A Thousand Wisdoms - Chapter Jim
Chapter Jim
250 - Jahadu
They did jihad:
In verse (29:69) glad tidings is given to those who do jihad against their carnal soul in order to please God. The verse is: "And We shall certainly guide those who do jihad in Us (Our cause) to Our paths. Verily Allah is with those who do good." In this Divine teaching there is an allusion to the paths of shari`at, tariqat, haqiqat and ma`rifat, the guidance of which is conditional on doing major jihad.
251 - Jadd
Israfil, angel of love:
Verse (72:3) says: "Exalted is Jadd (Glory) of our Lord; He has taken neither a wife nor a son." Jadd is the angel Israfil. When he blows his sur, a great glory of God appears. Indeed, he is the angel of Divine love.
252 - Jalis (1)
Companion:
A sacred Hadith says: "I am the companion of he who remembers Me." God's mercy and blessing are in degrees until one attains His holy vision and what is mentioned in verse (4:87): "Who is more true in statement than Allah?" becomes clear to him.
253 - Jalis (2)
Companion:
Hazrat Musa said: "O my Lord! Are you close so that I may whisper to you? Or are you remote so that I may call to You? He was told: O Musa! I am the companion of the one who remembers Me." (al-Mu`jam, p. 257).
254 - Jumi`a
Is gathered:
It is said in verses (75:6-9): "He asks: When will the day of resurrection be? So when the eyes will be dazzled, and the moon will be eclipsed and the sun and the moon will be united." Resurrection happens to a salik (traveller on the path of spirituality) when his eyes are dazzled by the initial light. Due to the severity of the event of resurrection, he cannot impart knowledge and in this state, he becomes annihilated in the Imam.
255 - Jinn (1)
Subtle creatures, invisible creatures:
Jinn is mentioned in many verses of the wise Qur’an. Its Persian translation is "pari". It is a collective noun, the masculine singular of which is "jinni" and the feminine singular is "jinniyyah". (see al-Munjid; "Coolness of the eye", Appendix).
256 - Jinn (2)
Subtle creatures, invisible creatures:
Study the surah of Jinn (72) carefully. “A group of jinn believed in the Qur'an” (72:2). In verse (72:6) "men from jinn" are mentioned. This shows that there are also women amongst jinn.
257 - Janah
Wing, name, remembrance of God by which every subtle creature flies:
The holy Prophet has said: "Last night I entered paradise and there was Ja`far flying with angels and there was Hamzah reclining on a throne." The Prophet also said: "I saw Ja`far bin Abi Talib as an angel flying with angels with two wings." (al-Mustadrak, III, 231). It is the subtle body which is an angel as well as a throne and the two wings are two beautiful names for remembrance, because the angels fly by the beautiful names.
258 - Jannah
Paradise:
The following Hadith is reported by Mawla `Ali: "There will be a bazaar in paradise in which there will be no buying and selling. There will only be the pictures of men and women. Whenever a person likes a picture, he enters it (i.e. becomes like that person)”. (Tirmidhi, IV, 686). This Hadith contains extremely amazing wisdoms.
259 - Jiran Allah (1)
The neighbours of Allah:
It is mentioned in verse (10:25): "And Allah calls (you) to the abode of peace." In the light of this verse, the importance of the abode of peace (daru's-salam) increases among the other paradises. And it is mentioned in a Hadith: "Enter paradise, you are neighbours of God in daru's-salam." (Da`a’im, II, 325). There is extremely amazing wisdom in this Hadith. Nothing is impossible for Almighty God, and therefore, those mu'mins who have attained the rank of the truth of certainty are the neighbours of God.
260 - Jiran Allah (2)
The neighbours of Allah:
Verse (66:11) says: "When (the wife of Pharoah) said: O my Lord, build for me a house near You in paradise." The ta'wil of this verse is that she was yearning for the rank of annihilation in God and the truth of certainty, so that she may be among the neighbours of God.
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