Chain of the Light of Imamat - Aslu'l-usul (Root of Roots)
Aslu'l-usul (Root of Roots)
Tags: Aslu'l-usul, Amr-i kull, Universal Command
Allahumma Ya Mawlana, Ya `Ali Madad!
It should be known by the seekers of the haqiqat (reality) of Isma`ili that the aslu'l-usul (the root of roots) or the most fundamental principles of this holy Tariqah is the amr-i kull (Universal Command), i.e. kalimah-i bari (Divine Word), which is known by various names, such as amr-i kun (Command of Be), kaf-u nun (kaf and nun, i.e. Kun), wahdat (Oneness), bihisht-i haqiqi (Real Paradise), ma`ad (Return), etc. It is this single word of the Universal Command from which God brought into being the Universal Intellect (`Aql-i kull), which instantly joined with it and together they became one. One meaning of it is farman or command. Although for the world of command (`alam-i amr) one word of farman was enough, in the world of creation (`alam-i khalq), due to its constant need of it, the farman of the Imam of the time becomes the mazhar or manifestation of it (amr-i kull). The workshop of the Universal Command is the human will.
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