Book of Healing - Healing Through Knowledge - An Extremely Healing Quake (Shivering)

An Extremely Healing Quake (Shivering)

1. Let us today study deeply the "verse of movement" in the wise Qur'an, in the universe and in our own self. Movement is not only a sign of life, but is life itself. Yes, movement is the fountainhead of blessing, it is both in concepts and thoughts, as well as speech and actions. It is the means of progress. It works in the universe as the Supreme Soul. If you want to see the need, importance and usefulness of movement closely, then examine the palpitation of the heart, the beat of the pulse, the circulation of blood and the respiratory system, and reflect upon the continuous action of the external and internal senses. In short, movement is indispensable for the subsistence and survival of every creature and existent. It is for this reason that, nothing from among the intellectual, spiritual and physical things can survive without a movement of its own kind.

2. The mine of gold transforms the things within itself into gold; mountains generate gems in their bosom; the ocean gives birth to precious pearls, the earth grows every kind of plant and beautiful flower, birds create alluring and attractive melodies from the dead air, lawful animals use the workshop of their stomach to transform an ordinary thing like grass into meat and milk. Whose power, in reality, works in all these marvellous examples? The power of God. Remember that this is an extremely tiny example of the unbounded creation of God.

3. God has given the children of Adam honour and excellence over all His other creatures (17:70), similarly, He has made the intellectual, spiritual and physical movement of man sovereign over the movements of other things, due to which everything is subjugated to him. Thus, God has elevated the movement of the people of faith and made it blessed, to the extent that He, the Beneficent, the Merciful, created an extremely healing quake from the quintessence of the good works and deeds of a believing servant, in which there is extreme purity as well as complete healing (2:214; 33:11).

4. The spiritual quake, which is mentioned above, is extremely wisdom-filled and full of blessing. It is a sacred fever of spirituality. Alluding to this fever, it is said in a noble Hadith: "Fever is a healing from the Sustainer, the Forgiving" (Da`a'im, I, 217). This quake or fever is of three kinds: spiritual, physical and artificial or by exercise, and each of them has many sub-divisions.

5. The holy Qur'an says: "And in the earth are signs (of the Divine Power) for those who have certainty, and in your own souls (too); Will you not then see?" (51:20-21). This means that those things, which exist in the external world physically, also exist in the personal world spiritually. Thus, as there is a quake hidden in the earth, so is the above-mentioned sacred quake hidden in the soul of man, which linked with spirituality, continues from the time of Hazrat Adam till today (2:214).

6. This blessed and sacred quake occurs at a higher level of spirituality, the purpose of which is extreme sanctification, purification and healing, as well as apparently being a trial as the noble Qur'an says: "There the believers were tried and they were shaken with severe shaking" (33:11). Thus, there is no trial in religion and the world except to elevate someone. Thus this quake is extremely blessed.

7. In this miraculous quake, there is the concept of spiritual revolution, therefore destruction by it is not for the sake of destruction, but rather for the sake of new construction. Annihilation by it is not for the sake of annihilation and demolition, but for survival with God (baqa' bi'llah). Take an example of this world: if we are living in huts and hovels, which are destroyed by a heavenly or earthly calamity, what a wonderful opportunity to ask the government for the construction of a new house. When we will live in a decent house, we will be grateful for that calamity which delivered us from that rotten hovel.

8. In fact, the quake of spirituality and the quake of Resurrection are the same thing. Thus, until we include all related noble verses in this subject, many of the secrets of this blessed quake will remain in the veil of concealment. It should be known that verses (22:1-2; 99:1-5) are certainly related to the Resurrection. Nonetheless, all such secrets are as a common denominator between both spirituality and Resurrection. Thus, we should benefit from the deep wisdoms of the quake in whatever context it may be mentioned in the wise Qur'an, so that we may be able to explain spiritual medicine.

9. In this connection see the articles "Healing through Quake" and "Healing through the Movement of Feet" in "Qur'anic Healing". God willing, these will help you to understand the wisdoms of movement and quake.

10. Those, who in order to earn their lawful daily bread, accomplish such work daily which involves physical movement, walking and ample hardship, are fortunate. For, due to physical movement and hard work, they are protected from many diseases. Health is a bounty, which is not the lot of everybody. Very often it is given free of cost to farmers and labourers, whereas the rich spend millions to have it, in which they sometimes succeed and sometimes they do not.

11. It is certain that when material science will progress and join spiritual science, then all diseases will cease to exist in the world of humanity. Why not, while all the things of the heavens and the earth prostrate to and obey God (16:49)? Thus, diseases can be controlled by spiritual science and the remembrance of God, which is included in spiritual science. For, if science means knowledge and wisdom, how can Qur'anic wisdom not be spiritual science?

12. When the believing servant does giryah-u zari in the presence of God, the Merciful, a serious quake affects him. Have you not listened to the munajat (supplication) of a humble darwish in whose voice there is intense ardour and a tremor? In this state, if he also shakes his hands, his whole body may also be affected by the natural quake or shivering. This excercise can be done by every mu'min, so that by the command of God, it may heal many external and internal diseases. For, according to the description of the Qur'an, the more intense, powerful, wisdom-filled and effective the spiritual quake is, the more a germicide and a healing it is.

13. It is written in Muslim (IV, 2183-84): "God, the Lord of honour and majesty, created Hazrat Adam in His own image...". Further, it is said: "Whoever will go to Paradise, will be in the form of Hazrat Adam." It is necessary to reflect on this Prophetic Hadith that, although the absolute Paradise is after death, nonetheless, is it not appropriate to ask: Are not a pious servant's spiritual progress and closeness to God, a kind of Paradise? Why not? Definitely, they are Paradise. Thus it should be remembered that, by the closeness of God, the form of the soul improves and becomes the form of Adam, which is the form of God (surat-i Rahmani). This Hadith is an interpretation of the verse (64:3) : "He formed you, then made goodly your forms". Its implied meanings are that God created the form of your soul, then (at the place of proximity) adorned it with the colour of light and granted it the status of the form of Adam (2:138). This explanation shows that there is great scope for the spiritual progress of mu'mins.

14. Take the Hadith of taqarrub (Divine proximity) which is mentioned in "Qur'anic Healing", the concise purport of which is that God becomes the hand of a believing mu'min, by which he seizes. This means that His light works in the hand of the one whom God loves. Thus, the luminous blessings and wisdoms of the Hand of God come to the one who keeps his hand pure. Thus, with this firm certainty and hope, seek the help of the movement of the hand in spiritual excercises. God willing, you will have the experience of a level of spiritual quake, in which there is healing from every disease.

Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai.
14/7/87

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