Caskets of Pearls Vol. 1 - Casket of Pearls 50

Casket of Pearls 50

Tags: Sultan, Sacred Sanctuary, Personal World, Hamd, Tasbih

Q481 The indication of transcending the boundaries of time and space is given in verse (55:33). Would you kindly explain how this is possible?
A481 This procedure is in the word 'sultan', which means argument, convincing proof, authority and power. It means to reach the miracles of the forehead, where there are the azali and non-spatial secrets, through tremendous knowledge and the practice of rigorous `ibadat in the light of true guidance.

Q482 What is the reason that you always draw great attention to the personal world and the sacred Sanctuary?
A482

Basically you should regard it as a Divine favour, because the attraction that is found in Qur'anic knowledge and wisdom is from God and similarly other means are also from Him, the Causer of causes.
According to verse (41:53) physical and spiritual miracles and wonders are observed in the present age. In such a case it is extremely necessary to explain the secrets of the personal world and the sacred Sanctuary at least at the level of the knowledge of certainty and in doing so countless benefits can be obtained. Al-hamdu li'llah!

Q483 Please give us some synonyms of the blessed and sacred Sanctuary and some great things in it.
A483

- `Illiyyun
- Divine treasures
- Throne
- Kursi
- The Pen
- The Tablet
- Hidden Book
- Enfolded universe
- Centre of seizing and expanding
- Universal record of deeds
- The place of the truth of certainty
- The paradise that is brought closer
- Intellect
- Soul
- Natiq
- Asas
- The branch of the pure Tree
- Hidden Treasure
- Divine Word
- Tree of Tuba
- Supreme similitude
- Surat-i Rahman
- Vision
- Face of God
- Place of merging in God
- Rank of Monoreality
- Higher world
- Mount Tur
- Mountain of Intellect
- Pearl of Intellect
- World of oneness
- Rank of Imam-i mubin or universality of Imam-i mubin
- Mother of the Book
- World of Command
- Prosperous house
- House of wisdom
- Place of alast (Am I not?)
- Place of Abraham (May peace be through him)
- Spiritual Ka`bah
- Ancient house
- Place of recognition
- Mi`raj of Prophets (May peace be through them), etc. etc.

Q484 Please give us some words and terms related to the personal world on the whole, so that thereby your beloved students may assess their own knowledge.
A484

- Destination of `Izra'il
- Destination of Israfil
- Seizing of soul
- Gog and Magog
- World of particles
- Da`i of resurrection
- Spiritual war
- Subjugation of the universe
- Spiritual resurrection
- Death before death
- Spiritual army
- Mount of soul
- Spiritual birth
- Intellectual birth
- Heaven of this world/nearest heaven
- Joining of the personal world and the macrocosm
- Salik
- `Arif
- `Ashiq
- Adam (May peace be through him) of the time
- Township of existence
- Fruits
- Spiritual kingdom of the progeny of Muhammad (May Allah send blessings and peace through him and his progeny)
- Quake
- Spiritual fragrances
- Representative particles
- Representative resurrection
- Renewal of similitudes
- Subtle body
- Luminous body
- Luminous movies
- Copies of `arif's subtle body
- Book of the soul
- Copies of the universe
- Merging in the Imam
- Final da`wat of the true religion
- Conscious resurrection
- Unconscious resurrection
- Hujjat-i qa'im (may peace be through him)
- Qa'imu'l-qiyamat (may peace be through him)
- Eye of certainty

Do you know the meanings of all these words and terms?

Q485 It is implied in verses (2:146; 6:20) that the people of the Book used to recognise the holy Prophet as they used to recognise their sons. However, some among them were such that they used to conceal the truth knowingly. Would you kindly explain the wisdom of this?
A485

A great secret is hidden here that the hujjats of the cycles of Hazrat Moses (May peace be through him) and Hazrat Jesus (May peace be through him) used to recognise the single light of the Prophets and Imams in their spirituality, in which the recognition of the holy Prophet was included too.
An `arif has various relationships with the light. One of them is that the light says to the `arif: "I am your son". During the physical life this recognition is confined to the personal world. Thus, among the people of the Book this recognition of the holy Prophet was because of the hudud-i din [of those cycles].

Q486 There seems to be a treasure of Qur'anic gems in verse (27:93), the glad tidings of which gives tremendous happiness to the lovers [of the Qur'an]. Would you kindly explain its wisdom to us.
A486

The translation of verse (27:93) is: "And say: Praise belongs to God. Soon will He show you His ayat (miracles) so that you may recognise them".
Here, first of all, it is necessary to know whether these ayat are particular or universal. Are they in the external (physical) or internal (spiritual) world? Or are they in both? At which destination of the personal world are they? Are all of them gathered together in the sacred Sanctuary? Yes, indeed! Study what tremendous miracles there are in it in the answer to Q483.

Q487 What is the reason for people dying without seeing the special ayat (miracles), which God had promised during the revelation of the Qur'an, and centuries have elapsed since, but nothing amazing and revolutionary has happened although every promise of God is true?
A487

The reason is the blindness of the people, which is mentioned everywhere in the Qur'an, particularly in verses (17:71-72).
All the miracles, big and small, are gathered in the spiritual resurrection that takes place through the Imam of the time.
Thus, every miracle of God is in the Imam-i mubin (36:12).

Q488 Is there any allusion in verse (27:93) that shows at which destination these miracles are and what it is called?
A488

Yes, the allusion is in al-hamdu li'llah that all those great miracles are gathered at the destination of Intellect, which is in the sacred Sanctuary, because hamd means the Intellect.
Another name of the sacred Sanctuary is the enclosure of Imam-i mubin (36:12).

Q489 We know that you possess a great treasure-trove of spiritual knowledge and we also know the kind sovereign who granted it to you as a trust. However, what are the ways in which you discharge the burden of this trust? Are you satisfied with those ways of rendering service to knowledge?
A489

In a verse of a special munajat (supplication), I have said:

O Lord! I am a dog sitting in front of your door,
And I am a particle of dust of the footprint of the jama`at.¹⁰⁹

But how great are His favours that today I am not a single individual. He has smashed the mountain of my soul and scattered it throughout the universe, yet I wish every particle of my existence to be sacrificed for the friends of knowledge.

By the grace of God, there are many ways in our organisation through which the obligation of delivering back the trust continues to be accomplished.

Q490 It is said in verse (17:44): "And there is nothing which does not do His tasbih with His hamd, but you do not understand their tasbih." This amazing universal principle (kulliyyah) of the wise Qur'an is unforgettable. Would it be possible for you to tell us some of its wisdoms?
A490

Everything is doing His tasbih at four places, that is, it is purifying Him from the attributes of creatures.
Firstly, everything is doing this tasbih in its place through the silent language.
Secondly, everything is taking part in the cosmic tasbih.
Thirdly, when a perfect person undergoes spiritual resurrection, everything recites tasbih in harmony with the continuous voice of the sur of Israfil.
Fourthly, when the final destination, that is the destination of hamd (Intellect) comes, everything there is doing the tasbih of God with hamd and becomes merged. This is the final tasbih of everything.

¹⁰⁹ `Allamah Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai, Diwan-i Nasiri (Karachi, 2001), p. 238.

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