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Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الْـمَـنَّان has stated, ‘This priority is extra, i.e., after the creation of the ‘Arsh, water, air and the tablet, the element created first was the Qalam. In ‘Mirqāt’ it is mentioned in the same place that, first of all Nūr-e-Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was created in the very beginning. Here this is meant to be the true and absolute superiority. (Mirāt-ul-Manājīḥ, vol. 1, pp. 103) Imām Qasṭalānī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی said, ‘The priority of the Qalam (the Pen) is attributed to creatures except the ‘Arsh, water and the Nūr of Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. It is also stated that the priority of everything depends on its relativity with the same kind. Similarly, among lights, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ created my Nūr (Nūr-e-Muḥammadī), in the same way other elements as per their kinds are first. (Al-Mawāĥib, vol. 1, pp. 38)
Question: There is mention of Qalam (the Pen) according to the narrations you cited in your answer, kindly give an explanation about this.
Answer: In reply please read the following research done by a Muftī of Dār-ul-Iftā Aĥl-e-Sunnat with a slight change of words: In the Holy Quran, there is found Sūraĥ Al-Qalam in part 29, under the explanation of its initial verses:
نٓ وَ الۡقَلَمِ وَ مَا یَسۡطُرُوۡنَ ۙ﴿۱﴾
It is written in the book Tafsīr Khazā-in-ul-‘Irfān: Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has mentioned His emphasis on the Qalam (Pen) which is either
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