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Forty Wisdoms of Gratitude - Preface

Preface

Tags: Universal Intellect

In the name of Allāh, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Dear friends, Let us together do the munajat of gratitude to Allāh and continue to profusely shed tears for His countless bounties, until we come extremely close to the destination of annihilation. Because the light of guidance of God, the Prophet and the ulu'l-amr has shown so many miracles and so many great favours, due to whose abundance, beauty and majesty, I feel a woundrous kind of awe.

Dear companions! May I be sacrificed for you with great yearning! This was the reward of a lover-like giryah-u zari and shedding of pearl-like pure tears, that I could reach the city and residence of my spiritual beloved (the Imam of the time). Al-hamdu li'llah! I was fortunate to meet some `amaldars and members of the jama`at, who serve the Imam of the time (a.s.) day and night in his special closeness. God is witness to the fact that I was overwhelmed and ecstatic due to this tremendous happiness and joy. I conceived the didar of my spiritual beloved in those fortunate eyes, who time and again see the luminous countenance of the holy and pure Imam.

I have a verse in Burushaski, which is:

In view of a Qur'anic example of Hazrat `Isa (And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, 19:31), we can say with certainty that wherever is the blessed personality of the Perfect Man, from there always continue to spread countless material and spiritual blessings. Just as the sun from its centre constantly emits the light and just as an evergreen garden spreads fragrance every moment in all directions, the chain of favours and blessings continues from the holy luminosity, spirituality and personality of the exalted Imam.

Dear friends! You are not unaware of the fact that man is a microcosm, i.e. potentially every individual is a personal world. Thus he contains everything of the heavens and the earth within himself. How then can it be wrong to explain this principle that the soul of every individual, through knowledge and `ibadat, can be annihilated in the Universal Soul and becomes ever-reaching and all-inclusive?

One of the numerous names of the angel of the Perfect Intellect (Universal Intellect) is "Hamd (Praise)". Thus the ta'wil of "al-hamdu li'llahi rabbi'l-`alamin" is: The angel Universal Intellect belongs to God, through whom He nourishes the personal worlds and this nourishing of them through the Universal Intellect is His special praise.

According to the Qur'anic law there is a great wisdom hidden in the verse (42:5), the ta'wili implication of which is: Soon the heavens may rend asunder from the above and the angels do tasbih of their Lord in the luminosity of the Universal Intellect and seek forgiveness for those who are on earth. This ta'wili wisdom is hidden in the word "Hamd". Here it also becomes evident that the great angels do not pray for impossible things, nor do they seek forgiveness for criminals who cannot be forgiven. This shows that eventually every individual is going to attain salvation and Paradise, even though many people have temporarily entered the Hell of ignorance.

God says: "The earth will illumine with the light of its Lord, and the book will be set up, and the Prophets and the Witnesses will be summoned." (39:69). Whether it is the individual Resurrection of the personal world, or the collective Resurrection of the external world, in every case the question arises: What is meant by the earth here? The planet earth or its inhabitants? The material light which is needed by the earth has already been given to it from the very beginning, then does it not mean that in the time of spirituality, there is going to be the pouring of the rain of luminous knowledge on all the people? However it is a different matter whether the downpour of such tremendous knowledge will be in the personal world, or whether it will be in the external world or in both of them.

In every individual there exist in the form of subtle particle, all those who have passed away and those who are going to come in the future. Therefore, when a mu'min-i salik undergoes the individual Resurrection, it is considered the representative Resurrection of all creatures. That is, the collective Resurrection takes place hidden in the personal Resurrection. The other point is that the same personal Resurrection is the book of deeds of that mu'min-i salik and all the others.

In the Wise Qur'an there is a complete answer for every question based on knowledge. For instance, it can be asked: What are the things, i.e. bounties and favours in Paradise for its people? The answer to this question can be found from numerous sacred verses. One of them is: "For them in it (Paradise) is what they desire; and with Us there is more." (50:35). Now suppose there is a mu'min in Paradise who wants to be resurrected with the Holy Prophet, so that he may observe the extremely great secrets of mi`raj, he will certainly attain this supreme bounty. Because according to the law of "all in one", all existed in the mercy of the worlds (the Holy Prophet). And it is also the law of God that every individual has to submit and return to him willingly or unwillingly (3:83) and returning to God is possible only through the straight path of the true religion (Prophet and Imam) which leads to mi`raj.

My spiritual brothers and sisters! I know that all of you cherish spiritual progress with heart and soul and also continue to struggle for it. Nevertheless, it is my suggestion that in order to attain the highest spiritual progress, you should also use the knowledge of certainty in addition to ordinary and special `ibadat, because without true knowledge, there cannot be any significant spiritual progress with `ibadat only.

The article "Forty Wisdoms of Gratitude" is for all in general, and specifically for those whose souls, prayers and remembrance continue to refresh my heart and mind every moment. What should I say in praise of the great hopes of those dear friends who believe in Monoreality! May we all be sacrificed with ardent love for the holy personality of he who in his perfect generosity granted us this revolutionary concept. Al-hamdu li'llah (Praise belongs to God).

The most humble servant,
Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai
London, 9th July, 1993.