Balance of Realities - Dead atom and living atom
Dead atom and living atom
Tags: khayru'l makirin, divine light, atom
“Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth”. The heaven and the earth or the highness and the lowness are the two names of the entire universe. Spiritual highness and lowness are also mentioned in these two names. Both in the spiritual and the physical forms, the limit man reaches is his earth and the limit he has not yet reached is his heaven.
Physical light is related to physical eyes. It helps one to see the state of external things, whereas Divine light is related to the eye of the heart (i.e. insight), which helps one to see the internal and external states of everything. Just as without the external light one cannot go to an unknown city, without internal light no inventor can achieve the goal of discovery and invention. In order to traverse physical distance man first of all walks with his two feet, while on the path of mental progress he walks with the feet of reflection. If this is done in the context of Divine light, it starts to walk with the pace of question and answer, by which the scientist can reach the stage of invention. However, there is a danger for the inventor in that whatever he has achieved through the help of Divine light, he may consider the fruit and result of his own knowledge. Thus some people deny the existence of God. However, since God is the best of contrivers (khayru'l makirin), He does not withhold His spiritual light. Had God withheld knowledge and light due to this reason, it would have been a source of mercy for the inventor. Since, if the inventor's mind had stopped working due to the denial of God’s existence, it would have been an indication to him implying: “O man! It was My light through which you used to see the invisible things, but since you denied My existence, therefore I have left you in darkness”. On realising this, he would have been alarmed and would have stepped forward in spiritual progress and would have, in addition to physical progress, excelled in it even over those who have devoted their entire life to His worship (`ibadat).
One of the reasons for this wisdom filled Divine contrivance can also be that, man may attain whatever he desires. That is, he who seeks this world may attain this world, and he who desires the next world may attain that world, and he who seeks both of them may attain both in moderation.
The purpose of the revelation of the Qur'an is religious and worldly guidance and teaching. There is an answer for every question in true teaching. Thus, if the holy Prophet was asked by someone: “Through which light can the darkness of ignorance be removed and the secrets of the heavens and the earth seen?” he would have certainly answered: “It is Allah Who is the light of the heavens and the earth [through which the secrets of the heavens and the earth can be seen].” This, in fact, is the answer to this question.
One important aspect of the reality of light is that it and the sight of the eyes work together, just as both the eyes work together. Thus “the seeing” of the inner eye and “the seeing” of the light of God have the same meaning. God says: “We will soon show them Our signs in the horizons (i.e. the external world) and in their souls until it will be manifest unto them that He is True” (41:53).
God, the Exalted, stated at the time of the holy Prophet that He would show His signs in this world in the future. Those signs are the ones that appear in the form of inventions in this scientific and atomic cycle. Then it is alluded in the wisdom of the order of the words that, after this He will show His signs in their souls until the truth of God will manifest to them. Here it is clear that, so long as the dead atom is under the control of the scientists in this world, they will consider it the fruit of their wisdom and this will be the life less atom. Then naturally or as a result of their analysis of this dead atom when they will reach the living atom (luminous creatures), then all at once or gradually it will permeate human beings in the form of spirit. First of all, this will affect the ears of the human beings, whereby after some minor pain those veils in the ears that are between the body and the soul, will be removed. That will be the soul, and on the whole the spiritual power of Islam, an ethical force by which true peace can be established in the world and which can be the source of prosperity and true comfort for humankind.
Another proof is that a thing that indicates and ascertains an existent’s existence is called a sign. For instance, if a human voice comes from a building, which is a sign of a human being’s existence, it would be understood that there is a human being inside the house. Thus, the above mentioned verse first of all predicts about that stratum of scientists who are not convinced about or who do not believe at all in the existence of God. For the promise of God in “He will show them” shows that those people are far removed from being addressed by the Qur'an, and the promise is related to a time in the future after the holy Prophet. Thus the wonders of science and the marvels of the atom that have appeared as His signs in this age are by the will of God, the Omnipotent. The first and foremost among those who see them are those scientists who, despite seeing them, are not grateful to God, Who has granted them this power.
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