Khalifatullah!!

As-Salaam alaikum,

   "SURELY THOSE WHO SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO YOU, DO NOT BUT SWEAR
   ALLEGIANCE TO ALLAH; THE HAND OF ALLAH IS ABOVE THEIR HANDS." (48:10)

This refers to the bay'at at Hudaibiyya. When this bay'at was performed, the hand of the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, was above the hands of those who swore allegiance. This is referred to as the Hand of Allah being above their hands!!

 In the Kalimat-Shahada- "THERE IS NO god But Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah", there is no conjunction 'and' between the 2 statements showing that the one statement flows out of the other, being expressive of the first manifestation of Allah-- manifestation of self to self:

   "NURUN ALA NURUN, YAHDILLAHU LI-NURIHI MAN-YASHA'U...
   Light upon Light, Allah Guides to His Light whom He pleases." (24:35)

 The Nur-i-Muhammadi is the reflex of the Light of Allah on Itself or the Upheaval of the Ocean on itself displaying the first billow of Itself-- the manifestation of Dhat to Dhat, in which the I-ness or Light appeared.