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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Hazrat Zahra (s.a) and the Heart - Rending Episode of Fadak Instead of a Preface: Introduction Introduction: Fatimah Zahra (p.b.u.h.) and the “Night of Divine Decrees” [^1] After the completion of this booklet I was thinking of writing a preface for it that would be both an articulation of the magnificence of this great lady of the world of humanity, and also be closely related to the books’ contents.

Nothing occurred to me than the traditions of the Pure Imams (p.b.u.h.), which were related to their mother Zahra (p.b.u.h.). I opened Volume forty three of the book “Bihar-al-Anwar” and my eyes fell upon this sentence, in which Imam Sadiq (p.b.u.h.) said in a tradition recorded in the commentary of “Forat-bin-Ibrahim” speaking of the meaning of the Quranic verse: English Interpretation: “The night of (Qadr), i.e.

Divine Decrees is Fatimah (p.b.u.h.), therefore whoever knows Fatimah (p.b.u.h.) well has understood the Night of Divine Decrees, and the reason for Fatimah being named Fatimah is that mankind has been “Prevented from obtaining” her acquaintance!”[^2] (Bihar-al-Anwar; volume 43, page 65; tradition 58) (Interpretation by the Translator) I saw that this was a very unusual interpretation! Fatimah (p.b.u.h) is the very Night of Divine Decrees.

Anyone Who really knows Fatimah (p.b.u.h.) as she is, has understood. the Night of Divine Decrees. Very few persons have known Fatimah (p.b.u.h.) as she is and was. We know that Quranic verses have a literal meaning and a figurative meaning, and many interpretations.

Without a doubt the literal interpretation of the chapter “Qadr” tells of the night in which the Holy Quran was descended upon the pure heart of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.), and in which the divine decrees (destinies) of human beings are ascertained for a year, according to Divine Wisdom. As such, what was said in the tradition above is a figurative interpretation of this chapter’s meaning, or the second meaning of the chapter “ghadr”.

And what a close relationship there is between the existence of “The lady of Islam” and the “Night of Divine Decrees”. The Night of Divine Decrees is (the disguised or unknown of “Qadr”), undoubtedly this great Lady, who the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) would call a part of his flesh and reckoned her pleasure to cause God’s pleasure, and her anger God’s anger, is also the disguised or unknown of Qadr.