What was created first by Allah?

Huma Jabri

January 8, 2016

‘Hazrat Ibn Abdullah Ansari Radiallahu Anhu narrates that he asked the Prophet Mohammed ﷺ , “What was created first?”

Rasul Allah ﷺ replied: “the first thing that Allah created was my Noor, with his own Noor, before anything else. The Noor was floating about and travelling wherever Allah wished. Then Allah wanted to create everything, so he split the Noor in to four parts. With the first He created the Pen, with the second he created the tablet of destiny, with the third he created the Arsh, and He split fourth in to another four.

With the first of that He created the angels that would carry His throne,
with the second He created His throne, with the third He created the rest of His angels, and He split the fourth in to another four.

With the first He created the Heavens, with the second the planets, with the third he created paradise and hell, and he split the fourth in to another four.

With the first of that he created the Noor of the Mumin’s eyes, with the
second he created the Noor of the Mumin’s hearts and with the third he
created love…”
(This Hadith has been narrated by Hazrat Abdul Razzaq Radiallahu Anhu, in his book
Fatawa-e-Hadithia, page 289.)

It is clear from the above Hadith that the Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam Noor is manifest in all of creation. The Universe was dark before it was illuminated by the Noor of Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam .

The Noor of Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam is manifest even in the sun. The sun never sets; it is always shining somewhere. And the people whose eyes have been blessed by Allah the almighty can see the Noor of Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam present in the core of the sun. All the miracles of nature are under the command of the Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam.’