Gems of Qur'anic Knowledge and Wisdom - Part 5
Part 5
Tags: Grain, Mu'min-i salik, Seven, Hundred, Reward, Single soul
By the Name of Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful.
Certainly [this] verse of surah-yi al-An`am is a source of blessings: "(Observe His mercy that) whoever comes (to Allah) with a good deed receives ten times as much" (6:160). Though this law of reward is commendable, however, the Qur'an has another example which should be read and reflected upon too: "The likeness of those who spend their wealth in Allah's way, is as the likeness of a grain which grows seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He pleases" (2:261). The soul of a mu'min-i salik is by no means inferior to a wheat grain. If [a mu'min's] soul is cultivated in the miraculous field of the spiritual resurrection numerous harvests of the Single Soul (nafs-i wahidah) are prepared in seven nights and eight days. In this process the mu'min-i salik increases tremendously as all the people of the planet earth assemble spiritually in his personal world on the invitation of sur-i Israfil. This is how one grain grows into seven ears (i.e., seven hundred grains) and then into countless grains. This is a miracle of Divine power.
Wednesday 19 January 2005
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