Balance of Realities - The death of every individual is his resurrection
The death of every individual is his resurrection
Tags: `arif
The holy Prophet, may God bless him and his progeny, has said: “He who dies, his resurrection takes place”. It affirms the fact that just as death is always present, resurrection, too, always continues in the universe. Death is of two kinds: involuntary and voluntary. Involuntary death [which takes place by force] is the separation of the body and the soul and voluntary death is the name of the process of liberation of an “`arif” (one who has recognised God) from bestial attributes through the purification of the soul, as the Prophet has said: “Die (with respect to the carnal soul) before you die (physically)”. Thus, voluntary death means the eradication of all those carnal desires that hinder the rational soul’s spiritual elevation. In other words, to annihilate the carnal soul through the power of worship and spiritual exercise is the carnal soul’s death and spiritual resurrection. Thus, whether physical or spiritual, resurrection depends on death, and death is either the separation of two things or the annihilation of one thing. In any case, this shows that resurrection is inevitable on [the completion of] an act or an event, whether it is big or small. Further, if it is true that resurrection is for the sake of retribution, then it is necessary to receive partial retribution in this world as well. In reality this is what happens.
However, this does not mean that there is not a great resurrection in the world. Resurrection will definitely come, and it occurs now too. For instance, just as one's death is his resurrection, similarly the destruction of a family is its resurrection, the ruin of a village is its resurrection, the fall of a government is its resurrection, a hurricane, a flood, an earthquake, a storm and other such natural or man made destructive events are resurrections. On the other side, things such as knowledge, art, science and the atom, which bring great changes in the world, are also resurrections. For, all these things are under the influence of resurrection. Since resurrection is inevitable at the annihilation of a thing and these things annihilate the previous ones, the moment a thing becomes annihilated or transformed its resurrection takes place in the twinkling of an eye.
In conclusion, let us mention some kinds of resurrection:
- Perpetual resurrection: This always continues in the world from the beginning
- Temporary resurrection: This is the name of events that take place in a short time
- Personal voluntary resurrection: This is the name of the purification of the soul
- Personal involuntary resurrection: This is the physical death of every individual
- Collective resurrection: This is [the name of] the change in a village, city, country or government
- Cosmic resurrection: This is also going to come in some form
In addition to these there are other great resurrections, such as a planet leaving its axis and going to the border of the universe, or a planet entering it from its border, or a planet falling into the sun and being consumed, or the creation of a planet from the sun, or the dissolving of the entire universe into prime matter and its re-creation, etc.
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