A Thousand Wisdoms - Chapter Zad
Chapter Zad
Tags: Zad
525 - Zallah (1)
Lost thing:
It is said in a Hadith: "The word of wisdom is a lost thing of a mu'min (wherever he finds it he should take it as his lost thing or he should continue to search for it.)" (Lughat, Zad, p. 45)
526 - Zallah (2)
Lost thing:
A great secret is alluded to in this Hadith, which is that a lost thing of a person is that which was once in his possession. Yes, it is true that where a mu'min is in paradise and in the higher "I", there he has a great treasure of wisdom, but where he is in this world and in the lower "I", there he has lost it.
527 - Zaraba
He struck (an example):
It is said in verse (14:24): "Have you not seen how Allah has set forth a parable? A pure word is like a pure tree, whose root is firmly fixed and whose branch is in heaven." The pure word is the ism-i a`zam, which a pious murid receives from the Imam of the time, and the pure tree is the blessed personality of the Imam of the time himself. Among these, one ism-i a`zam is in the form of a personality and the other is in the form of a word. But the very great miracle of God is that in the personal world both become one. That is, the Imam becomes the speaking word and the word becomes the blessed light of the Imam.
528 - Zighth
Bunch, a handful of green and dry grass or other herbs, broom:
This is one of the numerous examples of the particles of souls. It is said in verse (38:44): "Take a handful of straw. Strike your wife with it and break not your oath." The intellect is like a husband and the soul like a wife. Thus, there is punishment for the sake of the improvement of the soul, and at an appropriate time it is also mitigated.
529 - Zafadi` (sing. zifdi`)
Frogs:
See verse (7:133): "So We sent upon them (Pharoah and his people) flood, locusts and lice, and frogs and blood (which were) clear miracles." Those mu'mins who walk on the path of spirituality and the way of recognition, can certainly tell you that all the miracles of the Prophets are observed in the personal world, so that they should have their detailed and comprehensive recognition. They have seen numerous such animals in the ibda`i form.
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