Ameer ul Momineen (a.s), Imam ul Mutaqeen, King of the Arifeen Said:

"Allah was and nothing was with him. The 1st thing he created is the Noor of his loved one Mohammad before creating water, throne, chair, skies, earth, board, pencil, heaven, hell, angels, Adam (a.s) and Hawwa (a.s) in 24000 years. When he created the Noor of our Prophet Mohammad this stayed between the hands of Allah for a thousand years standing, exalting and praising Him while Allah was looking at him and saying: "O servant of mine, you are the wanted and who wants. You are the best of my creatures. I swear by my Glory and Lordliness, if it hadn’t been for you I wouldn’t have created the orbitals. I love who loves you and detest who detests you." Then his Noor shined and became brighter. Then Allah created from him 12 mirrors (Manifestations), the 1st is the Mirror of Ability, then the Mirror of Greatness, then the Mirror of Glory, then the Mirror of Awe, then the Mirror of Mightiness, then the Mirror of Mercy, then the Mirror of Prophecy, then the Mirror of Pride, then the Mirror of Rank, then the Mirror of Highness, then the Mirror of Happiness, then the Mirror of Intercession."

Ref: Al-Bihar vol.15 p.26, the book of Al-Anwar.