Book of Healing - Qur'anic Healing - Proof of Qur'anic Healing (`Ilaj)
Proof of Qur'anic Healing (`Ilaj)
Tags: Hazrat Muhammad, Suratu'l-Fatihah, Ummu'l-Kitab, Mother of the Book, Suratu'sh-Shifa', Hazrat `Ali, Honey, Barakat, Olive, Hazrat `Isa, Shifa', Qalb-i Salim, Sound Heart, Salam, Iblis, Jinn, Hazrat Musa, Taqwa
There is no doubt that the holy Qur'an is not a book of physical medicine, nor is its goal such a limited work. It is the heavenly Book of universal guidance revealed from God, the Exalted, the Blessed, to Hazrat Muhammad, the Chosen, the Seal of the Prophets, may peace and salutation of God be upon him and his progeny. Yet, the sense in which it contains and comprises all sciences and is unique and unprecedented in knowledge and wisdom and an explanation of everything (16:89), it should be accepted with faith and love that, in addition to many other dimensions, it also has a dimension of spiritual science, which besides many other useful things, contains allusions to the science of healing or curative science. Thus, as proof of this fact, some evidences are presented in the following:
1. The noble Qur'an, on the whole, is that single and unique medicine and healing (17:82) for physical, ethical, ideological, spiritual and intellectual diseases, whose precedent cannot be found in all other cycles.
2. If someone would like to know about the spiritual medicine and curative wisdom of the holy Qur'an, he should look into the books on the science of jurisprudence, under the title of "Medicine". He will come to know that what was said and done by the Prophet, was all said and done on the basis of and in the light of the holy Qur'an.
3. The Suratu'l-Fatihah, Opening Chapter of the Qur'an, because it comprises all Qur'anic realities and gnoses, is called Ummu'l-Kitab (Mother of the Book). It is also given the name "Suratu'sh-Shifa'" (Healing), for, it is said in a Hadith that in (reciting) it, is healing for every disease. See: al-Ittiqan, IV, 137-44 : "Characteristics of the Qur'an". This shows that there is healing in the Qur'an.
4. In the beginning of the Chapter on "Medicine" in Bukhari, the following Hadith is mentioned: "Allah has not sent down a disease except that He has also sent down its healing" (VII, 395; Ibn Majah, II, 1137). In this Hadith of the Prophet, are mentioned not only physical diseases, but also ethical, ideological, spiritual and intellectual diseases. For, the holy Prophet used to utter the most comprehensive words. See: Lughatu'l-Hadith, "jim, 90". Thus, the healing of inner diseases is in the Qur'an.
5. See that the Qur'anic medicine and spiritual healing is also supported and confirmed in Usul-i Kafi, IV, 210-43.
6. In Sunan Ibn Majah, II, 1158, Chapter on Medicine, under the caption "Healing by the Qur'an", it is narrated from Hazrat `Ali, may peace be on him, that the holy Prophet said: "The best medicine is the Qur'an"; al-Ittiqan, IV, 137.
7. The same fact is also evident from the Da`a'im, II, 135-51, "Chapter on Medicine", that there is a fundamental method of curing and healing for every kind of disease, particularly the spiritual ones, in the spirit of the Qur'an.
8. A prominent mention of the science of medicine in the wise Qur'an, is in the verse (16:69), where it is said about honey that in it is healing for the people. This furnishes not only a bright proof of Qur'anic medicine, but also indicates that the wise doctors should do research and experiment on those flowers and fruits from whose nectar, honey is made, and develop the science of medicine.
9. The holy Qur'an says that God, may He be Exalted, has endowed the mountains with blessing (barakat) (41:10). What is this blessing? The blessing of the mountains comprises many things, including medicinal herbs.
10. God has called the Olive tree blessed (mubarak) (24:35). One of its blessings is medicinal, in that olive oil is among the best medicines. You can see its properties in the authentic pharmaceutical books.
11. The main source of blessing is the Supreme Name of God, may His glory be exalted (55:78), whose blessings never cease. One of these blessings is healing from every kind of disease, for His Blessed Name contains everything.
12. There are four places in the holy Qur'an, where it is called blessed. In one of these places, it is also alluded that, in order to attain the blessings of the Qur'an, it is necessary to reflect and ponder on it (38:29). Just as some of the blessings of the mountains are obtained from the surface and some from its depth, similarly, there are all kinds of blessings in the holy Qur'an, including spiritual medicine.
13. It is a Qur'anic fact that, Hazrat `Isa (Jesus), may peace be on him, was the spiritual doctor of his time. He used to cure those who suffered from physical, ethical, ideological, spiritual and intellectual diseases. For, according to God and His Messengers, it is not enough to maintain only physical health and neglect the cure and safety of ethics, ideology, soul and intellect, which are superior to it. This shows that one of the examples of Divine guidance and the Divine guide (the Messenger of God) is that of medical practice and a doctor.
14. One of the names of the holy Qur'an is "Shifa'" (17:82). You know that shifa' means to be healed from a disease, as is said in the Qur'an: "And when I sicken, then He heals me" (26:80). This means that humanity had become subject to severe illness of every kind and in every respect, seeing which, God, the Beneficent, the Merciful, showed mercy to it and sent the holy Prophet as a grand spiritual physician and the curative teachings of the wise Qur'an as the heavenly medicine. Thus where the entire holy Qur'an is called healing, it is healing in this sense.
15. The holy Qur'an says: "In their heart is a disease and God has increased their disease" (2:10). Who were these people? They were the hypocrites of the period of Prophethood. And what was the disease hidden in their heart? It was the disease of unbelief and hypocrisy, which can also be called ignorance. Thus, if unbelief and hypocrisy is a spiritual disease, it cannot be anywhere in the existence of man, except in his ethics, ideas, soul and intellect. Thus, it is correct to say that, there are five major kinds of disease: physical, ethical, ideological, spiritual and intellectual.
16. In the above evidence (15), you read about spiritual disease, now you should also read about spiritual health. The heart in which there is no such disease and which is enriched with the wealth of every kind of health and soundness, is called a "sound heart (qalb-i salim)" (26:89; 37:84) by the holy Qur'an.
17. The word as-salam or salam, which means "peace" is among the major subjects in the holy Qur'an and in Islam. When Muslims meet, they say to one another "as-salamu `alaykum (may peace be on you)" as a prayer. By this prayer is meant that, may God grant sound health to your body, ethics, ideas, soul and intellect and may He protect you from every disease and calamity!
18. One major spiritual disease is hardness (qasawat) of heart (2:74), that is, the loss of its tenderness and softness. The holy Qur'an condemns such a sick heart. For the sound heart is the one which is capable of melting again and again, so that it may be prosperous and illumined by the grace and blessings of the fear of God, knowledge and `ibadat.
19. The most basic and the worst disease is pride (takabbur), which gives birth to all kinds of spiritual diseases. First of all, it was Iblis (Satan) (38:74), who suffered from this disease. Thus Iblis became the root of all evil, because he considered himself very great without justification. In fact, he suffers from a contagious disease, therefore man becomes mad (2:275), or suffers from any other disease by his touch.
20. Fundamentally, the Divine law (35:43) remains the same forever and no change occurs in the spirit of Islam. Therefore, you should think in this wisdom-filled universal (principle) of the wise Qur'an that every Messenger (of God) has an enemy, who is an embodiment of several satans from mankind and jinn (6:112). Reflect on this verse carefully. It was on this ground that Samiri (20:85) in the time of Hazrat Musa (a.s.), was among the satans from men and hence had the same contagious disease, which other satans have (20:97). Such a disease, in fact, is not external but internal.
21. With respect to religion, all words and deeds of man, both in the beginning and end, are contained in two comprehensive and opposite words. Good things come under command and bad things under prohibition, and the same meanings are also expressed in the other pairs of words, such as, good and evil, good deeds and bad deeds, light and darkness, obedience and disobedience, true and false, pleasure of God and displeasure of God, respectively. Similarly, obedience of God and the Prophet is spiritual health and their disobedience is spiritual sickness. And these two words are so comprehensive that nothing (in religion) is left out of them. Thus, the vastness of the subject under discussion can be adequately estimated from this conception.
22. No wise person can deny the fact that there are physical, ethical, ideological, spiritual and intellectual diseases in indecency and bad deeds. And it is the holy Qur'an which says that this destruction can be prevented only by prayer (29:45).
23. The noble Qur'an mentions again and again, the importance of taqwa (righteousness) and in numerous verses emphatically draws attention towards it, to the extent that it is taqwa, which is regarded as the norm of honour and nobility of the believers (49:13). Further, it says that without taqwa, no word and deed can be accepted. Why is it so? Because taqwa means to fear God or the law of God and to avoid every kind of badness and sickness.
24. When it is evident from the Qur'an itself that unbelief and hypocrisy are the diseases of the heart (spiritual diseases) (2:10), then their only remedy and cure is that the one who suffers from these diseases should embrace islam and iman (submission and faith) wholeheartedly. From this explanation it becomes clear that, with respect to spiritual medicine, the entire Qur'an is divided into two parts. In one part, all kinds of spiritual diseases (major and minor) are mentioned and in the other, are mentioned the most effective medicines, perfect prescriptions and extremely successful methods of healing. Now God willing, you will come to know why one of the names of the wise Qur'an is "Shifa' (Healing)" (17:82).
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