The Jewels of Glory - 1

Jewels
The
of
Glory
A Multifaceted Study
of the Exalted Stations of
Holy Prophet Muhammad
Dr Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri

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Author: Dr Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri
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First published September 2023 [Pakistan]
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 1
THE GLORY OF MESSENGERSHIP 11
1. Knowing Allah and His Messenger Muhammad a 11
1.1 The Significance of Knowing and Believing in the Oneness
of Allah 11
1.2 The Difference between Oneness (Waḥda) and Divine
Oneness (Tawḥīd) 13
1.2.1 People took the Signs of Creation as Objects of Worship 14
1.2.2 Knowledge of Allah Based on Personal Research is not
Faith 15
1.3 The Significance of Messengership 16
1.3.1 Faith Means Knowing the Creator by the Means of the
Messenger 16
1.3.2 Belief in Tawḥīd itself Seeks the Means of Messengership 17
1.3.3 Faith is Conditional upon the Prophet’s Revelation and
not Personal Knowledge 17
1.3.4 Belief in the Veracity of Messengership Precedes Faith in
Tawḥīd 20
1.3.5 The Messenger is the Bringer of the News of Tawīd 21
1.3.6 The Prophet’s Testimony to Tawḥīd is by Direct Vision 21
1.3.7 The Umma’s Declaration of Tawḥīd is Through the
Prophet a 22
1.4 Conclusion 22
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Chapter 2
THE GLORY OF MERCY 25
2. Muhammad a the Messenger—the Mercy for all the Worlds 25
2.1 The Divine Law and the Premordiality of Mercy 25
2.2 The Interpretations of the Exegetes 27
2.3 The Views of the Exegetes 28
2.3.1 Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī 28
2.3.2 Tafsīr Basīṭ 29
2.3.3 al-Khāzin’s View 29
2.3.4 Ibn al-Qayyim 29
2.4 Mercy—the Reality and Glory of Prophet Muhammad a 30
2.5 The Prophet’s Mercy and Kindness Towards Animals and
Birds 31
2.5.1 Mercy Begets Mercy 31
2.5.2 Mercy Earns Forgiveness 32
2.5.3 Caring for a Thirsty Dog is Rewarded 33
2.5.4 Cruelty towards Animals is Punished 34
2.6 Showing Mercy to Animals 35
2.6.1 Fear Allah with Respect to Dumb Animals 36
2.6.2 The Camel’s Complaint Redressed 36
2.6.3 Helping the Camel 42
2.6.4 A Camel Venerating the Holy Prophet a by Prostrating
before him 43
2.6.5 His Mercy on the Gazelle 45
2.6.6 Mercy on Wolves 46
2.6.7 Mutilation Cursed and Forbidden 47
2.6.8 Banning Animal Fights 48
2.6.9 The Talking Cow 49
2.6.10 Showing Mercy towards Sacrificial Animals 49
2.7 Showing Mercy to Birds 51
2.8 Mercy toward Plants and Hills 53
2.8.1 The Hannāna Tree’s Crying with Love Pangs and the
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Prophet’s Mercy 53
2.8.2 Uḥud Loves Us and We Love It 61
2.9 Conclusion 63
Chapter 3
THE GLORY OF BEING AN EYEWITNESS FOR ALL THE
PROPHETS f AND THEIR PEOPLE 65
3.1 The Messenger a is a Witness to the Creator and the Creation 65
3.2 Premordiality of the Prophet’s Witness 67
3.3 The Prophet a is an Eyewitness (Shāhid) to All the
Prophets and their People 69
3.4 Prophet Muhammad, the Witness a 75
3.5 The Witness and the Witnessed 79
3.6 Two Glories of Witness 82
3.7 Ḥassān b. Thābit on Witness 84
3.8 Conclusion 85
Chapter 4
THE GLORY OF LIGHT 87
4.1 The Creation of Muhammad’s a Light 87
4.2 Sayyida Āmina’s Perception of Muhammad’s a Light 90
4.3 Ibn ʿAbbās k 92
4.4 Kaʿb al-Aḥbār 93
4.5 Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī g on the Reality of
Muhammad a 94
4.6 Imam al-Qasṭallānī 98
4.7 al-Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī’s Comments 99
4.8 Al-Khaṭīb Abū al-Rabūʿ Muḥammad Ibn al-Layth 100
4.9 Conclusion 103
Chapter 5
THE GLORY OF TRANSCENDENCE AND THE DIVINE
FUNCTIONS 107
5.1 Allah Declares His Messenger’s Actions His Own 107
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5.1.1 Speech 108

5.1.2 Act of Smiting 108
5.1.3 Islam 108
5.1.4 Pleasing 108
5.1.5 Bestowal 109
5.1.6 Bounty 109
5.1.7 Favour 110
5.1.8 Observing Proprieties 110
5.1.9 Veneration 110
5.1.10 Allegiance 111
5.1.11 Responding to Calls 111
5.1.12 Ownership 112
5.1.13 Obedience 112
5.1.14 Disobedience 113
5.1.15 Defiance 114
5.1.16 Disavowement 114
5.1.17 Declaration 115
5.1.18 Hurting 115
5.1.19 Lowering Voice 115
5.1.20 Love 116
5.1.21 Followership 116
5.1.22 Inviting 117
5.1.23 Ill will 118
5.1.24 Forbiddance 118
5.1.25 Judgement 119
5.1.26 War 119
5.2 The Use of the Singular Personal Pronoun for Allah and
His Messenger a 121
5.3 Conclusion 122
Chapter 6
THE GLORY OF THE UMMĪ PROPHET s 125
6.1 Al-Nabī al-Ummī 125
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6.2 The Denotations of the word ‘al-Ummī’ 128

6.3 The Transcendent Knowledge and the Morality of the
Prophet a 131
6.4 Umm and Ummī 132
6.4.1 Root and Origin 132
6.4.2 al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ 133
6.4.3 al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ and the Messenger’s Protected Heart 133
6.4.4 Umm al-Qurā and the Nabī al-Ummī 134
6.4.5 al-Nabī al-Ummī and All-Inclusiveness 134
6.5 The Application of Ummī—the Teacher of Humanity 135
6.6 Conclusion 137
Chapter 7
THE GLORY OF EXCELLENT MORALITY 139
7.1 The Qurʾān and the Qurʾānic Morality 139
7.2 Allah’s Favour to Humanity 140
7.3 Al-Nabī al-Ummī 142
7.4 The Denotations of the word ‘al-Ummī’ 143
7.5 The Transcendent Knowledge and the Morality of the
Prophet a 145
7.6 ‘Al-Nabī al-Ummī’, the Qurʾān and Qurʾānic Morality 146
7.7 The Phenomenology of the Manifestation of the Holy
Prophet’s Qurʾānic Morality 148
7.8 The Qurʾānic Revelations and the Corresponding
Prophetic Morality Synchronized 149
7.9 He is Placed on the Most Exalted Seat of Character 151
7.10 Conclusion 153
Chapter 8
THE GLORY OF MIRACLES 155
8.1 The Miracle Incarnate 156
8.2 The Sanctity of His Lineage 157
8.3 The Holy Prophet’s Exalted Station 160
8.4 His Noble Character 168
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8.5 His Miracalous Speech 171

8.6 Miracle of Sight 180
8.7 His Celestial Miracles 187
8.8 His Miracle of the Night of Ascension 195
8.9 His Miracle of the Qurʾān 202
8.10 His Miracles in the Terrestrial Realm 206
8.11 The Transcendent Occurrences in His Life 227
8.12 Conclusion 231
BIBLIOGRAPHY 235

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5.1.1 Speech 108

6.2 The Denotations of the word ‘al-Ummī’ 128

8.5 His Miracalous Speech 171

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