Coolness of the eye - Some Wisdoms of the Surah of `Adiyat (The Coursers, 100)
Some Wisdoms of the Surah of `Adiyat (The Coursers, 100)
Tags: Horse, Da`i, Surah-yi `Adiyat
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
(100:1) By the snorting coursers, (100:2) by the strikers of fire, (100:3) by the raiders at dawn, (100:4) blazing a trail of dust, (100:5) cleaving there with a host! (100:6) Surely man is ungrateful to his Lord, (100:7) and surely he is a witness against that; (100:8) and surely in the love of wealth he is tenacious. (100:9) Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised, (100:10) and what is in the hearts is attained. (100:11) Surely on that day their Lord is aware of them (i.e. He will make them aware).
Wisdom 1: The courser of physical jihad is an animal, but that of spiritual jihad, first, is Divine remembrance and then knowledge, which both rise to different levels. When remembrance (dhikr) and knowledge start to speak automatically, then they are called da`i. It is because of this that, in Wajh-i Din, the ta'wil of the horse is da`i, who is hidden in the personal world. In Adhkar (pl. of dhikr), the most effective and successful is rapid dhikr and therefore, God swears by it. The ta'wil of the snorting of the horse is to put pressure on the carnal soul by the rapidity and vehemence of dhikr. It also means to be absorbed in the voice of one's own dhikr.
Wisdom 2: Striking sparks of fire, means the sparks of the dissolving of soul, which happens as a result of rapid dhikr. This is the ta'wil of the place of soul. The wisdom or ta'wil at the place of intellect is higher than this. There, by striking the stone of Intellect, are scattered gems of secrets.
Wisdom 3: The wisdom-filled allusion of raiding at dawn is to do the kar-i buzurgi (baytu'l-khayal) and special bandagi of the morning, which stands for the spiritual jihad by which is gained the great treasure of spiritual wealth of spoils (48:20).
Wisdom 4: Raising a trail of dust: It should be remembered that the way the souls of all creatures of the universe are brought together in the world of particles by spiritual jihad and the tempestuous power of the sur of Israfil, they all are, according to Divine promise, many spoils (maghanim kathirah, 4:20), and to seize the soul by the act of `Izra'il is to raise the trail of dust.
Wisdom 5: This was the spiritual victory. In order to gain the intellectual victory, another battle is fought, for which higher and abundant knowledge is necessary, so that the army of knowledge can penetrate the midst of the army of the enemy and be triumphant and victorious.
Wisdom 6: Surely man is ungrateful to his Lord. Because he does not struggle profoundly to gain the above-mentioned bounties and the great spiritual kingdom, nor does he duly toil at dhikr-u bandagi and to acquire knowledge and wisdom.
Wisdom 7: In many senses, man understands his ingratitude, for he sees his spiritual backwardness and the bright guidance and teachings of religion are in front of him.
Wisdom 8: And man likes the comfort of this world very much. That is to say, he is not so unaware that he knows nothing about the bounties of spirituality and the Hereafter. He knows about them. But he makes many excuses for his inaction.
Wisdom 9: Does he not know that as long as the soul is in the body, it is as if in a grave. Therefore, it has to be raised and elevated from it.
Wisdom 10: Similarly, when the personal Resurrection of a mu'min takes place, he acquires the secrets of ma`rifat (recognition) from the Hudud-i din (sudur = qulub, hearts).
Wisdom 11: Indeed, the Benevolent Lord opens the door of great secrets to every mu'min-i salik in his personal Resurrection, so that he may attain perfect ma`rifat.
Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai, Glen Elly IL. U.S.A.
14 Muharramu'l-haram, 1412/25th July, 1991.
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