Caskets of Pearls Vol. 2 - Casket of Pearls 70

Casket of Pearls 70

Tags: Light, Qiyamat, Sacred Sanctuary

Q691 Verse (29:49) of Surah-yi `Ankabut is one amongst the treasures of the Qur'an. It says: "Bal huwa ayatun bayyinatun fi suduri'lladhina utu'l-`ilm". Please translate this for us.
A691

"Nay, it (the Qur'an) [in the form of luminous miracles] is in the breasts of those (that is, Imams) who have been granted knowledge." You can also check in the Shi`i commentaries.
It is the description of that spiritual and luminous form of the Qur'an, which is in the personal world of the Perfect Man.

Q692 In Surah-yi Ma'idah (5:15) it is said: "Qad ja'akum mina'llahi nurun wa kitabun mubin." Please tell us a great secret of this noble verse.
A692

"From Allah has come to you a light and the manifest book." The greatest secret in this is that the spiritual observation of this light is possible, whereas for the book its physical observation is possible.
Hazrat Muhammad (May Allah send blessings and peace through him and his progeny) and Hazrat `Ali (May peace be through him) were the embodied light, but they are no longer with us physically and the Imam (May peace be through him) of the time like the Qur'an is not physically present for every person, although he is the embodied light. It is therefore necessary that for every lover the observation of light should be possible in the same way as the wise Qur'an is in front of us.

Q693 In Surah-yi Hadid (57:28) it is said: "O you who believe! Fear Allah [duly] and believe [duly] in His Messenger so that He will give you twice as much of His mercy and will appoint for you a light by which you will be able to walk." Which light is this? To walk on which paths is this light necessary?
A693

This is the light of Imamat, which is the eternal light as was mentioned in .
This light is for the sake of walking on the paths of knowledge and wisdom, which are the paths of peace and they are in the personal world, the speaking book (Imam), the Qur'an and the book of creation.

Q694 Surah-yi Mu'minun (23:101) says: "When the sur is blown, there shall be no ties of relationship between them that day, nor shall they ask after one another." This heavenly teaching is also in Surah-yi `Abatha (80:34-36): "That day man will flee from his brother, mother and father, as well as his wife and children." What is the reason for the breaking of all ties on the day of qiyamat? Why do these relationships break with the blowing of the sur? Why then are there relationships in paradise?
A694

Allah has made a human being an amazing creature who has many examples and dimensions.
From one dimension he is a microcosm, from another he is a macrocosm and from a third he is a combination of both.
Therefore, a human being passes through all sorts of states, among which when the sur of Israfil is blown every soul flies towards the Adam (May peace be through him) of the time and is considered his progeny. At this time all his physical relationships become null and void, because he is in the stage of having just been born from Adam (May peace be through him)'s loins.

Q695 In this case, why is there a mention of relationships in paradise?
A695

Paradise is the name of such a miraculous place where even the null and void bounties are restored. What a great happiness it is that you are the children of the single soul (Adam (May peace be through him) of the time = Allah's vicegerent).
Wherever in the Qur'an the children of Adam (May peace be through him) are mentioned, you are mentioned.

Q696 Where does qiyamat take place - in this world or in the hereafter? What, according to the Qur'an (17:71), is the relationship of qiyamat with the Imam?
A696

Qiyamat takes place in this world, but spiritually.
Allah has made the Imam (May peace be through him) the means of qiyamat, that is, the Lord of qiyamat, because he is the Single Soul (nafs-i wahidah) of the time (31:28) and the unconscious qiyamat of people takes place in him.
As it is mentioned in Surah-yi Ya Sin (36:51): "When the sur is blown, then lo! they shall hasten from their graves to their Lord." The word "rabb" has been used for Allah as well as human beings (12:42). When the sur is blown people cannot immediately run to Allah's presence, rather they run towards the Imam (May peace be through him) because he is the Lord of qiyamat and the centre of it.
"Ila Rabbihim yansilun!" (= hasten from their graves to their Lord, 36:51) has special meanings: all of them become the progeny (nasl) of their Lord or Master [that is, the Adam (May peace be through him) of the time].

Q697 In the previous answer you said: 'When the sur is blown people cannot immediately run to Allah's presence' – what is the reason for this? From which verse can it be known that people will be face to face with Allah?
A697

A personal world takes fifty thousand years (70:4) to develop from potential to actual where it becomes able to experience the miracles of recognition, although qiyamat starts with the blowing of the sur.
Then for some years people travel through the stages of qiyamat until finally all of them become merged in the True Guide and become a Single Person (fard-i mujarrad) and now in this state they all come face to face with Allah.
This event takes place in the Sacred Sanctuary and it becomes known from the wisdom of the verse that this is the place of didar.

Q698 You say that qiyamat begins with the blowing of sur-i Israfil. Please also tell us the place at which it reaches its completion.
A698

The deluge of Nuh (May peace be through him) is one example of it, in which the deluge subsided when the ark reached Mt. Judi (11:44). Mt. Judi is the symbol of the mount of intellect, which is in the Sacred Sanctuary. From this it becomes known that the chain of events of qiyamat is up to the Sacred Sanctuary.

Q699 It is said in Surah-yi Nazi`at (79:44): "Ila Rabbika muntahaha = To your Lord is its (qiyamat's) termination." Does this verse also show that qiyamat reaches completion at the place of didar (Sacred Sanctuary)?
A699 Yes, indeed, however remember that there are many such noble verses in which there is the same meaning, for example every verse in which there is the final indication of return to Allah.

Q700 In the context of the above, the following verse (6:94) is full of wisdom: "Wa laqad ji'tumuna furada kama khalaqnakum awwala marratin". Please tell us its wisdom.
A700

Translation: "And indeed you will come to Us one by one as We created you at the first." Allah here addresses the Perfect Man whose personal world is a universe of the souls of creatures. However, on their journey to the Sacred Sanctuary they all become merged in him and finally he becomes the Single Person or the Single Soul.
"Furada (one by one)" indicates that there are countless qiyamats.
In short, it has been ascertained how people will present themselves to Allah during qiyamat. It has become clear that the people of the time will merge in their Imam (May peace be through him) and in the form of his unity they can reach Allah.

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