If you look at this from a physical perspective, then it will only be your logic, that she is his daughter - and this very logic failed people.
So you will use your logic and say that the Prophet (s) declared, ‘Fatima is from me’,
but then Ruqayya and Umm e Kulsoom were also his daughters, so the Prophet (s) must have had the same feelings for them.
However, that is not the case. Logic cannot be applied here.
The Eminence of Lady Fatima (a)
The rank of Lady Fatima (a) is unparalleled,
but obviously, that is not to say that the other children, especially daughters, of Prophet Muhammad (s) were faithless.
Of course, they had faith since they were the direct lineage of the Prophet (s).
It is evident that the rank bestowed upon Lady Fatima (a) was not bestowed upon the other daughters of the Prophet (s).
However, these matters rely on God’s discretion.
God did not prefer to bestow such ranks upon the other daughters of the Prophet (s). Therefore, it was not the Prophet (s)’s own decision.
From a father's perspective, he would have wanted to bestow the rank of Sultan ul Fuqra to all his children.
Right?
However, the fact that Lady Fatima (a) was a Sultan ul Fuqra was not the Prophet (s)’s decision but God’s decision.
It is God who coronated Lady Fatima (a) as Sultan ul Fuqra.
This was not the doing of Prophet Muhammad (s).
Prophet Muhammad (s) said… Now, if I tell you something, perhaps it shall give you a new perspective.
When the Prophet (s) declared, ‘Fatima is a part of me. Whoever harms her harms me’.
It is important to understand what this means.
‘[Fatima is] a part of me’ - to you it seems like the Prophet (s) made this statement owing to the fact that [Lady Fatima] is his flesh and blood.
Whereas the Prophet (s) had other daughters too, he did not make any such statements for them.
When the Prophet (s) declared ‘Fatima is a part of me’,
it was a spiritual matter because the Tifle Noori of Lady Fatima (a) emerged from the Tifle Noori of Prophet Muhammad (s).
That is what this statement signifies.
If you look at this from a physical perspective, then it will only be your logic, that she is his daughter - and this very logic failed people.
So you will use your logic and say that the Prophet (s) declared, ‘Fatima is a part of me’,
but then Ruqayya and Umm e Kulsoom were also his daughters, so the Prophet (s) must have had the same feelings for them.
However, that is not the case. Logic cannot be applied here.
What Prophet Muhammad (s) declared was solely for Lady Fatima (a).
And the spiritual aspect of this is…
Well, if it had to do with the physical aspect, being the flesh and blood of the Prophet (s), in that case, Ruqayya and Umm e Kulsoom were also the Prophet (s)’s daughters.
However, this is not about the Prophet (s)’s blood, it is rather about the divine light of the Prophet (s).
It has to do with the Tifle Noori.
This is why amongst the entire Household of the Prophet (s), the rank of Lady Fatima (a) is unmatched even by Maula Ali (a).
According to the teachings rendered to us by HDE Gohar Shahi,
the rank bestowed upon Lady Fatima (a) by God was not bestowed upon even Maula Ali (a).
Honest to God.
Since Lady Fatima (a) is a Sultan ul Fuqra, you can even call Lady Fatima (a) God but the same cannot be said for Maula Ali (a).
However, you can call upon Lady Fatima (a) as God.
This is why when Prophet Muhammad (s) gifted his ring to Maula Ali (a) who then gifted it to Lady Fatima (a),
and she donned it on her finger, and later when Prophet Muhammad (s) journeyed to the higher realms on the Night of Ascension, he observed the same ring on God’s finger.
Why was it on God’s hand?
It was on God’s hand because Lady Fatima (a) was wearing it on her finger on earth.
A Sultan ul Fuqra is a reflection of God.
No one in the entire Ummah holds the same rank as Lady Fatima (a).
None from the Ummah and from the Prophet (s)’s Household hold the same rank as Lady Fatima (a) because she is a Sultan.
A Sultan was attached to the Prophet (s), Lady Fatima.
A Sultan was also attached to Ghaus Pak, and that was his son.
Similarly, Imam Mehdi (a) also desired for Their daughter to be a Sultan.
His Divine Eminence have merely expressed Their desire on the matter, but we do not know what has transpired.
So, no one from among the Prophet (s)’s Household and the Ummah hold the same rank as Lady Fatima (a).
God has bestowed the highest rank to Lady Fatima (a).
She was able to witness the divine splendour with her physical eyes. She did not require ascension to the higher realms.
Lady Fatima (a) would see God with her physical eyes, right here on earth because she was a Sultan.