Creation of Effulgence (Noor) Ibn Babawayh (r.

Creation of Effulgence (Noor) Ibn Babawayh (r.a.) has through his chains of narrators, narrated that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said: His Eminence, Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said that the Almighty Allah created Prophet’s Noor 424000 years before the creation of the heavens and the earth and Arsh (Throne) and Kursi and Lauh and Qalam and Paradise and Hell and all prophets.

Then from the same Noor He created twelve veils, that is, the veil of Power ( Qudrat ), the veil of Greatness ( Azmat ), the veil of Grace ( Minnat ), the veil of Mercy ( Rahmat ), the veil of Bliss ( Saadat ), the veil of Wonder ( Karamat ), the veil of Status ( Manzilat ), the veil of Guidance ( Hidayat ), the veil of Prophethood ( Nubuwwat ), the veil of Loftiness ( Rafat ), the veil of Awe ( Haibat ), and veil of Intercession ( Shafat ).

He kept this holy light in the veils of Might for twelve thousand years. It was reciting, “Glory to the Lord, the Almighty Allah,” therein.

Then He kept it in the veil of Power for eleven thousand years during which it was reciting “Glory to be to the One Who knows the mysteries.” He kept it in the Hijab of Minnat for ten thousand years during which it used to recite, “Glory to be to the One Who is permanent and not transient.” Then He kept it in the veil of Rahmat for nine thousand years and it continued to recite, “Glory to be to the High and Exalted,” and placed it in the veil of Saadat for eight thousand years when it used to recite, “Glory to be to the One Who is eternal and not temporary.

Then He placed it in the veil of Karamat for seven thousand years when it recited, “Glory to be to the One Who is self-sufficient and not needy.” Then He kept in the veil of Manzilat for six thousand years when it continued to recite “Glory be to the one who is knowing and great”.