From the Al Mutashabihat:
Question 137:
It was mentioned in the
interpretation of Surat Al-Qadr
(surah 97) that Fatima (PBUH) is
Lailatul Qadr (the Night of Power)
[1], so what does this Hadith on
their authority (PBUT) mean?
The Answer: In the name of Allah,
The Benevolent, The Merciful
All praise be to Allah, Lords of the
Worlds. May the Mercy of Allah be
upon Muhammad and the progeny
of Muhammad, the Imams and the
Mahdis.
I have provided in Surat Al –Fatiha
[2], and in Al-Mutashabihat (The
Allegories) [3], previously that
Fatima (a.s) is the interior of the
door of the city, and the exterior of
the door is Ali (a.s), and the city is
Muhammad (s.a.w), parallel to the
three names: (Al-Raheem, AlRahman, Allah), for they, May the
Blessings of Allah (swt) be upon
them, are the three pillars of
guidance, and the manifestation of
the three pillars of the Greater
Name: Allah, Al-Rahman, AlRaheem.
And the entire knowledge is in the
city, so if it is wanted that [the
knowledge] may descend then [it
would descend] from the door, and
in the interior of the door first, then
from the exterior door to the
creation [4]. And the interior of the
door is Fatima, May the Blessings of
Allah (swt) be upon her, therefore
the descent is in her, and she is the
interior container of the knowledge,
and in her the knowledge was sent
down, and not in the city (The
Prophet of Allah (s.a.w), or The
Qur'an), and like I have shown
previously in Al-Mutashabihat, so
revise [5].
For the Qur'an descends in Lailatul
Qadr (the Night of Power), and the
Qur'an descends in Fatima, and
Lailatul Qadr is Fatima, and like
they (PBUT) said: (We are the proofs
of Allah and Fatima is the proof of
Allah upon us) [6], and as he (PBUH
& His Family) said: (Fatima is the
mother of her father) [7], and the
mother is the container, and Fatima
(or the interior of the door) is the
container that the Qur'an descends
in, and the Qur'an is Muhammad
(s.a.w).
And this is the second interior (or
esoteric) meaning of the hadith, on
the authority of the Rasoul Allah
(s.a.w) that Allah (swt) in the
Hadith Al-Qudsi (the sacred hadith)
that HE said: (If hadn't been for you
I wouldn't have created the orbits,
and if it hadn't been for Ali I
wouldn't have created you, and if it
hadn't been for Fatima I wouldn't
have created either of you) [8].
And Fatima is the container of the
descent of the Qur'an, for she is the
interior door of the city from which
[the knowledge] flow upon the
creation. Thus her existence is a
necessity, and by losing her the
system of creation wouldn't be
straight, because she is a pillar of
the three pillars, for she is the
container of the descent of the
Qur'an.
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[1] Abi Abdillah (PBUH) said
{Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down
during the Night of Power}, the
night is Fatima, and the Power is
Allah, for he who knew Fatima truly
then he has realized the Night of
Power, and she was named Fatima
(Abstinence) because the creation
abstained from knowing her
(meaning the creation can't know
her)
[2] Shay' Min Tafsir Al-Fatiha
(something from the interpretation
of Al-Fatiha)/Enlightenment upon
His (SWT) names.
[3] Al-Mutashabihat (The
Allegories): volume 1/question 8,
and other sources too.
[4] Hashem Ibn Abi 'Imara Al-Jinbii
said: I heard the Commander of the
Believers (PBUH) say : (I am the eye
of Allah, and I am the hand of Allah,
and I am the side of Allah, and I am
the door of Allah). Al Kafi: volume
1, page 145.
[5] Here Al-Sayyed (PBUH) shows a
new meaning to the noble Hadith,
and the first meaning of the Hadith:
(If it hadn't been f