Hazrat-Ali (Ali ibn Abu Talib, 599-661 CE)
The first full incarnation of Shri Brahmadeva on right Swadhishthana, the husband of Shri Fatima (incarnation of Shri Gruha-lakshmi, on left Nabhi, Fatima was the embodiment of ideal womanhood and chastity. Essentially, She was Shri Mahalakshmi (Shri Sita), who took a form of Shri Vishnumaya to establish the Gruha-lakshmi principle of the housewife. The wife of Hazrat-Ali (first full incarnation of Shri Brahmadeva, )
The mother of Hassan and Hussein (reincarnations of Luv and Kush, and the daughter of the prophet Mohammed (one of the ten Adi Gurus or primordial masters, ), Fatima died five months after the prophet, fighting against the hatred, rivalry and fanaticism that threatened to consume Islam following the suspicious death of the prophet Mohammed in 632. All five of the ‘divine family’ – Mohammed, Ali, Fatima, Hassan and Hussein – were killed in the struggle to establish truth , the father of Hassan and Hussein (reincarnations of Luv and Kush, )
Prophet Mohammed 570-632 CE, Mecca, Arabia
Founder of Islam (meaning ‘surrender’). Born in Mecca on the Arabian peninsula, at the age of forty he began to receive revelations from the
Angel Gabriel. At first distressed and unsure, he spent three years in prayer and spiritual practice until he was convinced of their genuineness.
These revelations, which continued throughout his life, and his subsequent teachings, later became the words of the Quran.
‘One hour’s meditation on the work of the creator is better than seventy years of prayer’ Mohammed
Luv and Kush
Born around 5000 BCE, the twin sons of Shri Sita and Shri Rama were Luv (reflecting the qualities of the right side) and Kush (reflecting the left).
Later in life they went their separate ways and eft India. Luv founded the Slavic people and Kush the Chinese. They incarnated again, Luv as Shri Buddha, lord of the ego (563-483 BCE) (see p.170–4) and Kush as Shri Mahavira, lord of the superego (599-27 BCE) (see p.213).
Also they incarnated together as Hassan (624-69 CE) and Hussein (626-80 CE), the two sons of Hazrat Ali and Shri Fatima, and as the poet-saints Adi Shankaracharya (788-820 CE), Kabir (1398-1448 CE) and Shri Markandeya. Often they would manifest at the same time to express the disciple principle and to conquer the ego and superego of human beings.
Ali was the only man ever to have been born in the Kaaba at Mecca (the House of God, an ancient Shiva Linga mentioned in the Puranas as Mekk’eshwara Shiva) and, at the age of nine, the first to accept Islam (meaning ‘surrender to God’). Revered as Commander of the Faithful and renowned as a devoted and courageous warrior, Ali fought alongside Mohammed in almost every major battle against the warring tribes in the effort to establish Islam.
After the suspicious death of Mohammed in 632, a bitter rivalry surrounded the succession and, despite being Mohammed’s chosen successor, Ali was not elected the fourth Caliph (First Imam) until 656. Finally, after six more years of in-fighting and bitter civil war between the rival Shi’as and Sunnis, Ali was assassinated as he prayed in the mosque at Kufa. The Imam Ali holy shrine (also known as Meshed Ali or the Tomb of Ali) is a mosque located in Najaf, Iraq.
A great orator, poet and spiritual leader, Ali compiled a complete version of the Qur’an called the Mus’haf. Ali’s own teachings were later recorded and collate in the Shi’a book Nahj al-Balagha (meaning ‘peak of eloquence’). Mohammed said of him: I’m the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate.’ (see: ‘Introduction to Nabhi/Void’, New Delhi, India, 7 Feb 1981)
Sopanadeva (1277-1296 CE)
The second incarnation of Shri Brahmadeva (on right Swadhishthana). He was the younger brother of Gnyaneshwara (also known as Dnyaneshwara or Jnanadeva, the incarnation of Shri Karttikeya on right Muladhara
His eldest brother and guru was Nivrittinath (traditionally said to be an aspect of Shri Shiva), and his younger sister was Muktabai (traditionally said to be an aspect of Shri Vishnumaya). Sopanadeva took his samadhi soon after Gnyaneshwara and Muktabai, at the young age of 19. The temple of Sopanadeva stands on the banks of the river Karhe in Saswad near Pune.
(see: Shri Fatima Bi Puja, St George, Switzerland, 14 Aug 1988)
Gnyaneshwara (1275-1296 CE)
(also referred to as Dnyaneshwara, Gyanesha, Jnaneshwara, Jnanadeva) Shri Karttikeya incarnated as the great poetsaint Gnyaneshwara (the supreme master of knowledge). His elder brother and guru was Nivrittinath (traditionally said to be an aspect of Shri Shiva), his younger brother was Sopanadeva (the second incarnation of Brahmadeva, see p.59) and his younger sister was Muktabai (traditionally said to be an aspect of Shri Vishnumaya). Before taking his samadhi in the simple Maharastrian village of Alandi, near Pune, at the young age of 21, he wrote many great works of spiritual literature, notably the Gnyaneshwari and Amrutanubhava.
Aum twameva sakshat Shri Brahmadeva sakshat Shri Adi Shakti Mataji Shri Nirmala Devyai namo namah
The 6 names of Hazrat-Ali
Aum twameva sakshat Shri Hazrat-Ali sakshat Shri Adi Shakti Mataji Shri Nirmala Devyai namo namah
| Amīr al-Mu’minīn | You are… The commander of the faithful |
| Abu Turāb | The father of the soil |
| Assadullāh | The lion of God |
| Ḥaider-al-Karrār | The invincible charging lion |
| Safdar. | The fighter |
| Zūlfiqār-qabaḍ | Wielding the legendary two-pointed sword |
