There were two ethereal entities of God present in the body of Prophet Muhammad (s).
One is the Jussa e Taufeeq e Ilahi, which is a representation of God, and the other is the Tifle Noori which is also a representation of God.
And then there is the original entity of God that is in the higher realms.
So, some verses came directly from God and others from the Tifle Noori, which even Gabriel does not know about. Some verses came from the Jussa e Taufeeq e Ilahi, which Gabriel does not know about.
That is the special knowledge known as Ilm e Ladunni.
Why God Uses the Pronoun ‘We’ in the Qur’an
There is the reality, and then there is the manner of speaking.
For instance, if you go to Lucknow, the locals use the pronoun ‘we’ for themselves.
Like, ‘We will not go’, ‘Let us do this’, ‘Bring us this’ [instead of I or me].
You’d wonder, ‘how many of you are there?’
So, this is a different dialect of the Urdu language.
Those who speak respectfully and gracefully usually use plurals in their speech.
Did you know the people of Lucknow would speak the Urdu language in the most eloquent manner?
In the olden times, Lucknow used to have many courtesans
and their job was to dance in the brothels but their dance was not salacious, not like contemporary times.
Nowadays, poetry is easily accessible due to the internet and the publishing of books,
however, these things were not available back then so how would the poets’ work become famous?
The courtesans would sing the ghazals of the poets.
Furthermore, people back then would send their children to these courtesans to learn etiquette and courtesy.
You must have seen the Bollywood movie (based on) Umrao Jaan Ada
Obviously, it is scripted and fictitious; there is a lot of fiction in it.
However, in the olden days, children would be sent to courtesans to learn to be courteous.
In the olden days, courtesans were only employed to dance, they did not sell their bodies.
Those who would sell their bodies were called indecent women.
But a courtesan was one who would dance, and the children would be sent to them to learn etiquette.
Now, the Sufis are the ones who introduced eloquence in the Urdu language.
The Sufis introduced the concept that the word ‘main’ (me/I) denotes arrogance.
Therefore, instead of ‘main’, the word ‘hum’ (we) should be used.
So when we say, ‘we are about to do this’, at that time, the word ‘we’ becomes universal and it can allude to anyone; it does not refer to one individual.
So this is the literary meaning of this.
And the actual meaning of this - what God has written in the Qur’an ‘inna nahnu’
The word ‘nahnu’ means ‘we (hum)’.
The reason why God has made use of the word ‘nahnu’ here is that God travelled from his Oneness to abundance,
and since God’s being travelled from his Oneness to abundance, therefore, each facet of the divine being is included in making this statement. Each divine facet.
Now, what does ‘each divine facet’ mean?
There were two ethereal entities of God present in the body of Prophet Muhammad (s).
One is the Jussa e Taufeeq e Ilahi, which is a representation of God,
and the other is the Tifle Noori which is also a representation of God.
And then there is the original entity of God that is in the higher realms.
So, some verses came directly from God and others from the Tifle Noori, which even Gabriel does not know about.
Some verses came from the Jussa e Taufeeq e Ilahi, which Gabriel does not know about.
That is the special knowledge known as Ilm e Ladunni.
So here, what God says - that some revelations were descended directly from the Divine Empyrean,
which was sent from God through Gabriel, and some through divine inspiration,
and some came from the Tifle Noori which is already present in Prophet Muhammad (s)’s body.
Now, the Tifle Noori was present in the Prophet (s)’s body, but it also had an ethereal station [in the higher realms].
One day, Prophet Muhammad (s) even asked Gabriel about the revelation that came from the Tifle Noori, he asked,
‘Do you know where this revelation comes from?’ Gabriel replied that he does not know.
Had he brought it himself, he would’ve known.
The Prophet (s) told him to go and see.
So, when he went to the station of the Tifle Noori, he saw the Tifle Noori (of Prophet Muhammad (s)) present there.
And this is why Gabriel said, ‘O Messenger of God, it is you that descends the revelations’.
So some knowledge came from the Jussa e Taufeeq e Ilahi which is also present in Prophet Muhammad’s body;
some from the Tifle Noori, which is also present in Prophet Muhammad’s body,
and some came directly from the Divine Empyrean accompanied by Gabriel.
This is why God used the word ‘we’ to refer to himself, counting all of the various divine facets as one.
Whether it’s a revelation descended from the Divine Empyrean or it comes from the Tifle Noori or Jussa e Taufeeq e Ilahi,
God says, ‘It comes from us, and we are the protector’.
‘Inna nahnu nazalna alzikra wa inna lahu lahafizoon’.
‘We have sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it’.
Christians didn’t know how to explain this (divine phenomenon) and so they speak about the Holy Trinity which is not the same thing.
They didn’t know how to explain it because no one had explained it to them. There was no one to explain it.
All the elite companions of Jesus Christ had left, along with a dog, and slept in a cave.
So who was present to explain these matters to the nation?
This is why the nation had nowhere to go.
Had I also remained silent after the Occultation - as the people of Karachi had constantly instructed me,
to sit quietly and do nothing - then what would have happened?
Imagine what you would have been up to.
But I stood up and let the truth be known.
The truth must be spoken but this calls for one who is fearless.