❖ Question:
Are the following two well-known narrations authentic or weak?
① "أنا من نور الله" — “I am from the Light of Allah”
② "لولاك لما خلقت الأفلاك" — “If not for you, I would not have created the heavens”
❖ Answer:
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، أما بعد!
Both of these narrations are fabricated (موضوع) and without any reliable origin.
✦ ① Hadith: "أنا من نور الله"
“I am from the Light of Allah”
✧ Status: Fabricated / Baseless
◈ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar (رحمه الله) states:
"لَا أَعْرِفُهُ" — “I do not recognize it.”
Tadhkirat al-Mawḍūʿāt, p. 84✧ Analysis:
If taken literally, the statement implies one of the following:
① That the Prophet ﷺ is part of Allah's essence (نور اللہ کا عین یا کل)
→ This is a blasphemous concept, equivalent to claiming divinity.
② That the Prophet ﷺ is a portion of Allah’s light
→ This implies division in the divine essence, which is theologically impossible.
③ That the Prophet ﷺ was created from a light created by Allah
→ Even this is incorrect, as the Prophet ﷺ was born from human lineage, not light.
✧ Authentic Hadith Refuting the Claim:
From ʿĀʾishah (رضي الله عنها) — The Prophet ﷺ said:
“The angels were created from light, the jinn from fire, and Adam was created from what was described to you.”
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 2996, Vol. 4, Pg. 294✔ This clearly establishes that only angels were created from light, while humans are from clay.
✔ The Qur’an confirms the Prophet ﷺ is a human, not an angel:
﴿وَلَا أَقُولُ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ﴾ — “Nor do I say that I am an angel.”
(Sūrah al-Anʿām: 50)
✦ ② Hadith: "لولاك لما خلقت الأفلاك"
“If not for you, I would not have created the heavens.”
✧ Status:
◈ Imām al-Ṣanʿānī (رحمه الله):
“This narration is fabricated.”
Tadhkirat al-Mawḍūʿāt, p. 86✧ Referenced Books Declaring it Fabricated:
❀ al-Fawāʾid al-Majmūʿah by al-Shawkānī – p. 182
❀ al-Mawḍūʿāt al-Kabīr by al-Qārī – p. 59
❀ al-Laʾālī al-Maṣnūʿah by al-Suyūṭī – Vol. 1, p. 272
✧ Reported Versions:
◈ al-Daylamī (via Ibn ʿAbbās):
“Jibrīl came to me and said: O Muḥammad! If not for you, I would not have created Paradise or Hell.”
◈ Ibn ʿAsākir:
“If not for you, I would not have created the world.”
Most of these are without chains, or the chains are weak or broken.✧ View of Imām al-Albānī (رحمه الله):
“Affirming the authenticity of such a meaning is not acceptable without an authentic source. As for what al-Daylamī reports, I have found no reliable chain. I am certain of its weakness, and its sole presence in Daylamī’s collection is enough to refute it.”
Silsilat al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah, Vol. 1, pp. 282, 299–300✧ Position of al-Qārī (رحمه الله):
While he affirmed the meaning of the narration as correct in his view,
he also admitted that it lacks a sound chain, relying on Daylamī’s report, which remains unauthenticated.
❖ Conclusion:
The following two famous statements:
➊ "أنا من نور الله"
➋ "لولاك لما خلقت الأفلاك"
are both:
✘ Baseless
✘ Fabricated
✘ Not traceable to any authentic source of the Prophet ﷺ
✔ They must not be attributed to the Prophet ﷺ.
✔ Accepting or promoting them as Hadith constitutes a serious innovation in religion.
ھذا ما عندي، والله أعلم بالصواب
