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creation of Eve shows that Allah reserved creation for Himself, but shared the power to reproduce humans with mothers.

Thereafter, Allah did not create another human being without a mother, except in one instance. This instance was the creation of Jesus Christ. Magtymguly says the following on Allah’s creation of Jesus Christ:

“He is the one that came into being without a father.”

Allah Almighty is definitely powerful. He could have created Jesus Christ without a mother too. But that’s not how He did it. I think this a sign of the special value placed upon the mother by the Creator. It is an obligation upon every Türkmen to praise and love the mother, who is given a special value by Allah, the Creator of you and me and all, Who creates everything out of nothing by His Will and Command, Who is the Creator of the whole universe.

If any word at all has the quality of a miracle, if any word at all has superior qualities about it, that word is mother. Life has its origins in the mother.

Once upon a time the great Seljuk poet Enweri approached a saint with great enthusiasm. The saint said:

“Allah has given me a special privilege; ask of me any wish you desire and it will come true.”

“I wish to see my mother who is the ultimate direction I turn to, and my father’s face for one last time. Let them see that their child lives in the world in a benevolent way, causing no harm. Let them be in peace in the other world knowing this,” asked Enweri of the saint.

By Allah’s will, the saint let Enweri see the faces of his mother and father. They met and were happy.  
  The saint said:


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