Fruit of Paradise - Some Advanced Questions
Some Advanced Questions
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Q1. Which one is created first, soul or matter? Which one has priority in honour over the other?
Q2. You say that there is soul in everything, does this mean that there is soul in minerals also? If the answer is positive, what kind of soul is that, while those things which have no life are called minerals?
Q3. You have presented the concept of "multiplicity-like unity", would you kindly explain it for us so that we may be able to comprehend it?
Q4. In one of your lectures you said that the favourite number of God is one (wahid), therefore, wherever in the Qur'an the enumerating of all things is mentioned it means the unity of those things. But in the Qur'an there are many examples which show multiplicity, such as seven heavens, etc. Can there be any sign of unity in number seven?
Q5. Please kindly explain the wisdom of the firm handle (2:256; 31:22). What is its ta'wil?
Q6. Is the record of deeds of the righteous in the Imam of the time, or in `Illiyyin, while the Imam is a pure personality and `Illiyyin a sublime place (83:18)?
Q7. Is this claim of Sufis correct that the fountainhead of knowledge of Sufism is Mawla `Ali? If so, please explain with an example.
Q8. Please explain the meaning and wisdom of the three words, salām, dāru's-salām and islām.
Q9. "All in one, and one in all", please explain through mathematical analysis how all beings are contained in one being and how that one being is in all things?
Q10. What is that most comprehensive answer in which there is an answer to every great question?
Q11. What is the pre-eternal and post-eternal relationship between God and His servants? Does it break due to bad deeds or does it remain forever in the same state?
Q12. The Wise Qur'an says that God taught by the pen (96:4), but everybody knows that He did not teach the Prophets by the physical pen, rather He taught them through revelation. What then is meant by the pen here?
Q13. Please explain the exegesis and ta'wil of verse (75:19): "Then upon Us is its explanation."
Q14. God had given Hazrat Musa and Hazrat Harun al-kitab al-mustabin (37:117). What was this book?
Q15. We believe that light is one, but in the external world we see the multiplicity of it, such as the sun, the moon and the stars. How can these multiple things be the example of one light?
Q16. Which is more correct and easy of the two ways: (1) to recognise the Imam by means of the Qur'an and (2) to recognise the Qur'an by means of the Imam?
Q17. Is there any mention of space-less, time-less, pre-eternity (azal) and post-eternity (abad) in the Wise Qur'an? If there is, how? Kindly explain to us.
Q18. Can there be an individual or a group in this world who has enmity with God? If not, why are enemies of God mentioned in the Wise Qur'an?
Note: For the answers to these questions, listen to cassettes of 24th February, 1984 (Cassette ID C-0160A, C-0160B & C-0160C).
Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai,
23rd February, 1984.
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