Title: Is the Prophet peace be upon him's nur the first thing to be created? Also, was it created before Adam alayhis salam's?

Question: Is the Prophet peace be upon him's nur the first thing to be created? Also, was it created before Adam alayhis salam's?

Answer ID: 3126Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 903/876=D)

Hazrat Hakimul Ummah, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi has mentioned a Hadith in his book نشر الطیب فی ذکر النبی الحبیب صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم with reference of Ahkam bin Al-Qattan that Hazrat Ali bin Al-Hussain (Zainul Abdeen) narrated from his father Hazrat Hussain (رضی اللہ عنہ) and he narrated from his father (Hazrat Ali رضی اللہ عنہ) that the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said: ?I was a noor (light) in front of my Lord some forty thousand years before the birth of Hazrat Adam (علیہ السلام)?.

There are some more traditions which prove that the noor of the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) was created in the earliest time, some traditions say that his noor was created before the Tablet, the Pen, earth, sky and even before all creatures.