Lady Fatima (a.s), a Pillar of Guidance
By: Mufeed
Allah (swt) Has
Created all things
good, but when
creation was
tested, only a few
proved
determined and
steadfast enough
to become
gateways to His
(swt) Mercy.
Imagine you are
climbing a
mountain, and
you were given a
backpack full of
mountain
climbing gear so
you are fully
prepared. You
have no cause to
complain of
deficiency, but
you are distracted
from your path by
something and
you give your
focus to
something else.
Now your foot
slips and you are
scrambling to
hold on to the
cliff. Maybe you
will fall and crash
to the bottom of
the mountain and
be lost forever
more. Or maybe
you will appeal in
that moment of
crisis to Allah
(swt), the
Forgiver, and beg
for His
forgiveness
through the
Gateways of His
Divine Mercy. And the Gateway of
Mercy, Pillar of Guidance will
extend their hand and help you up
again.
And Imam Ahmad al-Hassan (a.s)
has said in al Mutashabbihat (The
Allegories); “And the three names,
(Allah, Al Rahman, Al Raheem) in
Divinity or the Divine self are
pillars to the Greatest, Greatest,
Greatest name (Huwa),and the three
names consider the Divine city of
perfection Allah, the exterior of the
door and its interior, Al Rahman Al
Raheem. And these three names in
creation are Muhammad, Ali and
Fatima or the city of knowledge:
Muhammad and its exterior of the
door and interior are, Ali and
Fatima (pbut respectively). And
these three names are the pillars of
the Greatest, Greatest, Greatest
name (Allah, Al Rahman, Al
Raheem) .
17.110] Say: Call upon Allah or call
upon Al Rahman; whichever you
call upon, He has the best names;
And these three names which are
(Muhammad, Ali and Fatima (a.s)
are the greatest name, so
Muhammad (sawas) is from Allah,
so he is the book of Allah, he even is
Allah (swt) in creation. Ali ibn abi
Talib andFatima (as), are from the
mercy of Allah, so they are Al
Rahman and Al Raheem.
[19.50] And We granted to them of
Our mercy (Rahmatuna), and We
left (behind them) a truthful
mention of eminence for them."
So we see that the Prophet (s.a.w),
Ali (a.s) and Fatima (a.s) are the
Pillars of Mercy, as Imam Ahmad Al
Hassan (a.s) says with regards to the
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