Confluence of Spiritual Science and Material Science - Part 96
Part 96
Tags: Representative, Plural for singular
In the name of God, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful
See an example of plural for singular in verses (57:12-13): "The day you shall see the believers, men and women, their light running before them, and on their right hands, (they will be told): 'Glad tidings for you this day, of gardens beneath which rivers flow where you will live forever'."
"The day the hypocrites, men and women, will say to the believers: 'Wait for us that we may borrow (a little) light from your light'. They will be told: 'Go back, and look for the light'. A wall shall be raised between them in which there will be a door. Within it will be mercy, and outside it there will be torment."
Here the representative of mu'mins, men and women, is the salik (`arif), who is seeing (i.e., the didar of) the light of Hazrat-i qa'im (May peace be through him). The place (maqam) is the personal world and the rank (darajah) is the Sacred Sanctuary, and the mu'mins, men and women in him are in the state of the world of particles.
In verse (66:8), it is mentioned: "O our Lord, perfect for us our light, and grant us protection. Verily You have power over all things."
Dallas, 22-5-05
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