A Thousand Wisdoms - Chapter Ha' (ه)
Chapter Ha'
Tags: Ha'
940 - Hadin
Guide, Imam:
It is said in verse (13:7): "Verily you are a warner, and to every nation (qawm) there is a guide." (see Shi`i translations and commentaries of the Qur'an and the books on the Manaqib of Mawla `Ali). From the time of Adam till the Resurrection of resurrections, the people of every age are a nation and for every nation God has appointed a guide, who is the Imam of the time.
941 - Harun (1)
Imam-i asas:
It is said in a Hadith: "O `Ali you are to me as Harun was to Musa, except that after me there will be no Prophet." This is an unanimously accepted Hadith. (Bukhari, V, Delhi, 47; Cairo, V, 24).
942 - Harun (2)
Imam-i asas:
In order to estimate the depth and impact of the wisdom-filled way in which the holy Prophet has praised Mawla `Ali, one has to see him in the Harunian mirror (ayinah-yi Haruni) in the wise Qur'an, about how both the Imams are the wazirs of their respective Prophets (20:29; 25:35). Wizarat (ministry) is mentioned together with the heavenly Book (25:35). Therefore, it is a clear fact that both were custodians of the ta'wil of their respective heavenly Books, and it is not possible to do ta'wil of the Book without seeing the spirituality and intellectuality of its inner aspect.
943 - Harun (3)
Wazir of Musa (a.s.):
The word wazir is derived from wizr, meaning burden and hence wazir means the one who carries the burden. This means that just as Hazrat Harun was carrying the burden of spirituality and luminosity (i.e. ta'wil) of the Torah, Mawla `Ali was carrying the burden of the spirit and spirituality and light and luminosity (i.e. ta'wil) of the Qur'an and still does so in the form of the present attire (jamah-yi hazir) of Imamat, i.e. the present Imam.
944 - Harun (4)
Custodian of ta'wil:
According to verse (21:48) Hazrat Musa and Hazrat Harun were given Furqan (Torah and sensory miracles), light and the remembrance of the beautiful names so that these blessings may come to those who fear God, and indeed Mawla `Ali, the legatee of the chief of the Prophets, was like Hazrat Harun in every attribute except in Prophethood.
945 - Harun (5)
Imam Harun:
In the holy Qur'an the blessed name of Hazrat Harun is mentioned twenty times. In all such places the light of Imamat is mentioned, because the light of Imamat was manifesting from the blessed forehead of Hazrat Harun. Similarly, the light of Imamat was manifesting from the blessed forehead of Mawla `Ali, the like of Harun, except that after the holy Prophet there is no prophet.
946 - Harun (6)
Imam Harun:
It is said in verse (2:248): "And (then) their Prophet said to them: Verily the sign of his kingdom is that the ark (chest) shall come to you wherein there shall be tranquillity from your Lord, and the (spiritual) relics of what the family of Musa and the family of Harun left behind; the angels shall bear it. Verily, therein shall be a sign for you if you are mu'mins."
947 - Harun (7)
Imam Harun:
Tranquillity or peace of heart is not possible for mu'mins without spiritual knowledge and recognition. Therefore, by the ark of tranquillity is certainly meant the collective spirituality which is under the spiritual kingdom of the exalted Imam and spiritual jihad is also carried on under his supervision. As for the relics left of the family of Musa and the family of Harun, apparently they may have been some material relics, but in reality they are the inner and spiritual miracles of Prophethood and Imamat.
948 - Halik (1)
Perishable, destructible:
O my dears! You should not forget the Qur'anic law that at the end of some surahs there are special gems, as in verse (28:88) at the end of the surah of Qasas: "Everything is perishable except His face."
949 - Halik (2)
Perishable, destructible:
First exegesis: If we say that everything is perishable except the Essence of God, then (God forbid) this will necessitate that all His attributes also are perishable. This is an impossible and an inappropriate concept. Second exegesis: If we say that except His face, everything is perishable, then (God forbid) this will lead to anthropomorphism and this will mean that only His face will remain and the rest of the organs will perish. This idea is also absurd.
950 - Halik (3)
Perishable, destructible:
Third exegesis: In reality, God does not come under the group of everything, rather by His face is meant His mazhar who comes under it. Further, if it is necessary for there to be a vicegerent of God from the inception of Islam, then the same vicegerent is His mazhar as well as His face. Now, the most difficult problem comes to an end, because in this verse, the discussion is not about God as such, rather it is about annihilation in His mazhar. al-Hamdu li'llah!
951 - Halik (4)
Perishable, destructible:
Reflect well upon this farman of Mawla `Ali: "He who recognises his soul, indeed recognises his Lord." How can the soul in which there is the recognition of the Lord, be an ordinary soul? By this soul is meant the mazhar of the light of God and His face. If we become annihilated in him, he will be our soul. Thus, through the face of God (the Imam of the time) we can recognise the Lord. (see: (Wisdom 915-923)).
952 - Hubut(1)
Descent:
God Almighty told Hazrat Adam and all his companions: "Descend from it (paradise), all of you." (2:38). This shows that all people have come to this world from paradise. But how? They have come like a shadow, because the upper end of the soul is always merged in the origin, therefore that cannot come to this world, as it is said: "Ma amadah nistim in sayah-yi mast", i.e. In reality, we have not come to this world, this physical existence is only our shadow. (Kulliyyat, p. 1350; Gulshan-i Khwudi, p. 9).
953 - Hubut (2)
Descent of Adam:
As great a trial by God of the people as the story of Adam is not found anywhere else. This means that the entire story of Hazrat Adam is full of the secrets of Divine wisdom. For instance, let us try to ask a question only about the descent of Hazrat Adam, whether it was in a physical or spiritual sense or both? From which level of paradise had he to descend and after what duration? Is it the story of every Perfect Man or that of one individual?
954 - Hudan
Guidance:
O my dears! Look carefully at the beginning of the surah (2) in which by "alif-lam-mim", are meant the Book of the external world and the internal world and the speaking Book, which is Mawla `Ali (a.s.). The ready proofs of this are:
- In "dhalika'l-kitab (that Book)" dhalika is used for remote things.
- "There is no doubt in it", i.e. he has the knowledge of certainty, the eye of certainty and the truth of certainty.
- In this there is guidance for the righteous, because all people do not accept the speaking Qur'an.
955 - Halaka (1)
He perished, died, was wiped out, ruined:
It is said in verse (69:29): (i) My kingdom has perished. (ii) My proof has been refuted. That is, all those proofs which I used to have in defence of my faith proved to be false.
956 - Halaka (2)
He perished, died, was wiped out, ruined:
It is said in verse (8:42): "So that he who has perished by the proof may perish and may he who has become alive by the proof, live." That is, the one whose proof does not have the evidence of the external world and the internal world and is not in accordance with the religion of nature, namely Islam, and the intellect, is false. Thus, every such person has been destroyed by proof.
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