Gems of Qur'anic Knowledge and Wisdom - Part 11

Part 11

By the Name of Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful.

Man mata fa-qad qamat , i.e., He who dies, his resurrection takes place.⁵

The holy Prophet(s) [also] said: mutu qabla an tamutu, i.e., Die (spiritually) before you (physically) die (so that you attain the recognition of resurrection).

If `arifanah death and recognition of resurrection is attained by means of the Supreme Name (ism-i a`zam) it would be a great favour of Almighty God otherwise the recognition of resurrection is impossible.

The wise Qur'an mentions the word "bagtatan (suddenly)" in thirteen places which pertains to the sudden advent of resurrection. The sound of Israfil's trumpet (sur-i Israfil) is not physical but spiritual. The knowledge of certainty regarding resurrection is also a great bounty of Allah.

Saturday 22 January 2005

⁵`Allamah Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai, Hazar Hikmat (Gilgit, 2005), p. 403; trans. into English by Faquir Muhammad Hunzai and Rashida Noormohamed-Hunzai as (Karachi, n.d.), pp. 371-372

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