A Thousand Wisdoms - Chapter Dal
Chapter Dal
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329 - Dabbah (1)
Whatsoever moves on the earth, that which walks:
It is said in verse (27:82): "When the word shall come to pass concerning them, We shall bring forth a dabbah from the earth who shall speak to them, that (most of) the people did not believe (with certainty) in Our signs." Although it is a single living creature, it has innumerable particles which will spread in the entire universe. Mawla `Ali (a.s.) has said: "I am the dabbatu'l-arz". (Kawkab, p.199).
330 - Dabbah (2)
That which creeps, that which walks:
It is said in verse (6:38): "And there is not an animal (that moves) on the earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but they are communities like you. We have not left out anything in the Book; then in the presence of their Lord they will be gathered." The ta'wili wisdom of this verse is as follows: In this external world, although there are many categories of living beings (man and others), fundamentally they are divided into two big groups. Some of them walk on the earth and others fly in the air. The same is the case in the world of particles. This is so that by these two kinds of testimonies, we will come to know that the people of all communities in paradise will be in two categories. Some of them will walk on the earth and some may also be able to fly.
331 - Dabbah (3)
That which walks, including human beings:
It is said in verse (6:38): "We have not left out anything in the Book." That is, this reality becomes evident when the Qur’an is studied in the illumination of the "Revealed Light" (5:15), when the light of the Imam of the time shines on the book of the soul, when the book of the universe is studied with the inner eye, and in the speaking Book (light of Imamat), when someone is granted the recognition.
332 - Dabbah (4)
Animal, including man:
It is said in verse (6:38): "Then in the presence of their Lord they will be gathered." The gathering (hashr) of the people of the world is first in the form of particles in the world of particles, which is in the Perfect Man. Then there are examples of ranks (darajat). Then at the rank of singularity (fardaniyyat), all of them will be gathered in the form of the Single Soul. This means that the people of paradise will first be in different ranks, and will then gradually enter the sacred Sanctuary and become united only in One luminous body (haykal-i nur). This is the ta’wil of hashr.
333 - Dabbah (5)
That which walks:
It is said in verse (27:82): "And when the word will come to pass concerning them, We shall bring forth a dabbah from the earth who will speak to them, that (most of) the people did not believe in Our signs." Dabbatu'l-arz is one of the hidden names of the exalted Imam, as Mawla `Ali (a.s.) says: "I am the dabbatu'l-arz". Dabbatu'l-arz is among the signs of resurrection. (Kawkab, p. 199). During the individual resurrection there is the manifestation of countless marvels and wonders of the light of Imamat.
334 - Dabbah (6)
The worm of the earth, Gog and Magog, living particles:
The spiritual death of every Perfect Man takes place long before the physical death. With this starts the personal or individual resurrection. Study verse (34:14) in which there is the mention of dabbatu'l-arz, which in reality is the name of Gog and Magog, who demolish the personal world for the sake of its reconstruction. Thus, these were the living particles who were gnawing Hazrat Sulayman's staff (carnal soul) so that the spiritual death may occur to him.
335 - Dar ul-hikmah
House of wisdom:
It is reported by Mawla `Ali that the Prophet said: "I am the house of wisdom and `Ali is its door." (Tirmidhi, V, 637, Mishkat, IV, 545). This Hadith indicates that it is through the `Ali of the time that the treasures of the wisdom of the Qur'an and the Hadith can be obtained.
336 - Dihyat al-Kalbi
Name of a companion:
The holy Prophet has said: "When you see Dihyatu'l-Kalbi with me, he is Jibra'il who comes in his image." (Sara’ir, p. 81). This shows that pure abstract angels are in the form of mu'mins and it is the mu'mins who through knowledge and `ibadat become angels.
337 - Darajat (sing. darajah) (1)
Ranks, degrees:
In some of the books on Sufism, the following Hadith is mentioned: Shari`at is my words, tariqat is my actions, haqiqat is my states and ma`rifat is my secret.
O the light of my eyes! As you know, there are many ranks with respect to value and worth in minerals, vegetatives, animals and human beings, and similarly, there are many levels of Qur'anic and Islamic teachings.
338 - Darajat (2)
Ranks, degrees:
Read verse (3:163): "They are (of diverse) ranks with Allah, and Allah sees what they do." That is, there are many ranks of people due to the difference in their knowledge and deeds.
339 - Darajat (3)
Ranks, degrees:
In verse (13:76) God says: "We raise in ranks whom We please; and over every possessor of knowledge is a possessor of knowledge." That is, whomever Allah pleases to raise in ranks, He grants him success in knowledge and good deeds. Thus, there come into being many ranks of people. The ranks of shari`at, tariqat, haqiqat and ma`rifat are therefore true.
340 - Dahr (1)
Time:
It is said in a Hadith: "Do not abuse the dahr, because I Myself am the dahr."
341 - Dahr (2)
Immovable time, azal, renewal of azal:
It is said in the wisdom-filled verse (76:1): (First translation): "Has a time (hin) from immovable time (dahr) passed over man when he was not anything worth mentioning." (Second translation): "Has there come the time of the manifestation of azal (and the destination of annihilation) when he was not anything worth mentioning (i.e. he had become completely annihilated in God)."
Man in the renewal of azal was (is and will be) a unique reality without a name and trace, i.e. absolutely annihilated and lost in the world of oneness, because "a thing not worth mentioning" has two aspects, one negative and the other positive. The negative is a veil and the positive is the veiled. Thus, here is the great secret of fana' fi'llah (annihilation in God). The renewal of the immovable time takes place in the personal world at the place of intellect (76:1).
342 - Dahr (3)
Immovable time, azal and abad:
When a fortunate mu’min, on the spiritual journey and inner progress of his personal world, reaches the rank of azal and becomes fana' in God, he attains the essential and supreme recognition that his higher "I" is always in the world of oneness (i.e. Monoreality) without any beginning and end. It is in this sense that it is called "hinun mina'd-dahr”, i.e. a hin from the dahr, or a time from the immovable time. Hin is related to the lower "I" and dahr to the higher "I".
343 - Dahr (4)
Immovable time:
In more than one place in the wise Qur’an, it is said that God has created you from a Single Soul. In this there is an allusion to spiritual parents, even though the mention of the spiritual Eve is after the Single Soul or separately. Now, he who has to return to his origin, i.e. he who wants to attain the final rank of fana' fi'llah and baqa' bi'llah, has to be annihilated first in his spiritual mother (Imam), then in his spiritual father (the Prophet), because he has to return to Him in the way he has come from Allah. Reflect carefully on verse (6:95).
344 - Dahr (5)
Immovable time which is in the world of command:
In verse (6:94) it is said: "And indeed you came to Us one by one as We created you at the first, and you have left behind your backs what We bestowed on you." The wisdom behind this veil is:
- In reality, the spiritual birth and resurrection of the people is in the spiritual birth and resurrection of the kamils (31:28).
- Therefore, people can go near God one by one by being annihilated in the kamils of their own time.
- It means to become annihilated in God.
- After annihilation, no trace of the human being and humanity remains.
- He becomes a pure reality (haqiqat-i mujarradah) by becoming the proof of "He was not anything worth mentioning" (76:1).
345 - Dayyar
Dweller, inhabitant:
And Nuh said: "O my Lord, do not leave a single dweller from the unbelievers on the earth." (26:71)
Question: Is this effective prayer of Hazrat Nuh related to the external world or the personal world?
Answer: The final da`wat-i haqq (i.e. invitation to the truth) is related to the personal world and the states of all people are improved in it. Thus, the main aim of this prayer is that the people of the world may enter his personal world and become muslims and mu'mins and that disbelievers and disbelief should become completely extinct.
346 - Din (1)
slam, true religion:
In verses (9:33; 48:28; 61:9) the holy Qur’an says: "He it is Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all religions." This Qur'anic prophecy has two aspects, one exoteric and the other, esoteric. The esoteric aspect is that the true religion has continued to prevail over all other religions in the personal world and in the individual resurrection of every Perfect Man. This great spiritual event took place, first of all, in the pure life of the holy Prophet. Study the chapter "Victory (48)" from an esoteric and spiritual point of view.
347 - Din (2)
The religion of God, the personality of the holy Prophet:
In verses (110:1-2) God says: "When Allah's help came and (spiritual) victory (was attained), and you saw the people entering the religion of God in troops.” The resurrection which is mentioned in the wise Qur’an has continued to take place spiritually in the chain of the Perfect Men from the time of Hazrat Adam. Thus the great secrets of resurrection were revealed to the holy Prophet practically when the people of the world, in the form of particles, entered the religion of God (i.e. his blessed personality) and he attained universal victory.
348 - Din (3)
The True Religion:
There is the renewal of the sunnat (law) of God in the personal world of every Perfect Man (40:85). This is the fundamental Divine law from which no great event is excluded, for example the creation of the earth and the heaven, the renewal of paradise and hell, the appearance of the great events of azal and abad, the miracles of the covenant of "Am I not? (alastu?)", the stories of the Prophets of the Qur'an and others, states of resurrection and the prevailing of the true religion over other religions.
349 - Dinul'llah
Religion of God:
Mawla `Ali has said: "I am truly the religion of God; ... I am truly the (Universal) Soul of God, which no one can say other than me and no claimant can claim except a liar." (Sara'ir, p.117)
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