Translation: For he صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  is the sun of excellence, while the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام are its stars; they reveal its light to people amidst the darkness.

The meaning is that just as the sun is still the sun before it rises, it remains so even after rising. The only difference is that before rising, it illuminates the world through the stars, and after rising, it illuminates the world directly. Similarly, the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ , was first in the realm of spirits, from where he was granting spiritual blessings to the noble Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام, and has now graciously arrived.^[1]

A Glorious Arrival

O devotees of the Prophet! The majesty of the blessed soul of the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ   is beyond description. Even the manner in which he صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  physically arrived in this world is of unique splendour. Sayyidunā ꜤAbd al-Razzāq رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ , the teacher of Imam Bukhari and a Hadith master, narrates on the authority of Sayyidunā Jābir رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ  that the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ   said: "O Jābir! Indeed, Allah Almighty created the light of your Prophet before anything else."^[2]

Sayyidunā Ka’b al-Aḥbār رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ  narrates: When Prophet Adam           عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم  was created, Allah Almighty placed this light in his blessed back. The angels would stand in rows behind him to behold it. Sayyidunā Adam عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم said: "My Lord! I also wish to see this light." He was then shown it, and he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم pointed towards it with his finger and sent salutations upon it. The radiance of this sacred light was shining on his blessed forehead like the sun in the sky and the moon in a dark night. Heعَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم  would hear a sound like the chirping of birds from his forehead. He asked: "O Allah! What is this sound?" Allah Almighty replied: