فَمَا زِلْنَا فِي ظُلَّةٍ خَضْرَاءَ حَيْثُ لَا شَمْسَ وَ لَا...

فَمَا زِلْنَا فِي ظُلَّةٍ خَضْرَاءَ حَيْثُ لَا شَمْسَ وَ لَا قَمَرَ وَ لَا لَيْلَ وَ لَا نَهَارَ وَ لَا عَيْنَ تَطْرِفُ نَعْبُدُهُ وَ نُقَدِّسُهُ وَ نُسَبِّحُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ So, we -asws did not cease to be in the green shade when there was neither a sun, nor a moon, nor a night, nor a day, and we -asws did not cease to worship Him -azwj , and Extol His -azwj Holiness, and Glorify Him -azwj before He -azwj Created His -azwj creation.

(Complete Hadith and a similar one are given in Appendix I) In a Hadith e Qudsi, it is: وَ قِيلَ لِلْحَبِيبِ ص لَوْلَاكَ‏ لَمَا خَلَقْتُ‏ الْأَفْلَاكَ‏ and Allah -azwj said to the Beloved (Prophet Mohammed -saww ): Had it not been for you -saww , I -azwj would not have Created the skies.

[1] Allah -azwj Says, Noor of Mohammed -saww his progeny -asws is from My -azwj Noor: مع: المكتب، عن الوراق، عن بشر بن سعيد، عن عبد الجبار بن كثير، عن محمد بن حرب الهلالي أمير المدينة، عن الصادق عليه السلام قال: إن محمدا ” وعليا ” صلوات الله عليهما كانا نورا ” بين يدي الله جل جلاله قبل خلق الخلق بألفي عام، وإن الملائكة لما رأت ذلك النور رأت له أصلا ” وقد انشعب منه شعاع لامع، فقالت: إلهنا وسيدنا ما هذا النور؟ Al-Maktab, from Al Waraq, from Bashr Bin Saeed, from Abdul Jabbar Bin Kaseer, from Muhammad Bin Harb Al Hilaly, the governor of Medina, ‘From Al-Sadiq -asws having said: ‘Muhammad -saww and Ali -asws were both Noor in front of Allah -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Majesty, before the Creation of the creation by two thousand years, and when the Angels saw that ‘النور’ ( Noor) , saw an origin for it, and the brilliant beams had spread out from it, they said, ‘Our God -azwj and our Master!

What is this ‘النور’ Noor ?’ فأوحى الله عزوجل إليهم: هذا نور من نوري أصله نبوة وفرعه إمامة، فأما النبوة فلمحمد عبدي ورسولي، وأما الامامة فلعلي حجتي ووليي، ولولاهما ما خلقت خلقي . Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to them (angels): ‘ هذا نور من نوري ’ “This is a Noor from My -azwj Noor . Its origin is Prophet-hood, and its branch is Imamate.

As for the Prophet-hood, it is for Muhammad -saww , My -azwj servant, and My -azwj Rasool -saww ; and as for the Imamate, it is for Ali -asws , My -azwj Divine Authority and My -azwj Guardian, and had it not been for them -asws both, I -azwj would not have Created My -azwj creatures’’.

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