A Thousand Wisdoms - Chapter Waw
Chapter Waw
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908 - Wahidah (1)
One, unifier:
Question: How did God create people, or in other words what is the fountainhead of souls?
Answer: God created people from the Single Soul and it is the Single Soul which is the fountainhead of the souls of people (6:98; 7:189; 31:28; 39:6).
Question: Can the last creation be like the first creation from the Single Soul? The answer to this question is very difficult for the common people, but not for the chosen ones. What does the wise Qur’an say in this connection?
909 - Wahidah (2)
One, unifier, the Single Soul:
Answer: As the first creation of people has been from the Single Soul, in the same way their second creation is going to be from it too. Thus, God in the Resurrection of resurrections will say to the people: "And indeed you have come to Us one by one (in the Single Soul of your own time) as We had created you at the first time (from the Single Soul)." (6:94). The Single Soul is every natiq and Imam. The meaning of one by one is that people will become one by being annihilated in the Single Soul of their respective time, just as when the holy Prophet went to mi`raj he was alone, although the entire world of humanity had annihilated in him actually or potentially.
910 - Wahidah (3)
The Single Soul:
It is said in verse (19:94): "God has (absolutely) comprehended them and counted them in a (special) number (i.e. number one)." That is, He has unified them in the Single Soul. It is said in another verse: "And all of them shall come before Him being one (in the Single Soul)." (19:95) This is because of the fact that the holy vision of God takes place in the world of unity, where there is no room for any multiplicity.
911 - Wahidah (4)
The Single Soul:
Spiritual progress and the experience of the individual resurrection is extremely difficult, therefore God, by His infinite mercy, has kept the collective Resurrection of the people hidden in the individual resurrection of the Single Soul. Thus, their spiritual birth as well as their resurrection takes place in the same Single Soul, as God says in verse (31:28): "Your (spiritual) creation and resurrection are like a Single Soul." That is, the representative particles of the people of the world become present in the personal resurrection of the Perfect Man.
912 - Warithin
Inheritors:
In the extremely wisdom-filled verse (28:5), God says: "We wished to favour those who were weak on the face of the earth, and make them Imams (of the people) and make them inheritors." According to this verse, it is the spiritual children of the Imam of the time whom God will make Imams in the cosmic earth (stars).
913 - Warid (1)
One who goes down, one who goes down to hell:
It is said in a Hadith: "No one will remain, pious or impious, but will enter it (hell), but for the mu'min it will be cool and peace as it was made for Ibrahim." (Ahadith-i Mathnawi, p.187; al-Mustadrak, IV, 630). This Hadith is the exegesis of verse (19:71) in which it is mentioned that everyone, whether good or bad, has to enter hell. I have also discussed this subject in "Siraju'l-qulub" under the caption "A secret of hell".
914 - Warid (2)
One who goes down, one who goes down to hell:
It is said in verses (19:71-72): "There is not one of you but shall go down into it; this is a decisive decree of your Lord. Then We shall deliver those who fear God (in this world), and leave the unjust therein fallen on their knees."
915 - Wajh Allah (1)
Face, vision:
It is said in verse (6:52): "And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance (didar=vision)." In Islam, wherever Divine love is mentioned, there is an attractive invitation to His holy didar and recognition.
916 - Wajh Allah (2)
Face, vision:
Reflect upon verses (17:71-72) carefully. They are related to the subject of resurrection. The wisdom of these verses is that the Prophet and the Imam are the representatives of God, therefore their vision is the Divine vision and it is through this means that one's inner eye is created for the hereafter. Thus the holy Prophet has said: "He who saw me (it is as if he) has seen God." (Ahadith-i Mathnawi, p. 63). And Mawla `Ali has said: "I am the face of God on the earth." (Kawkab, p. 206).
917 - Wajh Allah (3)
Face of God:
According to verse (48:10), if it is true that the hand of God can be represented, then it is also true that His face can be represented, as Mawla `Ali has said: "I am the face of God in the heavens and the earth", as it is said in verse (28:88): "Everything is perishable except His face." (Kawkab, p. 206). The face of Allah, His vision and His recognition, all these attributes are the attributes of the exalted Imam.
918 - Wajh Allah (4)
Face of God, Divine vision, recognition, means of love and annihilation:
By the heavens are meant the spiritual ranks and in every rank the face of God is represented by the holy Imam, till the rank of the truth of certainty, which is the destination of annihilation. At the destination of annihilation, the Imam represents the supreme didar (vision) of God and all saliks and `arifs who reach there are annihilated like moths in the unprecedented and everlasting light of that didar. This is the annihilation in the Imam, annihilation in the Prophet and annihilation in God.
919 - Wajh Allah (5)
Face of the mazhar of God:
It is said in a Hadith: "God created Adam in His image." That is to say that, God appointed him as His representative and mazhar, and it is because of this that the leadership of the entire people was conferred upon him. (Lughat, "Sad", p.109).
920 - Wajh Allah (6)
Surat-i Rahman: Image of the Compassionate:
If God had created Hazrat Adam in His image and if people, according to a Hadith, are going to be in the image of their father Adam (i.e. the image of the Compassionate) when they will enter paradise, how then can there be any doubt in Mawla `Ali's being the Face of Allah. The words of the Hadith are: “In the image of their father Adam, may peace be on him.” (Bukhari Delhi, IV, 343; Cairo, IV, 160; Muslim, IV, 2184)
921 - Wajh Allah (7)
Face of God, destination of annihilation:
The surah of Rahman, due to its spiritual beauty is called the Bride of the Qur'an. In this blessed surah it is said in verses (55:26-27): "Everyone that is on it (earth or the personal world) is perishable, there remains but the face of your Lord, the Glorious, the Bounteous”, i.e. the representative of God.
922 - Wajh Allah (8)
Face of the representative of God:
Question: What is the relationship between the annihilation of people and the permanence of the Face of God mentioned together in the same above-mentioned verse?
Answer: The relation between them is that at the rank of Intellect where there is the supreme didar of the Face of God (the representative of God, i.e. the Imam), there is the pure wine of love and annihilation for the true lovers. This is the great secret of annihilation in the Imam, in which there is annihilation in the Prophet and annihilation in God as well. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds!
923 - Wajh Allah (9)
Face of God:
It is said in verse (2:115): (Exoteric translation) "And Allah's is the east and the west; therefore wherever you turn, there is the face of Allah." Ta'wili meaning with respect to the personal world: O `arifs! in the personal world, wherever you have open didar without any veil, that is indeed didar. In addition, there is no place where His face and His vision from behind the veil is not found. So reflect carefully on all miracles one by one.
924 - Wajh `Aliyy
Face of `Ali, vision of `Ali, vision of the Imam of the time:
The holy Prophet has said: "To look at the face of `Ali is worship (`ibadat)." (Sara'ir, p. 116). Why is it so? Because `Ali is the Face of God, as he himself says: "I am the Face of God which He has mentioned by saying: Wherever you turn, there is the Face of God." (2:115). (Ibid.)
925 - Wahy (1)
Sign, sign of vision:
Regarding wahy, verses (42:51-53) are extremely worthwhile to reflect upon and full of the secrets of recognition. Verse (42:51) says: "And it is not (vouchsafed) to any mortal that Allah should speak to him except by sign, or from behind a veil or that He sends a messenger to reveal by His permission whatsoever He wills. Verily, He is High, Wise."
926 - Wahy (2)
Signs of vision:
God by His grace, shows the fortunate salik who dies voluntarily before the compulsory death, a resurrection of recognition (`arifanah qiyamat) which comprises the recognition of everything, particularly, the places of Divine vision without which recognition remains meaningless.
927 - Wahy (3)
The highest wahy is the Divine vision:
Wahy literally means sign, signal. Thus, there are the most numerous sublime signs in the holy didar of God, the elaboration and explanation of which is the glorious Qur'an itself.
928 - Wahy (4)
Signs of Divine wisdom:
There are signs or allusions in the Divine vision, there are signs in the word "Be" and in the Pearl of Intellect and there are signs in the perfect words, and one of the names of the Qur'an is also "wahy (sign)", because in addition to the literal or exoteric meaning, a sign of Divine wisdom is also hidden in each of its verses. In short, there are subtle and wisdom-filled signs in everything of God for the people of intellect, so that there should be a special and specific language of wisdom and the treasure of recognition for the chosen ones of God.
929 - Wudd
Love:
God says in verse (19:96): "Verily, those who believe and do good deeds, the Compassionate will create for them love (in their hearts)." This blessed verse is about the holy true Imams. In paradise however, this will also be created for the true mu'mins.
930 - Wadud
He who loves abundantly:
God says in verse (11:90): "Verily, my Lord is Merciful, Loving." It is on the level of intellect that one becomes sure of how intensely God loves His friends and what kind of favours He confers upon them.
931 - Wasi`a
He encompassed:
It is mentioned in verse (6:80): "My Lord has encompassed everything in knowledge." That is, there is knowledge in the interior and exterior of everything. In other words, there is spiritual science in the exterior and interior of everything, because science is the name of knowledge.
932 - Wildan mukhalladun (1)
Youths of paradise:
It is said in verse (56:17): "There wait on them immortal youths." These are intellectual ghilman whose work is to provide the sublime bounties of intellect and true love for the muqarrabun (those who are close to God). They will always remain youthful in paradise, and a great secret is hidden in this.
933 - Wildan mukhalladun (2)
Intellectual youths:
It is said in verses (76:19-20): "There serve them youths of everlasting youth whom, when you see, you would take for scattered pearls. When you look, you will see there bliss and a great kingdom." On top of the countless bounties of paradise is the supreme bounty of "monoreality". However, prior to reaching there, first there are many ranks, then there is equality (musawat) and finally monoreality.
934 - Wildan mukhalladun (3)
The immortal youths of paradise:
Question: Are hur and ghilman born in this world or in paradise? Answer: All the people of paradise are initially born in this world. When they die they are ushered into paradise by reviving them in the subtle body. Nonetheless creation on the whole is on the ladder of ranks.
935 - Wildan mukhalladun (4)
Eternal youths:
This term “eternal youths” shows clearly that the higher “I” of man is always in paradise. (56:17).
936 - Wildan mukhalladun (5)
Eternal youths:
Eternal youths are always in paradise as well as they come to this world and are born. Therefore, they have two “I’s”, the higher “I” and the lower “I” (6:98; 56:17).
937 - Wildan mukhalladun (6)
Eternal youths of paradise:
Who are these eternal youths (56:17; 76:19) of paradise? They are the wisdom and symbol of eternity and immortality (khulud). In one way they come to this world and in another they do not, just like the ocean, the centre of water, which both rests at its own place as well as revolves on its circle.
938 - Waliyy al-amr (1)
Lord of command:
Every sacred farman of Nur Mawlana Shah Karimu'l-Husayni, salawatu'llahi `alayhi is extremely necessary and obligatory for all of us. The exalted Imam says: “Each of you should have a deep knowledge and true understanding of his Faith. To those who contribute to the acquisition of this knowledge and understanding by others, and to those who have made it their aim to know about their Faith, I send my best loving blessings.”
"True understanding" is a clear, bright and comprehensive meaning, and "deep knowledge" is undoubtedly a universal purport, which comprises meanings such as intellect, understanding, knowledge, recognition and esoteric secrets.
939 - Waliyy al-amr (2)
Lord of command:
“Do not forget that our branch of Islam is an esoteric branch of Islam. Esoteric means that what is written is there, but its meaning is not there to everyone. It is there to those who are part of our jama`at. And it is important, therefore, that if you learn parts of the Qur'an, you should be able to explain the esoteric meaning of those parts.” (Precious Pearls, farmans of Mawlana Shah Karimu'l-Husayni, salawatu'llahi `alayhi).
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