Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

323-324

However, if a lamp has oil and wick etcetera but in order to light it, another lamp which is already burning is needed. Same like this, in order to light the Inwardly Lamp of heart, an Inwardly Lit Lamp is essentially required and there is no other option besides this.

The parable of the body of a Kaamil Human Being in which is lit the Noori Lamp of the Name Allah has been given by Allah Almighty in this way in the Holy Quran:

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is as (if) a niche and within it a lamp, the lamp is in glass, the glass as it were a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the East nor of the West whose oil would almost glow forth though no fire touched it. Light upon Light! Allah guides to His Light whom He wills. And Allah sets forth parables for mankind, and Allah is All-Knowledgeable of everything. (24:35)

Here the word 'Allah' is not meant for the Zaat (Essence) of Allah at all because if Allah is said the Noor of heavens and earth and He is referred to as a lamp that lights the earth and heavens then (We seek forgiveness of Allah), His Essence seems to have resemblance with the sun although He is the Creator of the earth, heavens and all that exists therein as we have already explained in detail in previous pages.

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Thus, Allah Almighty has endowed secretly a lamp of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) inside the body of Kaamil human being since the Day of Azal. The capacity and Taufeeq of Hidayat and the Noori Capability in him is like oil and in order to secure it against the disturbing opposite wind, this lamp is hanging inside the human body like a chimney and for keeping this chimney, there is a niche, that is, the chest of the Kaamil human being and the earthly body of the Kaamil human being is like a tree of olive in which this Noori Lamp is fixed and this tree is establishing as the likeness of the Tree of Toor (Mount Sinai). Hence, all the essentials of this Noori Lamp have been kept inside the human being by Allah Almighty since Azal. Now all that is needed is that another burning lamp from the wick of which it can get light and fire and in order to become lit. Hence, Allah Almighty says in the next verse:

(This lamp is found) in the houses which Allah has allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein. (24:36)

That is, Allah Almighty says that He has installed the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) like a powerhouse and electricity generating unit inside the blessed body of Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam which is illuminating the earth and heavens with its Noor and Allah Almighty had permitted and commanded that one pole of electricity and light should be installed in every house and each and every person should get a connection from this pole and connect the cable with the house of his heart so that the chamber of every heart should become illuminated and brightened with the Noor of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) and in this way the whole world should become bright with the universal fill Noor of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat )!

ABYAAT (COUPLETS) OF THE WRITER

O God! Shine the Noor-of-Muhammad everywhere,

Illuminate the whole world with the Noor of Irfaan ,

That Noor which makes every bosom (mount) Sinai and every eye blessed with power to see,

Dazzle my pen like the miracle of Yad e Beza (Luminous hand of Hazrat Musa)!