Now A Line Has Been Written On His Forehead

How is it that the Prophet said, "God created the spirits before the bodies."? Suppose it was a hundred years before the bodies. It is still a veil, because it is newly arrived (hadith) And of course one must make an ablution after a "new arrival" (hadath)
Leave aside new arrival so that you may find the way to prayer and service.
I don't know how he perceives the new arrival of the pure, eternal Speech. No, he must travel completely hidden - hidden in following. Then his spirit will come to naught and be annihilated, and nothing will remain. Thus the Sage said - even if he said it feebly and incompletely,

Although Muhammad was there,
what sort of existence did he have?
Other than God, anything there
had gone through plundering and annihilation.

When he was annihilated then He would have said, "I've come - peace upon on you. I found you all alone. Everyone was busy with something, happy-hearted and content with it. Some were spritual. They were busy with their own spirits - some with their intellects, some with their souls. I found  you without anyone. All the companions went after the ones they sought, and they left you alone. I am the companion of those without companions."
Of what happened between them, this became famous: "He revealed to His servant what he revealed."
From the beginning of an Najm to here was put forth - though it was not put forth.
They ask, "What he revealed?"
He says, "He said what He said."
His spirit comes along and asks, "What did they say?"
The Prophet answers it, "We said what we said."
Intellect comes along like this and asks. It is told, "Now a line has been written on his forehead."

Shams
"Me & Rumi" William C. Chittick - Following Muhammad - 72