Is Rasool (Salahu Alaihi Wasallam) Noor?

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Nir-Aheem

"Inallah ha wama-laa ikatu hu yu saloona alan Nabi, Ya Ayu Hala Zeena Aaamaanu salu alay he wa salimu tasleema"

"Indeed Allah and All his Angels send Salaat upon Nabi (Salal lahu alay he wasalam- in abundance) Oh you who believe, you too send Salaat (upon Rasoolallah Salal lahu alay he wasalam) in abundance.
(Surah Al Azhab 33:56)


DAROOD SHARIF:

Salal lahu alaa habeebi he sayidina muhammdin wa ala aleh hee wa salimm

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Nooraniyat of the Supreme Messenger of Allah (Elayhi Salaam)

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Evidence from Hadith:

"Kala Rasoolallah Salal lahu alay he wasalam”:

1. Rasoolallah (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) said that I was the first of the Prophets to be created and the last of them to be sent.
(Sahih Hadith; Bukhari, Ahmad, Tabrani, Hakam)


2. The Sahaba Karim (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh) asked Rasool Elayhi Salaam "Oh Messenger of Allah (Elayhi Salaam) when was you was a Prophet? He (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) relplied,
"Kunto Nabiyan wa aadamu baynal maa-ee-wateen"
"I was a Nabi even when Adam (Ala Nabiyyina Wa Alaihis Salatu Wasslam) was between Mud and Water" (even before the creation of Adam a.s).
(Sahih Hadith; Ibn-e-Majah, Tirmizi)

3. All the Prophets were made from the Noor of Allah and The Prophet Muhammad (Elayhi Salaam) was the first (from amongst them)
(Hadith)

"Oh kama kaal Nabiyu Salal lahu alay he wasalam"

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Evidence from the Holy Qur'aan:

"Kad jaa akum minallah hi noorun wa kitaabun mubeen"
(Surah Ma'idah 5:15, Qur'aan)

"He has come to you as a Noor of Allah and a Man of this book"

The above Hadith Literature and Quraa'nic Ayat clearly prove the Nooraniyat of Muhammad Salal lahu alay he wasalam. He (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) was indeed light (Noor).

The Wahabis and other misguided people use the following verse from the Qur'aan to weakly try and counter all what has been mentioned above:

"Kalu bashrun mithlukum yuha alay"
(Surah Fassilat 6:41)

"Say Oh Beloved I am a Man like you who is divinely inspired"

What people seem to miss in this above verse, is that although the Holy Prophet (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) came to us in the form of a man, He was not a man (Bashar) like us!

The misguided claim that He (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) was a man "exactly like us" (Astagfirullah).

The verse says that He (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) was 'divinely inspired' (By Allah!).. and please tell me, who could ever claim to be 'divinely inspired' to the supreme levels of Imaam-ul-Anbiya (Leader of all the Prophets) (Salal lahu alay he wasalam)? Undoubtedly Nobody.

Firstly, if Pyaari Mustafa (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) came to us in His original Noori (Light) form, then how could He (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) have set an effective example to us?

What would the people have said to this Noori Prophet who prayed 5 times a day, went Hajj, gave Zakat, kept all these fasts etc? that we cannot do what He can do, He is an Angelic kind of supreme Prophet and we are only mere humans..

But because the Prophet (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) was sent by Allah (Azzawajal) to us in the form of a man; it was only then we could actually relate and seek example from Him (Salal lahu alay he wasalam)....and what an example He was..'the Emblem of Perfection' (Salal lahu alay he wasalam)

When Allah (Azzawajal) spoke to Musa a.s (as recorded in the Qur'aan) He said:

"Ya Musa Inee ana Rabbuk"
(Qur'aan)

"Oh Musa, I am your Lord"

Allah (Azzawajal) spoke to Musa a.s from the burning bush, which was on earth (as in the Qur'aan)...but did anyone say that Allah is a tree? even though Allah speaks from a tree, as stated by Allah in the Qur'aan?? No.

When Hazrat Maryam (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh) was about to become pregnant with the Prophet Isa (Ala Nabiyyina Wa Alaihis Salatu Wasslam), the Noori Angel, Hazrat Jibraeel-e-Ameen a.s. came to Her (as metioned in the Qur'aan). How did he come to her, do you know? Allah states that Jibraeel a.s came in the form of a Bashar! (as a man!):


"Fata matha-la-laha basharan sawee-aa"
(Qur'aan)


Who is saying this? Allah Says it! Where? in the Qur'aan!- but did anyone ever say that Jibraeel a.s was a bashar? Even though Allah says that Jibraeel a.s came as a Bashar in the Qur'aan?? No!


LIKEWISE, WE DO NOT DENY THAT RASOOL (SALAL LAHU ALAY HE WASALAM) CAME AS A BASHAR! BUT WE DO NOT SAY THAT HE IS A BASHAR LIKE US!

OUR REALITY IS BASHARIAT! (MANHOOD), BUT JUST AS JIBRAEEL A.S CAME IN THE FORM OF A MAN YET PRESERVED HIS REAL ESSENCE, IN THE SAME WAY RASOOLALLAH (SALAL LAHU ALAY HE WASALAM) CAME IN THE FORM OF A MAN AND PRESERVED HIS REAL ESSENCE.


WHAT IS HIS REAL ESSENCE? NOOR:

"Kad jaa akum minallah hi noorun wa kitaabun mubeen"
(Surah Ma'idah 5:15, Qur'aan)

"He has come to you as a Noor of Allah and a Man of this book"

From the time of Rasoolallah (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) till now, it has always been known that the Prophet (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) is Noor and this fact has never been disputed. Only recent modern day innovations (over the last hundred years or so) since the Wahabi movement have suggested otherwise.

e.g. Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh) who was a heavyweight Mujtahid/Muhaddith of his time, lived near the time of the Prophet (Salal lahu alay he wasalam). He (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh) wrote in his Tafsir (Ver Famous- Tafsir Jalalayn); which was one of the earliest exergues of commentary on the Holy Qur'aan, that Rasoolallah (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) was infact Noor.

Imam Suyuti (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh) knew 100,000 hadith by heart with the full chains of narration (Sanad) and was known to have authored over 600 great books on Islam.

Because modern innovations suggect otherwise, you will find that all the earliest exergues (or books and opinions) near the time of Rasool (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) and 'The Salaf (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh)' (The 3 Holiest Generations that lived directly with and after the Prophet Elayhi Salaam; The Sahaba (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh) The Tabieen (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh) and the Taba-Tabieen (RadiAllahu tal'ala Anh)) always suggest exactly the same; that Rasool Elayhi Salaam was infact Noor.

Afterall, whats so hard to believe? considering that even our own Rooh inside of us which is also made of 'Noor'!, makes our own makeup, partially Noor! This makes the whole ideal, alot easier to relate to.

"Ey Noor-e-Muhammad kee, Sab roshani duniya meh, sab kuch hai basheer unkaa, sadkaa tou lotaa ni dou"
(Naat-e-Rasool Elayhi Salaam)


A thing of Love:

If Rasul Elayhi Salaam was only on this Earth for sixty odd years and emitted So Much Noor on to the Duniya, as He was the one who took us out of darkness into light, then imagine the amount of Noor Muhammad-dur-Rasoolallah (Salal lahu alay he wasalam) has emitted into into the core of the earth in the last 1400 years! (as it is there in Madinah-tul-Manawarrah that our Master physically resides in His Qabr-e-Anwar!)

Subhanallah!


ALLAHUMMA SALI ALAA SAYIDINA WA MOULANA MUHAMMADIN WA ALAA ALEY SAYIDINA WA MOULANA MUHAMMADIN WA BARIK WA SALIM WA SALEY ALAY