Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

205-206

Thus, Allah Almighty first grew the Tree of the Anwaar of Quran through the Seed of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) in the vindictive-less chaste blessed bosom of the Holy Prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam. Its situation was like this that when the Seed of the of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) demanded to grow and expand inside the blessed body of the Holy Prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam and he sensed the indications for receiving Wahi (Divine Revelation sent through Angel Gabriel Alaihis-Salaam), that is, like Hazrat Maryam (Marry) Salamun Alaiha, when he directly felt the heaviness of the conceiving the Wahi in his Inward (esoteric) abdomen, and in the light of 'and she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a place (19:22)', he withdrew to desert and wild and in a cave called Cave Hira, away from the inhabitation, he sat in recluse like Eitikaaf and in order to wait for the maturation enough and for waiting till the process of conceiving and birth completes for that Spiritual Esa, he used to repeatedly go there and sit there for many days in a row. At last, that day arrived when Hazrat Gabriel Alaihis-Salaam came there with water of the Elixir of Life taken from the Ocean of Anwaar filled in his bosom to water that Noori Seed of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) and pressed his blessed bosom with his bosom and said: 'Iqra', that is, 'Read'. he says that he said in reply that 'Ana Laisa Bi Qari', that is, I am not literate'. Thus, Hazrat Gabriel Ameen Alaihis-Salaam, for three times, firmly hugged his bosom and for the three time he replied 'Ana Laisa Bi Qari', that is, I am not literate'. Saying these words implied that water is reaching the Seed but that Noori Tree of Quran has not yet germinated. Thus, when at the last time, Hazrat Gabriel Ameen Alaihis-Salaam, said 'Read' and pressed his blessed bosom with his bosom, this first verse of the Holy Quran automatically came out of his truth revealing blessed tongue in these words:

Read: in the name of your Lord who created. Created man from a clot. Read: And your Lord is the Most Bounteous. Who taught by the pen. Taught man (96:1-2-3-4-5)

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In short,

Read: in the name of your Lord who created. (96:1)

this first verse of the Holy Quran is clearly telling that O Muhammad! Read the Holy Quran in the Name of your Lord. That is, the thing for which Hazrat Gabriel Ameen Alaihis-Salaam was enjoining upon was the Noori Text of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ). Many people raise objection at this instance that the Holy Prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam was unlettered and at that time there no sign of the Holy Quran was present nor did Hazrat Gabriel Ameen Alaihis-Salaam had any tangible thing to read with him concerning which he was emphasizing again and again. Hence, that was the Noori Text of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) for the Visualization, that is, for Inwardly reading and Inscribing which Hazrat Gabriel Ameen Alaihis-Salaam was emphasizing to the Holy Prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam again and again. Thus, that is, O Muhammad! Read the Holy Quran with the Auspiciousness (and blessing) of the Name of your Lord. Hence, there is a clear hint towards the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) in the words 'Bi Ismi Rabbika' (in the Name of your Lord) that O Muhammad! Now of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) has grown from your bosom and is taking the form of the Tree of Quran; now read the Quran and not only eat the fruits of its learning, science, mysteries and Anwaar yourself but also give these to your (Inwardly) dead people to eat until the day of Doom. In this way the Tree of the Holy Quran took birth from the Noori Seed of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) from the blessed soil of the body of Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam.

Like as sown corn that sends forth its shoot and strengthens it and rises firm upon its stalk (48:29)

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Thus, this weighty Trust of the Holy Quran, transferred to the blessed clear bosom of the Holy Prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam from Allah Almighty and through the means of Hazrat Gabriel Ameen Alaihis-Salaam. This was that weighty and substantial Trust for bearing which the earth and heavens had shrunk.

Allah Almighty says: Lo! We offered the trust to heavens and the earth and the hills, but they shrank from bearing it and were afraid of it. And man assumed it. Lo! He has proved a tyrant and a fool (33:72)

That is, man proved a tyrant and a fool (in favor of his Nafs ).