Balance of Realities - Resurrection actually exists in the heavens and the earth of the universe
Resurrection actually exists in the heavens and the earth of the universe
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The preceding realities can be further confirmed and substantiated by the following Qur'anic verse: “They ask you about the resurrection when it will happen. Say: The knowledge of it is with my Lord only (which will be granted after obtaining His proximity). None but He shall reveal it at its proper time. Heavy is it in the heavens and the earth; it will not come on you but suddenly” (7:187). The teaching of the holy Qur'an, that the resurrection is heavy in the heavens and the earth, is a sound proof of the reality that it exists in the universe with its act and effect and that no particle in the heavens and the earth is devoid of its act and effect. For, the heavens and the earth or the highness and the lowness are two names of the physical world that can be conceived (only) with respect to the place and its occupant.
For instance, if some people leave the earth and settle on the moon and some remain on the earth, then definitely for those on the moon the earth and for those on the earth the moon will appear on the zenith. In this case the temporary directional concept of the inhabitants of the moon, according to which they used to consider the earth to be below and the moon to be above, will change. As a result of these conclusions, one has to necessarily accept that the determination of the six directions, namely, above, below, front, behind, left and right, is only with respect to the human and animal body. Words that signify direction are used by man with respect to himself, or any other person or an animal. For instance, if someone says: “the right branch of a tree”, this phrase cannot correctly be applied to any branch, until he juxtaposes his own or someone else's body to it. It follows from this, that a thing that does not have a head, feet, chest, back, right and left hands, has no direction. Thus it is relative to the centre and the boundary that the heavenly bodies and spheres can be called inner or outer, otherwise in themselves, they have no [absolute] direction.
Just as man's directional concept about all the planets partially changes after going to the moon, similarly after thinking about the direction of the Universal Body, i.e. the universe, his concept of direction about the whole universe changes completely, irrespective of the planets. In short, the parts of the universe, namely the planets and other bodies, due to their being separate at a distance from each other with respect to man, are subject to directions. However, since the universe is connected to its parts within its limited space it is not subject to directions for beyond it there is no space, time etc.
From the preceding clear, universal proofs, it can be understood that no planet can be called earth or heaven in an absolute sense. Rather these are its relative names, as it has become clear from the example of the moon and the earth.
Now let us explain some points about the word “thiql” (heaviness, gravity) and the particle “fi” (in, within, midst). In the terminology of the naturalist philosophers, “thiql” or “gravity” means that gravitational force of a planet by which it pulls its own particles or any other thing to itself, from its fixed radius of attraction. If we investigate this gravity, we will ultimately arrive at a point which is in the very centre of the earth or any other planet, upon which the weight of the planet falls from all its (literally six) directions. But on what grounds can one say that in this indivisible particle, all that power that keeps a gigantic planet linked with itself is a physical, non spiritual power? The fact is that just as the sun, due to its being in the centre of the universe, accepts many luminous rays of the Universal Soul from the circumferential surface, every planet at its very centre accepts some of the rays of the Universal Soul according to its nature and size, due to which a powerful light is created in its midst.
Gravity, in reality, is the name of this luminous power as is evident from the particle “fi”, the translation of which is “within”, “in”, “midst” etc. Thus if God says “in the earth”, by this is meant the centre. Therefore, according to the law of justice, “fi” in reality is the very centre itself. Thus the power, which is heavy in the heavens and the earth, is the power of the resurrection (of the Universal Soul). It is this power that causes the planets to move and prevents them from scattering in space (faza-yi basit). It is also this same power that holds the spheres together.
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