn Ab Jamra) 66
His sweat shone like pearls (isha, Anas, Al, Hind b. Ab Hla) 67-72
His face beamed like a white lightning-cloud (isha) 67
Fairer than you my eye never saw, no woman ever bore (assn) 68
No woman has conceived nor given birth to one like him (assn) 69
Women cannot give birth to a second Muammad (Ab Dahbal) 69
Woe to whoever is deprived of looking at this Face (Hadith) 70
He was rosy-colored (azhar al-lawn) (Anas) 71
The meaning of azhar 72-74
That tawny man (Hadith) 73
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CONTENTS
Bless me on the radiant night and the rosy day (Jumua) (Hadith) 74
The Long Hadiths of Hind b. Ab Hla and isha 74-76
III The Intercession of His Face & Grave 77-101
A fair one by whose face rain-prayers reach the clouds (Ab lib) 77-81
Where can people flee except to the Messengers? (a Bedouin) 79
Through him the clan of Hshim seek refuge from evil (Ab lib) 79
Through him Allah waters us with rain (unnamed Companion) 79-80
His gifts are sought when Allah holds up rain (Aswad b. Masd) 82
Let there be no ceiling between him and the sky for rain (isha) 83
70,000 angels daily surround his grave (Kab al-Abr) 84
I travelled to you so you will intercede for me (Mzin al-) 85
Pillar relied on, surety of refugees, resort of the parched (assn) 85
The Prophet as a Light in the Companions Funeral Elegies 86-101
When he entered Madina everything lit up (Anas b. Mlik) 86
He who in our midst was the source of our light (assn) 87
May you be blessed, Grave of the Messenger! (assn) 88
How the Early Muslims Acted at the Prophets Grave 89-101
What loss does one bear after the scent of Amads grave? (Fim) 89
I came to the Prophet, not to a stone or a room (Ab Ayyb) 90
O Grave of the Prophet and his two Friends, help us! (al-Nbigha) 91
My soul be sacrificed for a grave you inhabit (A Bedouin) 92-93
Whoever stands at the grave of the Prophet (Ibn Ab Fudayk) 94
Why should I not travel on my eyes to his Grave? (al-Dahhn) 95
Even if we rode to him on our eyes every day (Ibn al-Dayba) 96
Tabarruk with the Grave is the way of the Salaf (Isq b. Rhyah) 97
Houses and plains and dwelling quarters and his mawlid (assn) 98
My soul be sacrificed for you and your body (Ab Bakr al-iddq) 100
You are pure in life and you are pure in death (Ab Bakr, Al) 100-101
IV Prophet as Light from the Light of Allah 103-137
There has come to you from Allah a Light and a manifest Book (5:15) 103
His light makes truth (al-aqq) manifest (al-abar) 104
The ir mustaqm is the Prophet Muammad (Makk al-Qays) 104
Allah used the Greatest Name and said from Allah a Light (Biq) 105
He is the Light of lights (al-ls) 106
Both the Light and the Manifest Book are the Prophet (Qr, ls) 106
Truly his character was the Qurn (isha) 107
I.e. his character was the character of Allah (al-Suhraward) 108
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THE MUHAMMADAN LIGHT
He is the mirror for the Essence and Attributes (al-Wartujab) 109
His face resembled the Qurn (Anas) 110
The similitude of the Divine Light is the Prophet (Muqtil, Kab) 111-118
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth 111
His appearance revealed his Prophethood (Ibn Rawa, Nafawayh) 114
Light upon Light means the two Shahdas (Shaykh Hisham) 115
The mishkt is Muammad, al-mib his heart, al-zujja his chest 115
Mishkt as backless aperture and source 116-117
Three canonical variants for the Verse of Light 117
Allah created in darkness then cast His light on creation (Hadith) 118
Souls are a light from the Light of Allah (Mughuly) 118
Each receives that light in the heart and the limbs (Ibn al-Arab) 119
Taqw is obedience on Light from Allahs Light (alq b. abb) 119
The Covenant taken from creation (Hadith) 120
Meaning of nr al-Nab min nrih (Prophets light from His light) 121-132
The first light-made reality is the Muammadan Reality (Sirj al-Dn) 121
He created Prophets Light from His own Essence (Shabrmallas) 122-123
Prophet is in you (49:7) i.e. nothing is without his light (Shaykh Hisham) 123
How all lights are extracted from the Muammadan Light (Sukayrij) 124-128
Only Allah Most High truly knows the Prophet 128
Allah derived the Prophets Name from His own Name (assn) 132
Allah based love on you by naming you Glorified (Ibn Mirds) 133
There is no muammad except Muammad(Abd al-Ramn Bism) 134
He is a light whose illumination is sought (Kab b. Zuhayr) 136
V The Progression of His Light in Time 139-177
More reports on the Prophet as the first Light created 139-146
I was a light in front of my Lord for 14,000 years 139
Allah created His servants spirits 2,000 years before them 140
Allah wrote the qadar of creatures 50,000 years before creation 141
The first thing Allah created is the Pen which is made of light 141
Allah created the light of Prophet 424,000 years before creation 142
Quraysh was a light standing before Allh for 2,000 years 145
al-Abbs b. Abd al-Mualibs Light of Mawlid poem 147-158
When the waters rose We carried you upon the ship (69:11) 148
We bore their offspring in the laden ship (36:41) 148
And your translation among the worshippers (26:219) 148
Amad progressed as a great light (Ibn Nir al-Dn) 149
His visible light in the foreheads of his ancestors 150-156
The blessings of his light in history (Shahrastn) 152
The light of Abd Allh b. Abd al-Mualib 155-156
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CONTENTS
The Prophetic Light as a marker of selection and refinement 157-165
He is the quintessence of human beings 160
Al al-abshs Necklace of Pearls (Sim al-Durar) 160
The light of his mawlid as witnessed by his mother 162
She gave birth to a light that lit the universe (assn) 165
The splittings of the chest and his immersion in light 166
The body of the Prophet in the Holy Qurn 168-175
The Light of the Prophet in early Scriptures 175-177
VI His Pre-Existent Universal Intercession 179-224
Angels were created from light (Hadith) 179
Prophets are intermediaries between Allah and creation (Iy) 180
Prophets spirits have superhuman, angelic qualities (Iy) 180
The Prophet is the Ultimate Purpose of creation (Ibn Taymiyya) 182
But for him, I would not have created creation (Hadith Quds) 184
Intermediacy is the meaning of Prophethood and Messengership 185
The Prophet has authority over us in all things (al-Tustar) 186
The Prophet has priority before all other souls (Ibn Diya) 186
Every good in my life is on account of the Prophet (al-Subk) 188
He is the means and root of every mercy in creation (al-Bakr) 189
His exalted status before Adams creation 189
Adam repented and sought intercession with my Name (Hadith) 190
We exalted your fame means: through Prophets Name (al-Rz) 191-192
The meaning of I was a Prophet when Adam (al-Subk) 194-196
The reality of the Prophet exists since the beginning of time 195
The lights of all Prophets are from his Light (Ibn Marzq) 198
The Prophets light and his name fill creation (al-Dabbgh) 200-202
The Prophet intercedes for hundreds of billions 204-221
Narration of isha Three lights came and filled our house 204
Narrations of Ab Umma 205-206
Narration of Ab Sad al-Anmr 206
Narration of Utba b. Abd 207-208
Narration of Faltn b. im 208
Narration of Anas 209
Narration of Ab Hurayra 210
Narration of Abd al-Ramn b. Ab Bakr 211
He does not make any difference who he intercedes for (Kalbdh) 212
Two other narrations of Ab Hurayra 213-214
Narration of Ab Ayyb 215
Narration of Ab Bakr and Amr b. azm 216
Another narration of isha 217
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THE MUHAMMADAN LIGHT
The meaning of Umma (al-Kalbdh) 218
70,000 and its multiples denote over-abundance 220
Three lights filled Madna from end to end (Amr b. Awf, Salmn) 222-224
VII His Light Overpowers All Lights 225-254
The Prophet had no shadow that could be seen (Hadith) 225-226
Light does not have a shadow (al-Zurqn) 227
His shadowlessness in Shfi and anbal fiqh books 227
The Prophet Mss Hand of Light 228
The sun and the moon obeyed the Prophet Muammad 228
I felt I could touch the top of the sky (Al b. Ab lib) 230
His splitting of the moon 231
Invocations of blessings by his light as the source of all lights 232-240
alt al-Asrr wal-Anwr (Mashshiyya) 232
alt Nrniyya (Badawiyya) 232
The different names of the Muammadan Light (al-w) 233
alt Nr al-Abr (ibbiyya) 235
alt Nrika al-Sr 236
alt Nr al-Nr 236
alt al-Nr al-Awwal (aybniyya Khairiyya) 237
alt al-Kmila (Tziyya=Nriyya) 237
alt Nr Wajhillh (miyya) 238
alt Tjiyya 239
alt Bah al-Anwr (Ibn al-Dayba) 240
Every alt on the Prophet takes you to the Throne (Shaykh Hisham) 240
The Unfathomability of the Prophets Rank I 241-248
Comprehension shrank from attaining his reality (al-w) 242
None comes near or far from him, they all fall short (al-Br) 242
His station is unattainable, unmatchable, unknowable (Ibn Ajba) 244
He made all helpless, minds capitulate (Ibn Mashsh) 244
How can even Prophets ascend such as your ascent? (al-Br) 245-246
You are the supreme Vicegerent assisting creation (al-Haytam) 247
The Unfathomability of the Prophets Rank II 249-254
O Believers! Bless and salute him abundantly 249
Say: O Allah, bless Muammad and his Household (Hadith) 249
No one can repay the Prophet except Allah (al-Kattn) 250
Whoever invokes blessings on me once (Hadith) 251
Even if his heart is elsewhere (Ab al-Mawhib al-Shdhil) 251
Whoever says: May Allah recompense Muammad (Hadith) 252
Invoking blessings on the Prophet is better than paying zakt (al-Ra) 252
Each trait of his encapsulates all his perfection (al-Br) 253
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CONTENTS
He is exempt of any partner in his perfection (al-Br) 254
The totality of his beauty was not revealed to us (al-Haytam) 254
VIII The Light of the Prophetic Inheritors 257-281
The three types of progeny in alastu bi-Rabbikum (al-Tustar) 257
Prophets and Awliy drank deepest from his light (al-Dabbgh) 259
Creation is under Awliy, and they are under the Prophet (al-Tustar) 261
The visible light of the Awliy here and hereafter 261-281
Hadith of Usayd b. uayr and Abbd b. Bishrs light 261
Hadith of al-asan and al-usayns light 262
Hadith of the light of the Companions making du 263
Hadith of al-ufayl b. Amr al-Dawss light 264
Allah has transfigured Muammad with beauty (ufayl b. Amr) 265
I shall certainly know my Community by their light (Hadith) 265
They will come with light on their faces and limbs (Hadith) 266-267
When will I meet my beloved ones? (Hadith) 267
Prophet has as many lights as he has hairs on his body (Kab) 268
The Prophets definition of the Awliy 269
Awliy are the very purpose of all that exists (Ibn al-Jawz) 270
The host of the unseen has hailed from the unseen (al-Rawws) 271
The Prophets humanity is visible in the Awliy of his House 272
The hadith of the Awliya on pulpits of lights 270-280
Narrations of Mudh b. Jabal 274
Narration of Ab Muslim al-Khawln 275
Narration of Ab Umma al-Bhil 276
Narration of Ab Hurayra 276
Narration of Ab Mlik al-Ashar 277
Narration of Abd Allah b. Amr b. al- 279
The wal is a light from the light of Allah (Ibn Ajba) 280
IX Epilogue 283-285
My heart nearly flies off with unbearable longing (Al al-absh) 283
Final Prayer 285
Bibliography 287-301
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