You are seeking something. You've always been seeking it. In every choice you make, every relationship you form, every goal you pursue—beneath the surface desires lies a deeper hunger. You are seeking Nur—light.
This isn't metaphorical. You are literally a being of light, carrying within you a soul made from divine luminosity. That soul remembers its origin, knows its true home, and perpetually yearns to return to its Source. Every moment of restlessness, every feeling of incompleteness, every spiritual longing—these are your soul calling out for the light it was made from.
The Qur'an records the moment your soul testified to this truth, before you took physical form:
"And remember when your Lord brought forth the generations from the backs of the Descendants of Adam, and made them their own witness; 'Am I not your Lord?'; they all said, 'Yes surely You are, why not? We testify.'" [Qur'an 7:172]
Your soul knows. Even when your mind doubts, even when your ego rebels, even when your life feels disconnected—your soul remembers that covenant, that testimony, that recognition of where it belongs. Your soul understands that its place is with God, because God is the Source of its light and its Creator.
If the best of creation, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), sought light from God, how much more do we need to seek it?
He would make this comprehensive supplication, asking for Nur to permeate every dimension of his being:
"O God, place Nur in my heart and Nur on my tongue. Place Nur in my hearing and Nur in my seeing. Place Nur behind me and Nur in front of me. Place Nur above me and Nur below me. O God, grant me Nur!" [Sahih al-Bukhari #6316]
This isn't a casual request. It's a blueprint for complete illumination—addressing every faculty, every direction, every dimension of human existence. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) understood that to function as you were meant to, you need light everywhere.
Let's explore what this means.
The heart is your spiritual center, the root from which everything flows. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught:
"Verily, in the body is a piece of flesh which, if sound, the entire body is sound, and if corrupt, the entire body is corrupt. Truly, it is the heart." [Sahih al-Bukhari #52]
Everything begins here. If your heart carries light, that light radiates outward—illuminating your thoughts, your words, your actions, your relationships, your entire existence. You become a source of healing and guidance naturally, effortlessly, because light flows from your core.
But if your heart harbors darkness—jealousy, arrogance, doubt, hatred, pride—that darkness spreads like poison through your entire being. It blocks light from entering. It corrupts everything it touches. You might perform religious rituals, speak spiritual words, even help others, but something remains hollow because the source is contaminated.
This is why the heart must be first. Before anything else, before learning techniques or acquiring knowledge or serving others—purify your heart. Remove the darkness. Let light in.
How? Through repentance (tawbah), through self-examination (muhasabah), through remembrance of God (dhikr), through recognizing and rooting out spiritual diseases. When your heart becomes clear, everything else begins to align.
Your tongue is a transmitter. Every word you speak carries energy—either light or darkness, healing or harm, truth or corruption.
"Whoever believes in God and the Last Day, he/she should speak good or remain silent." [Sahih Muslim #47]
This isn't just moral advice—it's energetic principle. When you speak words of light (truth, encouragement, remembrance, wisdom, compassion), you transmit that light outward. Your speech becomes healing. People feel better after talking to you. Your words settle in hearts and illuminate them.
When you speak darkness (lies, gossip, cruelty, vulgarity, complaint), you transmit that darkness. Your speech becomes toxic. People feel drained after interacting with you. Your words plant seeds of corruption.
Light on the tongue means:
To gain this light: Guard your tongue. Speak only good or remain silent. Fill your speech with Qur'an, with dhikr, with words that benefit. Over time, your tongue becomes a vessel of illumination rather than a source of darkness.
Most people hear only sounds—vibrations hitting eardrums. But hearing with Nur means perceiving the reality behind the words, the truth beneath the surface, the hidden meanings that ordinary hearing misses.
When your hearing carries light:
This is why the Qur'an emphasizes "those who hear and understand" versus those who merely hear without comprehension. The difference is the presence or absence of Nur.
To gain this light: Be selective about what you expose your hearing to. Avoid music, gossip, and speech that carries darkness. Immerse your hearing in Qur'an, in beneficial knowledge, in conversations that elevate. Your hearing becomes purified and begins perceiving realities others cannot.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught something extraordinary:
"Beware of the intuition of the believer, for he/she sees with the light of God." [Sunan al-Tirmidhi #3127]
This is vision beyond physical sight. It's what Imam Ghazali described as the inner eye—perceiving spiritual realities, seeing through veils, recognizing truth and falsehood at a glance.
When your sight carries Nur:
To gain this light: Guard your gaze. Don't pollute your vision with haram images, with vanity, with envious looking at others' blessings. Focus your sight on nature, on sacred texts, on faces of the righteous, on what carries light. Your vision becomes sanctified and begins seeing what others cannot.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for light in every direction:
Behind you: Protecting your past, your legacy, what you've builtIn front of you: Illuminating your path, showing where to goAbove you: Divine mercy, angelic assistance, spiritual protectionBelow you: Firm foundation, grounded wisdom, stability
When you're surrounded by light in all directions, you become invulnerable to spiritual attack. Darkness cannot approach you because light fills every space. Negative entities cannot touch you. Evil eye bounces off. Harmful magic finds no entry point.
This is complete spiritual immunity—not through your own power, but through the light God grants when you consistently ask for it and maintain the conditions that allow it to remain.
You can adopt the Prophet's supplication as your own. Make it daily—after fajr, before sleep, whenever you feel spiritually vulnerable:
"O God, place Nur in my heart and Nur on my tongue. Place Nur in my hearing and Nur in my seeing. Place Nur behind me and Nur in front of me. Place Nur above me and Nur below me. O God, grant me Nur!"
But don't just recite mechanically. Feel what you're asking for. Visualize light entering your heart, illuminating your tongue, opening your hearing and sight, surrounding you completely. Make this a practice of consciousness, not just habit.
Over time—weeks, months, years of consistent asking—you'll notice the transformation:
Your heart feels lighter, cleaner, more alive to divine presence.
Your speech becomes more impactful, more healing, more blessed.
Your hearing perceives nuances and truths others miss.
Your sight recognizes spiritual realities invisible to ordinary perception.
Your entire being feels protected, guided, illuminated from within and without.
This is what it means to become a person of Nur—not as a distant goal, but as a daily practice of seeking and receiving light from its Source.
God promises something profound to those who seek this light sincerely:
"So will he whose chest God has opened up for Islam—he is therefore upon a light from his Lord—ever be equal to one who is stone-hearted? Therefore, ruin is for those whose hearts are hardened towards the remembrance of God; they are in open error." [Qur'an 39:22]
There are two states: hearts opened to light, and hearts hardened against it. The difference isn't intellectual belief—it's receptivity. When your heart opens, light floods in. When it closes, no amount of knowledge or practice can illuminate you.
This light only comes through Islam and through belief in God Almighty and His Messenger, Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Not through philosophy, not through self-help, not through mystical techniques divorced from revelation. The Source is specific, and the path to that Source is clear.
Remember: your soul already testified. It already recognized its Lord. It already knows where it belongs.
Every time you seek Nur, you're remembering that covenant. Every time you ask for light, you're honoring that testimony. Every time you purify yourself to receive divine illumination, you're preparing for the return journey—back to the Source from which you came.
As Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) declared, make this your stance:
"O our Lord! We have relied only upon You, and we have only inclined towards You, and only towards You is the return." [Qur'an 60:4]
You came from light. You're made for light. You're seeking light because that's your nature, your origin, your destiny. Don't seek it in false sources—success, relationships, pleasure, power. These are shadows, not light. They might satisfy temporarily but leave you darker than before.
Seek Nur from its true Source: God. Ask Him directly. Purify yourself to receive it. Guard it once it enters. Let it grow until it fills every dimension of your being.
This is the quest that matters. This is the seeking that ends in arrival. This is the path that leads home.
May God grant us Nur in our hearts, on our tongues, in our hearing and sight, in every direction. May He open our chests to receive His light. May He make us people who seek Nur from its Source and carry it to all creation. May we fulfill the covenant our souls testified to before we took form. Ameen.
Before Nur Healing, I felt disconnected from my faith. The stress of everyday life was overwhelming, and I couldn't find peace in my prayers. Khalid's gentle guidance and the healing meditations have transformed my life. I now feel a deep sense of calm and spiritual connection that I never thought possible.
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