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IMAM ALI (AS), THE UNIQUE PERSONALITY IN ISLAM
The light of
Panjetan was created by Allah
thousands of years before
Prophet Adam was created. There
is a Hadees-e-Qudsi that Allah
addressed Prophet Muhammad (P)
saying that the universe was
created but for him (P).
Hadees-e-Qudsi are those Divine
messages from Allah to Prophet
Muhammad (P) which are not part
of the Holy Qur’an. Panjetan’s
light was placed on the fore
head of Prophet Adam, when he
was created. At that time, when
angels questioned Adam’s
creation, Allah tested their
knowledge about the names, in
which they failed but Prophet
Adam recognized those names
which were the names of
Panjetan. Hence, this light
traveled through the pure
prophets to Abdul Mutallib(AS)
when it was divided into two
parts; one part passed through
Abdullah (AS) to Prophet
Muhammad (P) and the other part
passed through Abu Talib (AS) to
Imam Ali (AS).
There is a
well known hadees in which
Prophet Muhammad (P) said “I and
Ali are from one and the same
light (noor). Hence for forty
years, Prophet Muhammad (P)
lived with the idol worshippers
of Makka and established his
reputation as “The Most
Truthful” and
“The Most
Trustworthy”. The Prophet(P)
told the idol worshippers that
there is a huge army behind the
mountain will they believe him.
They replied in affirmative and
said that he had never told a
lie in their life time.
Whereupon he advised them to
believe in Allah’s unity and
follow Islam. They rejected his
advice.Then Allah commanded him
to openly invite his kin’s.
The first
meeting of Islam was hosted by
Abu Talib (AS). This is called “Dawat-e-Zul
Ashira). The
Prophet Muhammad (P) delivered a
sermon and sought help and
assistance in propagating Islam.
He also promised that whoever
assisted will be his vicegerent
and successor after him. No one
responded except Imam Ali (AS)
who was a young man of eleven or
twelve years.
Imam Ali (AS)
kept his promise throughout his
life at a great cost of enmity
which is still prevalent. After
his martyrdom, every member of
his family paid dearly to
protect Islam.
It is
generally agreed by every
judicious scholars that the
addressee of “Ya Aiyyuhal
Lazeena Amano” or “O’ The
Faithful” in Holy Quran is Imam
Ali (as). As per the book
Kaukab-e-Durree,
compiled by a Sunni scholar,
Syed Muhammad Saleh Kashfi
AlHanafi such verses occurred
300 times. Imam Ali (AS) himself
said that one fourth of Holy
Qur’an was revealed in praise of
Aal-e-Muhammad, one fourth
against our enemies one fourth
about the past prophets and one
fourth about commandments.
Further, the above scholar had
compiled 161 ahadees by Prophet
Muhammad (P) in which he had
praised Imam Ali (AS).
Imam Ali (AS)
excelled in superlative degrees
in all the noble qualities of
knowledge, bravery,
philanthropy, eloquence,
worshipping, kindness,
magnanimity, judicial expertise
etc. That was the reason that a
group of people, Nusairites,
treated him as god.
Imam Ali (AS)
was the standard bearer in
almost all the military missions
during the life time of Prophet
Muhammad (P). The importance of
being the standard bearer may be
imagined when at the Battle of
Khyber, Prophet Muhammad (P)
promised to give the standard to
the most brave person and that
Allah and his Prophet will love
him. The companions of the
Prophet (P) did not sleep the
whole night and prayed for it.
Imam Ali(AS)
was born on Friday in the Holy
Kaba in the year 30 year after
the year of elephant .His mother
Fatima Binte Asad (SA) was near
the Kaba when the signs of his
birth became evident when she
prayed to Allah for help for the
sake of the unborn. A crack
appeared in the wall of Kaba and
she entered inside. The crack is
still there in spite of every
effort to erase it. Imam Ali was
born in side Kaba and became the
unique person in history to have
been born in the most sacred
place on earth. He did not open
his eyes for three days till
Prophet Mohammad (P) took him in
his arms then only he opened his
eyes and first thing he saw was
the sacred face of the Prophet
(P).
As soon as he
opened his eyes he started
reciting Divine Script.
In Medina, a
huge snake was wandering around.
Imam Ali’ (AS) mother stepped
out for a very short time when
the snake entered the house and
tried to crawl upon Imam Ali’
(AS) cradle when he caught the
snake and tore apart its mouth.
When Fatima Binte Asad (SA)
returned and saw the dead snake
she exclaimed “My son is Haider”
The Prophet
Muhammad (P) had given his
tongue into Imam Ali’(AS) mouth
at the time of his birth hence
his body drew strength from it
and it corroborate Prophet’s (P)
saying
“Your flesh
is my flesh”. The Prophet (P)
raised Imam Ali as there was
famine in Medina.
Imam Ali (AS) grew under the
Prophet’s (P) patronage and he
followed the Prophet (P) every
where. As he narrates it in
Nahjul Balagha “I would follow
the Prophet (P) like a baby
camel would follow its mother
and could smell the scent of
Prophecy and hear the words of
revelations …..” |
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