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Coolness of the eye - The Wise Qur'an = The Treasure of Treasures

The Wise Qur'an = The Treasure of Treasures

Tags: Qur'an, Treasures, Yatim, Miskin

  1. The Wise Qur'an is the fountainhead of the sun of guidance. It is the Book of Divine secrets, the writing of the Divine Pen, the heavenly hospital, the spring of the water of life, the luminous rope, the Paradise of knowledge and wisdom, the pearl-producing ocean, the mine of gems, the source of gold and silver, the store of sugar and honey, the heaven of intellect, the reflection of the Guarded Tablet, the Mount Sinai of manifestations, the miracle of the pure Tree, the city of religion and wisdom, the tower of the lights of realities, the source of Islam, the mirror of the two worlds, the table spread of Divine bounties, the spiritual university for the people of the world, the school of Prophets, the madrasah of the Awliya', the place of descent of Jibril, the pearl-scattering court of God and the Prophet, the pearl-producing ocean, the compendium of the miracles of Muhammad (May Allah send blessings and peace through him and his progeny), the Heavenly guide book, the ladder to the roof of the Divine Throne, the prescription of Lahut, the scenery of Malakut, the chamber of Paradise, the repose of the soul, the light of the soul, the coolness of the eyes, the sealed wine, the compriser of examples, the nourishment of the soul, the Divine elixir, the treasure of the Divine Throne, the Book of Books and the Treasure of treasures. Now, God willing, I will try to explain briefly the last of these descriptions of the Wise Qur'an.
  2. The Holy Qur'an, in the rank of spirit and spirituality and light and luminosity, is the true Imam and the true Imam at that place, is the Qur'an. It is in this sense that the Qur'an is with `Ali (May peace be through him) and `Ali is with the Qur'an, for, as God says: "Nay, I swear by the places of the falling of the stars; and most surely it is a very great oath if you only knew; most surely it is an honoured Qur'an recorded in a hidden Book (i.e. the light of the Imam) which none touches except those who have been purified." (56:75-79). Explanation of the places of the falling of the stars (mawaqi`-i nujum): By mawaqi`-i nujum are meant the Perfect Men, for in their personal Resurrection, the stars of intellects and souls fall in them. And it is a tremendous oath (in the sense) that God, in this way, swears by His representatives, namely the Prophets and the Imams. Had this oath of God been confined to the example of the external things, there would not have been the condition of knowledge to know its real wisdom (law ta`lamun) (56:76). Here, it should be understood that the swearing of God is to draw attention to a special secret, and a great oath thus indicates a great secret. Thus, the Qur'an in the sublime place where it is in the hidden Book, is the Treasure of treasures, and the Secret of secrets.
  3. The Holy Prophet has given this universal principle: "Everything has a door". This Hadith accords with the verse (6:44). According to this universal law, the Holy Qur'an also has to have a door. Indeed it has a door, which is that blessed personality whom the Holy Prophet has called the door of the city of his knowledge and wisdom. In short, the Holy Prophet is the city of knowledge of the Qur'an and the house of its wisdom and `Ali is its door. For, it is not possible for this system of guidance to be there sometimes and not to be there at other times. Thus it is evident that the door which existed at the time of the Prophet, exists even now.
  4. A door of a material house cannot be the door-keeper too, nor can the gate of a physical treasure also be the gate-keeper or treasurer. But if there is a living and rational gate to a treasure, this gate can also be the treasurer. Thus, undoubtedly, Hazrat `Ali (May peace be through him) is the gate and treasurer of Qur'anic knowledge and wisdom and this is the rank of the Imam of every time.
  5. You must know that every verse of the Qur'an has a zahir or exoteric aspect and a batin or the esoteric aspect. Here, I will explain an extremely special and important point, which is the wisdom of the ta'wil of the verse (12:55): "He (Yusuf) said: appoint me (treasurer) over the treasures of the earth (of the personal world). Indeed, I am a good keeper and well knowing." In this story, by the king is meant the permanent Imam (Imam-i mustaqarr), who was from the permanent Imams of the progeny of Hazrat Isma`il. In the above verse, it was he who was asked this by Hazrat Yusuf, the entrusted Imam (Imam-i mustawda`). In short, the treasures of knowledge and wisdom are in the custody of the Imam, the wisdom-filled example of which is in the story of Hazrat Yusuf (May peace be through him). In this story, the ta'wil of the store of grain is the treasure of knowledge, the treasurer of which is the Imam.
  6. Potentially in the heart of every human being is hidden an extremely great treasure, but the door to it is locked (47:24). The key is linked to the obedience of God, the Prophet and the ulu'l- amr. Looking at verses (39:63; 42:12), it appears that everything in the heaven and the earth is included in the law of treasures (15:21). That is, everything has a treasure, a door, a lock and a key. Thus, when the door of the heart is opened with the key of obedience and love, God willing, the light of the treasurer of the Qur'an will arise in such a heart and then there will be renewal of the spiritual and intellectual miracles of the Qur'an.
  7. See verses (18:77-82): "They found therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it... And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys (yatimayn) in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them and their father had been righteous" . It should be known that "yatim" is one of the names of the exalted Imam. For, "yatim" means unique, unequalled, unmatched and incomparable and this is the attribute of the Imam, who is unique and unmatched in his time. Thus, the ta'wil of two "yatims" or orphan boys, is that in the personal world, in the initial stage when the first annihilation takes place by the miracle of `Izra'il, the light of the holy Imam, through its innumerable rays, works in myriad ways, among them the conversation of two luminous children is prominent, who are the examples of the permanent Imam and the entrusted Imam. At this time, due to annihilation, there is the fear of the unveiling of the treasure of spiritual secrets beneath the wall of the personality. Therefore, the demonstration of the seizure of the soul is stopped, so that until the second annihilation, the mu'min-i salik matures in his knowledge and good deeds and is able to attain his precious treasure. The second annihilation is at the level of intellect.
  8. Read carefully these verses (107:1-3): "Have you seen he who belies the day of Judgement? That is he who repels the orphan (yatim) and does not urge the feeding of the needy (miskin)". As mentioned in the above, yatim is one of the names of the Imam, whom God and the Prophet have appointed so that he, through his pure light, may come to the personal world of the people and give them knowledge. But he who has enmity with the Imam, is as if he repels from his house the one who has come to give him the treasures of knowledge. In such a case, having denied the knowledge of Qiyamat or Resurrection, the day of Judgement is belied. And such a person also does not have the urge to acquire the knowledge of the Hujjat, for miskin is the Hujjat from whose knowledge is attained taskin or peace. From this it is clear that the light of the Imam arises in the personal world or the world of the heart.
  9. We should know with certainty why light is called fire, (27:7-8) despite the fact that it is light! Who is in this fire or light and who are around it? Is it true that light is not only the name of the sun of knowledge and guidance, but is also the name of the fire of love? Can burning in this fire be called the absolute annihilation? Indeed, here is the mention of the blessings of this act (27:7-8).
  10. By God we have the love for God, the Prophet and the Qur'an, but it is limited by the confines of belief, because we do not yet burn in the fire of love for the light of the Qur'an (5:15), even though God has called light "fire" for this purpose. There is no sign of the fire of love in us. There is neither pain, paleness, restlessness, vigil of the night, torrential rain of tears, the munajat of the early morning, nor the chain of abundant dhikr. If we had worshipped and obeyed Him in the true sense, the lock of the heart would have automatically opened and we would have entered the living light of the Qur'an and would have obtained the gems of secrets from the treasure of the treasures of the Qur'an.
  11. Where the Qur'an is in the Hidden Book, there it is not impossible to touch, but the condition for this is spiritual and intellectual purification. The best example of this can be found in the time of the Holy Prophet, when he used to purify true mu'mins by giving them the water of heavenly knowledge and the soap of the wisdom of Paradise (2:151; 62:2). And this act of purification also continues after him, through the chain of the holy Imams (2:150). For, God has promised that all those religious bounties which had been completed and perfected in the time of Prophethood will also continue and last for the mu'mins of the future without even the slightest decrease.
  12. The Holy Qur'an is the treasure of treasures of knowledge and wisdom. Its inner existence was the Holy Prophet. That is, the spirit and spirituality of the Qur'an was in the light of Prophethood, then that light, according to "light upon light" was transferred to the chain of the light of Imamat. Infinite gratitude is due to God for He has made His light the sun of the world of the heart.

N. N. Hunzai, London,
2 Muharramu'l-haram, 1412/14th July, 1991.

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