Book of Healing - Spiritual Healing - Allusions of Tajaddud-i Amthal (Renewal of Similitudes)
Allusions of Tajaddud-i Amthal (Renewal of Similitudes)
Tags: Tajaddud-i Amthal, Sunnat, Law of religion,, Renewal of Similitudes, Firdaws, Rizwan
1. The word "sunnat" is extremely important in the wise Qur'an and in the religion of nature (Islam), for it is used in the sense of the law of religion. Thus it is incumbent upon every wise mu'min to duly reflect upon all those wisdom-filled verses related to the Divine sunnat, so that by this systematic reflection, problems whose solution used to be unthinkable, may be solved. Eventually it will be extremely clear that the Divine sunnat or habit, which continues forever without any change or alteration, is, in reality, in the form of tajaddud-i amthal (renewal of similitudes), which appears in the personal world, namely, the Perfect Man (40:85).
2. In verses (21:33; 36:40), a general wisdom-filled principle has been mentioned which is that all things, i.e. existents rotate perpetually on the circle of possibility. For example, neither is the day anterior, nor the night. That is, between the world of creation and the world of command, there is no temporal anteriority and posteriority, for the circle of creation has no beginning or ending. Rather, it is a reflection or shadow of the azali and abadi realities and recognitions under the influence of the Divine act. Thus the act of the renewal of similitudes continues in everything of the entire universe.
3. How can the signs of the universe be different from the laws of the signs (verses) of the Qur'an? Note that everything explains the reality of the renewal of similitudes through mute expression, because in the continuous act of all things is found the tajaddud or renewal. For instance, the perpetual circular motion of the heaven, the constant emission of light of the sun, the moon and the stars, the incessant flow of the waves of air, the unending journey of water on its circle of ascent and descent, the perennial recurrence of day and night and seasons, etc. In short, in all those Divine signs, which are in the external world, the act of the renewal of similitudes is very conspicuous, which is a clear proof of the Divine sunnat.
4. The Divine signs of the personal world are also full of Divine wisdoms. It can be seen at close range how the demonstration of the renewal of similitudes continues forever in these living miracles. For instance, see the miracle of the palpitation of the heart, which is the best example of the azali tajaddud or renewal. By this palpitation, in every moment, there is a new wave of life and survival in the human body, just as innumerable universes come into existence at the place of azal from the succession of the word "Be". The same allusion is also found in the pulse, respiration, circulation of the blood, etc.
5. The reality of the renewal of similitudes also gleams forth from the flame of the lamp, hence the way it is mentioned with great sanctity in verses (24:35; 33:46). The same wisdom is also in "light upon light". How I wish that the glory and grandeur of the Qur'anic secrets had made my hand tremble and my worn-out body shiver! For, the greatest secret of spiritual healing is hidden in such revolutionary secrets.
6. Question: How long is the life of Paradise?
Answer: As long as the heavens and the earth endure (11:108).
Q: If the span of the life of Paradise depends on the universe, what will happen when it will be enfolded (21:104)?
A: God, the Exalted, always contracts and expands the heavens (2:245).
7. Q: If Paradises are in grades, which one is the highest Paradise?
A: Firdaws.
Q: Is there a grade for a loving servant higher than Firdaws?
A: Yes, far higher than this is the grade of Rizwan (9:72).
Q: Which is that blessed verse in which it is alluded that some people from Firdaws attain the rank of Rizwan and some become their heirs and successors in Firdaws?
A: This allusion is made in two wisdom-filled verses of the Suratu'l-Mu'minun (23:10-11).
8. Q: Some `ulama' say that in the holy Qur'an the story of only one Adam is mentioned, for the first man was one; others say that more than one Adam is mentioned in a wisdom-filled way. What is your view?
A: I personally believe that, in countless great cycles, God has created countless Adams, and this is mentioned in the wisdom-filled allusions of the noble Qur'an. For instance, the Qur'an implies that all those people whom God created from the time of Adam of this cycle till today and who are in front of you, historically speaking, were created in accordance with His sunnat of creation, which has continued from before. (30:30)
9. The supreme purpose of the sacred mi`raj (Ascent) of the holy Prophet was to disclose to him the great secrets. Among these secrets one was the secret of the circle of no-beginning and no-ending, which is alluded to in "qaba qawsayna aw adna'" (a distance of two bows length or even nearer, 53:9). That is two bows: ( ) and then circle: O. The ornaments of the people of Paradise are armlets of gold and pearls and their raiment is silken (22:23). In armlets there is an allusion to the circular wisdom (hikmat-i mustadir), namely the secrets of the circle; in pearls to the Pearl of Intellect and in silken raiment, to the subtle body.
10. The attributes of Creatorship/Sustainership and the rest of the attributes of God which are related to mankind, are not contingent, rather they are eternal. That is, they are always there. Thus it is not possible to prove a time in which there was His attribute of Creatorship without creatures, nor His kingdom without His being the King.
11. It is true that man, being annihilated in God, has time and again remained in the world of command in a state of intoxication and rapture. But this annihilation is not possible in His essence, it is possible only in His attributes. Therefore, the "Higher I" has not itself come to this world, rather, a living shadow of it has come here. Thus the holy Qur'an, keeping this great secret in a veil, says: "You were dead, then He gave you life" (2:28). Had the people been no more than sheer nothingness, then "You were" would not have been used. For, the dead person of this world is at least an elemental cage, from which the bird of the soul has flown. Similarly, it is said in verse (10:31): "And Who brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living?"
12. From where has man come to this world and how? This question is as difficult as it is important. However, if the light of Qur'anic wisdom is granted, no question is difficult. Thus, when we look in the Qur'an in the illumination of its own light, this fundamental law of the spirit and intellect becomes clear that it was revealed as a subtle and simple soul. Thus the Qur'an exists not only in the form of a Book in the external world, but also in the world of command (preserved in the form of a Hidden Book, 56:77-78 and Guarded Tablet 85:21-22). Thus, how can this great event be devoid of wisdom? In fact, this is the greatest practical guidance of the Qur'an, by which we can understand how the human soul came here and where it exists.
13. How excellently Mawla-yi Rum has said: "Ma amadah nistim in sayah-yi mast (We have not come to this world, this body is the shadow of our real existence)" (Kulliyat-i Shams, p. 1350). This statement is in fact the sum and substance of Qur'anic wisdom, in that the higher end of the soul is always in the world of command and the lower end, like a shadow, continues to come to this world. Thus, in this act is hidden the great secret of the renewal of similitudes, and the same is the endless succession of creation within creation (39:6).
14. According to verse (17:85), the meaning of the soul being from the command of the Lord is that in azal, the soul not only came into being from the word "Be", but its life and survival and recognition also lie in the renewal of similitudes of this same azali command (i.e. "Be"). Thus it should be remembered that the renewal of similtudes is the soul and eternal life of both the worlds. One of its bright examples in verse (24:35) says that there is a constant flow and radiation of the waves and rays of the Divine light in everything of the heavens and the earth of the universe.
15. In connection with spiritual healing, it is extremely necessary to have depth of thinking and reflection and to use revolutionary research, but without Divine grace no good deed can be accomplished. Therefore, in order to have success, we need to have recourse with extreme humility and indigence, to the sacred court of the Lord of Honour.
Tuesday, 1 Jumada II, 1409
10th January, 1989.
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