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Mount Nur 2

Mount Nur: 2
The Light Born in the Heart of Silence

The quest of humanity is a long journey…
Some find the voice of truth in cities, some in the desert, some atop a mountain —
and sometimes a mountain remains silent while its cave speaks.
Mount Nur is a doorway to such a mystery.

Far from the noise of Mecca, a point of manifestation that quiets the sound of time,
Mount Nur is where Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came to know solitude
amid crowds, sought his Lord in that solitude, and found Him in the silence of this mountain.

The Cave of Hira is like a heartbeat in the heart of the mountain…
In every silence, it echoes eternity.


Retreat: The Servant’s Return to Himself

In Sufism, khalwa means withdrawing from the noises of the world,
drawing closer to the inner voice.
Retreat is the remembrance of the inner truth that the outer world veils.
Mount Nur is where the Prophet (peace be upon him) experienced this retreat,
where the first spring of revelation welled up within.

There was no palace, no city, no other human there…
Only the mountain, stones, night, and a heart prostrate in worship…
In these moments of contemplation alone with one’s own nature,
the seed of prophethood sprouted.


Hira: The Threshold of Revelation

As night fell upon the mountain, it was not darkness but light that wrapped it…
Hearing for the first time the command "Read" from Gabriel,
the Messenger began the reading of all humanity.
The voice descending from the summit of Mount Nur became a call that transcends the ages.

The first revelation came there because it was a place of purification…
A threshold every prophet, every sage, every seeker of truth must pass —
to withdraw into oneself in order to forget oneself…


The Summit of the Heart

Mount Nur is not just a geographical location but a meaning that rises in the heart.
Every person has a Mount Nur within… silent, simple, yet open to truth…
And every heart must one day climb there;
to live that moment when silence turns into Qur’an.

In the Sufi journey, this mountain symbolizes the transition
from annihilation (fanā) to subsistence (baqā):
to lose oneself and find existence in the Divine…
The first breath the Prophet (peace be upon him) took in Hira
is also a sign of our own spiritual resurrection.

A shadow, a voice, a Light…
The stones and soil of Mount Nur bore witness.
The chosen one of a nation wept here…
A messenger fell silent here and “the Lord spoke…”

So then, O traveler of the heart,
do not flee the noise of the world merely to escape,
but approach the silence of truth on Mount Nur
For even the stones pray there, even the night prostrates.
Because that mountain still carries in its heart
the first echo of revelation…

Dr. Özer Akpınar
Researcher-Historian

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