A Thousand Wisdoms - Chapter Ghayn
Chapter Ghayn
Tags: Ghayn
634 - Ghalib
Subduer; he who overcomes:
This is a martial term, as mentioned in verse (3:160): "If Allah helps you, none shall overcome you." Also in verse (58:21): "Allah has decreed: I shall overcome, I and My messengers." This verse conveys the idea that all the messengers had done physical jihad, but that is not the case. Thus it is correct to say that every minor resurrection is the spiritual jihad of the party of God, in which the true religion certainly overcomes (other religions).
635 - Ghadah
Early morning:
It is said in verse (6:52): "And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His pleasure (or vision=wajhahu=His face) ..." In this verse there is an allusion to shari`at, tariqat, haqiqat and ma`rifat, because these are the stages to the vision of God.
636 - Gharabib (sing. ghirbib)
Raven black:
Study carefully verses (35:26-28) where in the example of the mountains, it is alluded that the manifestations of the Pearl of Intellect are in different colours. This is for the purpose that the colours and shapes of various gems, fruits, individuals and other creatures may be represented by this wisdom of colours.
637 - Gharib (1)
Stranger, alien:
It is reported in a Hadith: "Indeed, Islam started as a stranger and it will return (to be a stranger) as it had started. Then paradise (tuba) is for the strangers." (Lughat, Ghayn, p. 18; Tirmidhi, V, 18)
638 - Gharib (2)
Stranger, alien:
The embodied Islam was the natiq Messenger, then the asas, then the Imam and finally the qa'im from the progeny of Muhammad (s.a.s.). Just as the people could not recognise the holy Prophet in the beginning, in the same way at the end, his successor became a stranger in the eyes of the people. Therefore, it is said: "... gharibam qalb-i tu ... Mawlana `Ali"
639 - Ghilman (sing. ghulam)
Lads, youths:
It is said in verse (52:24): "And there go round, waiting on them youths of their own, as if they were hidden pearls." That is, the intellectual ghilman who continue to present, time and again, examples of knowledge and demonstration of wisdom. In this verse there are subtle allusions to the secrets of the treasure of azal, the Pearl of Intellect and the hidden Book.
640 - Ghawwas (1)
Diver:
The inner kingdom of Hazrat Sulayman was far greater than his external kingdom. Thus, both the powers of good and evil were subjugated to him as mentioned in verse (38:37): "And the devils, the builders and divers of all kinds." Since the external king does not himself work but uses different workers, it is certain that the spiritual king also does not himself work, rather all the powers of good and evil work for him.
641 - Ghawwas (2)
Diver:
O my dears! Do not think that beautiful buildings are built only in the external world and that diving is done only in the material ocean, because in fact all those things very skilfully take place in spirituality. The glory of the spiritual kingdom is such that even the devils accomplish constructive feats. How amazing it is that the devils dive in the ocean of spirituality and bring out the pearls of knowledge and wisdom. Glory be to God!
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