Hadith 33

And it is reported by Safwan, ‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘When Allah-azwj Created the skies and the earths, Evened upon the Throne and Commanded two lights (Noors) from His-azwj Noor, so they circled around the Throne seventy times. The Mighty and Majestic Said: “These two Noors are obedient to Me-azwj”. So, Allah-azwj Created from that Noor, Muhammad-saww, and Ali-asws, and the elites from his-asws sons-asws, and Created from their-asws Noors, their-asws Shias, and Created from the Noor of their-asws Shias, illumination of the sights’’. [33]
And Al-Mufazzal asked Al-Sadiq-asws, ‘What were you-asws before Allah-azwj Created the skies and the earths? ’
He-asws said: ‘We-asws were lights (Noors) around the Throne glorifying Allah-azwj and extolling His-azwj Holiness until Allah-azwj the Glorious Created the Angels. He-azwj Said to them: “Glorify! ” They said, ‘O our Lord-azwj! There is no knowledge for us’. He-azwj Said to us-asws: “Glorify! ” So we-asws glorified and the Angels glorified with our-asws glorification. Indeed! We-asws are Created from Noor of Allah-azwj, and our-asws Shias are Created from below that Noor. So, when it will be the Day of Qiyamah, the lower will attach itself with the higher’. Then he-asws paired between his-asws fingers, the index and the middle fingers and said: ‘Like these two’. Then he-asws said: ‘O Mufazzal! Do you know why the Shias have been named as ‘Shia’? O Mufazzal! Our-asws Shias are from us-asws, and we-asws are from our-asws Shias. Do you not see this sun where it appears (from)? ’ I said, ‘East’. And he-asws said: ‘To where it returns? ’ I said, ‘To west’. He-asws said: ‘Like that are our-asws Shias. They began from us-asws and to us-asws they will return’’. [34]