#nurmuhammad

Nur / Light of Muhammad ﷺ Imagine The darkness of pre-eternity Of Allah alone in His Majesty Imagine a Sweet Secret Reality An overflowing Hidden Mystery With no witness.  No eye to gaze No tongue to praise No-one to prostrate No earth No slave. Then one day In a time before days Allah called into being A Light so magnificent It could set the universe ablaze Except, the universe had not yet been made. Just the Lord and the light of Muhammad ﷺ Before Adam was between spirit and clay Before the sacred pen was commanded to write And the holy tablet was still a blank page Allah was alone with His beloved ﷺ In a realm of Pure Grace. The knowers say For thousands years he praised The only One worthy to be praised Ahmad is his name in the heavens Because he embodied the essence of praise And from the Light of Allah Came the light of His slave And from the light His slave All of creation was made. Nur of Muhammad ﷺ Draped upon the universe like a cape So when they say “Let there there be Light” We say, that light had a name Ya Muhammad! ﷺ  The very same name That Adam saw engraved On the Throne of Al Hayy Through which he sought forgiveness After the slip that he made And after he was forgiven Allah told our father Adam If it were not for Muhammad You would not have been made. Nur of Muhammad ﷺ Poured upon the universe like liquid flames Shards of his light Each of our hearts contain The part of our hearts that remain in praise Even when our limbs have gone astray And we’ve forgotten the way And we struggle to pray.

Ya RasulAllah, We love you

More than we have the ability to articulate

Most times our actions don’t match our claim

Yet still your light, illuminates our way.

And from his light the sun was made Turning darkness to day. There are some who’ve swallowed his flame You can see it in their face Their skin is dripping with his Nur May we always be under their gaze. And on Judgement Day When all are in pursuit of Allah’s shade May we flock to Muhammad ﷺ And may he know our names And may he recognise our face And lead us back to the Presence of Allah And may our paradise Be an existence of perfumed praise

Among the most famous hadiths, the Prophet ﷺ said:

“Iman is to believe in Allah ﷻ, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and to believe in destiny, the good and the bad of it.” (Sahih Muslim)

But true faith is not only belief in the unseen—it transforms the heart and character. In another hadith, the Prophet ﷺ said:

“None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” (Bukhari & Muslim)

Shaykh Nurjan teaches that when Iman enters the heart, it radiates as light upon the face, brings humility, sincerity, and a deep sense of self-accountability (muraqabah).

The companions described the Prophet ﷺ as the shining moon, and the Sufi path teaches that when the heart is filled with Iman, the face reflects this light. Submission, humility, and knowing oneself (“Who knows himself knows his Lord”) are all signs of faith. If the heart is pure and the ego is tamed, the light of Iman becomes visible in one’s actions and presence.

May Allah ﷻ increase your Iman and make your heart a vessel of Divine light! For deeper reflection, see:

• “The Way of the Rising Sun” (on the journey of faith and light)

• “Spiritual Secrets of Guidance: Tafsir Surah Kahf Part 3” (on the signs of guidance and faith)

• “Sincere Love is the Real Ticket to Heavens” (on love as a sign of Iman)

(all at nurmuhammad.com)

What signs of Iman do you feel most drawn to cultivate in your own heart and actions? How do you recognize the light of faith in yourself or others?