THE LAST PROPHET
....Hazrat Adam, in whose cells were the genes of all his descendants, until the end of the world, was tall and strong. In addition, a light shone from his forehead. This light was the light of the last prophet, Hazrat Muhammad. Angels used to come to show their respects to this light and to have a conversation with Hazrat Adam.
....Hazrat Adam knew that the light on his forefront had been entrusted to him, that it was to be transmitted to one of his progenies via his wife Eve, and that Muhammad, the last prophet, was to descend through this line of progeny.
....Hazrat Eve gave birth 19 times, and each time she gave birth to twins, a son and a daughter, yet that light was still on the forehead of the prophet Adam.
....When Hazrat Eve became pregnant with Hazrat Seth, the light on the forehead of Hazrat Adam was immediately transmitted to Hazrat Eve, and then to Hazrat Seth when he was born. Thus it became clear that Hazrat Muhammad was to emerge from the progeny of Hazrat Seth.
....Then, this light descended through pure wives, from Hazrat Seth to Idri, to Hazrat Noah, to Hazrat Abraham, and to Hazrat Ishmael. After Hazrat Ishmael, it again descended through the pure wives up to Abdulmuttalib and from him to his son Abdullah. Thus the birth of Hazrat Muhammad had approached
....Following the divine program of predestination (kadir), when Hazrat Abdullah and Hazrat Amina got married, the light on the forefront of Hazrat Abdullah was transmitted first to Hazrat Amina and then it reached its true owner when our Prophet Hazrat Muhammad was born.
....Hazrat Abdullah, who had entrusted the light on his forehead to his wife Hazrat Amina, and who completed his mission in this world, died in Medina while returning home from Damascus, where he had gone for business. Thus our beloved Prophet became fatherless before he was even born.
....Hazrat Muhammad, who came to this unfaithful world as an orphan, was entrusted to a wet nurse, Halima, of the Bani Sa'd tribe, as was customary among the people of Mecca at that time.
....Hazrat Muhammad lived with his wet nurse until he was four years old, and was then brought to Mecca and handed over to his mother.
....Hazrat Muhammad lived with his mother from then on, and enjoyed the most delightful days of childhood. However, when he saw his peers talking to their fathers, he used to go to a lonely corner and cry, then come home and ask his mother "Do I not have a father?"
....When Hazrat Muhammad was six years old, he went to Medina with his mother and their servant Umm Ayman. They visited the tomb of Hazrat Abdullah on their way back.
....It was very difficult for Umm Ayman to separate the mother and son, who were so moved at the tomb and began crying and embracing each other. Then they rode their camels toward Mecca.
...On their way to home, Hazrat Amina suddenly fell ill, and when they reached Abwā, she dismounted her camel with the help of Umm Ayman. Then she collapsed.
....The orphan Muhammad, who had cried so profoundly at the tomb of his father and who was still affected by this event, embraced his mother immediately and began crying "O mother are you also going to die? To whom are you going to entrust me?"
....Hazrat Amina opened her eyes with difficulty and looked at this orphan Muhammad for the last time and said: "Everything new becomes old, everything alive dies. So I am dying, but I have not enjoyed enough of you." Then she gave her soul to the angel of death.
....Our beloved Prophet, who had never seen his father, at that moment lost his other parent.To make matters worse, he was not at home, but in the middle of the desert!
....The orphan Muhammad was crying. Umm Ayman was crying. The angels in Heaven were crying, the beings on Earth were crying.
....However, none of these events were the result of a coincidence!
....Indeed, all these events happened according to Divine Will; this is called predestination.
....It was because Hazrat Muhammad was created for a sacred mission, a mission that transcends the world, reaching out to the realm of infinity. He was to be the last prophet.
....Hazrat Muhammad, who was created for an extraordinary mission, had to grow up under extraordinary conditions and with extraordinary care.
....Since Amina and Abdullah, as his parents, did not have the qualifications and abilities to educate their offspring Muhammad accordingly, Allah Almighty removed them and took Hazrat Muhammad into his special care.
....Hazrat Amina was buried where she had died with the help of the people of the caravan, and Umm Ayman took the orphan Muhammad to Mecca, embracing him on her chest. She handed him over to his grandfather Abdulmuttalib.
....The childhood and youth of Hazrat Muhammad passed in poverty, having lost his father before he was even born, and his mother at the age of six. He also lost his grandfather at the age of eight, and then went to live with his uncle, Abū Tālib.
....When he reached the age of 25, he had distinguished himself for his good character traits, for his handsome face and benevolence. He married Khadija, a 40 year-old widow, who was wealthy. .
....Now, he had a family and a wife. They had children, and he became a father.
....Although Hazrat Muhammad was very happy in terms of his physical and emotional needs, he was not satisfied as far as his spiritual needs were concerned.
....It was because his heart, inflamed by the love of God, could not be satisfied with anything other than Allah Almighty!
....Although he was not yet a prophet, he was at the station of irhasāt, which is well above the station of miracles. When he was alone, angels, trees and stones used to greet him.
....When he approached the age of 40, he began to experience dreams every night; these dreams would turn out to be true the following day.
....Solitude was pleasant for him. His heart was burning out of the love of God, and his soul was drawn to a different realm by divine captivation.
....When Hazrat Muhammad, hesitatingly, told his wife, Hazrat Khadīja, that he had been directed by a power above his will and as a result of causes outside his control that he was going to leave Mecca and be alone, Hazrat Khadīja responded positively, and she prepared food for his journey and said: "O Muhammad! You may go wherever you want, and stay as long as you want. I have no doubt that you are under God's special care."
....Hazrat Muhammad, who departed from his wife and children, and who cut his ties with the material realm, immediately went to Noor Mountainunder divine guidance.
....The time was ripe as far as spiritual conditions were concerned, and Hazrat Muhammad was on the verge of ascending to the station of prophethood.
....It was a Monday morning. Hazrat Muhammad, whose sacred soul had been cut off from the material realm and who had been drawn to the realm of unity, looked at the Earth and the Heavens, enraptured with awe from the top of Mount Noor, and was contemplating the infinite power of God, the most high.
....Then Angel Gabriel appeared on the horizon, and cried: "O Muhammad!"
....Then he embraced Muhammad, held him tight, and said: "Read, o Muhammad." |