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A Thousand Wisdoms - Chapter Ya'

Chapter Ya'

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957 - Ya'ti zamanun

A time will come:

It is said in a Hadith: "You are in an age in which anyone of you who abandons one-tenth of what is ordered (to do), will perish. Then, a time will come when anyone of them who shall observe one-tenth of what is now ordered will be redeemed." (Tirmidhi, IV, 530 and Mishkat, I, 171; see also Spirit of Islam Sayyid Amir `Ali, p.183).

958 - Ya'juj wa Ma'juj (1)

Gog and Magog, the world of particles:

Gog and Magog are subtle particles, minute creatures, human offspring, souls of creatures, spiritual army, and the world of particles both in the sense of the beginning and in the sense of the end. (18:94; 21:96)

959 - Ya'juj wa Ma'juj (2)

Atomic army (dharrati lashkar), spiritual army:

Gog and Magog, in reality, are the name of the atomic army, who are appointed for the spiritual war of the external and internal worlds from the time of Hazrat Adam. In the interests of the earth of the personal world, it is a great blessed day when these miraculous particles enter to destroy it for the sake of construction. This work of theirs is like the demolishing of a dilapidated building and the re-construction of a new building in its place. Gog and Magog are openly mentioned in two places of the Qur'an. (18:94; 21:96). It is not surprising if those things which people do not like become useful for them (see 2:216).

960 - Ya'juj wa Ma'juj (3)

The earthly army of God:

Where there is an army, religious or worldly, there has also to be a commander-in-chief. Thus, this magnificent command of the army of Gog and Magog was given first of all to Hazrat Adam. This is why the possible mischief and bloodshed of the earth of the external world and the internal world was attributed by the angels to Hazrat Adam, the vicegerent of God. They said that Adam would continue to cause destruction in the personal world and on the planet earth through this army (2:30). As already mentioned, the destruction of the vicegerent of God is for the sake of construction and progress. The ta'wil of bloodshed is to remove doubts and suspicions which is possible through the knowledge of certainty, the eye of certainty and the truth of certainty.

961 - Ya'juj wa Ma'juj (4)

The army of the lord of the time:

It is said in verse (21:96): "Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they will hasten out of every elevated place." That is, the atomic army or the army of particles will come out of the Imam and all other hudud under him and accomplish the work of spiritual jihad and inner resurrection.

962 - Ya'juj wa Ma'juj (5)

Inner army:

In verses (18:83-99) study the wisdom-filled story of Hazrat Dhu'l-Qarnayn and Gog and Magog carefully. God had granted him the rank of Imamat and the spiritual kingdom, therefore this entire story is spiritual and full of ta'wil. It will be impossible to give any rational explanation in today's enlightened age if you take these wondrous events only in a literal sense.

963 - Ya'juj wa Ma'juj (6)

Spiritual army:

The attack of Gog and Magog becomes a source of mercy and blessings for those who, through special knowledge, good deeds, permission and the discipline of vigil have become able, by the grace of God, to bear the bitterness of voluntary death and the severity of the personal resurrection, and obtain the precious treasures of spirituality and intellectuality. As for the rest, the exalted Imam prevents Gog and Magog or the army of (spiritual) particles from attacking them.

964 - Yatadabbaruna

They reflect, ponder:

It is said in verse (47:24): "Do they not reflect upon the Qur'an or are there locks on the hearts?" From this heavenly teaching on the one hand the very great importance of reflecting upon the Qur'an becomes evident, and on the other hand, it also becomes evident that in this connection there are locks on some hearts. As Hakim Pir Nasir-i Khusraw (q.s.) has said in his Diwan:

965 - Yatim (1)

Matchless:

Durratun yatimah, unique pearl is the Pearl of Intellect, hidden Book and the exalted Imam (56:78).

966 - Yatim (2)

Unique:

You on your own will not be able to go close to the spiritual knowledge of the Imam, except through the ism-i a`zam. Then in your personal world you have to work hard and serve the Imam from his spiritual childhood to his full youth. (6:152; 17:34)

967 - Yatimat ad-dahr

The phoenix of the time:

Humiliation befalls because of not respecting yatim, i.e. the exalted Imam who has no match, and because of not urging people to acquire the knowledge of the hujjat (107:2-3).

968 - Yuhibbuhum (1)

He (Allah) loves them:

In verse (5:54) it is said: "He loves them and they love Him, humble toward mu'mins, stern toward disbelievers, doing jihad in the way of God, and fearing not the blame of any blamer." There is a difference of opinion as to who they are or who they will be, who will be humble toward mu'mins and stern toward the disbelievers. However, their becoming humble toward the mu'mins of this world shows that they are not the mu'mins of this world, rather they are the spiritual army who conquer the personal world by doing the jihad of the personal resurrection.

969 - Yuhibbuhum (2)

He (Allah) loves them:

The open victory which is mentioned in verses (48:1-4) was the victory of the personal world of the holy Prophet. The unprecedented forgiveness, the completion of great inner bounties, the luminous guidance on the right path and the tremendous help and succour were because of this spiritual victory. See verse (48:4) in which the heavenly and earthly (i.e. spiritual) armies are also mentioned.

970 - Yuhibbuhum (3)

He (Allah) loves them:

Personal resurrection is spiritual war as well as the ultimate da`wat of Islam, the conquest of the personal world as well as the subjugation of the universe and it is also the return to God. In short, it contains countless wisdoms.

971 - Yuhibbuhum (4)

He (Allah) loves them:

This verse which is mentioned in three places (9:33; 48:28; 61:9) is among the most important verses: "It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all religions". Thus the holy Prophet, according to the will of God completed this great task. That is, the religion of Islam continued to prevail over all religions in his personal resurrection and in the personal resurrection of every Imam from his progeny. And God willing, the same will happen in the Resurrection of resurrections as well.

972 - Yahya (1)

Hazrat Yahya:

Literally it means "may he live!". God had bestowed upon Hazrat Yahya the rank of Prophethood and Imamat. The physical birth of the Prophets is a symbol of their spiritual and intellectual birth. Thus, the glad news of his physical birth was, in reality, the glad tidings of his intellectual birth. Thus, the ta'wil of Yahya is the one who, by virtue of being born at the rank of intellect, became eternally alive. His confirmation of the word of God (3:39) has three meanings:

1. The word of God in his time was Hazrat `Isa.
2. It is the ism-i a`zam in every age.
3. It is the word "Be".

Thus the attainment of the practical recognition of these three things in the personal world is the confirmation of the word of God.

973 - Yahya (2)

Imam Yahya:

It is mentioned in verse (19:7): "O Zakariyya, verily We give you glad tidings of a son, his name shall be Yahya, and We have not given that name to anyone before him". It is perfectly clear that this blessed and wisdom-filled name Yahya (may he live forever) was given by God, thus the Divine Will which is hidden in its meaning is like the command "Be". Therefore, we are certain that the Imam of the time is that living and supreme Name of God which is called "al-hayyu'l-qayyum" (Everliving and Everlasting), which is unique and unprecedented.

974 - Yahya (3)

Yahya, the Imam of the time:

The word "yahya" is a very beautiful, spiritual veil over the supreme Name of God, as mentioned in the above. Thus, with respect to spiritual miracles, he has no namesake (19:7). Since this everliving and everlasting name is the unique supreme Name of God, therefore none is the namesake of God (19:65).

975 - Yad Allah

Hand of God:

Reflect upon the verse of the oath of allegiance (bay`ah) and try to grasp the universal wisdom of it, which is verse (48:10): "(O Prophet!) Those who give bay`ah to you, they give bay`ah to God, God's hand is above their hands." Here it is clear that the hand of the representative of God is in fact the hand of God. It is not an analogy and conjecture, it is God Himself Who says this.

976 - Yadan

Both hands:

It is said in verse (5:64): "And the Jews say: The hand of Allah is tied up! Tied be their own hands, and damned be they for saying what they say! Nay, both His hands are widely outstretched, He expends as He pleases." In the spiritual world the two hands of God are the Universal Intellect and the Universal Soul, and in the physical world they are the natiq and asas and after them the Imam and hujjat.

977 - Yudriku

He obtains, catches, overtakes:

It is said in verse (6:103): "Eyesights cannot attain Him but He attains (all) eyesights." That is, it is not possible for the human eyesight to see Him, but He Himself becomes the light of the eyes of the `arifs, as mentioned in the sacred Hadith on nawafil (supererogatory acts) that God becomes the eye of His friend.

978 - Yadda`una

They ask/will ask for:

It is said in verse (36:57): "For them in it (paradise) is fruit, and for them there is whatever they ask for." This shows that in paradise everything is available according to one's desire and demand and nothing is impossible. However, how can the desire for higher bounties be created without knowledge, recognition and good deeds?

979 - Yursilu

He sends/will send:

It is said in verse (71:11): "He will send you the heaven showering abundant rain." That is, by the command of God, the light of Imamat will appear in your heart, by the blessing of which the rain of spiritual knowledge will continue to pour upon you.

980 - Yastanbituna (1)

They deduce, discover, they do istinbat:

Istinbat primarily means "to dig a well and bring out water for the first time". Secondarily it is used in the sense of thinking, reflection, to penetrate deeply (Qamus, p. 717). For instance, istanbata'sh-shay' means to reveal a thing from its hidden state. Verse (4:83), in which it is used, clearly means that after the holy Prophet, it is the ulu'l-amr, the Imams from the progeny of the holy Prophet, who bring out the inner meaning of the Qur'anic verses, because it is they who know the ta'wil of the Qur'an.

981 - Yastanbituna (2)

They deduce, discover, they do istinbat:

It is said in verse (4:83): "And when there comes to them any news of security or of alarm, they spread it abroad, and if they had referred it to the Messenger and to the ulu'l-amr amongst them, then they, who could discover the truth, would have known it." This shows that after the holy Prophet it is the ulu'l-amr who know the esoteric meaning of the Qur'an.

982 - Yasjudu

He prostrates:

It is said in verses (13:15; 16:49; 22:18): "And to Allah prostrates whosoever is in the heavens and the earth." This shows that there are subtle creatures on the stars, whether you call them advanced human beings or angels or souls. In any case, no heaven is devoid of subtle creatures.

983 - Yashrabuna

They drink/will drink:

It is said in verses (76:5-6): "Verily, the righteous shall drink a cup (of wine) whose mixture is camphor, (which) is a fountain from which shall drink the (chosen) servants of God and causing it to flow in abundance (wherever they want)." Wine is the name of heavenly love, the water of camphor is spiritual knowledge, wine mixed with camphor is that state of an `arif in which both love and knowledge are experienced together by him and cause the water to flow easily from the fountain of camphor to all places low and high, near and far means that the spiritual knowledge of the Imam can reach the deserving mu'mins of both worlds without any obstacle.

984 - Yatba`u

He seals/will seal:

It is said in verse (30:59): "Thus, does Allah seal the hearts of those who do not know." In verse (10:44) Allah says: "Verily, Allah does not do injustice to people in anything whatsoever, rather it is the people who do injustice to themselves." Indeed, those who remain far away from knowledge and wisdom, do injustice to themselves, while knowledge and wisdom are extremely necessary.

985 - Yatufu (1)

He goes/will go round:

It is an aorist from tawf and tawaf, which means to circumambulate a great personality or a sacred place. It is mentioned in verse (56:17): "There go round them immortal youths." These are the ghilman of the intellect and knowledge of the supreme paradise. Who are they in reality? When were they born? How? Why do they circumambulate? Can there be hidden the great secret of the circle of beginninglessness and endlessness in their circumambulation? Are you yourself not that secret?

986 - Yatufu (2)

He circumambulates/will circumambulate:

It is mentioned in verse (52:24): “And youths who are like hidden pearls (in beauty) will go round them (in service).” On the earth the pilgrims circumambulate the Ka`bah, in the heaven the angels circumambulate the baytu'l-ma`mur, in the higher world the great angels circumambulate the Supreme Throne and in paradise the act of ghilman is also a kind of circumambulation. Thus circumambulation is a very wisdom-filled act, which alludes to rotation, circle, beginninglessness and endlessness, renewal of similitudes and all circular secrets (asrar-i mustadir).

987 - Ya`rifuna

They recognise/will recognise:

The people of the Book went astray later on. Previously there used to be among them hudud-i din and `arifs, who had recognised the holy Prophet in spirituality and luminosity. The light which manifests itself in the personal world has many examples and relations. Therefore, sometimes that light can tell the `arifs: "I am your son". The `arifs had recognised the holy Prophet according to this example. Study verses (2:146; 6:20) carefully.

988 - Yaqin (1)

That reality in which there cannot be any doubt:

It is said in verse (15:99): "And worship your Lord until (the destination of) certainty comes (to) you." The purpose of worship is not death, as some understand by yaqin, rather it is the highest recognition which is the truth of certainty (haqqu'l-yaqin).

989 - Yaqin (2)

The truth of certainty, the perfect stage of certainty:

Verse (15:99) says: "And worship your Lord until the (truth of) certainty comes to you." At the ultimate end of certainty, the Perfect Man attains the rank of fana' fi'llah (annihilation in God) and baqa' bi'llah (survival in God), where every kind of worship not only becomes easy, rather automatic, because it is in reality among the bounties of paradise.

990 - Yaqin (3)

The truth of certainty, the ultimate stage of certainty:

Verse (6:75) says: "Thus did We show Ibrahim the kingdom (malakut) of the heavens and the earth, so that he could be of those who possess certainty (muqinin)." That is, God showed Hazrat Ibrahim the magnificent kingdom of the heavens and the earth of the personal world completely. This observation was for the sake of perfect certainty (complete recognition), which is not possible without the Divine vision. In (6:75) there is an allusion to the Divine vision both in the word malakut as well as in muqinin. The observation of malakut happened not only in this world, but also in the Hand of God (23:88; 36:83). And the muqinin (people of certainty) become fana' fi'llah due to the Divine vision.

991 - Yaqin (4)

The ranks of certainty:

It is mentioned in verses (51:20-21): "And there are signs in the earth for the people of certainty and within yourselves. Will you not then see?" The mineral kingdom, the vegetative kingdom, the animal kingdom, the human kingdom and the world of religion and all its things, particularly the revealed Light and the heavenly Book, are related to certainty. Thus, for the people of certainty, there are signs and miracles in the earth as well as in the personal world. This means that the spirituality of the wise Qur'an and the manifest Imam, which causes resurrection, is working within the people of certainty.

992 - Yaqin (5)

Opposite of doubt, knowledge without doubt which is acquired through arguments and proofs:

Certainty has three levels: the knowledge of certainty, the eye of certainty and the truth of certainty, which are mentioned in the Qur'an in verses (102:5), (102:7) and (56:95) respectively. It is said in verses (102:5-7): "Nay, would that you knew it with knowledge of certainty, then (in its light) you would certainly have seen Hell. Then you would have seen it with the eye of certainty."

993 - Yukallimuhum (1)

He speaks/will speak to them:

Study verses (2:174; 3:77) very minutely. There is a great wisdom in these verses that on the Day of Resurrection, God will speak to some and will not speak to others. Obviously those who will listen to the Divine speech will be purified.

Question: But when will this event take place?
Answer: It will happen in the individual resurrection, and in the collective resurrection, i.e. in the cycle of spirituality and after physical death.

994 - Yukallimuhum (2)

He speaks/will speak to them:

On the Day of Resurrection, God will speak to some people, and grant them the lasting wealth of His holy didar, by the blessing of which, they will be purified. He will not speak to others, nor will He look at them. (2:174; 3:77)

995 - Yanzuruna (1)

They see/will see; they wait/will wait:

O my dears! There is one extremely great event for which everybody waits and that is the event of resurrection. Study with complete attention the subject of waiting, i.e. "Do they wait (hal yanzuruna)" in the wise Qur’an, in five places: (2:210; 6:158; 7:53; 16:33 and 43:66). Truly speaking, the permanent relation of resurrection is with the esoteric aspect and spirituality, which is not possible for the common people to see.

996 - Yanzuruna (2)

They see/will see; they wait/will wait:

See the above-mentioned five Qur'anic verses which start with "hal yanzuruna (Do they wait?)". In these verses the same one great event is prophesied under different titles which are: The manifestation of the qa'im in the world of religion, the descent of angels, the beginning of the age of ta'wil, the decree of resurrection and the occurrence of resurrection in such a way that people are unaware of it, because it has always continued to occur spiritually.

997 - Yanzuruna (3)

They see/will see; they wait/will wait:

The wise Qur'an is the greatest treasure of Divine secrets. One great fundamental wisdom in it is that in addition to verbal statements (zaban-i qal), there are circumstantial statements (zaban-i hal) too, which have been represented by God Himself or by the angel. Therefore, this is the most difficult veil for the people to penetrate in order to see the secrets. In short, the states of resurrection are completely hidden from the common people. However, from the circumstantial statements it appears as if all people see all the events of the resurrection.

998 - Yanzuruna (4)

They see/will see; they wait/will wait:

It is said in verse (17:72): "And whosoever is blind in this (world) he will (also) be blind in the hereafter." This means that those whom the Qur'an has called deaf, dumb and blind (2:18) will not be able to hear, speak and see during the resurrection and in the hereafter. Despite this, the way their hearing, speaking and seeing is mentioned repeatedly, is in reality the representation of their state.

999 - Yanzuruna (5)

They see/will see; they wait/will wait:

In verse (36:65), it is said about the inmates of hell: "Today We put a seal on their mouths, and their hands speak to Us and their feet bear witness to what they used to earn." This is an universal law about the inmates of hell, in that they will not be able to speak to God with spoken word (zaban-i qal), rather whatever is said about their speech is only a representation of their mute expression (zaban-i hal).

1000 - Yanzuruna (6)

They see/will see; they wait/will wait:

In verse (23:108), it is said about them: "He (God) will say: Be driven into it, and speak not to Me!" From this Divine command it is evident that the people of hell remain far away from God and are never able to speak to Him.