The Powers of Hearth (Heart) and Soul (Soil)
by Yasmine Fatemi
In the name of Allah the Exhalted, the Most
High, the Beneficient the Intensely Merciful
As Salaam un Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatu Ya Imam e Zaman Ya Adriknii Ya
Ajal!
May the eternal Blessings of Allah (swt) be
upon Muhammad (pbuh) and his Progeny, The
Ahul Bayt, The Imams and The Mahdis (as)
Allah humma sale'Allah Muhammadin wa'ale
Muhammad Wal aemma wal mahdiyeen
wasalim tasleemun katheeraRabbi Sharli Sadri
wa yasirli amri oghdatan min la sani yaf qahu
qawli
"I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
'Allah created Adam from a handful that He
gathered from the entire earth, so the sons of
Adam come like the earth. Some of them are
red, some are white, some are black and
some are in between. Some of them are easy,
some of them are difficult, some are evil and
some are good." Hadith
Adam was created from the earth from its
dust. An angel was sent to earth from the
heavens by Allah for this purpose for the
gathering of dust from the entire earth.
The dust was then mixed with water to form
mud, which then became black mud that was
sticky (viscous). This dust was created from
the earth that is partly sand and so when it is
mixed and dries it becomes sounding clay, like
the clay of pottery.
"Verily, We created them of a sticky clay"
(Qur'an 37:11)
"And indeed, We created man from dried
(sounding) clay of altered mud" (Qur'an
15:26)
Then the wind was sent upon the clay and it
dried out it out, until it became clay like
pottery. Then it was given shape and limbs
and faculties, and each part of it was given a
shape suited to its purpose. Then Allah
breathed Adam's spirit (that was created by
Allah) into Adam and completed his creation.
When He had finished He commanded the
angels to prostrate to Adam (not as a form of
worship, since this is only for Allah, but in
recognition of the higher status of mankind
above other creation and as an act of
obedience towards Allah).
"(Remember) when your Lord said to the
angels: 'Truly, I am going to create man from
clay. So when I have fashioned him and
breathed into him (his) soul created by Me,
then you fall down prostrate to him.' So the
angels prostrated themselves, all of them,
Except Iblis (Satan), he was proud and was
one of the disbelievers" (Qur'an 38:71-74)