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Cure by the Understanding of the Qur'an
1. The person who is tormented by Satanic insinuations, he who wants to protect himself from every kind of evil, he who is afraid of heavenly and earthly calamities, he who is frightened of enemies and adversaries in his heart of hearts, he who laments any kind of disease, he who needs manifold blessings, he who loves the lights of heavenly guidance and he who is a lover of Divine knowledge and ma`rifat, should all enter the fortress of the Qur'an with firm belief, pure-heartedness and sure hope and should benefit from its grace and blessings, day and night. This is the invitation of the Qur'an itself in the language of wisdom.
2. The bright example of the law of nature, known to all, is that there are many levels of secular education, i.e. it has many stages. Wise people spend an ample part of their precious life in acquiring it and spend the rest of it in experiment and discovery. Yet, in reality, they cannot claim that they have poured the ocean of knowledge in the pitcher of their heart. This is with respect to secular knowledge. Now with the help of this example, imagine the fathomless ocean of Qur'anic knowledge from the shore of which people, in queues, take water according to their capacity. But the question is, what vessels do we have? Answer: Water-skin, bucket, water-hide, leather-bottle, saucepan, jar, pitcher, jug, glass, etc. But what difference do they make to the ocean? Can it ever be said that the people have drunk the entire ocean? No, never.
3. See verse (18:109): "Say (O Prophet)!: If the ocean were ink (to write) the Words of my Lord, verily the ocean would be used up before the Words of my Lord were exhausted, even though We brought the like of it to help." This is the praise of Divine knowledge which is in the Spirit and spirituality of the Qur'an and in its Perfect Words, for the Qur'an is also in the Guarded Tablet (85:21-22), from which no knowledge is left out (36:12). If this is the grandeur and vastness of the ocean of Divine knowledge, that even the angels, jinns and mankind together cannot comprehend it, then with utmost humility and sincerity we ask the mighty Qur'an: how can we avoid drowning in this ocean and how can we reach the destination of proximity and annihilation? The mighty Qur'an, by way of grace and guidance says: "And His are the ships reared aloft in the ocean like mountains." (55:24). Here by the ocean is meant the Divine knowledge and the exalted ships are the Prophets and the awliya' (4:69), who are both the ships of the ocean of spirituality as well as their sailors.
4. The following wisdom-filled statement (of the Qur'an) is also about the above-mentioned living ships: "All those in them become annihilated (in God=fana' fi'llah) and it is only the Face of your Lord, the Lord of majesty and honour, which endures forever." (55:26-27). It is extremely important to know the realities and gnoses of this Sufic annihilation, so that there is complete certainty that this is the true annihilation.
5. There is also a wisdom-filled allusion to these exalted ships, in verse (17:70): "And surely We have honoured the children of Adam, and We carry them in the land and the sea, and We have given them of the good things, and have duly preferred them above many of those whom We created." Even though the children of Adam are all apparently human beings, in reality, the religious inheritance of Hazrat Adam is received only by those on whom the wise Qur'an has conferred the title of "the favoured ones" (4:69). Thus, it is they who are the real children of Hazrat Adam. By the land is meant exoteric knowledge, by the sea is meant esoteric knowledge, by the ships are meant the Prophets and awliya', by the pure things are meant knowledge and wisdom and by "many of those whom We created" are meant those people who have not received this sacred inheritance of Hazrat Adam. This is because outside of Islam, there is no religious honour and excellence.
6. How exalted, convincing and pleasant and how full of favours is the wisdom-filled allusion of the wise Qur'an, where there is the glad tiding of the possibility of reaching the destination of proximity and annihilation through the ocean of spirituality. Thus it is incumbent upon the people of faith to reflect and ponder deeply upon the Qur'anic verses.
7. In verse (20:114) the holy Prophet is addressed by God: "Say! O My Lord! Increase me in knowledge." From this exalted command it is evident that the holy Prophet used to say this prayer all the time and accordingly his knowledge constantly increased until a ladder of spiritual knowledge was placed for him, from the earth to the sublime Throne. Further, in this blessed verse there is the emphatic allusion for mu'mins, that they are in dire need of knowledge in order to understand the Qur'an. Therefore, it is necessary that they should always repeat this prayer.
8. The wise Qur'an is such a perfect and unique book of God, the Blessed, the Exalted, that the hidden sciences of its depths are acquired as blessings and wisdoms. This pleasant and sweet acquisition depends greatly on reflection and thinking. Thus, everywhere in the holy Qur'an, attention is drawn to this special and necessary matter, for example it is said in verse (38:29): "(This is) a blessed Book We have revealed unto you that they may ponder on its verses, and that the people of intellect may reflect." Another example is in verse (47:24): "Do they not ponder on the Qur'an or are there locks on their hearts?" From these examples it becomes undoubtedly clear, that intellect, wisdom and reflection are extremely important in order to understand the Qur'an.
9. In verse (7:204) it is said: "And when the Qur'an is recited, listen to it and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you." Mercy (rahm) means benevolence, kindness and also pardon. Why not, after all it is the exalted attribute of Rahman (the Beneficent) and Rahim (the Merciful). Certainly, mercy will be shown to the listeners according to their states and conditions, whether they are in the state of illness or in any other state. In any case, the Benevolent Lord will cast the glance of mercy on them.
10. One of the names of Almighty God, the Absolute Healer, is Shifa, because healing and true health are in His powerful hand, and therefore, it is He Who gives healing, health and peace, as it is said regarding Hazrat Ibrahim: "And when I am sick, then He heals me." (26:80). This sickness can be any of the physical, spiritual and intellectual sicknesses. Thus you should read the Qur'an with the intention of receiving healing from every kind of disease and reflect in order to understand its true meanings. God willing, you will be successful. For the glorious Qur'an, which is the healing speech of the Absolute Healer, contains Divine prescriptions for every kind of disease.
11. There is a wisdom-filled command of God, the Blessed, the Exalted: "Therefore, remember Me, I will remember you." (2:152). This faith-illumining and soul-nourishing command is given to the Muslims. Now, let us see what is said about the hypocrites: "They forgot God, so (as if) He also forgot them." (9:67). An extremely important question to ask here is: How does God remember His servants and how does He forget the hypocrites? It is an amazing question, the answer to which is that when the believing servant remembers God with utmost humility and self-effacement, then God looks at him with the glance of mercy. Although the word mercy is one word, the expansion of its luminous meaning and its link to other meanings are a universe. Therefore, a very brief description of the glance of mercy is as follows:
12. Mercy, first of all, starts from "You alone we worship and from You alone we seek help", therefore, it is the pleasure of servitude and the light of Divine help (ta'yid). Then this sweetness and light progress further and become a personal world, in which there are countless bounties. The supreme bounty of the personal world is the sacred love of God and His Messenger. But that wisdom-filled love does not wish to drive you mad, such that you shun society and take the path of the desert. Among countless bounties, one chief bounty is knowledge. Just as people become aware of a world of scientific things through external knowledge, in the same way, there should not be any surprise if a luminous personal world is created within you through the blessings of Divine knowledge. If you believe in it then realise that God remembers His servants in degrees, one example of which is mentioned here. As for the question regarding the hypocrites, in what sense does God not remember them? It is sufficient to say that He does not look at them with the glance of mercy.
Nasir Hunzai, London,
11 Safaru'l-muzaffar, 1409/22nd September, 1988.
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