A Question: Why was wine named 'Abd al-Nur (the servant of light)?
The Answer: Verily, Allah caused it to flow in the rivers of Paradise alongside milk, water, and honey, and the wine outshone all the other rivers. Thereupon the angels said: "O our Lord, what is this luminous, radiant drink?" He said to them: "I am the Light, and this is My servant." Thus, it was named 'Abd al-Nur.
A Question: Why was Ja'far al-Tayyar named Tayyar (the flyer)?
The Answer: Verily, his father 'Imran, His glory is might—who is 'Abd Manaf—said to him: "What do you say concerning your brother 'Ali, His glory is might?" He replied: "This is my God and my Creator." So he said to him: "You have flown, O flyer!" Thus, he was named Ja'far al-Tayyar.
[259] And the Knower, His glory is might, said in the Book of the Reports of the Devisees (Kitab Akhbar al-Mawali) to Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju'fi: "O Jabir, if you fulfill ten [attributes], then it is from your own attainment; that, by Allah, is the completion of the trial. Whoever completes them is named a tested one (mustahanan), and they are: reflection, invocation, strength, resolve, truthfulness, purification, patience, submission,




