Balance of Realities - The Universal Soul's practical power causes resurrection
The Universal Soul's practical power causes resurrection
The people of wisdom can ascertain the reality, both from the sayings of the sages of religion and from rational proofs, that the outer surface of the universal body or the supreme sphere, which is variously called the universal circumference, absolute surface, universal surface, the beginning and end of the body, etc., is spherical. Beyond this circumferential surface there is no body, nor is it correct to apply the term “outer” to the state beyond it. For the term “outer”, or terms like it are used for space, whereas there is no space beyond the universal surface. However, if spatial words are used for this boundary of the non-spatial world, it is because of the need to teach.
The spherical universal surface is surrounded by the luminous force of the Universal Soul, whose spiritual and luminous pressure is continuously cast on the centre of the universe (the sun), due to which matter dissolves and incessant explosions and light are continuously created in it. This light, which in reality is dissolved matter, constantly spreads to the corners of the universe in all directions, just as when someone throws a stone in the midst of a pool, a powerful ripple starts from there, which pushes the surrounding still water. Ripples start from there in circles, touch the shores of the pool and become extinct.
Any reality can be explained by using examples in contemporary terms. Therefore, let us compare the sun with a gigantic ball of atomic flame, whose fuel is the surrounding matter. Due to the universal pressure (which is because of the Universal Soul’s enveloping grip) this surrounding matter constantly falls into this flame (i.e. the sun) where it dissolves in the form of heat and light and spreads in the entire universe. One of the proofs of the atomic explosions and tremendous ebullience in the sun is that sometimes some spots appear on its surface. These spots, in fact, are the electromagnetic waves of the sun that constantly rise from its centre for a long time. Thus, this action of the sun is the manifestation of the Universal Soul’s power, whose centre is the circumference of the universe.
The concept of this self subsistent substance, or the Universal Soul, (which controls and surrounds the circumferential surface) is not comparable with a body or matter, rather it surrounds the surface (muhat) of the universal body due to its intrinsic effect (jawhari athar) and spiritual act. Similarly, the pearl of the Universal Intellect encompasses the Universal Soul, with respect to its nobility and effect. As according to the testimony of the speech of God: “His kursi (Pedestal) has comprised the heavens and the earth” (2:255), it is accepted that the `arsh (Divine Throne) is upon the kursi. This is the proof of the fact that the Universal Soul surrounds the surface of the universe, which no Muslim sage can reject. Another proof of this, according to the testimony of the Word of God, is: “Our Lord! You comprehend everything (whole universe) in mercy (Universal Soul) and knowledge (Universal Intellect).” (40:7). Thus, it is evident that the Universal Soul surrounds the universal surface of the (universal) body and the Universal Intellect surrounds the Universal Soul, as God says: “And God surrounds everything” (4:126). That is, God, the Exalted, through His act of power, which is the Universal Soul, surrounds the entire universe.
After this fundamental reality and principal recognition, what is left to know is that it is the Universal Soul that is the resurrection and God’s act of power. It permeates and affects the entire universe and all its particles, from its circumferential surface to its centre. The receptivity of its effects depends on the natural and spiritual subtlety and density of everything and also on position, quantity, time and space. Thus, resurrection is the name of the incessant effects of the Universal Soul on the universe and their spiritual and physical events.
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