Samal Genesis

In the beginning, when there were no creatures yet, there was only the

sea. Floating on this sea was a thing resembling a ball. This was the abode of

God the Most High. When he wanted to bring out his creations, the ball split;

one half of it rose and became heaven (with seven levels) and the lower half

remained and became the earth (with seven levels).

Now the sea on which the ball was floating was called Baharun Nur [Bahar, great waters, mighty

rivers; Nur, light], meaning, this was the ancestor of all which floated on it.

Symbolically, the part which was lifted up was the father, and the grandfather

was the sea on which it floated. Now at the same time of the splitting of the

ball, and as God willed it, all men and all the creatures on earth have already

been believed as being in it.

From the time of our ancestors up to the present, the original content of that thing is what we

have been looking for.

And Nur Muhammad [technical term for the pre-existence of the soul of the Prophet] was then

already risen. When Allah the Most High was already in the highest heaven, he willed and his radiance

scattered and became a man—Nur Muhammad. Now, when the latter became aware of himself, he

asserted that he was God. Looking left and right, he saw that he was alone. So he said to himself,

―There is nobody but me, so I must be God.‖ He then went around, and after walking some distance he said, ―Arastum Murabbikum,‖ meaning, ―I am God.‖ Then all of a sudden, a voice answered, ―Kahal

Bala,” and Nur disintegrated.

When Nur disintegrated, all the elements contained in the earth and the heavens were drawn out

of him. All creatures then appeared. From the single light [Nur] was taken the elements that became

the moon, the sun, the stars, the trees, and all living things. They were all there. And this was begun

on a Sunday and was completed on a Friday.

After all things had been drawn out of Nur Muhammad, he was made man once again, and God

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