Haqiqat-i Muhammadiyya and Nur-i Muhammadi within the Sufism Culture

The Sufi understanding states that all the other prophets were the proxies of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in this world before he emerged. This act of proxy is the representation of Haqiqat-i Muhammadiyya¹

When Prophet Muhammad was asked: "When did you become a prophet?" he replied; "I was a prophet when Adam was between the water and the mud -before he came into existence." ² In the Sufi perception, another concept that symbolizes this Haqiqat-i Muhammadiyya", which encompasses all the prophets from the first prophet, Adam to the final prophet, Muhammad, is the concept of Nur-i Muhammadi. It is known that Prophet Muhammad  is described in the Holy Quran (Al-Ahzab 33:46) as a "lamp that gives light". In another verse, it is conveyed to us that Prophet Muhammad is a "light from Allah" (Al-Maida 5:15).³ 

Another appellation used for Prophet Muhammad is Nuru'l-Huda (Light of God).

Bursawi emphasizes that Prophet Muhammad is presented within the Quran as a "lamp that gives light". Within this verse, Prophet Muhammad is likened to a candle. If there were no candles, it would not be possible to reach a destination; likewise if the candle of Prophet Muhammad's existence had not existed, everybody would have remained in the dark and would not have found the path to the light of existence and would not have reached the path where the source of prosperity existed.⁴