Muhammad pbuhap the Appearance of Allah in Faran

In the Dua of Semat narrated from the Imams pbut,

“...And I ask you my Lord...by Your glory that appeared on Mount Sinai, that You spoke through to Your servant and messenger Moses son of Imran pbuh, by the rise of You in Mount Seir^[1], and the appearance of You in the Mount of Faran^[2]...”^[3]

The rise of Allah in Mount Seir is through Jesus pbuh, and the appearance of Allah in Mount Faran is through Muhammad pbuhap.

It is essential to notice that the phrases of the dua are ranked in an ascending order, from a prophet whom Allah spoke to that is Moses pbuh, to a prophet exemplifying the rise of Allah that is Jesus pbuh, to a prophet exemplifying the appearance of Allah that is Muhammad pbuhap.

And the difference between the rise and the appearance is that the rise is the partial revelation and appearance, meaning that the rise is a lower ranking manifestation than the appearance, so both Jesus pbuh and Muhammad pbuhap have represented Allah swt within the creation, however, Jesus pbuh in a rank lower than Muhammad pbuhap, and the dispatch of Jesus pbuh was essential for paving the way for the appearance and the dispatch of Muhammad pbuhap who represented Allah within the creation, so Muhammad pbuhap was truly the successor of Allah.

And if we returned to the origin and the beginning of creation, we would find Allah swt addressing the angels by:

{“I am placing on earth a successor.”}^[4]

Even though Adam was the successor of Allah, as were the rest of the prophets and successors pbut, the goal to be reached is the True successor of Allah, meaning the person who is a complete successor of Allah swt, therefore reflects the Divinity in the mirror of his existence in a more complete and more perfect manner than all the prophets and successors pbut.

The goal to be reached is to be a person who oscillates between the self and the state of being human and the Divinity and the Divine Self. Abu Basir asked Abu Abdullah pbuh:

He said, “May my soul be your ransom, how many times was the Messenger of Allah pbuhap taken for ascension?”

The Imam pbuh said, “It happened twice. Gabriel asked him to stop at a place saying, ‘Wait right there Oh Muhammad, you have stood at a place whereat no angel or prophet has ever stood before you. Your Lord Is praying.’

He asked, ‘Oh Gabriel, how does He pray?’

[Gabriel] said, ‘He says, ‘The Glorious, the Holy, I am the Lord of the angels and the Spirit. My mercy exceeds my anger.’’

The [Holy Prophet] pbuhap then said, ‘Oh Lord, I beg Your forgiveness, I beg Your forgiveness.’

The Imam pbuh said, ‘It was as Allah has said, {until he was as close to him as the length of two bows, or even less.}’^[5]

Abu Basir then asked, ‘May my soul be your ransom, what is {the length of two bows, or even less}?’^[6]

The Imam pbuh said, ‘It is the distance between the arch and the head of the bow.’

The Imam pbuh then said, ‘Between them there was a barrier that shined and oscillated...,’ until he said, ‘It was chrysolite. He looked into the light of Greatness the size of the eye of a needle or so that Allah willed.

Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, said, ‘Oh Muhammad.’

He said, ‘Yes, my Lord.’

He said, ‘Who will be after you to guide your followers?’

He said, ‘Allah knows best.’

He said, ‘Ali bin Abu Talib will be the Prince of Believers, the master of the Muslims, the leader of the ones marked with brightness on their foreheads [from prostration].’’

The narrator has said then that Abu Abdullah pbuh said to Abu Basir, ‘Oh Abu Muhammad, by Allah, the allegiance of the Prince of Believers Ali pbuh did not come from earth but it came from the heavens by words clearly spoken.’”^[7]

At the time when Muhammad pbuhap does pass away in the divine self, none remains but Allah the One the Conqueror, and none remains but light with no darkness within, that is Allah swt, so the veil will be lifted for that servant until he knew Allah as He should be known. That servant alone, can introduce Allah to the creation in a true and complete manner. Also, that servant alone is the complete successor of Allah, which in him, the Divinity or the Divine Self was manifested as perfectly as possible for a human.

To clarify this more, I will cite this example: If a person had a factory which had machines and workers. If he managed that factory by himself, the production yield would be one-hundred percent (100%). It then occurred to this person to make another person succeed him in managing that factory, so he found another human who is capable of managing this factory. However, if he did not supervise that person by himself, the production yield would be eighty percent (80%), so supervision is required from him to maintain a complete production yield (one hundred percent). He then found another person who is more qualified than the one before, but supervision is still required, otherwise the production yield would be (90%), so he made him his successor and supervised him and his work for the production yield to be maintained at one hundred percent (100%).

He then finally found a human similar to him, as if he is a reflection of his, who is capable of managing the factory and with no supervision maintains the production yield at one hundred percent (100%), so he made him his successor upon the factory and gave him the option to do with it as he wills, because his will is nothing other than the will of the factory owner. Now supervision over this complete successor by the factory owner would be in vain.

The one who hears about the fire, knows as much as he has heard about it, and the one who sees it, knows as much as he has seen of it. As for the one whom a part of him burns by the fire, knows it in Truth, but as much as he burnt by it. As for the one who burns by the fire completely, knows it in Truth and complete to the level where you can not distinguish him from the fire, as he becomes a part of it,

{Blessed is whosoever is in the fire and whosoever is around it. And Praise be unto Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.}^[8]

{As for these examples, We cite them for mankind, and none will grasp their meaning but the wise.}^[9]

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